Bengyuantie: I was honest with Bai Heng

"Guest? Are you here to help?"

Hu Tao asked after noticing Zhongli.

"If the hall master needs it, as a guest of the Wangsheng Hall, I will naturally not refuse."

Zhongli nodded slightly and responded to Hu Tao.

"Hi! Zhongli."

Paimon waved happily when he saw Zhongli.

"Hello, Traveler, Paimon."

Zhongli continued to nod, but he could already sense that he was being a little perfunctory.

Zhongli looked at Wang Xing again and asked in a low voice.

"Can I have a word with you for a moment?"

Wang Xing did not reply immediately, but frowned and thought.

My current plans do not include going back to the distant past.

But Zhongli obviously knows me, and what did I do in the past...

Anyway, it’s impossible to make an enemy with the Emperor, right?

Wang Xing thought about this, so he decided to go with the flow and nodded in response:

"okay."

……

After a while, the two came to a pavilion terrace, and Zhongli looked at the moon and stars in the sky and asked.

"Gui Xing, is she... okay?"

"she?"

Wang Xing’s mind was instantly opened. Countless demons had fallen in the continent of Teyvat during the Demon War.

Among them was one of Zhongli’s comrades-in-arms—Gui Zhong.

So, I will go back to the past to save Gui Zhong, and also have the name "Gui Xing"?

Wait, now it seems that the word "heng" in "xinghengzhe" may have been misinterpreted because of its long history?

In fact, it should be a "Heng" character, "Xing Hengzhe"...

Wang Xing sorted out his thoughts and replied:

"Well, she's doing fine."

"It's just that I don't have any memory of the past now, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Wang Xing thought for a moment and added.

"Is it to combat 'wear and tear'? It is a possible means."

Zhongli did not doubt, but instead fell into memories.

"I came here to enter the "Death Realm". Does the Emperor have any relevant information about it?"

Wang Xing asked immediately, trying to get some useful information for himself.

Although it is not explicitly stated in the game, Lord Yan is a homonym of Lord Yan.

Being a guest in a place like Wangshengtang that carries out funeral services is bound to arouse people's speculation.

After a long silence, the Emperor pointed his index finger at the night sky in a calm manner like Doctor Strange.

"Forehead……"

Wang Xing looked confused.

No, can we not be a riddler?

And if we are referring to the underworld, shouldn’t it be underground? Why is it referring to the sky?

However, when he thought about the "forbidden knowledge" in Teyvat, which would pollute people if they knew it, Wang Xing stopped asking questions.

The Emperor must have a deep meaning behind this!

……

"Wang Xing, the ghost boy you mentioned was taken back to the Hall of the Dead by them."

Bai Heng flew over and said to Wang Xing.

"Okay, then, Emperor, we have something else to do, so we'll take our leave now."

Wang Xing bowed to Zhongli.

"Ah."

Zhongli quietly watched the man and the soul gradually fade away, and fell into memories again.

……

"Palace of Rebirth"

"He just ran away from Wuwangpo by chance, and for some reason he couldn't go back."

Walnut explained to everyone the origin of the ghost boy - Wolf Brother.

“Isn’t this explanation too far-fetched?”

Paimon questioned.

"Actually...it's pretty much what she said."

Brother Wolf said shyly.

"Eh?"

Paimon looked at Brother Wolf in surprise.

"Hmph, don't question my business ability!"

Walnut crossed his arms proudly.

"I just want to know if my friends are doing well now, so I really want to come to Liyue Harbor to take a look."

Brother Wolf continued to explain awkwardly.

……

"Why don't you come directly to Lao Meng?"

Ying asked doubtfully.

"Oh yeah, it turns out Hu Tao and Lao Meng are looking for you everywhere."

Paimon was awakened by Ying's words and asked in sudden realization.

"Well, actually, it's because I didn't find them. I've never been to Liyue Harbor, and I got lost in the city."

Brother Wolf still looked hesitant.

"Oh yeah, come to think of it, Brother Wolf couldn't tell east from west and north from south when he was little."

"If we didn't take him with us, he wouldn't dare go down the mountain by himself."

Old Meng also suddenly realized and hammered his palm.

"Is it such a realistic reason?!"

Paimon bowed in surprise, then pointed at Wang Xing and Bai Heng who were approaching.

"But ghosts and spirits seem to be able to fly, just like that big sister. As long as they fly, they can find the way, right?"

"I, I don't dare..."

Brother Wolf twisted his body again and said shyly.

"It's too high, and I'll be scared."

Old Meng nodded again.

"Yes, yes, that's right. When he was little, he was the only one who didn't dare to look down from the mountain."

"Hahaha, you really haven't changed at all!"

Lao Meng placed one hand lightly on his chest, looking at Brother Wolf with great satisfaction.

Wang Xing watched their conversation and fell into deep thought...

Originally, Wang Xing just wanted to go to the "Dead Realm" to find a spiritual plant that could nourish the soul.

