In Wanmin Hall, where there were not many customers, Chef Mao was serving the last dish to an old customer.

"Mr. Zhongli, why don't you go out and have some fun with your friends..."

Zhongli is an old customer of Wanmin Hall, and Xiangling and Hutao also have a good relationship, so Master Mao and Zhongli can be considered acquaintances.

Seeing Zhongli dining alone in Wanmin Building and looking a little lonely, Master Mao began to ask.

"Friends? They're all gone now."

"This...I am a little rude!"

"It's okay, Master Mao, don't misunderstand. They are just not in Liyue now. They will be back soon."

"Is that so? That's a shame we didn't make it to the Lantern Festival."

"It's okay. There will be a Lantern Festival next year. I'll introduce them to Master Mao then."

"Okay! I will definitely prepare a feast to entertain them then."

Master Mao saw that Zhongli was indeed fine, so he left.

Liyue's annual Lantern Festival is to commemorate the demons and immortals who fought alongside the Geo King to pacify the troubled times and protect Liyue. Zhongli can naturally deeply feel the blessings of the Liyue people for their old friends, and understand that their sacrifice was not in vain. Liyue's current scene is the best reward.

Despite this, Zhongli, or rather Morax, still felt some regret for the sacrifices of his old friends. Now that there was hope for redemption, Zhongli naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip away. However, he still had to wait, for the right moment.

Zhongli sat quietly in the Wanmin Hall, but his mind had already spread to the entire Liyue, ensuring that there would be no major problems with the Lantern Festival.

As time passed, the moon rose to the center unknowingly, as round as ice jade, casting a faint silver light and covering the earth.

Li Xuan and the others took out their lanterns, lit their candles, and released the light that carried their wishes. In the night sky, the lanterns shone brightly with the other twinkling lights, forming a brilliant Milky Way.

………………

After the Lantern Festival, Keqing frequently visited Li Xuan's manor to ask questions about martial arts and governing the country, which made Li Xuan regret the promise he made. Keqing was too competitive. Even if there was no competitor, she was always competitive and had so much energy that it was scary.

But this is not surprising. Compared with Emperor Rock King and other immortals, Li Xuan is more proficient in martial arts and governance. Although Emperor Rock King is wise, he only knows the situation on the continent of Teyvat.

Although the civilizations of other worlds could answer some of her questions with the wisdom accumulated over thousands of years, a large number of questions had accumulated unknowingly.

Although Li Xuan had never personally governed any country, he was well aware of the development of civilizations in so many worlds from ancient times to the present. Li Xuan could easily answer all the questions raised by Keqing.

For Keqing, the master of internal circulation, such a Li Xuan is simply a divine weapon.

Kiana, Sirin and the others were also happy to see Li Xuan get humiliated, so they wandered around Liyue all day long, creating space for Keqing to get along with them.

One day, Keqing came to visit again. When Li Xuan was complaining, another person came to visit.

".~Yuhengxing, are you here too?"

"Emperor, are you also paying respects to Li Xuan? How about I come visit you later?"

The person who came was Zhongli. Out of respect for Li Xuan, although he could easily understand everything that happened on the land of Liyue, he did not explore around Li Xuan. This also led to him not noticing Keqing coming to ask Li Xuan questions.

But this is not a big problem, and there is nothing to hide about his purpose of coming here today.

"No need, Yuhengxing. I have nothing to hide about my purpose for coming here. I came to visit you in the hope that Master Taiyi could resurrect my old friends who died in the Demon God War."

Morax bowed deeply to Li Xuan, hoping that he could resurrect his friends who died in the Demon War.

This thought came to him when he heard Keqing talk about various things in the chat group. Resurrection on the continent of Teyvat was extremely difficult, but for Li Xuan, it was a very simple matter. So, could he ask Li Xuan to resurrect his friend?

Once this thought came to mind, it could no longer be erased from Morax's mind. That's why he came to visit Li Xuan today.

Chapter 553: Resurrected Immortals, Yakshas, and Demons

"Resurrection? It's not impossible. It's not something that's too difficult anyway."

Li Xuan didn't take Morax's request too seriously; it was just a small favor. Since Morax had been enjoying his life in Liyue these past few days, it wasn't a big deal to offer a helping hand.

"Li Xuan, didn't you say that resurrection in this world is very difficult? Why did you agree so easily now?"

