"..."
It had already been some time since the Rite of Descension, when Rex Lapis had met with misfortune and his soul had returned to the heavens.
At the time, Osial the ancient god had taken the opportunity to attack. Tianquan Ningguang had abandoned the Jade Chamber and, through a maneuver that shook the earth and mountains and nearly raised a mushroom cloud, finally resolved the entire calamity.
Thus.
Liyue's days seemed to have gradually returned to peace.
But the reputation of the Tianquan Star had also been growing by the day.
Already extremely prestigious to begin with, she seemed to have risen another step higher.
The theory of human governance had also gradually spread through everyone's hearts, urging them to emerge from hardship and sorrow, shoulder the expectations once held by Rex Lapis, and continue moving forward.
Clearly, everything was developing in a positive direction.
Zhongli had laid down his heavy burden and was completely at ease.
The only thing that saddened him somewhat was that... his little wallet, Mr. Childe, had been wanted by Liyue.
The Fatui, with the evidence conclusive, had even been determined to have participated in the Osial incident and attempted to profit from the upheaval surrounding the Rite of Descension. Combined with all the underhanded things they had done in other parts of Liyue, all their crimes had been added together.
Even the Northland Bank had declined as a result.
It was no longer as overbearing as before.
Liyue had taken the opportunity to establish a bank of its own.
Naturally, it had been built by Tianquan Ningguang, leveraging her current, sky-high prestige to bring Liyue's economy back under the control of its own people.
And since Childe had fled the country, the Northland Bank had also lowered its banner and ceased its activities.