Yuanshen: The sea of ​​sand at the beginning, straight to the seat of God

171 Chapter 169 - Within the Rules
Isn't this making it difficult for yourself?
Rama took a sip of tea and glanced at the man opposite him.

This is a new friend introduced by Xingqiu. Although Rama is not willing to meet the other party at this time, but the other party comes to the door on his own initiative, and things will be difficult to tense.

Moreover, he couldn't refuse, nor did he want to refuse.

"It's an honor to meet you, Your Majesty Morax." Rama put down the tea cup, his words were respectful.

"Buyer's magical power..." Zhongli's hand movements paused for a moment, then returned to normal.

Should not be.

Even for Buyer, there is no reason why he would be able to find out his true identity just by meeting him.

What's more, Rama only received Buyer's blessing and then controlled part of the divine power.

"It seems that the God of Grass values ​​you very much." Zhongli looked calm, "I originally planned to use another bargaining chip to drive you."

"Is it because of Xingqiu?"

Rama guessed the answer.

Strictly speaking, his purpose is very clear, and many people can see it.

The pursuit of a higher level of life is a basic desire recognized by any kind of life. The alchemists of Liyue and the practitioners of the Guhua sect often have such thoughts.

Liyue's path of cultivation comes from the teachings of immortals. The greatest pursuit of people who have accepted [Taoist teachings] is to catch up with the immortals who taught them.

Unfortunately this is simply not possible.

Rama is just another one of these people who cannot do it, and there are many mortals who seek on this path.

Zhongli also obtained relevant information from Xingqiu.

Over the thousands of years, he met many such people, who either longed for the power of immortals or longed for the longevity of immortals, so he resolutely embarked on this path of pursuing the power of immortals.

Zhongli was not optimistic about Rama's research, but because of the alliance between Dadalia and Kong, Zhongli planned to increase their strength.

In this regard, He and Wendy have the same attitude. They will never take action personally. They must guide people to solve problems in various overt and covert ways.

Especially this time, He originally used his own death as a test to observe the reactions of the immortals and Qixing, and then judge whether they were qualified to take over a godless Liyue.

At this time, Zhongli would not take action personally.

What I never expected was that as soon as I came to visit, something would go wrong.

Zhongli's eyes scanned Rama's body.

How did you find it?
This is just the one meeting for everyone. We had no contact at all before, so it makes no sense for us to discover our true identities.

"It's because of Xingqiu." Zhongli nodded slightly, "It seems that because what he got from you exceeded what he paid, he found the [Palace of Rebirth] and planned to copy some ancient books from the hall master."

In the past, Xingqiu was completely uninterested in these things.

If it was an ancient book such as Zhiguai, he would read it with great interest.

But what he is looking for now are some records similar to the methods of the Guhua Sect and the Alchemists.

Hutao herself didn't care much, but Xingqiu came to discuss the matter very seriously. She just let the other party set a price and then sold the thing to him.

"The hall owner doesn't care much about it. Except for the secrets of the Hall of Rebirth, the remaining collections are of no importance to her. Since it is a request from a friend, of course it can be sold as long as the price is right."

The Hall of Purity has a long history and has a collection of many similar ancient books.

But it didn't work.

What is passed down from family is enough, there is no need to learn from others.

Human talent is limited, and you may not be able to explore the depths of a field if you delve deeply into it, let alone if you want to use the method of "paradigmatic".

"I see." Rama nodded, "I didn't expect Xingqiu to have such thoughts."

The end of the transaction means that the short-term cooperation between the two parties has come to an end. Now Luomo is just waiting for the springboard of Zhongyun, and he did not expect Xingqiu to do more things.

Probably in his opinion, this deal is actually unfair.

Rama is the stronger side, and the stronger side has paid more chips, which is of course unfair.

"However, I think this is a completely fair transaction. He has done more things as compensation to make up for what he thinks is a loss. This is his freedom, and I cannot easily agree."

