Genshin Impact: The Glory of the Herrscher Shines on Teyvat

"This thing is too valuable. I can't take it."

Xiao shook his head and prepared to throw the crystal flower in his hand back to Alicia.

"Take it. This thing is not rare to me."

As Alicia spoke, she took out another crystal flower, waved it in front of Xiao, and then put it back.

"Consider it my thanks to you, the guardian, for the common people of Liyue."

Xiao did not refuse when he heard this. He knew that these were all excuses made by Alicia. This was the first time the other party came to Liyue and he was not a citizen of Liyue. Naturally, there was no need for the people of Liyue to thank him.

"I've made note of this. If you need my help in the future, I will do my best."

Xiao bowed deeply to Alicia and spoke very seriously.

Alicia waved her hands and said indifferently, "These are nothing. If you give up cleaning up the demon residue, it will take at most two years to remove all the accumulated residue in your body. But I don't think you will give up."

Xiao was silent. He used to do it at the risk of his life, not to mention that he has found a way to suppress it now.

Seeing this, Alicia continued, "Okay, okay, I won't persuade you anymore, but you have to be careful. The energy contained in this crystal flower is only enough to last for about a year."

"Only one year?... But I still want to thank you. One year is enough."

Upon hearing this, Xiao frowned at first, but then relaxed again. He was content to be able to experience this relaxing feeling again, even if it only took a year.

"Pfft~"

Seeing Xiao like this, Alicia couldn't help but laugh.

"Didn't I tell you? This thing is not rare to me. When the energy in it is almost exhausted, come to Fontaine and I will help you replenish it."

After saying that, Alicia turned around and walked outside without waiting for Xiao's reaction.

"It's already late today and someone is waiting for me, so I'll leave first. Good night."

After Alicia left, Xiao raised his hand again and observed the crystal flower in his hand. After a long time, he whispered.

"good night!"

………………

In Liyue Harbor, in the Hall of Rebirth, Zhongli was sitting in the pavilion at the moment. His face, which was always as calm as a mountain, showed a trace of barely perceptible worry. All this was caused by a letter sent from Yuehai Pavilion. On the envelope were written four big characters in vigorous and powerful language: "Zhongli's personal letter".

Zhongli gently tore open the envelope, took out the letter and unfolded it. He saw six large characters written in a flamboyant style - "Zhongli Guest, rescue me!" Seeing this, Zhongli couldn't help but frowned slightly.

You know, even when facing many powerful demons, Zhongli, as the Rock King, could remain calm and composed. However, at this moment, these six short words made him feel very confused.

At once, countless possibilities came to his mind, causing this god, who had experienced thousands of years of vicissitudes, to become somewhat hesitant.

At this moment, Zhongli really wanted to ask: "When you learn that your precious child has been arrested for breaking the law, and she writes to you asking you to rescue her, what will you choose?"

An hour ago, Hu Tao, who had just returned to Liyue Harbor, said to Zhongli, "Guest Zhongli, I have something to do at Yuehai Pavilion. You stay in the hall and continue to look after the house. I will be back soon."

Then he ran away in a hurry and hasn't come back yet. What he received instead was a letter asking for help. Who can stand this!

Fortunately, Zhongli had experienced many ups and downs, so he quickly calmed down and began to think seriously.

First of all, Zhongli watched Hu Tao grow up, and he knew very well that apart from liking to use various means to sell his packages to others, Hu Tao was not a bad person at all.

On the contrary, Hu Tao is enthusiastic, cheerful and kind-hearted, and would never do anything illegal.

Not only that, Hu Tao was even able to write a letter to ask Yue Haiting's people to help pass the things to her. From this, it can be seen that this matter should not involve anything that is intolerable or extremely evil.

However, as to the exact situation, I’m afraid we’ll have to wait until we reach Yuehai Pavilion to find out the reasons!

After figuring it out, Zhongli stood up and walked towards Yuehai Pavilion. Although he still looked as calm as ever, his pace had visibly quickened.

Soon, Zhongli arrived at Yuehai Pavilion, and then was led to Ganyu's office by a secretary.

Then Zhongli raised his hand and knocked on the door.

"Dong Dong Dong!!"

"Please come in."

Then Zhongli pushed open the door and saw Ganyu who was writing furiously. When Ganyu looked up and saw Zhongli, she immediately stopped what she was doing.

Ganyu is different from other immortals who live in seclusion in the immortal mountains. After the Demon-God War, she stayed in Liyue and served as the Seven-Star Secretary to assist mortals in governing Liyue. Therefore, in order not to embarrass the other party, Zhongli never told her her identity.

It was for this reason that Ganyu did not know the identity of Emperor Zhongli Yanwang, and only thought that he was an ordinary and knowledgeable guest official in the Hall of Rebirth. At this moment, the identities of the two were reversed.

"Hello, Mr. Zhongli, you are the current guardian of Hall Master Hu, right?"

According to Liyue laws, Hu Tao was indeed a minor at the time, and before her grandfather died, she was entrusted to Zhongli's care. Therefore, Zhongli was indeed Hu Tao's guardian.

Zhongli nodded and said, "From a common sense perspective, I am indeed the child's guardian, Secretary Ganyu. I don't know what wrong Hu Tao has done. From what I know about her, she shouldn't be someone who would do anything illegal."

It would be fine if Zhongli didn't say anything, but he got angry when he mentioned Ganyu. Family members, who understands? I was processing documents in the office, and suddenly a subordinate girl said she wanted to taste what "coconut milk" tasted like. You know, she is still a virgin.

Gan Yu said in shame and anger: "Mr. Zhongli, as the guardian of Hall Master Hu, I called you here in the hope that you can teach her a lesson about propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame. Today, she actually came to me and said she wanted to drink my..."

Having said this, Ganyu couldn't continue. Her beautiful face had already turned red. Even if she was a virgin thousands of years old, there was no way she could say such shameful things in front of the opposite sex.

Gan Yu took a deep breath under Zhong Li's puzzled gaze, and then said, "Forget it, Mr. Zhong Li, let Hall Master Hu tell you in person."

Then he asked the secretary outside to bring out Hu Tao, who was temporarily locked in a small room. However, the secretary suddenly seemed to be hesitant to speak and had no intention of moving. This made Ganyu frown, but she still spoke in a soft voice.

"What's wrong? Did something happen?"

When the secretary saw Ganyu asking, she said, "Lady Keqing knows about this matter and has already locked Master Hu up in the General Affairs Department!"

Ganyu: “?”

Zhongli: "?"