Chapter 272: Five Hundred Years of Ignorance, God Helps Those Who Save Themselves

"Oh? It seems that the God of Grass is not completely unaware of what happened that day."

Yao Luo looked at Catherine in front of him. The person carried by this mechanical doll was not her original personality, but the Grass God who had just been in Jingshan Palace.

"Just call me Narcida."

When Catherine's voice reaches Yao Luo's ears, it becomes a soft but wise child's voice.

That was Nashida's voice.

"Well, how should I put it? It's like a bird that has always lived in a tree. When it sees large trees falling down in the forest where it lives, no matter how dumb it is, it will feel something, right?"

"Ha, what a wonderful metaphor."

Nashida's reaction also indirectly confirmed the success of Yao Luo and Zhongli's plan. The energy fluctuations caused by Zhongli's fake death should be able to deceive most of the demon-level characters.

"But, I guess the Rock God didn't die so easily, right?"

Yao Luo slightly shook his head. Was it worthy of saying that the god before him was called the God of Wisdom?
"Because, if your goal is to kill the gods and take our God's Heart, then you don't have to use such gentle means when facing me, whose power is far less than that of the God of Rock."

Nashida was very calm. Just based on his attitude, she figured out that if Yao Luo was the murderer of Yan Shen, he would not be so kind to her.

Moreover, this kind of kindness is not false, the kind that shows respect on the surface but is condescending in secret.

Rather, it is a kind of spiritual fluctuation of humility in seeking to learn and explore secrets. She has seen too many of this kind in Xumi City.

Xumi is a country that pursues wisdom, and is also one of the few countries that entrusts its defense capabilities to non-governmental groups.

In terms of military strength, Xumi can be said to be the weakest.

Since Yao Luo has no intention of taking away the Heart of God, his request may not be that simple.

"So, you are here to seek answers from me, traveler?"

"Clap clap clap."

Yao Luo gently applauded the person in front of him. Nashida's analysis was completely correct. Even when she was bound, the information from foreign countries did not blind her eyes. She found the most correct path based on her intuition alone.

"I want to see the World Tree."

Without any hesitation, Yao Luo, who has always been a straightforward person, directly stated his demands to Nashida.

What Yao Luo needs is information and memory. If there is one place in the entire continent of Teyvat that has the most information, it is undoubtedly the World Tree.

"I'm sorry, I may not be able to do this now."

After Yao Luo made his request, Nashida considered it seriously, but finally apologized helplessly.

"No need to apologize, this is my request. Even if you can't do it, you haven't let anyone down."

Yao Luo could see that there was very little that the Grass God in front of him could do. Even though he possessed wisdom, his temperament and personality were still far from the mature Zhongli.

Yao Luo could feel that the Grass God in front of her not only could not get out, but she herself might not even have the idea of ​​getting out.

"Don't you want to get out of that cage, Nashida?"

Yao Luo's question made Nashida silent. She looked into the distance and into the sky through Catherine's body.

“Perhaps, that’s the case.”

"This country's system was built by the previous grass god, also known as the 'Great Kind Tree King'."

"And I am just an ordinary god who inherited the void."

Yao Luo listened quietly to Nashida's description, acting as a good listener.

"When I was born 500 years ago, there was no god to guide the people of Xumi, and they were in chaos."

"But since finding me, the sage immediately restored order, but at that time, my mind was no different from that of a child." There was loneliness in Nashida's tone, and it can be seen that even now, she is still brooding over the history of that time.

"Later facts proved that even without me, the people of Xumi still lived well. The sages governed in an orderly manner, and the war soon returned to normal."

"So, from then on, I stayed in the Jingshan Palace, watching the people living at my feet."

"I have never ruled the people in the past 500 years. Perhaps I am just a moon."

Nashida looked at Yao Luo. Even though she was possessed by Catherine, she could still feel the huge energy and mental fluctuations contained in Yao Luo's body.

Even the amount that leaked out inadvertently like a breath made Nashida feel like she was looking at the stars in the sky.

Endless, yet eternal.

"And people like the Great Compassion Tree King and you may be the real sun."

After Nashida finished speaking, Yao Luo finally understood why she had not broken out of this cage for so many years.

Nashida, it's obvious that she was being PUA'd by the sage!

Just by listening to Nashida's description, Yao Luo felt his fists harden.

Everyone, including the devil, has to go through a growth process. Who would be stupid enough to let a newborn baby rule the country?
She must also demonstrate leadership skills that are no less than those of previous national leaders. Isn't this asking too much?
And the so-called "sage" did not carefully teach and protect the gods of his own country, but imprisoned her and used her as a generator and transit station. This, this, this...

"(Damn Great Sage of Birth, don't let me catch you!)"

Yao Luo felt a surge of anger in his heart, not only because he sympathized with Nashida's experience, but also because her child-like appearance reminded Yao Luo of the children in the lower class area of ​​​​Beloberg.

They had no chance to receive an education and had never even seen the sky. Their lives were filled with darkness, slag and dust.

How is Nashida's experience different from that of those children back then?
"By the way, Nashida, do you want to go see the outside world?"

Yao Luo tried his best to speak to the god in front of him in a gentle tone. The situation in Liyue would still take some time to develop, and now was a good opportunity to take Nashida out.

"Oh, but, this is impossible."

Nashida's eyes lit up, and then she became lonely again.

Her real body was imprisoned in the Jingshan Palace. She never had a physical body in the outside world, and she herself was unwilling to invade other Xumi people, so Catherine's body became the one she used for a long time.

Even when her loneliness reached its peak, she never acted recklessly, but instead resolved her loneliness in one dream after another.

"I can do it. I definitely can. It's easy."

Yao Luo's firm words touched Nashida's long-closed heart, causing a trace of desire to appear in her heart.

"Although I can rescue you now, there is an old saying in my hometown."

"God helps those who save themselves. I want to use reality to make you understand that you should break free from the cage."

"And finally, you will smash it to pieces with your own hands!"

"Let me take you to see what a real god should look like."

Yao Luo raised his hand, and a ball of colorful matter emerged from his hand. It broke free from the constraints of gravity and floated freely in the air.

Water will show colorful colors in the air, just like the body growing out of this ball of "water" at this moment.

Short white hair, green eyes, and a small body, that's exactly what Nashida looked like in the Jingshan Palace.

In this way, Nashida witnessed with her own eyes a body of her own being created from nothing to something, from virtual to real, by Yao Luo's hands, and her inner evaluation of Yao Luo became even higher.

"Let's go to Liyue!"

(End of this chapter)