I'm in the Teyvat running group

Feeling the even breathing of the person on her back, Qi Liangliang slowed her pace, and the two of them walked quietly in the sunlight of Liyue.

Cats know everything, of course, but sometimes they just don't want to talk.

Of course, the cat eventually carried Ji Heng and seven or eight children into the backyard of Wanmin Hall. Although she and Yunxiu had no children, it did not stop the children from calling her Mother Ji Heng. After all, everyone in Yunxiu's family was equal. Although she used to come quietly at night and leave quietly in the morning, she would occasionally participate in the family reunion day, usually outside of Liyue.

Yunxiu had just returned from the Genesis Center. After killing the Sage, because the situation of the memory factor itself was far beyond imagination, PRIME's time had been mostly used for this recently.

Fortunately, the computing array has been further expanded to have sufficient computing power, so it didn't cause Yunxiu any trouble. However, the verification of many things was indeed somewhat beyond her expectations. In other words, Yunxiu did not expect that the foundation of this world could be said to be so outstanding.

One reason for this is that the laws governing the entire world have become a very powerful part after the collapse; another reason may be that the foundation of this world itself was already good enough.

The memory factor itself plays a very important role in finding more crucial factors, and René has already joined forces with several masters of spiritual studies and mathematics to begin searching for a new theoretical framework...

But these things were a huge headache for Yunxiu. Only geniuses could handle such basic things. Although he could be considered a genius, it would be easier to kill him than to deal with something so basic.

However, he also needed to get the latest information and data as soon as possible, so he had to start figuring out these things with René and the others. As a result, his life at the Genesis Center for the past two or three days was worse than death. Even though he went home for dinner every night, he still felt exhausted.

"Here, your food." A plate of food was handed to him, along with chopsticks that had already been arranged.

Yunxiu casually took the plate and started eating, but suddenly he felt something was wrong. He looked up and saw Ji Heng's smiling eyes. He couldn't help but ask in surprise, "Tianxuan... what are you doing here? Oh right... you said you were going to retire, did you finish the procedures?"

"All done. From now on, just call me by my name. After all, I'm not Tianxuan anymore." Ji Heng smiled and served herself a plate, then patted Yunxiu's head: "Today I'm officially retiring!"

"Alright, who's going to take over the job? I doubt the next Tianxuan can handle it either." Yunxiu quickly shoveled a few mouthfuls of fried rice into her mouth. Xiangling's shrimp and eel rice was indeed a rare delicacy. At least, anyone who could make it to this level, even without any extra attribute bonuses, could be considered a culinary masterpiece.

“Since there are two Tian Shu stars, it’s not surprising that there are several Tian Xuan stars, right?” Ji Heng sighed before continuing, “They divided the work into three people. Of course, the Seven Stars still exist, but Tian Xuan will only be symbolic from now on. As for who it is, it’s no longer important to me… It might be a bit troublesome for you.”

"Me? What trouble could I possibly be in?"

"Previously, we only needed to find one person to coordinate, but now there are three. Isn't that troublesome?"

"What's the trouble? If it weren't for you, I would have just given it to Zhilin to do." Yunxiu quickly finished a plate of fried rice and handed the plate to Xiaogong next to her. Xiaogong, of course, knew what she meant and filled another plate to the brim. Yunxiu ate quickly again with satisfaction before asking, "What do you plan to do after you retire? Or do you plan to rest for a while before deciding?"

"Let me think... I'm actually interested in doing some cultural work. Do you have any here? If not, I'd like to invest in an exhibition hall for ancient books..."

"I don't actually have that, but if you're willing to do it, I'll invest some money in you."

Yunxiu smiled. He was a man who was very willing to give his wives some chores to do. On the one hand, he did not have the idea of ​​keeping everyone by his side and doing nothing. On the other hand, women who do something are the most interesting. If they do nothing, they are basically rotten. Of course, he did not mind that and would just keep them. But it was still best if they did something.

Ji Heng knew this was her personality, so she didn't say much. After quickly finishing her meal, she also lay down in the courtyard to rest, which was a rare occurrence for her.

