Chapter 712

Lumine's expression turned serious; after Cloud Retainer's words, she also realized that this Geo Archon might not be as easygoing as the Anemo Archon of Mondstadt, Venti.

This point actually needed no words from Cloud Retainer.

Back when she first arrived in Liyue, Lumine had already discovered this.

For the Statues of the Seven in Mondstadt and those in Liyue differed greatly.

On the statue above, the Anemo Archon Barbatos stood, holding a gem in his hand.

But the Geo Archon Morax was different.

He lay on a chair like a grand master, with an air of supreme arrogance.

Speaking of this matter, it actually had some connection to Jiang Yan.

Back then, when the Seven Archons were divided.

The Heavenly Principles intended for the gods to establish Statues of the Seven within their own territories.

Thus, all major nations began researching which statue design for their own gods would look better.

Especially Liyue.

For the matter of this statue, the Adepti held countless meetings but could not settle on a suitable idea.

After all, this was no trivial matter; the Statue of the Seven, in a sense, was also a nation's face to other nations.

Especially Liyue, the earliest established nation, was extremely rigorous regarding the statue issue.

Actually, at the very beginning, the Adepti's idea was much the same as the gods of other nations.

That was to make it solemn and dignified; after all, it was a god's statue, and other designs were indeed not very good-looking.

But Jiang Yan was different.

He knew how arrogant and domineering the Liyue Geo Statue was in the game at that time.

Morax's idea was actually much the same as what Jiang Yan thought.

At the peak of his power, even though he had already lived for over three thousand years, his spirit remained extremely arrogant.

Especially since Liyue had won battle after battle on the Liyue land and established a vast Liyue nation.

So Morax naturally wanted to be a bit arrogant.

What a coincidence!

Jiang Yan's idea was just like that!

As the earliest established of the Seven Archon nations, the statue naturally had to be somewhat unique!

Thus, the two hit it off immediately; when the Adepti first heard Jiang Yan and Morax's proposal, they disagreed.

Especially Lady Guizhong and Cloud Retainer, who served as strategists within the Liyue faction.

The gods of others made theirs so solemn and dignified, but you two, well, you planned to be as arrogant as possible.

Isn't that purely being the show-off of the seven nations?

But how could the Adepti stop something jointly decided by Jiang Yan and Morax?

Finally, after the Adepti's repeated attempts at persuasion failed, under their helpless gaze, the two highest rulers of Liyue overruled the opposition and finalized this decision.

So, this is why the Liyue statue remains so arrogant.

The other nations were somewhat surprised, but none said much.

First, this was the business of other nations and had nothing to do with themselves.

If they wanted a certain pose, they could have it.

Even if their statue just lay there, it mattered not.

As long as the people of their own nation agreed, that was enough.

Moreover, as the first nation established by the Seven Archons of Teyvat, it could be said that in the late stage of the Archon War, Liyue had already been established.

As the first established nation, Liyue had the right to use such an arrogant sitting posture.

For no other reason than that even if Liyue were not the first established nation, judging by Liyue's current combat power level, the Liyue nation was at the level of Teyvat's strongest power.

This is Liyue!

After Cloud Retainer finished instructing the two, she left this place.

The remaining matters had nothing to do with her.

Next, it was Morax's turn to appear.

"Since we have come here, let us search the surroundings."

After Cloud Retainer departed, Paimon said to Lumine:

"Cloud Retainer said this is a place where the Geo Archon often rests; if he is not here now, perhaps if we wait a while, we might meet him."

Lumine nodded, and then the two began searching the surroundings.

Meanwhile, Morax made no move throughout, simply sitting quietly in a small pavilion, drinking clear tea.

This pot of tea was a temporary creation conjured by Jiang Yan when he arrived.

At this moment, Morax no longer used Zhong Li's appearance.

The originally somewhat dark brown long robe had changed into a gilded gold long robe; dragon horns grew from his head, giving him the appearance of a half-beast, half-human.

This was precisely the form that descended during the Geo Archon's Rite of Descension.