After many days of busynessâŠ
âPaimon: So⊠itâs finally over?â
âQixuan: You still donât trust me to handle things, Paimon?â
âMoon Carver: Indeed, for these past few days, I havenât felt that ominous, inauspicious aura. Liyue is truly at peace now.â
âăNingguangă: Many thanks to all the adepti for your great assistance. If not for your timely presence here, the future of Liyue Harbor would have been truly unpredictableâŠâ
âăLiuyună: Hmph, why the flattery? Moreover, we werenât âjust coincidentallyâ hereâare you trying to pretend youâve forgotten our purpose?â
âGranny Ping: Oh, alright, alright. Itâs good enough that we know the Geo Lord is fine now. Thereâs no need to be so confrontational.â
I once heard that when Ningguang first started her business, she already began to use her very limited income to fund the Installation of the Jade Chamber.
Initially, it was only the size of a room, but with continuous expansion, it is now a palace of such a scaleâŠ
This is her spiritual pillar as a businesswoman, as a Tianquan, and also a reflection of her entire life.
âThe Jade Chamber was destroyed for Liyue, which holds immense significance for her. I think such a level of cooperation and sacrifice should at least earn a word of praise.â
âăNingguangă: No⊠at this point, it should be said, âat least it can be used as a bargaining chip in negotiations,â that would be more to my liking.â
âGranny Ping: HahahahaâŠâ
âăNingguangă: Many thanks to this adeptus for being willing to speak on my behalf. We all understand⊠but we must also say that we cannot concede.â
âMoon Carver: Oh?â
âăNingguangă: Three thousand seven hundred years⊠According to records, it has been over three thousand seven hundred years since you adepti and the Geo Lord signed the contract to protect Liyue. Although the Geo Lord is now safe and sound.â
And even to this day, Liyueâs mountains and lands remain as solid as bedrock, no different from a thousand years ago. This is a commendable feat.
âBut this does not mean that Liyue is still the Liyue of three thousand seven hundred years ago.â
âPlease do not only cast your protective gaze upon this landâplease also look closely at this city, and at every single person here.â
âMoon Carver: Are you questioning our method of protecting Liyue?â
âLishui: âŠâŠâŠâ
âăNingguangă: No offense intended, I just hope that all of you seniors can consider Liyue one more time.â
âLiuyun: Heh, to still address me as âsenior.â You junior Tianquan are not even worthy of âseniorityâ in front of meâŠâ
At this moment, Qixuan and Zhongli walked over.
âQixuan: Liuyun, youâre not giving the juniors a chance. Anyway, since this old man is still alive, why not try an era of âhuman governanceâ?â
âEveryone: Greetings, Lord Geo Lord and Lord End.â
âZhongli: No need for such formality. I actually agree with Tianquanâs thoughts. You still have something to say, donât you?â
âăNingguangă: Forgive my presumption, but we Tianquan, though mortals, also have a contract upon us. The accumulated wisdom of past Tianquan, each generation leaves behind something worth inheriting.â
I also wish to tell the Geo Lord that successive Tianquan, under your guidance, have strived to survive in the human world, constructing a network of contracts called âtrade.â
âQixuan: Not bad, donât you agree?â
Qixuan looked at Zhongli.
âZhongli: I can sense all these thoughts of yours. I must say you are the most outstanding among all past Tianquan. Everyone, it is time for us to give humanity a chance.â
After a long silence from the adepti.
âWe respectfully obey the Geo Lordâs decree.â
âGranny Ping: Haha⊠You just havenât tried it. Why donât you try such an observation?â
At this moment, a little girl ran overâŠ
âăChangchangă: Huh? Why does everyone look so downcast? Didnât we just defeat the big monster?!â
âGranny Ping: Hehehe⊠Arenât you scared? Little girl, it was so dangerous just nowâŠâ
âăChangchangă: Changchang isnât scared, because there are the Millelith uncles, and powerful adults with a Vision, and powerful big brothers and sisters, and everyone in all of Liyue⊠and that big sister who defeated the big monster in the sky.â
âQixuan: (Cough cough coughâŠ)â
âăChangchangă: When itâs dangerous, everyone protects Changchang. In normal times, everyone makes fun things, and delicious food, and theyâll make the harbor prettier and prettier!â
âPaimon: âŠâŠâ
âGranny Ping: Everyone, look. This is what this era looks likeâŠâ
The nation of contracts is still grateful to the adepti, but over all these years, Liyueâs problems, big and small, no longer necessarily rely on the power of the adepti to be resolved.
The people we call âmortals,â though their bloodlines are fragile, are also resilient.
The contract between the gods and Liyue has lasted for over a thousand years; now, it is the era of the contract between Liyue and humans.
âQixuan nudged Zhongli and said: Now you can finally be a hands-off boss.â
âLishui: Ah⊠Look around, we just stand here in this harbor, and it seems we feel a bit out of place⊠Donât you think so, Liuyun?â
âLiuyun: Why ask me? It wasnât me who led the wayâŠâ
âQixuan: Alright, everyone, hear me out. Now that the old man⊠uh, the Geo Lord is safe and sound, why not let Liyue continue to be governed by the people of Liyue themselves? As for the Geo Lord, he can serve as a supervisor.â
âMoon Carver: Ah, fine, fine. We understand your intentions. Letâs go, letâs go.â
âGranny Ping: Hahahaha, youâve finally changed that stubborn old habit.â
âPaimon: Hooray! Now Zhongli has truly retired!â
âZhongli: Hahahaha.â
âQixuan: Donât laugh yet, Guizhong said she wants to talk to you in a bit.â
âZhongli: âŠâŠâŠâŠâ














