In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

Upon hearing this, Adbay's face immediately darkened: "That damned Grand Disciplinary Officer, if he hadn't convicted me, would I have been exiled here?"

"I was clearly framed."

"The results of it?"

"But he was convinced that I had really violated the ban and publicly declared me guilty!"

"This kind of hatred, this kind of resentment!"

"I'm already being lenient by not swearing, do you expect me to help his family?"

Adbay became increasingly agitated as he spoke, forgetting even the composure expected of a scholar, and hurling insults at Sino, his spittle flying everywhere.

"Did Sino commit a wrongful conviction?"

Rod's tone was filled with disbelief.

Sino was known for his impartiality and incorruptibility, so how could he have committed such a huge miscarriage of justice?

Hearing Rod ask that question.

Adbay stopped cursing and remained silent for a while before gritting his teeth and saying, "Actually, it's not his fault. It's just that the person who attacked me did it too cleanly. So cleanly that even the Grand Disciplinary Officer couldn't find a single piece of evidence in my favor. He had no choice but to convict me. Humph, I had nowhere to vent my anger, so I kept harping on him."

"ha--?"

As the amount of information increased, Rhodes' interest was completely piqued.

According to Adbayi's wishes.

His research was sabotaged by his enemies. After receiving the news, Seno conducted a series of meticulous searches, but he could not find any evidence to exonerate Adbay. Therefore, he could only convict Adbay according to the laws of the Holy See.

After being exiled.

Adbay's resentment grew stronger every day. He not only harbored deep hatred for the enemies who had wronged him, but also extended it to Seno, who was the presiding judge at the time. He also showed no kindness to Aru Village, which was known as the "hometown of Seno".

the other side.

After cursing for a long time, the furious Adbay finally calmed down.

Looking at Rhodes, whose face was full of curiosity, his expression suddenly became dejected. He turned his gaze to the moon in the sky and said in a low voice, "I know you are interested in my past. Heh, fine, I'll tell you then."

Next.

Adbay first gave a brief account of his experience from studying to becoming a scholar.

He then recounted many instances of how, after becoming a scholar, he encountered various setbacks at the Church of Christ due to his lack of social skills.

And in the end.

He sighed deeply: "Do you know why those people are so determined to expel me from the Church House?"

Before Rhodes could even voice his guess...

A look of piety quickly spread across Adbay's face.

"because."

"I saw the gods."

"I met the god that the great sage had mentioned, who had long since died."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 58 The God Who Has No Presence

"Have you ever seen a god?"

Adebay's words truly startled Rhodes.

As for that 'god who, according to the great sage, had long since died'...

If Rhodes' understanding is correct, what Adbay is referring to is the Great Compassionate Tree King, the grass god of the previous generation of Sumeru.

indeed.

This deity did not die completely; some consciousness remained.

But given Adbay's abilities, there is absolutely no possibility that he could see this consciousness.

Furthermore, the gods of Sumeru are different from those of other countries in Teyvat.

There are seven countries in total on the continent of Teyvat.

Apart from Mount Sumeru, only the wind god of Mondstadt disappeared more than 500 years ago and has not reappeared since. The gods of other countries are all sitting in the highest ruling positions.

The case of Sumeru is rather unique.

After the death of the Great Tree King, they also welcomed a new deity.

That is, the current Grass God, Little Lucky Grass King.

However, this deity did not participate in any political affairs, but was imprisoned by his followers.

Rhodes remembers it clearly.

The Council of the Church strictly supervised this deity and even wiped her name, Little Lucky Grass Queen, from the void. Even the Grand Disciplinarian, Seno, once believed that Little Lucky Grass Queen was a deity that had never existed.

In contrast.

There is a great deal of information about the previous Grass God, the Great Compassionate Tree King, in the void.

so.

Did Adbay mistake someone for someone else?

The Church has not yet fully launched its deification plan.

Therefore, the confinement of Little Lucky Grass King was not completely closed off; she could still communicate with the outside world through her consciousness.

