The negotiations reached a stalemate.
With an outsider present, things became easier to handle.
Cloud Retainer asked Ying, who stood beside her.
"As they say, onlookers see things more clearly. What do you have to say?"
Ying said that if conflict arose between the guardians and those they protected,
things would develop to an irreparable point.
Paimon brought up Mondstadt's story.
The story of the Four Winds Guardians and the Children of the Anemo God.
"To stop them from turning against each other, because she believed opposition would only leave scars in both sides' hearts and bring no benefit at all."
Ying nodded, approving of Paimon's words.
"This is what I learned in the city-state of 'freedom.'"
Among the Seven Nations of the mortal world, every nation faced different problems.
When someone played the villain, someone else had to play the peacemaker.
Mountain Shaper stepped forward to mediate.
Grandma Yu also urged Old Deer and Cloud Retainer to reconsider.
She had already tried observing Liyue Harbor, observing the people who lived here.
She hoped the three of them could try it as well.
At that moment, a Millelith instructor specifically came to thank the adepti.
"I thought this battle would be my last. It was only thanks to your aid that my entire unit avoided devastating casualties."
"You immortals displayed such divine might. I am merely an ordinary soldier, but from this day onward, I will hold the line and never betray the grace you have shown us."
After hearing those words, all the adepti present fell into thought.
A little girl ran in. "Why does everyone look so down? Didn't we just defeat a huge monster?"
Grandma Yu walked over to her.
"Hehehe... Aren't you afraid, little girl? It was so dangerous just now..."
Unexpectedly, the little girl did