Holy Lord from Teyvat

The few of them continued to move forward, and soon they found an altar in front of them, on which was placed a strange ruler.

Clement: "Humph, it's just a ruler. It looks useless."

Wan Yan: "This is... if I remember correctly, this should be a measuring device?"

Zhongli: "That is true. But the Salt Demon God also has power here.

Once the salt ruler is inserted into the ground, the soil will be covered with salt like flooding water.

The deeper you go, the more salt grains you will find, in other words, a "harvest" of salt."

Clement was shocked: "This, this... Isn't this more powerful than the salt lamp?!"

Zhongli: "Then, according to the contract, this salt ruler belongs to Ms. Wanyan."

Clement was unhappy: "No! I don't agree! I paid for it and I organized this expedition, why should I suffer a loss?

Besides, this little girl is useless, why should we give her the gift? "

Zheng Tian: "Hey, if it weren't for me, how could you come here today? Didn't we agree on this before?"

Clement: "So what? I just want the good stuff."

Zhongli frowned: "So, you want to break the "contract"?"

Although it was expected, Clement's attitude of breaking the contract was really ugly and inevitably made people feel uncomfortable.

Clement: "So what if you destroy it? I have almost figured out the mechanism in this ruins. So, you are useless.

After all, I'm the one who hired you. Why should I follow your rules? "

He had ulterior motives to begin with, and now that he had seen the benefits, he became so greedy that how could he be willing to give them up?

What about archaeological exploration and contracts? Go and see the dead Morax. I just want to steal and take the good things!

Zhongli: “Because you made a contract.

The Rock King once said that once a contract is signed, anyone who breaks his word will be punished by eating the rock."

Clement: "That is the god of your Liyue. I come from the winter. I..."

Zhongli was too lazy to talk nonsense, and directly took out his spear, ready to attack: "'Rock-eating punishment', you can feel it yourself... It won't be easy."

Clement also took out his Fire Debt Dealer equipment.

"Fuck your "Rock Eating Punishment", I'm going to teach you a lesson."

Clement came up.

boom!

Clement fell.

……

Zhongli did not take the other party's life, confiscated the salt cup, and then let Clement escape.

Considering the other party's current behavior, he will not be sentenced to death according to Liyue law. We just need to contact the authorities for close monitoring and investigation.

Then, Zhongli revealed Wanyan's thoughts.

Wanyan also admitted that she came from the Silver Hall of the Seven Stars and Eight Gates, and her ancestors were people protected by the Salt Demon. She believed that Morax killed Heulia and whitewashed history. So she was resentful and wanted to reveal the truth and let the world know about Morax's crimes and cruelty.

Zheng Tian became interested: "Actually, I'm curious, how did you come to this conclusion?"

Wan Yan: "We first heard some news from our ancestors, and then I looked up ancient books and made reasonable inferences."

Zheng Tian: "What does the information say? And you said it was an inference, which means there is no evidence.

Oh, yes, you are looking for evidence.”

Being questioned, Wan Yan was indignant: "The information was passed down by our ancestors. Although it is scarce, its authenticity can be guaranteed.

From the few words I heard, I know that our god is very kind, and according to my research, only the demon god Morax is likely to take action, so the news passed down by our ancestors is correct."

Mona held her forehead and complained: "Haha, it turns out that digging up the truth of history thousands of years ago is such a simple thing?"

As a scholar, she was speechless at the other party's carelessness and sloppiness.

It should be said that the other party is full of subjective emotions and believes what he wants to believe, and the investigation is just giving himself a reason.

Zheng Tian: "Looking for the truth with prejudice, haha."

Seeing Zheng Tian and Mona like this, Wan Yan couldn't help but feel a little angry: "Don't you believe it? Humph, this is exactly what I'm worried about, so I asked Mr. Zhongli to come and investigate."

Zhongli interrupted: "Okay, follow me, all the answers are ahead."

