"Most of the Fatui who were teleported to the Jade Pavilion were killed on the spot, some were captured, and some were thrown into the sea. I will mobilize soldiers to search for them later."
Keqing also thanked him sincerely. After Fang Yun's mediation last time, she realized her mistake. She labeled the immortals as stubborn but never thought that she was the one who was truly arrogant.
“Why are you thanking me? Isn’t it our duty to protect Liyue? Do you think we are helping Liyue because we have received favors from the Emperor?” True Lord Liuyun snorted coldly, “As one of the Seven Stars of Liyue, it’s okay to be a little more thoughtful, but you shouldn’t use these thoughts on your own people!”
The deer-shaped Xieyue Zhuyang Zhenjun added calmly: "Don't think that it's easy to suppress Osel this time. If you follow your original plan, we will be facing a demon god that has almost completely broken the seal... Forget it, I've said everything I need to say, you guys should take care of yourself."
After the immortals finished speaking, they bowed and thanked Fang Yun and left one after another. They did not interfere with Liyue's future policies. They came from Jueyunjian just to investigate the cause of the Emperor's death and stabilize the situation. They never cared about the power in the human world at all. It was just that Qixing imagined them as enemies.
As for the fact that Fang Yun and General Lei Dian did not attack Osel before, it was normal in their opinion. It would be too embarrassing if Liyue could not even deal with Osel who was only half unsealed.
Ganyu left with the immortals. After being enlightened by Fang Yun, she understood that the Emperor arranged for her to work in Liyue Harbor in the hope that she could become a bridge between the humans and immortals in Liyue. Now she planned to explain to the immortals the changes in Liyue over the past two thousand years.
Perhaps because her state of mind has changed, Ganyu has performed very well in previous battles, regaining the feel she had during the Demon War. When she was having a good time, she even took off the black and red horns on her head, turned them into weapons to fight the enemy, or simply used them as a badge.
Humph, a mere Fatui dares to challenge Ganyu? It's still two thousand years too early!
“How did Osel break the seal? The general and I went to the Layered Abyss earlier and didn’t pay attention to what’s happening here.” Fang Yun walked over to Ningguang and Keqing.
Ningguang bowed slightly in thanks, and then briefly introduced the situation: Just as Fang Yun expected, the Fatui of the Liyue branch fought desperately to attack the defense line of Lonely Cloud Pavilion, and in the end the Young Master relied on the power bestowed by the Ice God to barely lift part of the seal, but after this tough battle, almost 80% of the Fatui of the Liyue branch were killed, and the Young Master himself was injured by Granny Ping's shock wave and fell into the sea.
“No matter what their purpose is, the fact is that they are trying to unseal the Demon God and destroy Liyue. We will arrest all the Fatui involved in this matter,” Keqing added.
As for going to war with Winter Solstice, that is impossible. Liyue no longer has the nuclear deterrent of Geo, and has to deal with the various troubles caused by the suspension of Mora's production. It can no longer afford to create any more trouble. And the biggest problem is... Liyue can't even work together to deal with the Northland Bank, so how can it fight to the death with Winter Solstice?
“But after this incident, I have deeply realized the shortcomings of Liyue... When faced with the threat of losing power, Qixing actually gave up guarding the Golden House to fight against the immortals. This was completely a selfish act. If faced with such a crisis again, I cannot guarantee that Qixing will not make the same mistake again.” Ningguang was filled with emotion.
"Then what are you going to do?"
“I will try to change Liyue. I want to let the people of Liyue know that some things cannot be compromised and cannot be measured by Mora.” Ningguang looked at Fang Yun seriously.
"Your Highness Fang Yun, although Liyue is unable to start a war now, in terms of diplomacy, we will stand on the same side as Inazuma to boycott Zhidong... Haha, to put it bluntly, if Liyue can escape unscathed after releasing the demon god, then what face will Liyue have in the future? Anyone can dare to step on it."
