Chapter 386

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

Hu Tao's explanation was well-founded; after all, there were far too many fanfiction authors writing about the Divine Might General.

"Looks like the Hall Master bought the latest novel."

Zhongli saw through it in one sentence; he knew the Hall Master was secretly buying Divine Might General fanfiction.

"Hehe, it's not like it costs that much anyway."

Hu Tao laughed "hehe," then put her hands on her waist and looked at Zhongli.

"Fine then, Zhongli, you're talking about me, the Hall Master?"

Seeing that Zhongli actually mentioned her spending money, Hu Tao immediately started pouring out her grievances.

"What's with last month's bill? Drinking tea, watching operas, walking birds — fine, but those antiques you bought are practically priceless; how many people do I have to bury to earn that back?"

"Cough cough... Hall Master, we're almost there." Zhongli immediately changed the subject. "I heard the Traveler from Mondstadt seems to be in Liyue as well."

"Ah, right." Hu Tao nodded, then started leading the way ahead, pushing through the crowd.

Xuan Ge watched Hu Tao get brushed off just like that, and he shook his head slightly.

"Xuan Ge, there are many people here; mentioning the Divine Might General's name too much would be a bit inappropriate." Zhongli turned his head to look at Xuan Ge and explained.

"Are you sure you're not stalling me?" Xuan Ge raised an eyebrow in reply; he always felt Zhongli was hiding something there, and hiding it hard.

"How could that be?" Zhongli smiled.

"His matters, I remember very clearly."

"The impregnable rock that the vortex cannot shatter will also wear down under the scouring of time, and the Divine Might General's affairs are not that far in the past."

"Alright then." Xuan Ge nodded; he'd believe it this once.

However, for some reason, he always felt Zhongli's smile carried some indescribable implication.

Zhongli's gaze looked toward the Jintai; he was doing two things at once — preparing to fake his death on one hand, and preparing to test on the other.

Calling Xianyun directly... that probably won't work.

Because Xianyun, upon seeing Xuan Ge, would likely lose control — lose control in every sense of the word.

But testing is simple too; after all, Xuan Ge is still too easy to read.

To find out if Xuan Ge is his old friend, he only needs one extremely simple method.

Although somewhat vulgar, this is the fastest verification method.

Just now, Xuan Ge's very first glance darted to Hu Tao's chest; he saw it clearly.

And only Xuan Ge would be this impolite.

Because he likes big ones too much.

"Make way, make way."

A white floating thing drifted above the crowd, clearing a path for a yellow-haired girl.

"This one... is the Traveler you spoke of." Xuan Ge looked at that strangely dressed girl, who was clearly out of place among the people around her.

"Every journey will one day reach its end; no need to rush. Stop and look around, and perhaps a new path will open."

Hearing Zhongli start spouting his old-fashioned riddler lines again, Xuan Ge couldn't help but clench his fist.

He hated riddlers the most!

And Hu Tao, hearing her own Guest Elder start talking mysteriously again, could only shake her head helplessly.

"The auspicious hour has arrived!"

On the ceremonial platform, a white-haired woman in a qipao called out loudly, silencing everyone present.

"She is the Tianquan Star of the Liyue Qixing, Ningguang, in charge of Liyue's military affairs — for example, sand-table simulations and troop deployments."

Zhongli spoke up to explain Ningguang to Xuan Ge, while also indirectly alluding to the Divine Might General's matters.

"The Divine Might was once the Tianquan Star as well, but he was too dazzling, causing Ningguang to always live in his shadow."

This is a lie!

In terms of the current era, Ningguang is just a twisted Divine Might fanboy.

When she became the Tianquan Star, she indeed hated that Divine Might who had thoroughly corrupted the Tianquan Star.

But no matter what Ningguang did, she could never cross that mountain named the Divine Might General.

Even though she created the unique Yuheng, it was merely a bit of household talk for the common folk after tea and meals.

Far from matching the boiling passion stirred by a single Divine Might General recruitment speech.

So, Ningguang gave up; she accepted the fact of the Divine Might pressing down on her.

