"I found it on the Lonely Cloud Pavilion, and I don't know why such a good sword was inserted in the Lonely Cloud Pavilion......"

"It was actually inserted on top of the Lonely Cloud Pavilion, that is really a strange thing." Blacksmith Lao Zhang also said that he did not understand.

Such a good sword can be used as an heirloom for ordinary people, but it was placed on top of the Lonely Cloud Pavilion at will, allowing rust to crawl all over the sword body.

It's hard to imagine what a luxury this is.

"Mora gives it to you, I'll go first."

After paying Mora, Hu Tao went back to the Hall of Death directly.

She was going to show Zhongli what the mystery of this sword was.

"Hey, old man, I'm here again! Didn't miss me! ”

Hu Tao appeared in the courtyard out of thin air, and Zhongli was already surprised by this.

"What are you looking for me?" Zhongli calmly put the cup down.

Hu Tao smiled and leaned over and sat down in his original seat, "Can't I come to look for you if it's okay?" ”

"The hall master has always been to go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing."

Hu Tao puffed out his cheeks and snorted.

"You're slandering me! I've come all the way back, but I've come to see you as soon as possible! You don't want me to ...... yet."

"Hehe....." Zhongli smiled without saying a word.

Dealing with Hu Tao, the more she follows her wishes, the more powerful she becomes.

Over the years, he has learned from his experience.

Sure enough, he immediately changed the topic and took out a big sword and put it on the table.

"Old man, look at it, if it's what I think."

Hu Tao's fingers tapped on the stone table, and his eyes sparkled at Zhongli.

The little ghost emerged from her body, hugged her head, and showed only the part of her eyes, blinking at Zhongli.

Zhongli looked at the big sword in front of him, reached out and lightly touched the blade, and then nodded.

"Indeed, as the hall master thinks, there is a sleeping soul in this sword."

His fingertips stroked the sword's body, and golden light slowly appeared from his fingertips, condensing an illusory figure whose specific appearance could not be seen clearly, this figure was illusory, and his hands were open, as if embracing the heavens.

"This soul has been around for a long time, and now it is very weak."

There was a soul walnut in the sword that I felt at the beginning, but the feeling was too faint, like an illusion.

Later, I took the sword from Lao Zhang and started it again, and the feeling became a little clearer.

Zhongli passed this hand and directly revealed the soul inside.

Looking at this figure, Hu Tao blinked his eyes and asked suspiciously, "Why is his soul in the sword?" It stands to reason that after death, don't people go directly to the [border]? Even if he didn't go to the border and wandered in the world, he wouldn't be in this state like him, right? ”

Boundary refers to the boundary between life and death.

The yang and the underworld belong to two worlds, which do not interfere with each other and balance each other.

When a person in Liyue dies, his soul travels along the earth to the border, into the soul of the underworld, where it undergoes a series of purifications and is reborn as a pure and unsullied baby.

Of course, there are also people who are obsessed with it and will stay at the border, waiting for someone or news.

But the perception of those who stay at the border will slowly become dull, and they only remember their own obsessions.

As for staying in the world, it will take some serendipity.

It may be that the time of death happens to be the time of the lunar year, the lunar month, and the cloudy sun, and the soul that is out of body retains consciousness; Or they happen to be carrying a magic weapon that can nourish the soul; Or maybe it's the place of death where the soul can't reach the border......

Although rare, there are.

Every time an incident like this occurs, it's something she needs to deal with.

"Probably because of obsession!" Zhongli looked at the illusory figure that appeared on the sword's body, and he maintained a posture of embracing the sky.

Before he died, he may have maintained this position, which may also be his obsession.

If the soul does not go to the border, it will slowly forget the memories of the past and become a lonely ghost wandering around aimlessly.

Some are harmless to people, but some are obsessed with evil spirits.

Evil spirits will unconsciously invade those they meet, causing them to suffer from nightmares, yang qi exhaustion, and weakness, and long-term infestation by evil spirits can even lead to death.

This man must have died by some chance and his soul entered the sword, but he has been asleep ever since.

It's just that with the passage of time, the sunshine and the wind and rain, this sleeping soul is getting thinner and thinner, and if it is found again, it may all dissipate.

"Let's put it in the ancestral hall to nourish the soul first!"

"Okay." Hu Tao nodded and put his sword away.

Hu Tao came to the ancestral hall of the Hall of the Dead, and all the tablets of the previous hall masters were placed in the ancestral hall, from the first to the seventy-sixth, which were full and neat.

Hu Tao put the sword on the shelf and took out three sticks of nourishing incense.

This nourishing incense is not an ordinary thing, just the function of nourishing the soul is worth a thousand gold, not to mention that this is still a special incense for the immortal ceremony.

In addition, the materials are hard to find, the price is high, and there are few people who can make them, so the value has doubled, and it is impossible to buy it if you want to.

It's just that the incense in her hand is self-produced and sold by them in the Afterlife Hall, and it is not so precious to her.

She rubbed a flame between her fingers, lit the incense, bowed respectfully to the tablet, and inserted it into the censer.

The incense sticks burn slowly, wisps of thin white smoke diffuse in the air, and the elegant fragrance of orchid escapes in the air, which is reassuring.

A few wisps of white smoke clinged to the sword, wrapping the sword and nourishing the weak soul in it.

According to this posture, that soul will be able to recover a lot by this time tomorrow.

Hu Tao left with peace of mind.

Outside, the sun had set, but it wasn't yet dark.

A deep blue canopy looms overhead, and faint starlight can be seen.

The moon had already poked its head out of the clouds, shining brightly.

"When the sun comes out, I bask in the sun, and when the moon comes out, I bask in the moon~"

Hu Tao sang and stretched.

Tomorrow I have to go to Grandma Ping's recipe, and I have to rest well today.

......

The moon slowly moved to the center and then slowly set.

Northland Bank was as silent as ever.

The gatekeeper dutifully stands in front of the door, paying attention to the wind and grass around him.

As the largest bank in Liyue Harbor, Northland Bank is not part of Liyue.

It belongs to the ninth seat of the [Rich Man] of the [Fatui] Executive of the Solstice Kingdom.

The ability of this executive to establish such a large bank in Liyue as a foreigner is evident in this executive's ability.

However, just recently, Ye Lan, an intelligence officer subordinate to Tianquan Xingningguang, found out a little bit about him.

It turns out that the famous Solstice Executive is not a Solstice, but a native of Liyue.

As for why he became the executive of the violent [Fatui] of the Solstice Nation, it is unknown.