Kiana and the others had originally planned to go to the Adventurer's Guild to take on some quests, giving Keqing a chance to consult Li Xuan. Instead, they overheard the conversation between Morax and Li Xuan, and were stunned.

She had originally asked Li Xuan to resurrect her mother Cecilia, but Li Xuan told her that it was not the right time. Why did he agree so easily to Morax's request? Kiana was very puzzled.

"Isn't that nonsense? Resurrecting Morax's friends is much more difficult than resurrecting your mother. Although the difference in combat power isn't that big, the worlds they exist in are simply not the same."

Li Xuan glanced at Kiana speechlessly. Did she forget that she was not from the world of Genshin Impact?

"Although we're all in the same multiverse, each world is different. In the Honkai world, there's no such thing as souls or reincarnation! On the continent of Teyvat, there's the 093 ley lines. The souls of the original gods alone are enough to exist within them for thousands of years, not to mention the souls of immortals and demons. It can be said that they exist within them almost forever."

"If I want to be like your mother Cecilia, I have to reverse time and space. But to be resurrected in Teyvat, I only need to fish out the soul of the deceased from the earth veins and rebuild a body. The difficulty of the two is simply incomparable!"

Morax could only smile bitterly at Li Xuan's words. Is this the margin of strength that a strong person has?

Even with his current strength and his identity as the God of Rock, it is almost impossible for him to resurrect his old friends.

The ley lines, as the final destination of the souls of all living things, can be said to be the underlying rule that has existed since the birth of the continent of Teyvat. Even the primordial god Phanes finds it difficult to violate it.

Although she had defeated several of Teyvat's native dragon kings and gained control of the continent, violating the underlying rules of Teyvat was a very difficult matter and might even destabilize the continent itself. Naturally, she wouldn't resurrect a few demon gods just for this reason.

Even if Morax himself achieved a breakthrough to the Dharmakaya, rivaling the Heavenly Principle, resurrection would be difficult. After all, he was only the God of Rock, not the God of Life and Death or the God of Reincarnation. His duties were inappropriate, and he had no power over the leylines. Forcing them would only damage the continent of Teyvat.

That's why Morax chose to seek help from Li Xuan. Although in terms of cultivation, Li Xuan was only two levels higher than him as an outsider, the gap between them was almost immeasurable.

What was impossible for him was simple and easy for Li Xuan.

"Well! It seems to be true."

After Li Xuan said this, Kiana remembered that there seemed to be something called earth veins in the original God, which ran across the entire continent of Teyvat.

Alas! So, she would have to wait for a while longer. Xilin was also a little disappointed. After knowing the truth, she also had deep feelings for Cecilia.

"Then I will be resurrected here."

Seeing that he had convinced Kiana and the others, Li Xuan decided to immediately begin resurrecting the Demon God of Dust, Guizhong, and the Yakshas and Immortals. It was just a small matter anyway, so he should resolve it as soon as possible!

"Please wait a moment, Your Excellency Taiyi. Give me some time to gather their friends. Compared to me, I believe they would be more willing to see their friends after their resurrection."

Although Morax really wanted to resurrect these friends directly, others had missed them for a long time and missed them more than he did.

"Oh, I don't mind! Just find them quickly and don't make me wait too long."

Morax did not dare to neglect it. He was just not sure whether Li Xuan would agree to his request, so he did not tell other people about it. He did not want them to become disappointed after gaining hope. This huge blow would be unbearable even for an immortal.

Xiao numbs himself with battles against the remnants of the Demon God because of the deaths of other Yakshas, and he already has a strong tendency towards self-destruction. Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun is also heartbroken because of the death of the Demon God of Dust, who was her soulmate. She has transformed into Grandma Ping and lives in Liyue Harbor, which shows the deadness and old age in her heart.

If Li Xuan had not agreed, after another blow like this, Morax didn't know what would become of Xiao and Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun.

Therefore, he did not reveal any of his thoughts to anyone else before it was accomplished.

Now that Li Xuan has promised to resurrect the Rock Demon God Guizhong and other immortals and Yakshas, he naturally has to tell others this good news.

The first person to come here was naturally Grandma Ping, or True Lord Gechenlangshi, who lived in Liyue Harbor, and the second person to come to this manor was Xiao. As the Wind Yaksha, his speed was unmatched among all the immortals.

