Genshin Impact: I am a Puppet Master

Ritsuki

A girl who looked no more than fourteen years old was dancing with an oil-paper umbrella in the midst of corpses.

The dance is beautiful, but it looks very weird here.

The surrounding firelight illuminates this night like day

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Many people gathered here, including Hu Tao, Yun Qin, Xiang Ling and others.

The three little ones are also only 11 or 12 years old now. Perhaps because they are well protected by their families, they don’t understand the discussions of the people around them about girls.

Or maybe the three of them didn't hear anything at all, they just thought the girl was beautiful and pretty.

Although Xiao Hutao was a little thick-skinned and carefree, and was used to seeing corpses in the Hall of the Dead, she also showed an uncomfortable expression when she saw the scene in front of her.

But it didn't last long. She held Xiangling's left hand and Yunqin's right hand and squeezed to the front.

She was still a bit naive and thought that maybe the families of those who died asked Sister Qingliu to come.

The reason is probably something like the deceased always wanted to see Sister Qingliu's dance before he died.

When those people ask grandpa to help arrange funerals, they sometimes have some strange requests...

"It's beautiful, isn't it? That's Sister Qingliu. Sister Qingliu is very gentle and has a very good relationship with me, Kurumi.

I heard from others that Sister Qingliu's dance can shock the people of Liyue. It can be said that the word is how to say it, something is moving."

There was some pride in Little Walnut's tone, as if the person with the name of "Dancing All Around" was herself.

Yunqin beside him frowned at the strange scene ahead.

"I didn't expect that you, Hu Tao, actually know Miss Qingliu, who is famous in Liyue. I have heard of Miss Qingliu's name for a long time, and I have always admired her. It's just that the previous scene seems a bit weird..."

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The girl's name is Ye Qingliu, or should I say he is a boy,

The fact that he is dressed in women's clothing is just a way for him to earn money after entering the world.

But now in Liyue, no one should know that he is actually a boy.

Because the Seven Stars of Liyue have become increasingly corrupt in recent years, a businessman discovered a business opportunity.

A brothel was opened in Liyue Harbor. As the name suggests, this brothel was opened for women to show their talents and win rewards from men.

Of course, as long as both parties agree, there will be some unsightly transactions, and Qingliu is the most beautiful courtesan in this brothel, yes, the most beautiful courtesan among all the flowers.

He is really talented. He can learn opera after listening to it once, and can also learn difficult dance moves after watching it once.

And he can do it better than ordinary people, and sing better, just like a monster.................

In addition, he is extremely beautiful in women's clothing, and his long silver hair adds to his iceberg beauty temperament, giving people a natural sense of alienation, full of the feeling that he can only be admired from a distance and not be played with.

She only showed off her dancing skills or sang a few songs on the stage, but she still won the tipping of countless men and won the title of Oiran in one fell swoop.

Under the light of the surrounding fire, Qingliu suddenly remembered something and began to sing a song in a strange opera voice.

Although people around me don't understand it, they can still feel the complex emotions in the song............

“Sister Qingliu!!! Sister Qingliu!!!”

Walnut in the crowd folded her hands around her mouth, as if trying to make her voice louder.

When Qingliu heard Hu Tao's call, he also focused his eyes on Hu Tao and Xiangling Yunqin beside her, showing a doting expression.

"Hutao, did your grandfather let you out?"

Hearing this, Hu Tao put her hands on her waist, looking a little proud.

“I climbed over the wall and escaped.”

After answering this question, Kurumi turned to ask him

"Sister Qingliu, are you working? Am I disturbing you? I just wanted to ask you if you want me to tell Grandpa to ask Wangshengtang to help later."

After hearing this, Qingliu took a deep look at the corpses around him, shook his head slightly, and then nodded again, with a somewhat lonely look in his eyes, and a faint voice came out of his mouth.

"Hu Tao, these people...should be considered my family"

Xiangling and Yunqin were both shocked when they heard this. Hu Tao was also stunned for a long time before she spoke a few words incoherently.

“Qing… Sister Qingliu, what’s going on? Where is the Thousand Rocks Army? Why… Grandpa told me that Liyue has the Thousand Rocks Army, and no one would dare to do anything reckless in Liyue… Sister Qingliu…”

Xiao Hutao wanted to comfort Qingliu but she started crying first. She didn't know why she was crying. Maybe she felt sad for Qingliu.

At this time, Yun Jin also spoke at the right time, "Miss Qingliu... My condolences."

Xiangling was a little afraid of Qingliu because of the scene just now, but she still plucked up the courage to comfort him, hoping that Qingliu would not be so sad.

Qingliu didn't cry or make a fuss, but the three little ones still felt his low mood.

He muttered something that none of the three of them could understand.

"Why, why? Why do the people I care about keep leaving me one after another... Eternity? When will this world achieve eternity, so that I won't lose the people I care about again..."

I don't know how long it took Kurumi to keep crying, but Qingliu patted Kurumi on the back before speaking.

"Kurumi...you should grow up. Qianyan Army? Hehe, if you don't even know this, then I can only say that your grandfather protected you too well...

You will have to be independent someday, because the corruption of the Seven Stars has caused a serious polarization in Liyue, where the rich are very rich and the poor are very poor. Liyue is now even divided into rich areas and poor slums........."

"When I first came to Liyue, I was a poor man in the slum. He taught me all kinds of survival skills, such as cooking, buying groceries, and many other things I didn't know before.

Later, I also learned about the brothel by chance, and after learning the rules of survival there, I went there to make money."

"I have long regarded these people as my family. At that time, they tried their best to dissuade me because I thought it was too dangerous. I talked to them for a long time before they agreed... I heard that the Liyue Seven Stars are going to be replaced by a new batch. Haha, I hope this batch will be better than the current one..."