Yunxiu chuckled, grabbed a recliner, and lay down next to her. Yunxiu was used to being lazy, but Jiheng had been in Tianxuan for so long that she had forgotten what rest felt like.

Looking at Yunxiu's expression, she suddenly wanted to say something, but for a moment she didn't know what to say. After thinking carefully for a while, she cautiously began to speak:

"I recently acquired some ancient texts from the Liyue civilization. Would you be interested in learning more about them?"

Chapter 511 Immortals Descend to the Mortal Realm and Speak of a Thousand Years

"What ancient Liyue history? Ancient Liyue should be around 6,000 to 3,700 years ago?" Yunxiu scratched his head. He was okay with the basics of history and culture, but he was completely clueless about advanced topics and details...

"Actually, it's even earlier, about 8,500 years ago. But back then, the ancient Liyue didn't even have a name," Ji Heng said with a smile. "Back then, Liyue and Langya were just ordinary people, their names unknown. They were like ancient birds, their names unknown."

Yunxiu nodded. That was something he could think of. After all, the Emperor had once said that he was actually a human alchemist who had cultivated himself eight thousand years ago. In that era, he saw the world in chaos and all living beings in a state of turmoil.

At that time, there was no Liyue, not even Langya. The world of Liyue was vast and complex.

Zhongli was a transcendent being who cultivated himself in that era and became a god from a human. After obtaining the power of the celestial stars, this terrifying existence was something that even Fanes at the time was extremely wary of.

Since Zhongli, who became a god through humanism, is practically immortal, at least Fanes has neither the ability nor the power to kill all of humanity. And if this god-human were to start a war, that would be Fanes' biggest headache. So signing a contract and granting Zhongli the position of a demon god became her only option.

It can only be said that Old Deng is indeed the pillar of Teyvat. Even though Yunxiu has achieved such great success now, it is actually based on the foundation laid by him. Without his father supporting him all these years, he would not have been able to do so much.

"There must be a lot of interesting information from the ancient Liyue era, such as the 'Severing the Three Corpses' and the methods to achieve immortality," Yunxiu said, looking at the rising moon. "Or perhaps there are other amazing records? I am indeed quite interested in these things, though; the Emperor hasn't told me much about them."

“There are many interesting records in this regard,” Ji Heng blinked and said with a smile. “For example, there is a very interesting story recorded in a book called ‘A New Account of Tales of the World’. There was a tribal chief named Mo, whose given name was unknown. Everyone called him Mr. Mo. A giant dragon as big as a mountain always followed him. He split mountains and cleaved the earth, and controlled the waters. Mr. Mo controlled the waters and established a balance in the sky. He set up a settlement at the foot of the mountain and spread a peculiar currency to everyone…”

Yunxiu's interest was instantly piqued. Wasn't this the story the Emperor had told her about when he created Mora? According to the Emperor, he sensed the existence of precious metals from the contracts of trade, and then the laws of precious metals condensed into Mora. He then began to spread Mora, and from that time on, Mora gradually became the universal currency of the entire continent.

But was Tuozi Ge already by the Emperor's side at that time?

Wait a minute...

The War of Burial Fire had just ended, less than a thousand years ago, or perhaps only a few hundred years ago. According to the records of the Abyss Palace and Fendnir, Fanes was still hunting these ancient humans across the continent at this time.

At this point, Zhongli dared to dig Tuozi up and treat him, and then stay by his side. This was no ordinary act of daring.

At that time, Fanes still possessed considerable fighting power; he was practically defecating on the edge of justice...

Zhongli wouldn't lie, so his claim that he brought the Dragon King Ruotu to the surface and then bestowed upon him eyes must be true.

I'm bowing down to the veteran.

"We could organize all of this; it might actually be useful. How much would it cost?" Yunxiu was genuinely interested. Putting aside everything else, organizing this stuff could uncover a lot of dark history. Perhaps they could even get Guizhong to help; she was truly a legendary entertainer...

“I don’t know. Ancient books are often not worth much. The biggest problem is how to find them… The Liyue Archaeological Association is only so-so, but the Surveyors Association is pretty good. However, their focus is not on this.” Ji Heng recalled for a moment before continuing, “Your apprentice is very skilled. She has the level of a Seven Star, and at least she can handle Tianji Star without any problems.”

