Chapter 96 Preparing Birthday Gifts
"...Well, in that case, Kurumi, how about I take you around town?"
Nashida suddenly felt something, glanced at the Great Tree King, and then turned back to make a suggestion to Walnut.
"Hmm? Is this okay?"
Walnut was a little confused when she heard Nashida's suggestion.
After learning that the person holding Nashida's hand was the Queen of the Great Mercy Tree, she immediately realized that this cute little sister must be the little King of the Auspicious Grass.
"Don't worry, many Xumi people have never seen me, so you don't have to worry about being recognized when walking on the street."
Nashida knew what Walnut was thinking, and explained it to her after getting up from her seat.
"Is that so? Hehe~ That's great. Let's go quickly. Keqing, do you want to go with us?"
Hu Tao took one of Nashida's hands and asked Zhongli with some anticipation.
"Master, just have fun. I want to finish this cup of tea and then visit the Temple of the Lord. After all, this is a rare opportunity."
Zhongli shook his head slightly to reject Hu Tao's invitation.
Walnut nodded without saying anything, then happily took Nashida away.
After the two of them left the office in the elevator, Zhongli put down the teacup in his hand and looked at the Great Compassion Tree King again.
"Long time no see, Morax."
The Great Tree King also withdrew his gaze from Nashida and greeted Zhongli formally.
"Yeah, long time no see, Buyer."
"But you seem to have passed on the name of Buyer to her. Perhaps it would be more appropriate for me to call you the Great Kind Tree King."
Zhongli also responded to the Great Compassionate Tree King.
As the first seven rulers, they were quite familiar with each other. After all, there were occasional gatherings among the seven gods at that time.
"It's just a name. You can call me whatever you want."
"I just didn't expect that the first familiar person I would see after returning to Xumi would be you. I thought it would be that ray of free wind."
The Great Compassionate Tree King shook his head slightly with a faint smile on his face, then he picked up the tea he had brewed, took a sip, and spoke jokingly.
Back then, the free god of wind could often be seen in all kinds of strange places.
"As for him, he returned from Kanria five hundred years ago and resolved the crisis in Mondstadt. After that, he fell into a deep sleep. I haven't seen him for five hundred years."
When Zhongli heard the Great Compassion Tree King mention the God of Wind, he explained it to her.
"I see. It seems like it was really tragic back then..."
The Great Compassionate Tree King nodded slightly. After she sent out the spiritual power left by the Flower God, she was no longer able to pay attention to the situation in Kanriya.
Although the Great Compassionate Tree King, who possesses the power of the World Tree, can be "omniscient and omnipotent" at any time, she usually only does so when it is necessary, rather than maintaining that state all the time, avoiding dependence on it like scholars rely on the Void Terminal.
After all, the omniscience of the World Tree is very limited. Powers like forbidden knowledge that do not belong to Teyvat would be very troublesome to deal with even with omniscience and omnipotence.
"Yes, speaking of this, I thought you had already..."
Mentioning the situation five hundred years ago, Zhongli couldn't help but bring up this point.
Although the Great Compassion Tree King was not on their side of the battlefield, as one of the seven rulers, he could feel the fall of other gods. This was also the reason why he hadn't seen them for five hundred years, but he could confirm that the Wind God was just sleeping.
But now, this previous generation grass god who was believed to have fallen was sitting in front of him intact.
"I see, you came here to get the answer to this matter."
"I thought you had seen through life and death."
The Great Compassionate Tree King chuckled as he spoke, but it was not meant to be mocking.
Just seeing that the Morax back then actually cared about this aspect made people feel that he had changed a lot.
"Seeing through life and death... For me, this is probably just a compromise to the rule that the dead cannot be resurrected. It is also a reason to not waste time and effort on useless things."
"But if an opportunity is within reach, I'm afraid not many people would give it up easily."
Zhongli sighed lightly and explained to the Great Compassion Tree King. From the Great Compassion Tree King's answer, he was basically certain that the Great Compassion Tree King had indeed been resurrected from death.
You should know that most demons die completely, without leaving any life in their bodies. Some even leave no body at all, which is different from some special alchemical creatures whose hearts continue to beat after death.
"Well, I'm happy to help you, but I can't tell you exactly what the situation is. He needs to tell you himself. I hope you can understand."
The Great Compassionate Tree King nodded and explained.
She also wanted to ask Liu Bai what the coin was and whether there were other coins, but facing the favor that was already difficult to repay, she was a little embarrassed to speak.
Maybe we have to wait until they get married...
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"...You want to negotiate with me?"
Outside the door of Leila's dormitory, Senuo, who had come in person because Leila came to ask for help, looked at Liu Bai with suspicion.
At this time, Liu Bai was holding the out-of-print limited edition card that was stolen from Seno and handed it to Seno.
"Yes, I have something to ask of you. It's just a card, I don't mind."
Liu Bai nodded and explained.
Although Seno didn't know what Liu Bai wanted to ask for, he had been chasing Liu Bai for so many days and had never been able to stop him. Now that it was such a good opportunity, he reached out and took his card without hesitation.
"Just a card? Do you know its value?"
Seeing that Liu Bai didn't care about this card, Seno raised his eyebrows and asked Liu Bai instead.
"I don't know, maybe it can be sold for a lot of money."
Liu Bai shook his head. He didn't play Seven Summonings and had no idea about the price of this card.
"Haha, using the price offered by the merchant before, this card is worth 87 million Mora."
After hearing what Liu Bai said, Seno explained the price of this card, although this price was actually a bit higher than the normal price.
"How many?!"
"…Is it too late for me to regret now?"
Hearing that it was so valuable, Liu Bai was shocked and looked at the card in Seno's hand eagerly.
"dream."
Sino immediately put away the card that he had not seen for four months, and then continued to look at Liu Bai:
"…Just tell me what you have to say. As long as it's not illegal, I can help you."
"But remember, if you dare to try to get my Seven Sage Summoning Cards again, I will bite a piece of your flesh off even if I have to chase you to the ends of the earth."
Saino said as he warned Liu Bai seriously.
"Hey~ We're not familiar with each other, don't say such cheesy things."
Hearing what Seno said, Liu Bai shrank his neck in disgust.
"...?"
Just when Seno's eyes looked a little strange, Liu Bai started to explain.
"It's like this. Isn't the Flower God's birthday coming soon? I want to prepare a birthday present for my girl, but I don't know many people in Xumi, so I have to ask you."
Liu Bai explained to Senuo.
Apart from Nashida, if we talk about Xumi's acquaintances, Seno is of course one of them. Liu Bai had secretly observed him when he stole Seno's card.
"…If you could address God with a little more respect."
Seno's fist stiffened unconsciously.
"Okay, okay, anyway, please help me think of something. What would she like?"
Liu Bai responded perfunctorily.
"Will you like the gift... If it were me, it would definitely be a new card, but if it were Lord Grass God, it's really hard to guess..."
Seno stroked his chin and thought.
It is indeed difficult for mortals to guess what kind of gifts the gods would like. Besides, it has only been about a week since Nashida came to power. Before that, he had no idea about the little auspicious grass king.
"It's not the gift that matters, it's the thought behind it..."
At this moment, Leila, who was eavesdropping behind the door, opened the door a crack and spoke weakly to Liu Bai and Senuo who were standing at the door.
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