Genshin Impact, I, a mere mortal, cannot accompany you to the very end.

Like Fushe faced the same choice, like that flaxen-haired boy... two thousand years later, he stood before that choice again.

select.

Of course he should run away. He'd already decided to abandon all responsibility and live a carefree life. Gan Yu was just a stranger he'd known for two days, and he didn't have much affection for him. Xiao was just someone he'd met by chance. He was Qing Nuoyan, not their older brother. He should leave, and leave with Ying.

He can abandon these people without hesitation and will never feel guilty.

Besides, he can't do anything, he's pitifully weak, what can he do?

-

Gan Yu lowered her head.

She was in great pain, truly in pain. The seal on the Taiwei Plate had been broken, and she collapsed to her knees, head bowed. Fine pebbles from the shattered mountain swirled around her in the wind, scattering around her. They were both pebbles and the remains of immortal beings scattered from their floating abodes... After shedding everything, only ashes remained.

That was her senior brother.

What did she do? What exactly did she do?

No, it wasn't her... she didn't do this.

She caressed the pebbles in the air, the rough texture rubbing against her fingertips, bringing a piercing pain that tore at her soul restlessly. She seemed to be laughing, yet also crying, as karmic obstacles called out her name in her heart:

Sweet rain, sweet rain, sweet rain

Everything is as you wished.

“What…” she said, her head bowed. “No, I don’t want to… I don’t want to do this. I was deceived by you… by you.”

Did I deceive you, or did you deceive yourself? Two thousand four hundred years ago, and two thousand four hundred years later, it was the same. You had many opportunities, and many truths were laid out before you, but in the end, you deceived yourself.

"That's not..."

[Because you are unwilling to admit it, unwilling to admit you are wrong, you are unwilling to admit your senior brother is innocent. You hope he is evil, you hope he is a traitor, you hope he is a broken-oath immortal who slaughtered the people. Only in this way can you continue on your path with peace of mind, only in this way can you become Yuehaiting's secretary with peace of mind, only in this way can you become your immortal with peace of mind.]

You are unwilling to admit your filth, cowardice, and evil.

I came into being because of your inner desires; you need this reassurance. I am the filth, cowardice, and evil deep within you. Even now, you deny that I am you, so even now, even now:

— You are still running away.

Yes.

She is still running away.

Gan Yu knew she was running away. Whether it was killing Fu She or breaking the seal on the Taiwei Instrument Plate, it was all her doing, all her responsibility and guilt. And she had been running away from her guilt, just as she had done it 2,400 years ago, and she would do it again 2,400 years later.

She has been running away.

You can keep running away. Leave everything to me. Leave everything to me.

You should be happy.

You'll soon meet your real senior brother, our senior brother, not that imposter.

Everyone else is lying to you, but I won't lie to you.

Karmic disorder and pathological pathology.

With only crimson light in her eyes, Gan Yu gazed into the deepest part of the abyss, at each and every stone scattered in the air. Each one was so familiar, yet so strange. They were all wisps of emotion, all strands of thought, and emotions and thoughts were constantly converging.

The emotions and thoughts of floating away... are also the karmic obstacles of floating away.

That was her senior brother.

Just like the karmic obstacle in her heart, it was herself.

She hung her head, hugging herself, slowly sinking into darkness, with no one able to save her.

"No..." Gan Yu whispered.

don't want...

No one can save her.

...

The situation is getting increasingly serious.

Mr. Zhongli raised his eyes and gazed at the boundless karmic obstacles... He could sense that there were still many more karmic obstacles in the deep abyss, yet to emerge... He could not expel all karmic obstacles, because the essence of karmic obstacles was the "wear and tear" brought down by the principles of Heaven.

There are things that even the Rock King Emperor cannot do.

If everything were possible, Fushe wouldn't have died two thousand years ago, and Ruotuo Dragon King wouldn't have gone mad due to his karma.

The most urgent task now is to organize the evacuation of the people, the farther away the better.

To seal off the entire Layered Rock Abyss... no, rather than sealing it off, it would be better to use the power of the heavens to level the entire Layered Rock Abyss.

This was the only solution he could think of, but he knew it wouldn't work.

There's no better way, there's no better way.

The four pillars of rock slowly crumbled under the erosion of the karmic land, smoke shrouded half the sky, and chilling lightning tore through the dome. The heavens and earth flickered in the trembling lightning, and Mr. Zhongli suddenly froze.

