Original God, but the real world

Chapter 107-106-The Story of the Salt God
Jiang Qing spent some time thinking about how to get started.

He definitely couldn't go to the island like Ying.

Ying takes the formal route.

She is so famous, for example, she repelled the Wind Dragon, defeated the Demon God Osel, etc. In fact, her fame will only grow as time goes by.

Reputation is really useful, especially since a large part of Ying's reputation comes from her strength.

Although Shinsuke Hiiragi agreed to Rosaline's request, he tried to trap Ying on an outlying island.

But his words were not bad, at least he did not directly express his attitude subjectively.

For a country where power is passed down among families, as the head of the Hiiragi family, he is really too "polite".

Yes.

Although this idiot used three hundred fresh Qingxins and seven hundred and nine letters as conditions that were obviously idiotic to delay, to be honest, with the power of the Hiiragi family in Inazuma, he was willing to find a reason for his actions - even if it sounded quite stupid, instead of just making an arrogant statement or simply attacking Ying. Her reputation really played a big role.

Violence is often the simplest means.

If we don't resort to violence against those who don't cooperate, it's often because we can't do it, not because we don't want to.

Especially with the Inazuma shogunate and the family-style inheritance, there is no reason for Hiiragi Shinsuke not to be arrogant.

The anger of an ordinary man caused blood to splatter five steps away.

No matter how powerful and in what position one has, there will be times when one is powerless.

Especially in this world with elemental power, the role of strength is even more obvious.

Judging from Ying's strength, no matter how powerful Hiiragi Shinsuke is, as long as Ying gets angry, he will have to consider the matter of the next Kanjo Bugyo and the head of the Hiiragi family.

Although Shinsuke Hiiragi is arrogant, he is also very clear that Ying was able to defeat the young master and has the reputation of defeating Osel, so if he wants to kill him, he will definitely find an opportunity.

Even if he stayed in the mansion for the rest of his life, he might not be able to save his life.

So he could only use relatively polite "words and actions" to fulfill Rosaline's request.

If you and Ying use impolite words and are not kind enough, she can really make you die in disgrace.

What restricts Ying's actions is never the so-called power of Kanjo Bugyo or great sage.

She doesn't care.

What restrains her from using violence to solve problems is her own high moral level.

Ying has no qualms about killing people, but she also has no interest in it.

Such was the blessing of fame and strength that as soon as Ying arrived in Inazuma, the Third Magistrate immediately noticed her.

Kanjo Bugyo Hiiragi Shinsuke came forward specifically to try to slow down her actions.

Although the society magistrate Kamisato Ayato did not show up directly, the egret princess Kamisato Ayaka sent the Kamisato family's housekeeper to invite Ying.

But later, Ying went back and forth to the Kamisato family's mansion many times. If Kamisato Ayato did not consent, it would obviously be absurd.

If he knew nothing about this, then this Lord Society Bugyo would have led the Kamisato family into a future of destruction long ago.

A person went back and forth to your mansion many times, and your guards and subordinates saw it, but you had no idea about it at all?
It's a fabrication. This time, Kamisato Ayaka is fabricating Kamisato Ayato's position in order to seize the position of the head of the family!
This is Ying's route.

She is the true hero, the eternal light.

But Jiang Qing had no such idea at all.

He wanted to go directly to the resistance.

This is not difficult because the rebels are almost naturally at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the shogunate.

From weapons and armaments, backup supplies, and even simply the gods, Jiang Qing could not see any advantages the rebels had.

The shogunate's rule was not brutal, at least not brutal enough to make the people completely ignore their respect for the Narukami and support the rebels.

The foundation of the resistance army is the people of Kaijima. Some people under the rule of the shogunate may join the resistance army, but this number is not large.

The shogunate has not yet lost the support of the people.

Without the advantage of popular support, numbers and armaments, and even poor logistics, the failure of the rebels is inevitable.

On this basis, anyone who is capable of joining the resistance is unlikely to be rejected.

