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"Then just any Lord of Something will do," Shen Zhigui didn't care about this, and just said, "But suppose he leaves suddenly, and a demon god happens to hear the news in Liyue and breaks the seal to rush out. At this time, the immortals don't know why Morax left. Although they may not be willing to believe that Morax left, they will definitely subconsciously suspect that humans did something that made Morax unhappy, so those immortals may not be willing to continue to protect humans after Morax leaves. Then, humans will most likely be unable to face the demon god who broke the seal. In this case, isn't it the best choice to nominate you to become the next Lord of Something? You are the best bridge to bridge the contradictions between immortals and humans, because you have a good relationship with those immortals, and you have worked as the secretary of Qixing in Yuehai Pavilion for thousands of years. You are very familiar with the big and small affairs of Liyue. At this time, who else can save Liyue but you?"

Chapter 37: Between Man and God (Part 1)

Ganyu had never thought that it was possible to make such an assumption from this perspective.

Although in reality, she didn't think the Emperor would really leave like that.

Not to mention that she will become the next Rock King as Shen Zhigui said.

So, these words are probably just a further and more absurd assumption to counter Keqing's unfounded worry, right?

But Keqing was obviously not someone who could be easily persuaded by words. In addition, the person who denied her seemed to have a complicated relationship with her. So Ganyu heard Keqing hesitate for a moment and then said firmly: "But maintaining the status quo is just avoiding the problem."

"Then what is your so-called fundamental solution to the problem, Master Yuhengxing?" She saw the boy's sharp eyebrows raised, and said in surprise, "Isn't it just going to the grassroots to catch a few criminals all day long and then hastily write a plan and hand it to the person in charge and then go to another area to do the same thing?"

"Then what can you do?"

"If I could come up with a solution, I could take your place."

Shen Zhigui said.

"Humph!"

Keqing immediately exhaled a breath of foul air from her nostrils.

"But I can be sure that according to your current approach, even if you will not nominate Miss Ganyu to become the next Rock King as I said, you can still solve the troubles caused by the demon god who broke the seal and the accountability of the immortals, but in the end you will just be patching up according to the framework designed by Morax long ago. Even the most advanced mechanical creation in your territory, which is also a weapon that can threaten the demon god, seems to be the return machine designed and invented by the Demon God of Dust Hagentus thousands of years ago and then improved by the True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, right? So in terms of martial arts, in fact, no matter what, you are just relying on the legacy of the demon god and the immortals, and in terms of civil governance, you are no match for Morax..."

When Keqing heard this, she couldn't help but interrupt Shen Zhigui: "Moracus is a god after all, and we are human. Of course, humans know themselves better than gods do! Not to mention that He only appears once a year. The real governance work is still done by us, the Seven Stars!"

"Perhaps you are right, but in fact, his transcendent divinity may be more suitable for governing humans, because humans are only humans after all, and they have all kinds of weaknesses. They always consider things from a human perspective. I don't know what the election process of the Seven Stars of Liyue is like, but Lord Yuhengxing, you are in a high position at such a young age. There must be a lot of people with vested interests behind you supporting you, right? Maybe Lord Yuhengxing, you have a clean character and treat your subordinates equally after becoming one of the Seven Stars of Liyue, but others will not regard them as your faction just because they can nominate you as one of the Seven Stars of Liyue. ? And as long as they have this label, in many cases, they don't even have to take the initiative to do anything, they will naturally get certain preferential treatment and support, not to mention that Tianquanxing will be biased towards his own business plan when formulating policies, acting as both a referee and an athlete. Morax has no vested interests with anyone, so he can always look at problems impartially with his own standards. No one can buy him off, which is why I say Miss Ganyu is his natural successor, because over the years, no one has been able to buy Miss Ganyu off and have a deeper exchange of interests with her-"

When Ganyu heard this, she lowered her head slightly in embarrassment, and then she heard Keqing take a deep breath:

"So you're not going to help me no matter what, are you?"

