Original God, but the real world

Chapter 68 67-I... Huh?

dawn.

The sense of ceremony has slightly increased.

As a local, Jiang Qing has actually seen the ritual of summoning immortals many times.

For ordinary Liyue people, this day was actually quite ordinary, because everyone had experienced it too many times.

The Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals is different from joyous festivals like the Sea Lantern Festival. The Sea Lantern Festival tries to come up with innovations every year to show everyone a different side.

The ritual of inviting the immortals requires that every step must respect ancient rituals. Any innovation in this regard is not innovation but an accident.

That is why, after seeing so much, people naturally lose their curiosity.

However, the Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals is, after all, to invite the Lord Emperor. Out of respect for the Emperor, the environment on this day is much more rigorous than normal.

The people of Liyue have long been accustomed to it, and most people would not consider causing trouble at this time.

The old man will appear soon, and no one would be so persistent as to cause trouble in front of this "God of War" who is famous throughout the seven nations.

The only people who are interested in the ceremony of summoning the gods at the moment are businessmen and those who want to pray for the protection of the gods for some reason.

At the ceremony, the God of Rock will announce the development direction of Liyue in the coming year.

Although this is not detailed, it is just a rough plan.

But it is enough for those who are interested.

Of course, there are also many outsiders.

The people of Liyue have seen too much, but outsiders are still very interested in the ceremony of summoning the immortals.

Including the Fatui's son, Mr. Tartaglia.

But he had no interest in the ceremony of inviting the immortals.

He didn't care about Liyue's future, nor did he care about the Rock God's gift - after all, he believed in the Ice Queen and had indeed received the Queen's grace.

Rosalin's success was a good start for the Fatui's plan. Although it wasn't enough to celebrate with champagne at halftime, her success was enough.

Not to mention that she had forcibly snatched the Heart of God from Barbatos. The shock brought by this success provided ample confidence to the people who were carrying out this crazy plan.

This means that the Heart of God in the hands of God is not unattainable.

However, it requires detailed planning, testing and arrangement before such an opportunity can be had in the end.

But Tartaglia's opponent, if it can be called an opponent, Morax and Barbatos are not the same kind of gods.

It’s not a question of strength.

Morax only stays in Liyue Harbor all year round, where there are Seven Stars and Immortals.

Not to mention Morax, just this group of Thousand Rocks Army and Immortals are difficult to deal with.

It is almost impossible for someone like Rosaline to take away the Heart of God without leaving any trace.

Tartaglia could only look through ancient books to find more records and create a good enough enemy for Liyue.

He needed this enemy to draw fire and provide cover and protection for his plans.

Of course, not long ago, Tartaglia did gain something.

Zhongli, the guest official of the Hall of Rebirth, who was very friendly with him in the transaction with Mora, provided Tartaglia with a lot of information about the demon gods of Liyue's ancient times.

Not counting those who have died completely, the [Demon of the Whirlpool] Osel, who was suppressed by Lord Guyun, is really a great surprise.

For Tartaglia, he had just had this thought, and then Zhongli handed the thing to him.

It was as if what he wanted to do was not what he wanted to do, but what someone else wanted to do, and Tartaglia was just a puppet in the open.

If it weren't for the fact that Tartaglia and Zhongli had such a close trading relationship and that he had obtained a lot of valuable information from Zhongli in the past, Tartaglia would indeed be worried.

But that's enough of the foreshadowing.

He designed the plan and obtained the information through inquiries. Zhongli never even brought up the matter on his own initiative. If he didn't ask, others wouldn't say anything.

Even the Scroll of No Taboos was something he accidentally collected from the home of a merchant who owed a debt to the Fatui, a guy who wanted to run away and leave his debt behind.

And if he hadn't done it personally, the debt collector responsible for collecting the debt would probably have no idea that such a thing had happened.

Everything was based on Tartaglia's subjective will, and of course he would not doubt it.

It was naturally his own choice that things had come to this point.

Today he was going to do something, to actually face the God of Rock and estimate his strength.

"By the way, is there any progress on the person you are investigating?"

