Chapter 310: What if the Thunder God Became Your Disciple?

You've put the country in the general's hands again.

Luo De didn't go to get the One-Hearted Ambition; instead, he first asked the Lei Dianzhen who had been hiding for a long time.

These past two days he again restored part of Lei Dianzhen's consciousness.

However, the difficulty suddenly increased.

Two days' time did not yield any noticeable progress.

Moreover, ever since Luo De left Inazuma without notifying anyone, Lei Dianzhen has vanished.

Even while restoring consciousness, she didn't come out and chatter like before.

But Luo De knew.

She must have been eavesdropping on my conversation with Ying.

Otherwise, Lei Dianying wouldn't have suddenly come to me after finishing business at the Abyssal Palace and Watatsumi Island, then specifically asked me about the drawbacks of Inazuma I'd mentioned before.

Looks like it.

Having gotten the answer from me this morning, Lei Dianying went to carry it out.

After returning, I had the Puppet General send over the One-Hearted Ambition.

As for the Puppet General,

Inazuma's governance temporarily needs no great worry, with the Kamisato family assisting, and the hidden dangers on the three major islands of Watatsumi, Yashiori, and Seirai having been resolved; we only need to give the general some orders, and Lei Dianying and Lei Dianzhen can temporarily leave Inazuma for a while.

This reliable guess was confirmed by Lei Dianzhen.

She, who hadn't shown up in a long time, admitted: "I heard everything you said that night; you were right, but the One-Hearted Ambition was also a reward I promised you, so after thinking it over, the only way is to let the general govern Inazuma as before, so that Ying can stay by your side."

Why do you insist on having her stay by your side?

Luo De pulled over a chair and sat down, then asked puzzledly.

Lei Dianzhen's stubbornness exceeds what he imagined.

This woman is truly dead set on keeping Lei Dianying by her side, even if it risks Inazuma falling into chaos under the general's leadership again.

Luo De doesn't quite understand.

What exactly does Lei Dianzhen see in me?

After a period of silence.

Lei Dianzhen gave her reason: "You can teach her better than I can; I think she'll learn more by your side, and if necessary, I can have Ying become your disciple."

Become my disciple?

Luo De pointed at himself, and a big question mark popped up in his head.

No kidding.

No matter how he is a descender, at most he's just an Archon, and many of his martial arts were learned by following Lei Dianying in Lei Dianzhen's consciousness space.

Strictly speaking.

If anyone should call a master, it should be him calling Lei Dianying; when would it ever be Lei Dianying calling him teacher.

Hiss—

Just imagining Lei Dianying calling him teacher made Luo De involuntarily suck in a breath of cold air.

Who are his students? Ke Lai, Ta Dela.

They're all ordinary people, even grade-schoolers.

Suddenly a divine fellow student appeared, and also a divine junior sister—!

Luo De shook his head hard.

No way!

The image is too beautiful; he dare not imagine it!

And Lei Dianzhen added: "Ying definitely won't mind, and she'll surely study hard with you, never developing any rebellious feelings—I know her, so you don't need to worry so much; just go ahead boldly."

Stop stop stop!

Don't say it.

Luo De instinctively wanted to cover his ears.

Then he remembered.

Covering ears is useless.

Lei Dianzhen is now speaking in his consciousness space; even if he doesn't want to hear, he must listen.

Helpless Luo De could only endure as the seemingly relapsed Lei Dianzhen droned on about the benefits of taking her as a disciple, his face full of contemplation.

Actually, it makes sense.

What Lei Dianzhen said is correct.

Lei Dianying's nature ensures she'll be a good student; anything she approves, she'll study earnestly and never defy her teacher, even if that teacher's strength and status are far inferior to hers.

Moreover, Lei Dianying is a martial god no less than Zhongli.

She's been devoted to martial arts since two thousand years ago; speaking purely of power, that Blade of No Thought sung and praised by Inazuma people for untold years, Luo De has personally witnessed its might.

That was still the Blade of No Thought unleashed by the Puppet Raiden Shogun.

She doesn't even seem to exert effort, easily slicing Yashiori Island into several pieces like cutting cake.

If she were in Sumeru.

Even without using her physical body, letting her consciousness attach to something else—like the Great Merciful Tree King, which has form but no strength—

Combining the power of the two divinities.