If that were the case.

Adbay may have mistaken the Little Lucky Grass King for the Great Charity Tree King.

To prove this point.

Rhodes tentatively asked, "What did the god you saw look like?"

"do not know."

"do not know?"

"When I saw her, she was surrounded by a warm green light, like a mother's embrace. I could only vaguely make out that her figure was like that of a child. Then she reached out and pulled my consciousness back from the state of about to fall into depravity. Afterwards, she warned me not to try to contact the World Tree again."

Adbay reminisced fondly about his experience of seeing the deity.

The face is not visible.

All that can be confirmed is that his physique was like that of a child, consistent with the physique of the Great Tree King when he last appeared, as recorded in historical texts.

Therefore, he naturally assumed that the deity who saved him must be the Great Tree King.

Rhodes had a better idea of ​​what was going on, and asked again, "Um, if I may ask, was the deity you saw the Great Tree King?"

"Who else could it be but Lord Tree King?"

As he spoke, Adbay continued to recall the situation at the time: "I was trying to delve deeper into the World Tree to see if I could gain more knowledge."

"Pity."

"How could a mortal like me possibly decipher the divine knowledge within the World Tree? This time, I had only been in contact with the World Tree for a few minutes when I felt myself sinking into boundless darkness and chaos. I could see nothing but maddening darkness and deathly silent gloom."

"Thank goodness."

"Fortunately, the Tree King pulled my consciousness out of this darkness, otherwise I would have become a completely delirious madman like those guys."

Speaking of this, Adbay still looked a bit scared.

immediately.

He then continued to curse angrily.

"Hmph, I knew that the Tree King must still be alive."

"But every time I bring it up, those bastards in the Order of the Fathers make sarcastic remarks to me."

“Especially that damned Hazar warned me not to spread the word that the Great Tree King is not dead.”

"I bother!"

"That hypocritical bastard, if he weren't a great sage, I would definitely give him a couple of good punches."

Adbay waved his bandaged right hand, making a vicious gesture as if to punch someone.

Rhodes understood.

This guy has definitely mistaken me for someone else.

However, he was wrong about one thing: his fall into depravity was not due to his access to divine knowledge, but because the World Tree, which was connected to the Great Tree King, had encountered a problem.

This is a long story.

Basically, the Great Tree King did her best to save Sumeru from the disaster of forbidden knowledge, but she herself was corrupted by the forbidden knowledge. Because she was the incarnation of the World Tree, even after she died, her existence would still be preserved in the World Tree as memories and knowledge.

Such taboo knowledge can never be eradicated.

In order to completely eliminate the pollution of the World Tree by forbidden knowledge, the Great Tree King sealed his already corrupted consciousness in a consciousness space. At the same time, he broke off the purest branch from the World Tree, which became his reincarnation, and left clues so that the newborn Grass God could reach her consciousness space and completely erase her from the World Tree.

But the Great Tree King probably never imagined this.

As the little auspicious grass king left behind as a backup, she was imprisoned in the Pure Good Palace of the Faith Council by those who should have been the most devout believers as soon as she was born.

Let alone saving the World Tree based on her clues, Little Lucky Grass King couldn't even step out of the gates of the Pure Good Palace, and her name and information were almost completely erased by the Order Institute.

"A group of audacious traitors!"

This is Rhodes's assessment of the Canon.

If it weren't for these rebellious fellows going mad and allowing the Little Lucky Grass King to freely acquire knowledge, fulfill her divine duties, and perfect her authority as soon as possible, the pollution on the World Tree could have been cleared away long ago. Why would we be in this situation where knowledge is stagnant and conflicts among the people are becoming increasingly acute?

After explaining that he had seen the gods.

The rest of the explanation is much simpler.

The claim that the Great Tree King is still alive is absolutely forbidden by the Church.

No one knew better than them that the Great Tree King was already dead, and that the deity who saved Adbai was definitely the imprisoned Little Lucky Grass King.