Zhongli stood under the pavilion, looking up at the moon in the night sky without moving for a long time.
He already knew the content of the Pure Heart Curse, but before starting to practice it, he was a little hesitant.
For thousands of years, as the god of Liyue, he has been burdened with many contracts.
Now he is fulfilling those contracts one by one.
If those contracts can be said to be shackles, then Morax is now untying the shackles on his body one after another.
He understood very well Ouyang's intention of teaching the Pure Heart Mantra at this stage, which was to prevent Liyue from losing her mind.
Unfortunately, the contract has been made and everything has begun.
He looked at the bright moon in the night sky and slowly closed his eyes.
No matter what, this Heart Purifying Mantra can at least improve your chances of winning, but what you expected will disappoint you.
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Zhongli's figure disappeared. At the same time, wind and clouds began to gather in the sky, the clouds surged, and Morax revealed his true body.
The vast divine pressure lowered, but fortunately it was high enough from the ground, so it was already difficult to detect after descending in the sky.
However, the sensitive animals were still keenly aware of the strangeness, and they shivered in place for a while.
Also aware of this were the immortals guarding Minlin.
True Monarch Cutting the Moon and Building the Yang was the first immortal to feel the difference.
In the cave, he looked up in the direction of Qingyunding with some strangeness. His eyes looked through the layers of stones, through the high sky, through the rolling clouds, and saw Morax revealing his true form.
Strange, why did the emperor reveal his true identity today?
Still not restraining his divine power at all?
There's a war?!
The emperor appeared at this location. Was it in the direction of Yingzhuang or in the north?
Morax has been very humble and gentle in his life. Even if he reveals his true form, he will restrain his pressure. He has only seen this kind of "full firepower" without reservation, only in the era of the Demon God War.
So you can't blame him for overthinking.
Thoughts flashed through his mind.
With his extraordinary brain power, he is ready to go into battle.
Just when he was about to step forward to pay his respects, a divine light suddenly appeared in his mind.
"Be patient and don't be impatient."
Oh, that's okay.
Zhenyue Zhuyang Zhenjun shook the antlers on his head, climbed up and lay down again.
Not only did the divine light appear here, at this moment, all the immortals on Liyue received Morax's "text message".
The mandrill far away in Dihuazhou was the last to be received.
He was originally hard at work hoeing the earth, but after feeling the pressure of Morax, he wanted to go to Minlin, because he also thought that there was going to be a war somewhere in Liyue at this moment.
But then he stopped again after receiving the text message.
Standing on the plain, Mandrill looked in the direction of Qingyunding and remained silent.
The emperor may have some deep meaning in doing this.
Qing Yunding, high in the sky.
Morax, who had transformed into his true form, notified all the immortals and then sent a new text message.
Wrapped in the power of divinity, the text message traveled thousands of miles to Liyue Port and the military camp, and accurately found Ouyang who was speaking.
call out--
In the military tent, Ouyang, who was chatting with Chongyun about asking him to go back with Shen He tomorrow to have a look, was caught off guard by this text message.
Not only him, but everyone in the military tent did not react to the sudden divine light.
Just when Shen He stood up and wanted to go forward to check, he saw Ouyang waving his hand.
"Wait, it's okay. Emperor."
After saying that, Ouyang closed his eyes and stopped talking.
The military tent became quiet. Shen He looked at Ouyang, who was covered in the golden light of rock elemental power, and felt a little worried.
She thought Ouyang was quarreling with Gan Yu and Ningguang today. After the emperor found out, he wanted to blame Ouyang, especially for Ningguang. The scene at that time was almost like a severance of friendship and no contact until death.
Chongyun looked at all this in silence, knowing that he might be a bit redundant here. After giving Shen He a sign to leave, he pulled Xingqiu, who still wanted to watch the fun, and left together.
In Ouyang's mind.
Morax transformed into an uncle and stood in front of Ouyang,
He said with a serious and serious expression.
"Ouyang, the Pure Heart Mantra you taught is indeed effective. It can greatly delay the erosion of wear and tear, so I want to promote it to all the immortals in Liyue.
So I'm asking for your opinion now."
Uncle, we can't do this!
You are just bullying me because I have lost my spiritual power. You just put me on the phone without any room for negotiation. You should at least say it in advance!
Fortunately, this time I was talking about something. If I happened to be doing something and you suddenly came here and I was frightened, would you be responsible?!
Ouyang, who was racing in his heart, complained crazily.
However, he also knew that now was not the time to complain about this. After listening to the uncle's narration, Ouyang did not rush to answer, but asked instead.
