Genshin Impact: I was sent away by Yaksha at the beginning

"..." Hu Tao stared at the child in front of her who looked only about seven or eight years old. His features clearly showed that he was the guest official of her family - Mr. Zhongli.

"Is this kid Zhongli? My guest?!" Hu Tao still couldn't believe her eyes. She rubbed them hard and then moved closer.

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you. But, that lady told me that if I don't use this gesture, the punishment she has imposed will be ineffective."

“Well, so the huge shock in Liyue just now was indeed because of you, sir? However, your attitude.” Ying looked at the smaller Mr. Zhongli and couldn't help but want to reach out and pinch that chubby face.

"Ying, wake up! You can't fall in love with a child." Paimeng looked at Ying's expression and immediately understood what Ying was thinking.

"Mr. Zhongli, I don't know why you became like this, but I'm going to find Bai Zhu to take a look at you. You just stay here and don't run around, okay?" Hu Tao tapped little Zhongli's forehead with her finger: "You've become so small, don't let anything happen to you again."

Zhongli was about to say something, but seeing Hu Tao's worried look, he had to nod obediently.

No, Mr. Zhongli who has become a child is too cute. Xieying finally couldn't help it, and regardless of Paimeng's obstruction, she directly picked up little Zhongli.

"Stop it, Mr. Zhongli seems to still have memories, so don't show off your..." Paimon wanted to say, "Control your abnormal psychology," but he couldn't help but fly in front of little Zhongli.

"Mr. Zhongli, can I..."

"I refuse." Little Zhongli, who was held by Ying, rejected Paimeng without any hesitation.

"Damn it! I haven't said anything yet!"

"Ying, can I ask you a favor?"

Ying reluctantly put Xiao Zhongli down. He sat upright on the carved wooden bench and continued, "I need you to go to Wangshu Inn to look for Xiao. If he is not there, please notify Ganyu and ask her to notify the other immortals to bring Xiao to me. I have something to tell him."

"Sir, we'll go find him right now. You wait here, but be careful not to be seen like this by ordinary people." Ying warned solemnly.

"Okay." Zhongli knew very well that now that he had no divine power and was in this state, even an ordinary adult could easily take him away. (Author: I, I, I want to rob.)

Ying and Paimon waved goodbye to him, and Zhongli recalled everything that had just happened at Qingyunding.

Although I don’t know what happened to that adult during the years she disappeared, she has indeed changed.

If it were in the past, I would never be forgiven for betraying her.

"From now on, there will be no more Rock God Morax in the world. You will continue to watch over this place for me as Zhongli."

"Morax, are you willing to be punished like this?"

"......." Morax imagined many endings, but he never thought of this one.

Originally, he had prepared himself to die, and he even thought that this Lord might destroy Liyue with his own hands after executing him in a rage. But, was this the only punishment this supreme and noble God would give him?

"What? Are you not satisfied?" The girl frowned. "Well, let's do this." She raised her hand and tapped Zhongli's forehead. Zhongli was shocked to find that his body was shrinking rapidly and looked like a child of seven or eight years old.

"Yes. You look quite cute. If you were found alive like this after I stripped you of most of your divine power..."

These were the last words the girl heard by the shrunken Zhongli.

In order to prevent himself from being discovered by ordinary humans and beasts in this state, little Zhongli used the last bit of his divine power to spread his wings of wind and flew to a nearby tree that looked relatively tall.

"Barbatos." I don't know how long I sat on the tree like this, but little Zhongli felt a familiar and gentle breeze around him.

"Wow!" Wendy approached Xiao Zhongli in surprise: "I never thought that I would be able to see an old man who looks younger than me in my lifetime! This is really a miracle!"

Wendy breathed a sigh of relief and tried hard to suppress the urge to cry. It was great. Although he thought his best friend had died when the Rock God's power disappeared...

But on the way to Liyue, he could still vaguely catch a faint breath of him in the wind. Wendy, who couldn't wait to confirm, finally saw the figure he wanted to see on a big tree.

"Hey, let me compose a new chapter for the legend of the Rock King, what do you think?" Wendy happily picked up his harp and wanted to sing a song for the little Zhongli immediately.

"As long as you are not afraid of being arrested by the Thousand Rocks Army in Liyue for spreading rumors about the Emperor, it's up to you."

“Hey, you’re still so unromantic. By the way, just call me Wendy. Oh my, if I don’t appreciate and record this scene, I’ll be unworthy of my reputation as the number one bard in Teyvat!”

"You are still so frivolous. However, I am no longer the Rock King. You can just call me Zhongli."

"Vendy, I have a favor to ask of you." Zhongli thought, other people might find him funny or scared when they see him like this, but Ganyu probably wouldn't.

"Please help me find the immortal named Ganyu."

"Hey, it's the little fairy beast that's as hardworking as Qin, right? Oh, I thought you would let me look for the golden roc." Wendy didn't expect that the Rock God, who had lost his divine power, did not ask him to look for the Yaksha with explosive combat power, but asked him to look for a cute little Qilin beast.

Soon, Venti came to Zhongli with Ganyu, who looked confused.

"Well, so the Emperor really..." Like other immortals in Liyue, Ganyu also noticed the unusual state of Liyue recently. Just when she was about to ask the bard in front of her whether he really saw the Emperor, she saw Zhongli sitting on the tree.

"This, what is this?" Ganyu felt very confused. How could this be the Emperor? This was clearly a cute child of seven or eight years old.

"It's your Emperor. There's no mistake about it. If you don't believe me, try to feel his weak immortal power in the wind." Wendy said to Ganyu with a smile.

"! It's great that the Emperor didn't pass away." Ganyu couldn't control her tears. Although she had received the news of the Emperor's passing during the last ceremony, she still refused to believe it.

"The era of walking with the gods has ended. I will bid farewell to the past and welcome a new life with this body. This is Liyue's kindness and wish today." Little Zhongli whispered as he looked at Ganyu with tears streaming down her face.

"I have never died, and you have never made any mistakes. Go back and tell the Liyue Seven Stars and other immortals that you have done a good job. So, don't be sad anymore, Liyue and I will have a new life."