Section 4 Don't want to work overtime

'This... Could it be the Water Attribute God's Eye? ’

Xu Yun was a little confused, he couldn't help but look up, and when he saw it, he saw that under the dust-wrapped beams that had been stacked over the years, there were also broken cobwebs with a lot of dust, and then there were layers of stone slabs that seemed to be messy but were stacked in an orderly manner.

Is there really a God watching over me? Could it be that unreliable drunken poet? Or is it the thousand-year-old girl with a strong personality and a love of judgment? ’

There were no strange scenes in the imagination, no strange fluctuations in power were found, and everything was as usual, except for the cold wind blowing in through the cracks in the door panels, making a low, mocking whistling sound, which seemed to bring some atmosphere more suitable for telling ghost stories.

The Vision of God completely turned into royal blue in Xu Yun's hands, shimmering with a charming brilliance, making it look like the most beautiful and flawless sapphire in the world. The two knights sitting opposite each other at the table stopped their movements at the same time as if they had pressed the pause button, and then turned their heads to bet on them.

Jack's eyes widened, undisguised surprise and surprise in his eyes.

Tima, on the other hand, had her mouth open, her lips trembling uncontrollably, and her beard swaying with her. He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, threw away the cards in his hand, and carefully stretched out a pair of large hands to the Vision that belonged to him, as if he was afraid that if he moved quickly, it would disappear in front of his eyes like a bubble that would burst at the touch of a button.

His fingers trembled slightly, and a pair of strong, thick palms paused before the eyes of the god, and after a moment he finally grasped the silver-white metal-wrapped sapphire as if he had finally made up his mind.

Xu Yun let Tima take the Vision from his hands, watching him rub it with his hands and cheeks, and kissing it with trembling lips, before finally having a real feeling that something had just happened.

"I really didn't expect the Vision to revive like this." Jack watched Tima's movements and said after a moment's silence.

Maybe this is my vision? Xu Yunxin said, but looking at Tima's appearance, it seemed that he didn't plan to return the Vision to himself. Perhaps he thought in his heart that his Vision had revived.

It's hard to say clearly, but it doesn't rule out the possibility that 'when Tima gave her the Vision, she let go of the mustard in her heart, untied the knot, and thus regained God's approval and revived the Vision'.

But just giving up the power in his hands, Xu Yun couldn't be willing. But in the face of the two aborigines of this world, and they are warriors with great strength, they have no capital to fight with their current small body.

"Wow~ This is amazing! It used to look like it was just a stone, but in the blink of an eye, it became a gem. Xu Yunyan couldn't help but exclaim, setting off the happy atmosphere.

"Of course you're surprised when you're seeing it for the first time." Jack nodded in agreement

"When you see more in the Knights, you will gradually get used to it."

"Witnessing the birth of the Vision is called magic. You will feel the great power that really exists in the world. I can't help but want to kneel and worship. Jack explained to the teenager in front of him, Timmy, with a gentle smile on his handsome, neatly trimmed beard.

Tima, who had been close to the Vision of God for a while, held it with one hand, her right hand grasped in the air, and a blue mist with a royal blue shimmer appeared in the air in front of her palm, and they gradually gathered and converged in Xu Yun's gaze, and then, a small ball of thoroughly clean water appeared out of thin air at the location of the gathering point, and the water mass gradually increased in size, rapidly growing to the size of a fist at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Ha~ I still feel this way." The smile on Tima's face became more and more vibrant, and he grabbed the fist-sized water balloon with his right hand and squeezed it hard, the water ball lost the support of the mysterious power, and shattered into a puddle of water with a pop of water and scattered to the ground, wetting all his rough palms.

Tima casually shook off the water stains on her palm, patted Xu Yun's shoulder with her big hand, and with her left hand, she skillfully hung the Vision back to its original position on the belt around her waist.

"Timmy, you are truly my lucky star, not only did you help me twice today, but also indirectly contributed to the revival of my vision, I must thank you very much."