"If you, Lord Yuhengxing, still do things in that way, I guess I won't be able to help you much, right?"

"My...style of doing things?"

"It's probably like someone wants a child so they find a hundred women and want to create the birth of that child in three days..."

"Dirty!"

Keqing's face suddenly turned red.

Obviously, few people dare to tell dirty jokes in front of her.

"Then if a woman wants a child, she can find a hundred men..."

"Shameless!"

The girl's face suddenly turned pale.

Shen Zhigui thought that this was just a matter of swapping the positions of men and women, so how could being obscene become shameless?

But he just said in the end: "In short, Master Yuhengxing, if you still think that people will die eventually and go to the Wangsheng Hall to order a coffin in advance, you might as well send me to the Wangsheng Hall in advance to lie in the coffin!"

Anyway, if I help you, I will probably be working 996 all year round, or even 007. You are the heir to a family of real estate tycoons in Liyue. No matter how capitalists work 007, they can be said to be fighting for their own careers. Why should I work 007 with you?

For love?

Shen Zhigui imagined that after marrying into Keqing's family, he would have to work during the day and at night, and he wouldn't even have the time to sleep in bed freely. He shuddered immediately:

Although he had thought about Keqing in that aspect, after all, Keqing was indeed a beautiful girl with perfect appearance, but when he thought of that horrifying picture, all his thoughts and good impressions disappeared in an instant.

Is that the way human beings should live?

Even worse than animals.

"I understand."

Keqing just nodded slightly, then turned and left without any hesitation.

Although after turning the stairs, she stood there, looking at the full moon in the sky, without saying a word for a long time.

Gan Yu and Shen Zhigui were the only ones left at the table, staring at each other.

Shen Zhigui thought that this person was also a workaholic, so he didn't want to say anything more. But Gan Yu suddenly said, "Mr. Shen, your theory is very..."

Ganyu couldn't find an exact adjective for a moment.

You may say he is talking nonsense, but his argument is quite convincing; but if you say he is having a serious discussion, he will probably look at you with a puzzled look, leaving you with a half-smile.

So in the end, Ganyu could only say: "Your theory is very interesting."

"so?"

Shen Zhigui just asked.

"So do you really think that if the day comes when the Emperor no longer protects Liyue, I should step forward and become the next Emperor?"

Shen Zhigui was confused about Gan Yu's intention for a moment, but he still said it honestly: "It depends on what you think. If you are just looking for a bridge to maintain the relationship between humans and immortals, then it doesn't necessarily have to be you. Even Yan Fei is a suitable candidate, but such a person will most likely just be a rubber stamp-like mascot. And if you want to find a true 'Emperor', I'm afraid you are indeed the only suitable candidate."

Chapter 38: Between Man and God (Part 2)

"But according to Keqing, a true emperor would only further keep humanity alive in the cradle and hinder its development, right?"

Ganyu just spoke in a soft voice.

"Even though the Rock King Emperor is in power to suppress the Demon God, there are still many problems caused by the remains of the Demon God. After he leaves, these problems will become more acute and serious. By then, it will no longer be a question of whether to develop or not, right?"

Although Shen Zhigui knew that Zhongli would still stay in Liyue Harbor and silently protect this country.

But he always felt that Keqing's idea was not worth promoting:

Wouldn’t it be good to have a good relationship with the immortals?

Putting aside other things, you should establish a good relationship with Master Liuyun Jiefeng, and then ask her for the manufacturing method of Guizhongji. Even if you cannot manufacture it according to the drawings she gave you for the time being, at least you can have a direction, instead of talking nonsense. In fact, you can't even train a few cadres who support her ideas. You go to the grassroots level all day to make plans and then throw them to others to execute, and then you have to run to other places to repeat this process. Will there really be no problems in the execution of the plan or will it not keep up with the changes?

Not to mention that Shen Zhigui couldn't see how humanity could develop if she did this.

"So what do you think development should be like?"

Ganyu asked.

