Genshin Impact: Rise of the Desert

There are three incense sticks in Ye Lan's house, and each incense stick has a name written on it: Shang Hua, Wu Pei, and Wen Yuan.

These three are Ye Lan's capable assistants and spies she has sent out. Although Ye Lan doesn't show it on her face, she actually cares a lot about her subordinates.

These three incense sticks were ordered by Ye Lan from the Hall of Rebirth before her subordinates set off, so that the lamps would go out when a person dies.

Every day when she gets home and before leaving the house, Ye Lan would take a look.

This morning, Ye Lan discovered that Wu Pei's incense stick had gone out.

Yelan's eyes dimmed. These three went to the desert when "The Seven Grievances" was released, and during that time they brought back various intelligence, which was of great help to Liyue.

Ye Lan remained silent for a moment, then went out and headed to the Qunyu Pavilion.

Upon arriving at Qunyu Pavilion, before even entering the council hall, it was already in a chaotic and noisy state.

"120,000! 120,000 people! Each person's equipment is worth 1.2 million Mora. Even 120,000 pigs couldn't all die in two days!"

"What's the use of saying all this now! Let's quickly think of a solution and how to stop those deserters."

"Hmph, these lowly people! We spent so much money arming them, and they couldn't even hold them off for two days? They're dead, but the most important thing is that the desert people took all that equipment!"

"You scoundrel! Prince Yan has only been gone for less than two years, and you're already spouting these words about being an orphan? Do you even care about the people? Do you even care about the country?"

Ye Lan pushed open the door and entered, and the council chamber fell silent.

The people here are not only the Seven Stars, but also other high-ranking members of Liyue. These people all know Yelan and know that Yelan is Ningguang's special intelligence officer.

Ye Lan walked to Ning Guang's side and said, "Wu Pei is dead."

Ningguang's exquisitely beautiful face revealed visible fatigue, and upon hearing Yelan's words, a trace of sorrow appeared on her face: "I've seen him, a fine young man... what a pity..."

Just then, an untimely voice rang out: "Enough! We should think about how to stop the desert people. Let's put aside the death of a scout for now."

One of them suggested, "Why don't we negotiate a peace agreement?"

Immediately, everyone's eyes turned to him.

The man shrank back and said, "It's just that we merchants have been bullying them too much. Why not just give those barbarians some money and have the caravan lower the price? Too many deaths are never a good thing..."

That's right. The deaths of 120,000 Yan soldiers mean the loss of the pillar of 120,000 families, and the issue of compensation will be a heavy blow to Yuehaiting.

A tall, slender figure stood up from the council chamber. He looked around and sneered, "I thought you had some brilliant plan, huh! In terms of courage, you're not even as good as those two little girls, Tianquan and Yuheng!"

"The day before yesterday, Yuheng Star went to recruit workers to serve as auxiliary soldiers. The Thousand Rock Army, auxiliary soldiers, and Yuheng Star, who have already assembled, are waiting on Tianheng Mountain Avenue. And you? You make money and lose money, and you keep calling yourselves lowly people."

“Let me tell you, they are not lowly people, they are more noble than any of you! I thought you were discussing some kind of plan, but it's nothing but money, money, money. Are you all obsessed with money?”

The reprimand made everyone lower their heads, and no one dared to refute him.

Because he is the Kaiyang Star among the seven stars of Liyue, all the Thousand Rock Army obeys his orders.

Kaiyang Xing seemed disappointed. He walked to the door, glanced back at the crowd, and shouted sternly, "Don't forget who we are! We are followers of Lord Yan. We grew up with the gods and are naturally superior to people from other countries!"

"Negotiating peace is tantamount to surrendering. I will never surrender to the desert people! I will never surrender!"

Then, Kaiyangxing pushed open the door and left.

Ningguang sighed deeply: "According to regulations, we should issue pensions, suspend all projects, and distribute the liquid assets to the families of the fallen soldiers."

No sooner had he spoken than someone objected.

"The disappearance of working capital will inevitably cause social unrest. Can't we do it in batches?"

"Hehe, as long as someone doesn't covet the pension and doesn't cause trouble, society will naturally remain stable."

"How dare you! Who are you calling a liar?"

"I'm talking to you, you son of a bitch! You dare to embezzle Qian Yanjun's money? Don't think I don't know what you mean by that!"

Ningguang's eyes turned cold: "My intelligence team will investigate the distribution of the pensions, and the monthly distribution of the pensions will also be monitored. Anyone who dares to touch this money will be exiled to the desert! Meeting adjourned."

