Chapter 42 Dragon Form
"Does he think my feet stink...?"
Holding the shoes she had left at Liu Bai's place, Keqing walked out in a daze.
This feeling of being rejected by the most important person is not as sad as being abandoned, but it is still very painful...
"I'm going to wash my feet."
Soon, Keqing rekindled her fighting spirit and spoke firmly with a clenched fist.
So, Keqing first went to Bubu Lu, and then began to look for a place to wash feet in Liyue Harbor. The more sophisticated the skills, the better.
“Ms. Keqing! Miss Keqing, please wait a moment!”
Just when Keqing found a shop called Blind Foot Washing Shop, a girl named Baiwen hurried over and stopped Keqing breathlessly.
"Get out of the way, I want to go in and wash my feet!"
Keqing's mind is now full of memories with Liu Bai, and when she finds someone blocking her way, she immediately pushes her aside.
Poor Baiwen is just an ordinary girl, and her strength is not as great as Keqing's.
"Lord Keqing, please listen to me..."
Baiwen had no choice but to follow in with some grievance.
"Lord Ningguang asked you to come over, saying that he has something important to discuss with you."
Following them into the blind foot massage shop, Bai Wen whispered what was going on to Keqing.
Keqing ignored her and looked at the blind technician in the shop.
Male… ?
No, no...I belong to him, no one can touch me...I can't betray him...
Seeing that the foot washing technician in the store was a man, Keqing was a little hesitant.
"Master Keqing, Master Ningguang said it's something related to the Emperor. Please make sure you go over."
Finding that Keqing ignored him, Bai Wen had no choice but to move closer and continue talking in a low voice.
"Emperor?"
Baiwen's words finally triggered the key words, and Keqing came back to her senses and looked at the girl beside her.
"Yes, please come back with me quickly, Lady Keqing."
Baiwen nodded hurriedly. It was her first time to come in such a place. If Keqing hadn't walked in this direction, she wouldn't have dared to come in.
"walk."
Keqing immediately responded, turned around and walked outside, and Baiwen hurriedly followed.
"..."
The "blind" technician in the shop wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
I was so scared, I thought Lord Yuhengxing was coming to close down my store...
Just like that, Keqing and Baiwen returned to the Qun Yu Pavilion together.
"Hahaha, there is such a good thing. Don't worry, just leave it to me. I'll keep an eye on you wherever you go!"
As soon as she returned to the Jade Pavilion, Keqing heard a careless voice.
When she walked over, Keqing discovered that standing next to Ningguang was a black-haired woman wearing an eye patch and a red cheongsam.
This person is obviously the leader of the "Southern Cross" armed fleet, the "Uncrowned Dragon King" Beidou.
"Hey, are you here already?"
"Hey, Miss Yuhengxing, can you come with me? I have some news that you might be interested in. It's about the Fatui executive officer."
Noticing Keqing approaching, Ningguang and Beidou ended their conversation. Beidou smiled and greeted Keqing, then moved closer to her and whispered.
"!!!"
"go!"
Keqing's eyes lit up and she nodded without hesitation.
Seeing her reaction, Ningguang and Beidou were more convinced that she had been affected by the mind control ability.
Just like that, under Beidou's deception, Keqing and her came to a hidden windowless room in the Qun Yu Pavilion.
Under normal circumstances, Keqing would have noticed something was wrong, but now all she could think about was Liu Bai...
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to take my things. Miss Yuhengxing, please sit down and wait for me."
Bringing Keqing into the room, Beidou suddenly looked like he remembered something. After saying something to Keqing, he turned and left.
boom--!
The next moment, the door was slammed shut.
"It's done."
Beidou gave Ningguang a thumbs up and smiled, revealing his white teeth.
"Well, please."
Ningguang chuckled, took out a fairy talisman that she had treasured for a long time, walked forward and pasted it on the door.