"It should be to summarize the principles of more phenomena and pass these principles down from generation to generation, so that future generations can find the laws above them and finally use those laws to transform the world into what they need without using elemental power and the Eye of God, right?"

This Mr. Shen is indeed a very strange boy.

Ganyu thought secretly in her heart.

No wonder Keqing cares about him so much.

At least the various angles of the arguments proposed by this young man were so novel that Ganyu, who had worked as the secretary of the Seven Stars in Liyue Harbor for so many years, found it a little incredible. So she couldn't help but exchange views with the young man on certain issues after dinner, and the young man always gave refreshing suggestions, such as the reorganization of the General Affairs Department, the division of duties in the Thousand Rock Army, the professionalization of bureaucrats, etc. Some of them were too advanced, so Ganyu did not adopt them, but the one that subdivided the Thousand Rock Army into two parts: security personnel who enforce the law on people in Liyue and military personnel who go to eliminate monsters was worth a try. After all, the Thousand Rock Army now has too many situations to deal with, and not every Thousand Rock Army can memorize the public security regulations and implement them accurately. In comparison, some people are more willing to eliminate monsters, so it is better to divide them into two parts...

Of course, with this division, they can no longer be collectively referred to as the Qianyan Army in the future.

But no matter what, after Gan Yu got to know this "junior brother" better tonight, recalling her first impression of him, she couldn't help but feel that this young man seemed like a different person.

Although in fact it seems that this boy has not changed at all.

Perhaps the only thing that has changed is my own perception of him.

But compared to her initial surprise and uncertainty, she now began to look forward to the scene where this young man would become her "junior brother" and meet Zhenjun Liuyun Jiefeng.

"Five days later?"

she thinks.

……

But in fact, Shen Zhigui overestimated himself when he said that he could solve Xiao's karma in five days.

Because on the fourth day, when he used the "Cinnabar disappears without a trace when it meets fire" move on the Yaksha again, he suddenly felt a sharp pain like a needle pricking his head, and then that move could no longer be formed, and naturally he could no longer reduce the karma on Xiao's body. He just knelt on the ground with a pale face, holding the gun in his hand, his face covered with fine sweat, and after a moment, there was still no relief.

"What on earth is..."

Shen Zhigui is not a stupid person.

He soon realized something.

If "Cinnabar disappears without a trace when exposed to fire" can wipe out the remaining hatred and power of the devil by relying entirely on the "white-hot" or "burning" of true energy, spirit and body, then what is the fuel that is continuously added to this move?

Angry?

Or, spirit?

Shen Zhigui observed the group of sparrow-like "living creatures" and the clumsy "fish" deep in his consciousness, and suddenly realized what a stupid thing he had done before. Although he had converted a lot of true energy from the karma of Xiao, his soul had been over-consumed. The tingling in his head today was the alarm sent by his body's function reaching its limit, which prevented him from continuing to invest his consciousness in this way.

Shen Zhigui certainly didn't dare to take his own life as a joke.

So he waved to Xiao, indicating that today's "treatment" was over. Although Xiao felt that the "weight" on his body was not reduced as much as in the past few days, he quickly hid his figure and let Shen Zhigui kneel there. Then Keqing and Ganyu immediately supported the boy on the left and right, but inadvertently exchanged glances with each other -

Of course Ganyu actually has no meaning at all.

Her life experiences so far have long shown that she is not the type to indulge in relationships between men and women.

So the look in her eyes when she looked at the girl was particularly innocent and pure.

Keqing, in comparison, seemed a little panicked.

"What on earth do you want to do?"

But at this time Shen Zhigui stood alone, holding the gun barrel and said.

"You...what's going on?"

Keqing saw the boy's face turning towards her. She saw that his face was covered with fine traces of sweat and was as pale as paper, so she immediately asked worriedly.

Shen Zhigui thought for a moment and said, "I have some problems in my brain right now, so I am not used to it for a while. If the situation gets better after tonight, there should be nothing to worry about. I just need to rest and I will recover. But if I only recover a tiny part after tonight, then I can only temporarily stop clearing the karma of the Demon-Subduing Great Sage, because even if I want to, I really have no power to do so."

