Genshin Impact: I, the Winter Prince, reign supreme.

Shen He's usually expressionless face broke into a rare smile: "Your Highness has had the hardest time. I went to the Heavenly Prison to fetch Yan Fei to see the immortals, and they were very worried about her safety. Your Highness, why didn't you ask her where the Sea God Palace is? Even if you execute her, that Sea Demon God will still continue to wreak havoc on Liyue."

If they can find the whereabouts of the Sea God Palace, Shen He will join forces with the "Three-Eyed Five-Manifestation Immortal" to attack it and completely eliminate the threat.

Su Yu's eyes flashed with killing intent: "She possesses the power of the Sea God within her. She'll probably explode and die the moment she reveals her address. Let's wait a bit longer. Once we deal with the Sea God's agent in Liyue, it will lose patience and come out to its death."

"Your Highness is wise."

Shen He bowed again and then went to the Heavenly Prison alone.

On the way back to their lodgings, Lady Zangjing and the military officers of the delegation proudly followed behind Su Yu.

Although it wasn't in the Kingdom of Winter, the solving of a century-old mystery adds another chapter to His Highness's legendary tale, which will surely be circulated throughout the Seven Kingdoms soon.

And these people involved will surely become part of this legendary story, remembered by future generations.

They were just an ordinary group of members of the Winter Kingdom delegation, yet they followed Su Yu to create history, and their excitement and admiration for Su Yu were beyond words.

But Su Yu was not at peace at this moment.

After the war between gods and demons, most of the demons in the Liyue region died under Zhongli's rock spear, and the survivors were all seriously injured and suppressed in the graveyard of the Liyue demons - Guyun Pavilion.

However, based on this case, Su Yu speculates that Zhong Li may not yet be aware that there is an extremely powerful sea demon god in the waters of Liyue.

Otherwise, given Zhongli's strong sense of justice and hatred for evil, he would have already taken action against the demon god.

There are only two possibilities that allowed the sea demon god Orias to escape Zhongli's senses.

First, the Sea Demon God is hidden in an extremely secret place, so much so that even the gods cannot detect it.

This possibility is extremely low, after all, Zhongli protects Liyue, and any disturbance within the country is under his control.

Secondly, the Sea Demon God's strength was comparable to Zhongli's, which allowed him to remain hidden and undetected.

This possibility is extremely high.

Therefore, the potential crisis in Liyue has not been completely resolved.

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ps1:

I have two things to say.

The first item: Volume 2 of "The Records of Jueyun" records that in ancient Liyue there was a huge palace located on the seabed, called the Sea God Palace, where a sea demon god lived.

I speculate that the name of the sea demon is Orias, one of the 72 demons of Solomon.

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ps2:

The second thing is that I've been very busy lately and haven't had time to update.

Normal updates are expected to resume on April 1st.

Chapter 141 Opponent

The next day, Yao Guangxing ordered Qianyan Army to post the detailed process of solving the case on the bulletin boards in the streets.

The century-old mystery of Liyue has been solved, and it has become a major news story spreading everywhere.

Su Yu, the protagonist of the case, became a hero-like figure.

Although Su Yu's experiences are legendary, ordinary people still maintain a respectful but distant attitude towards him.

He was, after all, a prince of Winterfell, not a prince of Liyue.

It wasn't until Su Yu solved the case that they truly began to like and support him.

In particular, the families of the deceased arrived at the Winter Mission's residence early in the morning, hoping to express their gratitude to Su Yu in person.

Because this unsolved case in Liyue spans over a hundred years, the victims' families now include children as young as seven or eight as well as elderly people over sixty.

Hundreds of family members formed a long procession and knelt down on the ground in unison, excitedly calling out the name of Prince Zhidong. Many of them wept with joy.

The Lady of Hidden Mirror and the military officers of the Winter Kingdom felt incredibly fulfilled. All the hard work and toil they had put into this case had finally paid off.

Among the mission's bases were members of the Fatui, who had long been stationed in Liyue.

The people of Liyue usually treat them like thieves and are wary of them. They would spit and cough on them from time to time when they walked down the street. Sometimes, when the Fatui members passed by, the people of Liyue would subconsciously stay away from them and be extremely hostile and discriminatory towards them.

On one occasion, Prince Tartaglia led an expedition to explore the Abyss of Layered Rocks, during which many team members were injured.

The local medical officers in Winterland were too busy, so Dattaria took the wounded to a local clinic in Liyue for treatment. However, when the doctors there heard that the wounded were from the Fatui tribe of Winterland, they immediately refused to treat them for various reasons.

If it weren't for the deal that Dartalia and Baishu made that time, and Baishu's subsequent order for all the medical clinics to accept patients from the Fatui, more than half of their members who were stationed in Liyue wouldn't be alive today.

Today, when ordinary people see them, their attitude changes drastically as if they were seeing relatives, making them feel uncomfortable but also secretly proud.

Although the Fatui have a bad reputation in various countries, they still yearn for the love and respect of people in other countries. After suffering injustice in Liyue for so many years, they are experiencing the respect of the people of Liyue for the first time today.

“Your Highness, I kowtow to you on behalf of my beloved daughter.” An elderly man, well past sixty, held his daughter’s memorial tablet in his arms and sighed to the heavens, “Alas, if Your Highness had been in Liyue that year, my daughter might have been saved. Lawyer Yanfei was truly lucky.”

After losing her daughter, the elderly woman had a second child, also a daughter. She is now married and has established her own career. Accompanied by her husband and children, she came today with her elderly father to express her gratitude.

Wiping away her tears, she said, "Sister, you can finally rest in peace in the afterlife. His Highness the Prince has avenged you."

Among the crowd was an elderly woman dressed in a Taoist robe.

