Chapter 112

"You are already in great danger in Liyue, and you still dare to use such nicknames here. Aren't you afraid he'll hang you up and whip you?"

"The old man isn't here, is he! So my deep respect for him has nowhere to be expressed; I can only grumble a bit."

Venti shrugged and said with a seductive tone:

"Contact him, contact him quickly. I promise I won't laugh... no, I promise I won't remember it!"

Alice rolled her eyes and took out that cute communicator.

"Dragon-shaped Dodoco! Pretty!"

Klee let out a "wow," and her eyes lit up.

Alice said with a smile:

"Since little Klee likes it so much, how about Mommy makes you a dragon-shaped Dodoco later?"

Venti, who was beside them, also chimed in:

"That's right, that's right, a golden dragon-dragon Dodoco with a reference object."

"Wow! Klee wants one!"

Alice kissed Klee dotingly, opened the communicator, and after a while, her brows furrowed.

"Not in the same space? How can this be... Where did this guy Morax go? Did he leave Teyvat?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Seeing Zhongli's faint voice sounded.

"For the time being, I have not left Teyvat."

"Additionally..."

"I was wondering which old friend had come to visit; so it is Barbatos, who imitated my handwriting to tamper with my contract back then..."

"Old friend, it has been many years; how have you been?"

Venti turned his head stiffly, looked at the expressionless Seeing Zhongli, and laughed dryly:

"Ehe? Should I say... good or not good..."

"It doesn't matter."

Seeing Zhongli said calmly:

"Regardless of whether you are good or not, you will only become worse in a moment."

73. Seeing Zhongli: Venti, help me test the God-Calling Curse!

"When did you come, old man? I've missed you so much!"

Venti hurriedly approached with a face full of smiles and painfully took out the Moutai that Alice had given him.

"This is a good thing Alice brought back from her travels in other worlds. There's only this one bottle; I'm giving it to you as a gift for our long-awaited reunion."

"Look, old man, how much I care about you; I've given you my favorite wine."

Seeing Zhongli found it amusing. Although he was still angry about Venti tampering with his contract, Seeing Zhongli's erosion had been resolved, so he was not that rigid anymore.

Venti was, after all, one of his best friends, and he couldn't really kill him.

What's more, what Seeing Zhongli was angry about was Venti's attitude back then.

For such a small matter, he could have just told him; it was a favor he could have done easily—would he really not have helped him?

Why go to the trouble of practicing his signature and signing a fake contract?

Thinking this, Seeing Zhongli took Venti's wine and nodded slightly.

"You have a heart. I will go a bit easier on you later."

"..."

Venti's whole person suddenly turned gloomy.

Immersed in the sorrow of being caught red-handed by Seeing Zhongli, Venti seemed to have lost his usual keen investigative ability.

He seemed to have forgotten that, while Seeing Zhongli was stronger than him, Seeing Zhongli had trump cards, and he, Venti, as the spirit of the thousand winds and the original Archon,

was the best actor in all of Teyvat.

How could he not have real skills?

Otherwise, he wouldn't have survived Khaenri'ah five hundred years ago.

If Seeing Zhongli's strength was the greatest among the seven, then Venti was at least the second.

The two were not far apart and were both existences standing at the pinnacle of demon gods, so it had always been very difficult for Seeing Zhongli to catch Venti in the past.

Venti could always keenly sense Seeing Zhongli and then escape.

But today...

Let alone sensing him, if Seeing Zhongli hadn't spoken, Venti wouldn't even have known Seeing Zhongli had appeared.

But Alice, who seemed carefree on the side, saw all of this in her eyes.

She blinked and said with a grin:

"Morax, you've become much stronger; I can't even feel your upper limit anymore."

Hearing this, a flash of light appeared in Venti's eyes, and he began to size up Seeing Zhongli.

One look, and he was almost frightened.

The Seeing Zhongli before him had an aura that was extremely restrained, but the vaguely revealed immortal demeanor was truly shocking.

He didn't seem like a demon god anymore.

This was more than just becoming much stronger.

It was simply walking on the path of another life form.

Seeing Zhongli did not hide it either and said softly:

"I have already joined Shushan and am currently the Acting Head Seat of Shushan's Dragon Head Peak, in charge of Shushan's Law Enforcement Hall."

"Moreover, I have decided to abdicate; from now on, there is no need to call me Morax; just call me Seeing Zhongli."

Alice was immediately full of interest, holding Klee and instantly darting in front of Seeing Zhongli.

"Shushan... As expected, it is the cultivation sect established by that cultivator Jiang Yan, right?"

"You really have started cultivating now."

Seeing Zhongli nodded slightly and said softly:

"The Sect Master rebuilt Shushan and preached to thousands; naturally, there was no need to hesitate."

"Ha! Your identity cognition shift is really fast."

Alice waved her hand with a grin and added:

"Where did you go just now? Why did it feel like you had left Teyvat?"

"Just now I was in the Shushan Cave Heaven, intending to take Xiao for training, when the Sect Master sent a voice transmission saying an old friend had come to visit and asked me to receive them."

Seeing Zhongli paused and added:

"For the time being, I have not left Teyvat; it is just that the space barrier of Shushan created by the Sect Master is too solid."

As soon as he finished speaking, Seeing Zhongli's expression darkened slightly, and the Vortex Vanquisher instantly emerged from his dantian, its sharp tip pointing at Venti.

The latter was secretly reaching his hand toward the token at Seeing Zhongli's waist.

"What are you doing?"

Venti's expression became awkward, and he laughed it off:

"I haven't seen it before! It looks very magical; old man, let me see it."

"The Dragon Head Peak Head Seat token is the symbol of Dragon Head Peak; how can it be shown to others at will? According to the Law Enforcement Hall's precepts, no disciple is allowed to give their identity token to others at will."

Seeing Zhongli put away the Vortex Vanquisher and warned Venti.

"The Law Enforcement Hall's precepts cannot be violated; every disciple, including the Head Seat, must abide by them. Violators will be punished by the Law Enforcement Hall."

"The disciple token not only symbolizes the disciple's identity but also symbolizes the will of Shushan."

"This time, considering you were unaware, I will let it pass, but you must never be so reckless again."

"A country has its laws, and a sect has its rules. The Law Enforcement Hall supervises the behavior of disciples. If you had tried to touch Xiao's token just now, I fear Xiao would have already started a war with you."

Seeing Zhongli knew very well how much Xiao defended Shushan now.

He was treating it as a second Liyue, defending it with his life.

Especially after hearing Jiang Yan admit just now that as long as Seeing Zhongli broke through to the middle stage of Spirit Refining and Void Returning,

the Qingyuan Miaofa Mr. Curse could barely be used to perform the infinitely weakened Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations,

which could resurrect the departed adepti.

Xiao was extremely concerned about this now.

On this point, Jiang Yan was not just giving them empty promises.