Seeker of Teyvat

Outside the store, the employees who had followed Zhongli shouted to the boss, "I'll pay 20,000 Mora."

"I'll pay twenty-five thousand."

"I'll pay thirty thousand."

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After a while, the price actually went up to over 100,000.

Wang Dao frowned. Neither [A Beauty in a Golden House] nor [A Cluster of Flowers] was worth the price, not to mention a newly bred and unstable new flower plant.

Wang Daoyi turned his puzzled look to Zhongli.

"Look, there is no other contract, nor any precise instructions. Just a few words from an 'expert' and they all rushed in. The only contract in a place like this is that you are not responsible once you buy it. Picking up a bargain is your ability, and being at a disadvantage is your lack of ability."

Zhongli's lips moved slightly, and his voice appeared beside Wang Daoyi's ears, "How about it, there is no such situation in the desert."

Wang Dao shook his head. Of course there is no such situation in the desert. Not to mention that there is no such place as flower and bird market in the desert. In the desert, if you spend 100,000 Mora to buy a flower, your tribesmen will dare to cut you into pieces.

This is a serious waste of resources. How many people can be fed by buying food from the rainforest with 100,000 Moras? If you buy a flower, are the petals made of gold or the stem?

Bah, even if the flower is made entirely of gold, it’s not worth 100,000 Mora!

"Haha, there was no such place in Liyue before. However, with the release of Mora and the passage of the Liyue treasure ship to the seven kingdoms, such places gradually appeared."

There was also a hint of emotion in Zhongli's voice.

Three thousand seven hundred years ago, he had not anticipated that Liyue would develop to its current level.

At that time, Liyue was just a small village composed of a group of ordinary people, and I... met them in that way.

Memories flooded into his mind, and Zhongli looked at Wang Daoyi with a smile.

I wonder how this child will view his current encounter with the People of the Sand thousands of years from now.

"Let's go. They'll have to fight for a while. We can leave now."

Zhongli's voice appeared in Wang Daoyi's ears, waking him up from his deep thought.

The two of them quickly left the flower and bird market.

"Where does Your Majesty want to go next?" Wang Daoyi asked.

Zhongli raised his head slightly and looked at the sky: "Oh... Look at the sky, it should be time for dinner now!"

Wang Daoyi understood immediately and suggested, "Then let's go back to Wangsheng Hall to have lunch?"

"Before leaving, Hall Master Hu said he wanted to prepare a beautiful banquet for his friends in Mond, and he also took the chef from the Wangsheng Hall with him."

"...Then let's go to Wanmin Hall for a meal?"

"Recently... the little ghost guy at the entrance of Wanmin Hall has been too noisy."

After a round of conversation, Wang Daoyi looked at Zhongli's eyes as he glanced at Feiyunpo and said helplessly: "Emperor, before coming here, Miss Yiguan asked me to remind you that your current standard for a meal is 1000 Mora. Although it is still a lot, Xinyuexuan... you may not be able to afford it."

Zhongli smiled slightly and looked at Wang Daoyi.

Guess why I'm looking at you?

"...Xinyuexuan, I'll treat you, please do me the honor, Your Majesty." Wang Daoyi's mouth twitched. He knew that he couldn't escape this meal. There was nothing he could do. It was because he had to ask for help.

He did have something he wanted to ask Zhongli about, regarding 'fate' and 'time'.

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With a smile on his face, Zhongli walked into Xinyuexuan, came to a private room as if he was familiar with the place, picked up the menu, and ordered more than a dozen dishes without hesitation.

Then he looked at Wang Daoyi, whose mouth was twitching, and said with a hint of teasing: "Why, is there any other dish you want? Didn't I order it?"

There was a hint of smile in Zhongli's eyes. Compared to the ignorant little guy he used to be, this Wang Dao was now more interesting when he teased him.

"No, no, I'm just a little impressed that you, Your Majesty, know so much about food." Wang Daoyi raised his thumb and looked aggrieved.

"Oh, you are so sarcastic. Never mind. I won't tease you anymore. Tell me, what is it that you are looking for me for this time?"

Zhongli looked at Wang Daoyi's aggrieved expression, smiled and waved his hand, asking Wang Daoyi to get straight to the point.

Seeing the disdain in Zhongli's eyes, Wang Dao smiled, put away his aggrieved expression, and sat next to Zhongli.

"Do you know the old dean of Tongwen College?"

Thinking of the old man who carried the breath of time, Wang Daoyi was filled with curiosity.

"Of course I know him. He once fought with me. Why are you curious about him?"

Before the food was served, Zhongli poured himself a cup of tea.

Wang Daoyi seriously suspected that Zhongli liked to come here to eat because he liked the tea here.

"I'm very curious. When I met him before, I felt a very pure breath of time from him."

"The breath of time, you are not mistaken, he is indeed blessed by time."

"But time... didn't that person already fall?"

As far as Wang Daoyi knew, no matter where the information came from, the Ruler of Time, Istaru, had already fallen.

"Istaru, he is truly a merciful god."

There was a hint of sigh in Zhongli's tone, "You can feel the breath of time. I guess that guy Barbatos has already handed the things to you."

Although it was a question, Zhongli's tone was unusually certain.

He knew Wang Daoyi too well. Without the thing in Barbatos's hand, Wang Daoyi would not have been able to sense the breath of time.

Chapter 331 The Second Holy Relic

"Hehe, no wiser than an emperor, the God of Wind did give me a sacred relic."

Wang Daoyi didn't want to hide Zhongli, or in other words, Wang Daoyi absolutely believed in Zhongli.

Most of his current strength comes from gifts from Zhongli.

Zhongli and Nasida are destined to be Wang Daoyi's most important allies in the future. There is only the deepest secret between them that needs to be hidden.

