The original god of the Jyota Jinchūriki

Chapter 214 Mondstadt branch of the Church of the Past
Time flies. After Zhang San and his companions were extradited to Liyue by people from Liyue General Affairs Department, the Mondstadt branch of Mora's Hall of Rebirth, which Hu Tao spent a large sum of money on, was finally completed just in time for the Brew Festival.

In the Hall of the Reborn, which still exuded the fresh smell of wood, the first staff meeting of the Mond branch of the Hall of the Reborn, which would later become Mond's first funeral institution, was officially convened by the 77th head of the Hall of the Reborn, Walnut.

"I have called you all here today to say two things. Please listen carefully. After you listen, I will give you bonuses as a celebration for the opening of our Wangsheng Hall."

Walnut, Ruojin, Mona, Ying, Paimon, Glory, Rosaria, Bennett, Razor, Fischl and Wendy sat around a table. The first to speak was naturally Walnut, the head of the Rebirth Hall. However, Walnut did not seem to be in a very good mental state at this time, and there was visible fatigue on her face.

After taking a sip of strong tea to refresh herself, Hu Tao looked at the employees she had recruited in front of her and cursed Zhongli in her heart. On the first day of the opening of the Mondstadt branch of the Hall of Rebirth, she, the hall master, made a fool of herself in front of the employees. When she returned, she would definitely make good use of Zhongli's tea.

Because this was the first time that the Hall of Rebirth was opened in other countries, while the Mondstadt branch of the Hall of Rebirth was still under construction, Hu Tao planned to hold a simple ceremony to worship her ancestors when the Mondstadt branch of the Hall of Rebirth opened, to let her ancestors know that she, Hu Tao, had successfully opened the Hall of Rebirth outside of Liyue.

Considering that it would take a long time to make sacrificial items in Mondstadt, Hu Tao asked a Liyue caravan to tell the Liyue Hall of the Rebirth to prepare some sacrificial items and send someone to pack them up and deliver them. Anyway, the Mondstadt branch of the Hall of the Rebirth would be able to use them in the future.

Before the person delivering the sacrificial supplies arrived, Walnut was so happy to see the Mond branch of the Hall of the Reborn becoming more and more complete that she was thinking of taking her employees to the Deer Hunter Restaurant for a meal after the worship ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Mond branch of the Hall of the Reborn.

Hu Tao had everything planned out well, but the Liyue Hall of the Dead gave her a surprise. When the person delivering the sacrificial supplies arrived in Mondstadt and respectfully took out seventy-six tablets in front of Hu Tao, the sixteen-year-old girl was stunned.

You said you would just bring some simple sacrificial items, but you invited all the previous 76 heads of the Wangsheng Hall? Especially after learning that Zhongli had packed all these things, Hu Tao even thought that Zhongli wanted to rebel against her, the 77th head of the Wangsheng Hall.

Looking at the seventy-six replicas of the ancestral tablets that Zhongli had someone bring in front of her, if Zhongli had not been in Mondstadt, Hu Tao would have wanted to point the Homa Staff at Zhongli and ask, "Zhongli, do you think that Hu Tao, without these seventy-six ancestors, can't suppress the dead in Mondstadt?" Humiliating her, the seventy-seventh head of the Hall of the Rebirth, right?

In fact, this matter cannot be blamed entirely on Zhongli. The only thing to be blamed is that the caravan that delivered the message did not express Hu Tao's intention clearly. After Zhongli learned that Hu Tao had set up a Mondstadt branch of the Hall of the Rebirth, he instinctively thought that Hu Tao was going to hold a grand ancestor worship ceremony, so he sent Hu Tao a lot of things. But who would have thought that Hu Tao just wanted to hold a simple worship.

But no matter what Zhongli thought, Hu Tao definitely couldn't pretend not to see these seventy-six tablets being sent to him. So, the simple worship ceremony turned into an extremely cumbersome ancestor worship ceremony. Hu Tao even kowtowed three times in front of each of the seventy-six tablets.

After the ancestor worship ceremony was completed, Hu Tao didn't even want to change her clothes, let alone go out for dinner. If it wasn't for the need to maintain the last bit of dignity as the head of the Wangsheng Hall in front of her employees, Hu Tao would have thrown herself into Ruo Jin's arms and let Ruo Jin hold her and coax her.

"Famora? Great!"

Wendy, who was invited by Walnut to work as an employee at the Mond branch of the Hall of the Rebirth, cheered. Today was the day to return Mora to the Angel's Gift. Wendy had originally planned to sing in the Angel's Gift to return Mora, but she didn't expect that Walnut, the head of the Hall of the Rebirth, would give her a surprise.

