Genshin Impact: Reincarnation as a Hilichurl

"Lord Ningguang, the suppression of the Northern Bank and Wangsheng Hall has been completed, and the news of the immortal coming to cause trouble has also spread."

"Is there any movement from the 'Sir' and the 'Madam'?"

"The 'lady' has not yet shown up at the Northland Bank, and the 'young man' seems to be getting a little restless."

"Only one fish has taken the bait... Follow the original plan. Once the 'Master' leaves Liyue Harbor, all Fatui will be prohibited from leaving again."

"Yes."

"Where are the immortals?"

"We have arrived at Dunyu Mausoleum."

"call--"

Ningguang glanced at Keqing and found that she was also looking at her. The determination in her eyes had never wavered since the incident with the Emperor until now.

Being too rigid will easily break, but not being strong enough or losing your edge is also not good.

Although she didn't need to rely on others' determination or accept others' encouragement, Keqing did help her dispel many of her concerns. As long as it was for Liyue...

"For Liyue." Oops, she read out what was in her mind. She felt a little annoyed, but no one knew if she did it on purpose.

“For Liyue.”

“For Liyue.”

“For Liyue.”

Three of them stayed in Liyue Harbor, so four of the Seven Stars came. After they all shouted this slogan, Ningguang continued, "Everyone, let's go. We can't let the battle break out in Liyue Harbor."

Led by the Liyue Seven Stars, followed by dozens of Divine Eye holders who could be mobilized, they advanced towards the pass at the interruption of Tianheng Mountain to the west of Liyue Harbor.

Only these dozens of holders of the Eye of God were informed of all the subsequent actions.

When the Emperor died, the Seven Stars of Liyue had to first quell the civil strife among the immortals, and then eliminate the external threat of the Fatui... None of them were easy to deal with.

If they were not careful in this trip, they would lose everything and might even be cursed for eternity, but Qixing's ambition moved them all.

……

The Immortal and the Seven Stars' teams walked towards each other, and after a short time, the two sides finally met.

"Ningguang, we are here to keep the appointment. Although we don't know what you want to negotiate, please answer a few questions first!" Zhenjun Xueyue Zhuyang spoke first with anger.

"But it doesn't hurt to ask."

"After the Emperor was assassinated, why did you push the suspicion onto ordinary people and even chase him all the way to Jueyunjian! You should know that they can't hurt the Emperor!"

"Oh, you immortals really think that I am doing useless work, right?

"You don't know about worldly affairs because you don't know. There are two followers of the Ice God in Liyue Harbor right now. Their strength is not inferior to yours. As for who is stronger... we will only know after a fight.

“As for the girl who was hunted down to Jueyunjian, she also possessed the power to fight against Mondstadt’s Wind Dragon. She was hunted down because of her abnormal behavior during the Immortal Summoning Ceremony. Fortunately, the misunderstanding between us has been resolved.

"Knowing this, what do you think, immortals? Do you think the possibility of the Emperor being assassinated has increased a little?

"And even if it's an ordinary person, is it really impossible to harm the Emperor?"

“Well, that’s true…” Master Xueyue Zhuyang shook his head and took a few steps back.

"I'll do it!" Lishui Dieshan Zhenjun stepped forward and asked, "Then why did you announce the Emperor's death privately? Even if these people you mentioned can hurt the Emperor, do you really think they can kill him?"

Ningguang turned her head and looked at her colleagues standing in a row with her, and replied, "This is a joint decision made by the seven of us."

"The scene of the Emperor's fall has been seen by the crowd watching the ceremony. I tried to block the news but to no avail. The rumor spread throughout Liyue in just half a day.

“I think that when hearing this news, most people will still think, ‘The Emperor’s death must be fake,’ ‘The Emperor will stand up,’ and ‘The Emperor will continue to lead Liyue forward.’”

"So! Why do you want to destroy the people's hopes?"

"But the Emperor is really dead, at least it seems so. We cannot wake him up or revive him. This fact is already before us.

“But the people can’t wait. They want an answer. If it’s delayed any longer, they will question themselves, the Seven Stars, and Liyue. They will be in a state of panic and end up with a bad result. So we can only tell the truth.

"Besides, didn't Master Liuyun Jiefeng check on the emperor's immortal body? You are more certain about the emperor's life and death than we are, right?

"If you immortals can revive the Emperor, then Keqing and I will bear all responsibilities for announcing the Emperor's death."

Ningguang looked amiable, but her words pierced the immortal's heart.

“This…” True Lord Lishui Dieshan turned his head to look at True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng and whispered, “You come.”

"I'll do it, I'll do it!"

True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng raised his head and said, "You have definitely done one thing wrong. You seized the Emperor's death to usurp power! You also excluded Ganyu. The people you sent to deliver the message to us were all ordinary people. I ask you, where is Ganyu?"

"Usurping power, huh, yes.

"A country cannot be without a monarch for a day. Since you and I cannot bring the emperor back to life, shouldn't we, the Seven Stars, take this power? Are we going to give it to the Fatui of the Kingdom of Winter? Or do you want to take over Liyue?

"As long as you can govern Liyue better than we do, the Seven Stars will have no objection."

Master Liuyun Jiefeng flapped his wings awkwardly, but still raised his head and asked, "Where is Ganyu? Are you worthy of her?"

"Ganyu is an immortal, it would be very embarrassing for her to be involved in these things."