She took off a jade bracelet from her wrist, her eyes filled with tenderness.

"Senior brother, the murderer in the cold case has finally been caught. Sigh, how are you doing over there? More than half of life has passed in the blink of an eye. Maybe it won't be long before I come to join you."

The old woman was quite well-known in Liyue; she was the current abbess of a Taoist temple.

Those elderly people who knew the past all felt regret upon hearing her words.

When the old woman was young, she was incredibly beautiful and had a lively and endearing personality. Among the disciples of the Taoist temple, she was deeply favored by the former abbot, and many of her fellow disciples also pursued her.

However, she was in love with her childhood sweetheart, her senior brother.

Like her, the eldest brother was an orphan adopted by their master. Both of them were abandoned by their parents at birth and shared the same tragic fate, so they could be said to have suffered the same fate.

However, the two have very different personalities.

She was lively, cheerful, and quirky, while her senior brother was dull and taciturn, treating her like a younger sister, which once troubled her greatly.

Later, during a mission, she finally confessed her feelings to her senior brother.

However, her senior brother told her that in order to prove his feelings for her, he vowed to solve the case of Liyue's disappearances and use the money as part of his dowry. He also gave her a jade bracelet as a token of their love.

What was originally an ordinary love affair in the human world immediately caused quite a stir after the senior brother uttered these bold words.

The people hoped that the two's love story would become a beautiful tale. However, the senior brother was murdered by the killer during the investigation, and the junior sister was left with only a corpse.

On the night before the body was placed in the coffin, she slept holding the body all night.

Her senior brother's body was ice-cold, waking her up several times...

After her senior brother's death, she spent a great deal of effort searching for the murderer but to no avail. She became depressed and remained unmarried for the rest of her life.

When I learned last night that the murderer had been caught, I sat on the prayer mat in the Taoist temple all night thinking about it. When more news came this morning and I confirmed the matter again, I immediately decided to come and express my gratitude.

Upon arriving at the scene, they discovered that so many of the victims' families had gathered there.

Although no one organized the event, the victim's family members and children all came to the scene, which moved her deeply.

This is why she loves Liyue so deeply; everyone knows how to be grateful.

Unfortunately, they did not live to see the Prince of Winter.

Su Yu got up early and spent the whole morning reading. He also listened to his subordinates' work reports. He didn't pay much attention to the grateful people who came from outside the station.

The Lady of the Hidden Mirror naturally believed this was a golden opportunity to promote the positive image of the Winter Kingdom, so she suggested that Su Yu meet with the victims' families outside. However, she heard Su Yu's calm response instead:

"It's nothing more than capturing the Sea Demon God's agent on Earth; there's nothing to be happy about."

The lady with the hidden mirror was immediately filled with trepidation.

His Highness's goal is to capture the Sea Demon God!

Thinking of this, she felt immense admiration.

While everyone else was blinded by victory and joy, His Highness the Prince remained calm and rational.

This is the prince she admires and respects.

Among the crowd watching outside, two figures stood out as particularly slender and graceful.

It wasn't that they were particularly beautiful, but rather that they possessed a noble and elegant air. Even when standing among ordinary people, the people around them naturally kept a distance from them.

In fact, the two were wearing long robes and veils, so their faces were not visible at all.

Only the two pairs of eyes beneath the thin veil gleamed with a light full of wisdom.

The two women dressed as foreign merchants were Ningguang, Tianquan, and Keqing, Yuheng, the "Liyue Seven Stars".

Ke Qing sighed, "It's really hard to understand why the prince would stay indoors when so many people have come to kneel in worship."

She didn't think this was arrogance on Su Yu's part; there must be some reason behind it.

Ningguang said softly, "People say I have a deep understanding of human nature and am skilled at winning people's hearts. In my opinion, this prince is even more adept at it. Intelligence shows that neither the detective general nor his sister are the real culprits; the true mastermind is the Sea Demon. He hasn't shown himself today because he's clear-headed enough. Heh, such an opponent is truly terrifying."

Ke Qing said with a sigh, "An opponent... I had almost forgotten that he was our opponent."

Chapter 142 Celebration

Hearing this, Ningguang whispered in her ear, "A dangerous opponent often doesn't let you easily perceive their intentions. Keqing, think carefully about how you defeated your competitors step by step when you were running for the position of 'Yuheng Star'. How did you defeat other business tycoons in the early stages of your family's real estate business..."

Keqing did just as Ningguang had suggested, carefully recalling the past.

Under the guidance of the development direction issued by the Emperor every year, Liyue's economy has developed rapidly, and the land price in Liyue Harbor has soared to the point that it is almost worth its weight in gold. Before the rise of the Winter Kingdom, no city in Teyvat could be found with such high land prices.

When she was young, her father decided to use all the family's funds to enter the highly risky and fiercely competitive real estate business. To this end, her father devised a detailed strategy, which was to start as a supplier of building materials and pry open a corner of the real estate field that had been monopolized by other capital giants.

At first, the big bosses of several real estate companies were highly wary of her family because her family was a well-known merchant family in Liyue, and her ancestors had been famous merchants in Liyue for hundreds of years.

Given her family's wealth and reputation, several bigwigs in the real estate industry were extremely worried that a powerful competitor would emerge again, so they formed an alliance specifically to deal with the challenge that her family might pose.

However, when everyone discovered that her family only supplied building materials, they gradually lowered their guard.

In the real estate development industry, who would refuse a stable, reliable, and most importantly, cost-effective raw material supplier? They all placed orders with her family.

At the time, her family supplied the lowest-priced raw materials on the market, a quarter cheaper than other similar suppliers, and quickly became the fastest-growing supplier of building materials in the entire Liyue region.