Genshin Impact: I'm The Envoy of Snezhnaya

Genshin Impact: I’m The Envoy of Snezhnaya

Chapter 426: A Song So Heartbreaking, Even the East Wind Lacks the Strength to Make Flowers Bloom

The wind stirred the great tree of Windrise, rustling its branches and leaves.

Dappled sunlight filtered through gaps in the canopy, casting patches of light onto the ground and leaving mottled patterns across the Statue of the Seven.

"So you’re saying that Der Frühling, because of your talent for music, voluntarily merged with your erhu and chose to stay by your side?"

Even though Venti himself had told Mondstadt’s people countless bizarre stories, Bai Luo’s account still left him utterly baffled.

He had indeed infused Der Frühling with divine power, but that amount of power wasn’t nearly enough to grant it self-awareness.

To him, it sounded more like Bai Luo was making up excuses because he didn’t want to return the xylophone.

Yet when Bai Luo honestly handed back the bead Venti was familiar with, he discovered that Der Frühling had truly disappeared.

"How strange..."

He didn’t believe Bai Luo possessed any means of destroying Der Frühling. Could it have been Anastasya behind him?

No, that didn’t make sense either.

If Anastasya had acted within Mondstadt’s borders, there was no way he wouldn’t have noticed.

Wait...

Musical talent?

Finally realizing something, Venti held the now powerless glass bead and asked:

"You have musical talent too?"

Looking at Bai Luo with an odd expression, Venti seemed as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.

"Have you ever heard of fish sinking and geese falling from the sky? My music is unmatched in this world. I don’t perform it for just anyone."

Bai Luo casually brushed his hand across his waist, and the uniquely shaped dagger instantly transformed into a musical instrument.

Whether or not he had musical talent, Venti couldn’t tell.

But the way he held the erhu?

That was absolutely professional.

Venti would swear it on his braids.

"I wonder if this world’s greatest bard might have the honor of hearing you perform a piece yourself?"

As far as Venti was concerned, anyone who could hold an erhu with such expert posture couldn’t possibly play badly.

Besides, even if it wasn’t that good, so what?

As a bard, he’d met plenty of beginners who couldn’t even play a lyre properly.

Hmm...

Maybe he could use the opportunity to offer some guidance and persuade Bai Luo to keep helping him.

"Fine."

If it were anyone else, Bai Luo probably wouldn’t have agreed.

After all, not everyone was worthy of hearing his erhu.

But Barbatos was different.

Calling him the greatest bard in the world wasn’t self-praise.

When it came to music, he possessed absolute authority.

"A melody so heartbreaking it severs the soul; the east wind lacks the strength, and a hundred flowers wither!"

Bzzzz—

In an instant, a cloud of dust swept through Windrise.

The giant oak tree that had stood there for a thousand years, unmoved even by the fiercest winds, suddenly seemed on the verge of toppling.

A constant rustling filled the air as countless birds dropped from the tree, collapsing unconscious around Bai Luo.

It had been a long time since Bai Luo had witnessed such a "hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix" scene.

Emboldened, he played with even greater enthusiasm.

And this time, it wasn’t only the birds.

Slimes hiding underground, Crystalflies concealed in crevices, eagles soaring high above—

Countless creatures, monsters, and even plants fell one after another, radiating outward from the great oak tree as the center.

Even Cider Lake, revered by the people of Mondstadt as their mother lake, rippled across its surface.

"Phew..."

When the piece finally ended, Bai Luo put away his erhu and turned toward Venti.

Only to find Venti still wearing the same expectant expression, as though he were waiting for the performance to begin.

There wasn’t even a hint of praise.

"Ahem..."

Thinking Venti had been so mesmerized by the music that he’d forgotten to compliment him, Bai Luo deliberately cleared his throat.

But Venti showed no reaction. Instead, the great oak tree behind them did.

Crack—

The sound of a branch snapping rang out as a limb as thick as a man’s arm fell from above, landing squarely on Venti’s head.

He collapsed straight to the ground, completely motionless.

"..."

Bai Luo swore that he had only used the Anemo Archon’s Blessing to enhance the penetration and range of his music. He hadn’t directly affected either the tree or Venti.

So what exactly had happened?

Come to think of it...

Picking up the unconscious Venti from the ground, Bai Luo carried him beneath the Statue of the Seven.

Then he walked to the place where Venti usually performed, switched back to his dagger, and began digging into the soil.

Before long, he unearthed a bottle of aged wine buried deep among the tree roots.

It was something he had sensed while using the Anemo Archon’s Blessing moments earlier.

Wine protected by the wind was difficult to detect without the power of the Anemo Archon.

It was most likely one of Barbatos’s private stashes.

When Bai Luo realized who the owner of the wine was, his expression became increasingly subtle.

Suddenly, a marvelous idea came to mind.

. . .

"Wow, what was that sound just now?"

Far away on the seashore, a small floating creature radiating a starry aura clutched her dizzy head and asked in confusion.

She and her companion had merely been fishing by the shore when that ear-piercing noise came from the distance.

Compared to her, the girl beside her was handling it much better.

Though confusion was evident on her face, she didn’t appear nearly as distressed as the little creature.

"It sounded... like music?"

After thinking for a moment, the girl gave an answer she herself wasn’t entirely sure about.

After all, could something that unpleasant really still be called music?

She wasn’t certain.

"Huh? If it was music, then the person playing it must be really evil, right?"

The little creature wobbled through the air and declared with complete confidence.

This despite having absolutely no idea what the musician looked like.

"Paimon, why would you think that?"

The girl wasn’t particularly surprised by Paimon’s reasoning.

This tiny companion she had fished out of the water was always coming up with strange theories.

She was used to it by now.

"Because there’s an old saying: music comes from the heart."

Paimon raised a finger and began lecturing with great seriousness.

"If a kind hearted girl were the one playing something like that, then Paimon’s worldview would explode like a Pyro Slime—boom!"

Paimon’s remark made the girl burst into laughter.

Having such a little companion by her side during moments of leisure had painted this once-strange world with entirely new colors.

"Speaking of which, Traveler, you seem really unfamiliar with Teyvat. You didn’t even know what Sweet Flowers or Sunsettias were."

After discussing the awful noise, Paimon casually steered the conversation back to the subject.

And the girl, who had gradually lowered her guard around Paimon, began telling her story.

"Well... it all starts with a mysterious god."

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