Chapter 343

The Northland Bank is truly rich.

And Zhong Li also made Lumine very surprised; this person is worthy of being a consultant, as he knows a bit too much.

Not only is he proficient in daily clothing and attire, but he also knows about jewelry, porcelain, wine, snacks, tea, spices, flowers, insects, and birds.

He knows them all.

Even when it comes to the trade of Liyue Harbor and the relations between the seven nations, he can speak eloquently.

Truly a strange person.

Of course, Zhong Li prefers to talk about small things, mostly useless daily matters.

Sometimes he would sigh at the development of Liyue, saying that the Senior Qinglong Zhenjun played a huge role in this process.

Liyue's maritime transport was pushed forward by him single-handedly.

Once, Liyue's landscape was destroyed, agriculture was severely ruined, and mining was interrupted.

How were people supposed to make a living then?

It was the Senior Qinglong Zhenjun who let people move near this sea area, relying on a large amount of marine products to quickly gain a foothold.

Thus, they survived here.

Then, with mining as a supplement and commerce and maritime transport as the main focus, a brand-new Liyue was built.

This made Paimon very surprised.

"Zhong Li, you actually know about the Senior Qinglong Immortal? Even though most people in Liyue think this Immortal doesn't exist."

"I didn't expect you to know quite a bit."

"As expected of you."

Lumine was also very curious.

"Mr. Zhong Li, do you know about a very popular novel recently that writes about the era of the three gods ruling together before Liyue Harbor?"

"And the contributions made by the Senior Qinglong Immortal later are no less than the three gods before."

"But, if they really existed, why don't people remember them now? There aren't even any stone statues or sculptures."

Not just the Senior Qinglong Immortal, but also that Stove Demon God.

However, in the historical records of Liyue Harbor, it is almost universally believed that the stove is a divine office of the Geo God.

Lumine has read relevant books.

That is "Legend of the Geo God: God of the Stove."

It is generally believed that when Liyue Harbor was founded, the first batch of ancestors used rocks to stack stove tops, and then used the friction between stones to create sparks for fire.

Having such a stove built with rocks can defend against the wind.

Thus, the fire would not be extinguished so easily.

Therefore, in the process of starting a fire, whether it is stacking rocks or using rock friction to start a fire, it is considered by everyone to be undoubtedly the gift of the Geo Archon.

Even taverns and restaurants think so.

Everyone proclaims the Geo God as the God of the Stove.

Praying for the gift of the Geo Archon, hoping that the shop's business will always be prosperous and flourishing.

However, in that novel, it is mentioned that the stove divine office actually comes from another Demon God—Marchosius, who, as a Demon God close to humans, spread the stove fire to every household.

This statement caused a lot of opposition.

Almost no one thinks it's true.

Because there are almost no records about the Demon God Marchosius.

Everyone is quite unfamiliar with it.

So there wasn't even a chance to trigger any debate, because Liyue people all think it's just fiction in a novel.

Just like saying that the Raiden Shogun of Inazuma actually has two people.

How is that possible?

That's all the author writing nonsense.

At most, a novel is just a novel, which is meant to be adapted and modified appropriately.

Just like the legends of the Geo Archon, even if there are hundreds of versions circulating in the streets, everyone is used to it.

However, no matter which story it is, they are all written very well.

The characters inside are vivid, the stories are poignant and full of vast strangeness, and the great battles once deeply obsessed the readers.

Cheering for the brilliance within.

Shedding tears for the casualties within.

Even in many restaurants in Liyue, many storytellers are telling stories about the Demon God War.

Because that is the most popular thing right now.

Of course, many storytellers make them up themselves, or combine them into new stories based on others' explanations.

Most of them are made up.

Just like the stories of the Geo Archon descending to earth that they tell, even Zhong Li has to say something after hearing them.

It's like listening to a new story.

Very novel.

So when talking about the Senior Qinglong Immortal, the Stove Demon God, and the Raiden Shogun,

Zhong Li also showed a thoughtful expression.

"By universal reason, the claim that the Raiden Shogun has two people is not impossible."

"As for the era of the three gods ruling together, according to history, there are also traces of its existence."

"The reason why their legends and records dissipated is perhaps because Liyue is a nation ruled by humans."

"Eh?"

This statement made Lumine and Paimon surprised.

And Zhong Li continued.

"I think, even for those Immortals and Demon Gods, what they hope for is that people can always be happy. They don't care about the rest."

"Even if there is no them in the future, even if people have long forgotten them. Look, even the Geo Archon has passed away; perhaps in the future, he will also become a vague legend."

"Just like the ones before."

"After all, people's lifespans are limited; no matter how profound the war was hundreds of years ago, for the generation just born now, it is only an impression and rumor that cannot be seen or touched."

"Not to mention the deeds of thousands of years ago; even the old people in Liyue, their age is there, and they simply don't know."

"Time passes, and the sun and moon change. People are the protagonists of Liyue; as the saying goes, people-oriented."

Lumine and Paimon were shocked again and again.

"The Geo Archon is so deeply rooted in people's hearts, it shouldn't be like that."

Zhong Li just smiled lightly and calmly.

Who knows?

After all, looking at time through his eyes, that is thousands of years, starting from thousands of years.

Liyue is the Liyue of the people.

It is a prosperous nation created by the efforts of countless subjects.

This is also why there are Geo God statues on the land of Liyue.

But in the cities and the wild, there are no Geo God sculptures.

Instead, what are located everywhere are the statues of the Millelith.

Because compared to the Geo Archon, those who have always guarded the people and made huge contributions and countless sacrifices are generation after generation of Millelith.

Many of them couldn't even return their bones to their hometowns and had to be buried in the wild and on the battlefield.

Unable to return to their hometown.

Unable to return to the land that raised them.

They couldn't even do the "falling leaves return to their roots" 717.

The Millelith have done too much for Liyue: clearing monsters, guarding people, patrolling various areas, looking after the lonely old people and children in Qingce Village, and maintaining the order of Liyue Harbor.

Back then, they went on expeditions with the Geo Archon to fight against monsters, evil things, and terrifying giant beasts.

Even hundreds of years ago, to cover the evacuation of people, the Millelith at that time chose to fight to the death and not retreat; that war in The Chasm was extremely tragic.

Too many people died.

So even if Zhong Li himself disappears in time in the future, he faces it calmly. ===== CHAPTER 345 =====