Chapter 434

Lumine could now find amusement in Aether.

The tense, smoky atmosphere was swept away, and Lumine looked at Aether with a bored expression.

"Speak, what's the matter?"

"I can't do anything about opening a back door for your Abyss Order. I'm just an ordinary disciple; only the Sect Master can decide such things."

"Moreover, strictly speaking, what your Abyss Order has done already fits our Shushan performance goals for subduing demons and eliminating evil."

Aether shook his head.

"I didn't ask you to open a back door, nor do I need you to put in a good word."

"Besides, although the Abyss Order has done many things, there is nothing absolute in the world. From our perspective, we are just trying to revive Khaenri'ah."

Lumine curled her lips and said faintly:

"If you just want to lecture me with grand principles, forget it. I'm already tired of listening to Senior Seeing Zhongli's lectures at Shushan every day."

"If there's something, just say it directly. I have things to do later."

Overall, Lumine was still quite happy.

Having found Aether, she no longer needed to travel with the goal of finding him, and she could decide her own travel routes and time according to her own wishes.

"I know quite a bit about Shushan, even about your Divine Body and the existence of Shushan."

Aether said softly, getting straight to the point.

Lumine was somewhat indifferent.

News about Shushan had spread widely after the previous Mountain Opening Ceremony.

Now that the Shushan disciples had returned, there was naturally even more news.

Her Divine Body was no secret; the entire Shushan knew about it.

Lumine didn't care at all.

"Then what do you want me to help you with? Introduce you to the Sect Master?"

In all fairness, Lumine and Aether were fraternal twins. Since Lumine had a Divine Body, Aether couldn't be much worse.

It was highly likely he also had a Divine Body, or at the very least, supreme talent.

If she introduced him to Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan would likely allow him to join Shushan directly.

But Aether shook his head.

"Not for now. I still have some things to do. If I join Shushan, those things might..."

"You aren't planning to do anything heinous, are you? I don't want to have to uphold justice and destroy my own kin."

Lumine hurriedly interrupted Aether, who said helplessly:

"Why would you think of me like that? It's just about some things regarding Khaenri'ah. With the spiritual energy recovery as a foundation, many things are easier to do."

"Don't worry, it won't cause any turmoil, and it's not the evil deeds of those demonic cultivators you target."

Lumine waved her hand.

"Fine, I'm not interested in listening. What do you want me to help you with? Don't mention anything that violates Shushan's precepts."

"I don't want to be expelled from Shushan because I helped you."

Aether said helplessly:

"Can you let me finish? It won't violate your Shushan precepts. I wouldn't harm you."

"That's not necessarily true."

Lumine poked at Aether, who took a deep breath, ignored her words, and continued:

"The thing I want you to help me with is very simple. I've investigated, and it's something Shushan allows, which is why I'm bringing it up."

"Among all the Shushan disciples, you are the only one I can contact who would be willing to help me."

"This kind of thing is just a small favor for you."

"I want to ask you to help me with two things."

"First, martial arts techniques..."

Lumine realized and nodded slightly, not appearing surprised.

Teyvat had undergone a massive change, and Aether had to know, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to continue as the Abyss Prince.

The martial arts here in Liyue were also causing a sensation throughout Teyvat.

Clearly, Aether, who couldn't connect with Shushan without her help, couldn't get martial arts techniques.

"You've noticed it too."

Seeing Lumine's sudden realization, Aether sighed, didn't hide it, and said straight out:

"You've seen the current situation in Teyvat. Although the biggest changes are in Liyue, according to our detection,"

"spiritual energy has also begun to overflow in the Chasm and Stone Gate."

"Although no fierce beasts have appeared, monsters have all been strengthened to varying degrees."

"According to our estimates, within three months, spiritual energy will spread to Mondstadt and Sumeru, followed by Fontaine and Inazuma..."

"Within a year, the spiritual energy recovery will affect all of Teyvat. We don't have much time."

As he spoke, Aether glanced at Jueyun Karst shrouded in clouds in the distance and sighed:

"You can look at Liyue to see what the situation is like after the full recovery of spiritual energy."

"In the wild of Liyue today, monsters are no longer the main problem troubling the people of Liyue."

"It can even be said that monsters are the biggest victims of this spiritual energy recovery."

"We have organized many explorations of Jueyun Karst, and to be honest, you can no longer see any monsters within the entire Jueyun Karst."

"The ones occasionally found are just inanimate existences like the Ruin Guards scattered from back then."

"The appearance of fierce beasts has not only compressed the living space of humans, but monsters have also suffered a devastating disaster."

"Fierce beasts indiscriminately destroy all life."

"And according to our many studies, we have also confirmed that,"

"fierce beasts are born with resistance to elemental power and divine power, perhaps because they absorb spiritual energy."

"Currently, fierce beasts at the peak of Foundation Establishment aren't a big problem."

"But if fierce beasts at the Qi Refining stage appear later, humans might have a way to resist, but the monsters in the wild will definitely die."

"In the future, it will be the world of cultivators, and elemental power might become a thing of the past."

Hearing this, Lumine frowned slightly. She really didn't know much about these situations.

Staying in Shushan to cultivate all day, those fierce beasts and demon beasts that everyone feared were just tools for her to practice with.

Lumine really didn't know that spiritual energy recovery could have such a terrifying impact.

But Lady Ningguang never seemed to have mentioned this either...

Aether naturally saw Lumine's thoughts and said softly:

"Spiritual energy recovery is a disaster for the entire ecological chain of Teyvat, but Liyue has martial arts and cultivators."

"This spiritual energy recovery is a benefit for Liyue."

"By using martial arts to control the spread of fierce beasts and improve their own strength, powerful fierce beasts can be dealt with by cultivators."

"At the very least, for now, spiritual energy recovery has more benefits than harm for Liyue, so they naturally won't resist."

"What's more, facing a behemoth like Shushan, resistance clearly won't be of any use."

"So, you might not receive much news about fierce beasts in Shushan."

Lumine nodded slightly and said softly:

"So, you want to fight for a chance for those monsters to survive? You want to teach them martial arts?"

"No!"

Aether shook his head.

"In the tide of this era, everyone sweeps the snow from their own door; it's already not easy to protect oneself."

"As the Prince of the Abyss Order, protecting the Abyss Order is already my limit."

"Monsters... I can't manage them, and I don't want to manage them."

Lumine turned her head to look at the Abyss members huddled together not far away, with their backs to this side.

After pondering for a moment, she nodded.

"Martial arts are no problem. The martial arts created by Senior Seeing Zhongli are hanging in the Merit Hall."

"The price isn't high, and I can exchange for them now. In Shushan, everything unrelated to cultivation has no value."

"But... the martial arts created by Senior Seeing Zhongli are basically martial arts that fit the physique of Liyue people."

"People from other countries might cultivate very slowly and need to modify them slowly, let alone you Abyss people..."