"This is Lin Feng, a friend I recently made. He comes from a foreign land, is visiting Mondstadt, and is currently staying at my house."
Friend, home, male.
Eolyn caught these three keywords.
Put "friend" and "male" together, and wasn't that a boyfriend?
Add in "staying at my house," and Eolyn felt she had discovered a colossal secret.
She never imagined that her good friend had managed to get a boyfriend without her even noticing.
No, no, as a good friend, she had to vet him for Noelle and make sure no one took advantage of her.
Thinking of this, Eolyn crossed her arms and said, "Since he's Noelle's good friend, he must be very capable. I have a question I'd like to ask you: how on earth can someone destroy all these wooden stakes in front of us at the same time?"
In the game of Genshin Impact, Eolyn often asked adventurers how to destroy several wooden stakes quickly and efficiently.
Genshin players came up with all sorts of tricks, with some even summoning Zhongli to drop a Planet Befall.
Never mind whether Eolyn could actually learn it.
"Alright, I understand. Let me think about it." Hearing Eolyn's request, Lin Feng agreed.
Although Lin Feng wanted to draw Noelle into the Abyss Order, deep down he also considered her a friend.
Since Eolyn was Noelle's friend, she was his friend too.
Five hundred years ago, Aether had traveled all across Teyvat and visited the Seven Nations.
Aether and his sister shared the same constitution; both could channel the corresponding elemental power of each nation after touching the Statues of The Seven.
This wasn't because the statues enhanced their strength.
Rather, the statues converted the power Aether and his sister originally possessed into the elemental energy of this world.
In other words, Lin Feng now commanded the power of all seven elements.
Not only that, when the seven elemental powers gathered together, they came closer to a primal source of power.
This power was far stronger than any single elemental force.
Since this was Mondstadt, the realm of the Anemo Archon, Lin Feng decided to use Anemo power.
His eyes gradually turned a pale cyan, and his clothes fluttered in a gentle breeze.
Anemo power gathered in the palm of Lin Feng's hand, gradually forming a small, condensed storm.
Standing among the wooden stakes, he pressed his hands downward. "Go."
The small, condensed storm broke away from Lin Feng's palm.
In an instant, the surrounding wooden stakes were completely obliterated.
The fierce wind even made the clothes and skirts of the people nearby billow upward.
Eolyn and Noelle hurriedly pressed down on their skirts, narrowly avoiding a scandalous mishap.
"Sorry, sorry, I didn't mean to. I really didn't mean to do that." A sincere apology appeared on Lin Feng's face.
It was purely an accident; he honestly hadn't expected something like that to happen.
"So strong." Eolyn's mouth hung open, her face filled with awe, completely oblivious to Lin Feng's earlier breach of etiquette.
At that moment, she felt her earlier thoughts were utterly ridiculous—imagining she needed to vet him for Noelle!
Someone as powerful as Mr. Lin Feng was top-tier in both character and strength.
At this thought, a trace of gloom inevitably washed over Eolyn's expression. Oh, how she wished she could obtain a Vision!
Noelle had previously guessed that Lin Feng was strong, but she never imagined he could actually wield Anemo power. Could he perhaps be a Vision holder too?
In this world, if humans wanted to use elemental energy, there was a basic requirement: they had to possess a Vision.
Of course, there were a very few exceptions, though not many.
For instance, the Fatui Harbinger Signora, who was born in Mondstadt.
She could freely use Pyro power without possessing a Pyro Vision.
"Lin Feng, is your Vision an Anemo one?" Noelle had always yearned for the Anemo element because she felt Mondstadt suited it best—after all, the Knights of Favonius were named the *Favonius* Knights.
Instead of answering directly, Lin Feng pulled Noelle aside and said in a low voice, "I have a secret, and I'm only telling you."
Hearing this, Noelle nodded earnestly.
A blush spread across her cheeks because Lin Feng had actually said he was *only* telling her.
Only her.
Could it be that she was someone special to him?
Noelle shook her head fiercely, banishing the wild reveries from her mind.
"My constitution is rather unique; I don't have a Vision, yet I can still use elemental power. People might find that quite strange, so can you keep it a secret for me?" Lin Feng said.
Noelle nodded heavily, her expression serious. "Leave it to me. My lips are sealed."
At that moment, Noelle suddenly felt the distance between herself and Lin Feng close significantly.
This was a little secret that belonged exclusively to the two of them.
Nearby, Eolyn watched the two of them whispering together conspiratorially. Their heads were held close, looking utterly intimate.
At that exact moment, Eolyn desperately wanted to cry out: "Did I come out just to be fed dog food?"
Curses on couples.
May all lovey-dovey scoundrels be banished from the City of Mondstadt.
"Wait, what about our practice later?" Noelle looked at the wooden stakes that had been effortlessly obliterated by Lin Feng.
She and Eolyn still needed those stakes to practice.
But now, every single stake here was destroyed, and finding new ones wouldn't be easy.
Lin Feng flashed a faint smile and said, "Leave it to me."
Seeing that smile, for some reason, Noelle instantly felt at ease.
She had a feeling that whatever Lin Feng promised, he would definitely accomplish.
"Well, bye for now. I'll go find some for you two and see you in a bit." Lin Feng waved goodbye to Noelle and Eolyn.
***
After Lin Feng arrived at a blind spot where no one could see him, he muttered, "Open teleportation."
The next second, Lin Feng appeared in the Abyss.
This was the main headquarters of the Abyss Order.
Lin Feng's sudden appearance startled Big Wise, who was goofing off nearby.
"Prince, why are you back?"
"What? Am I not allowed back?" Lin Feng retorted with a question.
A thin layer of sweat broke out on Big Wise's face as he hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that, Prince."
"Forget it!"
Lin Feng waved a hand, having no intention of pressing the issue further.
With Big Wise's intelligence, Lin Feng wouldn't be surprised no matter what kind of nonsense came out of his mouth.
Still, Big Wise's loyalty to him was an absolute hundred out of a hundred.
"I have a task for you. You know those targets the Hilichurls usually practice on? Or wooden stakes, whatever you call them.
Get me ten. I need them urgently. I'm giving you ten minutes—
No, get them for me within five minutes."
Although Big Wise didn't know what the Prince wanted with those things, the Prince surely had a profound purpose behind it.
"Guaranteed completion of the mission!"
The next second, Big Wise vanished on the spot.
Spatial teleportation—a basic signature skill of the Abyss Mages.
***
Meanwhile, Eolyn's burning desire for gossip flared up.
Since they couldn't practice for the moment, Eolyn grabbed Noelle's arm and pressed her with questions.
"How did you two meet? How long has this relationship been going on?"
Noelle shared how she and Mr. Lin Feng had only become friends yesterday. "We just confirmed our relationship yesterday."