Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

Chapter 1: Longing for Eternity (Part 2)

Same day, same time.

Li Tao and Wan Ye were walking on the road to Jueyunjian. During this time, Li Tao told Wan Ye about his first mission in Jueyunjian.

"Buddha statues? That sounds like something like that... Well, I mean, we in Inazuma also have the tradition of making statues of different gods. Inazuma has dedicated shrines to many demon gods in ancient legends. I heard that Liyue used to have such a tradition, but now everyone in Liyue worships the Geo King, and many other statues are ignored. I think Inazuma will become like this in a few years."

Wan Ye thought that the reason why Emperor Renyanwang was loved by the people of Liyue was that he really cared about the lives of the people of Liyue, but what about Lei Shen? It was the complete opposite. He wanted to change the lives of all the people of Inazuma for his own selfish reasons and force them to accept her will. I don't know how Inazuma is doing now... Oh, let's not talk about these things!

Li Tao sensed Wan Ye's complex emotions and said with emotion, "Fifty years in the human world is like a dream and an illusion. How can those who have lived once be immortal? In my opinion, Brother Wan Ye, you should think the other way around - even the devil will be worn out and destroyed one day, so is there anything truly eternal and immortal in the world? Even if there is, it probably only exists in concepts or outside the world."

Wan Ye was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Do gods count?"

"No, Brother Wanye, you've compared the Rock God with the Thunder God, don't you understand? Do gods exist outside the world? If they don't interfere with our lives, I'd like to call it eternal, but that's not true, is it?" Li Tao waved his hand, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the Seven Heavens Statue in the distance, and was inspired, "Look, it's like the Seven Heavens Statue. If it's not the incarnation of the gods in the world, if it can't give people the ability to use elemental forces, how can it convince people? It's just a stone statue! Just like I said before, all the forgotten stone statues - they have become the eternal past, and have become the gods who truly look down on the world indifferently."

Wan Ye also stroked his chin thoughtfully, looked at the Seven Heavens Statue and said, "Brother Li, has anyone ever told you that your thoughts are very profound and profound? At least I think you can definitely go to my hometown and become a priest."

Really, he talks a lot, most people would believe him on the spot. If we take him back to brainwash people - no, educate people, that would be a credit.

Li Tao felt an inexplicable chill and laughed, "Well, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's get on with our journey."

.......

Li Tao is no longer the same person as when he just awakened the Eye of God. After a mission to suppress bandits with the demon god, Li Tao's overall strength has been greatly improved. He not only perfected the powerful falling attack [Hard Vortex Water Blade], but also awakened his first constellation [Tidal Surge Star Breaker]. Putting aside the falling attack, the awakening of the constellation has brought Li Tao a comprehensive improvement in physical fitness, elemental force reserves, and elemental force control ability. It's just climbing up the Jueyunjian. Now Li Tao doesn't need to walk up the mountain road like before. He can climb directly. It doesn't matter if he falls down. Now he can use falling attacks in mid-air to reduce the damage of falling.

In short, the two of them changed direction, climbed along the steep cliff, bypassed the winding mountain road, and reached the top of the mountain. The scenery here is very beautiful: the surrounding trees are lush and green, and the shadow of the mountain wall slowly moves with the sun, casting a large area of ​​​​shade for people; there are a few stone tables and chairs scattered here and there, with traces left by people or immortals; the cliffs are full of flowing clouds, as if in a fairyland. Even Li Tao, who has been here once, feels relaxed and happy looking into the distance at this moment.

"This is not the highest place. Go down the mountain road and then go up, and you will reach the higher Qingyun Peak. Beyond Qingyun Peak, the mountain over there is more precipitous and less visited, and is called Aozang Mountain. To the southwest of Aozang Mountain, there is a natural stone forest of huge rocks, called Huaguang Forest. The rocks are in various shapes and forms, and it is a holy place for travel sketching. Further south of Huaguang Forest is Hulao Mountain, which is the westernmost part of the Minlin area, and further south is the Layered Rock Abyss."