Fang Yun didn't expect that he could achieve his final diplomatic goal at this time, but Ningguang was right. The Fatui committed such a brazen crime in front of countless Liyue people. If they could just let it go with a few words of condemnation and some compensation, wouldn't that be a slap in Liyue's face?
Ningguang added, "Of course, this is not impossible. If the three nations of Wind, Rock and Thunder can form an alliance again, it won't be a problem to deal with Zhidong. I think even if the major families in Liyue don't support it, they won't oppose it. At that time, I will have the confidence to make continuous adjustments to Liyue."
"Don't worry so much. Once Inazuma's talisman factory can start mass production, our pressure will be reduced a lot. Besides, the alliance will not only include the three countries, but also Xumi will join as well."
"what?"
Ningguang was frightened!
Although she also noticed that Fang Yun's nationality was a bit unpredictable, and even thought that Fang Yun might be able to sleep with the water god when he went to Fontaine next, she didn't expect that he was already studying Xumi's opponent.
Could it be that Fang Yun’s ability to use grass elemental power is related to Xumi?
But even so, Ningguang couldn't think of any legal basis for Fang Yun to interfere in Xumi. Xumi already had a new god, and now there was General Lan, a follower of the Great Compassion Tree King. Even if Fang Yun had another artifact of the Great Compassion Tree King, it would be of no use there.
At this level, it would be better to bring the Great Compassion Tree King himself along.
But that was too outrageous. Ningguang would rather believe that he could make the little Lucky Grass King call him daddy.
"Why, are you surprised?" Fang Yun smiled. He felt that Ningguang had always been very confident in him, just like the Son of God.
"Indeed, after all, the situation in Xumi is special. The little auspicious grass king has never appeared in front of people. It is difficult for me to guess what will happen." Ningguang did not deny it, but when she heard Fang Yun say that, she also smiled and said: "But since Your Highness Fang Yun said so, I will wait for your good news... In addition, I wish you and General Lei Dian Fengdan a smooth trip."
To show her sincerity, she also proposed to host a banquet in Qun Yu Pavilion to entertain Fang Yun next time and invite him to experience the special hot springs in Qun Yu Pavilion.
I don’t know if Ganyu told Ningguang that the voice of the Eightfold Son of God is very similar to hers. Ningguang used the voice of the Eightfold Son of God in this sentence, which made Fang Yun a little scared.
What if Ningguang suddenly blindfolded him while he was taking a hot spring bath and said that she was the Son of God, would Fang Yun believe it or not?
After chatting with Ningguang and Keqing for a few more words, Fang Yun took his female secretary Yingmei and Fei...the flying object Paimon and left without disturbing them from doing the follow-up work.
...
After returning to the embassy, Fang Yun instructed the maid to prepare a celebratory banquet and invited all the accompanying Inazuma officials to attend.
Although Fang Yun had negotiated the big order and several important reciprocal agreements with Liyue, he had only discussed the general direction. The specific matters with the Seven Stars and Eight Gates were all handled by the officials of the Kanding Bugyo. They had hardly had a break during this period and had basically been working overtime non-stop. They had already drawn up a preliminary plan yesterday.
Fang Yun is not a black-hearted boss. Seeing that everyone has done a good job, he will naturally not be stingy with rewards.
He thinks there is nothing wrong with this. Although the faith of the Dao wife and people is very pure, faith cannot be used to make a living. Only clear rewards and punishments can motivate everyone's enthusiasm for work.
As for the reform of the shogunate system, Fang Yun and Ying already have ideas. They plan to implement the Three Bugyo into the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers system when they return to Inazuma... This is the most suitable development for Inazuma's current situation.
After the celebration banquet, Fang Yun made some arrangements for the accompanying officials: leaving some people in Liyue to be responsible for the follow-up docking, sending two people to follow Yingmei back to Inazuma to report the cooperation plan with Liyue, and the remaining officials and Aojie people followed Fang Yun and Ying to Fontaine.
