Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

He couldn't get any information from them about the possible location of the Immortal Ancestor's physical remains. Now he could only see if the Fools had noticed anything unusual.

"Have you noticed anything unusual about Liyue?" he asked his subordinates behind him.

The subordinate bowed slightly and recounted the intelligence he had gathered over the past few days.

"During this period, the Golden House has increased its guard, and the Thousand Rock Army has also increased its manpower in places like Blackrock Depths and the Lava Pit. In addition, the number of Thousand Rock Army patrols in Liyue Harbor has also increased significantly, especially at the docks and Jade Peak..."

Tartaglia rested his chin on his hand and murmured, "The Golden House is the largest mint in all of Teyvat. With the death of the Geo Archon, it's understandable that the mint needs to increase its manpower. Blackrock Depths and the Rocky Lair are important places, so sending more people there is perfectly reasonable..."

The Celestial Ancestor's physical form could not have been moved to a very distant place; it could only have been in or around Liyue Harbor.

The strata abyss can be ruled out first.

The Immortal Ancestor's physical remains are enormous, and Blackrock Depths is too crowded and inconvenient to store them. However, storing them in Liyue Harbor is not safe. Only the Golden House is the most suitable place to store the Immortal Ancestor's physical remains.

Of course, it's also possible that it's there.

D'Artagnan looked up at the Jade Pavilion high in the sky.

Qunyu Pavilion is also a good place to store the remains of immortal ancestors.

However, Liyue's defenses are currently strong, and if he were to force his way into these two places, he would immediately be besieged by a massive army and could only wait for an opportunity.

He rubbed his slightly throbbing head. "Sigh, using my brain really isn't for me... Those immortals are so slow, why aren't they here yet...?"

......

Upon reaching the vicinity of the leyline anchor point outside Liyue Harbor, Paimon felt reluctant to continue.

"I'm so tired, let's just teleport to the vicinity of Dihua Prefecture..."

Jiang Bai flicked her headdress in an annoyed tone, "What's so tiring about you? You've never even been to the fields!"

“Flying is tiring too…” Paimon covered his crown, feeling indignant on his own behalf.

“If we teleport, Jiang Bai will be the only one left to travel.” Kong also wanted to teleport, but he still had to consider Jiang Bai’s feelings.

Jiang Bai was a little provoked; it was as if anyone couldn't teleport.

He was already quite familiar with Kong, and once he was certain they posed no threat to him, the question of whether or not he would reveal that he was also a Descendant became irrelevant.

But as a senior, you still have to put on a show sometimes.

He smiled mysteriously and placed his hand on the ley line anchor point. "See you later."

The next moment, Kong and Paimon saw Jiang Bai disappear before their eyes.

Paimon rubbed his eyes. "Where did he go? Did he teleport away?"

Kong murmured to himself, "He can teleport too? So this is what teleportation looks like from an outsider's perspective..."

"Hmph! Let's go too! Don't let him get there first!" Paimon put his hands on his hips, his cloak flashed with starlight, and he disappeared on the spot.

Kong nodded, reached out and touched the ley line anchor, and his figure disappeared from the spot.

Next to the earth vein anchor point of Wangshu Inn, Jiang Bai leaned against the railing, looking at them with a rather amused expression, "You guys are a bit slow."

"Hmph!" Paimon, who appeared from beside Kong, put his hands on his hips, looking very unconvinced.

"Why can you teleport too?"

"Why can't I teleport? But you're allowed to?" Jiang Bai retorted.

Kong looked at Paimon. He didn't know why he could teleport while others couldn't. His understanding of these things came from Paimon.

Paimon couldn't give a coherent answer to Jiang Bai's question.

"Fine, I won't argue with you!"

Jiang Bai was too lazy to argue with them, so he spread his wings of wind and flew down, "Hurry up and find the Glass Lily! This is the last thing we need!"

"Hmph! We'll follow too, we can't let him get cocky!"

Before the war between the demons and gods, Dihua Prefecture was not the marshland it is today, but a piece of land.

Later, a landslide caused by war submerged the area, turning it into a wetland and nearly causing the glass lilies that once grew there to become extinct.

Jiang Bai bent over, holding a bamboo pole he had picked up from the ground, and poked through the dense aquatic plants, trying to find wild glass lilies.

As he searched, he suddenly spotted a somewhat familiar figure.

"Hey? There's someone over there with horns on their head." Paimon also noticed the stranger.