Subsequently, as time passed, Ningguang thoroughly became the Divine Might General's most die-hard twisted fan.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Xuan Ge associated it with his own unification of the six directions, then probed:

"This Divine Might General — he didn't raise an army in rebellion and ultimately fail, did he?"

"Mm." Zhongli nodded slightly, then the corners of his mouth hooked up two pixels.

Xuan Ge Fragment +1.

"... That makes sense then." Xuan Ge nodded to himself.

Raised an army and failed — that makes sense; after all, history books are always written by the victors.

The Divine Might General being listed as taboo here — looks like it's all because of that failure.

This is what failure means — everyone gets to come and trample you.

But if it succeeds, what should you call me then?

Xuan Ge did not look at Ningguang performing that flowery Rite of Descension over there; instead, he kept chewing over the dialogue from just now.

The Xuan Ge of Teyvat wants to raise an army and proclaim himself emperor, but he cannot bypass the gods' rule.

Because the gods here truly descend in person, and the God of War General's failure was probably destined.

Thinking of this, Xuan Ge felt somewhat ashamed.

Is this failure not a reflection of himself?

Unifying the Xian Zhou himself is actually just unifying Liyue, while the other nations of Teyvat should be able to correspond with those regions in the Huan Yu where Shen Wu has not yet reached.

If he, like Teyvat's God of War General, also wants to unify the Huan Yu, then he would inevitably have to face the gods.

This is no joke.

If he really did that, it would be ruthlessly broadening the Path of the Hunt; at that time it would certainly threaten the Preservation and other Aeons.

Because they likewise need self-preservation.

Xuan Ge, having figured things out a little, suddenly thought of Jin Guang.

"Holy shit...."

Xuan Ge swallowed hard and began muttering to himself in a low voice.

"If we follow the previous clues, Jin Guang and Xuan Ge are completely opposite; then he wouldn't have succeeded, right?"

If Jin Guang really is the one who succeeded, then him coming to settle accounts with these copies of mine would truly be understandable.

No, no, Xuan Ge shook his head.

Jin Guang certainly wanted to do that too, but he should be the defeated one; otherwise I would be the one who is the Extinction Monarch Jin Guang that scorched the entire Huan Yu.

Xuan Ge's muttering made Hu Tao turn her head back in curiosity.

She was just about to ask what was wrong, when a long worm suddenly fell from the sky.

With a crash, Rex Lapis smashed the Rite of Descension platform, and this instantly pulled Xuan Ge's gaze over.

"The Monarch has been assassinated! Lock down the entire venue!"

Ningguang waved her hand broadly, directly ordering the Qianyan Army to start controlling everyone here.

"Heh, why does this scene feel somewhat familiar?"

Hearing this familiar line, and seeing Zhong Li leisurely watching the show beside him, Xuan Ge immediately recalled the scene when he drank the coffee Ji Zi brought from the stars back then.

Zhong Li caught sight that the Traveler seemed to intend to leave, then saw his own Hall Master already chatting with Keqing, and only then did he look toward Xuan Ge, who had a face full of waiting to watch the show.

"The interrogation will take some time; the Hall Master should be off negotiating. We'll leave first; there's no major issue."

"Tsk tsk, to actually exit in this way?" Xuan Ge smiled and nodded.

Although Morax's method of retiring is somewhat funny, and full of holes.

But it cannot be denied that using this method to impact the people's gaze can indeed make most people accept it.

Zhong Li did not reply, merely nodding.

If I didn't use this method this time, but chose to inform directly instead, many people would not be satisfied.

Rather than that, better to do it in one clean step.

Not accepting it, you still have to accept it.

"Halt!"

Just as the two people prepared to leave, a purple-haired twin-tailed black-stocking cat-eared girl suddenly blocked the way in front of the two of them.

Keqing raised her hand pointing at Xuan Ge, shouting sternly: "Men, seize this man! He is the assassin who murdered the Monarch!"

Xuan Ge raised an eyebrow, then looked at Zhong Li expressionlessly.

Ha Ji Zhong, you guy didn't say us leaving was no problem?

Zhong Li: My knife shield.