Everything else can be communicated frankly.

Stretching out his hand, a small pendulum appeared in Wang Daoyi's hand,

The pendulum of Istaru, the holy relic.

Zhongli looked at the pendulum in Wang Daoyi's hand and just nodded without any intention of taking it and taking a look.

"It's this little gadget. Istaru left Barbatos the last 'relic'. I didn't expect that Barbatos guy to give this to you so early."

Zhongli said exclamatory words, but his tone was still calm, making people confused whether this matter was important or not.

"The person you call the old dean, his name... never mind, he himself doesn't want to leave his name, so I don't want to mention it either, so just call him the old dean."

Originally, he wanted to tell Wang Dao the name of the old dean, but Zhongli paused and did not say it yet.

"Just like you became my favored person, the old dean became Istaru's favored person by chance and gained a trace of the power of time."

"As you know, even if the demon gods disappear, their power and will will not disappear. However, some demon gods leave behind resentment and cause harm for thousands of years, while others sacrifice themselves and return their power to heaven and earth."

"You have inherited Akhmar's authority. You should be able to notice that Akhmar, as a powerful god, has not left any trace of the demon god. This is because he chose to sacrifice himself."

"And Istaru is the same."

Zhongli rarely told a lot of secrets,

"In a certain disaster, the ruler of time chose to sacrifice. His power turned into a thousand winds and circulated in every corner of the world of Teyvat. And the old dean also obtained the opportunity in his own opportunity. A little gift.”

Wang Dao nodded slightly, but then thought of another question: "Then... why didn't the old dean choose to go to Sky Island? With his strength, he is not weaker than Mond's Vanessa, right?"

"Going to the Sky Island... That's not a good choice. The throne above the sky has never been reserved for mortals."

"A person with the Eye of God can be called the [Original God], but what's the price?"

"I am the God of Contract. In my understanding, everything must have a price. Mortals obtain the Eye of God through strong desire, so what is the price?"

Zhong Li said softly and turned his gaze to Wang Daoyi, with a lingering warning in his eyes.

What is the price of God's Eye?

Zhongli's sudden question stopped Wang Daoyi.

As one of the most important things in Teyvat's worldview, the Eye of God, what its price will be, Wang Daoyi has never thought about this.

But it is not that Wang Daoyi has never been exposed to the secrets about the Eye of God.

When he first came into contact with the Great Ci Tree King, the gentle god told him that after he accepted the Eye of God, the sky would no longer continue to be malicious to him.

At that time, Wang Daoyi’s understanding was that God’s Eye was an alternative kind of household registration.

But now it seems that the reason why the sky does not retaliate against him with malice is because after accepting the Eye of God, a different price was paid.

What's the price?

The conditions for obtaining the Eye of God are that when a person makes a choice at the turning point of fate, and the desire must be firm and strong enough, the gods in the sky will cast their sights and grant the Eye of God.

So, the price... is it a strong and firm desire?

Think about it, Lei Movie collected the hearts of gods to create a statue with thousands of hands and hundreds of eyes, wasn’t it just to pursue eternity and get closer to the principles of heaven?

The pursuit of eternity in thunder movies comes from the true nature of thunder and lightning.

Thunderbolt True, this demon god whose wisdom even Zhongli admired, his god’s name is [Baal],

Although there is a deviation in the understanding of eternity between the shadow and the real ones, there is no doubt that eternity is close to heaven, and the image of thousands of hands and hundreds of eyes can help eternity get closer to heaven.

But in the pure land of one heart, those wishes gathered on the statue of Thousand Hands and Hundred Eyes were used by Yae Shenzi to become Ying's helper.

Judging from the information currently available to Wang Daoyi,

The Eye of God - a strong and firm desire - assists eternity in approaching heaven - assists travelers in defeating Thunder Movie.

There doesn't seem to be any particular correlation.

However, Wang Daoyi still captured a message: there must be something special about a strong and firm desire.

"The world needs fuel to run!"

An idea suddenly appeared in Wang Daoyi's heart, and it became stronger and stronger.

On the other side, Zhongli's eyes showed a flicker, and then he picked up the tea cup: "It seems that you already have your own ideas."

"Is Sky Island a scam?" Wang Daoyi asked in disbelief.

Zhongli shook his head: "That's not entirely true. However, there will naturally be some price for a mortal to ascend the throne of Sky Island, so the old dean is unwilling to ascend the throne of Sky Island."

"He would rather wait for death in the mortal world than ascend to the throne of Sky Island..."

Wang Daoyi could not imagine what kind of price would be more desperate than watching himself die slowly.

"Well, I can only tell you so much about the old dean. If you still want to know about him, ask him yourself next time."

Zhongli ended the topic and continued, "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Just as Wang Daoyi was about to speak, there was a knock on the door of the private room. It was the waiter who was about to serve the food.

"Let's talk after dinner, don't let the delicious food live up to you."

Zhongli said, then picked up the chopsticks and ignored Wang Daoyi.

One after another delicacies were served on the table.

Zhongli was very satisfied.

Wang Daoyi wanted to cry, this was all his mora.

Although as the owner of the desert, the Lord of Red Sand, he apparently owns the wealth of the entire desert, but in fact, Wang Daoyi is still very poor.

With the little oil and water in the desert, it is difficult to maintain the operation of Chisha. Wang Daoyi still needs to allocate material assistance from the Imperial Academy.

There is no way to fill Wang Daoyi's pocket.

When he thought that as a 'god', he was getting poorer and poorer, Wang Daoyi couldn't help but sigh,

Once upon a time, before he embarked on the path of God, he was also wealthy.

Are Teyvat's laws biased against gods? Why do gods fail to save money for various reasons?

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