But it is unlikely that Jiang Qing will gain the trust of Xinhai of Coral Palace and gain power over the rebels.

Because he is a pure outsider, let alone a Kaijima native, he is not even an Inazuma native.

Ying is also an outsider.

But she is a mercenary outsider who doesn't care about or look down on anything about the rebels.

She had almost no demands on the resistance army, but she just happened to be working here in the Heart Sea of ​​Coral Palace for a while.

Coral Palace Xinhai had no reason not to trust her.

She would certainly hold Ying in her palm, a man who asks nothing of you and doesn't ask for any promises from you, but has a record of defeating mad dragons and demon gods, and is actually wanted by the general himself.

Her friend was the unlucky one who was executed by the Shogun himself, and she prevented the [Eye Hunting Ceremony] presided over by the Shogun himself, which meant that it was absolutely impossible for her to have any positive relationship with the shogunate.

Because the resistance doesn't deserve it.

If this was the shogunate's arrangement, it meant that the threat posed by the rebels in their eyes was high enough that it was worth them planting a chess piece, and this chess piece had to go against the will of Narukami as a token of loyalty to the rebels.

The shogunate didn't dare.

Not to mention that the resistance army has been hiding on Yami Island and Kaiji Island. Even if they really won the war on the front line and marched straight to Narukami Island, the shogunate would not dare to push anything against the will of the shogun.

There is no problem with her identity and her strength is so great, so Coral Palace Xinhai certainly believes in her.

But Jiang Qing can't.

He has no such foundation, and his intentions towards the rebels are not pure.

Ying just joined because of chance, and his goal from the beginning was to join the resistance army to fight against the shogunate army.

But this is not an unsolvable problem.

The shogunate will bring enough pressure to force them to trust themselves.

Jiang Qing thought so.

It was impossible for him to analyze the situation out of thin air without actually seeing and participating in it.

In the game, the confrontation between the rebels and the shogunate is sparsely described, and is almost only mentioned in two scenes.

The rebel camp and the shogunate camp are just places to receive missions. You can join the rebels and help the shogunate army deal with the bomb problem in Tatarashi. The shogunate army will also provide you with help and tell you who to find.

Then the shogunate was just like a melon peel, staying next to a bomb without taking any countermeasures.

Jiang Qing was quite curious. If Ying did not solve the Tadashi story, what reaction would the shogunate have this time?

The specific value...is gone.

What can be analyzed based on these alone?

Jiang Qing just continued to recall every detail so that he could realize his value more quickly when needed.

No matter what Jiang Qing thought, time still progressed step by step.

At the Southern Cross Martial Arts Tournament hosted by Beidou, Ying quickly defeated all enemies.

She does seem a bit of a bully when she plays this kind of game.

Not to mention her skills, her physical fitness which far exceeds that of normal people is enough.

From the moment Beidou invited her to join, her first place position was already secured.

Jiang Qing was not interested.

I'm afraid this fight will be even less entertaining than the game.

The fireflies in the game had their powers restrained, and the warriors continued to jump around without any injuries after being slashed by swords.

But now... they can still get up after being hit by a sword. Jiang Qing feels that Beidou should award them a medal and honor.

There is still some time after the martial arts competition is over.

Jiang Qing began to feel that the time was a bit long.

He was used to having to produce results in a short period of time to prove himself, and then move to the next level to gain greater benefits. Suddenly he had free time and he was even a little overwhelmed.

Fortunately, someone actually came to us and offered us a commission.

This is the person...
"How could it be you?"

Jiang Qing had a strange look on his face.

The person who came to visit was Zhongli.

The ancient God of Rock walked in leisurely without any unnecessary expression.

"Your home seems too simple."

This is Jiang Qing's home.

Of course, seriously speaking, he no longer has a home; this is just a place to settle down.

Jiang Qing has already dealt with everything.

It was as if he redeemed everything from the Jiang family and then sold it at a discount.

If you inherit a person's identity and cannot continue living according to this identity, you should at least say goodbye properly on behalf of this identity.