After receiving the news from Morax, they ignored their shock and flew over at full speed. Later, Ganyu and Shenhe's master, Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun, also arrived using his immortal magic. Like Guizhong, she was a fan of mechanical arts and had a close relationship with the Demon God of Dust, Guizhong. Upon hearing that Guizhong was about to be resurrected, she was naturally the first of the immortals in Jueyunjian to arrive.

After her, the three-eyed and five-manifested immortals including Minghai Qixia Zhenjun, Lishui Dieshan Zhenjun, Xueyue Zhuyang Zhenjun, Yixiao Daotian Zhenjun also arrived one by one.

After everyone greeted Li Xuan, they waited quietly by the side to watch Li Xuan perform his tricks.

Li Xuan was also decisive. He searched for the souls of the Liyue immortals, Yakshas, and the Demon God of Dust from the earth veins and captured them all. During this process, the earth veins did not react at all and were directly suppressed by Li Xuan's methods.

Then, he had to reshape their bodies. For Li Xuan, creating the bodies of these little guys, who were less than four figures, was a piece of cake.

A flash of light appeared, and Keqing's manor was filled with figures. Numerous immortals and yakshas, along with the four great yakshas: Tengshe Grand Marshal Fushe, Luojuan General Fa'nan, Huoshu General Yingda, Xinyuan General Mi'nu, and the fully resurrected Demon God Guizhong.

Chapter 554: The final disappointment

Faced with the resurrection of their closest friends, the immortals and yakshas were very excited. They had originally been in disbelief when they heard Morax's message.

After all, apart from Keqing and Morax, no one else in Liyue knows Li Xuan’s true identity. At most, they think that he is a being comparable to the primordial god Phanes.

However, even for Phanes, it was almost impossible to rescue people from Liyue's veins. So after hearing Morax's message, even with Morax's prestige as the King of Hell in Liyue, many immortals and Yakshas were a little bit unbelievable at first.

Then they figured it out. The Emperor would not make fun of them for no reason. Since he dared to say this, he must have confirmed that it was possible, which is why he chose to do so.

However, they were still very excited when they saw the immortals, Yakshas and the demon gods of dust finally die.

"Ah, what's going on now? Can someone come out and explain it? I think I'm dead!"

The immortals were so excited that they didn't know what to do with the resurrected people. What was going on now?

"It's thousands of years later, in the end. Liyue's current capital, Liyue Harbor."

"Xianyun? Liyue Harbor? And what about Guiliyuan?"

Gui Zhong was getting a little anxious. Thousands of years ago, Guiliyuan was the home she had defended with all her might. What happened to it now?

"Guizhong, you should also know that thousands of years ago, the demon gods united to invade, and you died in that battle. After that, the Emperor could only barely protect his people and migrate to the location of Liyue Harbor today."

As a good friend of Gui Zhong, Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun stood up to explain to Gui Zhong and a group of immortals and Yakshas who died in the war between demons and gods what happened to them after their death.

"Although the Emperor vanquished the demons that emerged after the alliance's collapse in the years that followed, either beheading, suppressing, or expelling them, Guiliyuan was still severely damaged. More importantly, the resentment of the deceased demons lingered, lingering over the land, making it unsuitable for mortal habitation. Therefore, Liyue has been based and developed in Liyue Harbor for thousands of years. This is roughly the situation."

Except for the war between demons and gods thousands of years ago, immortals would almost never die at other times. Only the Yakshas who were responsible for suppressing the resentment of demons would go mad and die because of their karma.

However, after the Demon God War, there were no major changes in Liyue. As for the affairs of the Yakshas, Xiao had already stepped forward and pulled a group of Yakshas away, telling them the history after their death. True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng mainly told the history of Liyue to those who died in the Demon God War.

Morax's disastrous defeat at Guiliyuan can be described as both a natural disaster and a natural success. His defeat stemmed from a decree from Heaven that each region must compete for a single victor to guide the development of civilization. Allied with Guiliyuan and accompanied by the Rock Dragon King, Ruota, Morax, as the oldest and most powerful demon deity in Liyue, naturally aroused the other demons' vigilance and concern.

That's why the demon gods formed an alliance to attack Guiliyuan. In this battle, the Demon God of Dust finally died, and Morax had to retreat. The demon gods can be said to have won, but they failed to solve the biggest threat, Morax.

Morax also saw that the demons were only superficially united but actually at odds. Otherwise, even if he and the Dragon King Ruota were more powerful and could fight one against two or three, could they fight one against five or ten?