"What are you... talking about?"

When Shen Zhigui heard Keqing say that, he took a deep breath, pointed to his temple, tapped it gently, and said, "You can understand that I am over-consuming here. If I continue to consume it like this, I will just become an idiot."

"So... serious?"

"It depends on how the recovery goes tomorrow."

Shen Zhigui chose his words very carefully.

However, it turned out that the recovery of his spirit or consciousness was very slow. He slept for a whole night, but only slightly relieved the symptoms of headache. At this moment, his consciousness was like a lake that was about to dry up, not to mention that the lake had been divided into several small pieces, becoming nests of "birds" and "fish".

"Now it seems that the disadvantages of this martial art are much more than I imagined."

Shen Zhigui sighed and said.

Chapter 39: Choice (Part 1)

Although actually, the reason why he became in his current situation was purely due to the fact that he was not aware of the consumption of his consciousness before. To be honest, the benefits brought to him by the martial art of "Fish and Birds in the World Fly and Sink" definitely outweigh the disadvantages. It's just that he has been recklessly using consciousness as "fuel" to add it to the move of "Cinnabar disappears without a trace when it sees fire" in the past few days, without realizing his mental state, so now he is purely swallowing the bitter fruit.

But after a day's rest, he felt that the speed of his consciousness recovery was not optimistic, so he directly confessed to Xiao that he could no longer help him in his recent condition. Xiao did not think that the boy was lying to him. Anyway, he had never thought that his karma would subside one day. Although it was not completely solved now, he was very satisfied even if it was mostly solved. So he carefully asked about the boy's condition. Hearing that the boy also spoke frankly about his problems, Xiao thought about it and shook his head: "If you want to solve the problem, you'd better go to see the Emperor first."

After saying that, he handed over a talisman.

"It's just that the Emperor's whereabouts are erratic, and I don't know exactly where he is right now, so, after he appears at the Immortal Summoning Ceremony, you can use this 'Hundred No Taboos' to ask him for advice."

As soon as he finished speaking, he didn't show any intention of staying any longer and simply hid his body. It was unclear whether he was going to rest or go directly to fight the monster.

Shen Zhigui looked at the talisman handed over by the Yaksha in his hand, and couldn't help but glance at Keqing standing aside with a strange look. He thought that Keqing still looked this age, which showed that even if the plot hasn't started yet, it probably won't be long. So it's possible that Zhongli will make the decision next time he invites the immortal, and this talisman will not be used at all?

"what happened?"

The girl looked at his pale face worriedly and said.

"No, it's nothing."

Although even if I go find Zhongli it probably won't be of any use.

Besides, it’s not impossible to recover.

It's just that the speed is too slow, and recently I can't use the trick of "Cinnabar disappears without a trace when it comes into contact with fire", which has caused my condition to get worse.

"So where are you going to recuperate next?"

Shen Zhigui had no intention of showing off, so he informed the two people who were traveling with him about his condition. Ganyu and Keqing had always felt that his ability was extremely unreasonable - although even with this explanation from Shen Zhigui it was still hard to imagine - but when they heard about the great sacrifice Shen Zhigui had made, they were both understanding and concerned, but they had differences over his subsequent arrangements. Keqing wanted him to return to Liyue Harbor and have someone take care of him, while Ganyu wanted him to go directly to Master Liuyun Jiefeng so that he could live in seclusion in the mountains and practice meditation.

The two were at a stalemate. Keqing could have used her status as Ganyu's superior to suppress her, but because it was related to the boy's own wishes, Keqing had no choice but to let the boy make the decision directly.

When Shen Zhigui heard what they said, he immediately thought that in his current state, going to Liyue Harbor to challenge others would be just to get beaten. It would probably be difficult to gain others' approval through words, so he just said:

"Then let's go to Jueyunjian."