Chapter 51: Salt in the Ground
"Before entering the ruins, I have a proposal to avoid pointless quarrels like in the Lone Cloud Pavilion."
Zhongli's identity is still quite authoritative in the eyes of everyone.
Wanyan echoed: "Sir, please speak." ”
"Please sign the contract. The content of the contract is: take the goods in order, one at a time. As a sign of sincerity, you can choose without including me in the sequence. ”
"I don't need to." Ying then said.
"I don't need it either."
The tassel knows that there is no treasure in it, only a cup that can pour salt infinitely, a ruler that can be inserted into the earth to turn soil into salt, what are these used for, pickling themselves to make themselves saltier?
"I disagree! What this means... I'm going to share the harvest with this half-archaeologist? No way! When pigs fly! Kliment outright rejected the offer.
"I disagree! Hum! He's just going to spoil the artifacts left behind by the Demon God of Salt! I, I can't accept it either. Wanyan also refused this.
"So.... If the contract doesn't work, I can't continue to act as an advisor. What treasures and traps are hidden in this ruin, it is up to the experience of the two of them to identify. ”
As soon as Zhongli's words fell, the two looked entangled for a long time before they reluctantly agreed to the contract.
"If you want me to promise the contract... Okay, too. I have only one request, Mr. Zhongli. ”
"If you discover the truth about the Salt Demon God, please judge it fairly, even if the truth is against Morax."
"So you can't get in yet? Malaly, I still want to catch dinner, how long will it take for this to go on like this? ”
The tassel was already impatient to stand aside. Why are there so many people here?
"It's okay, I'll agree. So, let's go. ”
As soon as the people entered the ruins, they found a standing humanoid statue, and Krement stepped forward to take a closer look, thinking it was a treasure.
"This, this, statue?" The vivid statue made Wanyan a little frightened.
"No, they're people."
Zhongli's words caused the Kliment to scream, and he hurried away from the statue.
"These people, I'm afraid they are the believers of the Salt Demon God back then."
Flement asked, "How did it come to this?" ....”
"What's inside the ruins?"
"I don't know, let's go first." The tassel goes straight ahead.
"Hilichurls? Why are there so many hilichurls in the hermetic ruins? Paimon asked.
"Mind it, hilichurls, look at me, what is the Liyue Sword Immortal!"
The tassel gathered the power of the grass element, and the long sword composed of eight grass elements surrounded his body, plus the one he held in his hand, a total of nine.
"Hello? Aren't you calling yourself the god of Liyue Grass? Paimon asked, surprised.
"Who told you that I call myself the Liyue Grass God? Stand out! Tassel said dissatisfiedly.
"It was Zhongli who told..."
"Ahem..."Zhongli interrupted Paimon's words, but he understood the meaning of the tassels.
"Zhongli, you're not kind." Tassel said faintly.
"Let's keep walking."
The tassel opens the way in front, and the sword of the grass element next to it can track and hit the surrounding enemies, and the Xingqiu ultimate plus enhanced version.
As everyone went deeper, the statues on the ground became more and more weird, some of the statues knelt on the ground reverently, but the horror on their faces was beyond words, if the Demon God of Salt was a gentle god, it shouldn't be like this.
The crowd stopped in front of an object-like vessel, on which the tassel sensed the remnants of the power of the Demon God of Salt.
Wan Yan stepped forward and inquired: "This one is half of the salt?" ”
"Isn't it just a rock jar, it seems that the Demon God of Salt is a poor and sour Demon God." Kliment said disdainfully with his hands on his chest.
"As I understand it, it's not ordinary. It's only half, but it's always half, in other words, endless. Zhongli explained.
"What?! Even if I keep pouring it out, the salt inside won't decrease! Kliment said happily as if his face had changed in Sichuan.
"Exactly." Zhongli bowed his head.
"It can produce endless salt, and sure enough, the power possessed by the Salt Demon God is very powerful!" Wanyan said excitedly.