"Don't shout. That's a big shot in Liyue. Be careful not to anger her, or you won't be able to stay in Liyue." Jiang Bai flicked her headdress, signaling her to keep her voice down.

However, his warning came too late; Gan Yu turned around and saw them.

Chapter 288 So this is the kind of important person he is?

Gan Yu nodded slightly to Jiang Bai as a greeting, then her gaze fell on Kong and Paimon.

"And you two are?"

“I am Paimon, and this is Kong. We are travelers preparing to travel through the seven kingdoms.”

Gan Yu suddenly realized, "So you are the travelers who saved Mondstadt during the Dragon Plague."

"I am Gan Yu, Qi Xing's secretary, but it's break time now, so you can just call me Gan Yu."

She is different when she is at work than when she is in her private time. Of course, Jiang Bai has never seen her when she is at work.

"Gan Yu, what are you doing here?" Paimon asked curiously.

"Looking at the flowers."

Jiang Bai noticed that Gan Yu was not in a good state compared to the last time they met at Wanmintang. There was a look of worry in her eyes, and she didn't seem to be in good spirits.

Recalling what the hall master said last time, Miss Gan Yu didn't immediately think of sending off the immortal ceremony, the Emperor's passing must have been a huge blow to her.

"Looking for flowers? Why come here to see flowers instead of in the city?" Paimon looked around and saw only reeds and tall thatch, with the occasional sweet flower and patch of mint. There really weren't any flowers to see.

Gan Yu sighed deeply, her eyes filled with unconcealed sorrow.

"Yujing Terrace is where the Emperor passed away. It is very lonely to see flowers there. These past few days, I have been closing the windows when I work near Yujing Terrace to avoid seeing the scenery outside."

Jiang Bai sighed as well, "Indeed, the passing of the Emperor is a sad thing. Even our Hall Master was grieving for quite some time."

“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have brought this up…” Paimon scratched his head, unsure of what words of comfort to say.

“It’s my own fault for not adjusting my mood.” Gan Yu shook her head. “Two thousand years ago, after the war between the demon gods ended, the original seven gods gathered in Liyue and drank with the Emperor… But now the divine positions have changed, and five of the seven gods at the banquet have passed away…”

Jiang Bai knew this, after all, he had a guest advisor in his family, and they had talked about the gods of Teyvat in casual conversation.

"In other words..." Kong seemed to be deep in thought.

Gan Yu nodded. "Yes, now that the Emperor's soul has returned to the heavens, only Lord Barbatos of Mondstadt remains of the original seven gods. The other five, including the Thunder General of Inazuma, are no longer the same people from two thousand years ago..."

Gan Yu, as expected of an immortal who has lived since the time of the Demon God War and has remained active, casually reveals secrets that are difficult for ordinary people to know.

"So, only when the previous god dies can there be a next god?" Jiang Bai pondered.

It is unknown whether there is a situation where the previous deity voluntarily abdicates, and the next deity takes power while the previous deity is still in power.

Gan Yu shook her head. "I don't know either. Even Yuehaiting rarely gets information about gods, unless it's a major event like a change of gods."

"Of the current Seven Rulers of the Mortal Realm, the Grass God of Sumeru is the youngest, only five hundred years old, while the Rock Lord has been alive the longest, over six thousand years ago." Gan Yu sighed heavily. "Therefore, Liyue, with its three thousand seven hundred years of history, has never experienced a 'farewell' to a deity..."

"I'm a little curious, Gan Yu, what are your thoughts on this 'farewell'?" Jiang Bai asked, looking at her with curiosity.

Gan Yu paused for a moment, then sighed, "As a human, I still can't imagine what Liyue would be like without the Emperor..."

"But as a [Celestial], I think I will eventually have to accept reality. The Emperor has passed away, so the era in which the Celestials and Gods made a [Contract] with Liyue has effectively come to an end..."

Seeing that she wasn't in a good mood, Jiang Bai changed the subject, "Let's talk about flowers. What flower were you looking at just now?"

“Wild glass lilies.” Gan Yu smiled faintly and led the group to the spot where she had been looking at the flowers.

These few glass lilies grow in the crevices of the rocks, and are covered by other vegetation, making them difficult to spot.

"You must have come here to collect wild glass lilies for the ceremonial ceremony of sending off immortals."

"Huh? How did you know?" Paimon was surprised; she didn't quite understand the meaning of "Seven Star Secretary."

Jiang Bai looked at her as if she were an idiot; Paimon's intelligence really did fluctuate.

