Chapter 197

He could live the high life in Does Does Liyue, enjoying a blissful existence with Regarding Regarding Zhongli, Mu Yang, and the others, all thanks to the wealthy patrons supporting them from behind the scenes.

Furthermore, he still needed to continue winning Mu Yang over, and the Mora expenses for that would be substantial. He could approve even more funding for himself—this was simply fantastic...

"Tartaglia, what is the meaning of this?" Rosalyne questioned Tartaglia with an icy tone.

"If Mu Yang were interested in you, would he have let you go before?" Tartaglia spread his hands. "Besides, take a look at what you look like now. With his strength, he can naturally see through your true state."

Rosalyne fell silent instantly.

In terms of appearance, she did not believe she was inferior to anyone else, and her figure was likewise impeccable.

But Tartaglia was right; she was no longer whole. Rosalyne was already dead; the one living now was merely the Crimson Witch of Embers, possessing Rosalyne's memories.

If not for the power of the Tsaritsa maintaining her state, she would have perished long ago.

It was indeed impossible for Mu Yang to be interested in her.

Unless she could come back to life, but how could such an ability exist on the continent of Teyvat?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

Moreover, she belonged to Rostam. Even if the Tsaritsa ordered her to seduce Mu Yang, Rosalyne could never agree.

Arlecchino simply stared at Tartaglia with a silent, deathly gaze.

She didn't consider herself a "good woman," but her looks weren't bad either, were they?

Tartaglia was insulting her now; when the opportunity arose in the future, she would definitely make life difficult for him.

"Enough!" Pierro barked, seeing the situation. "What we need to consider now is how to cater to Mu Yang's preferences and win him over."

"Tartaglia, find an opportunity to speak with Mu Yang about the Heavenly Principles, or even reveal some of the truths of this world to him."

"I believe he should be willing to cooperate with us."

"Fine, I understand!" Tartaglia did not refuse upon hearing this. He had no confidence in fighting Mu Yang.

He was just a bit reckless, not stupid. Tartaglia would never participate in a battle where he was guaranteed to lose or even die.

He then asked Pierro, "However, has this matter been reported to Her Majesty the Tsaritsa?"

Pierro gave Tartaglia a meaningful look and explained, "Her Majesty has fallen into a deep slumber. It is forbidden to disturb her unless absolutely necessary."

"Before she fell asleep, she entrusted all power to me. I can preside over all matters."

Rosalyne felt a jolt in her heart upon hearing this. The Tsaritsa had fallen into a deep slumber?

Not long ago, she had just seen Her Majesty, and the Tsaritsa had even told her to keep it a secret.

Could those words have contained information she was unaware of?

Barbatos!

Rosalyne believed those words were not spoken casually. Her Majesty must have understood Barbatos's meaning; otherwise, she wouldn't have ordered her to halt the plan in Mondstadt and head to Does Does Liyue instead.

Yet, she knew nothing of it.

Rosalyne felt she might need to make a trip to Mondstadt to find that fellow.

As for the other Harbingers, they did not doubt Pierro's words upon hearing them. After all, over the past five hundred years, the Tsaritsa had often fallen into deep slumber, and Pierro had handled most affairs.

As the leader of the Fatui, it was only natural for him to issue orders at such a time.

Mu Yang had no idea that the Fatui were considering how to get him to join them; had he known, he might have recommended that Lumine join the Fatui instead.

Given Lumine's strength, she could barely qualify as a Harbinger now, and once she unlocked two elemental powers, she could be the Tenth Harbinger.

With three elemental powers, she could be the Eighth Harbinger, and with four, the Sixth.

After all, these are Lumine's genuine combat achievements; if one day she collects all the elemental powers, she could directly challenge the Jester and become the First of the Fatui Harbingers.

Mu Yang was also very confident in Lumine's strength; if she really wanted to join the Fatui, it is unlikely they would refuse her now, as they need a Harbinger who has a good relationship with Mu Yang, and one who is female at that.

Lumine's appearance is also excellent, she has a good relationship with Mu Yang, she is also a Descender, and she has a brother who is the Prince of the Abyss; in terms of both status and background, she is worthy of Mu Yang.

It would be even more interesting if the Fatui arranged for Lumine to seduce him then.

At this moment, Mu Yang was inside the Irminsul, analyzing and translating the forbidden knowledge within the Delusion.

Looking at the terrifying aura within the Delusion, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata sighed with emotion: "I had such a hard time clearing away the forbidden knowledge before, but I never expected that someone outside would actually use it to imitate a Gnosis."

"Dottore is indeed a talent, and his ability is beyond doubt, but this kind of person is simply too dangerous."

Moreover, it seems that such people appear on the continent of Teyvat every so often.

