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"I understand, please cooperate with our investigation."

Qian Yanjun, standing in front of him, showed no change in expression when he heard Li Xiao's question.

"I haven't committed any crime, so why are you suddenly investigating me?"

The Qianyan soldier looked at the portrait in his hand, then at his face.

"Because you look very similar to a criminal, you need to cooperate with the investigation."

"Take a good look at my face! Did you see this steambird newspaper? I am the Wind God!"

Li Xiao took out a steam bird newspaper, pointed at it, and spoke to the Qianyan soldier.

"Hey! Sir, I admit that you look very similar to Lord Wind God, but please don't get any wild ideas."

The soldier from Chiiwa only glanced at the newspaper twice and then ignored it.

In his understanding, gods and other great figures were all high above, how could they possibly be like Li Xiao, wandering around aimlessly on the street?

"Show me this wanted poster. I want to see where it resembles the person."

Qian Yanjun hesitated for a moment before handing the portrait to him.

Li Xiao's expression froze instantly upon seeing the portrait.

"Who drew this? It's so abstract!"

The person depicted here doesn't look much like him; in fact, he's completely different, and his facial features are all distorted.

"How did you come to the conclusion that we look alike? Is that how you perceive me?"

Li Xiao stared at the Qianyan soldier.

"Wait a moment!"

Just as this Qianyan soldier was about to say something, another Qianyan soldier rushed over.

"team leader!"

The Qianyan soldier who had questioned Li Xiao earlier greeted him.

"You go first, I'll take care of this gentleman."

"Reception?"

Although the first Sen'iwa soldier was a little confused, he quickly left.

"I am truly sorry, Lord Wind God. This was a management oversight on our part. Please do not take it to heart. I will punish him later."

The new captain was sweating profusely.

God knows how he felt when he saw Li Xiao's face, which was exactly the same as Feng Shen's.

While most people in Liyue weren't very accepting of something as novel as the Steambird News and didn't care much about the events it reported, he was different; he read it all the time!

Moreover, even he heard Li Xiao explain that he was the Wind God, yet that idiot was still stubbornly arguing.

There was no other way but to bite the bullet and get through it.

"That's nothing. What I'm more interested in now is why he recognized me in this painting?"

Li Xiao ignored all that and simply showed the wanted poster to the captain.

"this......"

The captain hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up.

"This was probably a mistake by our staff, a real mistake! They printed your image on the wanted poster. We made an emergency correction after we found out."

"That guy probably thought your original portrait also showed you as a wanted criminal. It was our fault for not communicating properly. My bad, my bad."

He quickly smiled apologetically, taking the blame upon himself, not wanting Li Xiao to hold others accountable.

"Never mind, you should still inform others about these things in the future."

Li Xiao didn't plan to pursue the matter any further, because he understood the whole story after hearing what he had just said.

It's highly likely that he was the one originally wanted, but after his identity as the Wind God was exposed, the Liyue official team changed the information.

As for why not just withdraw it directly? If it were withdrawn, wouldn't that prove Li Xiao committed a crime? And it would easily be said that Liyue is afraid of the Wind God.

Shaking his head, Li Xiao stopped thinking about it and vanished into the wind. He decided to go find Zhong Li to play with, because he had come up with a very fun way to play.

It was morning, and Zhongli was strolling around the street.

"Hi~ Mr. Zhongli, I'm Li Xiao, nice to meet you~"

Li Xiao went straight up to Zhong Li and greeted him.

Zhong Li looked at Li Xiao with a somewhat serious expression.

"Hello, Mr. Li Xiao."

Li Xiao suggested, "How about we find a place to talk?"

Zhongli pondered for a moment before slowly speaking.

"Alright, let's go to Xinyuexuan together today. A friend of mine has booked a private room for me."

Friend? Could it be Dada Duck?

Is your friend coming too?

"He was supposed to come, but it seems he ran into a little trouble."

"Hey, that's perfect, we'll have each other for company!"

Li Xiao hooked his arm around Zhong Li's shoulder, looking like they were best buddies. Luckily, this was Liyue, not Mondstadt, otherwise passersby would probably be very shocked to see Li Xiao with his arm around someone else's shoulder.

Of course, more importantly, Li Xiao used hypnosis to make everyone around him subconsciously ignore his identity.

Seeing Li Xiao's unruly behavior, Zhong Li remained expressionless, but inwardly he was already sighing.

Is this another wind god as unreliable as Barbatos? It's really a headache.

After arriving at Xinyuexuan and taking a seat, Li Xiao, still smiling, spoke:

"Morax, you are my senior, so I came to pay my respects as soon as I arrived in Liyue. See how much respect I have for you?"

Zhong Li was not surprised when Li Xiao revealed his identity, and continued to calmly sip his tea.

"So, what brings you to Liyue this time? And why have you come to see me?"

Zhongli put down her teacup and asked him directly why he had come.

"I want to see this ceremony for inviting the immortals; after all, it's a rare sight."

"And the reason I came to see you this time is to let you know in advance, since this is your territory."

"You know my plan?"

The moment Li Xiao uttered those words, Zhong Li understood what was happening.

"You just want to retire, I understand."

"Will you intervene in this matter?"

If Li Xiao intervenes, Zhong Li will have to change her plans.

"You're trying to test Liyue, aren't you? That's why you're letting Young Master and the others make their arrangements at Guyun Pavilion?"

Li Xiao didn't answer his question directly, but instead asked about other things.

Zhong Li was surprised that Li Xiao had already come to this point, but this did not cause him much of a ripple in his mind, which he had cultivated over the years. He simply nodded calmly in acknowledgment.

"Releasing a demon god is inherently risky, isn't it?"

"This is a necessary test."

"Should we add insurance?"

"What does this mean?"

"If they pass your test but something unexpected still happens, then you'll definitely have to step in, right?"

Your retirement plan will be impossible to implement at that time, since after that one time, the people of Liyue will definitely not believe you are dead again.

But if I intervene, wouldn't everything be solved?

"what do you want?"

Li Xiao directly presented the conditions he had already considered.

"You are the God of Contracts, so how about we make a contract? I will protect Liyue during its time of crisis, and in return, you cannot refute or deny what you did on the day of the Summoning Ceremony."

But don't worry, I will never do anything to harm Liyue, I will not hurt anyone, and I will certainly not interfere with your retirement plans, Morax.

After much deliberation, Zhongli finally nodded in agreement to the contract. He believed he could handle it as long as it wasn't anything too serious.

Moreover, based on what he learned from Wendy, this new Anemo Archon, apart from being a bit eccentric, is quite sensible in other aspects.

He probably has his eye on someone, but as long as he's not forcing anyone, Zhongli won't object.

"Since that's the case, the contract is now in effect, and the one who breaks their word shall be punished by being eaten by the rocks."

Main Text: Chapter 119 First Encounter with Hu Tao

When Zhongli announced the formation of the contract, Li Xiao smiled and his mood brightened again.

Zhongli, oh Zhongli, I only said Morax should retire, not Zhongli.

The system seemed to have heard his thoughts and issued a new task.

【Ding! 】

[New quest issued – The Second Generation Geo Archon.]

[Please help Zhongli become the second-generation Geo God; the method is not limited.]

[Quest Reward - Geo Elemental Mastery]