Genshin Impact: A Mortal's Ascension to Godhood

He easily killed the remaining two little treasures, and Li Tao's aura not only did not disappear, but became even stronger.

But now was not the time for him to go crazy and fight with others. Facing Xingqiu and Chongyun who were supporting each other, Li Tao's expression softened. He put away his sword and quickly walked towards the two of them.

"How did you guys end up in this situation?"

"Stop talking, Brother Li." Chongyun smiled bitterly, "Did you bring anything to eat? I'm starving."

Xingqiu didn’t have the energy to act funny, so he nodded heavily: “Me too.”

Li Tao took out his unfinished dry food and water bag from his bag and said, "These are all I have. Let's just eat them. Damn it, don't fight over them, you two!"

Before he could finish his words, the two hungry ghosts reached out and snatched away the dry food.

"Ah... the taste of pasta, I miss it so much. It's so sweet, and the water is sweet too." Xingqiu chewed his dry food in big mouthfuls while giving a thumbs up and praising others, tears almost falling from the corners of his eyes.

Chongyun didn't even have time to talk, his cheeks were stuffed with food, like a hamster using its crop to hide food.

Li Tao looked at them with both heartache and amusement. He supported the two and sat them down at the entrance of the secret realm. Putting his arm around their shoulders, Li Tao asked, "I heard that you disappeared for almost a month. Were you completely trapped here by the Fatui? What exactly happened?"

Xingqiu rolled his eyes and leaned against Li Tao weakly: "Almost. Just as you think."

Chongyun lay down without any image at all and shouted, "Ah! I can finally get out!"

During this month, Xingqiu and Chongyun were really tortured by hunger and external threats. The first half was fine, but the second half was pure torture. Not only were they tortured, but the Fatui were also tortured.

"Brother Li, although I don't want to see this secret realm again, my body seems to be completely too lazy to move." Xingqiu collapsed beside Li Tao and said jokingly, "How about you carry us back on your back?"

Chongyun raised his hand: "I agree."

Li Tao burst out laughing: "You two are totally unlike your usual selves!!"

Xingqiu stuck out his tongue and said, "After being starved for ten days or half a month, your mind will also become abnormal."

"I want to let myself go even more." Even Chongyun said, "Well... now I feel like I'm floating on the clouds. I just want to lie still."

Li Tao had to give each of them a slap on the head: "Don't act like you're about to ascend from the mortal world. Now is not the time to rest!"

He looked at the two people's painful expressions and smiled happily: "Even if you want to sleep, you have to wait until we return to Liyue. Then, I will treat you to a hot spring bath."

"Oh! It's a deal!" "Can't you celebrate in a different way? I want to take a cold shower!"

After high-fiving the enthusiastic Xingqiu and comforting the dissatisfied Chongyun, Li Tao lifted up the thin shoulders of his two friends and pulled them out of the secret realm.

.......

As soon as Li Tao left, a beam of green light flew to the entrance of the secret realm.

After looking at the secret realm guards who were torn into pieces by Li Tao, and the corpses of the Fatui lying on the ground, Xiao Shangxian nodded with satisfaction.

"Emperor, it seems that the backup plan you arranged is useless. Sometimes, the growth of mortals can exceed others' imagination..."

Xiao couldn't help but think of the Emperor's instructions before he gave him the task of informing and protecting Li Tao:

"This matter was caused by the mission I entrusted to him, so I am naturally responsible for it. You go and tell him the details, and follow him to protect him secretly. If you encounter the Fatui yourself, you can also help."

"An adventurer is not a stupid person. He has a clear mind and a strong will. His strength improves rapidly and he knows many secrets of the world. You only need to tell him the details and he will understand them."

“As for what happens next, let others solve it on their own. Not to mention that Xingqiu and Chongyun have strong backgrounds in Liyue, their family forces will always lend a hand; besides, this is also the responsibility of the Liyue government, and they will also send people to Guiliyuan…”

At this time, Xiao couldn't help but ask: "Is the strength of that adventurer really worthy of the Emperor's attention?"

The emperor just smiled, glanced sideways, and didn't take up the topic.

Xiao immediately realized: In terms of strength, who in Liyue could beat the Martial God in front of him? Thinking of this, Xiao couldn't help but feel embarrassed: "Sorry, Emperor... I will withdraw now."

The Emperor stroked his chin and said, "Don't be nervous, Xiao. You know, after I retired, I observed the world to reduce the wear and tear... and this adventurer is a man with a strong personality, ambition and kindness. I am looking forward to what path he will take in the future."

Ambitious and kind at the same time?

Before Xiao understood what the Emperor said, he heard the Emperor say, "...Ah, just like you and Ruotu before you were defeated."

"Please stop talking about this, Emperor." Xiao felt that if he continued, his dark history would be uncovered by the Emperor from the beginning, so he quickly stepped back and said, "I will go to Ao Zang Mountain immediately."

After Xiao left quickly, the Emperor smiled silently, sat upright in the Hall of Rebirth, and continued to observe the passers-by with a calm expression.

.......

After Li Tao, Xingqiu and Chongyun left the secret realm, they returned to Guiliyuan.

"Ah! This sky, this grass, this sunshine—I'm finally out!"

Although they had already shouted once in the secret realm, Xingqiu and Chongyun could not suppress their inner excitement and slid to their knees on the lawn of Guiliyuan and lay down motionless again.

“Hurry up and stop cosplaying as a corpse on the ground!” Li Tao couldn’t help but blurt out his words from his past life again, “You’ll have a good time when we return to Liyue!”

"Since there's no one around now, Brother Li, why don't the three of us take a good nap here, using the sky as a blanket and the ground as a bed. What do you think, Chongyun?" Xingqiu smiled, turned over, looked up at the dazzling sun, and squinted his eyes comfortably, like a kitten basking in the sun.

Chongyun also turned over, resting his head on his arm, and said simply, "I'm going to sleep."

Li Tao had no choice but to use his trump card: "If you keep dragging it out like this, I'm afraid the Fatui who have caused you to waste a month in the secret realm will all run away. Don't you want to skin these bastards and pull out their tendons?"

Chongyun sat up and said to Li Tao with a sympathetic look on his face: "Well, I don't really hate them. Because they have already skinned their own people."

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Xingqiu's expression turned ugly: "Chongyun, can you please stop talking about this? It makes me sick just listening to it!"

Chongyun said indignantly, "I can't help but speak out about this kind of unscrupulous thing! Brother Li, listen to me..."

After hearing that this group of fools finally relied on cannibalism to maintain a considerable amount of strength, Li Tao began to feel sick.

"I was wondering how these guys still had the energy to fight me, it turns out they ate their own people!" Li Tao's face looked ugly, his throat seemed to be blocked by a piece of garbage, and he felt like vomiting.

Trying his best to put aside some disgusting associations, Li Tao thought for a while and then said to the two, "Forget about hunting down the Fatui. I was thinking of severely humiliating those bastards who repeatedly come to Liyue to cause trouble after I rescue you."

Chongyun spread his hands and said, "It's not like they don't have legs. They would have run away long ago."

"Then I will take you back now..."

Before Li Tao finished speaking, he saw a large amount of elemental force fluctuations suddenly erupting somewhere in the distance.

The three of them looked at each other and saw expressions of surprise and astonishment on each other's faces: Could it be such a coincidence?