A teahouse in Liyue Harbor.
With a crack of the storyteller's block, the tale of "Giving the Dragon Eyes" came to an end.
Then, waving his paper fan, the storyteller began a tale about the Clearbell Flower Butterfly Fairy.
"A fairy?"
Azhdaha smiled at that and asked, "Has another immortal appeared in Liyue while I was away?"
Zhongli smiled. "You should know her. That day in the Underground Space beneath Nantianmen, you should have sensed her presence."
"I see!"
Azhdaha nodded.
His true body had still been sealed underground then, and the Good Dragon King and Evil Dragon King were both manifestations of his will.
Though his true body had not fought Ellin in person, he could still sense her presence and knew what she and Zhongli had done that day.
Now, hearing Zhongli mention Ellin, Azhdaha nodded, an enigmatic smile appearing on his lips.
"So it was her!"
"What? Judging by that expression, do you know something?"
Zhongli knew his old friend all too well. The moment he saw Azhdaha's expression, he knew there was probably much more to his friend's return than he realized.
When Zhongli asked, Azhdaha made no attempt to hide anything and explained:
"That day, the tremors caused by the construction of the Dragon King Temple woke me."
"Enraged, I was about to go out and vent my anger when I happened to discover a breach in the new seal."
"The breach was small, only large enough for me to send a sliver of my consciousness outside."
"At the time, I didn't think anything was amiss, but looking back on it now, it was rather strange."
"Judging by its shape, someone must have blasted it open from outside with tremendous force."
"There are very few in this world who could break your seal through brute