Chapter 69
"A guest is a guest."
Zhongli gestured to the teacup in front of him.
"According to the agreement, on behalf of the beautiful Ice Queen, I have come to take your God's Heart."
Li Dao was pretending to be a fool, looking at Zhongli with a serious expression, and even wearing a black mask on his face... Although this might cause the other party to not see his expression at all
"Boss Li, first of all, you didn't change your clothes; secondly, I was also listening to the music in the audience just now."Zhongli calmly drank tea
"……"Li Dao silently took off his mask and said,"This crappy thing is really stuffy and not breathable.
Nice to meet you. My name is Li Dao."
"Nice to meet you. I have many names. You can call me Zhongli."
Zhongli nodded.
""Okay, old man." Lidao nodded.
"……"
Zhongli was silent for a moment
"It's up to you, leave the boss, the conditions mentioned before……"
"Hehe, old man, you don’t want anything to happen to Liyue, do you?"
"From a universal point of view, it is true." Zhongli calmly drank his tea
"……"
No fun
"Master, I know you want to abdicate, but���A country protected by gods is not good. Think about it, even if Liyue wants to develop, if a god goes crazy one day, it will be destroyed! Even if there is no god going crazy, your mint has stopped, can this world still be good?"
Lidao leaned forward, lowered his voice, and exaggeratedly explained the pros and cons.
"Oh? I wonder what advice Boss Li has for you?" Zhongli drank his tea calmly.
He felt that what Mora said was indeed correct, but Liyue, he was not really dead, so how could anyone go crazy?
"So, old man, give me your Heart of God, and I will be the Rock God. I will continue to mint coins, and we will split the money 70% to 30%... Bah, it's to maintain the economic peace of Teyvat."
Lidao nodded seriously, and then invited earnestly:
"And I can also help you protect Liyue from threats. Don’t look at me because I’m thin. I have some strength. Take a look. What do you think?"
"I'm 70%?"
"That can't be done. You are 30%"
"Money is something outside of one's body, and besides... I have already made a deal with the Ice Queen, and the current Heart of God does not belong to me."
Zhongli shook his head and drank his tea calmly.
"Then lend it to me for a few days. When the Ice Queen sends someone to pick it up, I'll help you give it to them."
"No"
"I'm going to go crazy if you do this."
"Not like that." Zhongli calmly drank his tea.
"……"
Li Dao was speechless and could only change his mind. He looked Zhong Li up and down with a very curious look:
"Let's not talk about this. Actually, old man, I have a question for you before I met you. Can you become a woman? I read a book and the description there is so much like you."
"Yes."
A six thousand year old man could still hold his head in the face of a funny guy. Zhongli nodded and drank his tea calmly.
"Then can you perform that?" Li Dao looked expectant,"Don't get me wrong, I don't mean anything else, I just want to know if the male version of you is so handsome, will the female emperor also be beautiful?"
"I have thousands of incarnations, but for now I am still a man. Your orientation is really……"
Facing the gaze directed at his chest, the old man remained calm, even ironic, and drank calmly... He had finished his tea.
"……"
The old man was unmoved. Li Dao raised his eyebrows, picked up the teacup and tasted it... This tea is really good
"Hehe."
Seeing that Lidao finally drank tea obediently, Zhongli smiled:
"I heard about you from that drunkard poet who has nothing to do with elegance... Although it is a little different from meeting you this time, I am still somewhat prepared for your arrival."
"Wendy...actually came to see you. I thought he didn't dare to come."
"An old friend came to visit, and he had something important to discuss... Speaking of which, Boss Li, there is something I want to hear your opinion on."
Zhongli took the initiative, um... took the initiative, and raised his own questions:
"The poet mentioned to me a topic worth pondering, the world's binding force. He raised something that only mortals would think about, whether everything is destined... and cannot be disobeyed.
But I thought about it for a long time, but I couldn't come up with an answer... Because even if I force myself to do something against my will, I can't be sure whether my going against my will is destined.
So I have this question, Boss Li, as an outsider, in your opinion, is everything in this world destined?"
"……"
Lidao looked at Zhongli and was somewhat silent in the face of this question.
Because in his opinion, everything is indeed destined, at least this world is... and the closer the relationship between people and the world is, the more they cannot escape the world's convergence. Even if external force is injected, it is difficult to change fate if the power is insufficient.
However, he did not expect that Barbatos would suddenly realize the convergence of the world and run to tell Morax with great action.
Who gave the hint?……
"I got the answer from your eyes.……"
Zhongli nodded, but his expression did not relax. Instead, he stood up and looked up at the sky just like Wendy.
He saw a very firm and affirmative answer from Lidao's eyes... This reminded him of many bad things in the past.
In the end... Ruotu... Yakshas... There are still many... Those old friends who left...
I want to buy osmanthus flowers and carry wine together……
"call……"
Zhongli looked away, closed his eyes, exhaled, and put away his somewhat sad expression.
There is a way to easily test the authenticity of the so-called world's binding force.
"I heard from the poet that Boss Li knows a lot of things. Since he came here for the Heart of God, he must know a lot about me... Then sign a contract with me. Without affecting the transaction, I would like to ask you for a favor. Is that okay?"
Zhongli turned and looked at Li.���, took out the Heart of God and placed it on the table
"Please go ahead." Lidao nodded.
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On the way back
"Things went a million times better than expected.……"Li Dao played with the golden chess piece in his hand, but his brows were furrowed.
Success is not always a good thing. Success that is out of control makes him very uncomfortable.……
"But it's not bad."
Lidao chuckled and put away the Heart of God.
The red feather ornament on his left earlobe fluttered in the breeze. He had two guns hanging in the gun bags on both sides of his thighs, a red and black sword on his waist, a glove called"Waste of the Void" on his hands, and his long hair, which had a side effect, was tied up with a chain blade headband. On his chest hung two small and exquisite crosses, one gold and one pink.
"Times have changed. I don't have to be afraid of this or that anymore... Right or wrong, if there is a problem... It's a good opportunity for me to try my hand at the knife!"
This is like imitating the way a certain Bone Overlord dressed up. It is both cautious and respectful to the world boss, Mr. Zhongli... Although neither side intends to fight.
But, just in case.
Who can say for sure? Maybe one day a woman who he has cheated on will suddenly appear out of nowhere and stab him with a knife?
For example, now——
"……Good morning."
Lidao waved to Yelan who was not far away.
"Good morning, Boss Li. You have changed your look and become more handsome. I miss you so much~"
Ye Lan had a kind and weird smile on her face.
"Did you receive the letter?"
"Hmm~"
"Our elbow?"
""Okay~"