Chapter 126

"Go to Liyue while you have the chance."

"There is a contract between Liyue's Geo Archon and Her Excellency the Tsaritsa of the Snezhnaya."

"As the God of Contracts, Morax will not make things difficult for you."

"It's just that you'll need to spend some time finding him."

"Of course, I've already analyzed everything for you; you just need to go to Liyue and find a street loafer who often drinks tea at Three Cups and No Crossing but never pays."

"His name is Zhong Li..."

"After obtaining the Geo Archon's Gnosis, go to the Delusion Factory in Inazuma and wait for me."

"If you don't want to die, do not randomly interact with the people there."

The Knight ignored the woman gnashing her teeth behind him.

He left the matter of negotiating with the Shenyuan Sect to his clone.

He himself departed towards Sumeru.

Just as he had just said.

That gentle and kind Rosalyne is no more.

There is only this arrogant Pyro Archon, the Eighth of the Fatui Harbingers.

The Lady.

If one has no clear definition of their own identity.

That would be a very troublesome matter.

The Knight removed the mask from his face.

His eyes were exceptionally determined.

And he, the Knight...

is the Grand Sage of Sumeru.

Su Bai...

Tianquan Ningguang: "It is indeed Mr. Su Bai."

Keqing: "Even as a villain, he is so charming?"

Nahida: "What should I do, what should I do..."

Paimon: "Nahida, what's wrong with you?"

Nahida: "I suddenly feel a bit worried."

Arataki Itto: "Weren't you quite happy just now?"

Cyno: "Her Excellency the Lesser Lord Kusanali probably didn't expect Mr. Su Bai to use such ruthless means against Mondstadt, directly causing the Hilichurls to go berserk and attack Mondstadt."

Jean: "Plus Dvalin, Mondstadt will truly face a great disaster."

Dvalin: "Oh my, Mr. Su Bai wouldn't inject me with that kind of potion too, would he?"

Furina: "It's over, the persona my Pope worked so hard to build is about to collapse, but it doesn't matter, I still love you deeply."

Yae Miko: "Is now the time for confessions?"

Lumine: "Mainly because I feel Mr. Su Bai certainly wouldn't do this just for some boring matters; the so-called madness might not really be for conducting some research."

Sangonomiya Kokomi: "Miss Lumine loves too deeply; she has already forgotten that Mr. Su Bai told the Lady to go to the Delusion Manufacturing Factory in Inazuma and wait for him."

Kamisato Ayaka: "The Delusion Factory, huh? I remember how terribly we Inazumans were exploited by those things."

Raiden Ei: "Mr. Su Bai is coming to Inazuma as well?"

Yae Miko: "Ei, you only just realized that?"

Lumine: "Of course I remember the matter of the Delusions; Teppei sacrificed himself because of that matter."

Paimon: "Yes, Teppei back then even included me as a member of his squad, sigh..."

Furukos: "Could it be that I will really have my Gnosis taken by Su Bai? If it were a bit later, after I return the authority, it wouldn't matter."

Furina: "Exactly, we will fully support Su Bai anyway."

Navia: "Actually, I also don't think Mr. Su Bai is truly the kind of person who would go mad and disregard others' lives just for some research."

Clorinde: "The Pope's fan club strongly supports the Pope."

Paimon: "Venti isn't talking about giving the System a knife or anything anymore."

Venti: "I think I'm the one who's going to get stabbed."

Hu Tao: "Indeed, our Geo Archon has foresight."

Tianquan Ningguang: "(Covering face)"

Keqing: "(Covering face)"

Beidou: "A street loafer who drinks tea without paying? I am speechless."

Hu Tao: "No, Mr. Su Bai's deduction wasn't accurate enough; he should have told the Lady to go to Liyue and find any street loafer who records all expenses on the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor's ledger and looks very promising."

Zhong Li: "Ahem... It seems Mr. Su Bai's deduction was indeed very accurate..."

Azhdaha: "I don't even know how to tease Morax for a moment."

Osial: "Same here, absolutely no flaws to exploit."

Chapter 80: The Forgotten God, Greater Lord Rukkhadevata

If not for the hints from the reincarnation story, Su Bai would have forgotten he even had a so-called shadow clone.

In a life of retirement, such a technique can almost be judged as having zero effect.

The reason it was used in the previous life must be because in this reincarnation, Su Bai's main body needs to stay in Sumeru for most of the time.

But due to the issue of collecting the Gnosis, he needs to act across multiple nations.

It is only occasionally put to use.

The rest is merely something to make others envious.

At least Dr. Dottore was envious.

"Actually, I have a question I want to ask."

Furina perked up as her mood improved.

"I've heard a bit about Nahida before."

"She was apparently imprisoned by her own people for five hundred years, until Lumine rescued her."

"Su Bai's current reincarnation is already a Great Sage, and again the Head Executive of the Fatui. Nahida should have been freed long ago."

"Then, in this reincarnation, who will Su Bai protect?"

For Furina,

in this reincarnation, Su Bai seemed cold and heartless—even teasing Rosaline at her most painful point.

But she simply believed Su Bai's ultimate goal could never be the mad Great Sage described in the summary, obsessed with certain studies and becoming insane.

Su Bai's ultimate goal was still always to protect.

"The Great Tree of Benevolence," Lumine spread her arms: "Our Mr. is just that great—he always takes on the hardest tasks."

"I think it's to prevent the Great Tree of Benevolence from being completely forgotten, or to find a way to revive her."

The Great Tree of Benevolence?

Furina and Fucaros froze.

In their understanding, there was no concept of the Great Tree of Benevolence.

Only faint memories of the Little Lucky Grass King, Nahida.

"It feels like I don't know this person at all," Fucaros said with an apologetic smile.

It felt terribly embarrassing.

As the heir of Egoria, the Water God, she didn't even know there was another figure in Sumeru called the Great Tree of Benevolence.

And why would the World Tree need to know forbidden knowledge?

In all these years, this was the first time she'd ever heard of such a thing.

"Because her records were erased by the World Tree."

"The Great Tree of Benevolence..."

Lumine told Furina and Fucaros everything that had happened in Sumeru.

Coincidentally, Paimon, who had just arrived in the parlor, heard Lumine's description as well.

Five hundred years ago, the Great Tree of Benevolence resisted the forbidden knowledge brought by the Red King—and in the process, she too became tainted by it.