Zhongli Asked Me to Handle His Exuvia?

The Adepti lived high up in the mountains for a long time, which brought about a problem.

They are generally not very shrewd or calculating.

Looking at Zhongli standing on the stands, the Adepti all had strange expressions.

Even the Cloud Retainer and the Ruin Chase couldn't help but want to laugh.

Upon seeing this, Moon Carver immediately used his unique ability to transmit sound to remind the two immortals.

"This is still the ceremony of the Geo Archon Rite of Descension, so you two better be serious."

The Ruin Chase replied in a helpless tone, "If it weren't for the Geo Archon himself presiding over his own Rite of Descension, I could remain solemn..."

The Rex Lapis, who has been loyal to the immortals for thousands of years, is highly respected by all the immortals.

And yet, such a respectable and solemn person is now conducting his own funeral ceremony—what an absurd comedy!

In particular,

This was all happening under the watchful eyes of many people in Liyue.

Cloud Retainer almost laughed several times, but he managed to suppress it.

Zhongli stood in front of the crowd, with Hu Tao behind him holding the items to be prepared for the Rite of Descension.

Both of them had serious expressions on their faces. It was rare for Bai Ye to see Hu Tao with such an expression.

Ningguang, Keqing, Ganyu, and the others slowly walked out from behind the two.

Looking at everyone, Ningguang spoke first:

"The Geo Archon's celestial status is equal to that of the sun and moon, yet the weather is unpredictable, and he has been struck by lightning. The assassination attempt on the Geo Archon is not the true story. The Geo Archon has suffered a celestial calamity and his soul has returned to the heavens. Therefore, this is announced to Liyue, and we pray that the people will grieve in moderation and not be too heartbroken."

Her words sparked a flurry of discussion among the crowd.

The Geo Archon was not assassinated?

There was much discussion, but everyone eventually accepted this explanation.

Ningguang's reputation as one of the Liyue Qixing is quite reliable.

Seeing that everyone had calmed down, Ningguang continued, "The Geo Archon has protected us for over 3,700 years, and we, the people of Liyue, will forever remember this 'contract.' Therefore, we are preparing to hold a grand Rite of Descension. We, the Seven Stars, have entrusted the head of the Liyue Harbor's Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Hu Tao, and the Guest Official, Zhongli, to preside over the Rite of Descension."

Zhongli spoke at this moment.

"Throughout history, countless Rite of Descension. Many Adepti have ended their contracts with us and returned to the heavens..."

Upon hearing this, the smiles on the faces of the Adepti, including Cloud Retainer, vanished.

There were many immortals in Jueyun Karst back then, but now only these few remain. Perhaps, with Erosion and the passage of time, they too will gradually disappear.

They are Adepti, but not Chang Sheng.

Zhongli's tone was magnetic, his voice deep yet not dull. As he spoke, the people of Liyue couldn't help but recall the days when they built Liyue Harbor together with the Rex Lapis.

The only one present who didn't feel that way was Bai Ye.

After all, he wasn't from Liyue, and he hadn't experienced those days. He continued to watch Zhongli's gameplay.

Zhongli received from Hu Tao a sachet made of Silk Flower, Glaze Lily, a kite representing the Seven Archons, and so on.

This time, with the support of the Seven Stars, the items to be prepared for the Rite of Descension are much grander than those that Bai Ye played in the game.

But why isn't there Jadefall's Splendor?

Bai Ye glanced at the Jadefall's Splendor on Madame Ping and fell into thought.

Why is that?

While Bai Ye was pondering this, Zhongli Li Jing had already completed all the rituals for Rite of Descension.

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Hu Tao and Zhong Li seemed to be discussing something with Li Yue Qi Xing Ning Guang Ke Qing.

Bai Ye had no idea what they were trying to say.

Just as he was thinking this, the two Adepti Ruin Chase and Moon Carver, stood on either side of Bai Ye.

"Bai Ye, come here."

"The Ruin Chase said loudly."

"True Lord, what is this?"

Bai Ye looked at the Adepti with some doubt.

This morning, he thought he would be attending the Rite of Descension with the two Adepti, Cloud Retainer. But before he'd gone far, Xiao came running over first. Then, at the Yujing Terrace Capital Terrace, the two Adepti before him also approached.

"This is good stuff, would you like to come and take a look with me?"

"Um?"

Bai Ye should stay away from the Ruin Chase.

