Chapter 34

"I fear it is more than that. His talent means he will inevitably become an immortal; once he becomes an immortal, he will have no crisis of lifespan at all."

Zhongli sighed with envy in his heart.

Everyone here is also cultivating immortality, but others can cultivate without erosion and live long and see for ages.

He is almost being tortured to death by erosion.

Is it fair?

Is it reasonable?

"Therefore, what we need to consider now is not how to cultivate immortality, but that Mr. Jiang."

Ningguang rubbed her brow, trying her best to calm down, and said slowly:

"Although he sounds very gentle and easy to talk to, his strength is..."

"There is no existence in all of Teyvat that can oppose him; Teyvat is his backyard."

"One should not have the heart to harm others, but one must have the heart to guard against them."

"I think Ms. Alice is very right; immortal cultivators have strange methods and are single-mindedly focused on becoming immortals; I fear they have no compassion for the world."

"What if Mr. Jiang has some methods... as Ms. Alice said, if slaughtering the whole world could make him stronger..."

"We cannot trust whether he would do such a thing."

After all, immortal cultivators are not gods; they do not have that inherent drive to love humanity.

The group of immortal cultivators is a completely free, willful, and domineering group.

Ningguang is unwilling to entrust the safety of all of Liyue to the hope that the other party has no ill intent.

Although what Alice said was unreliable, since the so-called Dual Cultivation Harvesting Method was confirmed by Jiang Yan,

is it difficult to believe there are methods for slaughtering humans to create weapons?

Trust others, or trust yourself.

This is a question Ningguang has known how to answer since she could remember.

If she had trusted others, she would have been eaten clean by treacherous business wars long ago.

"Heh, that sounds nice."

Cloud Retainer curled her lip.

"No matter how high you talk, do you have a way to restrain him? Rely on Rex Lapis? Rely on us? Or rely on your insignificant strength?"

Cloud Retainer's words made the Qixing's expressions look unpleasant.

But she was not wrong.

For such a powerhouse, let alone thinking of ways to restrain him, the moment you dare to think it, you are wrong.

If he turns his hand and kills you, you have nowhere to reason.

26. Ningguang, top-grade Earth Spirit Root!

"Cloud Retainer!"

There was some anger in Zhongli's voice.

Cloud Retainer immediately shrank her head and said nothing.

Zhongli sighed and said helplessly:

"Cloud Retainer was frightened by Fellow Daoist Jiang's ability just now; you don't need to take her words to heart, they were all spoken in anger."

Ningguang and the others also knew what kind of person Cloud Retainer was, so they wouldn't take her words to heart.

After a long silence in the Jade Chamber, Ningguang sighed.

"In that case, I think we only have one path to take."

"We must cultivate this immortality!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at Ningguang with some surprise, and the latter said softly:

"Since we cannot restrain him, and must not restrain him, creating common interests is the only way to maintain the relationship."

"According to Rex Lapis, that Mr. Jiang currently needs to rebuild Shushan and recruit disciples."

"We will send people to help rebuild and join Shushan."

"Even if there are any problems, considering those disciples who joined Shushan, Mr. Jiang will have some concerns."

"In this way, we can also obtain the power of immortal cultivation."

"Setting aside other aspects, if immortal cultivation is as Mr. Jiang says, it is naturally incredibly powerful, and this is also Liyue's opportunity to transcend Teyvat."

Zhongli nodded thoughtfully.

"So, you support Liyue cultivating immortality."

Ningguang gave a bitter smile.

"I can only support it; there is no other way."

Zhongli looked at the others again.

"What are your opinions?"

Keqing sat in her seat with her arms crossed, her head lowered in disappointment.

"With such a powerhouse, if we cannot defy him, we can only follow his lead. Do we have any other choice?"

Uncle Tian, on the side, laughed and tried to smooth things over.

"Look at the bright side; it's not a bad thing. At the very least, Liyue will be stronger, right?"

"Let's take it one step at a time. Although it's a bit defeatist, it's the only decision we can make right now, isn't it?"

Even if the others had other considerations, they could only agree now.

The other adepti didn't have any opinions of their own.

They were good at fighting, but when it came to decision-making,

they had no tricks.

Rather than considering these things, it was better to think about what could be gained from cultivating immortality.

It was funny to think about.

A group of adepti actually had to go to the territory of an outsider to learn how to cultivate immortality.

It was as if they had all been cultivating wrong the whole time.

"Since that is the case, there is no need to hesitate."

Seeing that everyone had no objections, Zhongli made the final decision.

"Starting today, Liyue will officially enter the Immortal Cultivation Project, but it will not be promoted on a large scale in the early stages."

"Firstly, to prevent accidents and minimize losses; secondly, not everyone can cultivate immortality."

Everyone thought carefully and agreed that Zhongli's current arrangement was the best decision, so they all raised their hands in agreement.

"As for the specific candidates, after testing their aptitude, I will take a group of people to talk to Fellow Daoist Jiang tomorrow."

"Secondly, everyone, you must be careful not to call yourselves adepti in front of Fellow Daoist Jiang."

Zhongli paused and looked at the adepti seriously.

"As he said, Shushan perished in the struggle of many Great Luo; Great Luo are sacred beings born from the innate."

"And you adepti are currently only at the strength of Refining Essence into Qi, and are beings born from the heavens and earth of Teyvat."

"If you call yourselves adepti, it will inevitably remind him of the past and cause him displeasure."

The adepti looked at each other, but Zhongli's command was their will.

Naturally, they would not defy it.

"Rex Lapis, there is one more thing."

Keqing suddenly spoke up:

"The other seven nations have various opinions about Liyue's tribulation today, and many are contacting us."

"How should we reply?"

Hearing this, Zhongli was silent for a moment before saying softly:

"Try to suppress it. The matter of immortal cultivation is not yet settled; let's wait until we have investigated it."

"If there is trouble, only Liyue will suffer; we are not so despicable as to drag all of Teyvat down with us."

"If there is no trouble, then naturally everyone will be happy, and Liyue can accelerate its pace and walk ahead of all of Teyvat on the path of immortal cultivation."

Zhongli is, after all, the god of Liyue; such matters must prioritize Liyue.

"Also, what Mr. Jiang said about the martial arts that ordinary people in the immortal cultivation world can practice..."

Keqing asked again, saying softly: ===== CHAPTER 35 =====