Chapter 390

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Protagonist:

Xuan Ge

Fontaine, Mo Mang Palace.

This is the residence of the Hydro Archon Furina, the core seat of power in Fontaine, and simultaneously the office of the Highest Judge Neuvillette.

"A powerful yet unfamiliar force." Neuvillette frowned, looking toward Liyue's direction, "But this aura... it's so familiar..."

He stood up and walked to the window, watching the sparse raindrops beginning to fall from the sky again, he muttered to himself: "Could it be you, Xuan Ge."

At this moment the door was pushed open, and a blue-white haired girl walked in again.

"Neuvillette, do you want to eat cake?" Furina held a relatively large piece of cake in both hands, her eyes shining bright.

Neuvillette shook his head slightly, then said: "Furina, did you sense that aura?"

"Hm?" Furina came over and sat down, then started enjoying the cake, "What aura, what are you talking about?"

Hearing this answer, Neuvillette looked deeply at Furina twice.

"So delicious~" Furina didn't notice, just happily eating the cake.

Neuvillette didn't know if Furina was doing it on purpose or what, but he still spoke up to remind her: "Furina, did you forget him?"

"Who?" Furina swallowed the cream, looking at Neuvillette curiously.

Seeing Furina's silly look, Neuvillette fell somewhat silent.

"General Shen Wei."

Furina, about to spear a fruit, heard these four words and froze in place.

"Looks like you didn't forget." Seeing Furina's reaction, Neuvillette nodded, "Just now I sensed Xuan Ge's aura."

"Ah... ahhh... aaaaah!" Furina seemed to lag several beats, she still hadn't reacted from those four words 'General Shen Wei'.

"He... he he brought troops to attack again!?" Furina stopped eating the cake, didn't even know her gift hat had fallen off, she scrambled to her feet like a monarch of a fallen kingdom, "What to do what to do, am I going to be captured alive again?"

Seeing Furina panic just like before, Neuvillette wondered if he had gone too far, stirring up Furina's fear.

Furina panicked for a while, then quickly reacted.

"That's not right, isn't Xuan Ge dead?"

Furina looked at Neuvillette, puffed up her cheeks, ears red as she said: "That scum Xuan Ge is dead, you bringing him up now, I see you want my Hydro Archon position!"

"He's alive."

"Hah, impossible!" Hearing Neuvillette still trying to scare her, Furina said somewhat angrily: "Qiu Ge Zhi Di, no entry into the earth veins, soul scattering, General Shen Wei cannot possibly resurrect."

Although she has no power, she's not stupid, she's extremely smart, she can still sort this much out clearly.

"Death, Life, Three Times, plus the Seven Executives of the Mortal World, back then I personally watched General Shen fall." Furina crossed her arms refuting Neuvillette.

Seeing Furina speak so certainly, Neuvillette didn't open his mouth to refute.

Furina was right, that Human-God War back then shook out an entire continent.

And this continent is the land of General Shen's fall, also named Qiu Ge Zhi Di.

The Time Archon erased Xuan Ge's karma, the Death Archon anchored Xuan Ge's fall, the Life Executor made Qiu Ge Zhi Di have no earth veins, and the Seven Gods divided up General Shen's relics.

Thinking of this, Neuvillette heard the rain outside growing heavier, his mood very complex.

Although Xuan Ge was a total bastard, an utter scumbag, one cannot deny, Fontaine's current prosperity was all killed into existence by Xuan Ge.

Those nobles who once opposed General Shen, defied General Shen, even wanted to trip up General Shen, were all exterminated to the last man by Xuan Ge.

All infamy was borne by General Shen, while all good reputation was collected entirely by Furina.

At the same time, he himself was influenced by General Shen's philosophy, how to distinguish right from wrong, how to kill decisively, how to preserve compassion.

Furina saw the downpour outside, she secretly sighed, then comforted Neuvillette saying: "Since you think General Shen Wu has returned to the world, how about we go to General Shen's... uh... Artifacts?"

