Chapter Ninety-Five: Prologue
Ending the conversation with Zhongli, Wang Daoyi returned to the dock tea room, this time he was really not going to go out, and was ready to stay until the matter was over.
In order not to be disturbed again, Wang Daoyi even closed the tea room for the first time, telling Sisi that it was going to be renovated and let her come back to work in a week.
Then a note was posted outside the door that the decoration would not accept customers.
The closure of the tea room at the pier did not attract much attention, and the most common thing was that some foremen complained about spending more money on tea lately.
On the other side, just as Zhongli had predicted.
After meeting with Ningguang, Ying received a gift from Ningguang, a note with a message from the Fatui, from which Ying received the news that the Fatui were copying the Hundred Forbidden Basket.
Remembering that Tartaglia had given herself this thing before, Ying had a bad premonition in her heart.
After going to the address in the note, Ying really found the figure of the Fatui and found some traces, but still did not find out what the Fatui wanted to do with the Hundred No Taboo Basket.
Clueless, Ying returns to Liyue Harbor and continues to prepare for the ceremony with Zhongli, and travels to Dihua Island with Zhongli, where she meets Ganyu again and obtains the last materials from her, and returns to Liyue Harbor with Zhongli, only to find that something important seems to have happened.
I'm looking for someone to find out some news.
A Fatui official stopped Ying and Zhongli as they returned to the city.
"Oh, it's the guest of the Afterlife Hall, Mr. Zhongli!" The Fatui officials seemed to have come to remind the two of them something, "The Millelith are keeping a close watch on us, and these are extraordinary times, so don't act rashly. โ
"Extraordinary times?" Ying question.
The Fatui official nodded: "The immortals of the Peerless Cloud Realm have finally left. I am afraid that they have come with bad intentions. โ
Zhongli nodded, this was the same as he expected, and the immortals finally ran out of patience: "Is it for Xingshi to ask for guilt?" โ
Listening to Zhongli's conversation with the Fatui, Ying began to feel uneasy, she didn't know that the Immortals and the Seven Stars had already met many times, and she didn't know that the Seven Stars had been procrastinating for time.
She only knew that she was the one who told the news of the fall of the Immortal Emperor, and if the Immortal started a war with the Seven Stars because of this, she was the one who caused the war.
Fatui Official: "Mostly. I heard that our Tianquan Star brought people out early to greet him... Hey, they said they were greeting, but they didn't let the immortals enter Liyue Harbor right now, in fact, they just wanted to stop the immortals. โ
Zhongli nodded, this incident was not only a test for Liyue, but also a test for the immortals: "ยทยท It is inevitable that things will come to this point. โ
"The immortals don't recognize the Seven Stars, they only recognize the contract with the Rock God, and if the Immortals want to attack it, I'm afraid this Liyue Harbor won't be able to stop it." There was a sense of schadenfreude in the words of the Fatui officials.
Zhongli nodded, "But Liyue Seven Stars is not one to sit still!" โ
The Fatui officials nodded: "Hmph, of course they are people with a tough attitude, and it is because of this that the contradiction between immortals and humans is about to erupt!" โ
"Well, though, you said the Millelith were spying on the Fatui, and that's what happened?"
"Whew, it's not because of that Ningguang that he said [when this mountain rain is about to come, I want the Millelith Army to completely control the movements of the Fatui]." The Fatui official was a little angry, then showed a disdainful smile, "It's only now that I think of restricting our movements, and the Seven Stars are nothing more than that." โ
Then he looked at Zhongli: "In short, Mr. Zhongli, you are a collaborator of Lord Childe, and your attitude is half of our foolish attitude, but don't let people seize the handle!" โ
After listening to the Fatui officials' words, Ying and Paimon looked worried.
"It seems that the contradictions in Liyue Harbor have reached their limits!" Paimon said.
Ying looked at Zhongli, "Is there anything we can do?" โ
Zhongli shook his head, things have developed to this point, they can't be mediated, if you want the Seven Stars and the Immortals to calm down again, the only way to do this is to introduce a more powerful enemy.
"You mean, you want to intervene with a special neutral status? Or do you want to change some balance by your personal force? Zhongli shook his head, "Neither of these methods is easy. โ
Without waiting for Ying to say anything, the Fatui official remembered something again, and hurriedly said to Zhongli: "Ah, by the way, Mr. Zhongli, I heard that your Death Hall seems to have been involved in the conflict, and you are confronting the officers and soldiers who came to the door!" โ
โยทยทยท That's not good. Zhongli showed an anxious look on his face, and hurriedly said goodbye to Ying, "I have to go first and go to the Shengtang to have a look, I hope that Hall Master Hu can cope with it for the time being..." Don't make a big fuss. โ
"Traveler, if you want to stop this conflict, you might as well think about where the [fuse] is!"
With that, Zhongli left in a hurry.
Paimon waved his hand at Yingyi, revealing a sly little expression, "Huh... Being a friend of the Fatui seems to be not only beneficial, but also troublesome! โ
"However, what is the [fuse] that Zhongli is talking about!"
Ying groaned slightly, and suddenly thought of Wang Daoyi's previous reminder, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and the recent events were all connected.
It was Childe who saved her from the Millelith Army, it was Childe who gave her the Hundred Taboo Urn, it was Childe who asked her to contact the immortals, and it was Childe who paid her to assist Zhongli in preparing for the Immortal Ceremony.
This human-immortal conflict was triggered by Childe borrowing her hand.
Ying, who had thought about everything clearly, quickly reacted to the fact that when the whole of Liyue was attracted by the clash between humans and immortals, where had Childe gone?
For no reason, Ying thought of what she had experienced in front of the Zephyr Church.
The Fatui executive named Lady has taken Wendy's Godheart.
Under the association, Ying quickly reacted that Childe's target may be the God Heart of the Rock God, no, his target must be the God Heart.
"It's Childe!" Ying's voice was slightly cold, she had figured out everything, she was used by Childe, she was already full of anger, obviously Wang Daoyi had reminded herself, but she still believed in the Fatui executive.
Hearing Ying's words, Paimon suddenly realized, "I see, I seem to understand, if anyone is looking forward to the Liyue chaos the most, it must be the bad guys of the Fatui!" โ
"This guy must have taken advantage of everyone's lack of time to care about him and do something bad!" Paimon said indignantly, "But where are we going to find him now?" โ
Ying's eyes became colder and colder, she already knew that guy would go there, it must be the hiding place of the Immortal Ancestor Fa, the Golden House.
"Follow me! Let's go find him! โ
Ying greeted Paimon, who was still thinking, and ran in the direction of the Golden House.
"Hey, Ying, wait for me!"
Paimon immediately flew up, struggling to keep up with Ying.