How To Save Yourself From Being Targeted By The Anemo Archon In Genshin Impact? - Chapter 3

Once I’m there, as long as I avoid the gaze of that Demon God or whatever he is, won’t I be living like a fish in water? Regardless of whether he is a Demon God or an immortal, I am just a small figure. To put it bluntly, even if a monster shows up, I couldn’t beat it anyway. So, he has no reason to notice me.

Jiang Yubai spoke to the system nonchalantly: I’ll just lie flat and be a salted fish. You hurry up and contact the Main God so you can send me back. I’ll go home to retire, and you can go find your next host. We’ll each go back to our own homes and find our own mothers.

System: …

Just how obsessed is this host with retirement?! Ever since leaving the apocalyptic world, he has mentioned it several times. He acts as if he is deathly afraid the system will drag him up to do actual work.

The warning Hilde had originally intended felt more like an endorsement. She almost wanted to scream. Seeing the youth’s face filled with longing for that Royal City and realizing he was ready to set off immediately, she blurted out as soon as he finished speaking: “No!”

“Jiang, that place isn’t as simple as you think!”

She couldn’t watch Jiang Yubai go to his death. Even if it weren’t him, she would discourage anyone from trying to enter the territory of the Lone King of the High Tower.

“Once you enter the wind wall, it is impossible to leave. The God of Storms rules everyone in the city. If you are discovered longing for the outside world, his armies will kill you without hesitation!”

Hearing this, Jiang Yubai lifted his eyelids slightly. “Then, how did you all get out of the city?”

Hilde opened her mouth, speechless.

Jiang Yubai glanced at the busy people in the distance. “I see your group consists of the old, the weak, and the disabled.” He smiled. “Rest assured, Miss Hilde, they won’t be able to trap me. If you all could escape, so can I.”

As long as things didn’t go too far or threaten his personal bottom line, he wouldn’t mind lying flat there for a lifetime. Seeing Hilde’s disapproving expression, Jiang Yubai quickly waved his hand: “Alright, alright, I have no plans to go there right now. We can talk about that later.”

Suddenly, he sniffed, catching the aroma of meat. He pointed outside. “The food is ready. Should we fill our stomachs first?”

Being lazy about eating is a sin. In this freezing snowy land, having a bowl of hot soup was no easy feat, especially since Jiang Yubai had just come from an apocalyptic world. He hadn’t eaten such fresh, normal food in a long time. In that world full of zombies, one could be attacked by a hidden high-level zombie at any moment; there was no time to cook a normal meal as one would before the outbreak.

The rabbits were small, so everyone only received a tiny piece of meat. Jiang Yubai smacked his lips and looked at the men and women with dirty faces, carefully and excitedly sipping their broth. He looked at the meat soup in his broken bowl and downed it in one go. It wasn’t even enough to get stuck in his teeth.

System, your host is still so hungry.

The system felt pity: Host…

Then it heard its dear host say: How about you go hunting for me?

System: …

Jiang Yubai added: Oh right, you don’t have a physical body, so you can’t catch prey. Tsk, useless!

The system felt a knife to the heart: …

Just then, Hilde’s low murmuring reached him. Jiang Yubai paused and looked over. The girl had her eyes closed and her hands clenched, saying something toward the sky. Jiang Yubai put down his broken bowl and approached her. He noticed a bowl of meat soup placed on the ground and looked at the praying girl in confusion.

What was this? A pre-meal ritual?

He soon found out. After the girl whispered for a while, a ripple appeared in space, and a small creature he had seen not long ago suddenly appeared. The little thing looked at Hilde, then cautiously at Jiang Yubai, before landing on the ground to drink from the bowl.

Jiang Yubai’s eyebrows twitched. He could actually see emotions in those small black eyes. So, this cute little creature knew Hilde and the others. And it could eat?

Jiang Yubai watched the “Teru Teru Bozu” sip the soup, squinting to see where its mouth was. Feeling the intense gaze, the Wind Spirit paused, its two gradient-cyan head feathers twitching. It silently turned around, turning its back to Jiang Yubai.

