Chapter 135 – The Masterless Vision

After explaining, Kazuha closed his eyes, seeming to recall something, and sighed.

“Indeed, in my view, a Vision is a banner, representing divine recognition.”

“Then, what can make it shine must be the strongest among the strong.”

Beidou crossed her arms, looking at the people with a furrowed brow as she spoke.

“The one who can make this Vision shine is truly a formidable individual.”

“How does that saying go again? ‘There will always be those who dare to brave the lightning’s glow.'”

Qiu Bai chuckled softly, looking at Kazuha, recalling the classic phrase in his mind.

“To discover the strong.”

“And also to rekindle the light of the Vision, I organized The Crux Clash.”

Beidou looked at the people before her and explained.

“If you don’t have a Vision…”

“Isn’t this the best opportunity to obtain yours?”

Beidou looked at Lumine with a smile as she spoke.

“This isn’t very useful to me.”

Lumine looked at Beidou and explained.

“Yeah, compared to some martial contest…”

“We’d rather know how to get to Inazuma.”

Paimon spread her hands, looking at Beidou as she explained.

“By the way, I want to go to Inazuma too.”

“If there’s a way, count me in.”

Qiu Bai crossed his arms and said with a light laugh.

“Qiu Bai, you’re going to Inazuma too?!”

Paimon looked at Qiu Bai with surprise.

“Yes, little Paimon.”

“Recently, the second young master of the Feiyun Commerce Guild asked me to handle something.”

Qiu Bai patted Paimon’s head and explained with a smile.

“So that’s how it is.”

“The second young master of the Feiyun Commerce Guild, Xingqiu, right?”

Paimon looked at Qiu Bai and said with a smile.

“That’s right.”

Qiu Bai nodded without denying it.

“Inazuma… you want to go to that place…”

Kazuha seemed to recall something, slowly closing his eyes as he murmured.

“Ah, you should’ve said so earlier! Going to Inazuma is no problem!”

“Then, if you win, the reward can be either the Vision or a ticket to Inazuma—your choice.”

Beidou placed her hands on her hips, looking at Lumine with a smile as she spoke.

“It’s that easy to negotiate?!”

Lumine widened her eyes, looking at Beidou in disbelief.

“You just want her to join the martial contest, don’t you!”

Paimon crossed her arms, looking at Beidou with a teasing tone.

“Hahaha, why not? The more strong participants, the more exciting the contest.”

“And you, I absolutely want to invite you to participate.”

Beidou looked at Lumine and explained with a smile.

“So what do we do, Traveler?”

“To get to Inazuma, we still have to join, right?”

Paimon looked at Lumine beside her, speaking somewhat helplessly.

“I’m confident.”

“Let’s give it a try first.”

Lumine nodded to Paimon, speaking with some confidence.

“This is a bit tricky. Only by winning can we take a ship to Inazuma.”

“Then I’ll join too.”

Qiu Bai stroked his chin with one hand, smiling at Beidou as he spoke.

“What?!”

“No, no! If you join, what will the Traveler do?!”

Hearing this, Paimon was so startled that she flew right in front of Qiu Bai, exclaiming loudly.

“Oh? Are you not confident in Lumine?”

“Little Paimon?”

Qiu Bai looked at the startled Paimon and spoke with a smile.

“You! You rascal!”

“This isn’t even a matter of belief at all!”

Paimon looked at Qiu Bai, stomping her little feet in anger.

Just thinking about the scenes of Qiu Bai fighting Osial and Azhdaha, Paimon quickly shook her head.

How could we possibly fight that? Even if all the gods in the mortal realm joined forces.

In a one-on-one fight, none of them would likely be Qiu Bai’s match!

“No, absolutely not!”

“You’re not allowed to participate no matter what!”

Paimon shook her head vigorously, speaking loudly to Qiu Bai in front of her.

“And don’t you have that ability?”

“The one where you can just poof and teleport super far away?!”

Paimon waved her hands, her chubby little body hopping once as she gestured animatedly before Qiu Bai.

“Little Paimon, didn’t I tell you before?”

“I can’t use that ability for places I’ve never been to.”

Qiu Bai looked at the frightened Paimon and explained with a smile.

“There’s no way, Traveler.”

“Let’s just not participate in the martial competition.”

“If this guy joins, how could we possibly win?!”

Paimon flew up to Lumine’s face, speaking with a pitiful expression.

“No need to be so pessimistic.”

“How about I only use one-tenth of my power?”

Qiu Bai looked at the distressed Paimon, smiling as he tried to comfort her.

“One-tenth of your power?”

“You’re really generous, huh… What difference does that even make?”

Paimon turned her head to look at Qiu Bai, spreading her small hands open, speaking angrily.

One-tenth? Wouldn’t you still be able to defeat the Traveler with just one finger?

“Qiu Bai, this is really important to me.”

“You know that.”

Lumine walked up to Qiu Bai, pleading as she spoke.

“Is this Mr. Qiu Bai really that strong?”

“Looking at your reactions, why are you so afraid of him participating?”

Beidou looked at Lumine and Paimon with a puzzled expression.

She couldn’t understand why the Traveler, who helped Liyue repel the Ancient God, would be afraid of a seemingly frail Consultant.

“This guy… it’s not even a question of whether he’s strong or not.”

“It’s true that the Traveler helped Liyue repel the Ancient God, but…”

Paimon covered her forehead with one hand, speaking helplessly to Beidou.

“Of course I know it was the Traveler who repelled the Ancient God, and it was naturally the Adeptus Lord who vanquished the Ancient God.”

“But why bring that up?”

Beidou stroked her chin with one hand, looking at Paimon with a somewhat strange expression.

“You… you don’t mean to say this Mr. Qiu Bai…”

“Is as powerful as our deity, the Adeptus Lord?!”

Beidou stared at Qiu Bai with an incredulous look, speaking in astonishment.

“N-no, not at all!”

Paimon quickly waved her hands.

“You scared me.”

“I thought besides Rex Lapis, there might be someone else in the mortal realm who could match the Adeptus Lord.”

Beidou let out a sigh of relief, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

She had almost thought this Mr. Qiu Bai was even stronger than the Adeptus Lord.

“But from your description, this Mr. Qiu Bai must still be quite powerful!”

“Since he’s so strong, why not let him participate?”

Beidou looked at Lumine and Paimon, asking with confusion.

“You should have confidence, no matter who you face.”

“Stay firm in your conviction and fight well!”

Beidou crossed her arms, smiling as she spoke to Lumine and Paimon.

“How should we explain this to Beidou…”

“I do have confidence in you, but fighting against that guy…”

“Paimon really doesn’t have any confidence in you at all.”

Paimon covered her head, speaking to Lumine with a helpless tone.

“To be honest, I don’t have confidence either.”

“It’s all Qiu Bai’s fault.”

Lumine placed her hands on her hips, saying angrily.