Fortunately... if this can be considered lucky, fortunately, everything was over when Jiang Qing took over.

He also had no intention of continuing to run the business, so he spent money to redeem the old belongings of the Jiang family that were used to pay off debts due to business failure.

This is what Jiang Qing should do.

But since he had no use for it, he sold it again.

This is what Jiang Qing is going to do.

This seemingly unnecessary back and forth movement is actually a farewell to an identity and Jiang Qing's promise to a person.

He did not feel relieved because of this, which also proved that the original body had indeed left long ago.

But Jiang Qing didn't do these things just to get his approval.

Saying goodbye does not require anyone's recognition or approval.

"Old man, you are late." Jiang Qing smiled, "I will be leaving Liyue in a while, and I have also entrusted this courtyard to be sold."

"I don't plan to leave anything behind." Zhongli asked.

"None of it belongs to me. I have nothing to keep." Jiang Qing replied, "As for home... I'm afraid I'll have to wait."

This is already frank.

To be honest, he is not "Jiang Qing".

Zhongli was not surprised.

This fact was already made clear when Jiang Qing was planning for Liyue, so He certainly wouldn't find it strange.

But Jiang Qing was indeed too frank.

He seemed not to be at all concerned about the impact of what he said.

"Your strength...has improved again?"

Zhongli could barely discern Jiang Qing's growth.

Mostly similar.

Jiang Qing spent four points to raise his physical strength to a higher level.

As his physical fitness improved, his elemental power indeed grew further and would soon be able to match his current physical fitness.

In terms of simple data conversion, Jiang Qing's physical fitness is level 61, while his elemental strength is level 60 before the breakthrough.

This also completely exhausted the value of God's favor.

He started too low.

Lv5 is already a very high level. Eula has been training since she was a child, but is still stuck at the limit value of Lv5.

At the sixth level, you are already a young master with dual elemental power.

And going one step further, the seventh level, the power that is worthy of being called the original god, is Rosalind and the scattered soldiers who have not yet ascended to godhood.

This is also the limit of human beings. Even if they are favored by gods, they will remain at this position.

In the game, the top three members of the Fatui seem to be able to cross this limit, but the remaining executives are at this level at best.

When Jiang Qing received the blessing, he was only at the fourth level. Even if the divine favor could further nourish his growth, his growth rate was actually very fast.

It just can't be compared with Ying.

She could immediately hold down the lid of Rosaline's coffin. If she took one more step, even the stragglers who had ascended to godhood would have to admit their mistakes.

After knowing this, Eula seemed a little unhappy, and then she increased the intensity of the training.

She had never received divine favor, and without knowing that Jiang Qing was actually cheating, she naturally unilaterally attributed Jiang Qing's growth to divine favor.

Youla is willing to bless Jiang Qing's growth in strength, but Jiang Qing's rapid growth still makes her anxious.

There was no reason... Or rather, because they were friends now, and Jiang Qing was obviously a weakling before, but now he suddenly caught up with her, so she became anxious.

It's just anxiety.

Eula felt that she needed to work harder.

Thanks to this vengeful knight, Jiang Qing's swordsmanship improved rapidly... although it still could not keep up with his growth in strength.

Compared with his actual strength, Jiang Qing's skills and control of power are completely mismatched.

"Seriously, this is because of your help."

Jiang Qing is sincere.

It was very easy to go from Lv1 to Lv2 because he had the secret medicine formula provided by Eula. He only had to spend money on drugs and train relatively hard, and he quickly passed the initial stage.

But every subsequent step of growth not only takes time, but also has thresholds.

This number probably starts from years, and the investment may not necessarily yield a return.

Converted into points, given Jiang Qing's situation at the time, he needed ten points to get this starting position.

Ten points are already a number that completely overturns a copy. Even now, Jiang Qing is not confident enough.

Zhongli's divine favor saved these ten points.

The point bonus is actually quite exaggerated.

Because it is obvious that at this rate of growth, 7 points will be enough to cross the door of [Genshin] and enter the level of Demon God.

