Chapter 198

Wow, what a serious person!

Hu Tao was curious about Chongyun was very polite.

"You give me the feeling of that old-fashioned Zhongli. You're not going to be so rigid in everything you do, are you?"

"Ah?"

Chongyun was stumped by Hu Tao's question; how should he answer it?

"Haha, Chongyun is indeed quite methodical in his work, but only when it comes to exorcising evil spirits."

Xingqiu aside and explained with a smile.

"But unfortunately, Chongyun's constitution is quite special. He has Pure Yang Body, which makes it impossible for evil spirits to get close to him. So, he has not encountered a single evil spirit since he left home."

"Um... this isn't what I want either."

Chongyun scratched his head helplessly.

"Haha, you're pretty unlucky then."

Hu Tao burst out laughing upon hearing this.

"Chongyun."

Li Yue also looked at Chongyun.

"I remember that Cloud Retainer had a disciple named Shenhe. She must be a member of your family."

"Shenhe? Could it be... Auntie?"

Upon hearing Shenhe's name, Chongyun immediately recalled a relative from his own family, though that relative had been missing for many years.

"Auntie?"

"That's right, according to seniority, she is indeed my aunt."

Chongyun nodded and looked at Li Yue.

"Lord Geo Archon, do you know where my aunt is?"

"That's right, she's now a disciple of Adepti."

Cloud Retainer is currently in Liyue Harbor, but her apprentice is not.

"In a few days, let her call Shenhe over. That way, I can take care of Shenhe's problems."

347. The people of Liyue are fans of Emperor Taizu, and Emperor Taizu is a fan of Yun Jin.

"Huh? Chongyun's aunt is actually a disciple of Adepti?"

"That's right. However, the other party has been cultivating in Mt. Aocang, which is the cave of Cloud Retainer. But now Cloud Retainer is one of the Seven Arbiter-Generals of Liyue Harbor, so it's perfectly fine for her to go and call her disciple down the mountain."

"Huh? Are you talking about Adepti?"

The young cook, Xiangling, carried the dishes out from the back door of Wanmin Restaurant, placed them on the table, and then asked curiously.

"Yes, we were talking about the Seven Arbiter-Generals' disciples."

"The disciple of Adepti, that means he is also Adepti?"

"That's not necessarily true. Although Shenhe cultivates immortal techniques, she is still a mortal at present, just a mortal using immortal techniques. But as her cultivation progresses, she should be able to become Adepti."

After all, Qiqi was a zombie, an unconventional Adepti, because of the immortal power of the Adepti.

"To be able to become Adepti is truly enviable."

"My Adepti, I feel like there's such a big difference between me and my aunt."

Upon hearing about the Adepti, Chongyun immediately felt that he was not up to the task. He practiced exorcism techniques, while his aunt practiced Adeptal Arts!

"To some extent, you are indeed quite different from your aunt, but the problem is not serious, because if you develop the power of your magic, it can also achieve the effect of Adeptal Arts."

Seeing the regret on Chongyun's face, Li Yue also spoke up for him.

"Lord Geo Archon, are you telling the truth!?"

"Of course it's true. Would I, the Rock King, lie to a mere sorcerer like you?"

When Chongyun asked her question, Li Yue replied with certainty.

While it's true that alchemists can eventually reach the level of Adeptal Arts, it's hard to say to what extent they can develop that skill; the difficulty is exceptionally high.

"But before that, I'll have Cloud Retainer call Shenhe down first, and then the two of you can get to know each other."

"That's wonderful, thank you so much, Lord Geo Archon!"

Chongyun quickly stood up, bowed, and clasped his hands in thanks.

"Don't worry about this. Now, sit down and eat. You're dining with the Rock King you mentioned."

Li Yue waved to Chongyun, inviting him to sit down and eat without any airs.

"Xiangling too, it's been a long time since the rest of us ate together."

"Okay! I'll come over with Guoba after I bring out the last dish."

Hu Tao Xingqiu Xiangling, Chongyun, the four young people from Liyue Harbor, along with Li Yue, had a private meal together in the backyard of Wanmin Restaurant. Although the scene was not glamorous at all, it was the most suitable place for them.

