Chapter 82

Because of Li Yue's system, Ganyu stepped down from her position as the Qixing Secretary and was put in charge of supervising diplomacy. Her workload dropped drastically, and she became so free that she could go shopping every day. The price, as I said before, was that the Qixing became even busier.

When Ganyu had some free time, she would occasionally come to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to chat with the Emperor. Of course, she would avoid Xianyun when she came; she wouldn't come if Xianyun was there.

Today, Xianyun disappeared somewhere. When Li Yue saw Ganyu coming over, she immediately assumed that Gan Yu had come to see Zhongli again.

"Lord Geo Archon, I apologize for disturbing you. I did come to see Mr. Zhongli, but it seems that Mr. Zhongli is not here."

Ganyu bowed slightly with great politeness, then took out a document from behind her back and handed it to Li Yue.

"It would be perfect if Lord Geo Archon were here. You mentioned before that if we couldn't find Mr. Zhongli, we could consult you."

"This time it involves diplomatic matters that require Mr. Zhongli's attention. Unfortunately, Mr. Zhongli is not here. Could you please handle it? The matter is quite significant and involves General Nahida."

"Hmm? Nahida is involved?"

Li Yue was a little curious. What could Nahida possibly have to do? After glancing at the documents in Ganyu's hand, Li Yue casually waved her hand.

"Just tell me directly, I can't read."

"Uh, I'm so sorry, I forgot about that."

Ganyu bowed her head in apology, then opened the documents and began her report.

"This document is a letter from the State of Sumeru."

"A letter from Sumeru?"

"Yes, it is a letter from the Sumeru Akademiya."

The Akademiya? And it's related to Nahida. Li Yue seemed to understand what the letter was about.

"Tell me what's inside."

"The Grand Sage Azar of Sumeru paid his respects to the new Rock King, but in addition to expressing his respect, they also said..."

Ganyu looked somewhat embarrassed as she said this.

"What else did they say?"

"The girl named Nahida on the wanted poster we issued in Liyue is actually Sumeru. They apologize for the trouble the Sumeru have caused Liyue, but they also hope that if Liyue captures this criminal, they will hand her over to the Sumeru. The Sumerians Sumeru willing to pay the bounty on Nahida's head."

After Ganyu finished speaking, she closed the file and looked at Li Yue, waiting for Li Yue's response.

Li Yue tilted her head and looked at Ganyu.

"Ganyu, when did this document arrive?"

"It arrived yesterday, but because Qixing couldn't make a decision, Keqing handed the documents to me this morning. I was still undecided, so I came to see Mr. Zhongli. And then it turned out as you see."

"How did they know about Nahida's arrest warrant? And they knew about Nahida's arrest warrant, but they didn't know that we had already canceled the warrant for Nahida long ago. Now Nahida is one of our top generals."

"This should have happened around the time the wanted poster was issued. Someone passed the wanted poster out of Liyue Harbor. As for how it was passed to Sumeru, the land route to the Chasm is currently blocked due to the Chasm problem, but the sea route is still open. Someone probably took a ship from Liyue Harbor to Port Ormos."

Ganyu recalled the days when the city was under lockdown.

"Although the city was under lockdown at the time, a few merchant ships did leave the port at the beginning, probably those few merchant ships."

"As for why they don't know that Miss Nahida has become a general of Liyue, it's probably because the follow-up information hasn't been transmitted yet. According to the voyage from Liyue Harbor to Port Ormos, it takes a long time to travel back and forth. From the time the wanted notice was transmitted to Sumeru, and then the Sumeru Akademiya issued the official letter from Port Ormos to Liyue Harbor, the time was just right."

Ganyu has been in office for thousands of years and knows these things very well, so he easily explained the reason.

"By now, the follow-up information should have been passed on, which means that the Akademiya should already know that Nahida has not only not become a wanted criminal, but has even become an admiral of Liyue."

"That's going to be interesting."

In Teyvat, the transmission of information takes time; without radio, messages can only be transmitted by manpower.

The Akademiya probably sent out this letter of credence a few days ago demanding Nahida's return, but three or four days later, they were informed that Nahida was not only not a wanted criminal, but had even become a high-ranking official in Liyue. However, their letter of credence had already been sent out, and now, some people in the Akademiya are probably starting to get anxious.

"Lord Geo Archon, how should we respond to this document?"

Li Yue thought for a moment, recalling what kind of awesome Sumeru was now.