"Humph! Ganyu has worked tirelessly for Liyue Harbor for thousands of years, and you overturned her position with just a few words?"

"Do you really want to know the reason?"

"If you have something to say, just say it, don't hide it!"

Ningguang suddenly smiled, "Then I would like to ask all the immortals a question."

"what is the problem?"

"Who else in the world can create the 'Hundred Taboos'?"

"Humph, no one in the world can make it except us."

Ningguang clapped her hands, and the secretary behind her handed her a thick stack of "Hundred Taboo-free Talismans", at least several hundred of them. She didn't even look at them, but raised them with force, and a yellow talisman rain floated over the Tianheng Mountain Pass, and several immortals were surprised and confused.

Xiao, who had remained silent the entire time, instantly received a "Talisman of No Taboos" and after carefully examining it, he flashed back to his old friends with the talisman and said, "It's true."

“How can there be so many!”

"Look at the paper and the handwriting. It's obviously recently made... Could it be?"

Seeing that the introduction was almost done, Ningguang pretended to be suspicious and asked, "This was recently made by the Fatui who were trying to stir up a conflict between the Immortals and the Seven Stars. This is really strange. No one in Liyue knows how to make the "Hundred Taboos Talisman", so why would outsiders like Zhidong make it?"

"What do you want to say?"

"…Is there a traitor in the Immortal Family?"

Several immortals shook their heads in denial, but they no longer had the same momentum as before.

"Impossible. All the immortals who can move freely in Liyue are here. We know each other well. No one would do such a thing."

"A Ping isn't here, but it's even more impossible for her to be here."

“But she has lived in Liyue Harbor for a long time and may know more information than we know. I will go and call her over.” True Lord Liuyunjiefeng flapped his wings and flew away.

"What if the one who flew away is a traitor?" Tianjixing speculated loudly with some malice, and then exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Oh! Then the remaining immortals who are not traitors will definitely help us deal with it, which will save us a lot of trouble."

True Lord Xue Yue Zhu Yang firmly denied, "Impossible, absolutely impossible! This is all because we have lived in the mountains for a long time and have been isolated from the news. We didn't even know that someone had created so many "Talismans without Taboos", and we were almost taken advantage of..."

"There won't be any traitors among the immortals. Let's wait a little longer." Xiao folded his arms, closed his eyes and waited for the return of Master Liuyunjiefeng.

Lishui Dieshan Zhenjun flapped his wings and destroyed all the "Hundred Taboos" that were scattered on the ground like yellow paper money. He also advised: "The original purpose of this "Hundred Taboos" is not to be used as a token of trust. How many do you have in your hands? Just keep a few and destroy the rest."

Hearing this, Qixing's heart skipped a beat. They all looked at each other and asked, "What else can the 'Hundred Taboos Scroll' be used for?"

"…It's best that you don't know. Don't worry too much. Those fools definitely don't know either."

"I hope so."

Soon, Master Liuyun Jiefeng came back with Grandma Ping.

"Just yesterday, someone came to borrow the Dust Purifying Bell. I thought one of you was upset and came out to take charge of the situation. It seems that's not the case."

The other immortals looked at each other, saying that this was not something they did at all.

Grandma Ping nodded: "Sure enough, then it can only be him."

Several immortals also began to discuss in a low voice.

"It really is him, isn't it?"

"Then he also has the 'Hundred Taboos' Scroll? Why would he teach those foreigners...?"

"Perhaps he wants to use the 'Hundred Taboos' to test us... I think there is a high probability that we will fail..."

"Seven stars don't qualify anyway!"

"It is only now that we can see clearly that he is still as calculating as ever. Since Guizhong's death made him more mature... No one in the world can surpass him in terms of intelligence or martial arts."

Zhongli, who was rushing back to Liyue Harbor from Dihua Island, rubbed his brows and suddenly felt that an old friend was talking about him? But the real plan has not yet begun...

After several immortals here finished talking, they were finally convinced that they had figured out the emperor's intention of faking his death.

"We will work with you to deal with the problem of the Fatui."

Qixing was surprised by the change in attitude.

Ningguang reminded: "But the traitor hasn't been found yet?"

"There is no traitor. We can swear in the name of the Emperor!"

In any case, my previous performance has already failed. In this final stage of fighting against foreign enemies together, I must not let the Emperor down again!

Seeing that Qixing still didn't dare to agree, Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun obtained the consent of his old friends and gave an example: "Even if...even if there are really one or two traitors, as long as there are no more than half, we can solve it ourselves. Isn't this also beneficial to you?"

The Seven Stars whispered to each other for a while, and finally chose to accept the help of the immortals, but still did not fully trust them.

They first sent back most of the combat forces that had been gathered to eliminate the traitors within the immortals to Liyue Harbor in order to stabilize the internal situation. They also asked the immortals to continue to pretend to be at odds with them, and then, without clearly revealing their destination, they led the immortals towards the Jade Pavilion.

In fact, it is close to the Golden House.

After the fish swallows the bait and finds itself on the hook, the "young master" who has been cut off from support will be caught red-handed by the Seven Stars and the Five Immortals in the Golden House. By then, no matter how strong he is, he will not be able to make any waves, and the Fatui's crime of killing the Emperor will also be proven.

This is the entire plan of Qixing.

But there is a saying that goes, plans cannot keep up with changes.