Genshin Impact: Emperor

Her body trembled more violently.

She raised her head slowly, her face was covered with red and mottled tears.

"??? It's cold outside, let's talk inside.

The air Zhongli exhaled rose into a puff of white air in the cold wind.The snow fell desperately, and he stretched out his hand to Walnut with his body covered in snowflakes.Hu Tao looked at him with sadness in his eyes.

This sadness was hard for her to erase, and it was inconvenient for Zhongli to say anything more when she was still young.

He only withdrew his hand and leaned over to sit beside Walnut.

Gently embracing Hu Tao's trembling body with his hands, Zhong Li silently activated the rock element, and a faint golden light immediately enveloped the two of them.

Like a stove.

Walnut's body stiffened by the cold softened in warmth.

The two snuggled under the dry peach tree, speechless for a moment.

"Zhongli..."

"Ah."

"Is it possible that mother will never come back again?"

"I am not sure."

Hu Tao half-opened her tearful eyes, and softly uttered sad words.

"Actually, I already guessed the walnut."

"I've kind of figured it out since the day everyone cried in white.

"

"It's just that I don't want to believe it."

There was a hazy smile on her face.

"walnut."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

Hu Tao thought that Zhong Li was trying to comfort her, but she heard him suddenly say:

"Recite the poem from yesterday."

?oh oh. "

After clearing his uncomfortable throat, Walnut's crisp voice resounded in the snow-covered moon.

"By the broken bridge outside the post, lonely and homeless.

It's already dusk alone, and even more wind and rain.

Unwilling to struggle hard for spring, Renqun Fang was jealous.

Scattered into mud and ground into dust, only the fragrance remains the same. "

While the girl was reciting quietly, Zhong Li pulled out the branch of red plum from his arms and held it in front of Hu Tao.

"Walnut, until the last moment, your mother bloomed with enthusiasm and courage like plum blossoms in the cold wind. I would rather sacrifice myself than add trouble to my family."

"Her figure has disappeared. But the dark fragrance is still there."

As he said that, the rock elements in Zhongli's hands gathered again, and several clover buds bloomed on the plum branches.

Rocks, the things of the earth, carry things with virtue, and are also the root of the vitality of all things.

Walnut's sensitive little nose smelled the faint aroma.

"She just answered the phrase 'Only the fragrance remains the same'."

"And you, walnut, are a new branch that blooms vigorously among them. The fire is passed on from generation to generation and will never die.

"That must be your mother's wish."

Zhong Li smiled lightly and rubbed her little head.

The watery color in Hu Tao's eyes disappeared at some point.

"Zhongli...I seem to understand."

"My mother far away certainly doesn't want me to show a sad expression..."

"Didn't there be another poem the day before yesterday? Luohong is not a ruthless thing, it turns into spring mud to protect flowers.

Hu Tao's small face once again burst into a touching smile.

After sitting for an unknown amount of time, the two of them were already covered with half a person's height of snow. In the sky-high whiteness, the branch of red plum in Zhongli's hand was particularly eye-catching.He put the black hat in his hand on top of Walnut again.

She moved her little head to feel the weight obediently.

Zhong Li stood up slowly with his body covered in snow.

So are butternuts.

He held out his hand to Walnut.

"She must be very pleased to understand your mother's last wish."

"Let's go back."

White streets, white days.

In the vast whiteness of Liyue, two black figures, one tall and one short, walked.

"Hu Tao, didn't the hall master remind you 'don't shed tears in front of outsiders'? Occasionally, you need to grow your memory."

"I didn't cry in front of outsiders!"

"Um? "

"I didn't treat Zhongli as an outsider."

"Too.

He smiled.

"If Zhongli leaves in a wooden box one day, will I be very lonely?"

"I look forward to that day."

"Hey. Just kidding."

The girl supported the black hat on her head, and the plum blossoms seemed to be smiling in her eyes. .

Chapter 14 Desperation

Maintaining the final bottom line between life and death is the real mission of the Hall of Death.

Passed down from generation to generation.

Today it is today.

"Zhongli, what's the place over there?"

Dihuazhou.

In this seaside land above the clear water, every golden autumn, there will always be a white snow blowing in the slightly cool air.

——Of course, the snow here refers to the pieces of Dihua.

The pure white covering the ground like willow silk or cotton wool is a rare spectacle here.

The words that the immature girl ignorantly asked were as pure and white as the Dihua beside her.

Hutao Meihua raised her pupils, and her small hand pointed directly at the mountain where the two of them were looking.

Looking in the direction the girl pointed, what Zhongli saw was a high mountain shrouded in pitch-black clouds and lingering mist.

"There is Wuwangpo."

"No way?

"Ah."

After hearing Zhongli's answer, the doubt in Hu Tao's eyes increased instead of diminishing.

"But why is it so dark there? It's obviously not night yet."

Zhong Li pondered for a moment, as if he was thinking about whether what he said next could be explained to Hu Tao.Zhongli finally accepted the girl's question.

"It's where the undead live."

"Those souls who have died but still have nostalgia for the human world will stay there after death."

"Countless vengeful spirits hover over the peak of Wuwangpo, and they will dye the sky there black."

"The evil way is chaotic, the knot of a hundred grievances, life and death are boundless, so it is called Wuwang."

Hu Tao tilted her head, and she didn't seem to understand. Her concept of life and death was still at the stage of simply "leaving".

But since she was born in Hu's family, she still needs to inherit the business of Xiangsheng Hall in the future, so she must understand these things sooner or later.

Why don't you start now and let her understand life and death in Xiangshengtang little by little.

"Oh, that."

Hu Tao's reaction was a bit beyond Zhongli's expectation.

There was a little bewilderment and confusion on the girl's face, but more calm and thoughtful.

The plum blossom-like pupils hang down slightly from the side of Wuwangpo, as if thinking about the meaning contained between the lines in Zhongli's words.

Yes, Hu Tao already vaguely understands the mission she is carrying.

The death of her mother and the ostracism of outsiders did not destroy her pure heart, but turned the young girl into a budding proud plum.

All this, although I don't know if she can really understand it.

But this is not only her mission, but also the mission of the past generation hall master.

Just find a chance for her to find out.

? ? ?

"I finally saw you, hall master, huh?