The few people who kicked away the initiator of the exploration took the salt ruler and moved forward again. They soon found two more broken swords.

Wan Yan stepped forward excitedly and looked at it carefully: "Ah! It's a broken sword! This is the evidence! It proves that the Salt Demon God once resisted! But he couldn't resist Morax's murderous hand!

Compared to the salt lamp and salt ruler, the power of this sword must be far beyond them! If I can repair this sword, I can show others the power that the Salt Demon once had. "

Zhongli said in a tone that was neither sad nor happy: "The two broken swords are two artifacts from an archaeological perspective. According to the contract of "taking objects in order, one at a time", you can only take one of them away."

Even though Clement has left, the contract is still valid.

Wan Yan naturally didn't want to do that, and she insisted on taking the broken sword away.

Zhongli no longer acted as a riddle teller and told the historical truth of that year as punishment.

“Unfortunately, the Demon God of Salt, Heulia, is not a powerful demon god.

On the contrary, she is too weak, too accommodating, too weak, and there is no way she can ascend to the throne of the Seven Gods... a loser."

Unlimited evasion and concessions left Heulia with only one last place to stay. At the last moment, she didn't even have a weapon to protect her people. This broken sword was not a relic of the Salt Demon, but the weapon that killed her.

"How ridiculous! You...you are also a follower of Morax, don't try to deceive me!"

Wan Yan couldn't accept Zhongli's words, so she left angrily and ran into the depths of the ruins.

Zheng Tian looked at her from behind and commented, "This girl is actually very determined and is prepared to endure hardships. She is not acting rashly. Unfortunately, she has been too seriously influenced by her ancestors' ideas and her brain is not working well.

By the way, it seems that she doesn’t need this sword anymore.”

Mona reminded: "This sword is not a relic of the Salt God. It does not have the power of the Salt God."

Zheng Tian stepped forward, picked up the broken sword and examined it: "Maybe it can still be used in my magic."

The three of them caught up with Wan Yan in front of a door at the end of the ruins.

Wan Yan's face was filled with fear and pain. The further inland they went on the road just now, the more frequently those "statues" appeared, and they were basically in escape postures.

"What happened along the way? What did they see... and what did they do? And then what happened?"

Zhongli: "Since you can't trust me, let's move on."

Zhongli opened the door, and inside the door was the murder scene. The pool of salt in the center of the hall was where Heulia's body had disintegrated. And next to it was a "statue" that was the murderer in the pose of committing the crime.

Zhongli told the truth of what happened back then.

Among the people of the Salt God, some finally realized that this kind but weak demon god could not protect anyone in war.

The war between demons and gods was very cruel, and some of them thought that it would be better to give her a relatively easy release than to let her suffer the torture after defeat. So they assassinated the Salt God.

However, the power lost when the demon god died was not something that the mortal body could withstand, so some of the Salt God's people were turned into salt, and the survivors went to the Rock King.

The broken sword was left by the descendants of the survivors. They were afraid of the remnants of the demon left behind by Heulia and that she would curse them forever, so they risked their lives to return here, break the sword and worship it, hoping to calm the wrath she left behind.

Zhongli: "But they are doing this in vain. How could this demon god who never resisted until the very end be angry with his own people?"

The truth is revealed, and this archaeological exploration without a single archaeologist has come to an end.

Wan Yan, whose faith was shattered, could not accept it. She repeatedly expressed her disbelief and ran away.

Looking at the pile of salt, Zheng Tian sighed: "Alas, is it because they are not civilized enough? Or are they mentally ill?"

Zhongli was very interested in Zheng Tian's opinion: "Oh? Zheng Tian, ​​what do you think of them?"

Zheng Tian commented bluntly: "They are either stupid or evil. They obviously have a better solution."

Mona: "What do you mean?"

Zheng Tian: "It's simple. If you don't want Heulia to suffer after the defeat, then sell her to the Rock King Emperor's camp."

Mona was dumbfounded: "Ah? Sold?"