“I’ll talk to Zhiqiong and see if she’ll be willing to do this project if we increase the budget. We can use my own savings.” Yunxiu took out her crystal plate and wrote this down, then shook her head with a smile: “As for Seven Stars, forget it. Seven Stars requires a high level of political acumen, and Zhiqiong isn’t a politically savvy person.”

"No matter how high their political acumen is, they're helpless in front of you, aren't they?" Ji Heng rolled her eyes. "Ningguang and the others have no way to deal with you in these matters. They can only ask me to play the emotional card, but I don't want to be used by them. Once is enough. I won't be used twice."

"I am the 'Crown Prince of Liyue,' and the biggest problem in this matter is that, politically speaking, they are also wrong." Yunxiu said calmly, "Liyue belongs to the people of Liyue. If they believe that Liyue can belong to a specific entity, then Liyue should also belong to the Emperor. If there is a dispute over a specific entity, then I am the one with the strongest right to inherit Liyue."

"But I also understand. After all, the Seven Stars' approach isn't too problematic in a strict sense. It's just that in this era, it's not enough to just do that. To me, they're just a decent manager of Liyue... If I wanted, I could completely revoke those authorizations."

"Of course, that's according to their logic."

"Liyue should not belong to anyone."

"Liyue belongs to everyone."

In fact, this is also why the so-called rule of man in Liyue in the original work is a complete joke. Even now that Yunxiu has established a magic system, it can be said that it is still very difficult to move forward.

Take the Jade Pavilion, Liyue's most powerful combat weapon, for example. Without the support of the immortals and the super technology that Yunxiu brought from various places, it would have been impossible to build the newer Guiding Machine and the Hyper Beam Cannon.

Without the Super Light Sword Cannon and the Jade Pavilion, there are currently less than fifteen true human-born legendary peak powerhouses in Liyue, and only about seventy high-level legendary ones. Where can they fight against the Demon God?

A large portion of these powerful individuals, who were originally human, were trained within the immortal system.

The Seven Stars made a complete mess of Zhongli's retirement. Did Zhongli decide to retire on a whim? Didn't he show any signs of this in his usual guidance and work? Does an era of rule by men require humans to control all situations and politics?

If that's the case, why did they have to ask the immortals for help when the Eight Immortals were refining the Peach Capital? Why did the Emperor intervene again to revive Zi Bai? Why is it always the immortals and the Emperor who step up at crucial moments?

Human rule without sufficient strength is nothing but a disorganized mess. Before humanity can truly ascend to godhood and at least independently win the flood control war, it lacks the ability to completely break away from gods and achieve human rule.

The original work's rule by man was essentially just a childish game of the emperor delegating power, and Seven Stars, because of his insistence on the political choice of rule by man itself, made a complete mess of the relationship between humans and immortals.

Most of the immortals who entered the mortal world did not choose to have any connection with the government, which is the worst thing the Seven Stars did. They actually had countless opportunities to fix all of this.

Of course, it cannot be said that the Emperor was completely right.

It was indeed a mistake for him to refuse the people’s love and respect, but the problem is, wasn’t it because the Seven Stars were unwilling to even personally arrange a farewell ceremony?

Zhongli personally handled the ceremony of sending off the immortals, and from that moment on, the Seven Stars could be said to have completely lost the opportunity to repair their relationship.

Zhongli's sense of responsibility compels him to remain active even after retirement, continuing to linger in Liyue Harbor, doing exactly the same thing as before except for not handling certain matters in person.

Therefore, Yunxiu has put everything out in the open from the very beginning. Retirement is retirement. Try your best to bring the immortals back into the mortal world. Use the immortals' technology and strength to strengthen the world when necessary, and promote the new system properly when necessary. Why can't we learn and use the talismans of water management, the mechanisms of idle clouds, and the spatial magic of moon cutting?

Even setting aside the fact that immortals are also humans who have cultivated themselves, does technology itself necessarily have to be ranked as superior or inferior?

Being too fixated on rule by man is itself a problem.

The greatest truth is to use whichever is more useful. If Yunxiu weren't so lazy, he might have actually gone to fight the second generation of Geo God.