Tassel stood aside and said, "What's the use of endless salt?" Rely on this Demon God? ”
"You, but endless salt can bring wealth to her people!" Wanyan said excitedly, "Do you know what endless salt means? ”
"Oh. What does that mean? Morax can also create endless Mora. The Demon God of Salt can only make salt, what is the use of salt in war? Tassel glanced at Wanyan, "Morax can crush the Demon God of Salt directly with Mora. ”
"And, even now, salt is used in exchange for Mora, right?"
"You, you." Wanyan was angry, trembling and pointing at the tassel.
"Ahem." A hint of embarrassment flashed across Zhongli's face.
"It's a blessing to be stoned to death by Mora." Paimon said with a sparkle in his eyes.
Ying: "Paimon! ”
Paimon stuck out his tongue at Yingkaie, "Hey. ”
"After tossing for so long, I finally met the baby! This thing is mine! Salt may be useless in war, but it is indeed a lot of wealth now, said Kliment.
"I just need to pour out the salt, make tens of thousands of bags, and make a fortune by selling salt!" Kliment said excitedly, already dreaming.
"Hey! How could the legacy of the Demon God of Salt be used for such a superficial thing! Wanyan said dissatisfiedly, this is a blasphemy against the demon god she believes in!
"As she said, what else can this salt be used for? Isn't it just for Mora? Mora is Teyvat's hard currency. Kliment retorted unceremoniously.
"If Mr. Kleet wants this salt cup, then according to the contract, the next item belongs to Ms. Wanyan."
"No problem, no problem, hum, how can there be anything more valuable than this?" Zhongli's words made Kliment nod unconcernedly.
"Now that you've discussed it, let's move on to the next place."
"Tassel, why do you dislike the Demon God of Salt so much? Do you have any gaps? Paimon asked curiously, walking on the road.
"Oh, I don't know the Demon God of Salt, and I've never seen one."
"And why is that?"
"That Wanyan is a descendant of the Salt Demon God, who uses Liyue's resources, but speaks ill of the gods, and that attitude makes me very unhappy, and I know about the deeds of the Salt Demon God."
"Hey, is that so? No wonder I think she's weird. ”
"So Paimon, this kind of behavior of eating meat with a bowl and putting down the bowl and scolding people is wrong." Tassel said with a smile as he looked at Paimon.
"Oh hey." Paimon scratches his head in embarrassment, and finally lets out a classic Anemo sigh.
The group entered the next room, and on top of it was a bronze ruler with a moon-white glow.
"Hmph, it's just a ruler, it doesn't look useful." Kliment, as always, scoffed.
"It's... If I remember correctly, this was supposed to be a measuring device? ”
"That's true, but the Demon God of Salt has the power to be here." Zhongli bowed his head, somewhat agreeing with Wanyan's words.
"Once the ruler is inserted into the ground, the soil will be covered with salt like rising water. The deeper you go, the more salt grains you have, in other words, a bountiful harvest of salt. ”
Kliment exclaimed, "This, this... Isn't this more powerful than a salt jar?! ”
"Then, according to the contract, this salt ruler belongs to Ms. Wanyan."
"No! I disagree! The money is mine, and this exploration is also organized by me, so why should I suffer! ”
"And this little girl is useless, why give her something?"
"And he did..."
Paimon wasn't surprised by Clement's words, as this was a common tactic for the Fatui.
"Oh? Have you thought about the consequences? Tassel said as he looked at Kliment.
"What, you're going to make a move on me?" Kliment was still afraid of tassels.
"No, I'm sightseeing, as long as the dog doesn't bite me, I won't hit the dog."
"You." Being said to be a dog by the tassel, Kliment was very angry, but according to the tassel's meaning, if she didn't make a move on her, she wouldn't do it to herself, and in the end, greed suppressed her reason.
Zhongli said lightly: "That is, you want to break the contract?" ”
"What about destruction? I can almost understand the mechanism of this ruin. So, you're out of use. And she also said that she would not do it. ”
Kliment said stiffly, in his opinion, as long as the tassel does not move, he can completely cope with an old man and a golden girl.
"At the end of the day, I'm the one who hired you. Why should I do things according to your rules? ”
"Because, you made a contract."