"Stop teasing me. A dangerous figure like that has arrived in Liyue, and you'll be the one getting headaches. I'm not one of the Liyue Qixing anyway, so why should I worry?"
Beidou seemed quite carefree, adopting the attitude of someone who has nothing to lose.
Strictly speaking, she is not only not an official Liyue employee, but she can even be considered half a pirate.
After all, the work she does isn't exactly clean. Otherwise, how would she acquire so much illicit cargo? And she's constantly being fined by Ningguang.
"That's true. I'm the one who should be worrying, but when it's time to help, you won't be excused either."
Ningguang chuckled softly. She would refrain from investigating the person's background as Beidou suggested, but that didn't mean she couldn't track her movements.
Liyue is full of her informants!
Unless the person is an existence similar to Liyue's Adepti, but is that possible?
...Guili Plains, Wangshu Inn, top floor.
"Xiao, have you been well recently?"
Morax stood with his hands clasped behind his back, gazing at the land below. Behind him was the tattooed young man, Xiao.
Epithet: Not tall... (crossed out) The Conqueror of Demons, Adeptus, the Vigilant Yaksha.
The three eyes refer to the Vision, or naturally, the inner eye. The five manifestations refer to various effective Adeptal Arts, such as immortality, flight and tunneling, and mechanisms.
A person who masters both is an Adeptus, the Vigilant Yaksha.
They are the pinnacle existence among the Liyue Adepti, and they are the beings who have guarded Liyue since ancient times.
Xiao is a member of these top Adepti. He was originally of the Yaksha Clan, and due to the various crimes committed during the Archon War period, after being rescued by Morax, he chose to fight the Remnants of the Archons to atone for his sins.
Thousands of years have passed since then, and the karma entwined around him has turned him into a mobile source of infection; even a slight leak can contaminate surrounding monsters.
This is why Wangshu Inn is often harassed by monsters, and why the Traveler constantly receives daily commissions about the Inn in Dihua Marsh.
"Everything is well, Lord Rex Lapis. The Remnants of the Archons in the Guili Plains area rarely appear now."
"...Xiao, you know that's not what I'm asking."
"Rest assured, Lord Rex Lapis, my body is fine. Although plagued by karma, I have long been prepared!"
Xiao said expressionlessly. However, reality always hits fast. The moment his voice fell, black mist rose up from around his body.
"Ngh... *cough*..."
"..."
Morax's shoulders slumped slightly, seemingly helpless. He rubbed the thumb ring on his hand, and a streak of golden divine power emerged from it.
*Buzz!*
Golden talismans slowly climbed onto Xiao's body. Under the Adeptal Power of the Ancestor of All Adepti, the karma was temporarily suppressed.
"You call this 'fine'?"
"That was... just an accident. Even if Lord Rex Lapis hadn't intervened, I could have suppressed it myself!"
Fine, thanks for the big rocket sent by your stubbornness.
"Alright then, assuming you can suppress it this time, what about next time? And the time after that? That Flute Player in Dihua Marsh and I can't always rush to your side in time..."
Morax said slowly. Xiao, however, fell silent, because the other party was absolutely right.
As time passed, the karma on him grew heavier, and the frequency of the outbreaks became faster and the intensity stronger each time.
If his strength hadn't been the greatest among the Yaksha Adepti, and if he hadn't had Venti's flute music to help, he would have already perished along with his kin.
"This is the Heart-Calming Powder of Entwined Branches. Remember to drink it at night. Also, I found you a... well, a doctor. She has a high chance of exorcising the karma on you."
Morax thought for a moment, ultimately referring to his junior as a doctor, even though the doctor's method of treating illness was a bit unorthodox... "That's impossible!"
Xiao denied it without hesitation. karma, accompanied by slaughter, had plagued him for thousands of years. His revered Rex Lapis and the Flute Player had no solution, yet a mere doctor could exorcise his karma?
But she shouldn't be a fraud, right? Otherwise, wouldn't that imply Lord Rex Lapis is a great fool, susceptible to such a clumsy lie?
It's like having terminal cancer, and your attending physician comes over and tells you there's an unconventional method that can save you.
This is ridiculous!
"Haha, nothing is impossible in this world, Xiao."
"That doctor comes from Inazuma. She is the newly born Electro Archon, and she possesses a pair of Eyes that Kill All Things."
"She used these eyes to completely sever the remnant hatred of the Violet Electric Kite, so I believe she can also sever the karma on you."
Morax smiled. He believed the other party possessed such ability, after all, she was someone who could make even him feel the threat of death!
It's a pity she was born too late. If it had been a thousand years earlier, those Yaksha would not have passed away one after another.
Xiao was greatly shocked upon hearing this. He knew a few things about Inazuma, such as the Twin Archons, the Slaying of the Great Serpent, and the Thunderbird.
But only five hundred years have passed since that person passed away! Could a new Electro Archon be born so quickly?
And she actually completely severed the remnant hatred of the Thunderbird. If it were him fighting it, he might not be able to handle it even after a few centuries, and he would end up stained with a pile of karma.
Although the destructive power of the Remnants of the Archons is not as great as that of a Archon, their contamination is truly troublesome.
Archons are like walking nuclear bombs; every strike is a nuclear explosion capable of altering the terrain.
And the Remnants of the Archons are like nuclear leakage—the decay period lasting tens of thousands of years is incredibly difficult to deal with, requiring dedicated personnel (Yaksha) for cleanup.
"In short, don't go out to exorcise demons today. Take a good rest."
"But..."
Xiao wanted to say something more upon hearing this, but Morax interrupted him directly.
"Relax, it's just one day of rest. Besides, didn't you just say that everything is fine in the Guili Plains area?"
Well, did he just lift a rock only to drop it on his own foot? Xiao couldn't help but think.
He only wanted Lord Rex Lapis not to worry, but now it had become the other party's justification.
"...I understand, Lord Rex Lapis."
"Good. I have things to attend to, so I'll be going now. Remember to take the Heart-Calming Powder of Entwined Branches on time." After Morax finished speaking, he left Wangshu Inn.
In truth, the Heart-Calming Powder of Entwined Branches can only alleviate the pain caused by karma, and each dose comes with minor side effects.
Such as general weakness or chest tightness.
However, compared to the pain of karma, these are nothing. Moreover, Xiao's karmic backlash frequency has been increasing recently, and Morax was worried that Xiao might fall ill the moment they met tomorrow.
Therefore, he prepared a batch of Heart-Calming Powder of Entwined Branches to suppress the karmic backlash.
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