Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

To the winter country. Night.

The Fatui's meeting hall is like an ancient forgotten temple, hidden in the dark shadows. Here, time seems to have frozen, and only a faint firelight flickers in the darkness, bringing a strange vitality to this dead space.

The dome of the meeting hall soared into the sky, and was engraved with complex runes and patterns, as if telling an ancient and mysterious legend. However, these runes were blurred in the dim light, adding a bit of mystery and weirdness.

On the walls around, there were strange murals depicting various mysterious scenes and creatures. Under the light of the fire, these murals seemed to come alive, and it seemed as if one could hear the whispers and roars of the creatures in the murals.

A brown-haired man sat on a sofa with a table in front of him. He supported his head with his gloved right hand, pretending to have a headache, and whispered in confusion:

"What happened to Liyue's debt collectors? Why were they eliminated without any warning in the suburbs of Liyue?"

However, there was no one else here, only the howling night wind could answer his question.

The entire meeting room was filled with a tense and strange atmosphere. There was an indescribable sense of oppression in the air, as if an invisible giant hand was tightly strangling people's throats. Every breath became heavy and difficult, as if it was exhausting all the strength in the body.

The man pulled out a piece of paper from his pocket and unfolded it slowly. But judging by the folds on the paper, the man had already unfolded it before. In other words, he kept repeating his actions.

"Huh... Isn't this a challenge to me? I just took the position of executive officer and I've already encountered this kind of thing."

"But the arrangements for Liyue are not yet complete. Going to Liyue now might alert the enemy... Tsk! This is really troublesome!"

The man stared at the paper, frowned, folded the paper again and put it back in his pocket.

He stood up from the sofa and walked to the window. His figure was stretched out in the moonlight, like a beast waiting for its chance to strike. His eyes were as sharp as an eagle's, looking far away at the dome of the Winter Palace. His fingers slid lightly on the paper in his pocket, as if he was feeling the power of every word on it.

Suddenly, the man lowered his head, as if he had made up his mind, and looked into the room with a sharp gaze. His voice was deep and powerful, as if it came from the abyss: "What cannot be obtained by force, cannot be obtained by words. If we do not show our strength, how can we really interfere in the affairs of other countries?"

"We need to send out all the advance teams we can so that I can get a good look at the people of Liyue!"

......

"Ah, after running for so long, I finally found the secret realm of the holy relic!"

Li Tao stood at the entrance of Huachi Yanxiu Secret Realm in the north of Aozang Mountain, tears streaming down his face.

In fact, this is not the first time that Li Tao has cleared the secret realm in Teyvat. Didn't he find the entrance to the secret realm of [Huaqing Guizang] in Luhuachi before?

But at that time, he could not enter the secret realm because the ground veins were blocked. Later, when the ground veins were unblocked, he could not enter because he lacked the relevant element reaction when solving the puzzle. When he went through untold hardships to find the help of Qianyan Army and finally opened the secret realm of [Huaqing Guizang], he found that this secret realm was a one-time secret realm.

So, when the Qianyan Army that came to help cheered for the successful exploration, Li Tao was crying in his heart - it was all in vain! How could he forget that some secret realms do not drop holy relics!

What's worse is that he can't even remember which secret realms specifically drop holy relics. This forced him to spend some time diving through the memory fragments, slowly looking for secret realms that specifically drop holy relics.

Finally, he chose this secret place called [Hua Chi Yan Xiu] and once again used his adventurer's talent as a runner to run to the vicinity of Ao Zang Mountain.

"It's been a month since the Chef Championship ended. What have I been doing during this month?!"

While complaining about his time-wasting behavior, Li Tao observed the situation in the secret realm.

"It is said that the Ao Zang Mountain is as beautiful as its name suggests, with all its wonders hidden within. The Tianchi Lake here may seem like just an ordinary scenic spot, but in fact, it contains a cave that connects to the sky and spews out white clouds."

This is the introduction to the secret realm that Li Tao recalled from his memory fragments.

And this cave was right in front of Li Tao.

"It's a cave, right?" Li Tao gestured with his hand. "Isn't it a bit too big? Moreover, a cave that is more than ten meters high actually has a stone door. Isn't this clearly saying that this is a secret place?"

However, due to the hidden location of this place and the thick fog that can easily make people lost, it is still very difficult to reach the secret realm.

Li Tao carried his camping supplies, walked to the stone gate, and input his elemental power.

Instantly, some lines on the stone door lit up, and the entire stone door began to shake. Li Tao clearly saw that some mechanisms were activated, and the stone door slowly opened with the creaking of the mechanisms.

"Such a rich rock element..." Li Tao felt the distribution of the elemental power here and understood it a little. "No wonder the memory fragment said 'the damage caused by all rock element characters here is increased by 75%'. If the emperor comes, won't they all be killed?"

Thinking of this, Li Tao couldn't help but smile: It's not just about killing them all, can this secret realm withstand his full-strength attack?

"No way - it's time to quickly clear the secret realm and consume physical strength." Li Tao muttered as he walked into the secret realm, "It's a pity that I have been in Teyvat for so long, but I have never seen any resin that can restore physical strength..."

Behind Li Tao, the door to the secret realm slammed shut, and he was temporarily cut off from the outside world.

However, he still didn't know what kind of changes would happen to Liyue during his absence.

This change happened to be closely related to him.

.......

Liyue Harbor.

During this period of time, the disappearance of Xingqiu, the second son of Feiyun Chamber of Commerce, and the rising star of alchemy Chongyun was the most talked about topic among all the merchants in Feiyunpo.

"It is said that the two of them had agreed to go on a trip together, but after a day they had not returned to Liyue... Feiyun Chamber of Commerce immediately sent people to look for them, but they could not find any trace of them."

"The noble families panicked and mobilized a lot of resources. They even persuaded the Seven Stars to send out the Thousand Rocks Army to look for them, but there was still no trace... Do you think they were attacked by wild monsters and died unfortunately?"

"Impossible. Those two young masters are very powerful and possess the Eye of God. It is difficult for ordinary monsters to even approach them. I think they must have been harmed by bad people, so they have disappeared without a trace now."

"Yes, yes, if someone did it on purpose, then it's no wonder... Alas, when traveling in the martial arts world, how can we not be more careful..."

Conversations like this are everywhere on the streets.

A storm brought about by a tiny butterfly has now descended upon Liyue.