——Reality.
Aventurine's livestream room.
"This really is an ending you can see at a glance. Not surprising at all." Aventurine watched Jun Mo Li claim victory in the finals and felt it was only natural.
Aventurine had also watched Jun Bai's legendary quest and Jun Mo Li's animated short.
So regarding this outcome, Aventurine's evaluation was: Of course you can see the ending at a glance.
Hearing that Jun Mo Li had obtained a masterless Vision, Aventurine felt a bit expectant. "Don't tell me Second Brother is going to obtain a Vision?"
[Does this mean SP Second Brother is about to go online?]
[Second Brother's multipliers in the game are quite generous. It's just a pity that because he's a physical character, he can't enjoy the bonuses from elemental reactions. Adding an elemental attribute now would be pretty good.]
[I don't think it's very realistic. After all, according to the story, even the family heirloom Vision whose lighting method has already been made clear couldn't be lit. How could an unknown Vision work?]
[This Vision is more likely to be a foreshadowing, but saying it's for Second Brother to use doesn't seem very reasonable.]
"Even if Second Brother can't use it, it's fine. After all, Second Brother is already very strong even without using a Vision."
Aventurine continued progressing through the story, then suddenly said, "By the way, I remember that besides this Vision, the tournament rewards also included a ticket to Inazuma."
"So, is Second Brother going to Inazuma with us?"
——Teyvat
Chongzuo held the gift box with both hands and presented the Vision that was the champion's reward to Jun Mo Li.
As the symbol of a god's recognition of a mortal's wish, a Vision should have been filled with the radiance of elemental power.
However, the Vision being presented as a reward at this moment was dim and lusterless. No trace of elemental power could be felt from it.
Jun Mo Li also possessed such a Vision. It was tucked into the sword tassel of the Soaring Firmament Sword.
Jun Mo Li had been unable to light his father's Vision. What about this Vision that he had won with his own hands?
Jun Mo Li reached out and accepted the Vision.
The Vision showed no change whatsoever.
[As expected, it won't light up.]
[After all, only the same wish can allow a Vision to be inherited. At least the Vision in Second Brother's hands still knows what wish it carries. This one is truly unclear.]
[By the way, could the official team be planning to have Second Brother keep using the plot of collecting these masterless Visions to stay active in the story?]
"I thought so too."
Jun Mo Li did not feel disappointed.
Or rather, if this Vision had bloomed with light again in his hands, Jun Mo Li would have found it strange instead.
He might even have gone to the ancestral home to burn incense and apologize to the ancestors of the Jun family.
The question would be: the family heirloom Vision couldn't be lit, but someone else's Vision got lit instead.
It was fortunate that it didn't light up.
"Now that I have this Vision, I should be able to dispose of it freely, right?" Jun Mo Li asked.
Chongzuo answered, "Of course you can."
Jun Mo Li turned around directly and looked at Storm and Wanderer. "You two try it."
[Second Brother is so polite. He even asked first before letting others try.]
[The defeated NPCs around basically all came for the masterless Vision. It shows that this thing is usually quite rare, yet Second Brother doesn't even spare it a glance.]
[Second Brother wants to see who can light it? Then I think he should find someone who doesn't have a Vision. Wanderer aside, Storm literally lives inside a Vision.]
Wanderer and Storm walked over. Following Jun Mo Li's instructions, they picked up the Vision and began trying.
Of course, neither of them succeeded either.
Just as Jun Mo Li was considering whether to take it and let Jun Bai try, a gust of wind blew past.
Yiya took the Vision from Jun Mo Li's hand and played with it in her palm.
"Oh～ It's Yiya."
Jun Mo Li let go of the Soaring Firmament Sword's hilt.
[This little action～ Second Brother, just pamper him!]
[One pack of spicy strips! Second Brother must have remembered what White Brother looked like when he was little!]
[Yiya is really the group favorite～]
"Yiya! Don't take other people's things without permission!" Paimon chased after her and shouted.
Lumine followed helplessly behind Paimon.
Behind Lumine were the thoughtful Kaedehara Kazuha and the boldly smiling Beidou.
"Traveler and Paimon, it's been a long time."
Jun Mo Li greeted his friends, then said to Paimon, "Paimon, it's fine. I don't mind, so just let Yiya play with it."
"Mo Li, don't spoil Yiya too much. If you don't educate a child properly when they're young, they'll become lawless when they grow up." Paimon said.
Jun Mo Li thought to himself: Would that really happen? I think I treated my third brother the same way back then, and he turned out just fine, didn't he?
(Osial: Yes, your younger brother is not lawless at all. He's very well-behaved.)
After Paimon finished speaking, she looked toward Storm and Wanderer and smiled. "Storm, Wanderer, we meet again."
Since Storm currently had a youthful appearance, Paimon didn't call him "old man Storm."
"Hello, both of you. I thought after we parted last time, it would be difficult to have another chance to meet." Storm bowed to Lumine and Paimon.
[Thank you, planners, for not stabbing Storm.]
[By the way, I'm quite curious. Storm, a trump card comparable to a top-tier Adeptus that can only be used once or twice, was actually used on Signora and Childe?]
[I think Grandpa Storm probably felt he didn't have many years left to live and thought he might as well take one with him if he could.]
[If you hadn't said it, I almost forgot about the soul wear setting in the Hall of Heroes.]
[Correction: soul wear isn't a setting exclusive to the Hall of Heroes. It's something all long-lived species in Teyvat have. Mortals don't have it because they don't live long enough to reach the point where wear occurs.]
"Both of you, when we last met, I had matters to attend to and left first. I didn't introduce myself to either of you. That was truly rude."
"I am Wanderer, merely a wanderer. Please forgive me." While performing a cupped-hands salute, Wanderer also bowed to Lumine and Paimon.
There were outsiders present. The matter of his connection to the Marshal couldn't be revealed, so Wanderer chose to call himself a wanderer.
"It's fine, it's fine. This is just a small matter. You don't need to mind it." Paimon waved her hand.
"By the way, all three of you actually came to participate in this tournament." Lumine found this surprising.
"It's not that there's anything wrong with this tournament. It's just that the three of you don't seem like people who would need a Vision."
Since Beidou was nearby, Lumine deliberately added an explanation.
They still needed to borrow her ship to go to Inazuma. Saying bad things about the event she was hosting at this moment would be just as impolite as Paimon.
"Mm, that's right. We all came to this tournament for other purposes." Jun Mo Li explained. "I wanted to test the current level of Liyue's martial arts."
"Then I heard that a tournament was being held here and that experts from all over would come, so I came."
Wanderer shook his head. "Actually, I wasn't interested in the tournament. I came to Guyun Stone Forest to discuss matters regarding going to Inazuma with Captain Beidou."
"I have a reason why I must go."
[Alright, we already know who's plotting to obtain the Gnosis in Inazuma. This "must go" really gave away information.]
[I'm guessing it's a certain Harbinger who has deep ties with Wanderer and was sentenced to repeated death by Liyue.]
Beidou walked over at this moment and picked up the conversation. "As for what happens next, let me add to it."
"Little Brother Wanderer is exceptionally skilled, and my Crux Clash happened to be lacking contestants who could hold the fort. So I suggested that Little Brother Wanderer participate in the tournament under an alias."
"And I would add a second reward on top of the original champion's reward — that is, a ticket to Inazuma."
"I originally thought that with Little Brother Wanderer's strength, winning the championship would be an easy matter."
"I just didn't expect that experts like the two of you would appear."