At 8 points, you can become a powerful enough demon god.

Jiang Qing "spent" 10 points and was taught a lesson by Eula using forehand and backhand.

What he saved in the weak period was 10 points, and if he threw them in in the future, Jiang Qing might be able to get a glimpse of the great power on the throne.

Of course he was very grateful to Zhongli.

Although all this is the result of Jiang Qingxian's planning and showing off, the reality is that it is not that if you have enough talent and show yourself, others will appreciate you and invest in you.

So he was still grateful for Zhongli's response.

If hard work always pays off, this world would be too kind and merciful.

This is the bigger picture, hard work and investment don't necessarily pay off.

Jiang Qing received a response and he was grateful.

Zhongli didn't understand Jiang Qing's complicated thoughts.

Although He felt that Jiang Qing's power was still "insignificant", His experience in the human world told Him that Jiang Qing's growth rate was actually very outrageous.

But because of Ying's existence, He no longer had any curiosity.

After all, this guy is the real big daddy.

Rosalyn really had no choice.

She should be grateful that she only mocked Ying but did not kill her when they first met... If she really wanted to cut the grass completely and leave no trouble, she might have to start over.

Brother Kong said riddles like "My stupid sister, you should do this and that, I'll be waiting for you at the end"... But in fact, if Ying was really in crisis, he might show everyone what it means to kill indiscriminately.

How dare you!

But if she didn't kill Ying, the third version of Inazuma would have to be hit on the head by Ying.

Rosalyn is so difficult.

Zhongli didn't think much about it.

"I heard from Ganyu that you have been idle recently. I have a commission related to a god from the past." He looked at Jiang Qing, "I wonder if you are willing to accept it?"

Of course Jiang Qing agreed.

"Of course, if I'm not mistaken...it's about Heulia, the Goddess of Salt?"

Zhongli laughed: "To be more precise, the people who came to our door were arranged by Tartaglia. The Fatui have already set their sights on you."

There is no need to explain why.

Before he even opened his mouth, he had already stated his goal.

So how could Jiang Qing not know why he was being targeted?

"Tartaria... There is still a big gap between him and me now." Jiang Qing was not panicked.

The issues of elemental power and physical strength are another matter. As for combat itself, he has never experienced any crisis that could be called a life-and-death struggle. Tartaglia is a martial arts fanatic, and his teacher is most likely a future veteran.

This means that even if their conditions are similar, Jiang Qing is almost certain to lose.

But that’s okay.

With Zhongli watching, he was at most just testing the waters and wanting to make a deal.

"Many things in the world can be traded. Even if the Fatui wanted to kill me before, I am still willing to trade with them."

Jiang Qing was nonchalant.

"But what leverage can they bring?"

Jiang Qing didn't mind making a deal with his mortal enemy.

Hatred is hatred, and it will not change because of the erasure plan that the Fatui casually arranged at the time.

But if the deal is profitable, Jiang Qing will never refuse it.

Doing business with a person never conflicts with wanting to kill him.

The Fatui probably thought so too.

How could they not know that the hatred brought about by murder is extremely difficult to erase?
No matter what excuse he made, the fact that he wanted to kill Jiang Qing at that time had already happened.

The seeds of hatred have been planted, and it will be difficult to alleviate them.

But as long as Jiang Qing is willing to cooperate, they are willing to reward Jiang Qing and let Jiang Qing live.

Because everyone thinks the returns are greater than the risks, and everyone feels that they can afford the cost of losing control.

And who is the most correct person...time will prove everything.

At least Jiang Qing felt that he would win.

The existing information can at least support up to Xumi, and there are two copies.

Even if both of his copies are worth seven points, he still has a total surplus of 16 points.

Without considering the additional rewards from the system, 16 points alone meant that he could reach level 81 in some aspect of his physical or elemental strength, the ultimate level of the Eye of God.

This power is still a little bit difficult to deal with the Fatui, but it is more than enough to save lives and cause trouble.

This is just forced point addition. If you can get extra benefits in the dungeon, you may be able to reach a higher position.

