Genshin Impact: The Recorder of All Things

"Sir..."

"You must be Keqing, right?"

"Um, yes, that's me."

"I remember, I even held you when you were little."

Wasn't it just "I"? Why did it change to "uh" again?

You hugged me? Do we know each other?

Ke Qing believed that her family was well-off, and that among the people her father knew, those who would hug her must be good friends, right?

"I know you! Yay!"

Goodness, it's "me" again.

Is this old man here to cause trouble?

"Sir..."

"I know you don't believe me, but I can prove it. You like to eat golden shrimp balls. Your grandfather traveled to Liyue, loved good food, and left you a fragment of a dish called 'Spicy Pork Buns.' If you don't believe me, you can go home and look for it."

"Sir, shall we speak Liyue language?"

"Drinking wine is a Liyue saying!"

“…Alright.” Ke Qing said helplessly, “Old sir, old man, what exactly are you trying to say?”

“Ke girl, you can’t kick me out. I’ve lived here my whole life. Look at that tree, your grandfather and I planted it together.”

Ke Qing looked at the tree, which wasn't even as thick as her arm, and immediately her face darkened.

I don't know when you two met, but my grandfather has been gone for so many years, how big is this tree?

"Grandpa, this is a policy issued by the Emperor. He wants to level the abyss here and create new fertile land that can be cultivated. In the future, everyone will not be forced to leave their homes. They will be allowed to come back and be allocated land. The General Affairs Department will also help everyone build new houses."

"Oh, don't say that." The old man waved his hand. "I've lived in this kind of environment my whole life. If you were in a different environment, I wouldn't be able to find my way home."

"And another thing, Ke Qing, I heard you said bad things about the Emperor?" The old man looked up and stared directly at Ke Qing for the first time.

Keqing: "..."

The onlookers, the Thousand Rock Army: "..."

"Sigh—" the old man sighed, "If it weren't for the Emperor, there would be no Liyue. What kind of mess have you made, girl?"

"Old sir, this matter is..." Qian Yanjun was about to explain, but Ke Qing stopped him.

“I know many people, including the old man, said that the Emperor had Ke Ya say it. Sigh... but the people of Liyue must not forget their roots…”

"Grandpa." Ke Qing squatted down and took the old man's hand, which was covered with crisscrossing scars and calluses. "Grandpa, you've been busy your whole life, haven't you?"

"yes……"

The old man sighed and stared blankly at a vacant lot in the distance.

“There used to be a village here, but it was gone before you were even born…”

Ke Qing listened quietly, and the Qianyan Army around her remained silent.

"Life in small towns is becoming increasingly unbearable. The land is not producing anything, and young people have mostly gone to big cities to survive, flooding into Liyue Harbor. What's left are mostly elderly people and children."

"It was probably when you were a child that the young people who developed in Liyue Harbor gradually took the elderly and children away, leaving only us old folks who had no children or were unwilling to leave."

"There, that used to be the village's lookout tower. There was a clear stream there, and on the other side of the stream was a lotus pond where children played... Hehe, I'm getting old, I can't remember anything else."

“Then what about those things now…” Ke Qing looked around, but found nothing.

“It’s all gone… People never remember things from the past, nor do they cherish it…”

Keqing opened her mouth after hearing this...

“Ke’er, I know it’s right for us to leave, because Prince Yan has never been wrong. Ke’er, you shouldn’t say that. Prince Yan is never wrong.”

"Grandpa," Ke Qing looked into the old man's cloudy eyes, "how much of what happened before do you still remember?"

"Not much left, I'm getting old."

"What about the Emperor? Isn't 287 getting too old?"

"Lord Yan is a god, how could he be old? Ke girl, don't talk nonsense!"

"Grandpa, take a look at this." Ke Qing took out a book that she had published at lightning speed using her money-making abilities.

"What is this?"

"This is the story of the Dragon King Ruoduo, told by the Emperor through the publication of a history book."

"Lord Yan approved it? Tell me what happened?"

