Chapter 33: One Day Before the Immortal Invitation Ceremony (End)

Chapter 33: One Day Before the Immortal Invitation Ceremony (End)

The previous chapter mentioned that after Tianhe left Bubu Lu, he walked towards Yujing Terrace. On the other side, after finishing the matters of the ceremony of inviting the immortals around Yujing Terrace, Keqing also wanted to find Ganyu, so the two met.

Tianhe saw a very familiar purple cat head, wearing the special uniform of the Liyue Seven Stars, walking towards the Yujingtai Building in a heroic manner, but there was no Qianyan Army accompanying her, probably because of the Thunder God's Eye on her body. Tianhe thought, "Is that Yuhengxing Keqing in front? Well, I have to say she is really beautiful." He looked at Keqing with admiration. After all, Keqing has a special temperament, perhaps because of her vigorous and decisive personality.

Keqing, who was standing opposite, also saw a handsome young man walking towards Yujingtai. However, she saw Tianhe suddenly stop and looked at her with clear eyes. However, she could feel that this person had no ill intentions or any distracting thoughts, but simply admired her.

Then she saw him coming towards her. Although Keqing was a Yuheng Star, she still greeted him politely. After all, Keqing didn't like to show up often. She didn't know that her identity had already been known by the boy in front of her, but judging from his appearance, he should be the boy mentioned in the intelligence. When the boy walked not far away from her, Keqing greeted him in advance: "Hello, I am Keqing, Yuheng Star of the Seven Stars of Liyue. What is your name? What is your purpose in coming to Yujingtai?" "Me? My name is Tianhe. I can be considered a traveler. I have been in Liyue for a short time. I want to come to Yujingtai to broaden my horizons. "

Keqing looked around and saw that there was no one else around. She wanted to ask Tianhe, the man who called himself a traveler, whether he supported her. "Tianhe, you call yourself a traveler, you must have seen a lot! Can I ask you some questions?" Keqing looked at him expectantly, begging for his agreement. Tianhe naturally couldn't refuse such a look.

"Can I call you Keqing? You can also just call me Tianhe." Keqing nodded. She would not refuse such a small request. Tianhe asked, "Keqing, what questions do you want to ask me? Is it closely related to Liyue?"

"Well, I want to ask you, Liyue, can this country leave the Emperor and embark on the path of human rule in the future?" Tianhe shook his head. Keqing felt unbelievable. She thought he would think that human rule was good, so she stepped forward and asked, "Why?" Tianhe thought about it, looked at Keqing, who was first surprised by his answer, and then wanted him to give a reasonable answer.

Tianhe then explained to Keqing: "Keqing, let me tell you this. I come from outside the world, and was born in a country called Huaxia on a blue planet. If you really want me to say, human rule is really not as good as divine rule. History has proven that people have their own selfish desires, and no one is an exception. People will change their hearts, but gods will not. The Rock King Emperor has protected Liyue for 3,700 years and led Liyue to become so powerful now. You actually asked me if Liyue can be ruled by humans?" Keqing didn't know how to reply, but she still refuted: "But, I think the future of Liyue can be determined by humans."

"China has a history of 5,000 years. There are no so-called gods in our world, but no dynasty can continue to exist. We even have a century of humiliation. It is indeed people who have come to this day, but this does not mean that I will support Liyue to be ruled by people. After all, Liyue is mainly based on business. According to the saying of my world, it should be called a capitalist country. With the suppression of the Emperor, many problems will not surface. But have you ever thought about it? If one day the Emperor is gone and retires, Liyue's highest combat power will be vacant without the Emperor. If there is a massive invasion by demons, the Emperor will not sit idly by, but why do you think Liyue can rely on manpower to resist the attacks of demons and even the abyss?" Tianhe refuted with many words. Keqing was silent due to the huge amount of information. After a long time, Keqing came to her senses and watched Tianhe walk around her and continue to walk towards Yujingtai.

“Tianhe, you know Liyue so well. Are you willing to help Liyue move towards human rule in the future? I’m willing to give you everything!” Keqing felt that this young man was very knowledgeable and wanted to win him over, but Tianhe was not interested. However, he did not refuse directly. He turned around, looked at her with clear eyes, and asked seriously: “Keqing, are you sure you want to give me everything?”