Before leaving, Tartaglia recalled another unexpected incident.

"Master, we have already asked Master's subordinates about this. After reporting to Master, they made their own decision and decided to get rid of this person named Jiang Qing."

The debt collector paused and said, "He should really be a dead man."

"But now, this guy who was supposed to be dead has appeared in front of us." Tartaglia said calmly, "He has the last remains of Lawrence with him. Like me, he found Zhongli of the Hall of Rebirth and did a business with Qixing."

The debt collector had nothing to say.

This kind of thing has nothing to do with ability.

This was a decision made by the Fatui of Mondstadt on their own initiative. The lady doesn't care and is completely unaware of it.

They thought the person was already dead, so naturally they just made a report.

Killing an ordinary person was such a trivial matter that if they didn't think Jiang Qing was dangerous, they wouldn't even have to write a report.

After all, it's just killing an ordinary person.

If a report had to be written for every kill, the doctor and his subordinates would have no time to work.

If there was no need later, who could extract this information from a large pile of related reports?
"It doesn't matter." Tartaglia shook his head. "Go and apply to the person in charge of Inazuma. I need to know more information about this person."

There is nothing we can do about this.

The death of an insignificant little man, coupled with the brilliant success brought by the lady, naturally no one could pay attention to Jiang Qing.

But reality has proved that he is not a small person.

He just appeared in Liyue the day before yesterday, and joined the Wangsheng Hall on the same day, and then made a deal with Yuhengxing.

time is too short.

The Fatui are certainly an elite military organization, but elite has nothing to do with omnipotence.

I couldn't find anything more useful, which really had nothing to do with the abilities of my subordinates.

"As ordered!"

The debt collector bowed his head.

They all didn't know what was wrong with Jiang Qing, but the reappearance of a person who should have been killed by the Fatui meant a variable.

Tartaglia's reaction was not excessive. In their line of work, the things they could not tolerate most were coincidences and accidents.

Now that it has appeared, it is necessary to get to the bottom of it.

Or, just erase this person.

But this is no longer possible.

Not to mention that the other party possessed the Eye of God and seemed to have entered the sight of the Seven Stars, Eula beside him alone was not an easy person to deal with.

If you want to take action in Liyue Harbor, you can only solve the problem in a short period of time, otherwise the Seven Stars will find a handle and control you.

If Eula could have been dealt with in a short period of time, she would have died in the wilderness of Mondstadt long ago.

When he was still the Wave Knight, he hunted many Fatui.

"What was the content of the transaction?" Tartaglia continued to ask, "Did you purchase this information from Zhongli?"

"According to Master Zhongli's answer, it is a special contract called [The Secret Covenant of the Leeward], which has the seal of the God of Rock on it. It is said to be related to the noble faction of Mondstadt and Vanessa a thousand years ago."

"The nobles signed a contract with the Rock God, who promised to hand over everything in Mondstadt to the Rock God."

Of course Zhongli dared to say it.

If you dare to ask me, I will tell you.

Anyway, the things are already in hand, so I can use this information to make another fortune.

"What a pity." Tartaglia shook his head.

This sounds fake.

Lawrence was the uncrowned king back then. Did the king sign the traitorous treaty just to be a dog for other countries?
If there really is such a treaty, why is there no movement from Liyue?

It couldn't be that Barbatos pinned Morax to the ground and beat him, forcing Liyue to retreat, right?
But it doesn’t matter whether it’s real or not, as long as the talisman is real.

It’s a pity that it has fallen into Qixing’s hands, so let’s just give up.

"In addition, the adventurer Ying who showed something special in Mondstadt, and her companion, a special life named Paimon, have also arrived in Liyue."

The debt handler added.

According to the reports from the lady's direct subordinates, Ying is the only one worth paying attention to in Mondstadt.

Diluk and Qin had been observing for a long time, but Ying was the only one who stood out and was more worthy of vigilance than anyone else.

At least she still holds the identity of the messenger of the God of Wind.

As the Fatui had just taken away the Heart of the God of Wind, it was not surprising that they were worried about Ying.