She already said she was a Seven-Star Secretary, so how could the other party not know about the gift of the Immortal Ritual?

Moreover, this is a semi-divine being, who knows how many times he has experienced the ritual of sending off immortals, so he must be quite familiar with all kinds of customs.

Gan Yu smiled gently, showing great patience with the curious Paimon.

“I have participated in many ceremonies to send off the immortals, so I know some of the customs.”

"Then you've lived for a very long time!" Paimon's eyes widened.

According to Zhongli, the ceremony of sending off immortals is only held when an immortal dies, and it may not be held once every few hundred or even thousands of years. In other words, Ganyu is already several thousand years old!

You can't tell at all!

"I am a hybrid of human and Qilin, with half immortal blood. During the Demon God War, I also served the Emperor and Liyue. After the war ended, I signed a contract with the Emperor and began serving as the Seven Star Secretary at the Moon Sea Pavilion, a position I hold to this day..."

No matter how the Seven Stars changed, Yuehaiting's secretary remained the same.

Gan Yu is the executor of the Rock King Emperor's will and his representative in the human world.

Everything in Liyue Harbor, big and small, is handled by her. She is both human and fairy, and can build a bridge of communication between the two.

If Gan Yu hadn't been power-hungry, she would have been the most powerful person under the Emperor, and the Seven Stars of Liyue would have been out of the picture.

Perhaps the reason why the Rock King chose Gan Yu for this important position was because he valued this aspect of Gan Yu.

"Wow, such an important person!" Paimon was genuinely shocked.

Jiang Bai's previous statement that offending her would make it impossible for him to stay in Liyue Harbor turned out to be true!

Paimon began to worry that he might have said something wrong and offended her.

Leaving that topic aside, Gan Yu looked at the group and said, "According to tradition, we have to sing before picking the glass lilies so that the fragrance will be stronger. Does anyone here know how to sing?"

Jiang Bai really wanted to give it a try, but remembering the fact that singing at Yujingtai had caused the glass lilies to wither even faster, he gave up the idea.

These few wild glass lilies are related to his apprenticeship tea, so they must be cherished.

“I can sing Mondstadt songs,” Kong said.

He had heard Barbara's songs.

Gan Yu shook her head, "We must sing a local folk song from Liyue, so I'll do it."

After she finished speaking, she began to sing softly. Under her beautiful singing voice, the glass lilies gently trembled and unfolded their petals, as if dancing to the song, and their rich fragrance spread.

Gan Yu picked the best-blooming plant and handed it to Jiang Bai.

"Thanks to meeting you all, I was able to offer my heartfelt contribution to the ceremony of bidding farewell to the departed."

"We should say we're lucky. If we hadn't met you, we don't know how long we would have been searching..."

Chapter 289 Should I have them go and get the Heart of God for me?

While the group was picking flowers, Liyue Harbor was far from peaceful.

The immortals, who had already made their arrangements, made no attempt to conceal their forms. They rode on auspicious clouds and flew from Wangshu Inn to Tianheng Mountain in their immortal bodies.

Ningguang and Keqing, having received the news, were already waiting outside the city. They immediately ordered all the Fatui members of Liyue to be kept under strict surveillance. Unlike the previous covert surveillance, this time they were directly and openly monitoring them face to face, and to arrest them immediately if anything seemed amiss.

In an instant, the entire Northern Bank, including the locations of other Fools, was brought under control.

Ningguang's attitude was very firm, whether towards the Fools or the immortals.

The immortals flew to Tianheng Mountain, but the Jade Pavilion blocked their way.

Ningguang stood on the Jade Pavilion, looking at the immortals.

Although she invited all the immortals to Liyue Harbor under the pretext of investigating the cause of the Emperor's death, this was not the time to see the ancestral deity's remains.

"Greetings, fellow immortals. I am Ningguang, the current leader of the Liyue Seven Stars, and I have come to welcome you all."

Ke Qing stood beside her and introduced herself with equal composure, "I am Ke Qing from Yuheng Star."

"Welcome? Is this how you welcome them?" Xiaoyue looked at the fully armed Qianyan Army behind them and the Qunyu Pavilion blocking their way, her sarcasm obvious.

"Please forgive me, Immortal. The people of Liyue Harbor are in turmoil, and other forces are eyeing us covetously. For the safety of the people of Liyue Harbor, Ningguang has no choice but to deal with this matter with caution."

"You mean we're going to attack Liyue Harbor?" Liu Yun narrowed his crane-like eyes, the aura of a sage pressing down on him.