Li Tao was very interested in identifying the direction and scenic spots, and it took him a while to remember to pick the Qingxin. Wan Ye did not disturb his self-intoxication, but "sat and watched the clouds rise" with interest, quietly watching the rolling clouds between the cliffs.

There were quite a few Qingxin nearby, and Li Tao easily spotted a few. Pulling up Wanye, the two stepped onto the protruding rocks in the mountains again, jumping and crawling towards the Qingxin. During this time, there were some unknown birds that wanted to harass them, but Li Tao shot them all down from the air with his water blade.

After picking a large bunch of Qingxin, the two finally found all the flowers needed for the mission. Now, they just need to return to Yujingtai and wait for the Liuli lilies to bloom.

"If we run as fast as we can from Jueyunjian now, it should be midnight... go, go, go!"

As if they were doing some kind of speed challenge, Li Tao and Wan Ye took another step and slid down from Jueyunjian at a very fast speed. Instead of taking the usual route, they went straight to Liyue Harbor from Cuijuepo and Lishajiao.

The two hurried and finally returned to Liyue Harbor in the early morning. One of the advantages of Liyue is that it has no curfew at night. While the business is booming, the market order can be kept stable, so that there will not be extremely bad robberies and thefts. So after passing the inspection of the Qianyan Army, the two entered Liyue Harbor and came to the vicinity of Yujingtai.

Li Tao searched around and soon found the glass lily they had found during the day. The glass lily was no longer holding its buds like it did during the day, looking shy and reluctant, but was blooming openly under the moonlight, showing its beautiful pure white body and golden stamens.

"The memories of the past, all the memories, the legend will bloom in the clear and beautiful song... This is the glass lily." Li Tao carefully gathered them into a handful and handed them to Wan Ye, "These are enough. Let's go back and give these flowers to the fishermen tomorrow."

Wan Ye nodded and said to Li Tao, "Can I go back and arrange the flowers? I want to put them all into a bouquet, with different flowers dotted around each other, it will look better."

You can actually arrange flowers... Li Tao looked a little strange, but he still agreed: "They don't have any special requirements. As long as you don't damage the flowers, you can do whatever you want."

"Then leave it with me first. Tomorrow, I will have someone go to the Adventurer's Association to call you, Li Tao. You have to come as a witness when the mission is over, right?"

Li Tao agreed again and turned back to the Adventurer's Association.

"In the end, I still haven't seen the house yet..."

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The next day.

The fishermen looked at the bouquets re-selected by Wan Ye with surprise, and praised the flowers in poor language. At the same time, they thanked Li Tao and Wan Ye one by one: "Thank you so much, two heroes! This is the reward we prepared, please accept it..."

Li Tao reached out and took the deflated bag containing a small amount of Mora, and suggested to them: "Everyone, I suggest that we go to the cemetery to lay flowers."

Of course, Liyue also has a cemetery, which is located somewhere in the wilderness outside the city. However, there is no cemetery, only some simple fences, and neatly arranged graves and tombstones inside. Including those fishermen who died unfortunately, all the members who died in this mission were buried in the cemetery recently. These fishermen certainly cannot afford tombstones and grave sites, otherwise they would not just pool their money to hire someone to find some flowers.

Li Tao led them to a large tombstone erected by the Liyue government and placed several bouquets of flowers in front of it. The tombstone recorded all the Liyue people who died in the bandit suppression mission, and of course the names of the fishermen who died unfortunately. Seeing these names, the fishermen who followed Li Tao burst into tears. They now dared to believe that the Liyue government had not forgotten their relatives to some extent - at least, they were not left without a burial place. But that was all. This mission would soon be forgotten by the Liyue people, and all Li Tao and Wan Ye could do was to find some fresh flowers for the fishermen to express the living people's remembrance of the dead.

Wan Ye looked at Li Tao who was comforting the fishermen, and was increasingly touched by what Li Tao had said unconsciously during the mission (see Chapter 16 for details): "Yearning should not be placed on dead things. Flowers will wither, love will fade, but people will always be there. As long as people still dare to love, have the courage to love, their yearning will be eternal."

That’s right… eternity lies in people’s real, actual lives.