However, this girl in front of him seemed to have everything and nothing at the same time.
She was like an empty vessel that could hold anything.
No matter how much a person has, they can only hold so much, but she is different; she can keep filling herself.
"Interesting, you must be Tejima's apprentice, right? Do you have any requirements for your katana?" Amenoma Tougo asked with a slight smile.
"The blade should be two shaku and three sun long, and I hope to have the Nine Words Incantation engraved on the tang (the part clamped inside the hilt)."
"As for the tsuba… any openwork design will do."
Shiki decided to rerun the Kujikanesada. Since she was going to live in Teyvat under that name, how could she be without the Kujikanesada?
"Hmph, strange requests, but none of them are difficult. Just come back in three days to pick up the katana."
Amenoma Tougo was curious about the Nine Words Incantation, after all, the Teyvat Continent didn't have such a thing.
But it was just a few words, and he was only curious about it at most.
"Alright, then we'll be going." Uncle Tejima said, then left with Shiki.
It took them another half-day to return to Konda Village. During this time, Tejima did ask about the meaning of the Nine Words Incantation. Shiki was too lazy to explain and simply said it was a spell used to boost confidence, and that was it.
Seeing this, Tejima didn't ask further, just assuming it was some kind of family heirloom spell.
After all, Teyvat itself possesses extraordinary powers, and no matter how bizarre a spell might seem, it has its own purpose.
Shiki planned to visit Inazuma City again in a week to submit her manuscript and pick up her katana all at once. Anyway, practicing swordsmanship had to wait until her injury healed. Even if she picked it up in three days, she wouldn't be able to practice, so it was better to wait a week until the wound was completely healed.
"Uncle, I heard from others that you're waiting for someone, is that right?" Shiki asked, looking at Uncle Tejima gazing into the distance.
This was something she knew from the game, and the person Tejima was waiting for was very likely Lanxi, who was on the boundary between life and death.
Lanxi was an Inazuman, and she also said she was waiting for someone. The two, separated by life and death, just waited for each other like that, and this wait lasted for thirty years.
"Yes, it was a promise from a long time ago, to wait for her to return. I just don't know if I can still wait for her!"
Tejima sighed. In truth, he already had the answer in his heart, but he just hadn't admitted it.
"This Vision appeared precisely because of that contract. At that time, Inazuma was in turmoil. To escape the pursuers, she and I chose to flee separately. I was already caught, but the appearance of the Vision allowed me to escape."
The quality of ordinary people in this era was much worse than those during the Archon War. The Vision was the dividing line between strength and weakness. It was nothing like the Thousand Rock Army during the Archon War who dared to follow Morax to fight the Archons with their Thousand Rock Army spears.
"Vision…"
Shiki felt that she was basically fated to be without this item. She had no wishes, or rather, her strongest wish had already been fulfilled.
Unless a Archon specifically gave her one, she had no wish to obtain a Vision.
And she didn't really need this item. Although she couldn't use elemental power without a Vision, she possessed the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, which could directly perceive the death of all things!
As long as her physical fitness kept up, even a Archon could only perish by her katana.
However, that distance was still a bit far for her. It was better to first practice the most basic swordsmanship.
In the evening, Shiki returned to the location of the teleportation anchor point in Konda Village. This time, she didn't plan to watch the sparring between the Oni boy and the Tengu youth, but rather to test the teleportation function.
From Konda Village to Inazuma City, there were two teleportation anchor points, one in White Fox Plain and one in the suburbs, both of which she had lit up.
As for the one inside Inazuma City, Shiki chose not to activate it. The main reason was that something that hadn't moved for who knows how many years suddenly being activated would be somewhat strange.
Inazuma City was not like Konda Village, where there were few people, and it was also the headquarters of the Tenryou Commission and the Raiden Shogun. Archon knows if she would be invited for tea.
Or perhaps be made into a statue?
In any case, that was too dangerous for her right now. These two teleportation anchor points outside the city were quite good, with few people. If she could really teleport, she wouldn't suddenly appear in front of a crowd.
Shiki extended her thoughts to the anchor point, and the intricate, root-like Ley Lines reappeared before her eyes. However, this time, two glowing nodes had appeared on them.
"These two extra ones must be the anchor points I lit up today, right? If I can teleport, how do I get there?"
As Shiki thought this, a sudden sense of weightlessness came over her. By the time she came to her senses, she had already exited the state of observing the Ley Lines.
Around her was no longer the cozy little house, but a large plain made of grassland. She stood next to that teleportation anchor point.
"White Fox Plain… I really came."
Upon realizing she could teleport, Shiki couldn't help but feel a little happy. Although she had to be at an anchor point to teleport, it was much better than just walking.
The most important thing was that she didn't feel any fatigue, which meant she could perform this teleportation multiple times.
After connecting to the anchor point again and teleporting back to Konda Village, Shiki appeared out of thin air within Konda Village. It was fortunate that most people were already indoors preparing for bed, otherwise, she would have given them a scare.
Although it was only a little past nine in the evening, the Teyvat Continent didn't have many good entertainment options, so going to bed early was a good way to avoid boredom.
Incidentally, some people could also do some 'adult' things.
However, Shiki didn't plan to go back to sleep just yet. Since teleportation didn't consume much mental energy, wouldn't it be a disservice to her sleep last night if she didn't go watch the sparring between the Oni boy and the Tengu girl?
And she was incredibly curious about the outcome of that sword strike!
However, unfortunately, when Shiki connected her consciousness to the Ley Lines at a deeper level, the image that appeared in her mind was not the Tengu youth's sword strike, which was as swift as wind and as fast as lightning.
Under the gloomy sky, heavy rain poured down. Just looking at this dark, rainy night made one feel cold. Although Shiki hadn't seen anything yet, she could feel a huge malice contained within it.
Boom!
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning cut through the silent darkness, and the lightning briefly illuminated the entire scene.
A giant white snake was coiled on a mountain range, its body so enormous that even an island could barely support it.