After dinner, Xingqiu and Chongyun went out together, Xiangling continued to research new recipes at Wanmin Restaurant, Hu Tao continued to promote her cemetery plots, and Li Yue returned to Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to ask Cloud Retainer to call her disciple Shenhe down from the mountain.

Shenhe, the apprentice of Cloud Retainer, is also one of Li Yue's favorite characters in the entire Liyue.

Unlike the other characters, Li Yue believes that Keqing is suitable as a friend, Hu Tao is suitable as a brother, and Shenhe, like Raiden Ei, is suitable as a wife!

Because Shenhe and Raiden Ei have a very similar point, which is that they are a bit naive and innocent.

Of course, it's not the kind of naive and innocent character that's derogatory. Raiden Ei's naivety is the kind that hasn't been corrupted by knowledge, while Shenhe's naivety is the kind that hasn't been corrupted by the world. The two are naive in different ways.

The two people's silliness is unique in its own way, but both are quite endearing.

Like Raiden Ei, Shenhe's fate is also tragic. Since childhood, she has been plagued by the evil spirit of the Lone Star. In order to suppress her evil spirit, Cloud Retainer to tie a red rope on her body. However, due to the suppression of the red rope and her long-term separation from the world, her personality became cold.

Once that woman called Shenhe down, Li Yue directly used the Enma's Blade to separate the evil energy from her body, and then she wouldn't need to keep wearing the red string anymore.

However, while the red string can be left untied, Li Yue felt it was better to keep Shenhe's personality as it was, because that personality was Shenhe's endearing quality.

Just like that woman said in the Lantern Rite storyline, Shenhe doesn't need to change; Shenhe can just stay the way he is.

"Call Shenhe down?"

Holding the Adepti, Cloud Retainer was quite surprised to hear Li Yue's instructions, because she was now an official of Liyue, so there was no need to use the name Xianyun, and she directly used the name Cloud Retainer.

"Does Lord Geo Archon know that I have a disciple named Shenhe? Did Ganyu tell Lord Geo Archon?"

"Ganyu didn't tell me; I only found out through other channels."

Li Yue denied Cloud Retainer's guess.

"And I heard that Shenhe has evil energy on her, right? That's perfect, I can cure her evil energy, just like curing Xiao's Karmic Debt. All I need to do is strip away all the evil energy from her."

"It's possible?"

Cloud Retainer naturally knew that Xiao no longer had Karmic Debt on him, and was now eating well, sleeping soundly, and in excellent health.

But she never expected that this treatment could be applied to Shenhe.

"That's right, I can easily treat situations caused by external forces intruding."

"That's wonderful, Lord Geo Archon. I'll go and bring Shenhe over right now."

Overjoyed, Cloud Retainer immediately took action. In front of Li Yue, he transformed into the shape of a crane, soared into the sky in a gust of wind, and flew towards Mt. Aocang.

"As expected of Cloud Retainer Yun, he really has a very impatient personality."

Li Yue watched as the Cloud Retainer transformed into a gentle breeze and flew away, and couldn't help but sigh.

"The True Lord of Cloud Retainer is indeed rather impatient."

Zhongli walked in from outside the courtyard, looked at the direction in which the Cloud Retainer were flying across the sky, and nodded in agreement.

"But Li Yue, this time you're helping her apprentice, so it's normal for her to be a little anxious."

"Zhongli, you seem to be in a good mood. Did something good happen?"

Li Yue asked curiously. She knew that Zhongli had sent Morax to work while she went out for tea. But Li Yue Zhongli seemed to be in a very good mood. Why was that?

In response to Li Yue's question, Zhongli smiled and nodded.

"Indeed, I encountered something good. I was very lucky today. I happened to come across the pre-sale tickets for Mr. Yun Jin's next performance, and I booked them."

"Oh, so Yun Jin is going to perform."

If the entire Liyue is the cook of the Vago Monarch, then the Vago Monarch himself is the cook of Yun Jin. Zhongli never misses a single scene featuring Yun Jin.

