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Kind but weak, she constantly fled, losing her own territory.
They wanted to escape the war and protect their people, but they couldn't protect anyone.
In the end, only a small place to live remained.
Her followers finally realized that this overly accommodating and weak God could not protect anyone.
Rather than subjecting her to the torment of defeat, it would be better to give her a relatively easy release.
So they assassinated the salt god.
The salt god, his body crumbling, finally transformed into a clump of salt on the ground.
Many believers were corrupted into salt sculptures by the power that collapsed when the salt god died.
The believer who carried out the attack was frozen in time at the moment of killing the salt god.
The lucky believers escaped and sought Morax's protection in Liyue.
Fearing the curse, some people risked their lives to return to the salt of the earth.
They broke the sword that had been used as the murder weapon and enshrined it along with other salt deity vessels.
Hopefully, this will appease the salt god's anger.
But actually, they went to unnecessary lengths.
This demon god never resisted until the very end.
How could he possibly harbor resentment towards his own people?
In other words, the broken swords were not a symbol of resistance, but irrefutable evidence of betrayal.
Ultimately, unable to accept this fact, Wanyan fled in panic.
Chapter 88 Autumn Twenty Who Retrieved Heuria's Relics
Zhongli then brought Heuria’s last possessions to the top of Guyun Pavilion.
Snowflake, having completed her mission, felt a heavy and complex emotion as she looked at the salt god's followers who had turned into salt sculptures.
So they were teleported to Lonely Cloud Pavilion and climbed to the top of the mountain.
"I mentioned it to you before. Beneath the Lonely Cloud Pavilion, many ancient demon gods are suppressed."
"The immortals have now handed over Liyue to mortals, and the era of Heuria is a long past."
"The salt cups and salt rulers she left behind should not be returned to Liyue Harbor."
"Leaving them here is both a burden and a homecoming."
Zhongli crossed his arms over his chest and explained to Ying and Paimon.
"Zhongli..."
"Actually, I've wanted to ask this for a long time: Qiu Nian, when Gui Xu was fighting the Blinding Demon God, why didn't you come to help?"
With his hands behind his back, Paimon asked Zhongli with a puzzled look.
"Qiu Nian was severely injured by the blinding demon god's desperate attack and will need to recuperate for several years. Aren't you old friends?"
Ying also felt somewhat puzzled about this matter.
Could it be that Zhongli didn't sense it?
That doesn't seem to make sense either.
"Yes, why is that?"
Snowflakes were also puzzled by this.
Qiu Nian was severely injured, why didn't Zhong Li come to help at that time?
This is what Snowflake is puzzled about, and it is also what many viewers in the live stream are puzzled about.
"Seriously injured..."
Upon hearing this, Zhongli rested his chin on one hand and murmured with a somewhat strange expression.
His old friend appeared to have only suffered minor injuries.
A few days have passed, his injury should be fully healed by now, right?
"Um..."
"Actually, I asked Qiu Nian telepathically if she needed my help, and the answer I got was no."
Zhongli looked at Ying and Paimon in front of him and began to explain.
"So that's it..."
But why is that?
Paimon scratched his head upon hearing this, feeling quite puzzled.
He could have defeated the Blinding Demon God without getting injured...
"Perhaps my old friend wants to resolve his issues with the Demon God of Illusion himself..."
"He, like me, has existed for over six thousand years, and perhaps he has his own thoughts."
"But you don't need to worry. Just like he said, he only needs to rest for a few years."
Zhongli looked at Paimon in front of him and began to explain.
So Qiu Nian wanted to handle her own affairs and didn't want to trouble the Emperor...
[He really... I'm crying my eyes out...]
Good heavens, Qiu Nian has lived for over six thousand years!
"So what does Zhongli need me to do?"
Ying looked at Zhongli in front of her and asked with a puzzled expression.
"I personally ended an era."
“I’ve been thinking about how to record those… histories that I ended.”
"History can be recorded, but it is not reliable, and this incident proves that."
"Time has a powerful force, and history will be distorted over time."
"I need to find a better record to etch the true history."
"Carving stone is a way to record something from a long time ago, but the seemingly unchanging rock, the seemingly unchanging world, and I... may all disappear one day."
Zhongli looked at Ying and Paimon in front of him and slowly spoke.
"Zhongli..."
Paimon looked at Zhongli in front of him and said with a complicated expression.
"So, traveler, I thought of you."
"You are someone who has traveled across the heavens and crossed the sea of stars."
"Engrave history in your memory, and perhaps one day in the future, it will accompany you to another world."
"As a traveler, if you can record it, then the era and history of Teyvat will gain a kind of backup of its existence..."
Zhongli looked at Ying beside him and spoke.
"So that's the real reason they wanted me to travel with them..."
Ying looked at Zhongli in front of her and put her hands on her waist as she spoke.
"The task is arduous and the road ahead is long..."
Paimon looked at Ying beside him and spread out his little hands.
Just then, a cutscene began, and a background music track started playing.
"Thousands of years ago, Liyue was in chaos, and I and the immortals swept away the chaos."
Zhongli walked forward and arrived at the edge of the mountain peak, where he spoke.
Ying held a salt cup and a salt ruler in her hands, and looked down at the scene below with a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi - mixed feelings of emotion and reflection).
"After thousands of years, all that remains are folk tales and legends."
"Ausel...we are enemies, not friends."
"But the conflicts of the old era are just memories of the old era."
Zhongli crossed his arms over his chest, the breeze causing his clothes and braid to flutter.
And the words he spoke had an indescribable divine sensuality.
"Then Heureia's relics."
"Let your original territory bury you..."
After saying this, Zhongli was enveloped in a golden aura and threw the salt ruler and salt cup into the sea.
"The miracles of Liyue Harbor have been diminished once again."
"The myriad phenomena between heaven and earth are left for future generations to judge..."
Zhongli gazed at the sea below and said with emotion.
In the snowflake scene, the first act of the Ancient Barrier also appears, with the salt flower completed.
"If Oser swims back to this sea, he will devour Heuria's relics."
Will it enhance his power?
Ying looked at Zhongli beside her, feeling somewhat apprehensive.
"I understand your concerns, although the salt cup and salt ruler still possess power..."
"But even though Oser has lost his divine status, these things are still insignificant to him."
Zhongli turned his head slightly and explained to Ying beside him.
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