Hilde opened her eyes and saw the Wind Spirit. She introduced him to Jiang Yubai with joy. “This is the Wind Spirit, our savior. If it weren’t for the Lord bringing the warm breeze to dispel the cold, we would already be frozen corpses buried in the snow.”

A Wind Spirit? A spirit born from the wind? It was indeed a rare creature.

He remembered that while he was resting in the snow, this little guy had surrounded him with warmth. He hadn’t expected such a tiny thing to have such great power.

Jiang Yubai reached out and pinched the Wind Spirit by the scruff of its neck. Hilde’s eyes widened in shock. Its weight was as light as nothing. The Wind Spirit, held by the scruff of fate, didn’t run. It looked at Jiang Yubai with a dazed, incredibly cute expression.

Hilde was nervous. “Jiang, you must not be disrespectful to the Lord.”

The system’s round body approached the Wind Spirit. Host, what are you doing?

Jiang Yubai didn’t answer. Under the gaze of the system, he used his other hand to poke the Wind Spirit’s face twice, then stuck his fingertip into what seemed to be its mouth.

I was curious where its mouth is, Jiang Yubai thought as he poked the area below its eyes. He remembered the spirit drinking from there. He found it; it really has a mouth. Feeling a moist sensation on his fingertip, Jiang Yubai’s eyes lit up with wonder.

Hilde: “!!!”

The system whispered: She looks like she’s about to faint.

Jiang Yubai’s action looked like he was violating the deity she believed in. To Hilde, the Wind Spirit was a savior she would sacrifice everything for.

The Wind Spirit was forced to hold the youth’s long finger in its mouth, blinking innocently. It didn’t quite understand. Why stick a finger in its mouth? This human is so strange.

Noticing the red mole at the corner of Jiang Yubai’s eye and his bright gaze, the Wind Spirit instinctively licked the finger in its mouth. It felt no malice from this human. Although there was a strong killing intent when they first met in the snow, it had mysteriously vanished.

Hilde’s prayer and trust made her a believer, but Jiang Yubai felt no such thing. The Wind Spirit tilted its head in confusion. Doesn’t he want to be my believer?

Jiang Yubai, unaware of the spirit’s thoughts, told the terrified Hilde: “I think he likes me quite a bit.” He tried to pull his finger out, but found the Wind Spirit was biting it.

Jiang Yubai let go of the scruff. With one finger still caught in the spirit’s mouth, he waved it in front of Hilde. “Look, it’s biting quite hard. Do you think your Lord wants to eat me?”

“That Lord is a Wind Spirit, he doesn’t eat people,” Hilde stammered.

“Hey, let go,” Jiang Yubai whispered to the little guy.

The Wind Spirit looked up. It understood him but didn’t let go. The human had stuck his finger in first; the warmth was comfortable, so why should it let go? It liked humans; they were warm and comfortable.

“If you don’t let go, I’ll strip off your clothes!” Jiang Yubai grinned mischievously.

Hilde: “!”

The Wind Spirit was puzzled. It didn’t have clothes.

I can’t believe you’re that kind of host! My god, you’re picking on such a small spirit! Host, are you really that hungry?! The system sounded deeply disappointed.

Jiang Yubai was just teasing. But the system’s words reminded him: in novels and shows, spirits can shapeshift. Would this one turn into a person? Male or female? He looked at the cute form, probably a girl. Spirits usually turn into beautiful people. He felt a bit of anticipation.

Wait, what was he thinking? He was already older, and this spirit was so small, clearly a child. He shouldn’t be thinking such things.

Jiang Yubai smiled inwardly at the system: You caught me. Actually, I think you’re not bad either, System. How about you wash up and wait for me?

The system launched away like an egg in terror. AHHHH!

Jiang Yubai’s head throbbed from the screaming. Alright, I’m done teasing. You don’t know your host likes girls? Why is a male system like you so scared?

The system edged back slowly. You never know. What if you suddenly decide I look delicious? I’m telling you, I only like System No. 01!

Jiang Yubai: …

Honey, I’d like this little thing in my hand before I’d ever like you. And please, don’t ever use delicious to describe yourself again.

Tsk, just an egg with eyes. What could possibly be delicious about that?