His smile was as warm as if it could melt the snow piling up on the roof, and he stood up and shouted at the inside, "Ruth, dear, today is a good day to celebrate, let's celebrate!" For a few more dishes, cut the smoked deer leg in half and stew it, add a few turnips, some mint leaves, and some potatoes, and it will make the best venison stew in the best soup. How about the other half we bake it? ”

"But that's the Winter Snow Festival gift you said you were going to give to Dad." Ruth's voice rang out from the fireplace, "Our family doesn't have time for a better gift. ”

The excited Tima was still agile even though he was stepping on half of the wooden leg, and he jumped into the middle of the line, happy like a child.

Immediately afterwards, a soft scream of a mistress was heard from within.

"Yes, we'll have better gifts for Dad. You see! My dear, my Vision has been revived. You know what that means. ”

"Do you want to return to the Order, but how do you go to war like this?" Ruth's voice.

"Captain Tima can return to the Knights as a civilian, and he can also participate in patrols and guard duties in the city, I believe that a few thieves will not be able to defeat our Mr. Tima." Jack laughed and spoke loudly for Tima in his seat.

"It's all possible." Tima's voice said. There were small voices and the sound of two people making out in the inner room.

Jack smiled and shook his head, returning his gaze to the boy.

"I'm really glad to see Captain Tima's vision come back to life, he used to be the captain of my knight squad, and I was just a big man under his command."

"He was a good guy and I was taken care of by him at that time. He doesn't deserve to be treated unfairly. ”

"Although you may be a child who does not understand this, and I may say this redundantly, I still have to explain a few words to you. The Vision had indeed been revived, and it belonged to Captain Tima. We, as knights, will not do anything that is degrading to our knightly status.

If the Vision had awakened because of you, its power would not have been invoked by Captain Tima, as you can see, he has manifested its power before our eyes. That proves that the Vision really belongs to him.

I just say this in the hope that you don't have doubts, mustards, and unnecessary resentments in your heart, thinking that we have robbed you of your things.

Ha~ I say something to a little child. Wait for a feast with us, and what could be more enjoyable than a delicious venison stew in a thick soup and a few glasses of wine on this cold winter night? Jack smiled and patted Timmy on the shoulder, the strength of his palm making the thin mountain village boy unable to stop swaying back and forth.

"By the way, do you know how to play? The entertainment we have on a winter night is so poor that we can't wait here before the feast begins. ”

"The Seven Saints are calling? I'll do a little, Master Jack. Xu Yun breathed a sigh of relief, Jack's explanation was not superfluous, it did dispel the doubts and resentments in his heart, and made the original bitter and resentful mood become cheerful again.

Recalling the scene when he checked the storage materials again at home, the few potatoes and a few white radishes piled up in the corner of the house were still wrapped in mud, and half a bag of some wheat crop that had not been threshed clean, which was all his belongings. There is no oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and sugar, and there is not even a shadow of meat.

Xu Yun sighed in his heart, what did the previous owner of this body eat to survive?

Since you can stay and enjoy a steaming meal, you really have no reason to be unhappy.

"Then come with me a few handfuls, and I'll let you. If you can win me, I'll give you a set. If you can win me. Jack rubbed his hands together and grinned, like a fox coaxing a hen.

Xu Yun shrugged in his heart and sat down on the other side of the table. Jack gathered all the cards that had been scattered on the table from the previous round, shuffled them, and the two drew their cards.

This version of the Seven Saints Summoning is a little different from the version of the video game that Xu Yun played on the computer client. The dice roll determines the energy by drawing energy cards, and character cards are randomly drawn from the card box, as he doesn't have his own deck. The character card also lacks the characters he is familiar with, but instead has the profiles of the various characters, or historical figures in Teyvat who are particularly famous in that profile.

