The golden tree standing tall in the world of Teyvat

"This is."

Kunjun's mood fluctuated greatly, his face kept changing, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

Kunjun's violent emotional changes caught Ying's attention. She didn't know what Kunjun saw that made her so excited.

"Huh? What's wrong with you?"

After completing his inspection, Paimon returned here again. Kunjun, who saw the drastic change in mood, asked a little worriedly.

"...I just felt a little dizzy just now. It's okay. I'm fine now."

After hearing Paimon's words, Kunjun woke up from the violent emotional changes. He closed his eyes and covered his forehead. In Ying's eyes, Kunjun seemed to see some unbearable past events.

"Are you okay? So what did you find?"

Although she knew that Kun Jun would not be able to tell the story, Ying still asked out of curiosity.

Kunjun replied hesitantly: "For the time being. Well, not for the time being."

"There's nothing we can do, Ying. I'll look for you over there. Can you climb up the tree and have a look?"

After hearing Kunjun's answer, Paimon suggested to Ying.

Ying asked suspiciously: "Are you sure there are clues in the tree?"

Paimon crossed his arms and said to Ying in a tone that left no room for doubt: "How will you know if you don't try it? Besides, you can still climb high and see far away!"

Kunjun: "."

"Ah! Yes, really?"

Kunjun's absent-minded answer made Ying feel even more suspicious. She turned her head and glanced at the three gods sitting in a row not far away. Then she looked around, but she didn't find Zhongli's shadow. She suddenly felt dizzy. It started to hurt. Not only did this group of gods fish, but each one of them was also a Riddler.

"Yes, yes, the methods I think of are always very good."

"Wait, I can fly! Oh, let me go then. You guys wait here, I'll be there soon..."

"Everyone, come over here."

Before Paimon could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Zhongli's voice, causing Ying Paimon and Kun Jun to turn their attention away.

"Hey, Zhongli's voice... came from behind the tree. Did he find a new clue? Go take a look, maybe you'll find someone!"

Paimeng and Kunjun took the first step to leave in the direction of Zhongli. Ying lowered his head and looked at the words on the stone tablet thoughtfully.

[Xuanhuang is good at life, but the immortal king is kind and benevolent. This is where the evil dragon is suppressed. Don't make mistakes if you are idle. 】

"Immortal Lord? Are you talking about Liusu? But it doesn't look like it? And what is the evil dragon? Kunjun must have seen something just now, but why didn't he say it? Or this matter has something to do with him, after all, his ability Not something that ordinary people can have.”

Ying thought while walking towards Zhongli's direction.

"Let's go over and take a look."

After Liusu finished speaking, he put away the fishing rod and the bench in his hand. Nasida also put away the bench when she saw it, and followed Liusu directly towards Zhongli and others, leaving Wendy who was still sitting there stunned.

"Just wait for me."

"Zhongli, have you discovered anything?"

"Oh? Liusu, you are here." Zhongli looked at Liusu who arrived and Wendy who showed her head behind.

"This is not what you shouted. Everyone, come over here?"

Zhongli: "."

As expected of you, why are you better at talking than that guy Liu Yun?

"This road is newly dug. It seems that the answer lies ahead." Zhongli ignored Tassel's topic and pointed to the mine next to him.

"There seems to be a sound in the tunnel? Wow...I, I don't want to be the first one!"

"It sounds like you have been the first one, and I am not the one who takes the lead every time." Ying glanced sideways at Paimon and said.

"Hey, aren't you very strong? You feel very safe."

Paimon scratched his head and complimented Ying sheepishly.

Zhongli said slowly: "Don't worry, I'll take the lead."

Kunjun: "."

Zhongli reminded: "There is some unusual aura at the end. For the sake of caution, everyone, please be prepared."

After Zhongli finished speaking, he walked directly towards the mine, with everyone following behind.

After passing through the narrow mine tunnel, they found that there was a large space inside. Everyone looked inside curiously, and there were three other miners digging hard there.

"All the missing miners are here!" Paimon exclaimed.

"What are they digging for?"

Zhongli analyzed: "I'm afraid they dug this tunnel with all their strength."

"Did that door always exist?"

Following the direction Paimon pointed, everyone saw a door sealed by golden runes.