The next moment, tremendous immortal power immediately seeped into the door, sealing all the walls of the room inside the door, making it difficult to destroy from the inside.
Keqing hadn't reacted at first, but when she saw the patterns on the wall caused by the immortal power, she realized that she had been tricked.
"The sword appears and the shadow follows!"
Keqing immediately used her Heavenly Street Parade, but when her slash landed on the door, it was useless except for causing a slight ripple in her immortal power.
……
Liu Bai didn't know that Keqing had been locked up by Ningguang. After asking her to help him fight the Geo God, Liu Bai had a feeling that he was about to obtain the Geo God's heart, which made him relax a lot.
At noon, he took Nashida to Wanmin Hall for a sumptuous lunch. After a short rest, he took Nashida to Heyu Teahouse again.
He planned to continue spending this afternoon at Heyu Teahouse, after all, he had already worked in the morning.
What surprised Liu Bai was that Zhongli was also there today.
If he is here, doesn’t that mean... Mr. Yun has a performance today?
Thinking of this, Liu Bai immediately confirmed with Zhongli.
"Haha, that's not the case. Although I like Mr. Yun Jin's plays very much, I won't belittle other actors. I just came to listen to the plays as usual today."
Zhongli chuckled and shook his head, and what he said made Liu Bai feel a little regretful.
"Ahem, me too."
Regretfully, Liu Bai coughed lightly, explained seriously, and then took Nashida to sit next to Zhongli.
Soon, today's opera began.
The plot of today's opera is a bit old-fashioned, or it can be said to be classic. The general plot is that a demon once appeared in the ancient Liyue. The hero and heroine in the play drew their swords against the demon in the name of chivalrous couple in order to save innocent people. In the end, the two sacrificed themselves to attract immortals to suppress the demon.
"Well... Brother Liu Bai, if you were the demon in this play, what kind of ending would you hope for?"
After a piece of opera ended, Zhongli pondered for a moment and suddenly asked Liu Bai intentionally.
"Ha? Don't joke around, bro. I look very righteous, and my girl is one of those chivalrous lovers in the play, right?"
Hearing Zhongli's question, Liu Bai grabbed one of Nashida's hands and spoke in confusion.
Nashida was sipping the pastries provided by Heyu Teahouse like a little hamster, and let Liu Bai grab one of her hands.
"Hehe, I just think their fate is already determined. Mortals have to face beings stronger than themselves with the determination to die."
"But for the demon in the play, he has countless opportunities to change the final outcome. If it were you, what kind of ending do you think you would choose?"
Zhongli shook his head and explained what he meant, and asked Liu Bai again.
In the opera just now, if the chivalrous couple had not sacrificed their lives to attract the immortal, no one would have been able to deal with the monster.
"What if I were a demon?"
Liu Bai scratched his head and started thinking seriously.
"Of course it's Super Happy!"
Soon Liu Bai's eyes lit up. After all, it seemed that no one could deal with the monsters in the opera except the immortals who appeared later.
"…What Superman?"
Even though Zhongli was knowledgeable, he had never heard of this term.
"Ahem, I'm just kidding. In fact, if I were a demon in the opera, I would personally kill them all before the chivalrous couple found the immortal's secret treasure, so that they would not have the chance to attract the immortal."
Liu Bai coughed lightly, and then answered Zhongli's question seriously.
"Oh, that's a decisive decision, but what happens next? The immortals haven't been lured here, so are you going to continue attacking human towns, or what?"
Zhongli nodded and continued to ask with a little interest.
"Hey, why attack? Of course we should run away as soon as possible."
"The setting of this opera is ancient Liyue. Lord Yan is watching over us. Even immortals can't defeat this demon. Even a spit in front of a god will drown it."
Liu Bai waved his hand and answered affirmatively.
He had seen how powerful the gods were from his own queen.
"Haha, that's true, but this kind of deus ex machina solution is not suitable for an opera story, the audience won't buy it."
