Original God's Dark Priest

"Liyue has a long history, and many historical materials have been passed down. Although they are not completely accurate, at least there is evidence to rely on." As the sun was setting, Saphir took Dvorak to the Guili Plain, which was still a desolate place.

Looking at the desolate scene, Dvorak was a little confused: "Miss Saphir brought me here... is she going to say something to me?"

"Didn't Ying tell you? Tell you what happened back then." Saphir stopped and looked at the uncle next to her who was almost two heads taller than her.

Dvorak frowned slightly: "Miss Ying did say that...but..."

"But why me?" Safir chuckled. "You always want to get to the bottom of things. It's good to be curious, but it's a disadvantage to want to know everything. It's rare to be confused. Some things are better than nothing."

Dvorak nodded slightly, not to indicate his agreement, but he had a vague feeling that Safir must have something to say but didn't. This feeling made him suppress the intention to speak and remain silent.

Saphir didn't care about that. Seeing that Dvorak stopped talking, he continued walking forward. "There are many immortals in Liyue, and their lives are long. There are countless people who are still alive today. Most of them travel around, some live in seclusion in the mountains, and a very few choose to integrate into Liyue Harbor and travel with others."

"I don't know...the one I'm looking for..." A light of hope ignited in Dvorak's eyes. If he could meet that fairy, he would have fulfilled an obsession in his heart.

With a half-smile on his face, Saphir raised his hand and pointed to the barren plain: "She... is right here, on this land."

"What do you mean?" Dvorak felt an ominous premonition in his heart.

Saphir looked at the confused man beside him and spoke slowly: "Liyue Harbor was not the original place where the people of Liyue lived. In the history of Liyue, there have been large-scale migrations of people. Before Liyue Harbor, the place where they lived and gathered was Guiliyuan.

Guili, Guili... Some people say that Guili was not originally called this name, and its original name has long been unknown. The origin of this name is the first two demon gods of Liyue.

The first one is the Rock King Emperor, who is almost known to everyone. The second one is called "Guizhong", a female demon god. She is the Emperor's comrade-in-arms and one of the founders of Liyue.

According to legend, she is good at music, has many friends, has a warm heart, is willing to help others, has a good personality, and has a good relationship with almost all immortals. She is a leader praised by everyone. "

"Such a god should not remain unknown. Even today, only a few people know her name..." Dvorak looked at the desolate scene, and a sad feeling welled up in his heart. "There is only one possibility for this situation to happen."

Saphir nodded slightly: "Yes, she died, thousands of years ago. Guiliji was attacked, and she fought against the invading enemy with her life, but was defeated here.

When Lord Chen passed away, Guiliyuan was destroyed. Even after a thousand years, it is still in ruins."

"So that's how it is, Miss Safire. You want to tell me that the fairy I've been looking for has become history and I'll never see her again." Dvorak understood completely that Safire would not tell him all this for no reason. She said so much, probably just to make him understand her.

Safir didn't say anything, he just stood there. Revisiting an old place always made some waves in his heart.

After a long time, she finally sighed, turned around and walked away, pinching her fingers to make a spell. Various symbols danced at her fingertips, forming a scarlet door.

She gently pushed open the door made of runes, then stepped aside and looked at Dvorak: "Even though she is already dead, if you want to see her, I can still let you see her. She is inside. Go in and you will see her."

"Can I talk to her?" Dvorak was surprised at Saphir's methods, but he couldn't care less now.

Saphir chuckled: "How can a dead person speak? It's just a shadow, I'm afraid his face is not clear enough."

"Is that so..." Dvorak felt disappointed.

Safire nodded and asked, "Will you be disappointed?"

Dvorak shook his head: "It is an unexpected gain to fulfill a wish. How can I feel disappointed?"

After saying this, he strode through the door and disappeared on the spot as the scarlet light flowed.

At the same time, a soft white halo flashed on Saphir's body, and the long sleeves of a jacket that she had not worn for a long time appeared on her body. At this moment, she seemed to have become the Demon God of Dust, Hagentus, who co-founded Liyue with Morax thousands of years ago.

Standing barefoot on the ground, feeling the touch of her feet, she was in a trance for a moment, then she raised a sunny smile, put on a veil, hummed a song, and skipped away...

In the north, Fushe, who witnessed all this, was touched: "I must have drunk too much. I actually saw Lord Guizhong showing that attitude again. I thought I would never see him again..."

Everything was hazy and chaotic.

Dvorak didn't know where he was. Ever since he stepped through the door, he had been lost in a thick fog.

At first, he walked very carefully because he couldn't see the road. Gradually, he realized that this didn't seem to be a completely material world, but should be closer to a place similar to the space of consciousness in legends.

Knowing this, he increased his pace a little and walked faster. After an unidentified amount of time, the fog dissipated and he found himself in a sea of ​​clouds.

