I can copy the beautiful girl

The True Lord Liuyunjiefeng is baring his fangs and claws.

Oh, she has no teeth and her claws grip the ground, so she dances with her beak open - is that important?

The important thing is, I seem to have been misunderstood!

This won’t do. If the plot continues to develop like this, I might be regarded as the murderer of the Rock King.

After all, killing the emperor, seizing power and usurping the throne is a very easy plot to imagine, right?

If I were truly considered the murderer, I wouldn't be afraid, but wouldn't that allow the true Emperor's killer, Zhongli, to go unpunished? Is that even permissible?!

Of course not.

So, realizing the danger, I immediately started to explain: "You are mistaken."

"You have misunderstood. Let me explain this matter to you."

The calm words that suddenly interrupted the scene made everyone look over.

Oh my god, Zhongli, you came so fast!

Yes, the one who suddenly appeared in the Qun Yu Pavilion was Zhongli, the guest official of the Wangsheng Hall, the real murderer of Emperor Yanwang.

All the Qianyan soldiers present fainted, obviously it was his doing.

It is very obvious that Zhongli has been paying attention to the development of the situation, so he was able to arrive so timely.

However, why did this killer suddenly appear at this moment?

...I suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Emperor, you are indeed fine."

When the immortals saw Zhongli, they all breathed a sigh of relief and immediately surrounded him.

"Why is this happening?"

"What was that before?"

The immortals were very surprised, but people including Wang Xiaomei were all confused.

"Emperor?" Ganyu looked at Zhongli in surprise. "True Lord, is this... the Emperor?"

Ningguang looked at me. "Traveler, didn't you say that this Mr. Zhongli... was the murderer of the Emperor?"

"Yes, he was the one who killed him. If you don't believe me, ask him himself."

Is now the time to talk about this?! My foreboding feeling is rising!

"To some extent, I did kill the Rock King." Zhongli admitted and nodded, "In order to allow the new Rock God to take the throne."

"..."

Zhongli, do you want to take a look at what the hell you are talking about?

"You all seem confused, so let me explain everything."

Zhongli sighed and said calmly:

"As you all know, I have spent over six thousand years in this world. It was three thousand seven hundred years ago that I founded Liyue with the immortals."

"The rock that cannot be broken by the whirlpool will also be worn away by the erosion of time. It's just that I have been convincing myself that the day when it will be worn away and cracked has not come yet."

"Until one rainy day, I was walking in the harbor and heard a merchant praise his subordinates: "You have completed your duties. Now go and rest."

“At that time, I stood for a long time among the crowd, repeatedly asking myself, ‘Have I fulfilled my duty?’”

"To put it simply, I'm finally tired."

Zhongli glanced at everyone, then fixed his gaze on me and said in a calm and serious tone:

"So, I began to look for someone who could succeed the Rock God."

I looked into his eyes expressionlessly.

Zhongli remained calm, "It is this traveler. From now on, he will be Liyue's new Geogod."

"I refuse. The Rock God and the like have nothing to do with me. My next duty is to be Keqing's personal secretary."

What a mess! Stop fooling me. What does the Rock God mean to me? Only Keqing's black stockings mean anything to me, okay?

Zhongli's expression remained unchanged as he said calmly, "When you become the Geogoddess, you can have Keqing be your personal secretary."

"I am Liyue's new Geo God."

I straightened my collar and looked serious.

"Keqing, from now on you will be my personal secretary."

"Is this person really alright?! Emperor, I understand that you are old and your eyesight is blurry, so could you please check your brain and eyes before deciding on the successor?!"

"Disrespectful to the gods."

I looked at Keqing reprimandingly, feeling heartbroken.

"How dare you be so disrespectful to the late emperor? No, you are so disrespectful to the Supreme God. You really need to be punished. It's decided. When I take over, I will first take away your Seven Stars position. As a punishment, you will sit on my lap while working."

"Emperor!!!!"

Keqing pointed at me, blushing, then glared at Zhongli.

Zhongli looked away: "Let's go to the Qun Yu Pavilion and find a quiet place to talk."

Volume 132: Chapter Liyue Has No Future

"It's all a joke, but now let's explain it seriously again."

Although I was accidentally moved before, but after calming down and thinking about it, I realized that being a rock god is too troublesome, so I decided to give up.

So, after finding a random chair in the Jade Pavilion and sitting down, I asked bluntly, "Mr. Zhongli, what exactly do you mean? You should know that the throne is still safe and sound on you, right?"

"Wait, Emperor, what exactly does this mean?"

"Come to think of it, the throne of God can't be inherited by anyone casually, right?"

"But the power he just displayed is no different from that of the Emperor. It undoubtedly contains the authority of the Rock God Throne."

"What's going on? Why am I getting more and more confused?"

The immortals are still confused.

In fact, Zhongli must have been full of doubts, but he remained calm and even wanted to change his plan and give me the position of the Geo God. That's really awesome.

