Rite of Descension
(At Liyue Harbor)
Paimon: If you wanna find the Geo Archon, this is the only chance you'll get all year.
Paimon: Guess it's a good thing Venti brought it up earlier, otherwise we definitely would've missed this year's Rite of Descension.
(Traveler): Do you know when it is?
Paimon: Uhh... might be today, might also be tomorrow...
(Traveler): Do you know where it is?
Paimon: Well, Venti brought up the time, but Paimon... knows nothing about where it is... Ehe.
Paimon: Look, we're already in Liyue so let's go ask some of the locals.
Paimon: Oh, right. About the Geo Archon, "Morax"...
Paimon: Did you know? The Mora that we use is named after this god.
Paimon: But it's seen as impolite for people from outside Liyue to refer to the Geo Archon by that name.
Paimon: So we should refer to the Geo Archon by the name Rex Lapis, like the people of Liyue do.
(You ask Linlang, a citizen of Liyue)
Linlang: Rite of Descension... Oh yeah, that reminds me, isn't that today?
Linlang: Once a year, Rex Lapis bestows upon us his divine prediction, guiding us on how to run Liyue for the coming year.
Linlang: Last year it was the Yuheng of the Liyue Qixing that was given the honor of asking for the divine prediction.
(Traveler): Liyue Qixing?
(Traveler): Yuheng?
Paimon: Ooh! Paimon knows this one!
Paimon: Mondstadt is to freedom as Liyue is to contracts. Liyue has a strong focus on business and trade.
Paimon: The Liyue Qixing — the seven leaders of the seven enterprises of Liyue — hold true control over Liyue.
Linlang: That's what outlanders always say.
Linlang: But true control over Liyue will always be held by Rex Lapis.
Linlang: The Qixing is comprised of mere mortals. Rex Lapis is a god. Mondstadt's god is nowhere to be seen, whilst our god is forever with us.
Linlang: Stay in Liyue long enough and you'll see...
Gentry De'an: Another year, another Rite of Descension... Good news for some, gloom and doom for others...
Gentry De'an: Huh... Nothing to do with me.
Linlang: Given that you just left your godless city, it's time you experienced what it's like to be in a city whose god has walked with it through all of history.
Paimon: Great! Then we can start our experience off with the Rite of Descension.
Linlang: Good choice. Then get going. To the high ground.
(Talk to Guanhai)
Guanhai: Oh! Are you also visitors here for the Rite of Descension?
Guanhai: To think I've lived in Liyue all these years and never come to see this before.
Guanhai: I guess it's like they say. Locals never visit the tourist spots.
Guanhai: I wish you well on your travels! Liyue always welcomes you!
(Talk to Bolai)
Bolai: You too wish to bear witness to the Rite of Descension? Me, too! We all do!
Bolai: As a businessman myself, how could I not take interest in Liyue's most important business trends?
