"Little Eula, look! The old uncle bought you a Rex Lapis Kitty Dragon!"
The old uncle pressed the Rex Lapis Kitty Dragon plushie right up to little Eula's face.
"I'm not a little child anymore... mmph, so soft."
Little Eula reached out and grasped the Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis. Just holding it let her feel the comforting softness coming from the Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis.
Meanwhile, little Hu Tao, facing the Rex Lapis Kitty Dragon her father had brought, couldn't bear to let go and wanted to grab it in her hands.
As a result, Director Hu directly held the Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis high up to tease the child.
Little Hu Tao was successfully teased. After jumping and failing to reach it, she directly treated her own father like a big tree and climbed up him.
After that, everyone gathered together for dinner. Once the meal was over, the two exhausted little ones sat on their chairs and nearly fell asleep right there.
"Go take a bath first. Sleep after you're clean." The old parlor director Hu said so.
And today was also a peaceful night. Nothing noteworthy happened.
Little Eula and little Hu Tao played very happily.
The old uncle, the old parlor director Hu, Director Hu, and Consultant Zhongli gathered to play cards and had quite a good time.
Afterward, Cid the old uncle returned to his own room.
"Can you hear me, old man Morax?" Cid sat on the bed and placed the Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis in front of him.
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis remained completely still, as if it were dead.
"I should be a descender. Although my strength isn't much, I know many futures that I don't participate in.
But those futures should all be within what you, the elderly Zhongli, can foresee."
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis remained completely still.
"If one can obtain a Vision,
it means that what I'm saying right now should be recorded by the ley lines.
So as a descender, I should only count as half of one..."
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis remained completely still.
"The Gnosis..."
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis instantly moved!
"Descender, let us end the conversation here."
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis spoke with full majesty.
Oh no—looking at this adorable yet majestic Kitty Rex Lapis makes it hard to resist wanting to pet it!
A majestic yet cute Rex Lapis is the best!
"Understood, Rex Lapis." The old uncle tried to straighten his back to join Lord Rex Lapis in the serious atmosphere.
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis looked at Cid, who was pretending to be serious. Actually, he had originally planned to enter his dream, since manifesting through a kitty dragon truly did not align with people's perception of Rex Lapis.
This descender with no filter was doing it on purpose.
"How do we save Director Hu when he goes to the border to burn away the dead qi?"
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis didn't waste words. "When the critical moment comes, you step in and take the Staff of Homa, holding the position in Director Hu's place."
"That simple?" Cid's back had already bent down again.
"The complicated procedures have all been completed by the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor. What follows is simply whether the director can withstand the erosion of the dead qi.
Outsiders are originally insulators from the ley lines, but you seem to have received acknowledgment from the island of the sky, allowing you to connect to the ley lines."
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis's explanation was straightforward; he stated everything clearly.
"However, there will also be a price to pay. Bearing the dead qi—even with your special constitution as a descender—will come at the cost of reduced lifespan."
The Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis's eyes were not large, but they let Cid know that he was watching him.
"I cannot judge how much lifespan will be lost. Perhaps a great deal, but perhaps very little."
In other words, this is actually a gamble?
Cid looked at the Kitty Dragon Rex Lapis before him.
"The Wangsheng Funeral Parlor has made outstanding contributions to Liyue. I know that people value their own lifespan greatly.
If you refuse, that is fine as well. I will not force you.
If you agree, then as Rex Lapis, I will do everything in my power to fulfill your wishes, as long as they do not cross my bottom line."