SFS Chapter 156 Failure to Subdue the Little White Hair
Chapter 156 Failure to Subdue the Little White Hair
Kong ultimately did not agree to Xu Ning's request to go night fishing.
It wasn't that she couldn't tolerate Xu Ning's quirks, but rather that she genuinely cared about Xu Ning's safety.
After all, Xu Ning had just treated him to an extremely delicious meal. If he were to fish in this dark and unfamiliar environment, and the fishing line moved, causing Xu Ning to suddenly dive and crash into the rocks, it would be too unfair to him.
However, early the next morning, Xu Ning knocked on the door of the guest room inside the cave and took Kong out, ostensibly for "morning exercise," but in reality, he was just fishing.
Why do you like fishing so much?
Kong couldn't think of a word to add between "huan" and "diao" to describe Xu Ning's eccentricities.
However, he still wanted to get to the bottom of it. Only by knowing the reason could he decide whether or not to continue cooperating with Xu Ning's behavior, which was similar to that of the sixth brother.
Xu Ning, who had jumped into the water twice more, was wringing out his wet clothes.
He casually made up an excuse, saying, "Maybe it's because I grew up in a fishing village and then did some fishing work in Liyue Harbor, but I really love fishing."
Kong watched in silence as Xu Ning re-posed as if preparing to dive into the water. "Is this what you call loving fishing?"
"Since you love fishing, why don't you bring another fishing rod and we can go fishing together? I remember you have some spare fishing rods over there, right?"
Xu Ning was helpless, knowing that he had left a strange impression on Kong.
But it doesn't matter if you use a fishing rod to fish; you'll still have to jump when the time comes.
"Okay, wait for me."
Xu Ning hurriedly left a message, then entered the Dust Concealment Gourd and retrieved a new fishing rod.
When they came out again, they saw Kong holding a fishing rod that had been pressed into a semi-circle, with a small white-haired boy with dim eyes hanging on it.
The fishing rod in Xu Ning's hand fell to the ground with a "thud".
This kid actually started fishing before I even got there.
What's even more infuriating is that I jumped into the water several times but couldn't find any trace of Little White Hair.
Before he had even left for a moment, the little white-haired creature took the bait and clung to him, completely dashing his long-held wish to subdue it.
The phrase "falling short" probably means that what you want ends up in your empty hands.
"Little sister, I've finally found you."
Xu Ning let out a "howl" and pounced over, wanting to hug the little white-haired boy and take the opportunity to recognize him as a relative amidst the chaos.
Unexpectedly, the little white-haired boy, who had just woken up, darted up and hid behind Kong.
"Who's your sister? I'm Paimon."
Xu Ning was taken aback, then remembered that although the little guy had been hit on the head by something, he had not lost his memory.
This situation is different from when Qiqi knew nothing about it, so the tactic of recognizing relatives doesn't seem to work very well.
Meanwhile, Kong had already started talking to Paimon.
"I was flying in the sky when something suddenly hit me and knocked me into the water. Thank goodness you fished me out, otherwise I would have drowned."
Kong asked with concern, "Are you injured anywhere?"
Paimon chuckled and said, "Don't underestimate me because I'm small. My defense is very strong. I didn't suffer any damage, but I'm still a little dizzy."
Kong and Paimon, who was flying, walked over together.
Kong smiled and said to Xu Ning, "Xu Ning, Paimon said she wants to travel with us, and she said she knows a lot of things and can be our guide on the continent!"
Seeing that he seemed to have no chance with Paimon, Xu Ning nodded resignedly, "In that case, let's travel together. Let's choose Mondstadt, which is closest to here, as our first stop."
Paimon chimed in agreement, "Mondstadt is a free city-state, a city of 'wind,' and it worships the wind god, one of the seven gods."
Kong nodded and said, "I didn't expect to gather information about the gods so quickly. This is a good omen. Let's set off now!"
The group walked out of the beach and found the teleportation anchor point next to the mountain road.
Xu Ning observed the entire process with a detached eye and recorded the location of the teleportation anchor point.
When did you learn to use this?
Kong pondered and said, "I don't remember very clearly either. It seems that in the last world or sometime, I must have used a teleportation anchor point, otherwise I wouldn't have known its function as soon as I saw it."
Xu Ning nodded and said, "Although now is not a good time to enter Mondstadt, since we've decided to set off, it might just be a miracle."
"But there are some things I must ask you. Your power has been sealed. How much strength do you have left? Is it enough to deal with any monsters that might appear?"
Kong drew his longsword, swung it a few times tentatively, and said somewhat dejectedly, "My strength seems to have disappeared, but my swordsmanship has remained. It shouldn't be difficult to deal with ordinary people."
During the rest of the journey, Xu Ning gave way to Kong almost all the small monsters they encountered along the way.
Although Kong was only using the Wufeng Sword for practice, he won every battle. As his swordsmanship became more and more proficient, the group arrived at Xingluo Lake.
"Look, there's a statue in the middle of the lake!"
Paimon stretched out his little hand and pointed to the seven statues of the wind god in the center of Starfall Lake.
Xu Ning in Liyue also saw similar statues, but they were all in the form of the Geo Archon.
Xu Ning explained to the sky, "The statues of the gods are distributed across the continent, symbolizing the seven gods protecting the world."
"Kong, do you want to go over and see if it's the god you encountered?"
Kong nodded and jumped into the water, swimming to the small island in the middle of Xingyue Lake.
Standing below, Kong looked up and carefully observed the face of the statue, then shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be Him."
"Because neither its appearance nor its temperament resembles the deity I met, and the feeling this statue gives me is like a gentle breeze blowing through my heart, completely lacking the powerful oppressive feeling of that unfamiliar deity."
As he spoke, he unconsciously reached out and touched the base of the statue.
Then a cyan aura quickly condensed in his palm.
"Is this the power of 'wind'?"
Kong turned around in surprise and said to Paimon and Xu Ning, "I seem to resonate with something in this statue. Now it seems I can use the power of the wind too."
As he spoke, Kong stretched out his hand and quickly condensed a tight, spinning ball of wind in it. Then he pushed it forward, and a gust of wind howled across the surface of Starfall Lake, creating large ripples.
Xu Ning smiled and said, "It seems that this world, or rather the gods, are very welcoming of your arrival!"