"Ganyu, could you please gather the Three Great Generals and the Seven Arbiter-Generals, as well as the Liyue Qixing, for a meeting?"

"Huh? Should we gather everyone here at once?"

Ganyu was somewhat surprised. This was a gathering of all the high-ranking officials in Liyue. A erroneous letter of state, while not a small matter, shouldn't be so serious that it warranted a meeting of all the high-ranking officials in Liyue, right?

But Li Yue looked serious.

"That's right, let's gather everyone here. This matter is extremely important; it concerns the future of Liyue!"

139. My daughter Nahida has the appearance of Dendro Archon!

The backyard of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, which used to be a place where only three or four people would occasionally sit and drink tea, is now full of people.

In the place where Zhongli and his companions usually drink tea, four people are sitting. The one in the lead is the newly appointed Rock King Li Yue, and the other three are the Three Great Generals of Liyue, including Zhongli.

Behind General Zhongli stood seven figures, the Seven Warrior Immortals under the King who had not been in office for long. Opposite the Seven Arbiter-Generals were the Liyue Qixing, the high-ranking officials of Liyue Harbor. Although only four of them came, only three of them were Seven Qixing: Keqing Yuheng Star, Ningguang of Tianquan Star, the old man of Tianquan Star, and Yelan, a special person.

Ningguang, who usually stands at the front, is now standing behind Keqing and Tian Shu, alongside Yelan.

Li Yue's previous blatant denigration made her realize that she had tested the wrong person, and now she just wants to keep a low profile as much as possible.

As for where the remaining Qixing are, Li Yue doesn't know, nor can she know.

All eyes were now focused on the stone table around which Li Yue and the Three Great Generals sat, with a document placed in the center of the table.

"Everyone, do you know what this is?"

"It is the letter from the Kingdom of Sumeru that I submitted to Ganyu this morning."

Keqing answered first.

"The letter from Sumeru?"

Nahida perked up at the mention of Sumeru. This goddess of Sumeru had been away from Sumeru for some time now, but it was a worthwhile Sumeru. It was because she met the Anemo Archon and the Geo God, her predecessors, and had the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata by her side. This was much better than being locked up in the Sanctimonious Palace and doing nothing.

"That's right, it's a letter from Sumeru, written by the Grand Sage himself. What surprised me was that Sumeru seemed to have made a mistake and took the previous arrest warrants for me, Zhongli, and Nahida seriously. The Grand Sage there sent a letter to us, wanting to ask us to return the prisoner Nahida that we captured."

After hearing Li Yue's words, Ningguang lowered her head slightly, trying her best to hide behind Tian Shu. Nahida, on the other hand, widened her eyes in surprise. The Akademiya actually wanted to take her, and as a prisoner, without revealing her identity as the Dendro Archon. Did the Akademiya still not want to acknowledge her?

After Li Yue finished speaking, she looked at Zhongli.

"Zhongli, what do you think?"

Um?

Zhongli couldn't help but tilt his head back. "You're asking me about this?"

"This must be because they received the wrong information. The identities of our Three Great Generals of Liyue have already been made public, so they should receive the corresponding information later, and the misunderstanding should be cleared up then."

"That's right, Ganyu thinks so too. They had a misunderstanding due to a time error, which led to the issuance of this erroneous letter of state."

"Yes, that's what I think."

Ganyu nodded behind Zhongli, and Venti spread her hands, with a wine bottle even on her right hand.

"Since you, Li Yue, have reached a consensus with Ganyu, this letter of state should be easy to handle. There's no need to call all of us over."

"Of course, I didn't call you over because of this."

Li Yue patted the table.

"Your attention is all on this letter of state, but my attention is on the Dendro Archon."

Um?

Nahida looked at Li Yue, "Dendro Archon, what does this have to do with the Dendro Archon?"

"What does this have to do with the Dendro Archon?"

The outspoken Keqing asked the question on Nahida's behalf.

"Do you remember the responses from other countries after we issued our credentials?"

Li Yue looked at Ganyu, who was in charge of diplomacy and knew the most about this matter.

"The Hydro Archon of Fontaine responded and offered her congratulations. The Cryo Archon of Snezhnaya also sent a letter of response from the Fatui Harbinger. The Knights of Favonius Church in Mondstadt sent its congratulations in the name of the Anemo Archon. Due to special circumstances, Inazuma and Natlan have not yet responded. As for Sumeru's letter of response, this is what we see here."