"Lishui, we're here to help Bai Ye improve, don't scare him."

The Moon Carver has learned one thing in his thousands of years of life: if you want to live well, don't provoke women.

"Enhance me?"

Bai Ye was somewhat puzzled.

"Yes," Moon Carver nodded gently. "After all, you are the last special envoy appointed by the Geo Archon, and we will still need to rely on you to contact Liyue. Naturally, we want to give you our blessings."

Guizhong, let's wait until the Geo Archon comes to relieve us of our torment.

"This..."

Bai Ye still had some doubts.

However, at that moment he felt the space around him change instantly.

From Yujing Terrace, it directly transforms into a mountain peak.

Seeing Bai Ye's somewhat bewildered expression, Ruin Chase spoke to him:

"This is my own personal sanctuary. Here, I don't have to worry about being disturbed."

The Liyue immortals were all granted powers by Zhongli. Granny Ping could create the Dust Song Pot, and it wouldn't be difficult for Lord Lishui Dieshan to create a portable grotto for him.

Just as Bai Ye was still pondering, a halo appeared on the body of Ruin Chase.

Then, the halo slowly approached Bai Ye.

Bai Ye examined it closely; it was a jade pendant.

"What is this?" He looked at the Ruin Chase with a puzzled expression.

"This is the ability that the Immortal gave you. You can use this ability to form a shield, but it consumes a lot of your physical strength."

The Ruin Chase answered Bai Ye.

Cloud Retainer been visiting Bai Ye quite a few times, as he has given away his best possessions to him.

In order to find some peace and quiet, and also because he was afraid that the spirit would come back to play a prank on him in the Guizhong, the Ruin Chase went to great lengths to create this jade pendant.

This isn't over yet.

After the Ruin Chase finished doing this, the Moon Carver also took out a pendant.

"This is my blessing to you. With the help of this pendant, you can unleash your elemental power to your heart's content without worrying about it being depleted."

He explained to Bai Ye the blessing he had bestowed upon him.

However, just like the Ruin Chase, the Moon Carver also told Bai Ye that his blessing also had physical limitations.

"Relying on physical strength?"

Upon hearing what the two Adepti said, Xiao, Cloud Retainer, and Madame Ping all looked at the two Adepti with strange eyes.

Seeing all these people looking at him, Ruin Chase panicked a little.

He quickly explained, "My abilities can't create blessings that can be used without any cost; perpetual motion doesn't exist. Between pre-infusing the elements and extracting some stamina during use to create a long-term shield, I personally prefer the latter, which allows for long-term use."

This is the best I can do. It's not easy to have a strong enough shield without relying on physical strength.

"It's the same here."

"Moon Carver said."

"No, that's not what we meant..."

Cloud Retainer looked at Bai Ye with a helpless expression.

Aside from his stunningly beautiful face, Bai Ye's greatest strength lies in his physical endurance. Even when his stamina is completely depleted, he can replenish it. Moreover, even when all the life force within him is used up, he can still use Emet's Gods artifact to absorb life force from the sea monsters in the ocean.

His vitality and stamina can be described as abnormally high.

The two of them, the Moon Carver and the Ruin Chase, practically gave Bai Ye Yeqi a huge buff.

Bai Ye is happy.

He first picked up the jade pendant.

Bai Ye pressed the button on his phone and instantly felt that a large portion of his stamina had been depleted.

Then a yellow elemental shield appeared around him. It was much uglier than Zhongli's shield, but as long as it worked, why bother with it?

"I'll give it a try."

At this moment, Cloud Retainer took out his bow and crossbow, raised his hand, and shot an arrow at Bai Ye.

Then, a series of arrows pierced the air. Bai Ye watched as Cloud Retainer, carrying a crossbow bolt of ice-cold energy, approached him. After a struggle, the bolt fell to the ground a little over a foot away from Bai Ye.

Bai Ye sensed that the shield had weakened considerably.

He channeled his strength into his body once more, and the shield grew stronger again.

Hmm, not bad.

As long as you have stamina, you have an infinite shield.

Bai Ye once again picked up the ornament that the Moon Carver had given him.

This can improve one's personal strength.

With this in mind, he first focused his energy on the ornament.

A strange feeling arose spontaneously.

Physical strength can enhance one's physical abilities, and then one can replenish one's physical strength again...

Bai Ye raised the hand that held the Genshin Eye.

In an instant,

A huge gust of wind rose up in front of everyone.

