Chapter 364: Dinner at Liuli Pavilion
Although Tartaglia knew that Liu Bai had returned to Liyue, he did not tell Liu Bai about his plan.
After all, Liu Bai had already brought back several Hearts of God, and he also wanted to bring back one.
However, the most important thing is that the cooperation agreed with Liu Bai at the beginning was basically cancelled. After all, Liu Bai was away from Liyue for a long time, so Tartaglia had to follow his own plan.
"Where are you going, brother Zhongli? If you want to go to the opera, take me with you!"
It was a rare opportunity to meet Zhongli when going out. Liu Bai recalled the days when he watched plays and listened to books with Zhongli. For a moment, he didn't even want to do today's daily commission.
"Well...Mr. Young Master asked me to do you a small favor. You can go if you want."
Zhongli nodded and explained to Liu Bai.
He is the only one who attaches the most importance to the ceremony of sending off the immortals now. Moreover, he will not have any intersection with the immortals on this trip, and there is no need to worry about being exposed, so he does not mind having one more person participate.
If possible, who wouldn't want their funeral and retirement ceremony to be better?
"Psyduck, come on, Brother Zhongli, take me to see the world!"
Liu Bai's eyes lit up and he nodded immediately, then followed Zhongli and urged him.
Under the guidance of Zhongli, Liu Bai followed him all the way to the Glazed Pavilion at Feiyunpo.
Compared to Liu Bai, who almost couldn't get a meal when he first arrived because he didn't have a reservation, during his time in Liyue Harbor, Tartaglia had already become a guest of honor at Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Pavilion by virtue of his financial resources and the influence of the Fatui.
"Mr. Zhongli, you're finally here... Xiaobai? Why are you here too?!"
Tartaglia, who was waiting at the entrance of the Glazed Pavilion, waved and greeted Zhongli, but before he could finish his words, he saw Liu Bai following behind him, and his expression suddenly became a little stunned.
"Don't worry about me, Pada Duck. I'm here to eat for free."
Liu Bai explained to Tartaglia.
"I hope so. Anyway, Mr. Zhongli, please go into the box and have some tea. I will continue to wait for the traveler at the door. This is the etiquette of Liyue."
Tartaglia was a little helpless. He couldn't chase Liu Bai away, so he could only let Zhongli take him in for tea first.
Tartaglia seems to have been influenced by Zhongli and has been studying things about Liyue recently. Although he is not very proficient in using chopsticks, he still cares about some superficial etiquette.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have to wait for people at the door like a hotel waiter. He could just tell the waiter to wait for people in his box.
So Zhongli first brought Liu Bai to the box, sat down and drank a few cups of tea to warm their stomachs.
"When you communicate with others later, don't reveal my identity."
Zhongli personally poured Liu Bai a cup of tea and gave him some instructions.
This was the only thing he was worried about when facing Liu Bai.
"Don't worry, brother Zhongli. I don't have any other abilities, but I'm very tight-lipped. It would take a long time to pry my girl away."
Liu Bai patted his chest and made the promise.
Zhongli took a sip of tea and didn't reply.
At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the box.
"Come, come, let me introduce you. This friend is a Taoist priest, Mr. Zhongli, a guest of the Wangsheng Hall."
"You should know this person. His name is Liu Bai, also known as Lerchi. He is my fellow executive officer."
The door of the box was soon opened, and Tartaglia walked in with Ying and Paimon, introducing the two people in the box to them.
At first they were surprised why Liu Bai was here, but after listening to Tartaglia's introduction, they remembered that they were colleagues and it was not surprising for them to appear together.
So the attention was focused on Zhongli.
"A person on the road?"
Ying noticed the words used by Tartaglia when introducing him and couldn't help but ask.
"Well, in Liyue, an industry like Wangshengtang will always have to deal with some 'underworld' business."
"We, the Fatui, have always loved dealing with these friends who walk in the shadows."
Tartaglia explained to Ying and Paimon.
"Glad to meet you both."
"I have heard of your deeds in Mond."
Zhongli also greeted the two of them.
"Someone from the underworld? Shadow...sending people to the afterlife..."
"Wow?! Could it be that the organization called Wangshengtang is..."
Paimon was shocked by his own guess and almost hid behind Ying again.
Liu Bai, who was standing by, listened to Paimeng's words, took a sip of tea silently, and looked like he was watching a show.
"Yes, just as you guessed."
Zhongli nodded.
But just when Paimeng was so scared that he hid behind Ying, he added: "The Hall of the Dead is an organization that manages funeral ceremonies, and its purpose is to send people to the afterlife in peace."
"what……?"
Paimon poked his head out from behind Ying, and for some reason he felt disappointed.
After all, killers are scary, but they sound cool, don’t they?
"Haha, do you think Mr. Zhongli is a killer?"
"No, although there are many assassins who deal with the Fatui, the Hall of Rebirth is not in this line of work."
Tartaglia couldn't help laughing while holding her stomach.
"Who, who made your introduction sound so easy to make people think of something wrong?"
Paimon said dissatisfiedly.
"Okay, okay, blame me."
"Anyway, I brought you here to meet Zhongli because..."
"Because I have a way to let you see the immortal body of the Rock King."
Before Tartaglia could finish his words, Zhongli interrupted him and spoke first.
"What?! Really?"
Paimon immediately looked at Zhongli to confirm, and Ying was also a little surprised.
“Don’t be surprised. Although Yan Shenxian’s body has been hidden by Tianquan Xing Ningguang, let’s listen to what Mr. Zhongli has to say first.”
Tartaglia explained, and then waited for Zhongli to continue.
"Although Emperor Yanwang is the ancestor of all immortals, he is still one of the immortals after all."
"But the times have gradually changed, and the departure of the immortals is an irreversible trend."
"In previous years, when each immortal passed away, there would be a grand memorial ceremony. This is a tradition of Liyue. But this time, even the Seven Stars had no time to take care of this tradition... It's really shameful."
Zhongli explained this to everyone else present, and sounded a little disappointed at the end.
Although this was not part of the test for the Liyue Seven Stars, he was still a little disappointed that no one cared.
"After all, this is a strange case of murdering a god..."
Ying and Paimeng thought it was quite normal, after all, the impact of this incident was too huge.
"..."
Liu Bai, who had been drinking tea at the side, subconsciously touched his chest.
"My God's Heart fell from the sky. It has nothing to do with me..."
Liu Bai muttered to himself.
"The Hall of Rebirth doesn't care about this kind of thing. What the Hall of Rebirth cares about is that the ceremony of inviting the immortals is so grand, so is there no one to take care of the ceremony of sending the immortals away?"
"Traveler, I heard about you from you and my friend Liu Bai. Since you have some friendship with the Rock God's old friend, the Wind God... then, would you consider working with me to prepare a farewell ceremony for the Rock God?"
Zhongli shook his head and then asked Ying.
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