Ah Yin was suppressing the lust in her heart!
Ever since her second meeting with Ji Feng, Ah Yin had sensed an attraction emanating from him that she found impossible to resist.
It was undoubtedly natural energy that had reached the level of laws. Merely staying beside him made the blood throughout her body tremble with excitement. Ah Yin even felt that if she united with him in body and soul, the very essence of her existence might be elevated!
Even taking a step back, simply staying by his side was intensely stimulating for Ah Yin and could help her cultivate faster and strengthen herself.
In short-Ah Yin was sexually repressed.
This was also why, starting from their second meeting, Ah Yin had been so forward with Ji Feng-a fire of desire surged within her, urging her to knead his entire being into her own body!
Later, through their conversations, Ah Yin learned why Ji Feng held such a powerful attraction for her. Clearly, the reason was his second Martial Soul, Nahida, the God of Wisdom!
Ah Yin believed Nahida must have been a deity who had cultivated from a plant, which was why she found him so attractive.
This isn't real love! It's just an instinctive urge! Wanting him because of something like this is utterly despicable!
A voice rang out in Ah Yin's heart, tinged with shame and inner struggle.
Love doesn't matter at all! You like him, and he likes you. That's enough! Just think of it as being for the future of the Blue Silver Grass Clan! As empress, you must make sacrifices! This is your responsibility!
A second voice erupted like a thunderclap, instantly grinding the first voice's feeble resistance into dust.
Ah Yin made up her mind. For the sake of the Blue Silver Grass Clan, she would offer up her chastity!
It absolutely wasn't because she was sexually repressed!
She had to win Ji Feng over immediately!
"Ah Yin, do you have any wishes?"
Just then, Ji Feng, who was lying beneath her, suddenly spoke. A hint of anticipation showed on his face, looking rather cute from Ah Yin's perspective.
Ah Yin quickly caught on. Ji Feng probably wanted to evolve his Martial Soul again by helping her.
But she couldn't very well say outright, "My wish is to Blue Silver Grass you."
How could she possibly say something like that?
Besides, she felt that helping him obtain a Nahida had already been a stroke of luck. How could he possibly farm another one from her?
"A wish? Oh, is this about your Martial Soul? But I don't have any wishes right now."
She lightly tapped her cheek with a delicate finger, putting on an innocent, thoughtful expression. Her voice was clear and melodious.
Ji Feng looked at the enormous exclamation mark hovering over her head, then at Ah Yin pretending to be innocent. He was utterly speechless.
If you've got a problem, just say it! Why are you being so secretive?! Isn't this getting in the way of me building a harem?! Seriously!
He immediately dialed an emergency number in his mind! He needed urgent support!
[Strategist, strategist! Come in! I've triggered a quest with Ah Yin. She definitely needs my help with something, but when I asked her, she refused to tell me. What should I do?]
He immediately appealed to his strategist, Sangonomiya Kokomi, for help.
Kokomi apparently hadn't gone far and was still within range of Nahida's psychic network.
[As someone who wants to build a harem, could you please use your own brain for once?! Don't toy with girls' feelings!]
Naturally, Nahida, who was responsible for connecting the network, was there too. Sitting not far from him, she rolled her eyes hard at Ji Feng. She thought this was far too underhanded!
Sangonomiya Kokomi, who was out shopping and eating snacks, was speechless. He had just angered her enough to make her leave, and now that something had come up, he was coming to her again!
But Kokomi was addicted to scheming. When someone asked her for help, she simply couldn't suppress the urge to offer strategies.
[Well, first of all, we don't know how your Martial Soul judges these things. It's possible she really doesn't have any worries. Have Nahida read Ah Yin's mind and check.]
At heart, Kokomi was a power gamer. She immediately requested the deployment of mind-reading, the tier-zero Noble Phantasm of romance.
[Could you two have some basic morals?! Remotely asking someone for advice is already ridiculous enough, and now you want me to help read her mind?! That's far too disrespectful to girls! I absolutely refuse!]
Nahida, with her strong moral compass, firmly refused and offered earnest guidance.
[When it comes to feelings, you can't rely on outside forces. You have to feel each other's sincerity with your own hearts! If you want a harem, surely you want everyone to genuinely like you, don't you? Using outside forces like this is meaningless! Otherwise, you might as well use the Four-Leaf Illusion God Eye as a hypnosis app! One glare, and it's true love.]
Ji Feng felt as though lightning had struck him! She was right! Wasn't this basically a hypnosis app?!
He was simply too kindhearted. He hadn't even thought of using it that way! As expected of the God of Wisdom!
