Genshin Impact: The Vision of Gods Shines Again

"This is her own plan."

Zhong Li spoke, then looked at Hu Tao not far away, and saw Hu Tao put down the small wooden sign in her hand and turn around.

"Let's go."

The girl's clear and melodious voice rang out, almost making people forget what she looked like last night.

Mu Xian looked at Hu Tao, whose dark purple veins hidden under her neck looked particularly menacing.

The dark purple veins seemed to be etched into Mu Xian's mind. When he came to his senses, he found himself walking by the roadside.

Hu Tao took the lead, with himself and Zhong Li on either side behind Hu Tao.

The funeral supplies had already been left at the deceased's home by the other staff members of the funeral parlor, so the three of them didn't bring much with them.

Of the three, one was ill and the other young, so these few things naturally all fell on Zhongli's shoulders.

With the pressure of carrying heavy loads gone, Mu Xian, now with some free time, noticed that the passersby around him seemed a bit strange.

Because others naturally avoid it, when leaving the ancestral hall, one always deliberately avoids others and walks in inconspicuous places.

But Mu Xian could sense that these passersby would occasionally glance at the three of them, while deliberately keeping their bodies far away from them.

That movement of distancing oneself didn't seem like avoidance, but rather more like disgust.

Mu Xian turned his gaze away from the passersby and glanced at Zhong Li.

But Zhongli kept his eyes straight ahead, and even his walk was meticulous.

However, Mu Xian did not think that this guy was unaware of the gazes of those around him.

While saying he didn't know, Mu Xian felt he didn't really care.

Looking back ahead, Mu Xian could only see Hu Tao's back as she walked in front of him.

Although her expression was unclear, judging from her footsteps, the people around her didn't seem to affect her.

The funeral location was soon reached, and Hu Tao led the way into the house.

The moment Mu Xian stepped into the courtyard, he could feel a much stronger gaze than outside.

A group of people, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, surrounded the courtyard, watching the three people who stepped inside.

Their gazes were cold, tinged with disgust and reproach.

"This kind of person is disgusting. He colluded with the Fools to kill people just to make money off the dead."

"People are killed like this, and they still have to pay money to be manipulated like this."

"Otherwise, people who do this kind of work are shameful and mostly perverts."

"People can be heartless too. How could anyone with a conscience be smiling every day after seeing so many corpses?"

...

The sound, like a tidal wave, entered his ears, causing Mu Xian to suddenly catch his breath.

The lingering memories made Mu Xian inexplicably irritable.

She glanced down at the bracelet in her hand, but the bracelet on her wrist trembled slightly.

"Are you alright?" Zhongli's tone remained calm, keeping it at a level that Mu Xian could just hear.

Mu Xian gripped the trembling bracelet and shook his head: "I was just thinking about some bad things."

"If you really can't stand it, then you should go out first," Zhongli continued.

Mu Xian looked up and saw that the insults from the crowd were not directed at him and Zhong Li, but at Hu Tao in front of him.

For some reason, Mu Xian seemed to have returned to Yujingtai, but the person standing there was not himself, but the girl in front of him.

Mu Xian remembers that she was about the same age as she is now back then.

"Is she alright?" Mu Xian asked.

"Don't worry, these people aren't as capable as you were last night."

Zhongli's words carried a half-joking sarcasm: "The head of the Rebirth Hall is not only good at performing rituals for people."

She witnessed it with her own eyes five years ago on the Jade Capital Terrace.

Zhongli gave Mu Xian a meaningful look: "Let's go. You'd better close the door when you leave, if you're not afraid of being scared by the hall master."

Zhongli left, but Mu Xian did not choose to leave immediately.

After taking a deep look at the girl surrounded by the crowd, Mu Xian felt an inexplicable urge to grab her and leave.

Or rather, beat those around you until they can't speak.

The trembling of the bracelet made Mu Xian suppress this thought in his heart. He turned his head and caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye.

It was the Chiyan Army whose spearhead he had cut off.

Mu Xian found the guy's expression a bit strange.

His gaze darted away, and his face clearly showed fear; obviously, Mu Xian's intimidation had worked not long ago.

But for some reason, even though he was terrified, he kept spewing out one slanderous sentence after another about Wangshengtang and Hutao.