Jack still uses the character group he is good at, which he takes advantage of, so he allows Timmy (Xu Yun) to draw one more card per round.

The real-life version of the Seven Saints Summoning is slightly different from the built-in version of the game, but the general structure is the same, so Xu Yun quickly regained the rhythm of fighting in the Seven Saints Summoning.

In the first round, the character cards he drew were the positions of the Night Inquisitor (Diluc), the Frost Knight (Kaeya), and the Alchemist (Sucrose), and the skills, and special moves were written in detail on the back of the character card.

Touching the familiar and unfamiliar cards, Xu Yun took the opportunity to pretend to read the words on the cards, carefully looked at these cards, this is not metal or paper The card made of unfamiliar materials is slightly weighty, it has red hair drawn on the front, wrapped in black armor, and the two-handed big sword in his hand is standing on the ground, and his face is blank.

"Can you read the text?" Jack asked, slightly surprised, "I thought you just heard Captain Tima talk about the rules of cards, but I didn't expect you to know words." That's a rarity. ”

Isn't this Chinese? What's so hard to understand. Xu Yun glanced at Jack strangely, and then focused on the text on the back of the card. This look revealed that the text on the back of the card was a series of strange symbols that the ghost knew what it meant, but looking at these symbols, the meaning it represented automatically came to mind and appeared in Chinese.

Written on it is the divine script, which is the word used by God. There are many countries on the continent of Teyvat, each with its own culture and script, and only the divine script can be used in all countries. But ordinary people can't read the divine script, and only those who have the vision of the gods and gain the power of the gods can read the divine script. ”

Jack grabbed the cards in his hand with one hand, tapped the wooden corner of the table with two fingers, and looked at Xu Yun playfully.

"Perhaps, Captain Tima's vision has been revived, and it may be thanks to you. Little one, your name is Timmy, don't you, do you want to come with me to the Knights, I recommend you to participate in the Preparatory Knight Training. You will be able to read the Divine Script now, and with such a gift, it is only a matter of time before you have the Vision of God. ”

"In addition to patrolling the various places, exterminating monsters that may pose a threat to civilians, and maintaining the smooth flow of trade routes, we patrol knights also have the duty to find gifted children and send them to the Order to be trained.

Every year in the Knights' Preparatory Knights' Class, someone awakens to the Vision and becomes a new knight.

How about leaving this remote mountain village with me and heading out into the big city? Life in the city is not like yours, although it is comfortable here, the air is fresher, and if there are no monsters to disturb it, it is perfect for retirement. But it's too poor and boring. It is better for young people to go out as soon as possible, see the outside world, and gain more knowledge. ”

"Don't worry, even if the training is over, you won't be sent back, after all, the Knights spend resources to train you, and if you can't become a knight, you can also become a knight's servant, that is, a servant of a knight. Don't underestimate knights and servants, even if they are servants, their status is higher than that of commoners. ”

"Let's get started, I'm already familiar with the cards." Xu Yun's face remained unchanged, and he only silently drew his hand, drawing one more than Jack.

"It's quite calm, you little guy is interesting, I've been to Ice Chip Village a few times before, why didn't I find you.

Okay, let's do it first, you play cards and think about it, this is a turning point in your fate. ”

Seeing that Timmy didn't say anything, Jack didn't rush to urge, and began to check the cards he had drawn, and by the way, he threw the dice in his hand, which was a two-point.

Xu Yun grabbed the dice and threw a five, his point was bigger, and he played the card first. So he shook off three red energy cards

"The Night Inquisitor unleashes a fiery slash targeting the forest elves."

Then throw a 'quick reset' hand and switch the Alchemist to play.

"Then two cyan wind energy cards, the alchemist unleashed a wind crystal burst, causing the flames to spread. I've ignited all of your character cards, losing one life per turn. ”

"Oh my, you little guy can use combos and engage in elemental reaction sneak attacks."