To solve one problem first, Rama thought for a while, "If he continues to increase the price, he may still find it unbearable... I heard that he is very interested in ancient books such as Zhiguai, maybe some of Xumi's Ancient books can also serve as alternative compensation.”

Rama doesn't think it matters if he continues to add more money, but this is a strange circle.

Xingqiu originally gave too much to Rama, so he went around looking for extra help. If he continued to increase the amount, it would put more pressure on Xingqiu.

It would be better to use something that the other party might like as compensation for the second transaction.

"Then, why did you find me, under the crown of the God of Rock?"

Xingqiu is just an introduction. The current situation should be that his exploration of Liyue's cultivation system has attracted Morax - but it doesn't make sense. Why does studying this attract the God of Rock?Would Morax still be interested in human spiritual practice?
Rama was confused.

Morax is a friendly god, but like Wendy and Nasida, their friendliness is always aimed at their own family members, and secondly, if they have the opportunity, they will selectively protect the people of other countries.

Of course, it doesn't matter whether they are friendly or malicious. These gods habitually use other people as pawns to prepare for their own plans.

Everyone has their own plans. The Ice God has big plans at the Teyvat level, and Wendy and Zhongli have their own small plans at the national level. All living beings are pawns in their hands, working hard for their ideas.

During this period, Zhongli should start his own layout around Dadalia and Brother Kong, then make the two chess pieces rise and fall accurately, and finally bring out Osel to test everyone.

The Immortal and Qixing said that they would take this postgraduate entrance examination for cadres?The sincere cooperation hammered Oser, and then Tsundere Crane said, "You look at me like that, it's not that I want to come to Liyue Port", pushing the responsibility to the extent that the witnesses have a share.

So Qixing was kind enough to persuade them, the immortals were kind, and everyone completed the transition of power with a smile. Zhongli, who was on the sidelines, was greatly relieved, and recognized their great friendship. Pressed into the coffin board.

This process is not very busy, but it needs to constantly monitor Dadalia's actions and observe the direction of the immortal-reasonably, Mandrill must be an inner ghost, and most of them are constantly reporting to Zhongli.

It’s not very busy, but there’s a lot of micromanagement.

There is no reason to come here to arrest me at this time. I have rejected Dadalia’s melon skin plan, so why would someone come looking for me?
Rama looked suspicious, "Has Dadalia done something bad again?"

"I'm not familiar with him. If you need it, I can help you locate Dadalia so that Qixing can take care of this bad boy at any time!"

Zhongli:?
This expression is a bit weird. If you are fooling people, it's really hard to say what bad things you have done.

During this period of time, I have been studying new knowledge in the room, and I have never paid attention to the changes in the outside world. Maybe the fools really made a big news.Rama didn't think the plot was very reliable. He had already achieved this level. If he still relied on the plot to survive, he would probably have to wait to starve to death.

"No, Dadalia didn't do anything bad." Zhongli calmed down his expression.

If I remember correctly, Dadalia actually mentioned Rama. In his words, the two were like-minded partners... and then Rama sold him unexpectedly fast.

Although I know they are superficial friends, this is too superficial.

"No, no, no, you misunderstood." Rama looked sincere, "Those bad people like Fool, even if they don't do bad things today, they will definitely do bad things tomorrow. You should take precautions as soon as possible."

"Although I don't know why you arranged your own death, with the reputation of fools, you will definitely do something bad in the end."

Zhong Li was silent.

From the moment you enter this room, the pace of things just goes off the rails.

His original intention was to take advantage of the deal between Xingqiu and Rama, intervene in it, and then hire Rama to cooperate with Qixing.

Zhongli had already received news that the West Wind Knights from Mondstadt had chosen to intervene in Liyue's internal affairs, and Ningguang accepted their help.

This is not incomprehensible.

If he knew the inside story, Ningguang's behavior would be unnecessary.