Therefore, most of the time, Yunxiu herself has no interest in getting involved in these matters.

Even so, Yunxiu and his own chamber of commerce still forced Yuehaiting to pass many related bills, such as the revision of the immortal retirement pension and a series of supporting measures, which were basically all forcibly pushed forward by Yunxiu.

Tian Shu and Tian Xuan are both his own people, and Ke Qing and Tian Ji are basically on his side as well, so many things are progressing very smoothly.

This is why they are relatively restrained in Liyue and Yunxiu, still considering everyone's feelings.

The Empress should thank Yunxiu for killing off all the executors of Zhidong and for sending the old nobles to see their grandfathers one by one.

"Speaking of which, will my retirement affect you and the Chamber of Commerce?" Ji Heng suddenly seemed to remember something and said, "Basically, everyone who supports you except Ke Qing has been replaced."

“Then we can let Ningguang try it out. Do we really want to play this childish game of rule by man?” Yunxiu smiled and said, “But she is a smart woman. I believe she can make the right choice. Besides, Liyue is already on the right path. Her actions are unlikely to affect the overall situation.”

"You are always doing the right thing, even if it's not necessarily the right thing they think it is."

"This is not the right thing to do; it's the choice a normal person should make."

"But if something involves too many meanings unrelated to the matter itself, it loses its humanity, and losing humanity is wrong in itself."

Yunxiu sighed; this was actually what he was most dissatisfied with.

Just like the Emperor's retirement, even if the Emperor really intends to fake his death and retire, does a father who led Liyue for five thousand years, won the war against the demon gods, and led the people to fight all his life not deserve a funeral that shares the grief of the nation?

He is not only the ruler of Liyue, but also Liyue's father.

Therefore, Yunxiu has been using the Chamber of Commerce to influence Liyue instead of participating in the Seven Stars. It's not that he's afraid of being assimilated; he has nothing to be afraid of. The main reason is that once he enters that place, someone will definitely be embarrassed, and of course, it can't be him who will be embarrassed.

To avoid making things awkward for everyone, I'd better not enter this chaotic field myself.

Ji Heng naturally had no objections. If Yun Xiu wasn't doing the right thing, why would she always be willing to stand on this side?

Neither of them spoke again, enjoying this rare moment of leisure in the evening.

In addition, they also have to do some things that they should have done a long time ago but haven't been able to prepare for because of work.

For example, having more younger siblings in the family?

Although Taranis recently became pregnant with her second child, more than six thousand years later, Serania was still very happy.

They might be the biological siblings with the largest age gap in Teyvat history, probably.

After resting at home for a few days, dealing with a bunch of matters at the Genesis Center, and handing over a lot of work to Yunxiu, who was casually handling Jiheng, Yunxiu finally returned to Mondstadt in November.

According to Skirk, this is the best time to enter the Temple of the Sky, which is through the sanatorium in Jingfu Port.

Yunxiu arrived two days early, partly because she planned to spend two days drinking in Mondstadt, and partly to accompany Taranis to find a place to rest. After all, she was the guardian angel of Arcadia and preferred to stay here.

As soon as Yunxiu brought it up, Diluc took care of everything and arranged it. Dawn Winery also had a manor in Jingfu Port, which he lent to Yunxiu directly, complete with maids and everything else.

This place is near Windmill Town. It is an estate covering about three or four hectares, surrounded by vineyards and apple orchards. The scenery and facilities are quite nice.

"Grandpa Lu is truly an aristocrat... This garden is far superior to our Yun family's." Yun Xiu lay on a lounge chair in the lawn garden of the manor, smiling as she spoke to Wendy, who had come over to mooch a drink after hearing that Taranis was also there: "Isn't the bard going to sing some wine money today?"

“Since Taranis is here, of course I have to come and see him.” Wendy smiled and looked at the group. “I was quite surprised to hear that you were going to that place. It must have been several years since anyone was arrested there.”

"Grasp?"

"Yes, you can think of the temple as a large library, where beings from various eras are constantly being captured and added, but not recently."

"Then... Ying should be able to find some key information from it, right?"