The sea of ​​clouds is vast, fog is rising, and the sun cannot be seen in the blue sky. One can only see the brilliant rays of light in the distant clouds, which is extremely magical.

Dvorak's heart was filled with excitement. He was absolutely certain that this was a fairyland. However, he didn't know where the fairy that Saphir mentioned was.

As the sea of ​​clouds rolled, a road gradually formed, and it seemed that someone was waiting for an audience with him at the other end of the road.

Seeing the road appear, Dvorak's heart trembled. With excitement, he stepped onto the stairs formed by the clouds and climbed up slowly and steadily, step by step.

After walking for a distance, the faint sound of music became faintly discernible. Dvorak's eyes lit up and he quickened his pace. The sound of music became more and more obvious and gradually clearer.

It is a very peaceful piece of music, which fits Dvorak's fantasy of immortals very well.

Following the direction of the music, Dvorak ran over, first quickly crossing the steps, then quickly taking two steps at a time, then three steps at a time.

He couldn't wait to meet the fairy he had been searching for for half his life.

Finally, after crossing the last step and pushing aside the thick clouds that blocked his way, Dvorak looked up and saw... a pine tree.

Under a pine tree, a woman sat and played the zither, her eyes lowered and full of tenderness and love. The veil covered the lower half of her face, making it difficult to see clearly, but even if he just looked at those eyes, Dvorak couldn't help but imagine how beautiful this fairy's face would be.

The moment he saw the other person, Dvorak already had the answer in his mind: this was the person he was looking for.

However, at this moment, he no longer had the energy to pay attention to the immortal, because the music attracted all his attention. Dvorak unknowingly forgot everything and slowly closed his eyes.

Saphir gently put down his hand and pressed on the strings. The music stopped abruptly and the surrounding scene disappeared in an instant. This place became the desolate and sad Guiliyuan again.

After quickly changing his clothes and putting away his guqin, Saphir came to Dvorak and waved his hand in front of him. When he found that he did not respond, he snapped his fingers and said, "Hey, you came back to your senses."

"Huh?" Dvorak was awakened by Safir. He blinked in confusion, and then realized what had happened to him. Seeing Safir in front of him, Dvorak was a little confused, "I just..."

Saphir patted his shoulder and said, "No need to tell me about the immortals... No need. The obsession has been resolved, the person is dead, the fate is over, from now on, walk your own path."

After saying that, she walked towards Liyue Harbor on her own.

Dvorak opened his mouth and swallowed back what he was about to say. He actually wanted to know why Saphir, as a Fatui, could open the portal to visit the immortals.

Why, a person who grew up in Fontaine, knows so much about Liyue's history? But none of this matters anymore. He looked into Saphir's eyes and saw a gentle light similar to that of a fairy in her scarlet eyes.

“…I understand.” Dvorak nodded and said no more.

However, there was more emotion in his eyes when he looked at Saphir's back, and he remembered what Ying had said to him before.

"Sapphire said she would take you to find out the truth. I think this is a good idea. After all, it is better to go to the scene to check it out than to spread it by word of mouth."

The girl's eyes flickered as she spoke, and she seemed a little hesitant. After a long while, she continued, "It's just... there's something I don't know whether I should say or not. You should understand her, right?

Don't trust everything she says, it's always better to be cautious. Of course, I'm not saying she will definitely lie to you, but some of the things she says may not be completely true...

That’s what I mean.”

He tried to ask more, but Ying refused to reveal any more.

Now that he thought about it, Dvorak vaguely understood something.

In the afterglow of sunset, Saphir's shadow was stretched very long by the setting sun. She walked very slowly, as if waiting for Dvorak to catch up.

Dvorak took a few quick steps until he was walking side by side with her, and heard her say, "The Lantern Festival will be here soon, and the program is almost ready."

"Well, during this period I have also been observing the people who are preparing to participate in the music festival. Their programs are all very good." Dvorak nodded, "This music festival will definitely be very successful."

Saphir chuckled when he heard this: "Yeah, we should speed up, otherwise we won't be able to get back in time."

As she finished speaking, her hair turned dark and her eyes turned from red to black. She used God's Teachings and Holy Wings together, and the two of them flew towards Liyue Harbor at an extremely fast speed.

In Liyue Harbor, since Ying has returned, Shen He can naturally come back here. She is currently in the Moonlight Tavern with Jiang Li.

Normally, children are not allowed to enter the Moonlight Tavern, but Jiang Li is an exception. Soxia knew her and did not stop her.

Jiang Li quickly found Tian Tiezui who was drinking slowly after the performance and waved to him: "Hey, Tian Tiezui! Are you drinking!"

