Chapter 462

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, Morax was momentarily taken aback.

Let humans govern Liyue?

Morax had once entertained such a thought.

If he were to lay down the position of Geo Archon and let humans govern Liyue themselves.

Whether humans could truly bear the responsibility of governing a nation on their own.

But this thought was quickly dismissed by Morax.

Even without him, Liyue still had Jiang Yan's presence.

Jiang Yan would not allow the Liyue they had worked so hard to build to suffer any damage.

This was also the reason Morax had been so leisurely all these years.

Because in a certain sense.

Jiang Yan was simply a deity without the seat of a god.

"This, I actually haven't thought over carefully."

As Jiang Yan brought up the topic again, Morax fell into thought as well.

"Humans... are they truly prepared to welcome an era that belongs to humans?"

"An unpolished stone, no matter how carefully protected, will never become smooth in the end."

Jiang Yan stood up, walked to the cliff edge of Mount Tianheng, looked down at the prosperous Liyue Harbor below, and said in a calm tone.

"Liyue is exactly the same."

"I suppose when you took in Little Ningguang, Little Beidou, Little Shenhe and others as disciples, you had exactly this kind of thought in mind, didn't you?"

Morax said to Jiang Yan.

He had long sensed that something was off.

This kid Jiang Yan had never taken a single disciple in several thousand years.

Suddenly starting to take in disciples on a large scale now, he must have had his own scheme in mind.

"Yes, I had this kind of thought quite early on."

Jiang Yan stretched out his hand to feel the breeze blowing through the mountains, speaking softly.

"Once these three little ones—Ningguang and the others—grow up..."

Jiang Yan smiled and looked at Morax.

"I will hand over all the authority in my hands to them."

"And then, I can retire gloriously!"

There was a hint of ease in Jiang Yan's words.

"Retire?"

Morax looked at Jiang Yan and suddenly laughed.

"It seems you've had this planned for a long time."

"Of course, after working so hard for so long, one has to rest eventually, right?"

Jiang Yan shrugged, making no attempt to hide it.

"I understand."

Morax nodded, a contemplative look in his eyes, no one knew what he was thinking.

"By the way, Morax."

Jiang Yan looked at Morax.

Morax heard Jiang Yan's words and raised his head.

"Although I don't know what kind of method that Cryo Archon of Snezhnaya intends to use to defy Celestia."

"I do not wish for Liyue to be drawn into this vortex."

Jiang Yan's gaze was perfectly steady as he looked at Morax.

"At least during my time in office, I will not allow any danger to befall Liyue."

"No matter what kind of contract you ultimately make with that Cryo Archon."

"I will not interfere in this matter."

"But the premise of my non-interference is that you don't go too far."

"Otherwise, once my temper flares, I can't guarantee what I might do."

Hearing Jiang Yan's words, which were almost like a threat, Morax was not angry.

He knew Jiang Yan was protecting Liyue in his own way.

As one of the founders of Liyue, he could not remain indifferent if anything happened to Liyue.

The reason Jiang Yan said this.

Was because he knew what this old fox Morax had done in the storyline of his previous life.

Even the idea of faking his death to slip away had been thought up by him.

That was truly something only he would come up with.

Although in the storyline at that time, Morax's method was to promote the growth of Liyue.

Jiang Yan had already stepped down from his position at that time, but he also didn't want the little Ningguang who would succeed him to be wronged later on.

"I know what I'm doing. Liyue is something I've watched grow into what it is today."

Morax nodded and said to Jiang Yan.

"Mm, just do as you see fit on your end."

Jiang Yan nodded.

"Well, if that's the case, I'll head back then."

Jiang Yan said to Morax.

"Mm, go on back."

Morax nodded.

Then, Jiang Yan rose into the air and flew toward the harbor.

Outside the house.

Jiang Yan pushed the door open and walked in.

"You're back?"

Inside, Little Ganyu sat on the sofa reading a book, seemingly waiting for Jiang Yan to return.

"Mm, are Little Ningguang, Little Beidou, Little Shenhe and the others all asleep?"

Jiang Yan asked Little Ganyu.

"Just fell asleep."

Little Ganyu nodded and asked Jiang Yan:

"Why did the Geo Archon suddenly look for you? Is something the matter?"

Jiang Yan shook his head and said with a smile:

"It's nothing major."

"Just asked me a few things, that's all."

Jiang Yan had no intention of telling Little Ganyu what Morax had said to him.

After all, the fewer people who knew about this matter, the better.

Morax hadn't made his decision yet, but Jiang Yan knew that this world possessed a force of correction.

If Morax made that choice again, Jiang Yan would not stop him either.

Because Liyue was no longer like the storyline of his previous life, where the adepti ignored worldly affairs.

He, Jiang Yan, had merely retired — he wasn't dead.

Even if Morax faked his death and stepped down, with Jiang Yan's existence, the hearts of Liyue's people would not be thrown into chaos.

Jiang Yan absolutely would not agree to let the Fatui of the Cryo Archon run rampant in Liyue.

What he, Morax, agreed to — I, Jiang Yan, will not agree to.

If you're not convinced, have your Cryo Archon come negotiate with me in person.

Let me show you whether I'll be as composed as Morax.

If I don't flip her scalp clean off, you can consider your Cryo Archon's skull a sturdy one.

"Oh oh, as long as nothing's the matter, that's fine."