Now, facing the immortals' questioning, he remained calm, looking at me and simply asked, "Don't you want to become a rock god?"

"Do I think I'm suitable to be a Rock God?"

"It's a good fit," Zhongli said matter-of-factly. "You're calm, wise, and possess eyes that can see through the world. You have a long-term vision and are responsible. If you can become the Geogod, I can rest assured about Liyue."

"Uh, Zhongli, are you sure that's the guy you're talking about?" Paimon pointed at me, a look of astonishment on his face. "Are you and I the same person? Even if you're desperate to retire, don't be so perfunctory about finding a successor... or even a successor god. Isn't that irresponsible to Liyue?"

"Paimon, you are too prejudiced against me. Mr. Zhongli is worthy of being Mr. Zhongli. He is truly my lifelong confidant!"

"Please have some self-awareness! If I let you become the Rock God, I doubt you'd even come up with a law requiring Nanahoshi and Yue Haiting's secretaries to wear stockings at work!"

"Oh my god, you're really a good idea, Paimon. I'm suddenly interested in becoming the Rock God again. It seems pretty good when I think about it."

"Your Majesty, did you hear that? I advise you to seriously reconsider. If he becomes the God of Geo, who knows what kind of place the whole of Liyue will become where gods and demons run rampant." Even though Ningguang didn't dare to speak, Keqing made no secret of her doubts.

"I'm serious." Zhongli took a sip of tea and said calmly, "After traveling with you for a while, I've gotten to know you a little better. I don't think my understanding is wrong."

"You are truly my confidant, an iron one. But since you know me, you should know that I really don't want to take this responsibility."

Yes, I'm not kidding, I'm really a very responsible man.

If I really become the God of Geo, I will definitely take on the corresponding responsibilities, such as making a law that women must wear stockings, or a law about the right of first night, or a law that Keqing, Ganyu, and Ningguang have the obligation to sleep with me - I will definitely take on responsibilities like these. Just thinking about it makes me feel great. It's not too troublesome, so forget it.

"You don't need to do anything. Just give Liyue some guidance on its development direction every year. Don't you want to do a good job with only one day of work a year?"

"Why don't you want to do such a good job?"

Are you trying to trick me? Are you dreaming?

Do you think you are the only one who has experienced wear and tear?

I tell you, you are too sweet when comparing with me in terms of wear and tear - you dare to talk about wear and tear after only a few thousand years, I have even gained experience in confrontation through wear and tear, what did I say?

"Don't you want Keqing to be your secretary anymore?"

"Well…"

To be honest, I want to.

"Don't you want Ganyu to be your secretary anymore?"

"Woo..."

To be honest, I want to.

"Don't you want Ningguang to be your secretary anymore?"

“Mmm…”

To be honest, I want to.

"Is it possible that even with such generous treatment, you still can't choose to work?"

"Uh…"

It seems... uh... it seems like there's really nothing unacceptable after hearing this?

"Why do I have a feeling that the Emperor is asking us to sell ourselves?"

"Is this really the Emperor?"

"Could it be that the Emperor has truly passed away, and this is just an imposter?"

Keqing, Ganyu, and Ningguang each expressed their dissatisfaction clearly in their whispers, which made Zhongli look over.

"Don't worry. Although he's so powerful that even I find him unfathomable, he's not someone who relies on power to do whatever he wants. He's not someone who's controlled by desires. Quite the opposite. He controls and manipulates his desires at will."

Zhongli asserted this.

"So, although I am indeed using you as bargaining chips in the contract, you won't lose anything... because as long as you don't want to, he will never force you to do anything you don't want to do."

"Well, that's true." Paimon nodded. "Although he is lustful, greedy, shameless, and lazy, he is really not a bad person."

Thank you, Paimon.

You are praising me, right?

It really makes me feel refreshed when I’m praised (or scolded).

Zhongli looked at me again: "Well, do you want to accept this treatment? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

“…Is it true that you only work one day a year?”

"If you want to be like Barbatos in Mondstadt and never go to work, that's fine."

He is still fooling me.

Are you really Zhongli? Are you Venti in disguise?

Barbatos never goes to work?

Indeed, he really did not seem to be attending work at all, and had no serious work at all - but when had Mond ever not attended work when something really important happened?!

I understand. You just want to use the title of Geo God to tie me to Liyue and make me the so-called honorary Geo God, right?

It doesn’t matter whether I go to work or not. Anyway, if something really happens in Liyue in the future, I won’t be able to escape, right?

How vicious.

...But if you think about it carefully, it seems like nothing will happen in Liyue in the next few years, right?

In other words, this is really just welfare without any responsibility!

Of course, from a plot perspective, something might happen in the entire Teyvat in the future, but when that time really comes, it’s impossible for me to just ignore everything, right?

In other words, the benefits are all there, and the disadvantages are completely invisible now.

Besides, I'm already an Honorary Knight, so what's the big deal about being an Honorary Rock God?

So do I still have room for hesitation?

"Can I really touch Keqing's black stockings?"