Original God's Dark Priest

"The Demon God of Stoves, Marcus, is this his original name?" After hearing Safier's words, Ke Qing was thoughtful.

Beidou didn't know anything about this, so he asked, "What exactly is the situation? Please tell me in detail."

Seeing this, Keqing did not shirk the blame, nodded and explained: "Actually, this has something to do with Zhuyue Festival.

My grandfather was a scholar who studied Liyue culture. He wrote in his notes that there was a 'Kitchen God' in Guliyue, and people seemed to commemorate this god at specific seasons.

The classics recording the Kitchen God are rare, and the content of the texts is also very confusing. Some schools of thought believe that the Kitchen God is Lord Yan, while others point out that the Kitchen God is someone else...

There is a folk anecdote. It is said that the ancients once found a shrine of the Kitchen God. However, there was no statue of the god in it, only a huge stone with a smooth surface.

The boulder was lost during subsequent transportation and its whereabouts are still unknown. And this stone happens to have the same characteristics, maybe it is the one that disappeared back then.

My grandfather has studied ancient books for many years and came up with a hypothesis: the commemoration of the Kitchen God can be called the Kitchen God Festival. This festival may be the prototype of the Moon-by-Moon Festival.

To prove this, we need to find out the true identity of the Kitchen God. Now that the emperor has passed away, Liyue has entered an era of human rule. As future generations, we should value cultural traditions as much as the emperor did.

That’s why I hope that I can handle this matter, so that I can verify history and carry forward tradition. It can also verify my grandfather's inference, killing three birds with one stone.

This stone was delivered two or three days ago. Before it appeared, we had just decided that the theme of this year's Moon-by-Moon Festival would be 'food'. Maybe...this is also God's will.

These are just my guesses, and now that I have your confirmation, Safiir, I feel a little happy. "

Beidou laughed after hearing this: "If you want to know these things, just ask Safiir directly?" As she said this, she looked at Safiir who was listening with interest, "Why don't you just help us answer our questions and save a lot of effort? .”

Safire rolled his eyes, and then said: "I did plan to tell you the story directly at first, but now I have other ideas."

"Eh? What other ideas?" Beidou was a little confused and didn't understand what Safiir meant.

Safire felt very relieved after learning about Keqing's idea. She patted Keqing on the shoulder and said, "Your idea is very good. The story between the Moon Festival and the Kitchen God is indeed worth studying. Liyue Has a long history.

However, with the passage of time, many people have forgotten the past and lost many traditions. I strongly support the idea of ​​regaining tradition and researching history. The process of retrieving history is also another kind of history creation. .

This is the embodiment of the heaviness of this country. History should not be decided by me or by one person's mouth, so I have decided not to talk about Kitchen God's past for the time being and leave it up to you to pursue it on your own.

After you find the exact information and confirm the truth of history, I, or other immortals, will tell you about the past of the Hearth Demon God Marcus.

Therefore, before that, I ask you to formally take over the historical project of Liyue. It seems that the end of the living history of the emperor is not entirely a bad thing. At least I can see from you the true masters of the country.

The rule of man is not just words, we will watch carefully as you truly become the master of Liyue step by step. "

Keqing's performance made Safire very happy. In fact, she had always been worried about whether Qixing would rely too much on the immortals. She unknowingly tied the chain around her neck and handed it over to the hands of the immortals again, making the rule of human beings in vain. look like.

Now it seems that with high-level officials like Keqing here, changes belonging to "people" have been going on. Although subtle, it is subtle and moisturizing silently.

Keqing felt very happy to receive Safier's encouragement. She smiled and nodded, and was about to agree.

At this moment, Ning Guang suddenly said: "In that case, you will probably be very busy again. Do you need help? I can let Baiwenbaishibaixiao help you."

"But they also have their own work, right? If you let them come rashly, won't your progress be affected?" Ke Qing was actually very excited about this proposal, but she knew that the burden on Ningguang's shoulders was very heavy. If she could If it affects the preparations for the Moon-by-Moon Festival, she will definitely not agree.

Ningguang actually knew that this was not a good idea, but she understood the meaning of Safier's words better. Unlike other immortals who shun the world, Safiir obviously preferred to take the initiative to guide the direction of his people, but he did not like to put everything in his hands. He chewed it up and fed it to them, so he decided to let Keqing go and study it.

