"You're...!"
Before the dilapidated temple, Xiao stared at the man in red, momentarily lost in thought.
The man in red looked back at Xiao, surprise on his face. Only after a moment did a smile appear.
"It's been a long time, Conqueror of Demons!" the man in red said with a smile.
The instant he saw the man in red, Xiao seemed to realize something.
He looked behind him, only to discover that Ellin had vanished without him noticing.
Looking down at the grilled Chi Tiger Fish Ellin had pressed into his hand earlier, how could Xiao fail to understand what she was up to?
Did that woman know Copper Tusk was here all along? Is that why she grilled three Chi Tiger Fish and deliberately led me here?
Xiao frowned. He felt that Ellin was becoming harder and harder to fathom. The girl was like a prophet, able to foresee so many things.
"She pestered me for fifteen days, then chose this exact moment to leave. What an annoying woman."
Despite his words, a rare smile appeared on Xiao's face.
"It's been a long time, Copper Tusk!"
He walked over to the ruined temple and sat down on the steps.
That afternoon, the rain cleared and the sky brightened. The fresh air and the rainbow spanning the horizon lifted the spirits.
Two comrades from ages past sat on the steps, gazing out over Liyue's lands and mountains.
"I remember grilled Chi Tiger Fish was your favorite food when you were alive."
Xiao's expression remained cool. He wedged the wooden skewers of grilled Chi Tiger Fish into cracks in the stone steps before the temple, almost as though presenting offerings.
"She's a very good cook. I've tasted her food."
"According to her, even the Geo Archon once praised her