He leaned against the wall and rested for a moment.
Su Mu's pale face gradually turned rosy.
For him at this stage, using the power of the Abyss was still too much of a strain.
If it wasn't for the need to suppress "Gongzi" without making a fuss, he wouldn't have used the power of the Abyss.
After confirming that his body was fine, Su Mu leaned against the wall and deployed a wind element barrier to prevent outsiders from disturbing his thoughts.
"Geo Archon died mysteriously."
"It looks like he staged it himself."
"To find a breakthrough quickly, the most direct way is to go straight to him."
"First figure out what Geo Archon is trying to do, then figure out how to get the Geo Gnosis from him."
"Liyue is a land of contracts, as long as you pay enough, even the Geo Archon's Gnosis can be put on the scales."
Su Mu closed his eyes.
The wind element turned into a gentle breeze, blowing in all directions.
The wind carried sounds, as if telling Su Mu the intelligence they had found.
After a moment, Su Mu opened his eyes and smiled slightly: "Liyue Harbor is in chaos, you still have the time to listen to stories."
【Sucrose】：Ah?
【Sucrose】：You found it already?
【Sucrose】：This this this... how did you do that?
【Jean】：Mr. Su Mu's mastery of the wind element has reached its peak.
【Lynette】：But how did he know Geo Archon's location? Can you even do that?
【Kaedehara Kazuha】：He heard the voice of the wind.
【Faruzan】：The voice of the wind?
【Kaedehara Kazuha】：Yes, the wind has a voice.
【Kaedehara Kazuha】：I can also hear the voice of the wind, feel the emotions in it.
【Xiao】：Hmm... It's true, only those who have experienced countless battles can sense these details.
【Jean】：That makes sense, Mr. Su Mu traveled through many worlds before coming to Teyvat, he has already experienced countless battles.
【Jean】：After getting the Anemo Archon's Gnosis, he further developed the possibilities of the wind element. If I hadn't seen this, I wouldn't have known that the wind element could be used like this.
Amidst everyone's discussions.
Su Mu strolled to Three Cups of Tea.
At this time, Tian Tie Zui was on the stage, gesticulating and telling the story of Geo Archon.
"At that time, in Liyue, there were great demons in the sea, and evil chimeras in the mountains. Geo Archon summoned all the immortals to restore the world..."
It was now working hours, and there weren't many listeners, Su Mu soon saw a handsome man in a brown long robe, enjoying tea and listening to the story.
Su Mu sat down next to the man and raised his hand, saying:
"Boss, get me a pot of hot tea and a few plates of desserts."
"Alright!" The teahouse owner immediately ordered the waiter to serve tea and water, his face full of smiles.
Su Mu picked up the teacup, blew on it gently, then took a sip, nodded slowly, and said lightly:
"Liyue Harbor is now in chaos, but the Rock King still has the time to sit here and enjoy tea, it's beyond my expectation."
Hearing this, Zhongli paused slightly when he picked up his teacup. Then, he slowly put down his cup, turned to look at Su Mu, as if wanting to test him.
"Don't bother testing me."
"Your strength is the reason you became the king."
"In my eyes, your power is so strong that it reaches the heavens."
"No matter how you hide, how you disguise yourself, you can't hide this fact."
"I see." Zhongli nodded slightly: "Indeed, you're a traveler from another world."
The two talked openly, the surrounding audience seemed to not hear them, still listening to the story with relish.
"I thought our encounter would be later."
"But you found me so quickly, you must have come prepared, right?"
"You can say that." Su Mu picked up a dessert, took a bite, it was so sweet that he quickly took a sip of tea.
"I saw a Fatui Harbinger on the road, and considering their actions in Mondstadt, I guessed they might come for you."
"Oh? Why do you say that?"
"Liyue is a nation of contracts, but also a nation of commerce."
"As long as you pay enough, even the Gnosis is negotiable."
"So what you're saying is?"
"The Fatui are unlikely to trade with you anymore."
"If so, why not try a different trading partner, one that will surely satisfy you."
"Oh?" Hearing this, a look of curiosity flashed in Zhongli's eyes: "Do you know what I want?"
"Isn't it obvious? Mysterious death with no warning, isn't that just to stir up this seemingly calm pool of water?"
Zhongli was surprised when he heard this.
He didn't expect Su Mu to see through his purpose at a glance.
"Although I haven't been in Liyue for long, I still got some interesting information."
"'Gongzi' doesn't know, even though he's escaped my sight, he's still under my surveillance."
"He has a Permit to All Things, and he wanted to use me to find the immortals and relay what happened at the Rite of Descension."
"The Fatui are Liyue's enemies, yet they want to contact the immortals in Jueyun Karst. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, so I guess there must be a conflict between the immortals and the people of Liyue."
"He wants to use this opportunity to ignite the internal conflict in Liyue."
"Then conversely, your commission is likely to be about resolving Liyue's internal conflict."
"Conflict is like a time bomb, if you don't clear it in time, it will eventually hurt yourself."
"And, the conflict that would make Geo Archon personally lay out a plan to solve, must be a conflict accumulated for decades, even hundreds of years. I love this kind of challenging work."
By this point, Zhongli's expression had changed.
He didn't expect Su Mu to be able to deduce to this extent from these scattered pieces of information.
"Traveler, no, Mr. Su Mu, your wisdom amazes me, perhaps I should change partners."
Since Su Mu had seen through him, there was no point in Zhongli hiding it anymore.
"The people of Liyue are immersed in deceit, intrigue, and backstabbing, and the immortals have long been extremely dissatisfied with them."
"Therefore, the immortals have mentioned more than once that they want to replace the Liyue Qixing, let them take charge of Liyue, to prevent an internal crisis from happening again."
"There was once an internal struggle among the Liyue Qixing in Liyue Harbor, and many people were affected, causing serious consequences for Liyue and leaving a psychological shadow on the immortals."
"I want to let the immortals know."
"Not all of the Liyue Qixing are like that."
"Sooner or later, we old geezers will be swallowed by the river of time."
"Liyue is our Liyue, but ultimately it is the Liyue people's Liyue. We should give them some confidence."
"So, I teamed up with the Fatui to set a trap, using my fake death as an opportunity to put pressure on the Fatui, pushing the immortals and the Liyue Qixing to cooperate."
"Perhaps, only after experiencing a shared hardship together will the immortals realize that the Liyue Qixing are not all greedy for life and afraid of death, treacherous and deceitful, only through mutual trust can Liyue go further."