It can be seen that Safire attaches great importance to history, so Ningguang will support Keqing's work at the expense of affecting the progress of the month-by-month festival.

Seeing through Ningguang's thoughts, Safire declined on behalf of Keqing: "It doesn't have to be like this, it would be more appropriate for Baiwen and the others to help you work.

As for Keqing, I personally think we can ask Ying to help. What do you think? "

Hearing Ying's name, Ning Guang and Ke Qing's brows relaxed together. This method is indeed good. Ying works very neatly and has no selfish motives. It is most appropriate for her to help with this kind of thing.

Of course, you have to seek Ying's opinion before doing this.

Safire decisively took out the Dongtianguan ultimatum and started to contact Ying.

"Saphire? What's the matter? You didn't tell me at Wanmin Hall just now, but you are contacting me like this now?" Ying was a little surprised that Saphire would contact him at this time. Did he forget to explain something?

Safier didn't hesitate. She directly told Ying what had happened: "The incident happened suddenly. Ke Qing wanted to investigate the matter about the Stove King. I was short of two assistants. I was thinking about it. You and Xiang Ling are quite suitable. Just I wanted to see if you two were interested."

Before Ying could answer, Xiang Ling's voice rang out: "Is there such a thing? It feels very interesting, Ying, do you want to do it?"

"But aren't you still preparing for the King of Kitchen Competition? It would be a bit inappropriate to allocate some of your energy at this time, right?" Ying was still worried that Xiang Ling would be affected, so she asked this question.

Xiangling scratched the back of his head, thought for a while and suddenly said: "Of course it's business that matters! And who said we can't make preparations like this? I'm a bargain hunter of recipes from another world, right?"

Besides, since I am investigating something related to the Kitchen God, maybe there will be clues related to cooking food along the way, which can provide inspiration for me to participate in the cooking competition! "

After hearing Xiangling's answer, Ying knew that Xiangling had made up her mind. Safire did not deliberately conceal the content of the call, so everyone present could hear it. She looked at Keqing: "What do you think?"

"Xiang Ling has already taken the initiative to invite me. It would be inappropriate to refuse to accept it, right? If you are interested, then Ying and Xiang Ling can accompany me." Ke Qing smiled, "Then our first stop after meeting , let’s go to Qingce Village first. I heard that there are many ancient and old books in Qingce Village, and I want to go there to inquire about them first.”

After formulating the plan, the next step was to implement it without hesitation. Keqing was a resolute person, so she bid farewell to the few people present and ran to Wanmin Hall to find Ying and Xiangling.

Keqing left, Beidou and Ningguang also had other things to do, so the few people here quickly left and went about their own business.

"You still like to guide them as before." After everyone left, Safire heard a relatively high-pitched voice, which sounded like the voice of a child.

Following the direction of the sound, she immediately spotted the speaker, a little girl with blue hair.

"Hey, Ajiu, have you secretly observed this?" Seeing that it was Ajiu, Safire immediately walked over.

Ajiu, also known as Ruo Tuo, put his hands on his hips and said with a chuckle: "What you just did is similar to how you guided people to farm thousands of years ago, but the difference is that at that time, you transferred knowledge, and now, you guide them Find out for yourself.”

"It's better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. The instillation of knowledge can deepen the memory through practice, but history cannot. Only the truth they discover by themselves will be more impressive. I don't want the history of Liyue to become something passed down orally. Fabricated." Safire looked around looking for Zhongli.

In her impression, Zhongli and Ruo Tuo always appeared together in the past.

Ajiu saw through Saffir's thoughts and shook his head: "Don't look for it. He's not here. That guy has suddenly become obsessed with taking care of children recently. I take Nasida's little guy out to listen to the show every day. I'm not interested in that thing." I really had no interest in it, so I wandered off by myself.”

After hearing this, Safir nodded slightly: "It seems that Nasida quite likes listening to plays."

Unexpectedly, Ajiu curled his lips and said, "I don't think that's the case. Nasida is obviously trying to adapt to his pace of life, and she feels a bit deliberately catering to her."

"In Nasida's opinion, Zhongli is a senior, and she deserves to learn from all aspects. This is probably due to the newcomer's eagerness to pursue growth." Safire analyzed Nasida's thoughts and felt that this was the only way to explain it. The most reasonable.

