Genshin Impact: Joining the Genius Society

Chapter 343: Yukong Feels Mentally Exhausted

"Since you have matters to attend to, sir, I won't disturb you further. Once your business is concluded, I shall personally pay you a visit."Now that Su Ran had spoken so plainly, Jing Yuan naturally wouldn't do anything that might hurt their relationship.

As the Divine Foresight General, balancing interests and reading situations was one of his specialties.

"However, since this is your first time visiting the Xianzhou, there may be many things unfamiliar to you. Would you like me to arrange a guide?"

"Sure."

After receiving the answer, Jing Yuan let out a quiet sigh of relief and departed in satisfaction.

"That person… is very strong."

Once Jing Yuan left, the Tsaritsa finally had the chance to quietly speak with Su Ran.

Just from appearances alone, the Xianzhou general seemed deeply calculating.

Even though he had barely paid attention to her, the Cryo Archon still felt tremendous pressure from him.

"Of course he's strong. He's a Hunt Emanator—basically the same class of existence as me."

Su Ran held Jing Yuan's strength in fairly high regard.

Sure, in the game he got beaten around badly by Phantylia—

But the man was already old and worn down, and he'd always been more of a strategist than a frontline berserker.

If he were as ferocious as Feixiao, there was no way Phantylia would've escaped.

Besides, game mechanics listed Jing Yuan under Erudition—

But that was obviously just gameplay compromise.

You couldn't exactly make Hunt characters specialize in AoE attacks.

In reality, as a Xianzhou general, he still walked the Path of the Hunt.

And as a Hunt Emanator, he naturally possessed considerable combat power.

"The same level as you?"

Serval found that a little exaggerated.

"Could that general also directly purify a planet corrupted by a Stellaron?"

Su Ran had outright resolved the Stellaron disaster.

He'd even melted away the eternal snow itself.

Could that general really accomplish something on that scale?

Serval honestly thought her younger brother Gepard looked more energetic than Jing Yuan did.

"Strength is strength. Status is status. He's an Emanator, and so am I. We simply walk different Paths."

Emanators varied in power, but their standing was roughly equal.

Very few people were willing to provoke one.

Because doing so was almost never worth the cost.

"So he's really that strong?"

"Of course. There's no such thing as a weak Emanator."

"Su Ran, have you noticed? Ever since earlier, a lot of people have been watching us."

Serval quietly tugged at his sleeve.

Ever since the general left, quite a few people had been trailing their group.

It felt strange.

Wasn't the Xianzhou Alliance supposed to be welcoming?

Right now it felt more like they wanted to devour them alive.

"That's obvious greed."

Su Ran spoke casually.

"They call themselves long-lived species, but in reality, very few of them can survive past a thousand years. I can casually cure mara-struck people and even let them live to two thousand. Of course people would be tempted."

The Xianzhou's obsession with longevity had always existed.

If curing mara required giving up immortality entirely, they absolutely would not accept it.

Which only proved one thing—

They wanted both.

Unfortunately, Yaoshi couldn't provide that.

But now, an outworlder like him had accomplished it.

Of course they were coveting it.

Earlier, when Jing Yuan left, he'd even ordered the recovered Cloud Knight to be taken directly to the military camp, saying he would personally visit later.

Wasn't that obviously to prevent someone from secretly abducting him for research?

Otherwise, why not send him to the Alchemy Commission?

Because that place was riddled with problems.

"Then why isn't anyone approaching us directly?" Serval asked.

The Tsaritsa glanced at the foxian woman assigned by Jing Yuan to accompany them.

"Probably because of her."

This foxian woman clearly held high status.

The composed aura she carried—tempered through years of experience—was enough to intimidate most people just by standing there.

Clara had been hiding in Su Ran's arms the entire time, curiously peeking at everything around her.

But since this was unfamiliar territory, she didn't yet have the courage to wander off on her own.

"The Helm Master of the Sky-Faring Commission. That's quite an important figure."

Yukong's fox ears twitched slightly as she silently listened to their entire conversation.

This technically fulfilled the task Jing Yuan had assigned her.

The problem was—

These people weren't even trying to lower their voices.

It was almost as if they didn't care whether anyone overheard them.

Either they were utterly fearless—

Or they genuinely just didn't care.

"But unfortunately, foxians live far too briefly. Three or four hundred years at most."

Such handsome men and beautiful women—

Yet such short lives.

Was this what people meant by "beauty fades quickly"?

Serval found the statement absurd.

"Could you maybe consider my feelings? I'm already nearly fifty. That means I've already lived through a third of my life."

For an ordinary person with a lifespan under a hundred years—

Three or four hundred years was already incredibly long.

So how was Su Ran saying things like this so casually?

Was it just because he himself was immortal too?

"I see. Then later I'll let you experience what longevity feels like. It's pretty simple."

Yukong: "..."

She hadn't said a single word the entire trip.

She'd merely been listening to their conversation.

And yet somehow—

She already felt mentally exhausted.

Couldn't someone please talk to her for once?

Besides, she herself was already nearing the latter half of her life.

She didn't have many years left.

And these people were discussing longevity right in front of her?

Wasn't that a bit cruel?

"Esteemed guests," Yukong finally interjected, "please refrain from discussing longevity in front of Xianzhou natives. It is not a pleasant topic here."

"Understood, Miss Yukong. We'll be careful."

Su Ran nodded easily.

"Besides, we didn't come to Xianzhou seeking immortality anyway."

If they kept discussing it, they really might end up emotionally damaging the locals.

After all, Su Ran's form of immortality came without mara.

Foxians lacked mara only because they were short-lived.

They simply died before reaching that stage.

"But Miss Yukong," Su Ran suddenly asked with a blink, "aren't you curious why we came here?"

"Th-that…"

Yukong hesitated.

"General Jing Yuan didn't mention it."

She only knew this man possessed extraordinary abilities.

As for why he'd come to the Luofu—

Jing Yuan truly hadn't explained.

He had merely instructed her to properly receive these distinguished guests.

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