Genshin Impact: Joining the Genius Society-Chapter 244: Keqing: Exasperated at Hu Tao for Failing to Live Up to Expectations
"Mr. Zhongli succeeding the position of Yuheng Star...
Keqing is actually serious about this?"
At the docks, Beidou nearly burst out laughing when she heard the news.
That was the Geo Archon of Liyue they were talking about.
How could he possibly go and become a Yuheng Star?
And not just that—he was personally selected by the previous Yuheng Star!
This was completely turning heaven and earth upside down.
Of course, the fact that Zhongli was the Geo Archon was something only she, Yelan, and Ningguang currently knew.
And they had all been personally ordered by Rex Lapis himself to keep it secret.
At this point, there was nothing to be done.
Stopping it was out of the question.
"This is really interesting. I wonder what kind of expression Keqing will make one day when she learns the truth?"
Making the Geo Archon work a grassroots administrative job—
That was probably a first in history.
None of the Seven Nations had ever had their own god doing mid-level management work.
If the truth ever came out one day, Keqing would definitely go down in history across Teyvat.
After all, she would be the first person ever to have her own god inherit her position.
Such a rebellion against the natural order was unprecedented!
"But now that Mr. Zhongli might actually become the Yuheng Star... should I be preparing a congratulatory gift? Or maybe a sympathy gift?"
Beidou fell into deep thought.
She wasn’t in a hurry, though—she planned to find some time to ask Ningguang.
After all, before resigning, Keqing had been running up to the Jade Chamber almost every day.
This matter was almost certainly tied to Ningguang.
Beidou was already planning to head to the Jade Chamber to look for her.
Meanwhile, Keqing herself was being relentlessly pestered by Hu Tao.
After learning that Keqing might soon head beyond the skies to work, the ever-curious Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor was desperate to go along and see the wider world.
And after finding out that all it took to go to the heavens was a trip to the Jade Chamber, she clung to Keqing nonstop.
"Director Hu, I don’t even have the qualifications to go up yet.
Begging me won’t help~~"
If she could go to the skies right now, Keqing wouldn’t still be stuck on the ground.
Her desire to go beyond the firmament was far stronger than Hu Tao’s.
Hu Tao just wanted to have fun—Keqing was different.
"If you really want to go up, you can go find Su Ran at the Jade Chamber right now.
Isn’t he your fiancé?"
Hu Tao instantly froze.
"That guy..."
Just thinking about him made her grind her teeth in frustration.
She’d only said she’d let him do whatever he wanted—
she never imagined that meant having his children!
She could only blame herself for being careless at the time.
And to make matters worse, that wager had even caught the Geo Archon’s attention.
At that point, backing out was no longer an option.
And Rex Lapis too—why didn’t he show up at the Rite of Descension, but instead chose that moment to cast his gaze?
Was there something wrong with him?!
Of course, these thoughts only stayed in Hu Tao’s head.
She wouldn’t dare say them out loud.
"Forget it. That guy’s just all talk anyway.
And besides, there’s no proof that Raiden Ei is actually related to the Raiden Shogun!"
The wager had been made, sure—
but the result wasn’t out yet!
"Raiden Ei... isn’t she the Raiden Shogun?"
Keqing couldn’t help but comment.
"Keqing, don’t scare me like that!
Isn’t the Raiden Shogun called Baal? That’s common knowledge!" 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆𝙬𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝒎
Even though Hu Tao had never left Liyue, her knowledge was far from lacking.
"But Inazuma has more than one Raiden Shogun.
Baal is only one of them."
"!!!"
Hu Tao froze, taking an involuntary step back.
"I—I’m not good with scary stuff, don’t lie to me!
Even people from Inazuma don’t know there’s more than one Raiden Shogun, right?!"
Keqing rolled her eyes.
She really didn’t think there were many people in Liyue bolder than Hu Tao.
This was someone who dealt with the dead as casually as chatting with family.
There were even rumors that Hu Tao obtained her Vision by entering the boundary between life and death.
Someone like that—afraid of Inazuma having three Raiden Shoguns?
"I only found out recently myself.
Among Inazuma’s multiple Raiden Shoguns, there is one named Beelzebul—her true name is Raiden Ei.
She’s the one currently by Su Ran’s side."
Thinking back to the Raiden Shogun she’d seen yesterday, Keqing couldn’t help but feel something was off.
She couldn’t understand why Beelzebul—who had always looked cold and expressionless—
had smiled so gently yesterday.
She had been terrifyingly fierce when fighting the Tsaritsa before.
Yet when she smiled yesterday, she was incredibly warm.
"So the Raiden Ei I met that day... was actually one of the Raiden Shoguns?"
Hu Tao shuddered.
"My Archons... I actually came into contact with Inazuma’s god without even knowing it?!"
That was insane.
It was just as absurd as Zhongli pretending not to be Rex Lapis— and then being confirmed as the real thing.
And yet something like that actually happened to her?!
"And that’s still the less ridiculous part.
Compared to meeting Inazuma’s god, becoming Su Ran’s fiancée is truly an outrageous thing."
Even Keqing found it hard to believe.
The fact that even the Raiden Shogun listened to him without question.
That two gods could fight for his sake.
That even Rex Lapis himself had once been imprisoned by him.
Someone with power that overwhelming—
and he ended up being Hu Tao’s fiancé?
Keqing found it absurd.
She’d thought Ningguang getting close to Su Ran was already unbelievable.
Turns out this mischievous Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor was the truly outrageous one.
Ningguang was, at best, a senior employee.
She herself hadn’t even secured a position yet.
But Hu Tao?
She’d skipped straight to fiancée.
She was miles ahead of them.
And despite that, she was still wearing a sulky expression earlier.
Keqing could only feel a deep sense of exasperation at wasted potential.
If that opportunity were given to her, she would cling to it with her life.
How could she possibly complain?
No matter how strange Su Ran’s personality was, for her, it would still be reaching far above her station.
Hu Tao acting upset about it just felt like pure humblebragging.
"Uh... how outrageous are we talking about?"
Hu Tao only knew that Su Ran was an Executor—Second Seat, at that.
But how powerful he really was? She had no concrete sense of it.
"He’s far stronger than Rex Lapis.
Ningguang said he could fight ten Rex Lapises without even breaking a sweat."
Hu Tao:
"...That outrageous?!"
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