It is believed that the "Death Realm" is similar to the underworld in ordinary novels with the Black and White Impermanence, and that plants such as red spider lilies grow in it.

But the appearance of Zhongli made Wang Xing curious about the "Death Realm" and gave him new thoughts on the conversation between Lao Meng and Wolf Brother.

The little boy who died more than ten years ago did not appear beside his friend when his obsession with death was the strongest.

Instead, he appeared recently when Lao Meng was most obsessed with Wolf Brother, and he was exactly the same as the Wolf Brother Lao Meng thought he was in the past? !

If the "Death Realm" is like the underworld, then no matter how young a person is, they will mature quickly in it. It is absolutely impossible for them to remain unchanged for ten years like this!

"Brother Wolf, do you have any friends in the "Dead Realm" to play with you?"

Wang Xing then began to verify his conjecture.

"me……"

When Brother Wolf heard what Wang Xing said, he was stunned, and then seemed to be trying hard to recall, but he could not remember anything.

"Wait, wait, wait, the things of the "Death Realm" cannot be known to the living!"

"Right, Brother Wolf."

Hu Tao hurried out to stop Wang Xing's questioning and said to Brother Wolf.

"Ah... yeah."

"I'm sorry, this...uncle."

Only then did Brother Wolf relax his brows slightly and bowed to express his apology.

"Uh, I'm just 18 years old! How can you call me uncle!"

Wang Xing became anxious at that time.

……

after a while……

"Then, as long as we send this lost child back to Wuwangpo, everything will be solved."

Walnut sorted out the plan and prepared to set off.

"Why don't we hold her funeral together with Brother Wolf."

Wang Xing waved his hand towards Bai Heng and suggested.

"Humph……"

Bai Heng pouted and said nothing.

"Huh? But we haven't prepared any funeral supplies yet."

Walnut asked in surprise.

"The custom in my hometown is to keep things simple. We just need to send her to the 'border of life and death' and say goodbye."

"Besides, you also think cremation is troublesome and want to burn more bodies at a time. This funeral will be a test for you."

Wang Xing explained nonchalantly.

"Uh... it feels so casual."

Paimon complained on the side.

Afterwards, Ying and Paimeng went to look for Wolf Brother's other three childhood friends except Lao Meng, and asked for tokens that represented them to send Wolf Brother off.

Wang Xing, Bai Heng, Wolf Brother, Lao Meng, and Hu Tao went to Wuwangpo first.

……

After a while, Wuwangpo

"Oh~ You're back? Sooner than I thought!"

Kurumi raised her hands and clenched her fists, leaning forward slightly, looking at Ying and Paimon who were approaching with surprise, and then asked playfully.

"Paimon, you didn't let anything slip, did you?"

"Do I look so unreliable?"

Paimon responded angrily, his hands on his hips.

"Hehe, just kidding."

Walnut smiled and waved his hands.

"It doesn't matter, actually. The fact that they are willing to take out the token means that they have guessed something."

"However, no matter what happens with ghosts and dead souls, it is strange, but not strange at the same time."

“That’s probably why they don’t want to delve into this.”

"If you really dare to follow me, then... you will touch my bottom line~"

There was a smile on Hu Tao's lips, but her eyes turned slightly colder.

"I don't know if you're serious or joking."

Ying looked at Kurumi's expression and asked uncertainly.

"Maintaining the boundary between life and death is the most important job of the Hall of Rebirth. I will be a little more serious than usual."

Walnut said seriously.

"Are we already a special case? Is it okay to cross this "border"? "

Paimon worriedly clenched his fist and covered his chest with one hand.

"Of course. After all, you have been dragged into this. Just like Lao Meng and this gentleman, I don't mind letting you see more."

Hu Tao explained to Xiao Paimeng, and then suddenly remembered that he didn't know Wang Xing's name, so he asked Wang Xing.

"I actually forgot to ask your name. Excuse me, sir..."

"You can just call me Wang Xing."

Wang Xing answered casually.

"Okay, Mr. Wang Xing."

Walnut nodded and took note of it, but felt that it sounded somewhat familiar.

“So, no matter what you see or what happens in the place you go next, don’t be surprised.”

"It's an ordinary place that exists on the border between life and death. If there's anything special about it, it's that it's unknown."

"Don't make a fuss~"

"Otherwise, I will have to clear your memory before you come out."

Walnut gave special instructions.

"Ah."

……

Afterwards, everyone entered a secret place with blue ghost lights just like Wuwangpo.

"Wow, what is this place?"

Paimon looked around curiously.

"It's a place quite close to death, but it's not the hell or Hades as in the legend. It's just a place where the earth veins are more disordered."

Walnut explained patiently.

Wang Xing frowned and thought.

(Did Hu Tao mention this? I didn’t think about it enough.)

(But since you are here, you might as well go and have a look.)

……

Yoshihisa

After a series of decryption, Wang Xing and his team finally arrived at the "border between life and death".