Genshin Impact: The Recorder of All Things

When the black cat could see who it was, it found that Zhong Gui, Hu Tao, and Shen He had all arrived.

The three of them each held up a branch, just as they had been hiding in the bushes.

“I already said, coming here feels like coming home,” Zhong Gui said. “We’ve always been here; it’s you who barged in.”

The three of them were having a date here, and incidentally, they were also performing rituals to appease the dead and do some demon-slaying and monster-exorcising.

The three black cats were detected as soon as they entered, and then the bored three started playing hide-and-seek with them.

The owner of this place had the most fun.

Ahead lies what was once the "boundary," but it changed drastically after Hu Tao became a god; now it is what Zhong Gui just referred to as the "underworld."

Looking in the direction where Rikka and Sanae were no longer visible, Hu Tao suddenly laughed.

"Zhong Gui, do you still remember back then?"

Back then, they were still young, and Zhong Gui was just an ordinary Rock God.

Hu Tao's grandfather passed away at home.

In order to let Hu Tao see her grandfather one last time, Zhong Gui rushed to the "border" to ask her grandfather to stay and wait for Hu Tao to finish her funeral before leaving.

But his grandfather's spirit entrusted the walnut to him, and when he returned to Liyue Harbor a few days later and brought it back, his grandfather had already passed away.

Grandpa lied to him.

Zhong Gui couldn't leave Hu Tao alone; she needed him most at that time, which is why he didn't stay at the "border" to stop his grandfather.

The old man may seem ruthless, but in reality, everything he did was for Hu Tao.

When Hu Tao was young, her father died early, and her grandfather also passed away.

Faced with the shrine where only one child remained as the head of the shrine, everyone hesitated.

Can a thirteen-year-old girl really take charge of the overall situation?

The elders and guest advisors of the funeral hall can help her with the affairs, but they cannot preside over the funeral.

As the head of the hall, she wasn't needed for ordinary funerals, and no one dared to invite her for high-level funerals. Even the elders sighed and hesitated to let Hu Tao attend.

No one dared to let Hu Tao practice on what happened after his death.

Perhaps this situation will continue until Hu Tao grows up, gradually progressing from a lower level to a higher level, and eventually becoming a qualified hall master.

However, in order for his granddaughter to grow up as soon as possible, the grandfather left a will, asking Hu Tao to hold the highest-level funeral for her.

If she succeeds, no one will have any doubts about Hu Tao anymore; if she fails, neither the dead nor the living will blame her, and onlookers will only think that Hu Tao is still young. Before she grows up, high-level funerals will be managed by elders and guest ministers.

The funeral was a success, a perfect one; Grandpa's efforts were not in vain.

Having witnessed all of this at the "border," Grandpa left without hesitation. Since Hu Tao was destined to experience such separations and deaths, it was better not to meet him.

Of course, this is also related to the character of the Hu family. Grandpa was upright throughout his life and had no regrets after his death.

We are born at the moment of birth, and we die at the moment of death. Follow your heart and do your best.

Hu Tao: "Sigh, when it comes to life and death, there are always people who can't let go."

Hu Tao walked forward, and Zhong Gui and the others quickly followed.

P.S.: I fell asleep halfway through writing this...

Chapter 168 Saitama: The Koi, I'm determined to have it!

Big adventure?

No, it's an incognito visit!

Two girls walked ahead, followed by several big shots.

Black Cat: "Boss~"

During the Lantern Festival, when evil spirits should be rampant, Wuwang Slope, the most sinister spot, is surprisingly quiet.

This is because of Hu Tao's governance after becoming a god.

It's like two children walking along and suddenly being stopped by someone—

"stop!"

Several semi-transparent Chiiwa soldiers, wielding long spears, blocked Rikka and Sanae's advance.

"child?"

The leader of the Qianyan Army frowned.

"Boss, this place is close to Qingce Manor. Could they be kids who ran over here to play?"

"Get out of here! Is your kid playing on Wuwang Slope? And with the Eye of God on him!"

Rikka and Sanae huddled together, trembling. These people must be ghosts, right? They must be! Otherwise, how could they be semi-transparent?!

And that leader was really scary, it felt like he was going to kill me.

Captain Qianyan realized that the murderous aura emanating from him was frightening others, so he quickly calmed his breathing and tried to appear more gentle.

These two children are so strange. They don't look like Liyue people at all, but they are wearing Liyue-style Visions.

And yet, despite possessing the Eye of God, he was so... well, timid.

Even younger children with divine vision wouldn't be this timid.

Isn't it just pretending?

Thinking of this, the captain asked warily, "Who are you people?"

Sanae: "I...I...my master is the Fallen Saint Black Cat! You, you, you stay away from me!"

Rikka: "Ah, right, right, right!"

Sanae hid behind Rikka, "Also, I, Master, am the Eye of the Evil King, we are not afraid of you!"

Rikka: "Ah, right... Ah!?"

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Qianyan Army: "..."

The captain sighed, signaled his team members to be on guard, and then walked over himself.

Sanae: "What are you doing?!"

Rikka: "No, don't come any closer!"

Crackling~

Purple lightning spread in all directions, stopping the captain in his tracks.

It wasn't that he couldn't get through it, but rather that he felt these two possibilities were truly frightening, and it was better for him not to go any further.

Sanae, standing next to Rikka, trembled as she blocked the lightning; she was almost accidentally injured.

Realizing she had almost hurt Sanae, Rikka's expression changed, and she immediately shielded Sanae behind her, saying, "Don't come any closer! I'm very strong!"

Captain: "I just want to ask who you are, where you're from, and what you're doing here..."

They were the fallen Thousand Rock Army. After Hu Tao became a god, the kingdom of the dead came under her control, and she established the underworld there.

Zhong Gui set up a management system for her and then made the fallen Qianyan Army the guardians of the underworld.

Wuwangpo is the entrance. Because the underworld has not been fully built yet, there is still an entrance here, and the underworld's Thousand Rock Army patrols here from time to time.

The reason why Wuwangpo is so clean is because of the work of this group of idle Qianyan soldiers.

They work while they're alive, and they'll work even after they die...

They didn't need to listen to Hu Tao, because their god was the Rock King Emperor.

Then Hu Tao produced the decree of the Rock King Emperor, and everyone in the underworld knew that she was the Rock King Emperor's "child," and that her relationship with the Emperor was similar to that of a subordinate deity like the Kitchen God or the Dust King. And so, everyone submitted unconditionally.

Of course, Hu Tao could build up her reputation and establish her own kingdom on her own, but she found it too slow and troublesome, so she decided to just attach herself to someone else.

Anyway, they have no conflict of interest, and they never will, because she can't be bothered with this country.

Today, the Chiiwa Army was on routine patrol when they discovered Rikka and Sanae running in.

Beat him up? No way.

The Thousand Rock Army is a protective force. They shouldn't hit a child before the other side makes a move and before they are considered enemies, even if the Thousand Rock Army possesses the Eye of God.

But should we just let it drag on like this?

That won't work either; we need to know what the other side's situation is.

As soon as I opened my mouth, the other person screamed...

"Little girl, we are not bad people. Look at our clothes, we are the Thousand Rock Army."

Having been in Liyue Harbor for two or three days, Rikka and Sanae recognized the uniform; in their eyes, the other party was equivalent to a police officer.

Upon realizing this, the two couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The captain breathed a sigh of relief; it seemed they could communicate now.

Then the two sides started talking.

The black cat, hidden in the shadows, looked at the token given to it by Hu Tao. Zhong Gui, Hu Tao, and Shen He left; there was no need to keep watching.