Jack's attention was instantly drawn to the card table, and he didn't care about luring Xu Yun to follow him into the city to participate in the preparatory knight training class.

Outside, the night was thick, and there were only a few houses in the village where you could see the light of the fires in the doors and windows of the houses, and the palm-sized snowflakes fell from the clouds and fell on the ground that had been piled up for days, making a rustling sound.

The columns of smoke rising from the towering chimneys of the stone houses rose diagonally into the air, and were blown away by the howling wind in the cloudy night.

In the cold of the night, the game of cards in the room was in full swing. After talking to his wife, Tima returned to the table and found Jack scratching his ears and cheeks staring at his hand to study tactics.

One of the character cards in his hand has been eliminated, and the remaining two are only residual blood, although the character card on the opposite side of Timmy is also residual blood, but all three character cards are there, and the total remaining blood is twice as high as Jack's character card.

But Jack obviously doesn't want to admit defeat yet, and if the strategy is correct, it is common to counterkill the opposite side in this situation, and it is not yet time to give up.

"Yo he~ Timmy, you will also summon the Seven Saints? How I don't know. Looks pretty good. Forced our patrol captains to pull their hair. Tima quipped.

"It's just good luck." Xu Yun said with a smile, the smugness on his face was indeed so unbearable.

Jack looked at him strangely: "Didn't you teach him to play cards, you don't even know that he can play cards?" ”

"Huh? I just have a deck of cards here, and the two stinky boys dominate every day, and Timmy can't play with them. Tima was a little confused.

"So this is the first time you've played the Seven Saints Summoning? You said you would be a little bit before, ah~~~ I was forced to do this by a novice, it's really embarrassing. Jack scratched his head and said with some frustration.

"I've seen Kerry and Duke play this before, and you know that there are very few things to play in the village, so I've written them all down." Xu Yun's mind turned, and he casually made up a reason.

Kerry and Duke are Tima's two sons, and their names are still the ones Xu Yun heard when she heard Ruth assign work to the two little ones. Anyway, Tima said that these two little guys play every day, and it is normal to be seen once or twice by themselves, and they are not afraid of being exposed to lies.

"Just seeing them play and you can remember? This memory is better than a few alchemy apprentices I've met. Tima muttered.

"This little guy can read the Divine Script, and I plan to recommend him to the Order's Preparatory Knight Training Course. Captain Tima, do you want to come along? Jack said, grabbing his hair and staring at his hand.

"Can you read the Divine Script? I didn't think Timmy would have this ability. That makes sense, no wonder you can remember how to play just by watching the two little bastards play cards. Recommend count me in, how can you miss this kind of good thing. Tima nodded, looked at the table and added, "By the way, let Kerry join us, he's also of age." ”

"Then let's go together, we are all from the same village, and we can also have a companion by the way." Jack said as if he didn't care.

Kerry is Tima's eldest son, because he was born in a knight family, the food nutrition is naturally not comparable to ordinary villager children like Timmy (Xu Yun), although I don't know how old he is, but just now I saw him and his younger brother working, at least half a head taller than Xu Yun, and his body is stronger and stronger.

Jack finally figured out his strategy for turning the game, he threw several event cards and booster cards in a row, and then used all the energy cards in his hand.

With the support of energy cards and enhancement cards, the rest of his characters were stuck, and he took out the Night Inquisitor character card that Xu Yun was standing in front of the formation, and beat the second alchemist character card that took over from the battle to the point that there was only a little life left.

This is the end of the offensive.

When it was Xu Yun's turn to play the cards, he threw out the event card unhurriedly, and exchanged it for the opportunity to draw two more cards in his hand, and then used the extra hand to convert the seven variegated energy cards in his hand into five wind element energy cards, and Xu Yun, who had enough energy cards, launched the alchemist character card's big move: the super-large wind crystal butterfly danced, killing the opponent's character card in seconds and spreading the flame element on the card to the backstage character.