“If you can delay wear and tear, can you delay retirement?”
"...cannot."
Gan!!!
Ouyang said angrily: "Reason! You should know better than me the significance of the Pure Heart Curse. I can give it to you for free, but if you don't explain the reason, I can't agree to your request!"
The original intention of letting Ruotuo take the uncle with him was that if the Pure Heart Mantra was useful, he would let the uncle practice it too.
To be fair, he has been guarding Liyue for thousands of years. Although he has little to do with Ouyang, he still respects this point.
And over the years, although Ouyang didn't like his Riddler-like behavior, at least he would not cheat him on substantive issues.
Not only did she not cheat him, she was also very generous in giving him things.
Although the jade ring in Ouyang's hand cannot be used now without his spiritual power, it is a real storage space.
It's baby!
Therefore, if the uncle decides not to retire after practicing, he will make a lot of money, so even if the uncle still chooses to retire in the end, Ouyang will accept it.
But now I want to teach other immortals, so that’s another price!
Facing the uncle who was still thinking, Ouyang said unceremoniously: "Give me a reason, and the price must be increased!"
"...I am the god of Liyue, and I am also the god of contracts. The contracts you sign must be abided by, so I'm sorry, but I can't tell you the reason."
"Okay, let's make a deal. I am no longer the Tianshu. I will go back and be the head of my noble family."
"As the God of Contract, those who break their promises should be punished by eating rocks! Ouyang, why are you so resistant to the position of Seven Stars?"
What I want to do is to overthrow the order you established, and then place you at the top of this new order to alert the world.
But what stupid Qixing did you choose?
His ability is indeed first-class, even super-class.
But he is so calculating and his own people are so top-notch!
This is the first of seven stars!
How can I do this job?!
Ouyang complained crazily in his heart.
But he didn't dare to say these words now because he was unsure of his uncle's temper.
What he wants to do is now easy to do but hard to say.
Moreover, now that the uncle is determined to retire, it seems better not to do it than to do it.
Taking ten thousand steps back, even if he really succeeds, but the uncle has already decided not to care about it at that time, something will happen many years later!
Ouyang doesn't even believe in human nature, let alone others.
Seeing that Ouyang remained silent, Zhongli sighed in his heart and said.
"I once thought that appointing you to the Seven Stars would give Liyue the last insurance, but now it seems that something has gone wrong.
Anyway, if you really don’t want to do it, then I agree that you can choose to quit the position of Seven Stars at any time.”
"This is what you said! Let's make a written statement!"
"What I, Morax, said is that the contract itself does not need to be written in writing. But you don't have to give up the position of Seven Stars. You must take Liyue's safety at heart. It's still the same contract as before, for twenty years."
...Doesn’t that mean you didn’t say anything?
I have already abdicated, and I still care about Maomao Liyue.
wrong!
Ouyang raised his eyebrows and thought about it carefully. It seemed that the uncle didn't mean what he thought.
"You mean that when Liyue encounters a crisis, I need to step in to solve it?"
"Yes."
"Morax! I am crippled now!"
"You are the one who is finally determined to be destined. You cannot always be without strength. Just like the Pure Heart Curse taught now, maybe you will regain your strength in the future."
What Zhongli said was so conclusive that Ouyang almost believed it.
But his family knows his own affairs, and now he just wants to create a false eye of god. How much strength it can have is another question.
What's more, even the analysis work of the Eye of God has been completed, and the prosthetic eye will not be available for a long time.
However, Ouyang also saw that the uncle's concessions should only go so far.
He is the God of Contracts, so if you want to break the contract first, it is a great honor to not come directly to the door.
"Okay, I agree."
Ouyang finally agreed. Now that he was confident, there was no need to rush and leave immediately.
It bothers me that there is no option to flip the table. Now that the uncle has agreed, he can withdraw at any time, so he no longer has to worry about the 20 years of working for Liyue that he signed five years ago.
It's okay now. If Ning Guang disgusts him again, Ouyang can just quit.
But it won't last long. After a series of things caused by the layered rock abyss are dealt with, we can almost leave.
Seven Kingdoms, sea, freedom...
Ouyang restrained his thoughts that were about to let go and pulled his thoughts back.
He said sternly: "What, well, the reason is that I have reconciled with you, but I will have to pay more to teach other immortals."
"Based on universal rationality, the effect of the Pure Heart Curse is indeed huge. The conditions I just discussed with you are indeed not up to such a high stake. So Ouyang, is there anything you want?"