Furina wanted to say Relics, but fearing the downpour would turn into a thunderstorm, she still picked a nicer-sounding word.

Water Dragon cries once, Fontaine drowns.

This line was Xuan Ge's teasing of Neuvillette back then.

When the General Shen War ended, and he brought back news of Xuan Ge's death, Fontaine was nearly destroyed by the torrential rain.

That torrential rain fell for seven days and seven nights, and occurred three times in a row.

At that moment he knew, Neuvillette was crying.

"... Mm." Neuvillette nodded, seeing Furina comfort him, he caught his breath, "Let's go, to the sealing chamber."

The two walked out of Mo Mang Palace, arriving at Melusine Fortress.

This is an autonomous fortress located underwater, actually undertaking Fontaine's prison function, independent of the Fontaine Court's judicial system.

Managed by "Duke" Wriothesley, Sigewinne responsible for the infirmary work inside the fortress.

Though independent, it still belongs to the Fontaine system.

After all, General Shen killing one person and exterminating the whole family had too far-reaching influence, causing current nobles to not dare speak too loudly, all very obedient.

Wriothesley seeing the Hydro Archon Furina and Neuvillette, he immediately saluted, then said with a smile: "Wonder what wind blew you two here?"

"Check the seal." Neuvillette nodded slightly.

Wriothesley though puzzled, still stated the current situation: "The Fetal Sea Seal is very stable, rest assured."

"Take us to see it."

Hearing the Hydro Archon Furina's request, Wriothesley nodded: "Alright, looks like I've lost some credibility with the Hydro Archon."

"Not so, lead the way first."

Furina didn't not want to explain, ever since she entered this Melusine Fortress, she had a heart-palpitating feeling.

It was as if he had returned to the past, finding himself in the midst of the War of the Gods.

Seeing Furina's expression, Wriothesley also guessed what the two of them had come here to see.

Neuvillette and Furina had not come to see the seal on the Fetal Sea Water, but rather that... the Divine General's Relic: the Celestial Bow Light Arrow.

Arriving at the location of the seal, Wriothesley began operating the massive valves continuously.

One gate, two gates, several gates rose slowly, accompanied by a boundless killing aura.

"How can this aura be possible?" Wriothesley stared wide-eyed at the blue-gold great bow suspended above the Fetal Sea Seal, "How can this aura be so sharp?"

"Hmm, this vibration..." Neuvillette's eyebrow furrowed, "He has truly returned..."

Without hesitation, Neuvillette looked at Furina and spoke solemnly: "The Divine General has returned to the world, right in Liyue. Furina, you need to go to Liyue immediately to negotiate."

"Ah... ah... me... me?" Furina swallowed hard and raised a hand to point at herself.

"The Divine General has returned to the world? How is that possible?"

Neuvillette cut off Wriothesley's questioning; right now he needed to race against time, at the very least making Furina meet Xuan Ge before the other gods acted.

Furina was the only god in the War of the Gods who was uninjured, and who even brought the Celestial Bow back.

Although he did not know how Furina managed it, she also lost her Divine Power because of it — this was presumably the Divine General's punishment.

The Primordial Fetal Sea is ultimately a hidden danger, and the Celestial Bow's suppression is not a long-term solution; he needs Furina to go to the Divine General and find out clearly why he made her lose her power back then.

"Furina, you are the Hydro Archon, but your power has been sealed by Xuan Ge. For so many years I have been unable to help you recover it, so you need to go find Xuan Ge and discuss it."

"I... I."

Hearing Neuvillette's words, Furina was now both panicked and afraid.

What sealing by Xuan Ge does she have? This is her deliberately saying so because she fears her lie will be exposed!

"Furina, the Seven Gods have certainly moved; you set out now."

Hearing these words, Furina felt the sky collapse!

Xiangfu: Prime Minister! You cannot let me go alone!

PS: Our Hongshu's Shenhe Immortal came looking for me to boost performance again; watch me update four chapters in a row — Shenhe is very displeased, still picking trouble to seal the book, so today only two updates. This is my fault to everyone; once recovered I will still do four updates.