Keqing replied: "As long as it's reasonable, and I think with your ability, you can really take Liyue to a higher level. As long as the conditions are reasonable, I will give you everything." Keqing didn't want to miss this person, but if he was too greedy, she would let the young man see the Yunlai swordsmanship.

Tianhe did not directly state the conditions but said something like this. Keqing said to Tianhe, "Keqing, you have to know that if Liyue wants to achieve human rule, it needs a leader who has no selfish motives and is willing to give everything for Liyue. This leader must be able to trust his subordinates and be willing to distribute power reasonably. At the same time, this leader must be able to summarize Liyue's experience, shortcomings, and change plans every year. More importantly, this leader must have a military strength level at the level of the Seventh Ruler of the Mortal Realm. Do you think there is such a person in Liyue?"

Keqing was speechless after hearing this rebuttal, because she was too naive and thought that she could convince the young man with just a few words, but she didn't expect that with these conditions, not to mention Liyue, even the Seven Kingdoms couldn't find such a person. Tianhe continued, "So, why do you think Liyue needs the Emperor? Rather than the Emperor needing Liyue?"

At this moment, Keqing finally realized that, yes, Liyue needed the Emperor, not the other way around. "But my ability is just that of an ordinary person. I don't have that many abilities." Hearing this, Keqing laughed. She didn't expect Tianhe to be joking. He had the ability to travel through the world, could beat Captain Falgar in the battle, and was said to have the power of the outside world. You call this an ordinary person.

"I believe you can become such a leader." Keqing looked at him seriously, "Ah?" Tianhe didn't know why Keqing suddenly said such a thing, he didn't show his ability in front of Keqing. "I said, I believe you, your ability is definitely promising in the future, let you become this leader, I can also assist you." Keqing felt that she was convinced by the words of this young man before, she felt that such a talent as Tianhe should not be missed, it would be such a great loss for Liyue.

However, before Tianhe could reply, Tianquan Ningguang and her three assistants came over after hearing what Tianhe said. The three assistants were the three pure and lovely sisters: Baiwen, Baishi, and Baixiao. They came down from the Qunyu Pavilion on the Mingxia Fusheng Stone and saw Tianhe and Keqing meet.

Then she heard Tianhe's words. Tianquan Ningguang was afraid that Tianhe would be lured away by Keqing, so she interrupted Keqing, "Oh? Isn't this our Lord Yuhengxing? Why, do you want to drag him to work overtime with you?" Ningguang teased and pointed out to Tianhe that Keqing was an overtime maniac.

"Ningguang! You! Why do you always jump out every time I want to do something? The Glazed Crescent that I reserved three months in advance was bought by you at double the price of Mora. Do you know what a reservation means?" Keqing knew as soon as she saw this woman that she must be up to no good.

She stamped her feet anxiously, then ran to Tianhe's side and hugged Tianhe's right arm, fearing that he would run away, not caring about her image as a Yuheng Star. "I say, don't quarrel over me, I'm really just an ordinary person, I came to Yujingtai just to see the scenery here." Tianhe looked at Keqing and then at Ningguang, whose face was gradually changing not far away, feeling the softness in his arm, and said helplessly.

Ningguang laughed and said slowly: "Tianhe, you are so humble. Ordinary person? Don't be ridiculous. You can reach Liyue Harbor from Mondstadt in just a few days, and you have met many people in less than a few days. Mao Xiangling from Wanmin Hall, Zhong Li and Hu Tao, the guest official of Wangsheng Hall, and you met Mr. Baishu Bubulu not long ago, and even had a conversation with the princess, the executive officer of the Fatui. Well, you even made my special intelligence officer Ye Lan fall in love with you. You are really an ordinary person." Ningguang deliberately emphasized the three words "ordinary person".

Now it was Tianhe's turn to sweat. "Well, I'm just a traveler. I'm not as powerful as you think. At most, I have a few billion more abilities."

Ningguang smiled, and then sincerely invited Tianhe. For this, she came to Tianhe's left, hugged his arm, and competed with Keqing. She said: "Tianhe, I want to invite you to build Liyue Port with me. For this, I can use half of the Qun Yu Pavilion as my dowry for you, and for this, I can also support you." Hearing this, Tianhe was stunned, and Baiwen Baishi Baixiao next to him was also stunned. Keqing didn't expect Ningguang to actually propose to use her precious Qun Yu Pavilion as a dowry to win over Tianhe, and she stamped her feet anxiously.