Jack's last character card replaced the eliminated character card, and before Xu Yun replaced his bloody Frost Knight Quick Switch Event Card into battle, two Frost Energy Cards were thrown out to launch a normal attack.

Frost Knight's normal attacks have no attributes, and when they hit a character card contaminated with fire attributes, they can only cause two ordinary physical damage, and Jack's last character card, Astrologer, has a little life left.

This round he finishes the round first, so he will have the first move at the beginning of the next turn, even if he can't draw the required energy card, even if he exchanges his hand, it will be enough to activate the combat skills of the card character and kill the bloody Frost Knight.

But the alchemist's ultimate is the oversized Wind Crystal Butterfly Flurry, which is a summon spell, and when Xu Yun announces the end of the round, the summon will launch an additional attack, which just empties the astrologer's most life.

The round was over, and Jack couldn't wait for the next round to begin.

"Ah~~~~ It's still like this! I thought you'd hit the elemental reaction. I only use normal attacks..."

"In fact, as long as you calculate the amount of blood, even if you don't use combat skills to play elemental reactions, you can also influence the battle situation, and real masters will not be confused by powerful elemental reaction attacks, and blindly pursue damage numbers. Their goal is only to win. Xu Yun completely entered his own rhythm, he skillfully gathered the cards scattered on the table, and used the poker cutting and shuffling technique to straighten out the cards and then shuffle them. After a set of fluid movements, the eyes of the two knights on the opposite side of the table widened.

The little boy in the countryside looked to them like a professional player in the Mondstadt Tavern, with a pro on his face shining with the light of a pro on his face.

Jack licked his lips: "Not to mention other talents, if this little guy goes to the Cattail Tavern, he will definitely be able to be a dealer." ”

"Hey, don't tell me, it's possible."

"There is no noble or cheap at the poker table, and the commoner boy can also beat the noble lord to the ground. This is a wise saying that circulates in the Cat's Tail Tavern. ”

"Come on, come on, let me have a game with him, my hands are itchy to watch you play cards. I just looked at your cards and pondered a couple of tactics, so I just tried it. Tima rubbed her hands together and squeezed Jack out of his seat.

"Very well, my lord, who made you my captain? I'm making a bet with this little guy that if he loses, I'll give him a set of cards, and you'll have to help me stabilize the second game. Jack took his glass of cider and moved out of the way, but he was still not reassured, and after taking a sip of the wine, he spoke again.

"Go and go, just send a set, anyway, a set of cards is not expensive, you can buy a set of a month's salary and have a set left." Tima grabbed the dice as she pulled out her customary character deck.

Jack's forehead was covered with black lines. "I'm going to have to eat."

"Lunch in the Knights' cafeteria is free, you eat one and pack one and eat it later." Tima

"I'm going to have a drink at the tavern." Jack: "I might be able to get a little bit of a hand when I have a good hand. ”

"Go to the tavern to give your knights a treat, and on the day it's your turn, just find an excuse to slip away. Wait until next month to get the money back. "Tima

"Oh~ I said Captain, you always have special assignments from time to time, especially when it's your turn to have a drink. I see. Jack slapped his forehead in realization.

"Don't say it, it's like I'm treacherous, I didn't invite you to a good meal when I got rich, and I even made up more for the last drink." Tima glanced at it and began to draw cards.

"Captain, you're the most bold." Jack quickly raised a big finger.

The happy time passed in a hurry amid laughter and bickering, and in the second game, Tima won the game, and although it was a narrow victory, it was a win. Halfway through the third inning, Ruth called out to the guests that they could eat.

Hot food is the best relief for yourself on a cold winter night. The warm fire, the fruity wine, and the delicious food that tickled the taste buds made the three men at the card table decisively put down the cards in their hands and turned into the restaurant.

The dining room of the Tima family was limited, and the family of four, plus Jack and Xu Yun, could barely sit down, but the freshly baked bread and pies on the large wooden table, as well as the thick soup stewed venison, and the aroma of roasted venison made everyone forget about this small inconvenience.