Nahida's dream authority could alter consciousness. Couldn't he change affection levels however he pleased?! He was so kindhearted that the idea hadn't even occurred to him! He had only thought of using it like Tsukuyomi. Who would have thought? Nahida looked so respectable, yet her mind was even more sinister than his!
[As expected of the God of Wisdom, devising such a vicious scheme without a moment's hesitation. I am willing to call you a grandmaster of romance. You often call me sinister and cunning, my lady, but compared with you today, I can only bow in defeat.]
Kokomi immediately began mocking Nahida with barbed sarcasm as well.
[Who are you trying to fool?! I don't believe for a second that you didn't think of it!]
Nahida felt slandered! She was obviously so innocent!
[Oh, goodness! This humble woman is merely a rustic village wife. How could I compare with Lady Nahida, who knows no taboos? When it comes to cunning and scheming, little Kokomi can't even glimpse the dust left in your wake~.]
Ji Feng filtered out the noise of the two little children squabbling in his mind. Suddenly, enlightenment struck him-yes! A harem obtained through a hypnosis app wasn't what he sought!
[Exactly! Nahida! You're unworthy of being a deity! How could your thoughts be so vicious?! Romance is about feeling each other's sincerity with your own hearts! A deity like you, who doesn't understand the human heart, must not grasp that!]
Nahida: ?!
Weren't those all my lines?!
[You'd better mean that! In that case, surely you don't need an outside strategist either! I'm cutting off your psychic connection!]
"Ji Feng, is something wrong?"
In reality, Ji Feng's eyes were vacant and unfocused, as though his soul had wandered beyond the heavens. Seeing him like this, Ah Yin couldn't help looking worried.
Ji Feng gazed at Ah Yin's lovely face so close to his own, the back of his head still resting against her soft, ample "arguments." He had already made his decision. He would move Ah Yin with his own sincere heart!
"Ah Yin! There's something I'd like to ask of you!"
He reached back and took her soft, boneless little hand. As he held it tight, Ah Yin's heart involuntarily trembled. She secretly swallowed, yet the smile on her face grew even more alluring. Her voice carried a quiver she hadn't noticed herself. "W-what is it?"
"My Martial Soul can sense it! Big Sister Ah Yin needs help! Just think of it as doing this for me! Tell me your wish!"
"Ah... w-well..." Ah Yin's gaze darted about, and the blush on her cheeks deepened.
"I'm sorry! But this is the one thing I can't tell you! If it's anything else, I can help you! Ugh..."
Ah Yin let out a plaintive cry and finally fled as though escaping, leaving behind a thoroughly bewildered Ji Feng.
"Hee-hee-hee! A total failure at flirting, huh?"
Sitting across from him, Nahida, who had watched the entire exchange, lightly covered her mouth and delivered a perfectly timed tease.
"Is it really this difficult? I don't think Ah Yin dislikes me. Why won't she let me help fulfill her wish?"
No matter how Ji Feng pondered it, he couldn't make sense of it.
"A woman's heart is a needle at the bottom of the sea. Have you finally felt how difficult building a harem is? Give up while you still can! Learn to appreciate the beauty of one couple together for a lifetime! As a human, how can you let selfish desires run rampant? Those are merely wicked thoughts. You must restrain them!" Little Auspicious Bodhisattva offered her earnest instruction.
But her words went in one of Ji Feng's ears and out the other. As though he couldn't hear the little girl's teachings, he continued rubbing his chin.
Before long, Ji Feng slowly rose to his feet. A shaft of moonlight happened to fall through the window, bathing half his body in silvery brightness and leaving the other half pitch-black. He thoughtfully raised a hand, then clenched it, as though trying to seize the intangible moonlight in his palm.
"I've studied the human heart for over a decade. It's nothing more than a thing in the palm of my hand."
The corners of his mouth lifted, as though victory were already assured.
"What isn't real should be held fast with something illusory. Nahida, if I can win Ah Yin over tonight, how about you devote yourself wholeheartedly to helping me build my harem?"
"And what if I win?" Nahida puffed out her cheeks, not particularly interested. Could this man actually set her free?
"I'll give you your freedom. From then on, the sky will be high and the world vast, and you can roam wherever you please."
Nahida's eyes lit up. "It's a deal? But you have to rely entirely on yourself!"
Ji Feng smiled calmly and said lightly, "Naturally."
"You all seem to be under the impression that without my Genshin Impact Martial Soul, I'm nothing but a useless fool."
The corner of Nahida's mouth twitched. I don't think that's a mistaken impression. Just don't cling to my leg and beg me to stay when the time comes!
She could only approach the matter indirectly, saying meaningfully, "Actually, being useless isn't necessarily a bad choice. As long as you learn to heed the teachings of the wise, you can still grow."
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