Yingmei had no objection to this. Going to Inazuma early to help with the construction would also allow her strength to recover as soon as possible.
"But who should I go to Inazuma to assign me tasks?" Ying pulled Fang Yun's sleeve. At this time, Fang Yun was about to go to Ying for a meeting.
"Both Hu Zhai Palace and Yae Shen Zi can give you tasks, but you have to be careful. Both of them are fox fairies and have mischievous personalities, especially Hu Zhai Palace... who is unfathomable." Fang Yun thought of Hu Zhai Palace and shook his head secretly.
If he hadn't felt that Kitsuzaigong was at the Grandmaster level, he would have replaced the white-haired fox's traditional cigarettes with something else.
But he has now been upgraded to a judgment-level beast of burden. After returning to Inazuma, he might be able to fight against Kitsunayagiya... He wants to see how good of a master Kitsunayagiya is!
however.
Yingmei didn't take Fang Yun's reminder seriously, because she was the golden fairy lady.
Watching Fang Yun leave, Yingmei sighed inwardly, but in the end she still didn't ask Fang Yun to add a grass element pattern to her.
There was no way. Not only did she have to consider the issue of repaying the favor she had previously considered, but more importantly... where should she put this grass element pattern?
the other side.
In Fang Yun’s mental world.
Originally, Fang Yun was thinking about how to bring Lei Dianying to the world of mind images, but Lei Dianying connected the two worlds through the mark of the Pure Land of One Mind left on his body.
Looking at the huge pink-gold tree that had appeared on the snowy field, as well as the tangled roots of the trees on the ground, Shadow snorted with an incomprehensible meaning and walked over.
The Great Compassionate Tree King had been waiting under the tree for a long time. When he saw Ying snorted coldly, he couldn't help feeling a little flustered.
After a few rounds of laning, she was already desperate because of Ying. Ying alone could score as many points as two people. How could she play? She could only steal the base secretly.
But she didn't know that Ying was also a little panicked... In the past, it was the General who gained points, and she didn't know if she could suppress Buyer if she went on her own. Therefore, when she teleported in, she activated "Please, another me" to connect with the General via the mic. At this time, every move was directed by the General behind the scenes.
A small opening does not count as an opening!
But the general was speechless. She was very dissatisfied with Ying's inefficiency. If she didn't think that her logging in as a substitute would bring psychological trauma to Ying, she would have taken action herself.
Yes, yes, there’s really nothing I can do about you.
But speaking of the psychological shadow, the general felt that it might not be the case... Judging from Ying's performance that day, she seemed to be able to accept this kind of play. After all, the two of them shared a body and could also activate empathy.
Under her gaze, Ying exchanged a few words with the Great Compassionate Tree King.
There is no problem here. Ying is not the first ruling generation in name only. In fact, he is of the same generation as Zhongli, Venti and others. Naturally, he has some friendship with the Great Ci Tree King. There are still many topics for the two to talk about.
Fang Yun did not dare to say a word the whole time. He just watched quietly as the white-haired lady in a dress, with an intellectual and gentle temperament, and the cold beauty in a purple kimono, with a queen-like demeanor, talked.
But after they chatted for a while, the topic still turned to him.
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you, Buyer, for teaching Fang Yun so many techniques." Ying spoke under the general's command, "But judging from Fang Yun's expression, he doesn't seem to regard you as an elder?"
This sentence is a double entendre. It is both a test of how far her relationship with Fang Yun has gone, and a mockery of the Great Compassion Tree King for being unable to suppress his junior Fang Yun, and instead being often contradicted by him.
After hearing what she said, the Great Ci Tree King felt a little embarrassed... She and Ying both regarded themselves as Fang Yun's elders, but after competing for so long, she had never suppressed him with the same queen-like power as Ying. Instead, Fang Yun kept using the Big Rasengan to block her.