"Can you give me the Eyes of God?"
"The Eye of God is given by heaven. Although I am the Rock God of Liyue, I do not have the authority to give you the Eye of God."
Sure enough...
Ouyang looked at the serious man who answered, and he didn't feel much loss in his heart.
But apart from the Eye of God, Ouyang couldn't think of anything else he could ask for.
Protect your home?
Mora?
Beauty?
Or...be the leader of the Seven Stars?
There is no need to protect your family anymore. Under the current situation, the probability that Gui Chuanyu can grow up safely is basically 100%.
Maura doesn't really need it, this thing is enough.
Beauty... Ouyang thought about it, but just thinking about it.
The last head of the Seven Stars... Although after the uncle retires, he can try to seize power and act as a "king" in Liyue to implement his own ideas of human rule.
But thinking about what happened recently,
When it comes to intrigues, he is not as good as Ningguang,
In terms of handling things safely and properly, he is not as good as Gan Yu.
In terms of ideological awareness, I may not be very high yet.
Ouyang really couldn't guarantee that if he suddenly rose to a high position, he would drift away.
Therefore, Ouyang, who was really unexpected, shook his head and said.
"I can't think of anything else.
Or, will you tell me everything you finally told me?"
"...After all, I have finished all the things I was asked to do, and there is nothing else. Even if there is, I don't know."
Zhongli held his chin with one hand and fell into memories as he spoke.
"Thousands of years ago, she once pulled me to a quiet place with great interest to talk about you a thousand years from now.
She would plan a lot of things for you at that time. For example, she said that you would fight until the winter, and asked me to increase my strength so that I could protect you when the time comes.
But one day later, all of these were overturned by her.
She said that fate cannot be changed, and if there is any change, things will slide in another unexpected direction.
Therefore, she gave up all arrangements, but because she had already made some arrangements before, she had no choice but to ask me to guide you to your original trajectory, which was the battle five years ago.
It will be gone after that, and you don’t have to wonder about it anymore.”
After speaking, the uncle concluded: "Ouyang, you have your own way to go. No one knows what this road is like. What your destiny is, you can only discover it yourself."
"wrong!"
After listening carefully, Ouyang found a blind spot. He looked at the uncle seriously and asked.
"Since fate cannot be changed, why do you still say that only I can change the tragic outcome of this world? This is obviously contradictory!"
"Destiny is an unfathomable thing. It is a level far above or even higher than the one you have fought with. You are a traveler from outside the world, and you are not controlled by the laws of heaven."
Can you speak human language?
Ouyang seemed to understand, but he didn't seem to understand.
Isn’t the protagonist of the game an extraterrestrial?
Why not choose him or her after all?
I can’t be the protagonist of Teyvat, right?!
Zhongli didn't give Ouyang any time to continue thinking, he asked again.
"Because after all, there is nothing more to tell me, so the request you just made doesn't count. You can make a new request now."
"I...I don't know what else to ask for..."
"...Okay then. The whole of Liyue, all the immortals, including me, owe you a favor."
Morax, who also didn't know what to give, also found it a bit difficult.
He originally thought that after Ouyang became Liyue's last trump card after taking office at Qixing, he would be able to give more power accordingly.
Now the situation is a bit uncertain.
But because the matter was final, he thought again and again and still did not dare to tie Ouyang too tightly.
So in the end he gave in, and now he doesn't know what to give Ouyang.
I had no choice but to say I owed a favor and settle the matter.
"If something goes wrong here, I'll leave."
"Ah, okay, walk slowly."
Outside, as Morax's spiritual thoughts left, the rock elemental power surrounding him also began to dissipate. At the same time, Ouyang also opened his eyes.
Feeling the changes in his body, Ouyang tried his best to restrain the urge to command the system to absorb energy.
Changes in energy are very sensitive to the owner of the energy. If the system really absorbs it, something might happen.
Therefore, Ouyang did not seize this excellent opportunity.
But, my heart still hurts...
Shen He, who had been guarding him all the time, saw that Ouyang had woken up, but with a sad expression on his face, he asked worriedly.
"What's wrong with you? Is the emperor giving you a hard time?"
"No, just let me hold you for a while. I feel bad for you."
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I plucked up the courage to read the previous comments, but I was shocked. A reader in Chapter 99 basically guessed half of the plot development... I am very hurt now, and I need some treatment! Finally, I hope you can not
I am eager to refute the decision made by the protagonist in the book. If the setting is like this, accidents will always happen. The protagonist's decision is basically equivalent to fart. Everything depends on the development of the plot.
