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Clement found nothing except a pile of junk and a few boxes, and started arguing with Wanyan.

"You can't see this, and you don't recognize that! Are you any good at this?" Clement felt that he had been tricked by Wanyan, "You call yourself an archaeologist?!"

"It's normal to specialize in a certain skill. I've tried my best!" Wanyan refused to admit that she didn't have enough knowledge.

"Mr. Zhongli, please give us your verdict!" Clement turned to the almighty Zhongli for help. "This guy keeps saying he's an archaeologist, but he knows nothing about ruins. He doesn't even know as much as I do!"

As a result, he could only rely on his experience to salvage some potentially valuable things. It was a real waste of time and mood.

"I, I'm studying the Demon God of Salt!" Wanyan argued, "It's normal that I don't know much about things in the sea!"

The traveler team looked at each other in bewilderment. They had met many scholars in Wangshu Inn. As scholars, even if they focused on a specific field under archaeology, they must have basic knowledge of archaeology.

"Besides, she really doesn't have the temperament of a scholar..." Paimon muttered softly, and Su nodded in approval.

"Anyway, please Mr. Zhongli help me see how much these things I brought back are worth." Clement was too lazy to talk nonsense with Wanyan.

“Unfortunately, they are just some ordinary items washed up on the shore.” Zhongli made a direct conclusion after judging, “The valuable items are not antiques, but Ningguang’s personal belongings that were scattered when the Jade Pavilion crashed.”

Ningguang has issued a task to collect these things. Most Liyue people are grateful for Ningguang's sacrifice to protect Liyue, and are willing to hand them in after picking them up. A small number of greedy people will sell the things on the black market. I guess Ningguang will have her own tricks waiting for them next.

"Well, the bounty we get after we hand it in can at least cover the cost of hiring a consultant." Clement compromised, "I'm also quite interested in the Salt Demon. Let's go to the Salt of the Earth next."

Under the protection of Heulia, the demon goddess of salt, her people once enjoyed a prosperous life for a period of time.

But later, in order to escape the brutal Demon War, the Salt Demon retreated with his people, and the Salt in the Earth was the last place where the Salt Demon and his people lived.

Adventurers who knew the legend and treasure-hunting groups hoping to get rich had already dug the area thousands of times. Wanyan, who had been studying the role of the Salt Demon, led them to the depths of a cave.

"This is a hidden relic that is related to the Salt Demon. However, the entrance to this relic is sealed by a mysterious force. No one has been able to unlock it."

Wanyan believed that the Salt Demon, who was kind and benevolent and loved by everyone, would not leave behind anything shameful, so this seal was most likely set by the murderer to cover up his crime!

The hater of Paimon's first encounter with the Geo King in Liyue: "Wow - Wanyan is really obsessed with believing that Morax is the murderer."

Kong felt that after knowing Mr. Zhongli for such a long time, his character was still reliable: "This is really not something that Zhong...Morax would do."

Su was also sure: "No, he is not a fool."

The dropped weapons would become a mountain if they were exposed. If one really wanted to destroy the bodies and cover up the truth, would one really need to create a seal that was so obvious that one could tell there was a story behind it?

The Traveler Squad exchanged glances within the team and looked at Zhongli together.

Clement also looked at Zhongli expectantly, "The ruins of the Salt Demon! There must be a lot of valuable things in there."

“Even if there are treasures of the Salt Demon God inside, no one can get in unless the seal is broken.” Wanyan only hoped that Mr. Zhongli could find some historical evidence nearby to prove her “Rock God Murderer Theory.”

"We have Mr. Zhongli here!" Clement was full of confidence in Zhongli. "He seems to know everything. It's just a seal. It won't be difficult for him."

Wanyan rolled her eyes at his optimism. She had been studying this place for a long time but still couldn't open the seal of the ruins, let alone Mr. Zhongli who had just arrived here.

"This relic has existed for a long time, and no one has ever been able to solve it!" Wanyan looked at Clement with disdain, "Everything about it is a mystery, even Mr. Zhongli..."

“——I know a little bit about it.” Zhongli continued naturally.

“······Huh? Eh?!” Wanyan looked surprised.

Amid Clement's surprised expression and the travelers' inured looks, Zhongli led a group of people to unlock the mechanism near the seal of the ruins.

"See, even if the mechanism is unlocked, the seal still doesn't move." Wanyan said regretfully but confidently.

She had thought of and tried every possible method, but the ruins just couldn't be opened.

"That's because there is another mechanism." Zhongli brought his people to the elemental monument.

"This, I've tried this too." Wanyan said that she had already searched through all the Salt of the Earth, and she also paid someone with the Eye of God to light up the elemental monument here for her, but nothing happened after the monument was lit, and it went out after a while.

Zhongli, who seemed to know everything, said directly: "That's because the monuments need to be lit up in the correct order."

"The secret here is hidden in a sentence about the war between demons and gods," Zhongli calmly recounted the cruelty of the past. "From Tianheng in the south, to Yaoguang in the east, to Jueyun in the west, to Qingce in the north, all the lands are desolate and all the lives are suffering. Liyue is so vast that there is hardly any place that can be peaceful."

Tianheng Mountain, Yaoguang Beach, Jueyunjian, Qingce Manor... are very far away from each other on the territory of Liyue. In such a large area, with so many places, there is not a single place where humans can live in peace.

In that era, the gods were fighting each other and the flames of war were raging. Even a moment of peace was just a luxurious dream.

“In order to provide a safe place for her people who had suffered from war, the Salt Demon Goddess risked her life to travel all over Liyue.” Zhongli seemed to have witnessed that period of history with his own eyes. “And what she finally found was the land where we are now.”

Wanyan showed a sad and angry expression, "But this peace was finally broken by Morax!"

Clement was too lazy to listen to Wanyan's sorrows, who was obviously a loser believer. He just urged the team of travelers who could use elemental power to help him unlock the seal and promised to give a share of the treasure to the team.

According to Zhongli's instructions, "Go out of Tianheng in the south, enter Yaoguang in the east, climb Jueyun in the west, and visit Qingce in the north", Kong lit up the square tablets in order and the ruins were indeed opened.

Wanyan was extremely excited and became more convinced of Zhongli, "You are worthy of being Mr. Zhongli!"

“I only know a little bit,” Zhongli said modestly, “It’s time for this long-forgotten secret to be made known.”