Ajiu shrugged and sighed helplessly: "But he has retired, so if you imitate him at this time, you will be led astray, right?"

"That's not enough. Apart from some of his dandy behavior, Zhongli's abilities in all aspects are still worth learning. Whether it's speech or behavior, Nasida has been imprisoned for so long, and she needs to learn many things." Safi I think there's nothing wrong with it, but Ajiu is overthinking it.

However, Ajiu's next words broke her guard: "I hope his habit of writing down bills at the Iwagami Teahouse has not been learned from him."

Safir was sweating profusely in an instant. Logically speaking, she had already raised the ultimate prodigal son. If there was another one, it would be so painful to think that her Iwakami Teahouse would receive bills from Sumeru every now and then.

But she still comforted herself by thinking: Nasida will be in charge of the Order when she returns to Xumi in the future, so she won't have to send bills to other countries.

On the other side, because it is not Ying's first visit to Qing Ce Village, the group only needs to enter the Chensong Pot. After Ying arrives at the location, they will use A Yuan's magical power to come outside. In this way, the group People arrived at Qingce Village almost instantly.

After arriving at Qingce Village, the first thing they went to was a pavilion. In the pavilion, an old woman was standing quietly with her eyes closed, humming an unknown song softly.

As a qualified guide, little Paimon immediately explained the purpose of his visit to the old woman: "Grandma Ruoxin, we want to ask you something!"

"Oh, it's you, what's going on?" Grandma Ruoxin was disturbed, but she wasn't angry. Instead, she showed a kind smile and asked patiently.

Little Paimeng got straight to the point: "Are there any ancient books in Qingce Village? I want them to be very old!"

"Are you looking for ancient books? Let me think about it..." Grandma Ruoxin walked slowly in the pavilion, frowned and thought for a moment, and then pointed in one direction, "There is an old warehouse over there, which belongs to the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce. . There are many books in it that cannot be piled up at home, and their young master sometimes comes over to read."

When mentioning the young master of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, Keqing immediately thought of Xingqiu. After all, her family is also a businessman: "The young master of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce? You mean Master Xingqiu, right?"

"Eh? Isn't she the second lady of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce?" Little Paimon blinked.

Ying immediately nodded in agreement. She also heard this joke from Safir, and the two of them had a great time.

Xiangling immediately stopped the two of them from playing tricks and said: "Don't say such bad things behind other people's backs! Even if you want to imitate Safiir, you can at least say it in front of others. And this is not something worth imitating. His behavior, right? That guy really led you into trouble!"

"I'm sorry." Ying and Paimon immediately lowered their heads and admitted their mistake.

"Forget it, since it's the Xingqiu family's warehouse, let's go take a look." Seeing the two living treasures looking discouraged, Xiangling couldn't say anything harsh and could only shrug the matter away.

The group quickly walked through the terraced fields of Qingce Village and arrived at the idle warehouse of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce.

As soon as they arrived near the warehouse, they heard calls for help.

Keqing locked the position immediately, threw the thunder wedge, and then instantly appeared at the location of the thunder wedge.

The figures of several members of the stolen treasure group immediately caught her eye, and the one attacked by the members of the stolen treasure group was a Liyue man dressed as a servant.

"The Treasure Stealing Group? It's so rampant, damn it." Ke Qing immediately flew down, and the moment she landed, the elements exploded and unfolded: "The sword light is like me, cutting off all the debris!"

The purple thunder shadows kept flying back and forth, instantly breaking up the treasure thief group's front line. The man in the leader of the treasure thief group immediately realized that he was in trouble, and barely resisted twice. After seeing Ying and Xiangling following behind, , he took out the smoke bomb in annoyance, smashed it on the ground, and shouted: "The wind is tight!"

In just a few seconds, the members of the treasure stealing group disappeared.

The rescued man immediately expressed his gratitude to Keqing and others, and then explained his identity: "Today is the customary day to clean the library. I didn't expect to encounter a thief."

The man was still a little frightened as he spoke, and his body began to tremble unconsciously.

Seeing this scene, Xiangling couldn't bear it and asked aloud: "Are you okay?"

The man immediately waved his hands: "Thank you everyone, I'm fine." After saying that, his attention immediately turned to Ying and Keqing who were standing aside. "Eh? Look at how you are dressed, are you a traveler? And this is ...Miss Keqing?! Nice to meet you!"