"Oh, isn't this little boy Jiangli? Why did you come to the tavern? This is not the place for you. If Lord Safir finds out, he will probably punish you." Tian Tiezui said with a smile when he saw Jiangli.

Jiang Li raised his head, looking fearless: "It is a tradition of the Lantern Festival that children cannot be beaten during the festival. She will not beat me."

She was very confident, but Shen He added: "But after the Lantern Festival, it is also a mistake to score with the left foot first."

"Uh..." Jiang Li's expression flashed with an unnatural look for a moment, but she soon coughed and changed the subject, "Let's not talk about this. I came to discuss something important with you this time!"

Tian Tiezui was very curious. What important matter could this little guy want to talk to him about?

Jiang Li handed over a piece of paper mysteriously, with a few words written on it: "You do this, this, this, this, this..."

She whispered something like this in Tian Tiezui's ear. Shen He, who heard everything, couldn't help biting his lower lip. This girl was totally courting death.

And he dragged Tian Tiezui into his own death.

Looking at the cunning look in the eyes of Naituanzi, and then at Tian Tiezui who kept nodding, a little nervous but more interested, Shen He sighed and pretended not to know.

Anyway... no one will die, so let it be, I'm tired, just destroy it.

A few more days passed, and finally, it was the day before the Sea Lantern Festival. Everyone reported their prepared programs to Dvorak. After some screening, Dvorak determined the program to be performed and arranged the order of performance.

Among them, Xin Yan and his team got the qualification to perform the opening show as they wished, and they became the opening program. Following closely behind was the Lucky Clover Singing Team organized by Jiang Li.

This was set up to please Klee, but unexpectedly it passed the review and became the second show.

The third show was a program by Kamisato Ayaka and Coraline Shinkai. According to Dvorak, music does not necessarily have to have lines. He deliberately distinguished between programs with lines and those without lines, and performed them alternately.

Because Ke Li and the others' program had lines, Safire guessed that Xin Yan and Kamisato Ayaka's programs had no lines.

Following Kamisato Ayaka's performance was Yun Jin's, which was definitely a solo opera, no need to guess.

The following performances were all by people Safire was not familiar with, until the very end, when her show was scheduled as the closing song.

Seeing the program, Safire sighed slightly. After all, he couldn't escape and had to go on stage to perform.

Walnut jumped over and nudged her waist with her elbow: "We're opening and closing, that's great!"

"You... there are too many of you, right?" Saphir looked at the girl next to him, his eyes twitching when he thought of that team.

Hu Tao made an innocent expression: "Well, you can't blame me for this. It was Ke Qing's idea. I don't know what got into him. He had to make such a big deal and ended up like this."

"Eh? Is that Zhongli's idea... um... okay." Saphir nodded slightly. In fact, she could guess why Zhongli was like this.

Because a long time ago, there was indeed such a conversation about someone questioning Morax's lack of musical knowledge, and now it seems that this guy is holding a grudge.

After confirming the program list, Saphir met Keqing on the way back.

Keqing came to inform her of an important piece of news, which was about the changes in stalls during the Lantern Festival.

Because Yanshang Tea House has been doing well recently and has been sought after by many people, starting this year, Yanshang Tea House also obtained a stall quota for the Sea Lantern Festival. Safir didn't want to know who lost the quota, but the news did cause her some trouble.

Because it was one more thing to worry about.

Back in the tea room, Safire announced the news, and as expected, the employees all looked surprised.

Chu Yi looked incredulous: "We are just a teahouse... How can we set up a stall?"

"That's a good question. I want to know, too." Saphir spread his hands, looking helpless, but still gave instructions, "Anyway, since we've been given the qualification, it means that the Seven Stars are giving us face, and we can't refuse that.

Let's prepare tea for tomorrow morning. Just bring some ordinary tea leaves. I guess no one will drink this stuff during the Lantern Festival. Bring some more high-end tea leaves. Bring some golden tea as well. Oh, by the way, have Liu Dashika and the others returned?"

"I came back a long time ago. I arrived this morning. You were not here at that time, so I didn't inform you." It was Nadia who answered her.

Hearing that Liudashka and others had also arrived, Safir nodded, and then ordered people to go to Feiyun Chamber of Commerce to pick up new clothes, and ordered people to buy candies, and also asked people to get up early the next morning to prepare cakes for the tea room stall.

She decided to set up a tea party stall for people to drink tea and relax. In addition, she also planned to contact Fangwenshe to buy some reading materials and put them on the stall, making it a resting place.

After arranging everything, it was already late at night. Dragging his tired body, Safir went to take a shower and then threw himself directly on the bed.

The festive season is approaching, and although it’s lively, it’s really tiring, especially the preparations before the festival, which are really exhausting.

Fortunately, all the preparations have been completed, so I can have a good sleep and wait for the festive occasion tomorrow.