It was as if it wasn't his intention...

Chapter 28 Virtual Tracker

Mu Xian stared at the guy, feeling a strange sense of incongruity.

Mu Xian wasn't worried that he would see through her.

After all, no matter how similar a young man and a child are, people will only think of them as older and younger brothers, and will not think of them as the same person.

But Mu Xian couldn't keep an eye on the Thousand Rock Army forever.

A few seconds later, Mu Xian looked away and left the courtyard like Zhong Li.

As he closed the door behind him, a series of strange, wooden sounds suddenly came from behind it.

It sounded like the howling wind, but even more eerie.

Perhaps it was worry, or perhaps it was curiosity.

These sounds made Mu Xian want to push the door open, but Zhong Li suddenly spoke.

"The reason I told you to close the door is that the leader doesn't want you to see certain things."

The sound made Mu Xian stop what he was doing and also dissuade him from pushing the door open.

Turning to look at Zhongli, he found Zhongli with his arms crossed, as if he had something to say.

"I just passed by a passerby and asked him about the Hall of Rebirth."

Zhongli slowly spoke: "He heard that the leader of the Hall of Rebirth colluded with the Fools in the Abyss of Layered Rocks for Mora's sake."

"The strange occurrences in the Layered Rock Abyss a few days ago were caused by Master Hu and the Fools, which resulted in the deaths of many people."

After saying this, Zhongli turned to look at Mu Xian and shook his head: "That's really strange."

"Strange?" Mu Xian and Zhong Li exchanged glances. "Don't tell me you believed what these guys said."

“I can still tell the difference between what’s true and what’s false,” Zhongli said. “Rumors spread quickly; it’s strange that they became known to everyone in just one night.”

These words were like a reminder, and immediately reminded Mu Xian of Qianyan Jun in the courtyard earlier.

Spreading rumors out of resentment?

He seemed incapable of spreading the word, and his anxious yet persistent manner of speaking suggested a discrepancy between his words and actions.

Thinking of this, Mu Xian told Zhong Li about the situation of the Thousand Rock Army.

"A person whose words and actions don't match..."

Mu Xian's words made Zhong Li fall into deep thought, but he quickly came to an answer: "Since it is someone who does something against their conscience, they must either have gained something from it or have been coerced."

"What would you think if you were in that situation?"

"What do I think? I hope you can say everything you need to say."

Mu Xian's tone was blunt; he somewhat disliked Zhong Li's tendency to stop short of provocation.

But after saying that, Mu Xian still pondered.

Mu Xian didn't think that Qianyan Army had been coerced, after all, Mu Xian had also "coerced" him.

With the two forces clashing, the Thousand Rock Army, facing two kinds of coercion, would naturally weigh the pros and cons. Their previous actions were not out of fear, but rather out of hesitation.

So, someone must have given him benefits, and those benefits made him disregard Mu Xian's coercion and get involved in spreading rumors.

Thinking of this, the tightly closed courtyard gate suddenly opened, and Hu Tao walked out from behind the gate.

Perhaps out of curiosity, Mu Xian glanced behind the door.

The figures who had been shouting the loudest in the courtyard turned pale, as if they had been frightened by something.

The entire courtyard was inexplicably quiet.

Turning their gaze to Hu Tao, the girl's face showed a rare expression of resentment, clearly indicating that she had also heard something from the people in the courtyard.

"Making baseless rumors about the Rebirth Hall and its master."

When Hu Tao, who was puffing up with anger, looked at Mu Xian, she suddenly froze, then casually looked away: "No matter what, this hall master is not someone to be trifled with."

"Hall Master Hu."

Zhongli lowered his arms from his chest and said, "I'll handle things here. The sect leader probably isn't in the mood for performing rituals right now."

"It seems that Zhongli Keqing understands me best."

After saying that, Hu Tao looked at Mu Xian: "Hu Mu Xuan, come with me to find someone."

His tone was relaxed, as if he had truly let go of what happened last night.

Mu Xian didn't try to guess what the girl was thinking.

After all... I stumbled a lot on this in my past life.

Shaking off the suffocating images in his mind, Mu Xian shook his head at Hu Tao.

"Sorry, I have other things to do."