What bad intentions could the original dragon have?

He is weak in martial arts and cowardly in character. Although he is a demon god, he is of no use.

In fact, among the demons, there are many with weak divine power.

As far as Zhong Ling knows, there are Heulia, Guizhong, and Baal.

But after all, she is a demon with great wisdom, and her vision is unattainable.

Baal has a sister, Baalzebul, who is extremely powerful in combat, but more importantly, Baal has amazing talents in a series of governance aspects, including domestic affairs and foreign affairs.

And Heulia...she is kind, well, maybe that's the only thing worth praising.

"Unfortunately, in war, mercy is useless." Zhong Ling remembered her and had talked to her before.

She and her people were promised a safe haven, but Heulia refused.

Heulia is not powerful, just as Guizhong's divine power is also very weak.

However, she finally knew that by forming an alliance, she could use the power of Morax to resist the invasion of other demons and protect her people.

In the end, what you need to pay is your own wisdom.

Just like Inazuma's twin demons, Baal and Baalzebub, one is in charge of government affairs and the other is in charge of war.

It was the same in the end. At the beginning, Morax was still young, although he was more than two thousand years old at that time. However, he had no experience in leading his people, although he was not stupid and could learn.

But the times did not allow him to have so much time to study, so forming an alliance with Guizhong was a very good choice.

Uh...although the alliance with Guizhong can be said to be a covenant made by Guizhong on his own.

As for Heulia, although her divine power is weak and her authority has nothing to do with war, her power can enable her people to live a better life.

Everyone understands the value of salt, which is one of the fundamentals of people's survival.

Even if it wasn't for the salt, but just because of the principles of love among the demons, Morax and Guizhong would not reject Heulia.

If Heulia had been willing to form an alliance, this wouldn't have happened, but her obsession was too strong.

She didn't even want her people to have anything to do with the 'war'.

They believe that as long as they surrender before the fight begins, they will not be affected by the war.

With this idea in mind, she led her people into exile.

Going south to Tianheng, east to Yaoguang, west to Jueyun, north to Qingce, all the lands are desolate and all the people are suffering. Liyue is so vast that it is hard to find a peaceful place.

In the end, Heulia died, killed by her own cowardly mercy.

"But..." Zhong Ling narrowed her eyes slightly.

The special squinting habit made Zhong Ling's eyes turn into narrow and long phoenix eyes very similar to Zhong Li's.

"This person has been calling me [Rock God] from the beginning till now, and even called me Morax... so accustomed to it..." Zhong Ling felt that this person was a little weird.

As we all know, there are many names for Morax in Liyue, [Emperor Rock], [Lord Rock], and even in this era when no one remembers him, some people call Morax [Lord Kitchen].

However, people of Liyue rarely use [Geo God] or call Morax directly.

"Assassination?!" Paimon's eyes widened in disbelief. "Zhongli, is this true?"

"I think there should be no need for assassination." Zhong Ling pursed her lips and said this from a mortal's perspective. "The strength of [Emperor Rock King] is unparalleled, and he is even called the [God of War]. If that's the case, why would he need to use assassination to kill an enemy?"

"Having said that...but [Iran God] is the victor after all...history is written by the victors, right?" Although Wan Yan knew that her words were very dangerous, the faith in her heart drove her to say so.

"Well...indeed." From a mortal's perspective, it is true.

Anyway, Morax is the winner, and it is Morax who has the final say on how history books should be written.

"I do know a little about the history of the Salt Demon." Zhongli said with his arms folded across his chest. "However, the truth of this history buried in time may not be what you want."

C.4 Lonely Cloud Pavilion

"It's actually the Fatui? These days, the Fatui have been beaten to a pulp by Ningguang in diplomacy. If it weren't for Ningguang's idea of ​​sustainable development, the Fatui would have had one or two arms chopped off by Ningguang this time." Zhong Ling looked at Clement, a member of the Fatui who suddenly came out and said he wanted to hire Zhongli.

However, his documents were complete, so there was no way to trouble him.

"But having said that, the two executive officers of the Fatui, the Lady, have already hurried back to the Kingdom of Winter, while the Young Master has been expelled from the country."

Although there is indeed evidence that [Young Master] has done a lot of bad things, to a certain extent, none of the crimes that can be proven are very serious.

There is nothing that can be done about this. After all, there is no evidence that can directly prove that the [Demon of the Whirlpool] was released by the [Young Master].

Therefore, the only crime that can be charged against [Young Master] is the attack on the 'Golden House'...Although it is also a serious crime, it is not punishable by death.

In this case, Liyue is not qualified to directly execute the high-ranking officials of Zhidong.

If it were just a crime like this, the worst that could happen would be that the [Young Master] would be expelled from the country.