"That's right. Apart from Inazuma and Natlan, who haven't responded yet, the other countries have basically responded in the name of God or the God himself. But Sumeru's response was from the Grand Sage Azar of the Akademiya, and he didn't mention the Dendro Archon at all. Do you know what that means?"

The three generals present remained silent, as did the Adepti. It was Keqing, after seeing everyone around her in silence, finally spoke.

"I don't quite understand."

"Don't you understand, Keqing? What is my identity now?"

Li Yue looked at Keqing.

"You are Li Yue's Rock King, the supreme God of Geo."

"That's right, I am the Rock King, the God of Geo."

Li Yue crossed his arms, and a tiny Heavenly Star appeared out of thin air and began to revolve around him, making Zhongli's eyes twitch.

"Then Keqing, what circumstances do you think would lead to a human in the Seven Nations of Teyvat sending greetings to the gods of other countries, bypassing their own gods?"

"This..."

"I have a basic understanding of Sumeru. The Dendro Archon of Sumeru is also Second Generation Archon. The first Dendro Archon was called the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, and the current Dendro Archon is called the Lesser Kusanali. Liyue has always had maritime trade with Sumeru, right? Foreigners know about the deeds of the Liyue Vago Monarch, but how long has it been since you heard anything about the Lesser Kusanali in Liyue? Or have you heard any news about the Lesser Kusanali?"

"No... no..."

Keqing opened her eyes wide.

"That's right, never, right? The Lesser Kusanali been on the throne for 500 years, but I've never heard of him. Not only me, but you've never heard of him either. What does that mean?"

"Could it be..."

"That's right, the Lesser Kusanali is dead!"

Puff--

Venti spat out a mouthful of wine, Zhongli looked on in astonishment, while Nahida tilted her head and looked at Li Yue with a face full of question marks.

The Adepti and the Qixing present were also shocked.

"This... it shouldn't be that bad, right?"

Venti wiped the drink from her lips and couldn't help but say something.

"Absolutely!"

Li Yue's expression was serious.

"On the Teyvat continent, the strong are respected! And the Seven Archons are among the best. One god has been in power for 500 years but has never appeared. Moreover, her subordinates can bypass her to communicate with other countries. There are only two possibilities: one is that this subordinate has rebellious intentions and wants to replace the god."

"But that's obviously impossible, because no matter how strong a human is, they can't be a match for a god. The reason why Demon God are called Demon God is because they are naturally stronger than humans."

Li Yue crossed his hands under his nose, striking a pose reminiscent of Commander Ikari.

"It's not that I look down on humans, but this is the reality of the Teyvat world. Demon God are born monsters, and even the weakest Demon God can easily kill a human."

Of course, this doesn't include humans who have cheat codes or those who simply don't act like humans.

"Another possibility is that the Dendro Archon is dead!"

"No, it should be said that the Lesser Kusanali never existed in the first place! After the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata died, there was no so-called Lesser Kusanali who took over. It was all just a character fabricated by the humans who ruled Sumeru in order to make their rule over Sumeru legitimate!"

"But is there any evidence for this? Although what you said makes a lot of sense, Lord Geo Archon, it is ultimately just your speculation. What if the Dendro Archon of Sumeru just doesn't like to show itself? Like the wind Anemo Archon of Mondstadt who doesn't care about anything?"

Huh? Do I need to be called on for this too?

Venti looked at Keqing, who habitually raised questions, with a helpless expression.

"I have evidence!"

Li Yue's tone was full of certainty, and then she looked at Nahida.

Huh? What does this have to do with me?

Nahida looked at Li Yue with great confusion.

Do you know where Nahida is from?

"Your adopted daughter is Sumeru person."

The higher-ups in Liyue Harbor and everyone Li Yue knew knew about this. Li Yue went to Mondstadt and returned with an adopted daughter, a Sumeru, who had awakened the Vision the Dendro element.

"That's right, Nahida is Sumeru person, but you don't know the circumstances under which I found Nahida."

"When I was on my way to Mondstadt, I tried to use my spatial powers and accidentally teleported to Sumeru. There, I found Nahida, who was being held captive by an evil organization. I couldn't bear to see her like that, so I rescued Nahida and then used my spatial powers to return to Liyue."

"After that, I reached Sumeru again while trying to use spatial powers, and I found another poor mother who had died because she was being experimented on by an evil organization."

Well, this saved Nahida and the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata, right? The three gods present understood Li Yue's meaning.