"The Supreme Star responds without ceasing."

A trembling voice, filled with unease, fear, and... a voice of determination.

"To exorcise evil spirits, bind demons, protect life, and safeguard the body."

Xiao suddenly felt his mind calm down, his spirit gradually cleared, and the karmic obstacles that were tearing at his soul seemed to leave his body. The karmic obstacles cheered and walked towards someone.

He looked up and saw Qing Nuoyan passing by him.

"Wisdom is clear and the mind is peaceful."

"No..." He realized something, he understood something!

"Qing Nuoyan!! You bastard!!"

Ying's shouts came from behind her. She tried her best to get closer to Qingnuo Rock, but she could not take another step forward. The fine salt grains pulled her body, forming a barrier that kept Ying out.

The salt grains poured out from the boy's fingertips.

"Damn it!! Let me through! That person... Heureia!! Can you hear me?!"

Ying fiercely smashed the fine salt with her divine blade, but Heuria couldn't hear Ying's voice; she could only hear her only believer.

She handed over the authority of the salt ruler to Qing Nuoyan, so that Qing Nuoyan could use the salt ruler. He used the salt ruler to keep Ying out, and he walked into the deepest part of karmic obstacles.

Ying stared frantically at the receding floating house, muttering, "...Heureia, your believer is going to die..."

We had clearly agreed, we had clearly made a promise, that we would really enjoy his cooking.

Then... we'll invite those Yakshas too, and also invite True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, Mr. Zhongli, Heulia, Qiqi, Paimon... The location will be their little bamboo house, everyone has to come, have a good meal, and have a good reunion.

The boy lowered his eyes, and drops of fine salt dripped from his fingertips.

"Why... this isn't fair. It's never been fair."

He lowered his head, his shoulders trembling slightly, and said softly:

"I want to escape, I want to run away, what does that have to do with me? I just, I just want to live a good, good, good life."

“I still have a home to go back to. I finally have a home. There are so many delicious foods I want to eat and so many places I haven’t been to. This is not fair. This is not fair.”

"What do I care about karma? What do I care about demons? They're all irrelevant to me. I just want to be... carefree."

Of course he could escape; these people were all strangers, so of course he could escape.

But Liyue City doesn't just have a few people... it has tens of millions.

He escaped; everyone will die.

Two thousand four hundred years ago, the newly born boy could also choose to escape when faced with karmic obstacles. He was a newborn and did not have to bear any responsibility. Even the system told him, "You can leave." No one could blame him.

But he didn't leave, because if he left, many people would die, even though he didn't know them.

He took on the karmic burdens of Liyue, burdens that did not belong to him.

Faced with the same choice, he didn't run away either.

He shouldn't run away now.

Because if he escaped, in this life... no, in countless lives to come, he would lose that most important thing. He has experienced countless reincarnations, but it is precisely because of that thing that he became himself.

That belongs to the nameless girl, that belongs to Fushe, that belongs to the boy, that belongs to Qingye Leiming, that belongs to Qingye Fengyin, that belongs to Qingnuoyan's [true self].

Qing Nuoyan finally learned with whom this seventh agreement was made.

That agreement had no predicate or object.

Therefore:

—"With himself."

[Seventh Agreement]

Please proceed to the Lava Abyss.

He walked towards the deepest part of the abyss, and two thousand four hundred years later, Qingnuoyan came to keep his promise.

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P.S.: Whew, this chapter is also 2.5!

Chapter 106 "You killed me, why should I save you?" 2.5

Despite the risk, Qingnuoyan made the right bet.

A commitment to contracts.

(Governing level)

This heart is not a physical entity, but rather a conceptual one.

This gift from the humanistic system—that clear and insightful mind—is able to withstand karmic obstacles.

So-called karmic obstacles are formless and intangible, infiltrating the soul and polluting the mind, thus taking over the physical body. Karmic obstacles devour the mind, and Qing Nuoyan's mind, formed by a contract that has been entangled for several lifetimes, can also bear the karmic obstacles of several lifetimes.

He dared to take such a risk because he had the heart of a leader.

Fushe eventually went mad and died because he was already very old, and his heart was also very, very old. Even a hard rock will turn into sand after hundreds of years of wear and tear. Even if he compressed all his life, his soul could not remain young.

But Qing Nuoyan is different; he is still young, he is not old yet.