Of course, in this situation, after [Young Master] was expelled, it would be very difficult for him to come to Liyue again.

"Come in, the actions of the Fatui have been greatly restricted. Even within the Fatui, there are already many voices of dissatisfaction with the Young Master."

"Ha~you deserve it." Ying shrugged, wanting to laugh when she thought about that idiot being sent back to his country.

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"Isn't this too outrageous? It's only been a short time, and even the new 'Guoyun Pavilion' has already seen Hilichurls?" Zhongli said that many antiques that had sunk to the bottom of the sea were washed ashore by the waves caused by the [Demon of the Whirlpool]. In addition, many Liyue people recently said that they had picked up ancient weapons thousands of years old on the shore, so Clement chose to come to the 'Guoyun Pavilion' first to take a look.

As a result, not only were the antiques not found, but they were also attacked by the Hillicrucians.

"How on earth could creatures like the Hillichuls cross the ocean and reach 'Guoyun Pavilion'?" Ying shook her head and said.

"Maybe you misunderstood?" Zhong Ling looked at the huge sword mountain only two or three kilometers away from them. "The sword that [Yuan Jun] used to kill [Demon God of Whirlpool] was just one of the swords of the 'Guyun Pavilion'. Apart from that sword, everything else is the same as the 'Guyun Pavilion' in the past, and there is not much change."

Of course, it does not mean that there are no changes. When the [Demon of the Whirlpool] died and his power collapsed, the terrible whirlpool formed did crush one or two rock spears, and also swept in and crushed some of the 'islands' of the 'Guyun Pavilion' that were not visible above the sea.

Although on the surface, it seems that "Guoyun Pavilion" has only added a huge sword mountain, but in fact, there are huge changes under the invisible sea surface.

"So these Hillil people have always been here, and they didn't just arrive recently." Zhong Ling explained.

"Okay, okay, who would be interested in the Hilichurls?" Clement waved his hands irritably. He had no interest in how the Hilichurls came to the 'Guoyun Pavilion'.

The only thing he was interested in was how to get antiques and make money.

Otherwise, it would be a huge loss to spend so much money to invite Zhongli, a guest official from the "Wangsheng Hall".

"Speaking of which, do you have a kind of magic called... um..." Clement pondered for a moment, he couldn't remember the name of the strange book. "Talisman... No, no... Pill... No, no... Oh! By the way, don't you have a kind of magic called [External Scenery] in Liyue?"

"That's true. Why do you bring this up suddenly?" Zhong Ling asked with some confusion.

"The so-called [External Scenery Technique] should be the same as the secret realm... If the person who built the secret realm..."

"Ah! You guy, are you coveting Ling...coveting the treasure of [Cangming Yuanjun]?" Paimeng realized the real intention of this guy.

“What? This is also part of archaeology, right? I have reported it to the Liyue General Affairs Department, and all exploration results will be shared with the official. Don’t use such vulgar terms to describe this sacred scientific research work of archaeology.” Clement said hurriedly.

"..." Although he spoke very urgently, unfortunately, no one believed him.

"【External Scenery Technique】is one of the immortal secret techniques, which can construct a cave, also known as a secret realm." Zhong Ling explained. "But it is different from a secret realm."

"Most of the secret realms are connected to the earth veins and are maintained by the power of the earth veins, while the cave heavens constructed by the [External Scenery Technique] are maintained by immortal power. Although the two are very similar, they are different."

"If the builder of the [External Scenery Technique] encounters an accident, the cave will be without immortal power to maintain it and will collapse soon. As for when this time will be, there is no way to know."

"I didn't expect that Miss Zhong Ling is so familiar with the magical arts of immortals." Wan Yan said to Zhong Ling in shock.

"It's just that I read more books." Zhong Ling waved her hand. "By the way, it is said that the financial strength of [Yuan Jun] is unparalleled in the world. Except for [Emperor] of Mora himself, no one can compete with [Yuan Jun] in terms of financial strength."

"It can even be said that the Emperor only has infinite Mora, while the Yuan Lord's wealth is reflected in every aspect."

"Not only that, [Yuan Jun]'s skills are even more outstanding." Zhongli added for Zhong Ling. "Each word is worth a thousand gold, and [Yuan Jun]'s writing is perfectly interpreted."

These two guys, one the richest in theory and the other the richest in reality, worked together to dig a big hole for the "Fools" named Clement.

How could they not see that the identity of this so-called archaeologist Clement was of almost zero value and he just wanted to find some antiques to sell for money.

However, neither Zhongli nor Zhong Ling lied, they told the truth from beginning to end.

If the owner of the cave dies, the cave will collapse, and the things in the cave will fly everywhere like monsters in a game that explode when they die.

And [Cangming Yuanjun] is indeed the richest person in Teyvat, and no one can compare with him.