That mage from Khaenri'ah back then was also a talent, but in the end, didn't they still make contact with the Abyss? And the harm caused by Gold, Rhinedottir, was far greater than Dottore's." Mu Yang chuckled: "Based on my understanding, as far as destruction to the world goes, Rhinedottir seems to be the greatest."

Even the Scarlet King bringing in forbidden knowledge back then cannot compare to Rhinedottir.

Of course, the battle between Phanes and the Elemental Dragons back then doesn't count; those things were on too high a level. We are talking about native figures."

Hearing Mu Yang's words, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata also pondered for a moment, then sighed helplessly: "Indeed, in terms of influence and destruction, no one compares to Rhinedottir.

She fell into the Abyss and brought about the pitch-black calamity, causing heavy losses to every nation in Teyvat.

But after that, no one could ever find a trace of Rhinedottir again, not even through the Irminsul."

"The Irminsul is not omnipotent," Mu Yang reminded her: "But this guy Dottore is indeed crazy. Not to mention the strength of Scaramouche, these forbidden knowledges alone are not something Nahida can deal with."

Greater Lord Rukkhadevata fell silent upon hearing this. Nahida truly lacked the ability to resolve this forbidden knowledge. If it came to it, Nahida might very well become tainted by the forbidden knowledge in order to protect Sumeru, ending up just like her. These damned Fatui.

Tsaritsa, you chose the wrong person to cooperate with.

Look at the stinking trash you've found.

"However, I am quite interested in these things." Mu Yang then began to analyze: "This batch of forbidden knowledge is not much less than what you had before.

I'll just happen to see if there's anything suitable for the Teyvat continent."

A video of Ultraman fighting little monsters? This thing is useless. Are we supposed to create Ultraman on the Teyvat continent?

Who would Ultraman fight then? Archons?

Data information on Pikachu? This is a good thing. If operated well, one could completely give birth to monsters like Pikachu.

And they would be tamable monsters at that.

This is a possibility!

Although Slimes are also very cute, Mu Yang expressed that he was more interested in Pokémon.

However, why would there be information about Pokémon?

Logically speaking, shouldn't the entire Teyvat continent be on one tree?

Could it be that the Pokémon world is too?

Or perhaps there are worlds beyond worlds, and it was dragged over by the Abyss?

Of course, these are not things Mu Yang can worry about right now.

If it were just Abyssal energy wanting to invade the Teyvat continent, Mu Yang wouldn't care at all; they could continuously use Abyssal power to strengthen the Teyvat continent.

But there are other monsters in the Abyss, and this is not something they can deal with; they must continue to work hard to become stronger.

My tools, you all still need to work hard.

"This ability is not bad, I've learned it!" Suddenly, Mu Yang saw a cluster of information and revealed a look of great interest.

Greater Lord Rukkhadevata looked at Mu Yang with full confusion. If possible, she would also like to know what could be approved of by Mu Yang, but right now she couldn't understand it.

If Mu Yang didn't say, she could only flip through it slowly; finding it later, mixed in with so much information, would be very difficult.

It is unknown how much time passed before Greater Lord Rukkhadevata asked Mu Yang: "My lord Mu Yang, the Akademiya has already begun the trial, and Nahida has already started the live broadcast. Should we go to the scene to take a look?"

"A trial? Interesting." Mu Yang put down the forbidden knowledge in his hand and began to watch the content of the trial.

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Just like the previous few days, the Akademiya was packed with people today. They were not just here to see the legendary Lesser Lord Kusanali, but also to see the trial concerning the Akademiya.

The information transmitted by the Akasha system made them furious.

These guys at the Akademiya were simply not acting like humans. They all supported Lesser Lord Kusanali's decision to strip the sages and Grand Sages of the past five hundred years of their titles.

After all, this matter had nothing to do with most of them, and besides, these sages and Grand Sages all had problems.

They all knew that Lesser Lord Kusanali had been imprisoned by the Akademiya, yet not a single person was willing to help her. They were blinded by power and status; no one was willing to help Lesser Lord Kusanali at that time.

In the eyes of the people of Sumeru today, those guys were all damned. After all, Lesser Lord Kusanali was so cute, how could they imprison her?

Moreover, she was capable of resolving the Withering and Eleazar. If Lesser Lord Kusanali had been released earlier, these problems would have been solved long ago.

Most importantly, as the God of Wisdom, as the Dendro Archon, the sages and Grand Sages were originally supposed to be appointed by Lesser Lord Kusanali, but for these five hundred years, the Grand Sages and sages had not been recognized by her.

That is why there were so many problems in the Akademiya.

The direction of public opinion was very strong, but because of Nahida's performance, she had indeed gained the recognition of countless people.

In front of the huge plaza, a large number of people were escorted up by the Eremites. Among them, the leader was the usually high-and-mighty Grand Sage Azar, followed by the Haravatat sage Khajeh and the Kshahrewar sage Faruzan, all being escorted up.

Along with them were their families and lackeys.

— Author's Notes —

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