Though it was only an illusion, it was so realistic that Azhdaha had fought Morax fiercely for six full days and vented nearly all his resentment toward him. Now that he was utterly exhausted, there was no better opportunity to employ a strategy aimed at his heart.
"Azhdaha, how long has it been since we lay on the ground together like this and talked in peace?"
"Hmph! Morax, enjoy your little verbal victory for now. I am the Geo dragon of the earth, able to draw endless power from the Ley Lines. I have no fear of you in a battle of endurance!"
"Alas, how have you become so unfamiliar? Back then, you were merely a blind dragon, lying dormant underground where no daylight reached. It was I who granted you eyes to perceive the light, made a contract with you, and brought you to the surface so you could see this colorful, splendid world."
After making Morax say this, Yucheng immediately manipulated the illusion as well, causing memories of the past to surface in Azhdaha's mind. The hostility in Azhdaha's eyes gradually faded.
Most Geo life-forms living beneath Liyue were blind, never seeing daylight for hundreds or thousands of years. Granting him sight had been a trivial effort for Morax, but what an immense kindness it had been to a blind dragon who could not see and yearned to seek the light.
Azhdaha shook his head desperately, shattering those memories, and argued, "Humans! It was humans who attacked the Ley Lines I depended on for survival, leaving me in unbearable agony. When I sought to punish them, you, Morax, not only betrayed me but sealed me underground for a thousand years!"
"Then do you still remember the contract we made when I brought you to the surface?"
"How could