No matter what, the other demons are still demons, not made of clay. If the other demons can really unite as one, how can they allow him to evacuate safely?

But this was understandable. After all, under the decree of Heaven, only one demon could emerge victorious from this region. Alliances in this situation were inherently fragile, and no one was truly willing to face the desperate struggles of Morax and Rota. After all, injury meant weakness, and if Morax was left behind, they might be next.

This situation gave Monax the opportunity to cover his men's retreat. And this retreat was not just for the sake of retreat.

Morax's retreat immediately crumbled the fragile alliance, giving the resurgent Morax the opportunity to divide and conquer. As the strongest demon god in Liyue, and with the help of Ryota, his victory was almost inevitable if the other demon gods of Liyue did not form an alliance.

Gui Zhong, renowned for her intelligence among the demons, quickly understood the course of the Demon War following her death. While delighted, she was also somewhat disheartened. She had once believed that she and Morax embodied both strength and intelligence, but now it seemed she was merely intelligent without strength, while Morax possessed both wisdom and courage. The two were simply on different levels. This was a significant blow to Gui Zhong, who had always aspired to compete with Morax.

Asking for flowers

However, Gui Zhong had already realized that among all the demons, his martial arts power was at the bottom, only slightly better than the Demon of Salt, so his frustration did not last long.

"Speaking of Xianyun, how did we come back to life? Even that person couldn't possibly snatch someone from the earth veins, right?"

As an intellectual, Xianyun is naturally very curious, so she is very curious about who has the ability to resurrect them from the earth veins.

"He's a friend of the Emperor, Emperor Taiyi, who traveled to Teyvat from another world. He planted a martial art in Liyue that could allow humans to rival the power of demon gods and even the laws of nature. He's an incredibly powerful being."

Xianyun introduced Li Xuan's identity to Guizhong and a group of immortals and yakshas. After accepting their salute to express their gratitude, Li Xuan waved his hand to indicate that they didn't need to be so polite anymore.

"I only agreed to your Rock King's request. It's just a small favor. You should thank him if you want to!"

Although Li Xuan said this, the immortals and yakshas still thanked Li Xuan again and again before turning to express their gratitude to Emperor Yanwang.

After expressing his gratitude, Gui finally became curious about one thing.

"Xianyun, I have a question. Where are Ping and Marcosius? They are my good friends, so why aren't they here at this hour?"

"If they also died in the Demon God War, they should be resurrected with me. And if they didn't die, why haven't they come to see me? It's really disloyal for them not to come out to see me at this time!"

Guizhong still felt a little unhappy as he said this. As good friends, on this auspicious day of his resurrection, he couldn't see Aping and Marcosius at the scene. What did this mean? After not seeing each other for thousands of years, their friendship had faded, wasn't it a shame?

Chapter 555: Prelude to Rice Wife

"Marcosius said that the Demon War was too brutal. In order to repair the damage to the earth and save Liyue, which was severely damaged and shattered by the Demon War, Marcosius dedicated and overdrew all of his demon power, losing most of his intellect and is currently recuperating."

After Morax became powerful, he naturally did not forget his old friends. Not only Marcosius, who had lost most of his intelligence, but also the severely worn out Dragon King Rhoda who was sealed, he tried to find a solution and achieved some results. However, the problems of the two were too serious, and Morax needed some time to solve them.

But this is not a big problem. After all, Morax has his own solution, so he has no intention of bothering Li Xuan anymore.

"As for Ping? Isn't she right in front of you?"

Xianyun said with interest that she was very interested in the future development of Gui Zhong and Ge Chenlangshi Zhenjun. Both of them were her good friends, and there were not many opportunities to watch such gossip.

"A Ping was at the scene? Where was she? Why didn't I see her?"

Gui Zhong looked around but did not see the familiar figure from the past. She couldn't help but feel a little strange. Could it be that Xianyun was lying to her?

Then she saw Grandma Ping in front of her, who was becoming more and more angry. She felt a familiar aura from Grandma Ping. Originally, Guizhong just thought that Grandma Ping was just an immortal whom she had met a few times in the past.

But looking at Xianyun's interested attitude and the growing anger in Grandma Ping, a possibility flashed through Guizhong's mind.

"Xianyun, could this old lady in front of me be Ah Ping?"

When saying this, Guizhong still held on to a glimmer of hope, hoping that he had guessed wrong.

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