Zongman: Traveling through time and becoming Fu Hua's sister

"Where on earth did you go, young master? I can't find you anywhere, not even at the Northland Bank... Never mind, let's go back to the hall first."

When Xun returned to the Hall of Rebirth, he opened the door and saw Qiqi tied up with a red rope, sitting on a chair in the lobby, with a sunset fruit stuffed in her mouth.

"Hey! Xun is back, help me keep an eye on Qiqi. I'm going to get the shovel. I must succeed this time." Hu Tao said as he stuffed Qiqi into Xun's arms and went back to the inner room.

"Um...how many times this year? Oh, yes, it's the twenty-third time. The last time was a month ago."

Xun put Qiqi down and untied the red rope on her body, took out the sunset fruit from her mouth, stuffed her with a bottle of coconut milk and let her go.

"Found it, preparing for burial. Eh? Where's Qiqi?"

"If I let him go, don't keep thinking about burying him. Bai Shu won't agree."

"Life and death are determined by fate, and yin and yang are in order. Wouldn't it be wonderful to let Qiqi return to the elemental cycle as soon as possible?"

"Don't be ridiculous, Hall Master. Qiqi is a special existence. Her desire to survive is very strong. I think it's good to let her stay in this world."

"Well, since you said so, I will treat her as the once-in-a-lifetime exception."

"What are you two talking about?" Zhongli came in from the door, holding a bird cage in his hand.

"Zhongli, you're buying random things again!"

"Don't worry, Master. This time the bill will be charged to the Northland Bank."

"Oh, it's that young man again. You two have been very close to him recently. But he is also a big client of our Wangsheng Hall after all. Is it okay for you to spend his money like this?" Looking at the two of them, Hu Tao was very worried that their consumption would scare away this big client of Wangsheng Hall.

"It's okay. I asked Heng. The money in the Northland Bank belongs to that guy... another executive of the Fatui - a rich man. The young master will definitely not mind. By the way, Zhongli, have you seen the young master? I can't find him. He's not even in the Northland Bank."

"I don't know about that, but the young master sent someone to deliver a letter saying that he would invite us to dinner at Liuli Pavilion in the evening, and he would bring someone to meet us."

"Eat! Okay, let's go now!"

"It's still early, let's go listen to the opera first. It's rare to have Mr. Yun's opera today."

"Well... that's fine, but I need to have some snacks, and I'd better put the bill on Northland Bank."

"By the way, you guys should come back early. The preparations for the sending-off ceremony are very troublesome, and I can't handle it alone."

"Don't worry, Hall Master. I will handle the matter of sending the Immortal Ceremony properly."

......

At night, in the Glazed Pavilion, Zhongli sat in the main seat drinking tea, while Xun stuffed cakes into his mouth to satisfy his craving.

Not long after, the young master came in with Ying and Paimeng.

"Hey! Is it that immortal? Or the one who helped us escape before?" Paimeng was stunned when he saw Xun. He had no idea which one of the three people she was.

"Let me introduce you. This is Xun who helped us escape earlier. The one next to him is Mr. Zhongli. Both of you are Daoists and guests of the Wangsheng Hall."

"A person on the road?"

"Well, in Liyue, businesses like Wangshengtang are always forced to come into contact with some underworld businesses. And we, the Fatui, have always liked to deal with these... friends who walk in the shadows."

"Glad to meet you two. I've heard rumors about you in Mondstadt."

"Oh, I've heard of it too. It seems to have solved the dragon disaster. That's pretty impressive."

"People in the underworld... shadows... sending people to the afterlife... wow! Could it be that the organization called the Hall of Rebirth is..."

"Yes, just as you thought. The Hall of the Reborn is an organization that manages funeral ceremonies, and its purpose is to send people to the afterlife with peace of mind." Just when Paimeng was thinking more and more distorted, Qing came out to explain and cleared up the misunderstanding.

"what?"

"Haha, could it be that they mistook Mr. Zhongli and Xun for assassins? There are indeed many assassins among the Fatui's friends, but Wangsheng Hall is not in this line of business... at least not openly."

"Not in public...but in secret..."

"Don't overthink it. We won't attack our clients. It's just that sometimes when I go out into the wild, I might accidentally add some clients. As a result, I can't see the treasure-stealing group anymore when I go out." Facing Ying's doubts, Xun didn't cover up anything. After all, it was the other party who attacked first, so it was normal for him to be unable to stop.

"Okay, okay, I can't go into detail about this. Anyway, I brought you here to meet Zhongli and the others because..."

"Because I have a way for you to come into contact with the immortal body of Emperor Yan Wang."

"what?"

"what?"

Paimon and Xun exclaimed at the same time. Paimon was surprised that Zhongli had a way to let them see the immortal body of the Rock King, and Xun was surprised that she didn't even know that Zhongli had such a great ability.

"Ha, no need to be surprised. Although the immortal body of Yan Shen has long been hidden under the control of Tianquan Xing Ningguang, let's listen to Zhongli's words first."

“Although Emperor Yanwang is the ancestor of all immortals, he is still just an immortal after all. Looking at Liyue’s thousands of years of history, immortals have left one after another. This is an irreversible trend.

Because times have changed - you should have experienced this change in Jueyunjian.

As you can see, the era of immortals is fading away, and the era of humans is gradually becoming a reality.

In previous years, when each immortal passed away, there would be a grand memorial ceremony. This is a tradition of Liyue, but this time even the Seven Stars had no time to consider this tradition... It's really shameful."

"Oh, right, the Immortal Sending Ceremony, how could I have forgotten this? In that ceremony, you will indeed have the opportunity to come into contact with the Emperor's immortal body! Ningguang doesn't allow anyone to see the Emperor's immortal body now, and I'm afraid that even if you recognize it, it won't work. So this is probably the only way for you to see the Emperor's immortal body." Hearing this, Xun suddenly recalled that there was also the Immortal Sending Ceremony. No wonder Zhongli was so sure.

"That's right. Only by participating in the Immortal Sending Ceremony can you see the body of the Rock God again."

"So help us prepare for the Immortal Sending Ceremony. This way you can see the Emperor's immortal body and we can reduce our workload. It's a win-win situation! Why not do it?" After hearing this, Xun realized that this traveler seemed to be able to become free labor.

"Eh? Are you trying to turn us into free labor?" Paimon felt something was wrong, the same feeling as when Shi asked them to pass on her message.

"How could that be! You need to see the Emperor's immortal body, and the way to see the Emperor's immortal body is to participate in the Immortal Sending Ceremony. This is not treating you as free labor, it's a transaction. You help me, and I will help you!"

"Well... okay, we'll just reluctantly agree to this."

"That's right. I'll invite you to the opera after the matter is done."