"It was an era when demons and gods came together. In the past, Liyue had not yet taken shape. The demon gods led their followers to stay in one place to settle down. Some demon gods clung to their areas, while some were warlike.
The devil chose to expand his territory."
Zhongli turned around and looked into Famas's blood-red eyes without timidity.
But Famas saw only endless fatigue and vicissitudes of life in Zhongli's eyes.
Zhongli remembered the first time he saw Gui Zhong.
The yellow sand in the sky swirled and covered the sunny sky. After all, she was dressed in red and tied with bells. She made a sweet sound as she walked, which was particularly eye-catching in the yellow sand.
The yellow sand was followed by a large number of monsters made from the great alchemist's gold. Although they were blinded by the yellow sand, they could always accurately attack the monster with the bell.
Young Morax frowned. He had never met this strange woman in red, but the woman's path happened to be among the mortals he protected.
"That's all."
Zhongli, who was still just the Rock King Morax at that time, gripped his spear tightly, flew from the city wall to behind Gui Zhong, and stabbed the tip of the spear accurately into the heart of the monster.
Starlight flickered, and the monster's corpse dispersed in the wind.
"Who are you and what is your purpose here?"
Zhongli frowned, and blue blood slowly flowed from the tip of Zhongli's gun into the palm of his hand that was holding the gun barrel tightly.
"Hello, Morax, my name is Gui Zhi, and I am the god in charge of dust in the north of your territory."
"I came here to sign a contract with you and become your vassal, but the condition is that you protect my people from monsters just like you protect your people."
The yellow sand that was originally flying all over the sky suddenly stopped dancing, and with the sound of final determination, it slowly sank from the sky.
"The god of dust?"
Morax searched his mind for information about this god.
It is indeed one of the demon gods in the north of his territory, bordering the Liyue ethnic group.
It's a pity that her divine power is so weak that she is not even interested in dealing with her. The only thing worthy of praise is her wisdom in turning dry land into rivers and moving rocks into flat ground.
Morax vaguely remembered that this god named Guiwen was proficient in the principles of mechanical manufacturing and could use a weak force to fight against powerful gods several times his own.
He has already seen the power of machinery in Canria.
"Your divine power can't help me. You can't even protect your people on your own. Why should I sign a contract with you?"
Morax, who was still a fool, said expressionlessly.
"I am willing to follow you like your immortals, as long as you can protect my people."
She finally walked out of the dust, and with empty steps, she stood outside Liyue Port, which was still a small fishing village, with traces of blood dripping from her arms, looking extremely embarrassed.
Zhongli's golden eyes shone like an uncut gem, beautiful but without luster.
Until the arrival of the girl.
"Gui Zhong, Ben, and I are also teaching believers in our respective areas, and have no intention of fighting, but fights occurred spontaneously. After discussion, she and I decided to join forces to unify the Liyue area."
Returning to the present, Zhongli looked into Famas's eyes and slowly told the story of him and his end.
"After all, I wanted to use the earthly lock as a token of our contract, which contained her wisdom. But I tried for a long time and couldn't unlock the lock, so I had to give up. Now that I think about it, I still vaguely remember her pretending to be solemn at that time.
While looking excited, she said something, and somehow I still remember it now."
"Those little people are as small and fragile as dust."
"Because I am so small, I don't know when I will die from natural or man-made disasters, so I am always afraid."
"Because I'm afraid, I always work hard to become smarter. I understand."
"So I think, since the power gap with you is too big, let's use technology and wisdom. If we have your power and my brain at the same time, this city will be great, right?"
Zhongli walked back to the rock statue, folded his arms, and looked at the cube in the statue's hand with unknown meaning.
He and Gui Zhong once jointly governed the people north of Tianheng Mountain. Gui Liyuan was extremely prosperous for a while and was named after them.
"So you actually like that dust god?"
"Gui Liyuan... Gui Li, Zhongli... you understand the relationship between men and women better than I thought, Morax."
The atmosphere that was supposed to be nostalgic was disturbed by Famas' expression of discovering a big secret, and the corner of Zhongli's mouth twitched.
I shouldn't have mentioned these past events with this guy.
"In the end, I have no feelings between men and women. The name Guiliyuan was indeed named after me and her names were merged together when we cooperated with her. This was a very common thing during the Demon God War.
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Zhongli gave an indifferent explanation, but there was a look of killing on his face that he had never shown in front of others.
"After you left the world, gold created a large number of monsters, and the demon gods invaded. At that time, I was only focused on wiping out the monsters in Tianheng Mountain and abiding by the contract we made with Gui Zhong. I didn't realize that the war was also burning towards Gui Liyuan.
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"In the end, she died in a melee on Guiliyuan. When I arrived, she had turned into stardust all over the sky."
Zhongli's figure did not move, hiding in the shadow of the statue, looking at Famas with a searching gaze: "I remember that the authority of the God of War is to borrow all weapons in the war."
"Who can assassinate a demon god under the protection of five yakshas and three immortals?"
Hearing Zhongli's question, Famas was stunned at first, then pointed his index finger at his face and asked with surprise: "Do you think it was me who killed him?"
Long before Morax was born, Famas had launched a challenge to the sky. The story of Gui Zhongli and Zhongli happened after Famas was sealed.
Zhongli didn't say anything, but the silence of Mr. Yan Wang made Famas particularly angry, and he couldn't help but laugh after that.
"Morax, there are only seven places to rule in the world. After all, he is not an immortal, but an orthodox demon god."
Famas's red eyes flashed and he stared at Zhongli with pitiful eyes.
"After the Demon God War ends, except for the seven victorious Demon Gods, all the defeated ones can only be sealed or exiled to the dark sea and can never return to Teyvat."
"Even if she lives to the end, she will still face the same problem... She is not one of the seven candidates to rule in the world."
"In the end, dying in the melee and letting you put down the eternal basalt form is the best choice for the sky."
Legend has it that in the era of melee between gods and demons, the God of Rock once showed the appearance of boundless killing. In the killing battle between the gods, gentleness never belonged to the Lord of Rock.
The rock king emperor of that era had no waves on his face as cold as rock, until the girl turned into dust.
After saying that, Famas turned and left, returning to Liyue Port.
If you walk faster, you might be able to catch up with Ying and Paimon who set off first, so that you won't have to spend the night at the Hall of Life again tonight.