Zhongli analyzed: "Dig a tunnel leading to the ancient seal. If no one finds it, they will keep digging until the door of the seal is opened."

Paimon looked at the three people in front of him who had a black aura coming out of them, and said with a little fear: "It's difficult, could it be that there is something inside the seal?"

Before Paimeng could finish his words, the three miners rushed towards the crowd like crazy. Paimeng's body flying in front quickly flew back to hide behind Zhongli.

“It’s all inclusive.”

Zhong Li said softly, a golden barrier protected everyone inside, and the frantic miners outside kept attacking Yuzhang's shield.

"What should I do? We can't attack these civilians." Paimon said sadly.

Zhongli stretched out his hand, and golden energy overflowed from his hand and was released towards the three controlled civilians. As if being purified, the bodies of the three civilians continued to overflow with black mist.

"Is this a holy attribute?" Paimon asked curiously.

"Well, in this case, the holy attribute is still very useful. To a certain extent, it will not cause harm to ordinary people." Zhongli answered while controlling the holy attribute to purify these civilians.

"Zhongli, didn't you say that this demon god would not harm the people of Liyue? But I see these miners."

"The reasoning is indeed correct. Although the demon god controls them, he uses the power of the demon god to maintain their lives. Otherwise, ordinary people would mine at this level."

"Zhongli means that the demon god controls them just to let himself out of the seal?"

Suddenly, several black air seeped out of the miner's body and gathered behind Zhongli to form a little girl with blue hair wearing glasses and green clothes.

She stood up, showing a smile that did not match her age, looking at Zhongli with an evil face, and the black attack went directly to Zhongli's back. At this critical moment, Kunjun suddenly flashed behind Zhongli and blocked the attack of the little girl.

Kunjun blocked all the attacks released by the little girl, but a lot of energy still overflowed and hit the golden seal. In an instant, the golden seal on the gate suddenly turned into white light and disappeared, leaving only a rune in the shape of a rock ridge.

Suddenly, a huge suction force appeared from the door, and Ying and Paimeng were sucked in without standing steadily. Even Zhongli, who was too close, was sucked in together. The little girl with blue hair followed Zhongli into the door after seeing him enter.

"Were we sucked in?" Wendy spread his hands to Liusu.

"Yeah." Liusu replied, touching his chin.

"Then should we go in? The old man is really pretending. How could this little suction have an effect on him?"

"Let's go in and take a look. Although Zhongli can solve it, the result may not be what he wants." After Liusu finished speaking, he took Nashida into the unsealed door.

"Oh, really, although she is not very reliable at ordinary times, she is still as reliable as always at important moments." Wendy smiled at Liusu's back and thought, it's okay to say anything at ordinary times, but she can stand up at important moments. This is a good friend, isn't it? Although Wendy didn't know what happened in Xumi five hundred years ago, she was already dead at that time, and she had done enough for this world. Now she is revived for some unknown reason, so it seems that there is nothing wrong with this. Ying, Paimeng, Zhongli, and Kunjun were sucked into a huge space, in which there was a huge rock dragon as big as a mountain. The dragon-like monster was sealed in it by eight rock ridges with the same pattern on the door, so Ying knew at a glance that it was Zhongli's handiwork. The first time the dragon saw Zhongli, the surrounding rock ridges began to break under his action. When the last rock ridge disappeared, the seal that trapped the dragon also disappeared. "Morax, it's time to settle everything!" The dragon roared, and the terrifying pressure attacked several people, suppressing Paimeng a little breathless. "Hey, what kind of monster is this! Where have we heard this sentence before?" Paimon flew behind Zhongli in fear and looked at the giant dragon that broke through the seal like a mountain in front of him.

"This is King Rota." Zhongli answered Paimon calmly.

"Morax, you came to my door in person, which makes it convenient for me to avenge the seal!" Rota laughed strangely and attacked Zhongli.

Zhongli stood in front and resisted Rota's attack, while analyzing: "So that's it, the little girl was transformed by your power."

"But King Rota, if you still remember... it was not our intention to get to this point."

King Rota did not listen to Zhongli's explanation at all, and continued to attack: "No need to say more, come and die!"

"In that case, this is the only way."

Zhongli sighed, and the combined strength of the golden tree and the faith of the people of Liyue made Zhongli's combat power even stronger than before.

