Genshin Impact: I am the Great General of Liyue

Seeing Paimon with his head down, Xiao didn't seem to be criticizing him and began explaining the four-step process.

"Offering incense" means lighting a stick of incense in an incense burner, expressing reverence for the Rock King Emperor.

“Meditation involves eliminating all distracting thoughts and fixing the image of the target in one's mind.”

“He chanted the incantation aloud, ‘Dipo Yaksha, bring the three corpses here!’”

"Shoot an arrow at each of the two Yaksha statues as a contract for subjugation. If all goes well, the person's soul will appear here shortly."

Hearing the ritual process, which sounded like some kind of evil ritual, Ying subconsciously swallowed nervously.

If any step goes wrong, your soul might leave your body, and you could easily become a wandering ghost! You must be extremely careful.

I suddenly feel a little regretful. Was it really necessary to take that risk just to teach them a lesson...?

Well, since the ceremony is already prepared, we have to do it whether we want to or not.

Of course, Xiao knew that Ying was capable of completing the ritual, which is why he entrusted it to her with peace of mind.

After all, she's an old hag who's lived for who knows how many years... oh wait... young girl, if she can make a mistake with such a simple ritual, then we really need to check if she's feeling unwell.

After taking several burning incense sticks from Xiao's hand, Ying and Paimon went up to the small platform and inserted them into the incense burner.

After offering incense, the next step is meditation.

Paimon, hands on his hips, said unhappily, "...It's really hard to recall the image of that conman."

Ignoring Paimon, Ying closed her eyes and began to meditate intently.

Paimon reluctantly closed his eyes and began to imagine what the other person looked like... However, perhaps because he was so unhappy, he amplified certain features of the other person's image in his mind.

For example: ugly, speaks rudely, has a disgusting voice, etc.

Although in reality this conman was handsome, spoke eloquently, and had a convincing voice, he was the complete opposite of Paimon's imagination.

After Ying had constructed the image of the other party, she shouted sharply, "Empress Yaksha, bring the Three Corpses here!"

Hearing Ying's shout, Paimon belatedly shouted back:

"Bring the three corpses here!"

Although Paimon's steps went wrong, it wasn't a big problem because Ying had completed the ritual and it wouldn't hinder the next steps.

Just after Ying shouted the incantation, the waists of the two stone statues in front of her lit up.

The two stone statues, dressed in armor, holding spears, and with capes hanging from their shoulders, have patterns on their belts that resemble some kind of yin-yang balance diagram.

However, unlike the ordinary Tai Chi diagram, it does not have black and white colors, and it is not divided into two sides, but into three halves.

There is a white dot in the center, and a tadpole-like pattern on each side, as if the two ends of the Tai Chi symbol have been separated, and a double-edged dart-like pattern appears in the middle.

Having identified the target, Ying picked up the wooden bow and shot an arrow at the waist of each of the two stone statues.

Although it wasn't a perfect hit, at least it hit the mark.

After completing the ceremony, Xiao, who had been observing Ying throughout, pretended to step forward to check on the progress of the ceremony, but actually checked on Ying's health.

Pretending to just walk past Ying, but actually secretly checking on her health, Xiao! You're so kind!

"...So-so. Leave the rest to me, you guys get ready to 'welcome' him."

After Xiao finished speaking, he activated his magic and began to use the "Dream Travel to Various Realms" technique.

As expected, the soul of the Celestial Lord of Star-Catching and Star-Seizing appeared.

Star Lord was completely bewildered, looking around at his surroundings with a head full of questions.

What happened? Wasn't I sleeping at Wangshu Inn? Where did I end up here?

"Where is this...? You all seem somewhat familiar."

Looking at Ying and Paimon in front of him, Star Lord seemed to remember something, but because his situation was too strange, he couldn't quite recall it.

"Hiss... Hey, what's wrong with my body? I feel so light, I can't feel any weight..."

Seeing that the other person was almost fully awake, Ying revealed a lewd smile and threatened, "Because you are already dead."

"Dead, dead, dead, dead!? How is that possible? I was just sleeping soundly at the Wangshu Inn..."

Upon hearing the news of his own death, the Star Lord was shocked and began to doubt the reality of his death.

He was perfectly healthy, exercised regularly, how could he die while sleeping?

After thinking for a few seconds, the not-so-bright Star Lord solemnly came to a conclusion.

"Oh right, hmm, I see. No wonder you're the immortal! Hahaha... I must be dreaming!"

Seeing that the other party was not frightened at all, and was even self-righteously immersed in his own world, Paimon was speechless.

He's hopeless... It seems scaring him won't work, so I'll have to resort to some "methods".

"This isn't a dream... because... you'll feel pain."

With that, Ying rubbed her hands together and walked forward, eager to get started.

"Oh? What do you want? How could I tolerate such insolence from villains in my dream?"

Seeing that the other party showed no fear, Ying dodged and delivered a straight punch, hitting him in the abdomen.

The Star Lord who was hit was stunned.

(What happened? Why does it hurt so much?)

Before Xingchen Tianjun could react, Ying launched another attack, poking the other's kidney through the muscle with her finger.

To be honest, this Heavenly Lord was no pushover either; his muscles were quite muscular. It took Ying two slaps for him to make a sound.

Star Lord was curled up on the ground, clutching the part of his body that had just been attacked and groaning in pain.

"Stop! I... I give up! Ouch..."

Seeing that Xingchen Tianjun had given up so quickly, Ying grabbed his ear and pulled him up by force.

"You've stopped referring to yourself as 'this immortal'?"

Seeing Ying clench her fist again, Star Lord quickly shook his head.

"I wouldn't dare, I wouldn't dare! You almost beat me to a pulp... Oh dear, what bad luck I have to run into you all! Please, esteemed immortals, forgive me, I promise it won't happen again..."

“We are not immortals. Although we summoned the souls, the real immortal is this one.”

As he spoke, Paimon pointed at Xiao.

Seeing that the other party had no intention of resisting, Ying released her grip.

Seeing this, Xiao coldly said to him, "You spend your days swindling and deceiving, impersonating a celestial being, exorcising evil without eliminating it, and disregarding the safety of all living beings. In time, you will surely reap the bitter fruit of your actions, be seduced by demons and fall into eternal damnation."

Hearing these words, which sounded like a judgment, the Star Lord looked over meekly.

"Ah...I...you are...?"

The Star Lord trembled all over, his heart filled with fear.