—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Guinaifen: "Oh my god, how is that thing still moving?"
Guinaifen: "Is it really unkillable?"
Lingsha: "A powerful healing ability—such is the nature of the Abominations of Yaoshi."
Lingsha: "It seems the Intelligentsia Guild's research on the Borisin has already gone quite deep."
March 7th: "For the Intelligentsia Guild to build such a terrifying mech, they must have made it to be used as a weapon, right?"
Aventurine: "What else?"
Aventurine: "Or perhaps it could be used as a bodyguard?"
Paimon: "A bodyguard?"
Paimon: "Uh… I'd be more worried about this thing losing its mind and attacking indiscriminately."
Paimon: "Though, if it really could be used as a bodyguard, I think that would be great!"
Paimon: "If Lumine and I had two or three of these mechs protecting us while we travel, we wouldn't be disturbed by those pesky monsters when we sleep, right?"
Lumine: "Paimon, I feel like even if you were sold, you wouldn't be able to afford half of that thing."
Paimon: "Ah… well…"
Paimon: "Then… then we'll just have to work hard to earn Mora!"
Paimon: "One day we'll be able to afford it!"
Lumine: "But I feel like by the time we can, we won't even need it anymore."
Lumine: "By the way, what did General Jing Yuan mean by his answer?"
Lumine: "Is the reason Hoolay is imprisoned on the Luofu related to this mech?"
Nahida: "I think General Jing Yuan meant…"
Nahida: "The reason Hoolay is imprisoned on the Xianzhou Luofu, rather than the Yaoqing, is because they feared the people of the Yaoqing would be like the Intelligentsia Guild, researching Hoolay's Abundance traits…"
Nahida: "In that case, as the research deepened, they might have faced even more terrifying consequences."
Stelle: "For example, getting so obsessed with the research that they became the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus!"
March 7th: "Hey, you know what, that's actually highly possible!"
March 7th: "Even though some people might have started researching it out of good intentions at first?"
Furina de Fontaine: "For example, Mr. Jiaoqiu?"
Jiaoqiu: "Haha, I know my limits. I wouldn't get overly obsessed with the power of Abundance."
Jiaoqiu: "What I seek, from beginning to end, is only to find a way to cure Feixiao from Hoolay."
Moze: "Hmph, your words are no different from those of the researchers before they went astray."
Moze: "They would say the exact same thing at the start."
Jiaoqiu: "Come on, are you here just to ruin my credibility?"
Jiaoqiu: "Don't you know what kind of person I am?"
Moze: "I don't. I only know you're a chef, and your cooking is decent."
Moze: "Furthermore, your food is a bit too spicy."
Moze: "It gives me heartburn."
Jiaoqiu: "…"
Jiaoqiu: "Moze, oh Moze, I really have to hand it to you!"
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『 [ …Are you saying that someone wants to crack Hoolay's secret and apply it, just like what this machine represents? ]
[ I understand. ]
[ I've heard that the Foxians of the Yaoqing share a particularly close lineage with the Borisin. Some of those Foxian descendants, like the Borisin, will uncontrollably fall into a madness known as Moon Rage. ]
[ The Marshal believes this matter borders on the non-human, no different from the Borisin, so… ]
With Jing Yuan's prompting, Lingsha figured out the reason.
[ You guessed right. ]
[ To the Borisin, Moon Rage is a gift that unleashes their power. ]
[ But to the Foxians, it is a madness in their bloodline they wish to avoid at all costs. ]
[ For generations, healers on the Yaoqing have tried to crack this puzzle, but they have never found the key. ]
[ Why can the Borisin control Moon Rage? Can the Foxians break this curse? …Someone will always ask such questions. ]
[ The original intention of every person who asks is filled with goodwill. ]
[ However, all roads to disaster in this world are paved with good intentions. ]
[ To the Foxians of the Yaoqing, Hoolay is not just the Warhead of the Borisin, but also a monster, and a subject of their research. ]
[ He became a deadly poison that corrodes the human heart without them even realizing it. ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Hu Tao: "So the Foxians of the Yaoqing have always wanted to use Hoolay to research a way to cure Moon Rage?"
Hu Tao: "I think their thoughts are understandable."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "The thought is naturally good, but the variables involved are immense."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "The power of Abundance is a profound and mystical force that even some professional scholars of the Intelligentsia Guild are deeply infatuated with."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "If one researches it too deeply, very few can guarantee they will keep their original intentions."
Silver Wolf: "Simply put, who wouldn't want to use the power of Abundance to live longer or become stronger?"
Silver Wolf: "That's just human nature!"
Jing Yuan: "Precisely because human nature is unpredictable, the Marshal had to put an end to this from the very root."
Jing Yuan: "Otherwise, if the healers of the Yaoqing were really allowed to research him, they might repeat the mistake of falling into the plague of Abundance."
Jing Yuan: "I believe General Feixiao should also understand the Marshal's intentions?"
Feixiao: "Of course."
Feixiao: "The Marshal's decision was correct."