Faced with this sudden good news, Wendy couldn't help but sigh that Wangsheng Hall was worthy of being the place chosen by the old man. The old man has a good vision.

Before, Wendy joined the Wangsheng Hall just to have an excuse to exchange work and go to Zhongli for free food and drinks. After all, he is now an employee of the Wangsheng Hall. With this identity, Zhongli would most likely not beat him up for free food and drinks.

What surprised Wendy even more was that in addition to the good salary and benefits at Wangsheng Hall, he actually received a bonus on his first day working there. Thinking that the golden Mora would be in his hands soon, there was no need to say more. From now on, Wangsheng Hall would be his, Wendy's, second home.

"I won't say more. First, while I'm away from Mondstadt, Sister Glory will temporarily manage the Mondstadt branch of the Hall of the Reborn."

"Because Miss Glory has some eye problems, I will send a female employee from Liyue's Hall of Rebirth to assist Sister Glory for a year. Wendy, you, who do nothing all day, just watch over the Hall of Rebirth if you have nothing to do. If anyone dares to cause trouble or bully Sister Glory, you can just take action."

"This hall master has already reached an agreement with the captain of the Knights of Favonius, Jean. From now on, our Mondstadt branch of the Hall of Rebirth will join the patrol routes of the Knights of Favonius. With the Knights of Favonius here, you can all work with peace of mind."

Worried that a newly opened shop like the Hall of the Reborn might be pressured by the gangsters in Mondstadt, Walnut signed a contract with Jean. The contract basically stated that the Hall of the Reborn would provide coffins and urns at a 40% discount to the Knights of Favonius who died in battle, and the Knights of Favonius would add a patrol point in an unimportant place in Mondstadt, where the Mondstadt branch of the Hall of the Reborn was located.

Walnut's serious look made Wendy feel how seriously Walnut took the matter. In response, Wendy nodded slightly. He naturally knew about Glory's affairs. Her fiancé was personally asked by him, the God of Wind, to get a document from Jean and send it to Inazuma. As for whether the knight could return like a hero, it depended on how he acted in Inazuma.

In fact, it's not just this knight. Some other Mondstadt people who are unhappy with their lives or feel unhappy have changed recently, but they just haven't noticed. To be fair, Wendy, who has woken up, still cares a lot about his own people.

"Sister Glory, do you have anything to say?"

"I, I don't have anything to say. If I make any mistakes in my work in the future, I hope you can forgive me."

Gloria's face flushed a little. She was filled with gratitude for Walnut taking such good care of her. This was one of the few times in her life that she felt warmth from other people.

"Sister Glory, you are very capable. I believe you will be able to manage the Mondstadt branch of the Hall of Rebirth well."

After accidentally learning about Glory's story from Ruojin, the kind-hearted Hu Tao immediately acted coquettishly towards Ruojin and wanted Glory to come work for her. Ruojin thought about it and decided not to refuse.

Although the job that Uncle Liu arranged for Gloria paid well, it also required her to come into contact with many people. He was not sure whether Gloria would be talked about behind the scenes by those people. Instead of gambling on these uncertainties, it would be better to let Gloria come to work in the less crowded Wangsheng Hall. At least in a place like Wangsheng Hall, no one would talk about her.

So, at Hu Tao's invitation, Gloria gladly joined the Wangsheng Hall. Before joining the Wangsheng Hall, Gloria specially went to thank the person who Uncle Liu had asked to arrange a job for Gloria. This made Hu Tao even more certain that Gloria would be a good deputy hall master.

Facing Hu Tao's encouragement, Gloria's eyes were a little moist. She had never thought that she could have such a stable job. Except for a few days ago when a Liyue person suddenly found her and arranged a job for her, Gloria had applied for countless positions, but all of them were rejected because of her eyes. This also led to Gloria having to do odd jobs to make a living before that. I will definitely not let down Master Hu's painstaking efforts. No matter how hard and tiring it is, I will manage the Rebirth Hall well! Knowing that she has no advantages compared to those normal people, Gloria secretly made up her mind to run the Mondstadt branch of the Rebirth Hall.

It was this determination that allowed the Hall of the Dead to quickly gain a foothold in Mondstadt. Even many years later, many Mondstadt people would only mention the Hall of the Dead when dealing with funerals. The fact that Westwind Cathedral could also provide funeral services was completely forgotten by the Mondstadt people.

"Well, the second thing is not a big deal. A batch of coffins will be delivered from Liyue in a few days, and some experienced masters will come to train you. You must study hard. If you learn it, your monthly salary will increase by 50%."