But when people who don't know the inside story look at the situation in Liyue, they will only find it confusing and full of problems.

Under such circumstances, it is understandable for Ningguang to accept the help of the West Wind Knights... After all, Di Luke's only purpose is to make fools.

He doesn't seek wealth or power, he has all these things, and he only wants to fight against the fools.

To be honest, this kind of dedication without asking for anything in return simply made Ningguang, a big businessman, burst into tears. She did not hesitate to extract the information related to the Fools, and then handed it over to Diluc, and along with it, she The intelligence officer threw it over and became his deputy.

This is both help and surveillance.

But Diluc was fearless, because he really just came to fool people and had no other ideas.

It is normal for a foreigner to get involved in such a matter and be monitored. If there was no surveillance at all, it would be too much fun.

Before he came, he didn't expect that there would be such a thing as the God of Rock being assassinated. He also didn't expect such a thing to happen.

But now that things have happened, we can only respect the reality and start preparations again.

The intervention of the Monds, the compromise of the Seven Stars, and the cooperation of Sora and the Fools.

The direction of the script has exceeded Zhongli's expectations. In the original plan, things should not be so complicated.

What he wanted to test was the Liyue people's choices when facing chaos, but the direction of things gradually became exaggerated, attracting the attention of many strangers.

Rama was not among them.

Although he got in touch with the Fools as soon as he arrived, he had no intention of getting involved in this turmoil.

His interests at hand do not conflict with the plans of the fools, nor do they complement each other, so there is no need to intervene.

And Zhongli didn't intend to let him go.

Things are already so messy anyway, so why not make things even more messy.

Supporting this idea is of course Zhongli's own strength.

He is confident in his ability to turn the tide even in the face of the worst things, so naturally he doesn't care how much trouble these people can cause.

"Normally, this method of communication shouldn't be used." Zhongli sighed, "But you saw through my identity as soon as we met. This is not normal."

The disguise...can't be said to be very thoughtful, but most people would never expect someone to arrange their own funeral.

The principle of darkness under the lamp was not shown at all by this great sage from a foreign country. He approached with another identity, and he revealed his identity as the God of Rock in an instant.

It makes no sense at all, but that's just what happened.

"I don't mind contributing to Liyue." Rama smiled warmly, "The two countries of Xumi and Liyue have never been enemies."

But not friends either.

There are not many actual sexual connections among the seven mortal kingdoms. In fact, everyone can follow the example of Rice Wife and do their own things behind closed doors.

Even if there was a gentleman's agreement between Xumi and Liyue, it would most likely not be recognized now.

After all, it used to be the Six Sages group headed by Azar, and now Xumi is an interest group with Nasida as the core.

"Before that, I need to outline my needs."

Since it was cooperation and he was the god of contracts, Rama was of course willing to state his demands straightforwardly.

"I need a lot of information about cultivation. It would be best if I could directly contact the immortals."

"Of course, how much a person can get depends on how much chips he can pay. You hire me to do things, and the amount of chips is up to you to decide."

The god of contract would never cheat people in this kind of place, the style is too low.

"This is not a precious bargaining chip." Zhongli did not refuse, "But you should know that these roads are not feasible."

In fact, the immortals have never said that practicing these things can allow mortals to envision their realm.

This has nothing to do with so-called spiritual practice.

The environment in Teyvat is like this. To drive the elemental power, you either rely on your ancestors - see if you have the blood of immortals, demons and ghosts, or you rely on God's gift - that is, the eye of God.

The Fools have developed another way, and they can also draw elemental power through the evil eye.

It is so difficult to drive elemental power, let alone complete the evolution of the essence of life with the help of elemental power.

Teyvat doesn't support this.

The path of evolution does exist, but it does not rely on practice, it must rely on some external forces.

For example, the power of the [Abyss] that Kanria had come into contact with.

The path Rama took was actually relatively orthodox, at least he acted within the rules of Teyvat.

(End of this chapter)