Jueyun Karst.
A woven bamboo table stood beneath the shade of a large tree at the foot of the mountain.
Zhongli and Venti were enjoying wine and side dishes they had brought back from Wanmin Restaurant.
They sipped their wine and recited verses in very different styles as they admired the mountain scenery, utterly at ease.
But compared with their carefree enjoyment, Ellin was in a far more miserable state.
In a clearing several dozen meters from their table, Ellin was buried in the soil with only her head exposed.
Her pretty face was filthy with dust, and the original color of her long hair was no longer discernible.
This was her sixth day buried in the ground.
As for why she had been buried, that story began six days earlier.
"This is the true way to use Geo energy."
Zhongli looked at Ellin. "Have you learned it?"
"Uh..."
"I have, but I haven't completely learned it yet."
Ellin stared wide-eyed, the shock still lingering in her gaze.
Geo control precise enough to armor every strand of hair, and terrifying destructive power that could flatten a hundred-square-meter area with a casual point of his finger.
Zhongli's casual display of his abilities had shaken Ellin to her young soul.
Those one or two casually demonstrated moves alone were enough for Ellin to understand that the gap between her strength and Zhongli's was as vast as heaven and earth.
With her top-tier talent, [Supreme Insight], she had learned how to use a Geo shield and channel Geo energy to activate [Resonance] after watching Zhongli's lesson just once.
But learning something was one matter. Actually being able to do it was another.
So she looked at Zhongli. "I understand the principles, but I can't control Geo energy with that kind of power