Zhongli nodded slightly, then looked into the distance, wondering what he was thinking.
At the same time, in the Qun Yu Pavilion.
Trapped in a room sealed with a fairy talisman, Keqing found, after her initial struggle, that there was no way to break the seal.
"...Now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to go to sleep."
After confirming that she could not escape, Keqing had no choice but to make a decision and took out a stick of immortality incense hidden in her clothes.
This was what she bought at Bubulu as soon as she left Liu Bai's house, so that she could meet the Emperor in the evening.
Afterwards, Keqing tore off a corner of the tablecloth and used the lightning element to simulate a lightning strike to ignite it, thereby using it to light the eternal life incense.
After inserting the eternal life incense on the bedside, Keqing took out a secret talisman paper of Liyue Seven Stars and stuck it on her shoulder before lying down on the bed.
After calming down, she slowly fell asleep.
It was a gray place, and it was impossible to describe where it was.
Just as Keqing was looking around, the sky and the earth suddenly changed. A strong wind blew away the clouds and mist, and a majestic golden dragon-shaped image appeared in front of Keqing like a towering mountain. Only then did Keqing realize that under her feet was Liyue, which had been shrunk countless times.
Facing this dragon-shaped Dharma image, Keqing felt as small as an ant.
"Why are you calling me?"
The sound of the dragon-shaped image shook Keqing's heart like thunder. Her heartbeat quickened and an indescribable feeling of awe arose spontaneously, suppressing the unnecessary thoughts in her mind.
She took a deep breath, mustered up her courage, and respectfully bowed to the majestic dragon-shaped image before she spoke:
"Lord Emperor, an executive officer of the Fatui wishes to see you."
Keqing explained the purpose of her entering the dream this time.
"I already know about this matter. I will meet him on a certain day."
"But before that, his little trick was a bit too much."
There was a hint of displeasure in the majestic voice of the dragon-shaped Dharmadhatu. His golden eyes swept towards Keqing, as if they could see into people's hearts.
"You were influenced by his abilities and lost your usual calmness and judgment."
Keqing was shocked when she heard this.
Since her memory is continuous, she can actually know that she is being affected by her mind control ability, causing inconsistencies.
But the memories of Liu Bai were constantly being beautified and deepened, which made her feel that being controlled was actually a good thing...
"Humph."
The dragon-shaped image snorted coldly, and the sound exploded in Keqing's mind like thunder, causing her mind to go blank for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, Keqing felt an overwhelming force pressing down on her.
"It was indeed done with mental shackles, but in this dream, the human spirit is the most fragile..."
The dragon-shaped Dharmadhatu muttered.
It was his tenacious spirit that entered Keqing's dream through the method of dream transmission. As long as He wanted, He could kill people in other people's dreams.
Naturally, you can also directly enter the depths of Keqing's mind in a dream.
……
"Ding ding, Keqing is under mental shock. Her mental strength cannot bear it. The safety lock of her favorability is broken--"
"Ding ding, memory optimization has been completed, but the target's previous and later memories will show a favorable contrast, which may cause the favorable impression to decrease!"
[Keqing: Current favorability 200%]
[Keqing: Current favorability 150%]
[Keqing: Current favorability 80%]
Liu Bai, who was still listening to the opera, was suddenly startled by the system prompt sound, and then he saw the interface in front of him constantly refreshing.
The favorability modifier does not directly change Keqing's consciousness, but beautifies her past memories and allows her to be influenced by them.
The favorability safety lock is to prevent her favorability from dropping due to Liu Bai's bad behavior before she is affected by her past memories. It does not come with any other abilities, including resistance to mental attacks.
There was no gap in Keqing's memory, but the memories related to Liu Bai were beautified, thus occupying a larger proportion in her mind.
Once the shackles are broken with a force powerful enough to shatter Keqing's consciousness, the rest of Keqing's memories will naturally awaken her, and emotions themselves are made up of memories.
……