"As for the Qianyan Army you mentioned, they protect the rich people of Liyue, never the poor... Even the deaths of these people may have been caused by the high-ranking officials of Liyue."

After hearing Qingliu's words, Hu Tao cried even harder.

She cried bitterly as if she felt the injustice for these poor people.

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At this time, a dragon roar was heard in the sky, the sound was deafening.

After hearing this voice, Hu Tao stopped crying and looked up into the sky. A beautiful woman was standing on the huge ice dragon. She was very beautiful, but her face seemed to have no emotion and a cold expression.

The ordinary people around saw the huge monster in the sky and fled in all directions, shouting

"Run away! Liyue is being attacked by a giant dragon!!!"

"Emperor bless you!!!"

"Look how scared you are. I burn incense to the Emperor every day. What am I afraid of?"

"Yo, the incense burners every day are different, that's not right, aren't you afraid that you'll run away???"

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Hu Tao, Xiang Ling, Yun Jin also showed horrified expressions.

And the clear stream just said lightly

"Don't panic, I'm here to take me away from here, I won't hurt you......"

When the three heard this, they all looked at Qingliu in shock. They couldn't figure out who this beautiful sister in front of them was and why she had such a grand ceremony???

Before they could ask their questions, the ice dragon landed on the ground and the beautiful woman walked down from the ice dragon.

"You should go back, Ye Qingliu, you have also experienced these rules.

I once told you that it's not just the winter that's like that. Everywhere is a place where the strong prey on the weak. The place you're thinking of doesn't exist at all.

I know you... I also know that your master Karin's death was a big blow to you.

But I am also sad about her sacrifice, and you just escape,

What difference does it make if you come to Liyue? I have been sending people to inquire about your life in Liyue all the time, and I have a general understanding of all your experiences here."

"The person you treated as a loved one has passed away, hasn't she? The strong prey on the weak everywhere. Before she died, she asked me to take good care of you.

Come on, help me build a new world. After we overthrow that person, we will make this world what we want it to be.

The eternity you have always desired needs to be created with your own hands, do you understand?"

The clear stream in front of him smiled bitterly

"Let's go, I will help you build an ideal world together"

The puppeteer who was once known as the most talented puppeteer in the world is finally going to reappear in this world...

Thinking of this in my heart, the woman said

"After she died, you no longer used the puppetry you learned from her, and the profession of puppeteer disappeared from the continent of Teyvat. I haven't seen it for a long time..."

The three little ones were shocked when they heard the conversation between the two. Walnut stuttered for a long time when saying a word.

"Qing... Qingliu sister? This..."

Noticing the three little ones beside Qingliu, the woman looked at Kurumi.

"Is this the child named Walnut? You seem to like her very much.

Do you want to take him away? If you take him to the winter, your master might get so angry that he will kick open the coffin lid and teach you a lesson."

Qingliu shook his head and sighed, "You are still so frivolous. Is it really okay for you to be so frivolous with your identity?"

"You are not as cute as you were when you were a child. I am only like this in front of you and her, okay? I am still very serious in front of others. As for now, it's just that they will never have the chance to meet me again.

And you definitely don’t want to take that girl named Walnut to that place, and they definitely don’t know my identity, so it doesn’t matter.”

Although the three of them were confused, they still knew that this mysterious sister who was famous in Liyue was leaving.

Kurumi hurriedly handed the crudely crafted plum blossom bracelet that she had been keeping in her pocket to Qingliu.

"Sister Qingliu, are you... leaving? I am often looked at with strange eyes by those people.

But sister, you are always so gentle to me, willing to make friends with me, accompany me to see plum blossoms... and make hair accessories for me by hand, and many, many other things.

Sister, you are really gentle, and Walnut likes it too.

I really don't want to leave you, and I really want to go with you, but I also know that I can't go with you.

I made this myself. Promise me that you will accompany Hu Tao to lie under the plum tree, eat cakes and watch the sea together when you have the chance... Okay?"

Qingliu in front of him smiled gently and casually put on the crudely made bracelet.

"Okay, if there's a chance..."

After saying goodbye to the three people, Qingliu sat on the ice dragon. This ice dragon had no breath of life. It should be the creation of the ice god, not a living creature.

The beautiful woman in front of him is the Ice God, one of the seven rulers of the world.

She stood in front of Qingliu, and the ice dragon began to flap its wings, flying high into the sky, its figure gradually became smaller, and finally disappeared in the sky.

Little Hutao kept looking at the place where they disappeared in the sky for a long time without coming back to his senses. Although Yunqin and Xiangling felt a little sad about Qingliu's departure, they were still more shocked by Qingliu's mysterious identity.

Seeing Hu Tao still in a daze, Yun Jin gently patted Hu Tao on the shoulder and said, "They have gone far away. There is still a long time to come. I believe you will meet again."

Hearing this, Kurumi nodded and muttered, "Next time we meet, I must accompany Kurumi to appreciate the plum blossoms, Sister Qingliu, or should I say Brother Qingliu..."

The two little ones beside him didn't hear what Hu Tao said clearly and asked, "Hu Tao, what did you just say?"

Walnut just shook his head

“Nothing was said”

When Hu Tao put his hand into his pocket, he was stunned. He saw a check in his pocket with a large amount of money on it.

"Xiao Taozi, this is all the Mora my sister has. The remaining Mora used to pay for the Wangsheng Hall will be left to you, Xiao Hutao, to buy candied haws."

Looking at the contents of the note, Hu Tao couldn't help but laugh.

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Somewhere, a young man in elegant clothes also looked up at the sky in the distance, then took a sip of tea and spoke softly.

"I want to buy some osmanthus flowers to carry with me to the wine, but it's a pity that my friend has passed away......"

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