"You betrayed me before, are you still doing this now?"

Rota was a little overwhelmed by Zhongli's attack. Why was he still so strong after so long, and seemed to be more than twice as strong as before.

"If you think so, then think so."

"People who carry memories are destined to bear the weight of the truth. It should be so."

As Zhongli said this, he thought of the world tree that carried the memories of the entire Teyvat, and the golden tree that carried the memories of the people of Liyue.

"What kind of feeling can you bear?" Zhongli thought of Liusu who had been fishing next to the Golden House of Liyue, and felt that he could not bear this memory.

"Morax, why can you still become stronger?" Rota roared, and the more he hit him, the more he felt that the situation was getting worse.

"You are too worn out, my old friend."

Zhongli replied calmly, but he did not show any mercy. Although he said he would beat Wendy before, he could not really do it if Wendy was not in trouble. He had not done it for a long time, and his body was about to rust. It happened that Rota bumped into him today.

Given Ruotu's thick skin and flesh, Zhongli could still beat him comfortably if he restrained his strength.

"Morax, do you really want to destroy me??!" Ruotu's tone was no longer as serious as before, he was scared.

Kunjun: "."

Zhongli: "."

Zhongli didn't say anything, but his attack was still as ruthless as before. The long spear condensed on the rock ridge directly hit Ruotu, making the whole cave tremble.

"It seems that the old man can solve it by himself, but the old man seems to have become stronger again. It's really scary. It will take three gods to defeat him now, right?"

Wendy said while looking at Zhongli who was fighting with Ruo Tuo.

"It's not bad." Liusu commented.

"You are not the Seven Gods anymore, what do you think?" Wendy turned to Liusu and said.

What a joke, how can a group of normal gods defeat a cheater? Wendy directly kicked her out of the Seven Gods' team and let the little grass god take over.

tassel:"."

I said before that I was not the Seven Gods, and you said that I was. Now I evaluate it, and you say that I am not?

Zhongli directly turned into a long-range attack, and the rock ridge spears continued to gather in the air and attacked Ruotuo's fat body. Ruotuo's huge body was unable to move and swallowed all Zhongli's attacks.

Ruo Tuo felt particularly aggrieved when he looked at Zhongli, who was wearing a Yuzhang shield in the distance and constantly throwing the Rock Ridge spear.

"Morax, you don't have martial ethics! Ah!"

Ruo Tuo's huge body finally couldn't withstand Zhongli's attack and fell to the ground, roaring unwillingly.

Zhongli: "."

At this time, Zhongli felt relaxed and his whole body felt warm, as if he had received a massage.

"Morax! It was you who sealed me underground in the past, and it's you again a thousand years later...! Moreover, you actually humiliated me like this!"

Ruo Tuo's body slowly transformed into the little girl with blue hair. At this time, he was once again restrained inside by Zhong Li's formation.

Zhongli: "."

"You should call it fate, Ruoduo Dragon King."

"Fate? Fate...!"

"Destiny!! Hahahaha!!"

After saying this, Dragon King Ruoduo began to laugh loudly, and his resentful laughter even frightened Paimon.

"Is this God's consideration? Destroy the things you don't need and lead the butchers to ravage the wilderness!"

"No, you forgot." Kun Jun stood up and said.

"Who is this voice?"

Zhongli said calmly: "Ruo Tuo"

"Eh, Kunjun?!" Paimeng looked at Kunjun in surprise.

"Long time no see, Morax."

Kunjun walked to Zhongli and said, unlike Ruotuo who was sealed, the aura exuding from Kunjun was white.

"Who are you?" asked the trapped Ruo Tuo.

"As you can see, Ruotuo Dragon King." Kunjun replied.

Zhongli crossed his arms and replied calmly: "Sure enough, what Liusu said is true. Even I wasn't sure at first. I just felt that your abilities were somewhat similar."

"Haha, you are indeed the God of Wisdom. Even though I have lost my memory, I can't hide it from her. Indeed, she knew it from the beginning. When we were still in Liyue Port, she said Morax, it's time to settle everything. , reminds me of something, but I can’t be sure yet.”

Zhongli asked: "Then how did you remember it?"