She didn't know if it was an illusion, but she felt that her Large Rasengan was developing into a Super Large Rasengan.
Seeing that she was silent for a while, Ying increased his strength: "Fang Yun is very rude. You should show some generosity as an elder. Otherwise, it would be too embarrassing to be spanked by Fang Yun one day... Is there really a god who was spanked by a junior?"
In fact, Ying was just using her own personal experience as an example, but the Great Ci Tree King thought that she had discovered his own dark history, and his expression changed slightly as he looked at Fang Yun.
After seeing that Fang Yun was unaware of this, the Great Compassion Tree King finally breathed a sigh of relief. If Ying knew about this, she would have no chance of survival.
But Ying's continuous attacks really made her scalp numb. The Great Compassion Tree King had already decided to give up the frontal battlefield to steal the base, so she smiled and agreed: "Yes, how could there be such a shameful god? But Fang Yun and I are just teachers and friends, so it's normal to have some fights."
"Really? Fang Yun has never dared to make trouble with me like this." Ying deliberately concealed his dark history, wanting to leave Buyer with the impression that he was invincible.
But the calm Daci Tree King did not care. She continued to show weakness: "I still have a lot to learn from you, Ying. Sometimes I think it would be great if there was someone around to ask for advice on how to handle the relationship between us."
"I still have to rely on myself in this regard." Ying felt a little guilty.
The Great Compassion Tree King followed her words and flattered: "Yes, Ying, you are right. How can there be a god who needs a booster to even gain points? If so, it would be too shameful."
But as soon as she finished speaking, she found that Ying's face opposite her turned red instantly. Even though they were some distance apart, she could faintly feel Ying's temperature rising.
What happened?
The Great Ci Tree King was stunned. She had never thought of provoking Ying at all. On the surface, she was already being humble, so why was Ying still not satisfied?
"Nothing..." Ying took a deep breath. She knew that Buyer had given in, but she was only a bronze rank after all, so she would naturally be a little nervous when her pretending to be a king was exposed.
But she quickly adjusted her mindset. The points that the general got, weren't they also her points?
Besides, she and the general clearly share the same account number, so what difference does it make who gets the points? The result is the same anyway.
Buyer, do you understand the value of the two lives on the other side?
But seeing that the Great Compassion Tree King had finally surrendered to him, Ying, who thought he had already qualified for the Elite 2 level, did not pursue him any further.
Humph, since you have performed well, Boyer, I will give you the level 3.
Ying glanced at Fang Yun and turned to business: "Buyer, let's stop here for our personal matters. You've also seen what happened in the Layered Abyss. What do you think?"
The topic was rather heavy, but Ying's tone was much more relaxed than before, because in a sense this was a family gathering.
The Great Ci Tree Queen was a little surprised by Ying's attitude, but she didn't say anything polite. She said seriously, "Of course I have some ideas. Just like Apep said, Teyvat's biggest enemy now is the Abyss. If there is another Abyss invasion, Teyvat may not be able to hold on."
Tianli has suffered successive blows in the events of Nibelung and Kanreia, and His weakness can no longer be concealed. Not only the Kingdom of Winter, but the Abyss will not miss this opportunity either.
"Whether it's the Four-Nation Alliance or cooperation with Apep and Kong, it's very necessary. In this way, as long as the Abyss takes action, we can immediately extinguish it." The Great Compassion Tree King spoke eloquently, "What makes me unsure is Zhidong... To be honest, I really don't know what they are thinking."
Fang Yun thought for a moment: "How do you say that?"
"Before I became your World Tree, I looked up some information about Solstice. The [Girl] is a fairy, and the [Harlequin] is the court wizard of Kanreya. Although his status is not as high as that of the [Golden] who was a sage at the time, he is still considered a high-ranking one."