"Really? Really? That's great! I'm still a little short of the Mora I need to buy for Lei Ze's birthday present. If it can be increased by 50%, it should be enough."

"Actually, no, it's not that troublesome."

Bennett seemed very excited. Lazer, who was sitting next to Bennett, heard that Bennett had prepared a gift for him and tried to stop Bennett, but Bennett didn't listen at all.

Fischer, who was standing by, felt an indescribable feeling in her heart when she heard what Bennett said. She and Bennett had been friends for so many years, but Bennett had never given her a gift. She always thought that Bennett was too careless and had no intention of giving her a gift. Now it seems that she was wrong, very wrong.

"This is a gift from my knights. Those who have grown up with the living beings should accept it calmly."

"Miss means, Lazer, you should accept Bennett's gift."

Oz, Fischer's faithful translator, stopped talking after conveying Fischer's words. It must be said that in terms of etiquette, Oz is even more gentlemanly than a gentleman.

Walnut was watching the scene with a smile on her face. In addition to Glory and some basic staff members in the Hall of Rebirth, she also recruited Wendy and the three little ones, Bennett, Razer, and Fischl.

Here, Hu Tao has to mention that the people of Mond are so naive. She had only posted a commission in the Adventurer's Guild under the name of Ruo Jin, but Bennett, who was not afraid of being cheated, came to her door on his own initiative.

Seeing that Bennett wanted to join the Hall of Rebirth, Bennett's good brother Lei Ze also offered to join the Hall. Hu Tao, who had heard Ruo Jin mention Lei Ze in the Wolf Territory, naturally agreed without hesitation. Just kidding, a young man who had a close relationship with the giant wolf offered to join the Hall of Rebirth. Even if there were many people in the Hall of Rebirth, Hu Tao would agree.

As for Fischl, Fischl, Razor, and Bennett were forming a team to accept a commission. However, during the few minutes that Fischl was looking for the commission, two of the three members of the team joined the Hall of Rebirth.

Seeing that the commission could not be completed, Fischl, who wanted to make new clothes but was still short of Mora, had no choice but to join the Hall of the Reborn at Hutao's invitation. Since then, the four cornerstones of the Eye of God in the Mondstadt branch of the Hall of the Reborn were directly gathered by Hutao.

"Master Hu, are you finished? If you are, can I leave now?"

Rosalia, who was feeling a little bored, slumped in the chair and yawned without any image. She had dealt with a lot of "rats" in the dark last night. Now she just wanted to have a drink at Angel's Gift and then find a place in West Wind Cathedral to have a good sleep.

"Hey, Rosalia, I'm done. From now on, I'll trouble you to help look after the Wangsheng Hall at night. I have only one request, that the people in our Wangsheng Hall must not be bullied."

After a few days of getting along, Walnut knew what kind of person Rosalia was and what she was doing behind the scenes, so when faced with Rosalia's urging, Walnut was not angry. She directly took out a bag of Mora and handed it to Rosalia.

Rosalia nodded and took the bag of Mora without hesitation. According to the contract she signed with Walnut, she was also considered an external employee of the Wangsheng Hall, so she had no psychological burden in taking this bonus.

After the prizes were distributed, except for Glory who lived in the Hall of Rebirth and Ying who seemed to have something to say, everyone else left the Hall of Rebirth with their prize money. Seeing that Ying had taken Mora and had not left yet, Hu Tao, who now just wanted to hug Ruojin and take a nap, asked with some confusion.

"Ying, do you have anything else to say?"

"Ahem, Hu Tao, um, when are we going back to Liyue? I remember the Lantern Festival should be coming soon."

After working on commissions in Mondstadt for a few days and realizing that the rewards for commissions in Mondstadt were not as high as those in Liyue, Ying didn't want to stay in Mondstadt anymore. Before, when she was weak, she didn't feel anything about staying in Mondstadt, but since she accepted those high-risk and high-reward commissions from the Liyue Adventurer's Association, Ying started to look down on commissions like picking apples in Mondstadt.

Moreover, Ying now urgently hopes to earn more Mora to buy a good sword again. It is too torture to chop monsters with a bladeless sword. Now Ying even admires her for being able to chop down half of Mondstadt's monsters with a bladeless sword.

"Let's go back to Liyue, Ajin. When do you think we should go back?"

For Hu Tao, as long as Ruo Jin is by her side, she can return to Liyue at any time. Ruo Jin thought about it for a moment and considered that he had promised Klee to take her to Liyue to participate in the Lantern Festival, so he might need to give Klee some time to pack some daily necessities such as clothes, Ruo Jin said.

"Let's do it tomorrow. We'll take a day off today and leave tomorrow morning."

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(End of this chapter)