It is true that a word is worth a thousand pieces of gold, and it does have this value.

But...the basis of all this is that [Cangming Yuanjun] is really dead.

But in fact, [Cangming Yuanjun] is not only not dead, she is also playing tricks here with another guy who is also faking his death and doing nothing.

Therefore, Clement's trip...will inevitably result in a total loss of all his money.

Oh, not necessarily. Just as Zhongli said, the [Demon of the Whirlpool] did roll up quite a few antiques. If we can find some of them, we can make a fortune.

But this is very difficult.

C.5 The cave has not collapsed yet

"It seems that Yuan Jun's cave has not yet reached the point of collapse." After wandering around the 'Guoyun Pavilion' for a long time, Zhong Ling and Ying went back to look for someone.

The scenery of 'Guoyun Pavilion' is indeed extremely strange and magnificent, especially after the appearance of Jianshan.

With Jianshan as the center, small whirlpools would occasionally appear around it.

But what is more terrifying than the whirlpool is the remnants of the demon god. The remnants left by the demon god can be found in every country, and are also called "evil spirits", "weird", "evil spirits", "demon god's grudges"...

These things are truly scary.

It has affected the monsters in the 'Guyun Pavilion', causing various changes in the monsters.

For example, the hillbillies emitting black air, the slimes with terrifying colors, and even some seabirds were contaminated by the remains of the demon god and became more aggressive.

Unfortunately, this is something that cannot be resolved. Even Morax, who is also a demon god, cannot eliminate the hatred of the demon god who was killed.

This is something that can only be washed away by time.

"Tsk, what a pity." Clement's face was filled with disappointment when he heard that Yuanjun's cave had not collapsed yet.

After all, someone has just said that the value of [Cangming Yuanjun]'s belongings is ridiculously high.

"Eh? Linglong, travelers, look, those Hillilks are stewing wild boars! Why are there blue wild boars?" Paimon was surprised to find that not far away there was a group of Hillilks exuding an ominous aura, jumping around a blue wild boar.

"Is that a water shapeshifter?" Zhong Ling recognized what it was at the first sight.

"Water Phantom? In other words, it's made of water, purer water than water slime?" Paimon knew.

"So, these hill people are actually boiling water?"

"Yes, indeed." Zhong Ling's gaze fell to the side.

At this moment, a shadow flashed by, and a sharp emerald green edge swept past.

The hillbilly who was jumping around just now and exuding an ominous aura had his neck separated from his body.

The Hillilchur man, whose life force was cut off, fell to the ground and died.

A figure who could not be seen when looking up appeared among the corpses of the hill people. The emerald spear in his hand pierced into the body of the wild boar water phantom beast. He twisted the spear and crushed the wild boar water phantom beast directly.

"Ah, it's him." Ying pointed at the figure.

"That is..." Wan Yan looked at the figure and was stunned for a moment. "Could it be the legendary... [Guardian Yaksha]?!"

Wan Yan's expression was a little off. She took a half step back in fear, but then she seemed to think of something and regained her composure.

[Guardian Yaksha] is different from ordinary immortals. The ordinary [Three-eyed and Five-manifested Immortal] is regarded as auspicious. Whenever he appears, people will worship him and pray that he can eliminate disasters for them.

The appearance of [Guardian Yaksha] is often accompanied by killing.

But in fact, the [Guardian Yakshas] are not evil. They kill to protect lives. Whenever they appear, it is time to fight.

Up to now, the [Guardian Yakshas] have been fighting with the remnants of the demons on the land of Liyue for thousands of years.

"Hmm?" Instantly, a young immortal wearing a Nuo mask appeared in front of them. "It's you."

"Why are you here?" He had already received a message from Zhong Ling. [Cangming Yuanjun] was dead. Now she was either a mortal or a half-immortal. Therefore, if you meet her on weekdays, you must not be too respectful. "Baqiu died here not long ago. The resentment of the demon gods is everywhere here. It is fatal to the body of a mortal. If there is nothing important, leave as soon as possible."

Xiao's voice was very flat, and although he was trying to dissuade others, he was just saying a few words casually.

On ordinary days, when Xiao sees a mortal, he will casually give them a few reminders.

As for whether the reminder is useful... Anyway, I have already advised you, and whether you listen or not is your own business. If you are accidentally affected by the battle, then you can only say that you are unlucky.

After saying this, he glanced secretly at Zhong Ling and Zhong Li, then turned into a streak of light and disappeared in an instant.

"Disappeared...disappeared?" Clement looked at the place where Xiao disappeared in shock.

He was also one of the [Faint People·Fire Debt Handlers] and possessed impressive combat capabilities. Naturally, he could tell that the disappeared young man was much stronger than himself.