The meal was spent in laughter, and Jack and Tima were the Mondstadt Knights who often hung out in the tavern, toasting one after another, and Ruth laughing at the jokes of meat and vegetarian combinations.

After the meal, Jack stayed at Tima's house, and Xu Yun took a piece of cut apple pie that Ruth gave him and went home alone in the snow.

The heavy snow covered the battlefield where the villagers and the bloody dogs fought during the day, leaving a continuous white expanse in the eyes.

The newly fallen snow and the original snow, even if the road was simply cleared once during the day, the snow still reached Xu Yun's knees when he walked on it at this time.

The cold snow quickly melted into snow water when it met the boy's warm skin, quickly taking away the heat from his lower limbs and feet, and the open-toed straw sandals did not have any warmth effect. He had to hurry up and get home.

Fortunately, the food and cider that were slowly stuffed in the stomach pouch were still warm, so that my body would not be quickly frozen by the cold wind in this snowy night.

"Timmy, your talent is rare, and attending a knight training class can definitely change your destiny."

"This small mountain village should not be the end of your life, its best destination is the beginning of your life."

"Most of the knights of the Knights are also young people from various rural villages, God gives everyone equal life and equal opportunities, awakening the Vision of God is not the privilege of nobles and city people, come to the Knights, you may be the next newborn knight."

Recalling the words that Jack had told him when he said goodbye, he obviously wanted to say more, but first, the weather was too cold, and one stood outside and couldn't stand it, and secondly, it was indeed late today, and the two sons of the Tima family couldn't help but yawn rudely in front of the guests. So he could only hurriedly end the farewell and make an appointment to see him again tomorrow morning.

"Actually, where do you need to say so much, but if you can go into the city, have a bite to eat and a warm place to sleep, I will follow without hesitation." Xu Yun smiled self-deprecatingly, raised his head and spewed out a mouthful of white water vapor into the air, waving his hand to sweep away the snow piled up overhead.

The overcast sky and the clouds left no gaps were probably one of the most annoying nights for astrologers.

His house was not far away, and after a few steps, he quickly crossed the distance covered with snow and ice, and couldn't wait to let his feet leave the cold snow and step on the dry ground.

The trail behind him was gradually buried by the falling snow.

The interior of the unoccupied cabin was dark and cold, probably different from the outside, except that there was no snow or wind.

Xu Yun wanted to make a fire, but he couldn't find a lighter, and naturally it was impossible to have matches and magnesium rods. Only two stones that looked like flints were found on the side of the stove, and it was embarrassing that he wouldn't use them.

According to the method in the video of the wilderness survival program in his memory, he took the dried straw spread on the bed, kneaded it into a fine and soft fiber ball, and then used two stones to constantly knock and collide with each other, and the sparks were simpler than expected.

But these sparks fell in the fiber mass, only burned for a moment and then extinguished, Xu Yun remembered that we still need to take care of this new flame, care for its growth, and keep fanning the wind to send fresh oxygen, the wind is strong, it will blow out the flame, and the wind will not be successful, and the flame will not burn.

After some tossing, the fire was finally lit, and looking at the burning firewood in the fire pit, the crackling sound was intermittent. His frozen red toes seemed to be dyed with the color of fire in the flickering firelight.

The clumsy iron pot with a round belly hanging above the fire pit was filled with snow, and it was estimated that it would take some time for it to melt and then boil. During this time, he could only curl up and sit by the fire with his arms and legs crossed, while roasting the fire and waiting stupidly.

"I want to go home······ Today's daily tasks haven't been done yet, and the stamina should be overflowing. Do you want to farm the Relic Quest or hide the Golden Flower? ”

The boy buried his head in his chest, and on the ground red with fire between his feet in front of him, tears broke into a splash of water.

"Mom... I don't want to work overtime anymore······"