Ke Qing succinctly explained the contents of the book to the old man.

"Is that so...? Do gods also grow old and forget many things? Like Old Zhou in the village, who forgot everything and eventually didn't even recognize his own son..."

After hearing what the old man said, many Qianyan soldiers thought of the fact that many elderly people suffer from this disease.

"Grandpa, mortals have their troubles, and gods have their problems; it's just that we mortals can't understand them. The Emperor was worried that something might happen to him one day, so he entrusted everything to the Seven Stars and the General Affairs Department."

"I see... So, Ke girl, can you guarantee that Seven Stars won't have any problems?"

"Grandpa, the Seven Stars can be replaced!"

P.S.: Thanks to "无始无终", "邪邪力量", "恶臭星人", "宣、吾乃手握胜利的人", "晚风吹", "158…", and "舞动天华" for the monthly tickets, and thanks to "卡兔兔" for the update request. Thank you all!

Chapter 91 The Immortal's Acknowledgment, Farewell to the Three Gods

"Lord Yuhengxing!"

"what happened again?"

After finally managing to persuade the old man to leave, Qian Yanjun came running back.

"Just now... just now that old man disappeared!" Qianyan Jun, who came to report, was both excited and thrilled. "He was an immortal, Lord Yuheng Star! That old man was an immortal!"

"Fairy?"

"Yes, he suddenly turned into smoke and disappeared, just like in the legends! Lord Yuheng, this is the Jueyun Realm..."

"Alright, do you still want to go visit the immortals?"

"No, no, no." He quickly waved his hand. "Those who seek immortals are fools. I just felt a little excited to have met an immortal."

Visiting immortals? Haven't we encountered enough people visiting immortals these past two days? Their various desires for something for nothing, hoping that immortals will grant their wishes, make Qianyanjun think they're fools.

"Alright, go do what you're supposed to do. Visit immortals? Ha, those who are truly destined for immortality will be sought out by the immortals themselves."

……

Before long, the conversation between Keqing and the old man spread.

Some people were unhappy that Keqing once again slandered the Emperor as having "senile dementia," but they were eventually able to calm down and look at the matter with a calm mind, which also led to a surge in book sales.

Also spreading the word was the news that Keqing had gained the sage's approval.

And so, the backfilling work at Jueyunjian began.

The various divine hearts that Zhong Guian placed on the Seven Heavens Statue were activated, and the exposed groundwater was covered by new soil. This place was no longer a straight, towering stone forest.

"The route needs to be replanned, and the well-drillers will have jobs."

Zhong Gui clapped his hands and called it a day.

It was time to see my friends off.

More than half a month has passed, and it's time for them to leave.

Whether Venti goes back or not is irrelevant, Mondstadt is his home, and Diluc and Kaeya are planning to drag him back, which is not very respectable for the Anemo Archon.

As for Inazuma, Kage, and Miko, it didn't matter. After all, Ayato was working and the Shogun was supervising, so they could play around as they pleased.

But the general is even more foolish than Ying. If they really don't go back, it won't be good for the general to look for them.

Although Ying went to great lengths to modify the General's program, her temper was no different from Ying's.

Xumi was the one who truly had family matters to attend to and needed to return home.

But Mondstadt and Inazuma aren't leaving, so how can Sumeru say it's leaving?

So everyone stayed until today, and now it's finally time to leave.

Wendy happily carried several cases of liquor, planning to bury them somewhere and dig them up to drink when she ran out of money.

This time, we need to hide it well enough that no one can find it again.

Let me think... what about the big nail on the snow-capped mountain? Nobody would ever go there!

After seeing Wendy off, Zhong Gui headed to the port.

Inazuma and the others had been waiting for a long time.

Divine Child: "We're all leaving now, so the little one doesn't have anything to say~"

"Have a safe journey, eat and drink well, and have a safe trip."

Shenzi choked for a moment; she knew exactly what that meant from her life at the Hall of Rebirth these past few days.

Zhong Gui ignored the fox and walked straight to Ying's side.