"It's not wrong for the Ice God to recruit these people to fight against Heavenly Principle, but it's hard to say whether they can survive the Rule of the Sky, let alone Heavenly Principle... Even if they win by taking advantage of Heavenly Principle's weakness, without the protection set by Heavenly Principle, how can they resist the Abyss?"
The Sky Spike is used to stabilize the rifts in the world. Once the Sky Spike fails, Teyvat will face the full-scale invasion of the Abyss, which cannot be stopped by Solstice, because even the Heavenly Law in its heyday cannot do it. He can only take a defensive stance when facing the Abyss.
"I don't know whether the Ice God is crazy or has other means, but if they want to destroy Teyvat's world barrier, we must not let them succeed." The Great Compassion Tree King concluded, "So we still have to improve our own strength first."
Hearing her say this, Ying Qiao smiled in recognition: "Buyer, it seems that you have changed a lot. If it were in the past, you would never take the initiative like this. I was just thinking about how to persuade you."
"I have to thank Fang Yun. Both Nashida and I were too weak... It's also my responsibility that the rainforest has become like this now. Sometimes you have to take a tough attitude to solve the problem." The Great Compassion Tree King shook his head.
Since the two of them had reached an agreement, the subsequent discussions went much more smoothly.
Apep has already shown Fang Yun the path to promotion as a visionary, so there is no need for the two to intervene for the time being.
The improvement of the Great Compassion Tree King is more closely tied to Fang Yun. If she can follow Fang Yun to dig into the abyss a few more times to raise funds for Fang Yun's mental world to advance, she, as a world tree, can also be improved.
Ying is the one closest to the level of the Four Kages among the three. She only needs to travel through time again to begin to comprehend the authority of time. By then, with her own combat power, she will be able to fight against the Four Kages or the Evil Knights.
If Apep, who is "half of the Nibelung", is added, Fang Yun and his team will have an advantage in top combat power and will have no problem fighting on two fronts against Winter and the Abyss.
"Hmph, speaking of Apep, I still don't quite trust him... It would be safer for the three of us to make a breakthrough." Ying had a very bad impression of Apep.
Fang Yun burst out laughing. Mei and Mobius really didn't get along well.
The Great Tree King thought that Apepu was trustworthy. Of course, compared with her and Lei Dianying's future sisterly relationship, Apepu was an outsider after all.
“But it’s unlikely that we can break through at the same time. We still have to have a priority and work together to build a top combat force that can change the situation of the battle... Ying, you have the best chance of breaking through now. Fang Yun and I will find a way to shorten the cooling of Langala Li and find a way to help you travel through time.” The Great Compassion Tree King had a clear idea.
Ying thought about it and realized that it was true, so he nodded seriously.
"But if we can really go back to the past again, this opportunity cannot be wasted... We can consider making arrangements in advance at a time that is most advantageous to us." Ying gave this task to the Great Compassion Tree King.
Afterwards, the two discussed some technical issues such as portals.
Seeing the two of them getting along so harmoniously, Fang Yun also breathed a sigh of relief.
But as the two chatted further, the Great Compassion Tree King began to talk excitedly about the [Heavy Particle Mode] she had developed.
"This move uses the World Tree's status to exchange the enemy's life for mine. As long as the opponent's status cannot be compared to the world, they will burn with me after being hit."
"There is such a powerful trick?"
Yingdu was a little stunned by what she heard. She only knew that the demon god of Xumi was good at self-destruction, and creatures with divinity were also masters of this art, but she didn't expect that the Great Mercy Tree King could perform so many tricks of self-destruction.
Is this the value of potato mines?
The Great Compassionate Tree King was so shocked by what he said when he watched the Lei movie that he couldn't help but look proud, and he almost gave her a live demonstration.
Ying, this is the trick I originally prepared for you!
But her smile came to an abrupt end when she saw Fang Yun's cold eyes.
While the Great Compassion Tree King was feeling anxious, Fang Yun did not take any action.
Until the shadow left the world of mind images.