Leave the problem to the future?
of course can.

Then let's see who grows faster.

Zhongli admired Jiang Qing's confidence.

To some extent, this kind of self-confidence is even close to arrogance, because the opponent Jiang Qing may face is the Fatui, the most vicious group among the seven kingdoms in the world.

They are powerful and have no bottom line, which is something that no country's ruling body can do... Sorry, I forgot about the shogunate.

It is true that the shogunate is not strong. Excluding the fox and the general, the obvious number one is Kujo Sara.

And with Kujo Sara's strength...the lady at the eighth seat could easily deal with her.

Their strength is indeed limited, but when it comes to having no bottom line, they are truly number one.

But if you just want to watch the show, why not?

Zhongli will protect every Liyue person, but Jiang Qing is not one of them.

Because he was the one who asked for trouble.

The God of the Liyue people will of course protect the people of Liyue, but He will just watch as someone actively stirs up trouble and seeks profit from trouble to grow.

Since we are just spectators, the more intense the story is, the better.

But not this time.

Jiang Qing has not grown up yet, and in order to make the story more interesting, Zhongli decided to protect him for a while.

In fact, if He had not invited Jiang Qing, Jiang Qing would really have stayed in Liyue Harbor until the Death Star set sail.

Since He had caused the trouble, He would of course be responsible for solving it.

"Then I will look forward to your performance."

Zhongli smiled, which was rare.

In some ways He was looking forward to these fun things.

Zhongli certainly wouldn't take the initiative to create it, but if the opportunity arose, he wouldn't refuse to wait and see.

Life was so long, he had spent thousands of years in a serious way, and now he just wanted to see more interesting things.

Including contradictions and conflicts.

"Of course," Jiang Qing shrugged, "I'm happy to perform for you and tell you a story."

"If you like."

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The story of Heulia, the goddess of salt, is not complicated.

The people of Liyue today are not all the believers of Morax at the beginning.

A very straightforward fact.

The war of demons is a melee of demons. What god you can believe in does not depend on your thoughts, but on the demon by your side.

He is near you and has revealed His power, so you know what choice to make.

You don't believe in Him?
Then just go die.

You choose your own object of faith? Who are you? Do you think you are worthy?
There is no need for the gods to take action, the people around them who believe in them will take the initiative to kill non-believers.

The people cannot give any reward to the devil, so they can only do everything they can, such as killing those who are unwilling to believe in him.

But after the war, the devil died, but his believers were still alive.

These people's belief in the devil is not pure at all, they believe in it almost just for the sake of survival.

So there is the next god, and as long as the other party is willing to accept it, they are willing to kowtow and worship it.

Bu has been wandering for half his life, and only regrets that he has not met a wise master. If you don't abandon me, Bu is willing to become your adoptive father.

This is probably the case.

There's nothing to be embarrassed about; we all have no choice.

In the chaos of demons, if there is no demon to protect you, you can only wait for death.

They will have to join whoever wins.

It's not about choice.

The weak will be trampled and beaten by fate without any mercy.

They had no choice but to accept it.

Heulia is barely in this situation.

He died and his followers went to Morax.

But the story has a slight twist, because it was not that Heulia was defeated, but that they took the initiative to betray Heulia and wanted to seek more powerful gods.

No matter what, Heulia may be kind and weak, but she owes nothing to her followers.

However, the people abandoned the gods who took care of them because the gods were relatively weak, and tried to kill their own gods to prove their respect and worship for the new gods.

Of course, it can also be said that the believers have pity on the weak God and do not want Him to suffer torture after defeat, so they want to grant Him easy relief... Hahahaha, cough cough, sorry, I laughed out loud.

Well, how should I put it... As expected, Eula wants to curse again.

The behavior of these people is equally disgusting, but the descendants of these people joined Liyue and were not affected by their betrayal at all.

In a way, the gods do have a lot of tolerance for people.

If a war is won, history has actually clearly written what the fate of the losing side will be.

Except for a certain dynasty, if I win, I would like to ask for a chance to pay tribute to you.