"The second time Fengshen said those words again in the mine, it reminded me of something again. As for the whole thing, it was the stone tablet outside the mine. After I touched it, all my memories came back to life." Kunjun replied road.

"Who is the Dragon King Ruotuo?" Ying asked curiously. She went to bed yesterday and he didn't know the conversation between the three gods.

"Forgive me for not being able to fully tell the truth. To be precise, I am not the complete Dragon King Ruotuo but a small fragment."

Kunjun continued to explain: "Heaven and earth, Yin and Yang, and Liangyi, you can regard me and the Dragon King over there as such existences. We are all separate parts of the will of the Dragon King Ruotuo."

"There are two Ruoduo Dragon Kings?" Paimeng looked back and forth between the sealed Ruotuo Dragon King and Kunjun in confusion.

"No! Impossible, are you...?!"

"After the barrier was loosened, your power took the form of a child in the outside world. You used this identity to express your suppressed resentment to people, but people didn't take it seriously."

"Then you thought that the loosening of the seal gave you an opportunity. The purpose of kidnapping the miners was to dig out the entrance to the seal. You planned to attack internally and externally to break through the seal. Your plan was indeed flawless. Even the Liyue Skynet was unable to transmit messages. I know, and I used my power to seal those people’s Skynet.”

Ruotuo Dragon King widened his eyes and said unwillingly: "How dare you speak such arrogant words! If you are really a part of me, why are you standing next to the betrayer!"

"And I am another force that awakens when the seal is loosened. It is too weak to form an individual on its own and can only possess humans."

"My consciousness is so chaotic that I can't even remember who I am. I only react to things related to the past... I have only one purpose: to find Morax and let him stop you."

"If you were stronger, I would have been able to recognize you earlier, instead of when I noticed something strange when Liusu said those words before this operation." Zhongli replied.

"I don't blame you, I have changed beyond recognition. It wasn't until I touched that ancient stone tablet that I completely remembered the past."

"It's been too long. A secret that neither young humans nor old earth dragons know...Morax, do you say it or do I?"

Zhongli chuckled and said, "It doesn't matter, it's up to you."

Kunjun also smiled and said: "Haha, you are still the same. Then let me do it."

Kunjun explained to Ying and Paimon: "The Dragon King Ruotuo was originally a close friend and comrade of the rock god Morax, and his life span is far longer than that of humans. However, the derivatives of the earth are just like the rocks on the ground..."

"The memory of rocks is not very long, and only extremely strong emotions can be retained in them. The longer the time, the more blurred the memory. Wear and tear is the fuse imposed on them by the world."

"Wear and tear." Ying has heard this word more than once, Liusu and Zhongli have said it before.

"Wear and tear took away the thoughts of the Dragon King Ruotu, and he gradually couldn't remember the faces of his old friends, and couldn't remember the Liyue Port that he had personally protected."

"The original complete Dragon King has become irritable and aggressive."

The Dragon King Ruotu retorted: "It was humans who attacked the earth veins on which I depend for my survival!"

Kunjun nodded and said: "That's true, so you attacked the Layered Rock Abyss, and there was that battle with Morax."

"Initially, in order to expand the territory and develop production, the Liyue people went into the mountains to mine. Excessive mining caused the earth veins to vibrate and made us miserable."

"Wear and tear made us become like beasts. No matter how hard we struggle, we continue to lose the ability to coexist with others... lose our rationality."

"Morax divided his own strength to stop us from further wear and tear, but it was in vain. Wear and tear is the law of nature, and it is beyond our power."

Speaking of this, Kunjun turned his head and looked at Zhongli and asked: "Morax, why do I feel that your wear and tear seems to have been repaired a little now?"

"Because the old friend has returned, the memory is no longer forgotten." Zhongli replied lightly.

"Oh? The memory is no longer forgotten? Is it her?" Kunjun turned his head to look at Liusu who was standing aside and watching here.

"Yes, she has returned now and consolidated our memory. When the memory no longer disappears, how can there be new wear and tear?" Zhongli said this, and a smile appeared on his face that was originally calm.

"That's good, that's good." Kunjun said with relief.

Kunjun turned his head and looked at the Dragon King Ruota and said: "We became you, but you gave birth to me. I am your last contract, witnessing the agreement between the Dragon King Ruota and Morax. You can be angry, but you should never deny me."