When talking about Yun Jin, Zhongli's face was full of pride.

"That's right. I heard that Mr. Yun Jin is currently researching a new play, so it's on pre-sale now. The news that Mr. Yun Jin is going to produce a new play can spread very widely. Even reporters from Fontaine have come here to conduct interviews."

"A reporter from Fontaine?"

Listening to Zhongli's words, Li Yue suddenly realized that this was the plot of the All That Glitters. She had just called Shenhe down and triggered this plot.

348. Resolve Shenhe's inauspicious energy

The plot of All That Glitters can be said to have been orchestrated by Blondie Mao, but some of the plot points involve Osial and the Jade Chamber.

But now, although the Jade Chamber was planted with trees by Nahida back then, it did not fall down. Therefore, the maintenance of the Jade Chamber is much simpler than before. All that is needed is to cut down the trees and repair the upper structure.

As for Osial, he didn't even appear. During the entire period when the Emperor was assassinated, the Childe was unable to leave the Northland Bank, so there was no need for Osial, a minor character, to appear at all.

In this situation, the plot after Shenhe goes down the mountain will definitely be different from before. At that time, Yun Jin will probably only be able to sing the part of the plot that she has come into contact with. As for the plot where Shenhe and Blondie go seafood together, it should not be there.

The Cloud Retainer go by quickly and return quickly, just like Venti said, flying is faster than running. The Cloud Retainer can fly, so naturally they come and go quickly.

When Cloud Retainer returned, he was accompanied by a woman who exuded an ethereal aura and a cold, aloof presence.

With silver hair and a red ribbon, an indifferent expression, and the unique sensual attire of the Cloud Retainer lineage, Shenhe makes his appearance.

"This is General Zhongli, one of the Three Great Generals of Liyue, and also the Grand Governor of Liyue, Lord Zhongli. Shenhe, you can just call him Lord Zhongli."

"Lord Zhongli."

"This is the current Geo Archon of Liyue. You may address him as His Lord Geo Archon."

"Lord Geo Archon."

Li Yue didn't say anything to Shenhe, just call him by his name. The Seven Arbiter-Generals called him "Lord Geo Archon," and the Qixing did the same. On the contrary, he told Hu Tao and the other young people to call him by his name.

"Master, did you take me down the mountain so that I could meet Lord Zhongli and Lord Geo Archon?"

After getting to know Zhongli and Li Yue, Shenhe looked at Cloud Retainer with an indifferent expression and asked a question.

"It's not my idea to bring you down the mountain this time, but Lord Geo Archon wants you to come down the mountain."

"Lord Geo Archon?"

Shenhe looked at Li Yue.

"I ran into your nephew while I was eating today. I asked him about his situation and found out about you. So I wanted you to come down and meet your nephew, because he knows you exist as his aunt, but he has never met you before."

"Nephew?"

Shenhe tilted her head slightly. The word "nephew" was somewhat unfamiliar to Shenhe, because she had never thought that she had a nephew.

"That's right, you were a nephew in the family before you were adopted by Cloud Retainer."

"Of course, before you recognize your nephew, I will also resolve any hidden dangers you may have."

"Does the hidden danger I carry refer to..."

"It was the red rope that I used to suppress the evil energy on your body. That evil energy would affect the ordinary people around you, so I have been using the red rope to suppress it for you. But you will no longer need to use the red rope to suppress it, because Lord Geo Archon will remove all the evil energy from your body."

"Lord Geo Archon, are you able to remove all the malevolent energy from my body?"

Shenhe looked at Li Yue with a cold expression, but his tone revealed some surprise.

"That's right, I can remove the evil energy from you, and the process is very simple."

As Li Yue spoke, she drew the Enma's Blade from her waist.

Cloud Retainer was momentarily stunned when he saw Li Yue draw his sword, not understanding what Li Yue meant.

Then, Cloud Retainer watched as Li Yue walked towards Shenhe with the Enma's Blade, completely dumbfounded.

What does this mean?

Cloud Retainer was anxious to ask, but she felt that it might be impolite to ask.