Feeling the pain in his shoulder, Su Yuan was shocked that the eerie state "Zhongli," even from such a distance, could still use the eerie power to suppress and control his movements.
Su Yuan suddenly realized he had been a bit impulsive.
Even though Tartaglia had undergone some special training with his master Skirk, and even though Su Yuan himself had gained some ability to wield Geo energy...
Facing the eerie state "Zhongli," it was still not enough.
Seeing himself and Tartaglia unable to move, and Zhongli closing in step by step, Su Yuan wondered if this was where he would meet his end.
If he could go back in time after death, he must come to this village earlier and check whether the brother and sister had evacuated...
Su Yuan's expression showed some despair and disappointment, and Tartaglia , seeing this, shouted loudly:
"Su Yuan, what are you doing? How can you just give up like this?"
Then, to "Zhongli's" slightly surprised gaze, Tartaglia actually broke free from the suppression and restraint of Zhongli's eerie power, still holding his weapon, and charged toward "Zhongli" again!
But obviously, facing the greatly enhanced strength of "Zhongli" empowered by the eerie power, even with special training, how could Tartaglia possibly be a match?
In just a brief moment, Tartaglia was knocked down to the ground once more, with "Zhongli" pressing his foot on Tartaglia's chest, leaving him unable to move…
"Zhongli" looked at Tartaglia coldly and spoke with an icy tone:
"What an annoying fellow. Then I'll send you on your way first—make you pay the price for obstructing the execution of the Judgement of Warth of the Rock!"
As he spoke, "Zhongli" formed a stone spear entwined with eerie power in his hand, ready to pierce through Tartaglia's head…
Tartaglia neither tried to escape nor said anything else, only staring fixedly at Zhongli, his eyes without the slightest trace of fear…
"Zhongli" suddenly thrust the stone spear down.
At this critical, life-or-death moment, the hand holding the spear abruptly stopped…
The spear's tip had already pierced through Tartaglia's forehead, drawing streams of fresh blood…
The eerie power surrounding Zhongli dissipated, and he looked at Tartaglia and Su Yuan with a hint of apology, saying:
"Sorry, I'm back…"
"Zhongli, you shouldn't be apologizing to me, but to that child," Tartaglia said, his voice tinged with sadness.
Su Yuan looked toward the direction of the collapsed house.
It turned out that during the battle, the boy had been digging through the rubble with his bare hands…
Then, after seeing his sister's corpse and confirming her death, without any hesitation, he took a sharp stone and smashed it against his own head…
The brother, burdened with guilt for failing to protect his sister, had taken his own life—that's why Zhongli was able to recover from the eerie transformation…
Afterwards, Zhongli, Tartaglia, and Su Yuan didn't say much.
They simply gave the brother and sister a modest burial, then left the place…
"Zhongli, actually I originally thought that your rules of eerie transformation didn't require any attention at all..."
Tartaglia looked at Zhongli and said,
"If it's those bad people, the villains who break those clearly forbidden rules, then if they die, they die. Your actions in that case could even serve as a deterrent for them…"
"But tell me about that brother and sister just now—though the brother technically violated the contract, do you really think he intended to do that?"
"He's just an ordinary child. Facing such natural disasters and accidents, what could he possibly do?"
"Yes."
Zhongli nodded and said,
"That's why in some formal contracts, there are exemption clauses. In the face of storms, heavy rain, earthquakes, and other acts of God or force majeure, these are not considered breaches of the contract…"
"Yeah…" Su Yuan also spoke up, "But what just happened was only a verbal promise between a pair of siblings, two children. How could there be such detailed terms in that?"
"By the way, Su Yuan, how is your injury?" Zhongli asked with concern.
"It's fine. With the essence of the Azhdaha, my body's recovery ability seems to have greatly improved…"
Su Yuan patted his shoulder.
There was a tear in his clothes, but the flesh underneath had completely healed and recovered, without even leaving a scar.
"That's good, Su Yuan."
Zhongli nodded slightly, wearing a thoughtful expression, and continued speaking:
"Su Yuan, I remember you telling me that the original wording of my rules for eerie transformation is: 'In front of Morax, the contract must be honored'…"
"So now I'm thinking, if that's the case, then breaking the contract in front of a statue or portrait of the Geo Archon would understandably cause me to fall into eerie state…"
"But now, I myself am no longer the Geo God, nor do I hold the name Morax anymore—I am Zhongli, a guest consultant of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor…"
"So why is it that even when I break the contract in front of myself, I still fall into eerie state?"
"Isn't that obvious, Zhongli?"
Tartaglia immediately replied:
"In the previous Rite of Summoning Adeptus, you ultimately faked your death to escape. You say you're not the Geo God, but does that really mean you're not Morax, the Geo Archon?"
Hearing what Tartaglia said, Su Yuan seemed to recall something and quickly spoke up:
"Zhongli, do you remember the time I was in Fontaine?"
"Focalors sacrificed herself and completely destroyed the Hydro Archon's throne, causing the Hydro Archon to disappear from this world entirely…"
"Su Yuan, what do you mean by that?"
Tartaglia looked at Su Yuan with some confusion and said:
"Are you suggesting that Zhongli should do the same as Focalors and perish together with the Geo Archon's throne?"
"Although that would indeed be one way — once Zhongli is gone, he naturally wouldn't randomly fall into the state of being 'eerie' anymore…"
"But sacrificing Zhongli so directly doesn't seem like a very good choice either…"
"No, that's not what I mean."
Su Yuan continued to explain:
"Focalors had to sacrifice herself before in order to completely return the authority of the Sovereign Dragon to Neuvillette, thereby resolving the prophecy crisis in Fontaine…"
"But now, we don't need to sacrifice Zhongli, right?"
"Liyue doesn't have any overwhelming crisis at the moment that requires the full authority of the Sovereign Dragon to resolve…"
"All we need to do is completely destroy the Geo Archon's throne!"
"That way, in the world of Teyvat, the Geo Archon Morax would truly cease to exist in the real sense…"
"By giving up the identity and name of the Geo Archon, Zhongli would simply become Zhongli…"
"In that case, the conditions for Morax's eerie transformation would have nothing to do with Zhongli."
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