Normally, the fate of the losers is clear, but these followers of Heulia who survived have integrated into Liyue without encountering any prejudice or discrimination.

So does Inazuma.

The general only dealt with the two traitorous dogs in a limited way, and did not completely eliminate the Kujo and Hiiragi families.

Eula was very angry.

Why didn't Lawrence encounter such a good thing?

Of course, no normal person could write down such a record, so they used pen and paper to attribute Heulia's death to the war between demons and gods.

They suddenly transformed themselves into the Rock God who accepted his spoils after Heulia died in battle.

Anyway, Liyue has no records of this.

Because Morax killed too many demons in the past, Heulia was neither powerful nor famous, and the historians were too lazy to record such a god.

You said that the Rock King Emperor killed a salt god named Heulia... Who knows? But the Emperor is so powerful and has killed so many demons, so there may be a demon named Heulia.

He is a demon after all, and it is also a record of his achievements.

If you say yes, we definitely believe that the great emperor can do it.

Anyway, mortals are just spectators in the war between demons, so recording it? Isn't it just writing it for fun?
It is nothing more than a record of the year, month, and day, who the emperor killed, how mighty the emperor is, and how he will live for ten thousand years.

if not?
Is there really anyone who can witness an entire war without dying?
The Fatui accurately investigated a follower of the God of Salt.

This believer took the Spring and Autumn Annals' writing style seriously and was sure that Heulia, the god of salt, was very powerful. Morax, jealous of the power of the god of salt, chose to assassinate Heulia...
Tsk, I can’t recall it anymore.

Sometimes these people's IQ and comprehension ability always make Jiang Qing a little overwhelmed.

It’s not that there is no reason.

Since it is a power worthy of envy and worthy of the description of envy, it is normal to be attacked and killed.

But did she really not understand the power of the God of Salt?

We really can't say that Ms. Wanyan has a problem with her brain. After all, she is an employee of the [Yinyuan Hall] among the Eight Gates and has a formal position.

All we can say is that this group of believers in the God of Raw Salt used the Spring and Autumn style of writing in their later descriptions, so that this is the fact that later generations can understand.

History is something that can indeed be whitewashed by anyone.

The only things that later generations can trust are the records left by their predecessors, and if they write randomly, it is inevitable that someone will make mistakes.

Zhongli's expression was rarely seen without a hint of helplessness.

"The Fatui have found a good candidate," He said, "He is from the Eight Gates [Silver Dollar Hall] and is also the offspring of Heulia's followers."

"She believed the records left by our ancestors and thought that I killed Heulia because I was jealous of her power."

Jiang Qing tensed.

When he recalled it, he felt like laughing. After laughing at that time, he was able to remain calm now.

“Everything people can recall about history is actually based on the records of their predecessors.”

Jiang Qing sighed, "So what she can believe is nothing more than the official statement of Liyue and this statement that is circulated in a small circle but provided by family members."

"And people are naturally biased towards their own blood relatives."

The official statement is of course that Morax killed Heulia openly. After all, when a war god kills an ordinary demon god, he would simply and straightforwardly crush him.

Although the sayings circulated among the family are niche, they are believed by everyone around her.

Between some unfamiliar things and the words her relatives were willing to trust, Wanyan of course chose to believe the latter.

This is no problem.

The education received from one’s original family influences a person’s entire life, and Wanyan is willing to believe this is natural.

“Of course there is no problem with that.” Zhongli also thought so, “But now this strange Miss Wanyan wants to overturn the mainstream view of Liyue.”

"In order to do that, she needs to get some crucial evidence."

This is where the story begins.

She wanted to prove that Morax had used some despicable means to assassinate Heulia.

But all the current evidence and all the arguments point to the theory she doesn't like.

She needed new evidence, evidence that would prove what she believed.

so······

"So we have to go to the place where Heulia died, and then find another piece of evidence to prove that Morax was a despicable person who assassinated Heulia."

Jiang Qing had a strange smile.

(End of this chapter)