Guchen did not answer Ningguang's question. He simply looked at her with a gentle smile.
Composing herself under the gazes of Guchen and Paimon, Ningguang said with the utmost sincerity:
"I have no intention of offending you or the Geo Archon, nor would I ever dare to pry into the Archon's whereabouts. I simply... Ah, you may not understand. Although Liyue Harbor holds the Rite of Descension once a year, during which we are granted an audience with the Geo Archon, the form we see on those occasions is merely the Archon's divine incarnation as a Qilin dragon. Whenever the Archon issues a decree or hands down an order, it is always transmitted to us as a voice from the ethereal void. This time, when you became the Gouchen Star, the Geo Archon used this very method of voice transmission to broadcast it across the entire Liyue Harbor and inform all its people. I... I have never laid eyes on the Geo Archon's true face, and it is a true regret of mine..."
Chapter 88