Feixiao: "Some people, driven by obsession, are capable of doing anything."
Feixiao: "Just as General Jing Yuan said, perhaps the starting point was out of goodwill."
Feixiao: "But a starting point of goodwill can also bear bitter fruit in the end."
March 7th: "Hmph, a certain person should be named here!"
March 7th: "That's right, Sunday!"
Hanabi: "Didn't I already say~"
Hanabi: "The chicken-wing boy just wanted everyone's everyday to be Sunday!"
Hanabi: "What did he do wrong!"
Sunday: "Miss Fool, there is no need to tease me further."
Sunday: "I already know that for the people of the world, perhaps not everyone yearns for a life where every day is Sunday."
Sunday: "Some answers are diverse; it is not about right or wrong, but simply a difference in choice."
Sunday: "Perhaps what I should do is create a favorable environment where the people of the world can make their choices fairly."
Stelle: "My goodness, your ideal is even harder to achieve."
Stelle: "It would be easier just to build the Dream of Ena!"
Qingque: "The question is, does absolute fairness really exist in this world?"
Qingque: "What would fairness in an absolute sense even look like?"
Sunday: "That is the answer I need to seek once more…"
Sunday: "Even though I might not find this answer even if I spend my entire life."
Boothill: "Partner, don't you find life exhausting?"
Boothill: "Who says life has to find some kind of answer?"
Boothill: "If you can't find the answer, then fudge it, don't look for it!"
Boothill: "That itself is also an answer!"
Paimon: "If you can't find the answer, just don't look for it?"
Paimon: "Eh? It feels like what Mr. Boothill said makes a lot of sense!"
Paimon: "That way, you can save yourself a lot of trouble."
Lumine: "Uh… isn't that just slacking off?"
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『 [ Therefore, the Marshal imprisoned Hoolay on the Luofu. ]
[ This is indeed not an honor, but… a warning. ]
Lingsha nodded, having fully understood the Marshal's intentions.
[ Because of a similar selfish desire, for a so-called act of kindness to benefit others, a tragedy once occurred on the Luofu that serves as a warning to future generations. ]
Jing Yuan continued to speak, his expression turning somewhat emotional.
[ The Sedition of Imbibitor Lunae. ]
Lingsha knew what Jing Yuan was referring to.
[ … ]
Hearing this term, Dan Heng fell silent. 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Furina de Fontaine: "This Sedition of Imbibitor Lunae… what exactly does it refer to?"
Furina de Fontaine: "Does it have something to do with Dan Heng's past life, Dan Feng?"
Mualani: "I think it does."
Mualani: "Maybe because of this, Dan Heng was banished from the Luofu?"
Stelle: "I actually heard Dan Heng explain what happened."
Stelle: "But I'm afraid talking about it will make Dan Heng sad, so that I won't say it."
Hu Tao: "Yes, this must be a past Dan Heng doesn't wish to recall. We shouldn't ask."
Dan Heng: "…"
Dan Heng: "It's fine. Those things have long passed for me."
Dan Heng: "Right now, I am only Dan Heng the Nameless, not the High Elder Dan Feng of my past life."
Stelle: "Uh… well, since Dan Heng doesn't mind."
Stelle: "I'll briefly tell you guys."
Stelle: "This so-called Sedition of Imbibitor Lunae was actually related to the High-Cloud Quintet."
Stelle: "The High Elder Dan Feng was one of the High-Cloud Quintet at the time."
Stelle: "The other four, three of whom you are not unfamiliar with, are General Jing Yuan, the former Sword Champion of the Luofu, Jingliu, and Blade, who wasn't yet a Stellaron Hunter."
Lumine: "Since Stelle put it that way… I think I've guessed something…"
Lumine: "The one person we aren't familiar with… could she have sacrificed herself?"
Stelle: "Sister, your guess is spot on."
Stelle: "The other was a Foxian lady named Baiheng, who sacrificed herself in a great battle back then."
Stelle: "And so, to save the deceased Baiheng, the Imbibitor Lunae at the time used the Vidyadhara's reincarnation secret art, attempting to resurrect her."
Stelle: "But the result was the resurrection of a monster, which caused huge havoc on the Luofu."
Stelle: "In the end, the former Sword Champion, Jingliu, personally slew the monster. She seemed to have been traumatized by this and fell into Mara-struck."
Stelle: "The Imbibitor Lunae also made a grave mistake because of this and was sentenced by the Xianzhou Alliance to the severe punishment of shedding scales and rebirth."
Stelle: "With this event as the fuse, the former High-Cloud Quintet quickly fell apart."
Stelle: "As of now, the only one left in the Xianzhou Alliance is General Jing Yuan."
Seele: "My goodness, it's that dramatic?"
Seele: "For five legendary figures of the past to end up in such a tragic state, it's truly a pity."
Jing Yuan: "Sigh… sometimes fate plays tricks on people like this."
Jing Yuan: "And as mortals, we can only bear it silently."
March 7th: "General Jing Yuan must have carried so much all these years, right?"
