For a while afterward, Xiu Yuan acted as a mentor, guiding the adepti while also teaching Morax Planet Befall.
The people of Liyue had been on edge these past few days. Although they knew Rex Lapis and the adepti were protecting them, that knowledge did nothing to ease their fears. Instead, they remained prepared for the worst at all times.
For that very reason, Liyue began forging weapons.
Although they knew they were only insignificant humans, incapable of fighting gods and adepti who wielded elemental power, they also knew that gods were not impossible to kill.
If they were truly left with no other choice, they would give everything they had, pitting their meager strength against the Demon Gods in a fight to the death.
The port was closed anyway, so they could not export the ore they mined. Leaving it unused would accomplish nothing, so they simply turned it all into weapons.
At that moment, the adepti on Mt. Tianheng, along with Xiu Yuan and the others, sensed the arrival of a Demon God.
"Your Majesty, Rex Lapis, let us go this time. We'd like to try out what we've just learned from His Majesty," Moon Carver was the first to suggest.
"No. I'll go this time as well." Morax shook his head, rejecting their proposal as he looked resolutely toward the Demon God.
He wanted to prove himself to Xiu Yuan-to prove that he had cast aside the weakness in his heart and could shoulder great responsibility.
"Very well. Please be careful, Geo Lord." Seeing that the Geo Lord had rejected their proposal, they agreed.
He then stepped into the air and flew toward the Demon God's location.
Although Cloud Retainer and the others had set up the devices that detected Demon Gods, both Xiu Yuan and Morax