Chapter 130: Luo De, the Killer of the Dead Realm

Saitalei left.

She left with her promise.

As for her promise, Luo De was very satisfied.

This Great Sage's assistant, full of guilt over the desert, after undergoing intense ideological struggle, still ultimately agreed to Luo De's request.

"Looks like it's going smoothly."

Dixiya, standing with Luo De at the village entrance, saw Luo De's utterly unstoppable smile and likewise smiled.

"It's even smoother than I imagined."

Luo De was speaking the truth.

His initial idea, if it really wouldn't work, was to put on the identity of the Red King's Divine Envoy to give her a wave of divine pressure, or simply let Nadixa possess her.

But both of these methods carry significant risks.

Saitalei is a person of extraordinary resolve; otherwise she wouldn't have endured the condemnation of her conscience while helping them at the Academy, continuing for several years to suppress the desert without changing her expression.

The most crucial point is.

She is still a person without faith.

Such people are the most troublesome.

Being faithless also means that the identity of the Red King's Divine Envoy can only suppress her, but cannot convince her through divine faith.

Having Nadixa possess and control her would be even less realistic.

First of all, not mentioning whether Nadixa is willing.

Just the Great Sage's defenses against Nadixa on that side doom this tactic to be absolutely useless; if Nadixa were to control Saitalei and she accidentally entered an area that could shield her, it would be utterly disastrous.

Moreover, don't think that in the game, Nadixa and the Traveler merely used a few people disguising as the Red King's believers to instantly shatter her psychological defenses.

But it's still that saying.

Games are games, reality is reality.

Luo De and Saitalei have been in contact for a long time.

He is very clear about just how thick this person's mental wall is.

Wanting Saitalei to truly submit to her inner guilt, to be willing to fight the Great Sage for the desert's future, relying solely on faith—something intangible and unseen—is useless.

Therefore, while completely igniting her inner guilt, we also need something that can truly move her.

The Red King's grace is a good thing.

Luo De made a promise.

It was a promise made in his capacity as the Red King's Divine Envoy.

As long as Saitalei is willing to assist him in helping the desert regain fairness, the Red King will not only forgive her past sins but also bestow his grace upon her.

Achieving this promise is actually quite simple.

Anyway, with Nadixa around, once she gets out of trouble, casually giving Saitalei something in the Red King's name would count as Luo De fulfilling the contract.

And with Nadixa's mind-reading,

Luo De also doesn't have to worry about Saitalei saying one thing while thinking another, then returning to the Academy to report him.

In short.

It's just one sentence.

Very smooth, extremely smooth.

A thorn lodged beside the Great Sage was thus taken care of.

Now we only need to figure out how to gain control of the Void and drive away those numerous guards, and then it's done.

In the game, this plan relied on Alhaitham's scheming and manipulation, ultimately stealing control of the Void from the Great Sage.

Luo De also considered whether to replicate it.

But after thinking it over, he still decided to give it up.

Nothing else.

He lacked that crucial item.

Divine canned knowledge.

Without that thing, copying that ready-made answer is not easy and would likely bring trouble upon himself.

So if he wants to rescue Nadixa as quickly as possible, he can only honestly figure out how to obtain control of the Void.

On this matter, Saitalei cannot be relied upon.

Although she is the Great Sage's assistant, she is merely an ordinary assistant, unable to touch the Academy's core power circle, and can only mechanically carry out the Great Sage's demands.

As for what Luo De now wants her to do, it is simply to obtain information about what the Great Sage does each day in places Nadixa cannot see.

With this information,

then we can judge the Great Sage's movements, hoping to find his loophole, and then seek to steal control of the Void or find the key that can break the seal.

"Hah—"

"The first step is finally done."

Although there are still many things to come afterward, Luo De's mood is still very good, and in the evening he even held a celebration banquet.

The clueless Dina Ze Dai and company, together with Ka Wei, also followed along in a confused celebration.

They also didn't know what Luo De was celebrating.

But seeing that everyone was joyful, they couldn't ask, so they just happily joined the celebration.

The next day.

Having just returned a few days ago, Luo De packed his bags and prepared to leave again.

This time.

Dixiya was walking with him.

Dina Zede had Kantisi's care in A Ru Cun, making it safer than Sumeru Cheng, so she could relax and go adventuring with Luo De.

But this time, they said they were going out for an adventure.

Actually, Luo De wanted to use this time to find something to do.

Traveling through the rainforest, recalling the scene before departure when Senior Falushan came to see them off, Dixiya laughed and said: "Senior Falushan really likes you."

The liking she meant wasn't that kind of liking; it was the admiring kind.

Falushan's thoughts are very simple.

At least now it's very simple.

It's that pure, admiring gaze toward Luo De.

Luo De understood Dixiya's meaning, likewise smiling and replying: "She's wanted to take me as her student for more than a day or two; after I finish the Academy's business, if she still wants to take me as her student then, I'll agree."

"Yo ho, two sages, now plus a senior from a hundred years ago." Dixiya teased: "I never expected that the silly brat I picked up from the desert would be so likable."

"Aren't you the same?" Luo De laughed hahaha.

"Hey, what's up? Do you have an opinion?"

Dixiya doesn't have that shy, coy manner of a little girl; she straightforwardly admitted it.

Who said liking someone must be confessed face-to-face?

Tacit understanding.

Sometimes it's also a kind of hearts in sync.

Dixiya is an open and generous person, and this is also true in how she handles feelings.

Liking is liking, not liking is not liking.

She has always spoken her mind directly.

Luo De is the same.

The two had already made their feelings clear to each other in Sumeru Cheng that time; even without speaking, they both understood each other's thoughts.

It's been since the Flower God's Birthday Festival.

They usually spend little time together and much time apart; in half a year, they actually spend less than a month together.

However, this temporary separation cannot cool their feelings.

On the contrary.

The less they see each other, the more they miss each other.

Just like now.

"Hahaha—"

Facing Dixiya's direct attack, Luo De laughed hahaha, grabbed her hand, suddenly sped up, and once again, like in Lidugu, brought Dixiya to play her favorite bungee-style mountain leap.

Of course.

Luo De's going out this time is not just to play around with Dixiya.

Saitare had just gone undercover at the Academy, and it would still take some time before Luo De could obtain the information he wanted; Nafis's assignment to deal with Hafusai had been fully taken over by A De Ba Yi, and Luo De had also completed Juledes's assignment for the Plain Theory Faction.

Therefore, this is a very rare free time.

Luo De plans to make use of time to search the dead zones in the rainforest area, using these troublesome disasters to continue the nesting-doll style strengthening mentioned by Nadixa.

No matter how you say it.

In Teyvat, a world with extraordinary power.

Only having strong fists is the ultimate truth.

If he could, before the god-making plan opens, rely on devouring dead zones to instantly reach power comparable to an Archon, then there's no need for any conspiratorial schemes; he could just flatten the Academy and be done.

Holding such an idea.

When he found the first dead zone, Luo De told Dixiya a word, then eagerly rushed in.

Let's pool ideas.

How should the Great Merciful Tree King be saved?

I have my own ideas, but I also want to see everyone's comments; is anyone willing to offer strategies?

(End of chapter)