Genshin Impact: Past Events in Dust Rock

After finishing the business with Apep, Guizhong went straight to Xumi City.

The Great Compassionate Tree King had been waiting here for a long time.

"Buyer, the Heart of God that I didn't have time to take away earlier should be handed over to me."

"As agreed, this is the Heart of the God of Wisdom."

The Great Compassionate Tree King took out her divine heart from his bosom and handed it to Gui Zhong.

"Your Excellency must be tired from the journey, would you like to..." The Great Compassion Tree King was just about to stay and entertain us to show his hospitality.

In the past, Gui Zhong might have readily agreed, and then fully experienced the customs and culture of Xumi, trying his best to get the most out of it without spending any money.

Unfortunately, Gui Zhong was not thinking about this at the moment.

"I appreciate your kindness, but I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Before the Great Compassion Tree King could finish his words, Gui Zhong opened a portal and left Xumi City directly.

"I hope your plan goes well." Watching the benefactor who had just indirectly saved Xumi and himself leave, the Great Compassionate Tree King sincerely blessed him.

"It seems that the core of the World Tree should also add some protection measures to guard against forces outside this world."

The Great Compassionate Tree King had a serious expression on his face.

Although she was almost eroded by the power of the abyss before, she was not completely without gain.

At least she relied on the wisdom of the God of Wisdom to analyze a small part of the power of the abyss.

If she were to be invaded again, she would at least be able to react in advance instead of being caught off guard like last time.

……

After leaving Xumi City, Guizhong flew eastward towards Liyue.

"Finally, I'm going back." Gui Zhong was obviously in a good mood. "I wonder if Morax and the Ice God have finished fighting."

She wondered about Morax's whereabouts.

They had just flown out of the Xumi realm and had not yet entered Liyue.

Finally, I felt a familiar breath.

"Rhinedot, what is she doing here?"

Gui could finally feel that the other party did not conceal his breath.

As an alchemist, Rhinedot would not wander around like an idle drunkard.

Then there is only one possibility:

The other party came to find me.

Thinking of this, Gui Zhong really wanted to return to Liyue.

But I can still afford to waste this little time to see old friends.

Without thinking too much, he finally flew towards Rhinedort.

"Long time no see, Guizhong." When he saw Guizhong, Rhinedort greeted him first.

Gui Zhong frowned.

Judging from this old friend's personality and current attitude, he probably has something to ask of me.

Under normal circumstances, Gui Zhong wouldn't care about it.

But at this critical moment, Guizhong is unwilling to waste time here.

"Given your personality, you should just speak your mind."

"Okay, then I won't waste time." Rheindorf nodded.

"I need the Heart of God."

"Impossible." Gui Zhong shook his head and refused.

"why?"

"The Heart of God does not belong to me. I have made a promise to return it to them intact." Gui finally explained.

"I can also guarantee that I can return the Heart of God to you intact."

"No." Gui Zhong still refused, "I have no right to lend you something that someone else lent me."

"Unless you seek the consent of the seven rulers of the mortal world on your own." Gui finally gave Rhinedort an impossible task.

"Ah, you are still so principled." Rhinedot looked at Gui Zhong with a rather 'resentful' look, and then her breath gradually dissipated in the air along with this figure.

"Rhinedort, what are you up to?" Although he didn't know why the other party wanted the Heart of God, Gui finally knew this old friend very well.

If the Heart of God were given to her, there would be no way it would return to her intact.

Rhinedort absolutely couldn't help but use alchemy to mess with the Heart of God.

If anything goes wrong, I won’t have the face to see those demons.

"Forget it, let's go back to Liyue first."

No longer thinking about Rhinedort, Gui finally turned his thoughts back to Liyue.

……

Once again setting foot on the land I had not visited for a long time, the familiar breeze blew on my face.

"The breeze on the top of Tianheng Mountain is still light."

Feeling the morning breeze, Gui finally sat in the specially built pavilion on the top of Tianheng Mountain.

Take out the most precious tea leaves and tea sets from the small cave next to it where the emperor stores tea leaves.

Facing the rising sun, Gui finally made a pot of tea.

"You don't make tea that way. You've wasted my tea leaves again."

Just when Gui Zhong was halfway through making tea, the figure of the Emperor also came to the pavilion.

"Isn't this to make sure you've returned to Liyue?" Gui Zhong stopped making tea and let the Emperor take over the tea set. He supported his face with one hand and began to concentrate on appreciating his posture of making tea.

"Thanks to you, I was able to come back after a few exchanges with the God of Ice." Morax was obviously helpless when he said this.

After all, anyone would be unhappy if they were dragged into a fight for no reason.

"Strange! How could the Ice God let you go so easily?" Gui Zhong was puzzled. "He finally got the chance to fight you. Logically, he should cherish it. Why would he let you go back to Liyue so easily?"

"According to what you said, I will have to fight him for hundreds or even thousands of years before I can come back to govern Liyue again." His hands were still as smooth as flowing water while making tea, which was pleasing to the eye, but the tone of his mouth was not pleasing.

"If that's the case, then I should go back to my old job for a few hundred years." Gui Zhong said jokingly with a smile.

"If you really want, it's not impossible now." Morax nodded, indicating that he could abdicate the throne of emperor.

"Just kidding, I can't take on this heavy responsibility." Gui Zhong decisively refused.

She had been planning for a thousand years before finally retiring, and there was no way she could take that position again.

"So how did you get the God of Ice to let you go? You couldn't have run all the way back, right?" Gui finally turned the topic back to Morax.

"Simple, just defense, no offense." Morax told the truth. "After a few rounds, he saw I wasn't attacking him, so he said 'boring' and stopped fighting."

"..." Gui Zhong looked at Morax speechlessly, "When did the Emperor become so cunning? How come I didn't know?"

"The Demon War is a thing of the past. There shouldn't be a war between demons now." Morax calmly drank a sip of tea and explained the reason.

"You are afraid before the battle. Why is the Emperor like this?" Gui Zhong acted as if he was deeply distressed.

She turned around and drank all the tea Morax had just brewed in one gulp while he wasn't paying attention.

"In that case, I will return and fight the Ice God all over again." Seeing Guizhong's triumphant look, Morax echoed Guizhong's words, "But the great responsibility of Liyue will be entrusted to you."

"That's not necessary. Let's not talk about this anymore." Gui Zhong crossed his hands and made a cross (x).

"As you said." Morax nodded. He knew very well how to handle the end.

"Did the journey go smoothly?" After talking about himself, Morax mentioned the journey to Guizhong. "After we separated, what did you experience in those countries?"

Speaking of this, Guizhong's chatterbox began to surge.

She boasted and confided in the emperor.

Talking of Fontaine, she spoke to him of the laws therein;

Speaking of Nata, she tells the history of war and dragons;

Talking about Xumi, she warned the Emperor about the horror of the abyss and complained about the Grass Dragon King's gossip.

Although the Emperor felt that she was more talkative.

But the Emperor did not say anything, he just listened to her story silently, acting as the only listener.