"Tianhe, I-I am willing to marry you too. I won't force you to work overtime. You-you shouldn't marry that woman Ningguang. She has too strong a desire for control." Keqing knew how attractive Ningguang's words were to a man, even at any cost. Keqing knew that Tianhe's value was far beyond what she had just anticipated, so naturally she didn't want to let him run away.

Tianhe felt helpless when he saw the queens and girls on both sides fighting for his favor, and he replied, "Uh, Miss Ningguang, Miss Keqing, this is not appropriate, please let go of your hands first and then talk." Keqing and Ningguang heard his words and knew that this was indeed not in line with the image of the Seven Stars of Liyue, so they nodded, let go of their hands, and took a few steps back, but still looked at each other warily.

"How about this, after the Ceremony of Summoning the Immortals, can we find a time to have a good chat?" After all this trouble, it was almost night. The Ceremony of Summoning the Immortals would be held tomorrow, and it just so happened that Keqing, who was from the Jade Heng Star, would be on stage. So they didn't want this incident to cause a discord between the two Liyue Seven Stars, which would lead to any accidents in tomorrow's Ceremony of Summoning the Immortals.

But Tianhe didn't expect that something unexpected would happen during the ceremony of inviting the immortals. Fortunately, Tianhe had advised Zhong Li before that she should prepare enough pension for herself before retiring. Otherwise, thinking of the evaluation of Zhong Li by Paimon in the previous life as a social waste, Tianhe couldn't help but smile. Zhong Li also thought this was a good idea, so he used his power to create a lot of large-denomination Mora for himself as pension.

Keqing and Ningguang readily agreed, but Ningguang said this before leaving, "The promise I made before is still valid. When you figure it out, I will support you. Haha." She also smiled deliberately, as if she was mocking Keqing.

Keqing was not to be outdone, and said gently to Tianhe: "Please be sure to come and see me show myself at the ceremony to invite the immortals tomorrow. Thank you for your previous words which gave me a new understanding of the Emperor. But I will continue to work towards the rule of man. After all, I will gradually become the leader you mentioned!" After Keqing left, Tianhe stayed at Yujingtai for a while, firstly to broaden his horizons, and secondly to familiarize himself with the environment here, after all, he would definitely come again later.

The reason why no one passed by before must be Ningguang's action. After all, if the two Liyue Seven Stars were to be seen fighting for the same man, it would definitely surprise many Liyue citizens, and the constant gossip would definitely affect the reputation of the two Liyue Seven Stars, and the Fatui would also make a big fuss about it, so Ningguang asked the Qianyan Army to prohibit any unrelated personnel from entering Yujingtai in advance because of the Immortal Invitation Ceremony the next day, and the Yujingtai employees were given paid leave.

Of course, Tianhe did not meet Ganyu, the Seven Stars Secretary. He was indeed the most overworked person in Liyue. He was not one of the Seven Stars of Liyue, so he could not enter the interior of Yujingtai. So he left quickly and returned to Dongtian through the teleportation anchor point. There were no people in the villa. The element workshop next to it and the alchemy workshop not far away, as well as Lisa, Albedo and others, were probably still busy with their own experiments.

Tianhe made dinner for himself and after he finished eating, he saw several women coming back one after another. The first one was Wendy, but she had just come back and tripped herself because of a carelessness.

Then Tianhe helped her up and saw that the God of Wind had fallen asleep. He had no choice but to pick her up and bring her to the room on the second floor. He carefully covered her with a quilt. Looking at Wendy's cute appearance, Tianhe kissed her and left.

Amber naturally skipped back home, followed by Klee. Tianhe was happy to see that they had regarded this place as their home. Amber hugged Tianhe. After all, she hadn't seen Tianhe for a while. "Klee wants a hug too." After playing with them for a while, Tianhe sent them to the room next to Wendy on the second floor. After coaxing them to sleep, Tianhe returned to his room and gradually fell asleep.

There was someone in the room early on. She was the Wave Knight Eula. After all, there were no tasks during this period. Eula's sleep was not deep. When she felt someone coming in, she knew that Tianhe was back. After Eula had some intimacy with him, they fell asleep one after another.

Tomorrow, it is the Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals. What kind of story will happen in Tianhe in the Ceremony? What kind of conflict will there be between the Fatui and the Seven Stars of Liyue? Let the author explain it next time!