After a bit more commotion, everyone left. Once they were gone, Ye Lan relaxed and teased, "Looks like being Tianquan Star isn't going well. Uncle Tian is much better off, fishing every day."

Mentioning Uncle Tian, ​​Ningguang laughed: "When I went to see Lao Gao, I found Uncle Tian carrying a fishing rod, buying fish from Lao Gao. He said he was releasing the ones he caught because they were too small to avoid damaging the ecosystem... Hahaha..."

Then Ningguang became serious: "Yelan, I'll have to trouble you a bit lately. Keep an eye on the group distributing the pensions. If anyone tries to take them, chop off their hands. Once the pensions are distributed, immediately find Ivan Rurik and propose peace talks. At that time..."

Ningguang didn't say anything after that, but Yelan understood.

By then, Kaiyang Star and Yuheng Star will have already fought a battle with the desert people, and they won't have a choice anymore!

.............

Ke Qing, a star of Yuheng, originally planned to reinforce the mine tunnels of Chenyu Valley, but the invasion of the desert forced her to suspend the project, leaving her extremely anxious.

Yuheng Star is in charge of land development. Most of the miners who mine jade in Chenyu Valley have signed contracts with Yuehai Pavilion. In short, they work for state-owned enterprises and have official positions.

Jadeite has always been scarce in Teyvat and is only produced in the Jade Valley, so the Jade Valley has been mining the veins.

If the desert people invade the mines, what will happen to the workers...?

Ke Qing dared not even think about it, anxiously leading her troops to await the arrival of Kaiyang Star.

Suddenly, Ke Qing's eyes lit up when she saw someone in the distance. She quickly ran over and grabbed him, saying, "Uncle Wuqu, you're finally here! Come on, come on!"

(Kaiyang is also known as Wuqu Star. I couldn't find the name Kaiyang among the seven stars in Liyue, so I'll use this as a substitute.)

Kaiyang Star... oh no, Wuqu looked at Keqing with a smile: "Alright, the young lady of the Ke family is quite good at leading troops. Why don't you lead the troops and go next?"

Upon hearing this, Ke Qing released Wu Qu's sleeve and stared at the middle-aged man in front of her: "Uncle, what are you doing? Are you trying to slack off? What time is it? If you want to slack off, someone might die because of it!"

Wu Qu chuckled and said, "Hey, old man Ke, you can't say that. You've seen the Gilded Brigade, right? The leader of that brigade is usually called a Gilded Human. They are descendants of the Demon God Amon, and their combat power is higher than that of ordinary Eye of God users!"

"Even you, young lady, would be helpless against three or five of these people. Zhou Chen is my old subordinate, and I know his abilities very well. The annihilation of 120,000 definitely involved the help of the 'Golden Humans'! If we go over there like this, we'll just be throwing our lives away!"

Ke Qing was speechless for a moment, then said angrily, "But we can't not go, can we?"

"Ah, you've hit the nail on the head." Kaiyang Xing held up one index finger. "Guess why there are so few demons in Chenyu Valley?"

Keqing thought for a moment and said, "There are many immortals there that the common people do not recognize. They punish the demons that attack humans in an attempt to get humans to offer them Mora and build temples for them."

Kaiyangxing laughed and said, "They're not called immortals, they're just immortals at most. How dare an immortal who hasn't taken form call himself an immortal? Don't they want to be worshipped? Then let's give them to them and let them go."

Ke Qing was taken aback for a moment, then retorted, "We live in an era ruled by men now; we humans should rely on ourselves!"

"Yes, we rely on building temples ourselves and commanding immortals to fight for us. Keqing, you're too old-fashioned and rigid; you need to embrace new things..."

"If the immortals are gone, what kind of human healing is that?"

"So you want them to die?"

............

Zhongli, carrying a birdcage, teased the canary in the cage in the Hall of Rebirth, his golden eyes revealing a chilling murderous aura.

"Since you've deployed demigods, then I'll send immortals to suppress them. It'll be perfect for me to see how the Seven Stars handle this disaster—human intervention..."

Zhongli grabbed a handful of birdseed, activated his magic, and sent a message to the Three-Eyed Five-Manifestation Immortal, then put the birdseed into the birdcage.

"Oh dear! Zhongli, come quick! The nails on this coffin are rusty. You need to replace them immediately! We're about to have a surge in orders, so we can't afford to be careless!"

"......OK."