Having learned his lesson, Ji Feng went straight to his courtyard this time, to keep the summoning's aftershocks from turning his home into a complete mess.
This was actually Kokomi's first time stepping outside on the Douluo Continent, and she looked around this world with considerable curiosity.
Ji Feng decided to have Kokomi stand by to back him up. She had nothing else to do anyway. Although she was only a support, she was still a better fighter than he was. He was rather afraid of encountering one of those ruthless, decisive Genshin Impact characters who might try to cut him down the moment they appeared.
"Actually, drawing Gorou would be best. I'm confident I could make him obey you, and he's also the combat-oriented type of character you like most. He could put his strength to good use in this world, too," Kokomi offered her strategist's honest counsel from beside him.
"No!"
Ji Feng refused without the slightest hesitation.
"Why?" Kokomi asked, puzzled.
"Because if there are men, I'm not playing! I want an all-female Genshin Impact!"
You dirty old lecher! Kokomi gritted her teeth in anger, her soft, lovely face twisting into something almost ferocious.
All Kokomi saw was Ji Feng staring blankly into space for a while. Then, suddenly, an incomparably vast surge of energy began taking shape before him.
Another hurricane swept up afterward, just as before, but compared with Kokomi's summoning, this wind was actually gentler!
Ji Feng inwardly cursed. Among all the Vision holders in Genshin Impact, he couldn't think of many who were weaker than Kokomi off the top of his head.
Could it be Barbara?
Am I supposed to clear the Douluo Continent with two healers?
The emerald radiance coalesced into a petite figure. As the light faded, the summoned person's true appearance was revealed.
The newcomer had the petite build of a young girl, luminous white skin, and a pair of long, pointed elfin ears. Her long, silvery-white hair was gathered to one side in a fluffy side ponytail, its ends shaded with a translucent grass-green gradient. Gilded ornaments shaped like flowers and leaves adorned her hair-not a heavy crown, but a light arrangement of interwoven four-leaf clovers and leaves.
Her eyes were especially striking: a clear emerald green, with a distinctive four-leaf-clover cross pattern within her pupils. When she looked at someone, her gaze held both a child's clarity and a quiet, perceptive light.
Her divine raiment, white as pure blossoms, wrapped her delicate body like a dress. Golden curling-leaf runes flowed across it, and white lace lined the inner hem. Two translucent pale-green panels of gauze hung down her back, rippling softly in the breeze. Her jade-like feet were particularly unusual, clad in open-toed divine ornaments shaped like enveloping flowers and leaves, leaving her smooth, rounded toes exposed to the air.
"Nahida!" Sangonomiya Kokomi couldn't help crying out in surprise. With Ji Feng's memories resonating with hers, she naturally recognized this Dendro Archon. She hadn't expected him to actually summon a god.
Having just arrived in another world, Nahida was still trying to understand the situation. Before she could react, she vanished from where she stood.
Meanwhile, Ji Feng, who had been standing off to the other side, had already taken on the elfin girl's appearance. He curiously moved his slender, delicate limbs and blinked those large, beautiful eyes as he surveyed his surroundings. He found this unfamiliar perspective fascinating; it felt as though the whole world had grown larger. Suddenly, a sly smile appeared on that face.
Controlling Nahida's little figure, Ji Feng turned toward Kokomi, lifted a sweet smile, and said softly, "So you must be my summoner. It's nice to meet you. I've been watching you for a long time. My name is Nahida. Don't let my childlike appearance fool you-I understand this world better than any adult. So, may I trade my knowledge for the things you see and hear on your journey?"
Kokomi: ...
She was simply speechless.
"I see. You can actually transform directly into the characters you summon? Then do you have her memories and abilities now?" Kokomi asked suspiciously.
A faintly teasing smile appeared on Nahida's pure, flawless little face.
"The people call me Lesser Lord Kusanali. My homeland is faraway Sumeru. I am Nahida. How could there be any question of whether I possess my own abilities and memories?"
"Little Kokomi, you really do love asking strange questions."
Nahida lifted her chin smugly. Paired with that exquisite, childlike face, the gesture could only look adorable.
Kokomi, however, knew perfectly well that this was Ji Feng. With a rather odd expression, she asked, "Do you enjoy playing a girl that much? Doesn't it feel awkward?"
Nahida replied as though it were perfectly natural, "Who wouldn't want to become a beautiful girl? But..."
"She's a god, sure! But why Nahida?! Only two of the Seven can't fight, and I just had to draw one of them! Nahida is clearly a desk-job goddess! At this rate, when will I ever steamroll the Douluo Continent?!"
She tugged at her own hair in frustration, puffing out her cheeks as she shouted, completely abandoning the God of Wisdom's earlier composure and poise.
"My first pull was a desk-job five-star! My second pull was a desk-job deity! I want a combat role!"
Kokomi helplessly pressed a hand to her forehead. She clearly thought Nahida was an excellent pull, yet even with Nahida's brain, the person before her looked as though he had become an idiot after Ji Feng's intellect contaminated it.
"Speaking of which, why won't you let Nahida talk? Don't you want to chat with the real Dendro Archon?" Kokomi asked curiously, wondering why Ji Feng had so decisively "possessed" Nahida.
"I don't want to have another discussion about whether someone should help me, especially with the God of Wisdom!"
Through Nahida's body, Ji Feng folded his arms and set that tender, childlike face into a coldly beautiful expression. The little goddess's bearing instantly became haughty and imperious, unexpectedly revealing a trace of divine majesty and nobility.
"Besides, wisdom is dangerous. Nahida might think of a way to break free of her restraints and run off. I can just be Nahida and help myself anyway. I don't need the person herself!"
A little surprised, Kokomi praised him. "After using my body, your intelligence has clearly improved!"
Kokomi also thought this was the right answer. Fundamentally, they were all projections created by his martial soul anyway. She had long since accepted that she wasn't the real Kokomi, and she couldn't be bothered to concern herself with the thoughts of an unfamiliar Dendro Archon projection now.
Since she had already acknowledged him as her lord, she would naturally consider things only from her lord's perspective as his strategist.
"However, my lord, there is something you don't know. Nahida is actually the character best suited to your present circumstances," Kokomi said, lightly cupping her hands in salute.
"Oh!" Nahida's eyes lit up.
"Since my lord wants to build a harem, you naturally can't use my body or Lesser Lord Kusanali's body to do it, can you? Wouldn't that be utter nonsense?"
"The urgent priority is to give your own body enough fighting strength to gain a firm foothold on this Douluo Continent, where the weak are meat and the strong do eat."
"Although the summoned characters' bodies are useful and can let you reach the heavens in a single step, even if you transform into Zhongli or Venti, those are still someone else's bodies. If you used them to join with your lover, wouldn't you feel as though you had a cuckold's green hat on your head?"
"That's true! So all-female Genshin Impact was the right choice!" Ji Feng exclaimed in realization.
"..." Kokomi couldn't be bothered to offer an opinion on that subject. She thought summoning a few male characters as helpers would be perfectly fine, wouldn't it?
Kokomi didn't believe Ji Feng could avoid summoning even a single man. She would just wait and see what he chose when the time came.
"So the urgent priority is for my lord to improve the strength of your own body first. Although you have zero innate soul power, Nahida, the Dendro Archon, is also the God of Wisdom, and she possesses the ability to awaken intelligence. With her wisdom, it should not be difficult to help you turn your fortunes around and become a Soul Master."
Kokomi spoke with calm assurance.
"That is why I believe Nahida is the best choice for my lord. Of the Seven, she should be the deity most skilled at helping mortals increase their strength!"
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