Then Sumeru would need fear no external foe.

The only problem.

Just how long can Lei Dian Ying's Dream-One Heart, where her consciousness resides, stay in Sumeru?

While Lei Dian Zhen keeps talking endlessly.

Luo De gazed at Dream-One Heart and finally made a decision that wasn't too difficult.

Just do as Lei Dian Zhen said.

Anyway, what happens in Inazuma has nothing to do with me.

Having such a powerful force as my student is indeed very beneficial.

As for the matter of Lei Dian Zhen using her own sister as payment for helping Inazuma...

Luo De, having left Inazuma, actually doesn't care as much.

Nobody else is in Inazuma anymore.

Could the people in Inazuma still make use of him, far away in Sumeru? Luo De, whose thoughts are clear, gradually curled the corner of his mouth into a faint smile, rose, and walked toward Dream-One Heart.

Seeing that.

Lei Dian Zhen closed her mouth, no longer talking nonstop, lest Luo De, who seemed to have made up his mind, suddenly change his mind.

Dream-One Heart is a very beautiful sword.

Compared to that.

That scabbard, seemingly made hastily, seems somewhat superfluous.

This sword was born from the Electro Archon Ba'er, namely Lei Dian Zhen's divine authority, yet it has never been sharpened.

Following its master, since Lei Dian Zhen is not adept at combat, the sword does not contend either.

And the sword's blade, as peaceful as her authority, represents Lei Dian Zhen's gentle and harmonious conduct in dealing with others.

Until this sword was passed into Lei Dian Ying's hands after Lei Dian Zhen's death.

Dream-One Heart, which had never been stained with blood, finally took on Lei Dian Ying's murderous aura and killing intent; even without an edge, when approached it still makes one feel a chill throughout the body, as if facing the bare blades of thunder and storm.

This scabbard.

It was specially forged by Ying to seal the killing intent on Dream-One Heart.

Lei Dian Zhen sighed.

Just as she said.

Formerly peaceful and gentle, Dream-One Heart is now filled with killing intent; if its killing intent is not suppressed, Luo De fears he won't be able to wield it as he wishes.

Whoosh—

Luo De took a deep breath and then grabbed Dream-One Heart.

The imagined resistance did not appear; I don't know whether it's due to the seal or because Dream-One Heart inherently bears no hostility toward me.

Lei Dian Ying's forging skills are excellent.

Even the hastily made scabbard can perfectly seal the killing intent on one's person, without affecting Luo De in any way.

You'd better not draw your sword here.

Just as Luo De was eager to try drawing Dream-One Heart, Lei Dian Ying's warning voice echoed in his mind.

Unlike the lively voice of Lei Dian Zhen.

Lei Dian Ying's voice is much deeper and also more chilling.

At the same time.

Luo De suddenly sensed.

Someone is trying to enter my consciousness space.

However, under the protection of the World Tree's leaves, this consciousness that Luo De did not approve of was kept out.

This situation is a bit awkward.

Who exactly wants to break into my consciousness space?

Luo De knows full well.

Lei Dian Ying, who did this, felt no sense of being caught, and instead candidly said, 'Teacher, I want to see Zhen.'

This address of 'Teacher'.

Luo De first stared in surprise, then felt a gratification hard to put into words.

No matter how you say it.

Lei Dian Ying is the current Electro Archon, yet has not yet taken over the divine position from Lei Dian Zhen.

A serving Electro Archon calls herself teacher.

Even though Luo De had been mentally prepared, the corners of his mouth, raised high, could not be pressed down any further.

Thus, his mood instantly soaring, he granted Lei Dian Ying permission to enter, and then he himself appeared in the consciousness space as well.

The imagined exciting and touching scene of the sisters' reunion did not appear.

The reunion of Lei Dian Zhen and Lei Dian Ying was unusually harmonious.

These two sisters, identical in appearance except for their clothing, upon meeting spoke in unison, 'Sorry.'

Lei Dian Zhen's apology.

It stems from the fact that she concealed her trip to Kanrui Ya from Lei Dian Ying, died there, leaving the naive Lei Dian Ying to take over Inazuma.

Lei Dian Ying's apology.

It is that she did not follow Lei Dian Zhen's dying wish to entrust her to her own country for care, acted willfully, and ultimately caused the present series of problems.