Everyone couldn't help but turn their heads.

A blue storm swept up Bai Ye, making it impossible for anyone around to see what Bai Ye's current state was.

Next,

Bai Ye arrived above the storm.

Seeing Bai Ye's current state, everyone was surprised.

At this moment, Bai Ye stood on the blue wind element, and on his back were two wings made entirely of wind element.

As the Bai Ye Dragon moved, its wings flapped continuously.

Bai Ye pondered the shape and color of these wings and couldn't help but think of the Honkai Impact 3rd Wen Tiandi.

Unfortunately, it only resembles the spirit, and the actual form is far from the same.

"The current Feng Shui elemental force is no weaker than mine."

Xiao said seriously.

Bai Ye felt incredibly refreshed at this moment. Pure wind element filled his body, and he could clearly feel that flapping his wings would cause massive wind element damage. After all, the pair of wings on his back were entirely composed of pure wind power.

The pendant of the Moon Carver can continuously extract stamina and convert it into essence, and the stamina of the Bai Ye is also so abundant.

Therefore, Bai Ye's burst of spiritual power at this moment is extremely strong.

Bai Ye reached out and clenched his fist, forming several wisps of wind. Bai Ye threw them at the mountain range, instantly creating several huge craters.

It pierced through the entire mountain peak.

Seeing this scene, the Ruin Chase felt a pang of heartache.

However, he was still happy about Bai Ye's increased power.

The Moon Carver glanced at his pendant and quickly said, "That's it, Bai Ye, don't try it anymore, otherwise this pendant won't be able to withstand it."

Bai Ye put down the ornament.

His strength instantly decreased significantly, and Bai Ye quickly landed back on the ground.

In this way,

Only then did Moon Carver finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Otherwise, if this item is returned because it's too easy to break, less than a day after it's been sent out, I'd be incredibly embarrassed.

Bai Ye put the two items away and then expressed his gratitude to Moon Carver and Ruin Chase.

"Thank you, two True Lords, for bestowing blessings upon me. It has been of great help."

Upon hearing Bai Ye's words, the two Adepti showed happy expressions.

Ruin Chase glanced smugly at Cloud Retainer and Guchen.

So, how about it? This immortal is no less skilled than you in treating Guizhong's disciple, Ni.

Cloud Retainer glanced at Ruin Chase and was unconvinced.

This has nothing to do with your generosity; isn't it all due to Bai Ye's strength?

Otherwise, the gift you gave was really mediocre.

The Ruin Chase said he didn't care at all.

We made a prediction here, you understand? We predicted Bai Ye's behavior.

Cloud Retainer Jun was furious, but couldn't say anything for the time being.

Okay, consider this your fault, we'll definitely get our revenge later.

"The Rite of Descension has long since ended. Let's hurry up and leave as soon as possible."

Cloud Retainer said to Ruin Chase without any breath.

"OK."

Ruin Chase felt he had won and happily took back this little world.

The group reappeared on the Yujing Terrace.

However, there was no one left on the Yujing Terrace at this moment.

No, there's still one person.

Bai Ye, watching Hu Tao search everywhere, asked curiously, "Hu Tao, what's wrong with you?"

Hu Tao looked back.

"Where have you all ended up? I've been looking for you everywhere."

She said to Bai Ye.

"Looking for me? What's wrong?"

Hearing that Hu Tao was looking for him so anxiously, Bai Ye felt a little embarrassed.

She wanted to...

Seeing Bai Ye's unnatural expression, Hu Tao rolled her eyes.

What are you thinking? Am I that impatient?

I hope I can hold out until tonight!

"Just now, Zhongli suggested to Liyue Qixing that since you are the last envoy appointed by the Rex Lapis, Seven Stars intends for you to send off the Geo Archon's remains on their final journey."

What!?

Zhongli asked me to see his remains off on their final journey?

Bai Ye was taken aback when he heard Hu Tao say that.

Zhongli, what are you doing?!

You're asking me to deliver your remains? Aren't you forcing me to take action?

Are you going to use this to test the time traveler?

Which time traveler could withstand such a test?

Bai Ye thought to himself.

Then, he said to Hu Tao, "Hey, I'll be right there. Thanks Hu Tao... Ouch, why are you stepping on me?"

"Thank you? You're thanking me? Are we even considered ordinary friends?"

Hu Tao stared at Bai Ye with dissatisfaction.