Genshin Impact: Immortal Cave

The night in Liyue was unusually noisy today. It was time for the children to go to sleep, but the streets were still bustling with people. People were singing and dancing, toasting their glasses to celebrate, and the atmosphere was as warm as if they were celebrating a grand festival. In fact, tonight was not a festival, but the immortals of Liyue had just defeated a powerful enemy and successfully defended the port, which led to such joy.

With Li Mochen's nod of approval, the Liyue officials represented by Ningguang publicly announced the details of the incident, and made a big fuss about how the Liyue immortals, led by True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, fought bravely. They did not attempt to cover up the immortals' contributions, but instead used this opportunity to push the immortals into the public eye.

Thanks to official support and word-of-mouth spread by a group of storytellers represented by Tian Tiezui, almost on that night, everyone in Liyue Harbor knew the story of the fierce battle between the immortals and the sea monsters. As a result, names such as True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng, True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang, and True Lord Lishui Dieshan became household names overnight, and even children on the streets could recite them. Among them, the most talked-about new immortal was "General Hufu Zhenwu", that is, Li Mochen, who was pushed to the forefront by Ningguang.

Li Mochen's immortal title was given by the Crane God himself. "Tiger Axe" means an evil immortal who swore to the King of Rock and lives for killing. This name is not a good one, and was originally used to refer to "immortal yakshas". For example, although Xiao is often called "the Great Saint who conquers demons", his ancient immortal name is actually "General Tiger Axe Yaksha". Although "Tiger Axe" and "True Lord" are both immortals, they are significantly different in nature. Compared with the True Lord who has extensive magical powers, Tiger Axe is more focused on fighting and killing, and does not involve spells, alchemy, magic and other fields. Therefore, most of those who have obtained this immortal title in the past were brave and good at fighting among the immortal yakshas, ​​and only five of the best yakshas were able to obtain the title of "General" - Fushe, Yingda, Fanan, Mi Nu, and Jinpeng. However, the sixth general, "General Tiger Axe Zhenwu", was granted to Li Mochen by the Crane God without permission.

At the celebration banquet held in the Qun Yu Pavilion, Shen He proudly said to other immortals: "It doesn't matter. Mo Chen's contribution this time is so great that even if the Emperor knew about it, he would agree with me giving him this title."

As expected, Li Mochen had made an indelible contribution to the successful fight against the "Vortex Demon God" Osel. Moreover, Li Mochen was a rough man who only knew how to fight and knew nothing else. From this perspective, "Tiger Axe" seemed to be more suitable for him than "True Lord", even though the title of "General" was a little too early for him. However, at this happy moment when the crisis was resolved and the emperor was still alive, everyone did not delve into it.

At this moment, the Liyue Harbor outside was immersed in jubilation, but Tartaglia, who was in the underground prison of the General Affairs Department, had nothing to do with it. An atmosphere of silence and awkwardness permeated this special cell. The chains and iron doors of the cell were reinforced by the magical powers of the immortals, and even a strong man like Tartaglia could not escape. Thinking that he had come all the way to Liyue, but ended up waiting for death here like a dog, his mood was as gloomy as the color of the cell.

Since being defeated by Li Mochen and sent to Ningguang, Tartaglia has been imprisoned in this cell, with his arms chained tightly and hung on the wall like a figurine on display. This is undoubtedly a great humiliation for a warrior. If he hadn't always thought of his brother Tok and sister Tonya, he might have chosen to commit suicide.

Tap, tap, tap... Just as Tartaglia forced himself to close his eyes and rest for the hundredth time, a light sound of footsteps was heard at the door of the cell. It was the sound of a pair of high heels stepping on the ground, which meant that a woman was about to come in.

Unfortunately, Tartaglia was very familiar with this person's identity. A mature female voice full of sarcasm sounded: "Hey, isn't this the young master? We haven't seen each other for a while. How come you look so miserable?"

As the voice appeared, a lady's figure came into Tartaglia's sight. Her hair was still light blonde, and her high heels outlined her slender legs. However, when Tartaglia saw the eighth-ranked executive, he couldn't help but grit his teeth.

Although he had foreseen that the Fatui would try to rescue him from Liyue, he never expected that it would be the Lady who came. What shocked Tartaglia even more was that the familiar figure who followed the Lady into the cell was actually Zhongli.

In the dim cell, Zhongli's golden amber pupils were particularly eye-catching. However, when he found out that Zhongli came here with the lady, his face became even uglier.

"Sir, you shouldn't be angry now. After all, we paid a huge price to rescue you." Feeling Tartaglia's anger, the lady also showed an expression of dissatisfaction.

"The price? Did you go to negotiate with that woman Ningguang?"

"Humph, thank goodness Mr. Zhongli was there to help, otherwise you would probably be trapped in this cell for the rest of your life."

"...What conditions did Ningguang propose?"

"We are required to withdraw all members of the Fatui from Liyue and give them a 'Northern Bank' as ransom. This is the price for your capture."

Speaking of this, the lady couldn't help but feel distressed. Evacuating Liyue means that the Fatui can no longer touch this land. The "Northern Bank" branch in Liyue can bring tens of billions of profits to the Kingdom of Winter every year. These are the forces that the Fatui have accumulated bit by bit in the Liyue area over the years. Now it has been destroyed by Ningguang, and all the efforts have come to nothing.

Of course, the Fatui provoked and lost first, and they had to pay compensation for it. But the arrest of Tartaglia, a senior executive, was also an important factor. Therefore, there is no doubt that Tartaglia must bear the responsibility for this heavy loss of the Fatui.

However, at this time, he did not pay too much attention to these, but focused his attention on Zhongli.

"Zhongli, who exactly are you? In this dim cell, I really can't help but think about this question..."