October 15, 1993 of the Teyvat Calendar, on the open space at the entrance of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
“Kuaixue…
It is too fast, stop for a second, I cannot take it anymore, ha—” At this moment, a few beads of sweat hung on Hu Tao’s face, shining like pearls inlaid on an exquisite face.
These sweat beads did not detract from her beauty, instead adding the unique aura characteristic of a youthful Damselette to him.
Provided that Hu Tao was not lying on the ground, staring blankly at the sky with a lifeless expression, looking completely broken, and muttering incessantly, “I am so foolish, truly.
I only knew that Kuaixue’s swordsmanship was superb, and even the Instructor was no match for her; but I never expected that her swordsmanship would be so…
perverted.” Xingqiu, Yun Jin, and Keqing, resting on the side, deeply agreed with Hu Tao’s words.
30 rounds, this was the highest record the four of them persisted in a one-on-one duel with Kuaixue in turn.
The record holder Keqing stated that he was used to it, having been abused since childhood.
Among the remaining three, the highest record was Yun Jin’s 15 rounds, while Xingqiu and Hu Tao were defeated in a mere 5 rounds.
Yun Jin’s martial arts were a notch lower compared to Xingqiu and Hu Tao, but through the amplification of the Vision, she barely managed to persist for 15 rounds.
Vision, this is a unique “cheat code” for humans in the Teyvat world.
Legend has it that when a person’s desire is strong enough to reach the heavens, the Seven Archons will cast their gaze upon them.
If the desire is recognized by the gods, the gods will share a part of their omnipotence with that person.
From then on, a Vision will appear beside the person who made the wish and obtained the gods’ recognition.
People who possess a Vision are called allogene.
The function of a Vision is mainly manifested in enhancing physical constitution and using elemental power.
An allogene who has never undergone relevant martial arts training can rival elite Adventurers by relying on physical fitness and the blessing of elemental power.
An allogene tempered by countless battles can knock on the door of a grand Adventurer.
It can be said that with a Vision, your life will have a qualitative leap, and at the very least, you can become an elite Adventurer or a minor leader in the army.
Visions are divided into seven elements: Anemo, Geo, Electro, Dendro, Hydro, Pyro, and Cryo.
Only by holding a Vision of the corresponding attribute can one use the corresponding elemental power.
A Vision is composed of an outer shell representing the nation and a middle gemstone part representing the attribute, with an elemental mark drawn on the gemstone.
Visions cannot be inherited; when the holder dies, the Vision will become a masterless empty shell.
Of course, there are a very small number of people who can reawaken a masterless Vision and make it their own.
The number of allogenes is extremely scarce.
According to the investigation and statistical research of the Sumeru Akademiya, the proportion of allogenes in the population is about one in ten thousand—taking Liyue Harbor with a population of one million as an example, the number of allogenes in Liyue Harbor is about 100, which is truly one in a million.
“Hu Tao, do you still want more?” Kuaixue looked at Hu Tao with a wicked smile and asked with ill intent.
“No, no, too much hurts the body, let’s end here today.” As soon as Hu Tao heard these words, she felt terrible, executed a carp kipping up, and instantly hid behind Keqing.
“Let’s stop here for today, Xiaoxue, everyone is a bit tired.
We are going shopping together later.” “Fine, A-Qing.” Faced with his older sister who loved shopping, Kuaixue had no choice but to obey obediently and gave up the thought of “disciplining” Hu Tao.
Hearing this, the remaining three breathed a heavy sigh of relief and smiled at each other.
— Feiyun Slope Everyone strolled along the street while chatting.
“However, Kuaixue, isn’t your swordsmanship too dangerous?” Xingqiu, who was also a master of swordsmanship, asked with worry after personally experiencing Kuaixue’s treacherous sword.
Kuaixue’s own understanding of kendo did not pull away much of a gap from him and Keqing.
The reason why she was able to defeat them relied more on the “treacherous sword” that always placed herself in dangerous places and exchanged crisis for opportunity.
Facing Kuaixue’s “gambling with life” swordsmanship, Xingqiu couldn’t help feeling some worry when recalling it afterwards.
Admittedly, Kuaixue could be said to have won neatly and cleanly in this sparring session, but what about in a life-and-death duel?
What if the opponent did not make a move according to Kuaixue’s conception?
Xingqiu even felt that compared to a swordsmanship master, a layman could easily defeat Kuaixue; “flailing fists beat the old master” was precisely this logic.
Facing everyone’s worried gazes, Kuaixue briefly explained, “It won’t happen, I know what I’m doing, I’ve gotten through the past dozen or so years like this.” Seeming to feel that her persuasiveness might not be enough, she added another sentence at the end, “Um—, my physique is special, which is why I can use this kind of swordsmanship, you’d better not try it.” Hearing “special physique”, although the three were curious, they still chose to remain silent, stopped entangling themselves in this topic, and began chatting about the nearby shops.
After hearing this explanation, Keqing associated it with Kuaixue’s magical ability to “find Keqing”, and secretly pondered whether there was any relationship between the two.
As they strolled and chatted and laughed, everyone arrived downstairs at the Wanwen Bookhouse.
“Kuaixue, do you want to go up and take a look?” Keqing knew her own younger sister’s nature and asked first.
“Of course.” Kuaixue, who had shown little interest in the roadside shops all the way, seemed to have light flickering in her eyes at this moment.
Everyone then went upstairs to the Wanwen Bookhouse.
“Speaking of which, Kuaixue, do you think I look very familiar?” On the steps, Xingqiu suddenly asked.
“?” Kuaixue obviously had a puzzled expression.
“Fine.
Pretend I didn’t say anything.” Although he had already noticed it, he didn’t expect Kuaixue to be truly this dazed.
After a day of getting along, Xingqiu felt Kuaixue’s cold personality.
Compared to a human, she seemed more like an adeptus of legend.
Living in the mortal world yet not entering worldly affairs, seemingly polite to people, she actually kept a respectful distance.
The only ones who could truly enter her heart were probably her parents and Keqing—the three of them.
And reading books was more like entertainment to pass a hundred years of life for her.
If not for Keqing’s strong demand, she probably wouldn’t have established contact with us and her classmates in class until graduation, Xingqiu sighed inwardly.
“Speaking of which, Kuaixue, you like reading so much, what kind of books do you usually like to read?” Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, Yun Jin smiled and started another topic.
Every time class ended, she would see Kuaixue running towards the direction of the Wenyuan Pavilion.
Hu Tao and Xingqiu were also very curious about this question.
“I read rather miscellaneous things, basically turning none away.
Um—recently I am reading ‘Winds of the Woods’.” “Winds of the Woods”?
The three of them pondered for a long time, but didn’t know what book it was.
“A poetry collection of many Nameless wandering bards of Mondstadt compiled and recorded by scholars hundreds of years ago.” Kuaixue explained.
“Mondstadt?
Does Kuaixue also like reading foreign books?” The three were somewhat surprised.
Compared to foreign books, Liyue people usually tended towards domestic books.
“Mm, I have already read most of the books visible in the Liyue market.
So now I am widely collecting foreign books.” Kuaixue never fails to stun people with her words.
“…” The three of them were deeply shocked.