March 7th: "It must have been so hard on him…"
Paimon: "This is too sad. Clearly, all five of them were legendary pillars of the Xianzhou Alliance."
Paimon: "But why did they have to end up with such a fate?"
Robin: "Two were hunted as wanted criminals, one was forced into rebirth and then exiled, one died…"
Robin: "Only General Jing Yuan remained in his position, forced to hold up the Luofu."
Robin: "The end of the High-Cloud Quintet is indeed tragic and deeply regrettable."
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『 [ By transferring Hoolay to the Luofu, the Marshal temporarily quieted the dark thoughts of the Yaoqing Foxians, and also warned the Luofu Xianzhou, which had just experienced chaos. ]
[ This is a balance, and a step that had to be taken. ]
[ The Xianzhou Alliance is not a one-man show of the Xianzhou people alone. ]
[ Only when the Foxians, Vidyadhara, and Xianzhou people form a three-race alliance can there be a future. ]
Jing Yuan continued to explain.
[ Lingsha has learned much. ]
[ Did you also balance my master with such a mindset back then, exiling her to the Zhuming Xianzhou, yet sitting by and watching the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus rise again within the Alchemy Commission? ]
Taking advantage of this topic, Lingsha once again asked about Jing Yuan exiling her master back then.
[ You say I couldn't bear to cut out the rot from the Alchemy Commission, but instead sent the healer who wanted to help to the Zhuming… ]
[ But did your mentor tell you... her 'good intentions' led her to perform certain healing arts on Dan Heng, who had just finished his hatching rebirth, so that he would regain the memories of his past life? ] 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Dan Heng: "What?!"
Dan Heng: "Jing Yuan, is what you said true?!"
Lingsha: "Master…!"
Lingsha: "She actually did such a thing?"
Jing Yuan: "Sigh… what I said in the video is entirely true."
Jing Yuan: "It seems Miss Lingsha was indeed unaware of the inner details of this matter."
Stelle: "Wasn't it said that Dan Heng retained some of his past memories because the scale-shedding art wasn't fully completed?"
Stelle: "Who knew it was actually because someone tampered with it?"
Stelle: "And that person was Lingsha's master?"
March 7th: "No wonder she was exiled by General Jing Yuan."
March 7th: "This is already a violation of the rules, right?"
Paimon: "Once again, because of a momentary goodwill…"
Paimon: "Why does Paimon suddenly feel… like doing things out of goodwill might not always be a good thing?"
Paimon: "In the end, it might turn out to be a well-intentioned mistake."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "In my view, rather than calling it goodwill, it is more like a different kind of selfish desire."
Dr. Veritas Ratio: "The person who did this took things too much for granted. She only analyzed the problem from her own perspective."
Furina de Fontaine: "Could Miss Lingsha's master have done this because she wanted Mr. Dan Heng to continue being the High Elder of the Vidyadhara?"
Lingsha: "I'm afraid… Master… did indeed have such intentions…"
Lingsha: "Sigh, I originally thought Master was a wise person, but I didn't expect her to have done such a foolish thing."
Lingsha: "Thinking about it now, I have misunderstood General Jing Yuan all this time."
Lingsha: "For this, I must apologize to the General."
Jing Yuan: "No need to apologize. As long as the knot in Miss Lingsha's heart can be untied, that is enough to put my mind at ease."
Lingsha: "I must also thank the General."
Lingsha: "After all, if the General hadn't ordered the exile of my teacher back then, such a crime might have led her to… eternal damnation."
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『 [ What did you say?! ]
Hearing Jing Yuan's words, Lingsha and Dan Heng spoke in unison, both incredibly shocked.
[ She thought that if the High Elder recovered his past wisdom, he could continue the Vidyadhara's duty of guarding the Ambrosial Arbor, quiet the restless factions, and allow all disputes within the clan to settle back onto the right track. ]
[ But as I just said: many acts of kindness to benefit others are but the beginning of disaster. ]
[ Since then, the Six Charioteers jointly decided that the Alchemy Commission would no longer have the position of Cauldron Master, until you arrived today. ]
Jing Yuan kept his promise, answering the question Lingsha had held for so long.
[ In that case, I must thank the General for protecting my teacher with a decree of exile. ]
Lingsha now understood. Jing Yuan's decision back then was actually to protect her teacher. 』
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—✦Omniscient Viewer's Chat Lodge✦—
Yanqing: "Great! The misunderstanding is cleared up. Now Cauldron Master Lingsha can put aside her past grievances with the General."
Yanqing: "I knew there had to be a misunderstanding!"
Yunli: "Wait, Cauldron Master Lingsha?"
Yunli: "Sister Lingsha hasn't been transferred to the Luofu yet!"
Stelle: "Looking at the video, isn't that just a matter of time?"
Lingsha: "Yes, I have actually received the appointment from the Alliance, but there is still some time before I take office."
Jing Yuan: "Haha, then the Luofu awaits the arrival of Miss Lingsha, our new Cauldron Master."
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