The sisters' mutual apologies.

They spoke at the same time, yet without repeating a single sentence, sounding noisy yet not chaotic.

Luo De leaned against a tree, arms crossed, observing the sisters' 'unusual' reunion.

Fortunately.

Not wasting much time, the interaction between Leidianzhen and Raiden Ei ended, and the two sisters' gazes both turned to Luo De.

Thank you.

Without you, I would still be in that confused state, unable to save the true, nor govern Inazuma.

Raiden Ei's apology attitude was very sincere.

Although she is a close confidante of Yae Miko, that scheming fox, she is nothing like Yae Miko at all; no matter when, she says exactly what she means, never uttering a single false word.

If you hadn't schemed against me back then, that would have been great.

Maybe I would still be interested in staying to continue helping you.

Luo De accepted Raiden Ei's apology and, by the way, vented two sentences he had been holding in his heart.

For the god child's actions, I apologize to you on her behalf.

Raiden Ei just has an attitude of admitting fault no matter what you say; her attitude is so good that no one can generate any ill feeling toward her.

This made Luo De prepare a bellyful of words, but he ended up swallowing them again.

Don't strike a smiling person.

Moreover, he couldn't even beat Raiden Ei.

In a world where hegemony represents everything, a deity renowned for physical strength is willing to apologize to you; what more is there to say?

This topic was skipped.

Luo De then began giving Raiden Ei and Leidianzhen preventive shots.

To clarify beforehand.

If you want to learn from me how to govern a country, I advise you sisters to give up that idea.

When discussing in the Kamisato household how to handle the Kujou and Hiiragi families, you should already know that I am politically clueless, often making decisions based solely on my likes and dislikes.

Upon reaching Sumeru, it's even more so.

You'll find that many of the regulations I've established are barbaric and overly simplistic, basically just ideas that pop into my head; upon careful scrutiny, they're fundamentally unreasonable.

Also.

Inazuma's national conditions and Sumeru's national conditions are also different.

Therefore, in many places, when handling things, the implemented policies are completely inapplicable to Inazuma; if you mechanically copy them, they could very well produce a severe backlash effect.

The preventive shots are done.

Luo De crossed his arms, waiting for Raiden Ei's reply.

What he said were all heartfelt truths.

Back when he was in Sumeru, many established policies were specifically targeted at the desert, while the rainforest side was entirely formulated by Nadixa.

And as for the desert in relation to Sumeru.

Compared to Haiqidao, it's much simpler.

The desert has no trump card to resist the rainforest, and having written desert and survival of the fittest into its bones, it fully demonstrates what is meant by 'respecting might but not virtue'.

As long as one displays sufficient strong military power and an irresistible majesty.

They cower much faster than Haiqidao.

Moreover, after they cowered and began to enforce Sumeru's decrees with a proper attitude, the punitive measures Luo De had established, which mainly relied on slaughter and thunderous tactics, are no longer suitable.

How exactly were those subsequent decrees changed?

Luo De isn't entirely clear either.

All he knows is that the current decrees targeting the desert have canceled many offenses that previously carried the death penalty, replacing them with milder punishments.

Those formerly fearsome punitive measures.

They, together with Luo De's name, still intimidate those desert folk whose bones have not yet settled down in other places.

Leidianzhen and Raiden Ei listened attentively to what Luo De said.

Their reply came quickly.

What I want to learn is not those political means.

Although Kamisato Ayato is somewhat slippery, having used many tactics in the Three Magistrates Incident, his loyalty is evident, and he can assist the general in these matters.

After five hundred years apart, the god child now schemes like the Fox Shrine, no longer the idiot who would be lured away by fried tofu.

With the two of them around, those annoying political problems don't need me to worry.

I just need to listen to them.

Raiden Ei's unconditional trust in Kamisato Ayato and Yae Miko made Luo De involuntarily smirk.

Indeed, it proved true what Leidianzhen said.

Formerly, Raiden Ei listened to nobody; now she listens to everyone.

Regardless.

For the leaders of Inazuma, none of this is suitable.

She truly is not fit to govern Inazuma.

Luo De, having kept those words in his heart, exchanged a glance with Leidianzhen and said with a smile, 'From now on, please advise me as needed.'

(End of chapter)