"Let's monitor them together." Tartaglia sighed, "Why are there so many people showing up at this time..."

"I'll go ask Xian Dian Yi to take a look first."

Set it.

I have to leave first. I'll deal with everything when I come back.

The debt handler bowed slightly, not surprised by the remark.

The young master does not handle affairs.

Pantalone had always felt this way, but since Vanadalia had handled government affairs personally, there shouldn't be so many unnecessary expenses on his side of the bill.

The characteristics of warriors made this Fatui leader make such an irrational judgment - as long as the problem can be solved with Mora, it is better than spending time and energy to solve it.

So when Zhongli appeared and verified that Zhongli's information was so credible, Tartaglia set out on the path of squandering Mora and never turned back.

In the eyes of military men, these unnecessary expenses are the easiest way to exchange information.

Since Mora can be used to solve these annoying things, why not let the trouble be solved?

In other words, gaining the heart of God is the most important plan of the Fools.

If he was really just an ordinary garrison in Liyue, [Rich Man] Pantalone should have cut off his financial support long ago and made him understand the value of Mora.

Unfortunately, Pantarone didn't have that opportunity.

The plan to seize the Heart of God is so important that even though the young master's reasons are absurd, once everyone discusses it, they realize that this is something this person can do.

Since Mora was spending money for the God's Heart plan, the [Rich Man] couldn't refuse even if it was unnecessary.

He is a businessman, and businessmen are certainly not used to spending far beyond expectations in exchange for results.

But the Fatui are a violent organization, and Mora is just a weapon to them.

If the weapons can be used on the right battlefield, they will never be stingy.

This is also the only weakness of [Northland Bank].

It has the support of Winter Solstice, so it has the power and status it has today.

But precisely because it is backed by winter, it is completely unable to maintain the most needed characteristic of a bank: neutrality.

If wealth cannot speak from a neutral standpoint, anyone will grab its foundation and everything without hesitation.

If we have to choose one person, wealth can only stand with us.

Tartaglia set out on the road to Yujingtai.

High on Yujing Terrace, Ningguang, who presided over the ceremony, looked solemn and dignified.

Although everyone knows that this is just a formality, it must be solemn enough.

Ying took advantage of her thin but powerful body to squeeze inside.

"The singer didn't say anything at all." The little floating object crossed its arms and complained softly, "He said a lot of useless words. In fact, he just asked you to go to Liyue to find the Geo King, right?"

"We had this plan from the beginning! So after we worked so hard to help Him, He just pointed us in a direction?"

Ying's expression remained calm, "Direction is very important."

She should be more nervous than Paimon, after all, it was her brother who might be in crisis, not Paimon.

"There are many directions to choose from Mondstadt, but Barbatos wants us to come to Liyue... Given His personality, it's unlikely He would just randomly point us in a direction."

This is an eccentric god, but he is the best bard.

He only writes legends for people to sing.

Since He pointed in this direction, this should be the best place for her to perform.

"Eh, really?" Paimon spread his hands, "Why do I feel like 'He' is just saying it casually?"

"Forget it, we're already here anyway."

She suddenly became excited. "It's the annual ceremony to invite the immortals. If we miss this time, it will be much more difficult for us to find Prince Yan."

Liyue is so big. Apart from the fact that He will definitely appear today and leave Yujing Terrace, who knows where the Rock King Emperor is.

"We were able to meet the God of Wind in Mondstadt because of Tevarin and the Cult, as well as the threat posed by the Fatui." Ying nodded in agreement, "But Liyue doesn't look like it's in such a crisis."

Given Barbatos's personality, if she hadn't happened to be in danger, she probably wouldn't have been able to find him at all.

And now the God of Rock seems to be following this trend.

If you miss today, it will be hard to say whether you can find the person later.

From the information Ying collected along the way, it was clear that Liyue was more powerful than Mondstadt.

If there is no danger, these gods probably won't show up.

Ningguang on the platform began to move, and everyone subconsciously remained calm and looked solemn.

The next moment, a dragon descended from the sky.

With His appearance, Ying's calm smile froze.

I...huh?

(End of this chapter)