At Wangshu Inn, Lumine and Paimon had just landed when they noticed a Psychokinesis barrier rising in Dihua Marsh in the distance behind them.
The two exchanged glances, and Paimon was the first to speak: "What's going on? Why did Boss Su suddenly raise a barrier?"
Lumine shook her head and said: "I don't know, but it doesn't feel like anything good is happening."
"Hmm, that woman gives me a very dangerous feeling..." Paimon nodded.
The two looked at each other again.
Dangerous, that woman was probably looking for danger. If she didn't die, it meant her ancestors had accumulated great virtue.
"However, I think that woman should be a Diary Copy Holder, just like me."
"She must know how terrifying Su Xuan is, so she wouldn't foolishly seek death."
"Let's not worry about this for now. After we've eaten our fill and rested well in a room, we'll go to Liyue Harbor to wait for Su Xuan."
Just do what Boss Su arranged, and it'll be fine. Instead of worrying about him, we should worry about that Diary Copy Holder.
As soon as she thought of this, Lumine's heart soared with delight.
Was there any job more satisfying than this?
No need to worry about the employer's safety, no need to consider the employer's actions, and even following the employer meant eating delicious food and sleeping on soft beds every day.
When happy, one could even take a hot spring bath anytime, anywhere.
She had to cling to this leg for a lifetime.
Subsequently, Lumine and Paimon looked around simultaneously. Fortunately, no one was out in the rain, and besides the two of them, no one else noticed the anomaly in Dihua Marsh.
They nodded at each other, and the two figures, one large and one small, directly slipped into Wangshu Inn.
However, after the two entered Wangshu Inn, a figure suddenly appeared like a gust of wind, arriving at Dihua Marsh at an extremely fast speed.
Looking at the strange barrier before him, Xiao frowned. No matter from what angle he observed, he couldn't see what was inside.
"This is... what is it...?" Xiao tried to touch it with his hand, and his heart was suddenly filled with dread.
Unable to react, Xiao only felt a terrifying repulsive force instantly send him flying.
Fortunately, during the flight, a golden light flashed, catching Xiao steadily.
"This is!" Xiao, upon landing, felt the surrounding golden light, and the familiar aura made him catch his breath.
He looked up again and saw a young man with black hair and a small braid standing not far ahead.
"Lord... Lord Rex Lapis..." Xiao quickly went forward, looking at Zhongli who had arrived.
"Hmm..." Zhongli stood with his arms crossed, silently observing the Psychokinesis barrier before him.
"Lord Rex Lapis, what kind of barrier is this? I've never seen it before," Xiao quickly inquired.
After a moment, Zhongli sighed and said: "I haven't seen it either."
Xiao: "?"
A barrier that even Lord Rex Lapis couldn't see through?
If Lord Rex Lapis, who had existed the longest in this world, couldn't understand something, then no one in Teyvat could.
Xiao's head buzzed, and an ominous premonition shot to his brain: "Lord Rex Lapis, this..."
"However, I don't think there's too much of a problem," Zhongli said leisurely.
Wind is Barbatos's best companion; the flowing wind can bring him many things he wants to know.
The earth, naturally, is Lord Rex Lapis Morax's greatest helper; everything on the earth is Morax's eyes and ears.
Ever since Su Xuan, Lumine, and Paimon stepped into Liyue territory, Zhongli had already discovered their traces.
But suddenly, their aura disappeared.
Immediately after, Zhongli felt the element surge from the Statue of The Seven in Dihua Marsh, which is why he rushed to this spot.
The result was the discovery of the Psychokinesis barrier.
Furthermore, Zhongli already knew of Lumine's existence, combined with the information Venti had brought earlier.
Zhongli immediately knew that the handsome young man with black hair was Su Xuan, the one Venti spoke of who possessed immense power, dealt with the Abyss effortlessly, and could even clear erode.
"No major problem?" Xiao was stunned, completely unable to understand Zhongli's words.
He then said: "Lord Rex Lapis, the companion of the barrier's owner just entered Wangshu Inn. Should we pay them a visit and inquire..."
"At least to know their intentions."
"No need..." Zhongli said indifferently: "You go about your business. I can keep an eye on things here."
Xiao accepted the order. Although he didn't understand Zhongli's meaning, since Zhongli had said so, there was little point in him staying here.
He bowed in farewell, and Xiao transformed into a wisp of clear wind, disappearing.
At the same time, inside the Psychokinesis barrier.
Yelan had concealed herself behind a tree, glancing at her swollen and bruised arm. She could roughly guess that Su Xuan hadn't intended to kill her.
Otherwise, with Psychokinesis covering pebbles, he could shatter mountains and cleave chasms in the earth.
If she had been hit by even one, her entire body would probably have been torn apart.
She raised her other movable arm and pressed her fingers hard on the swollen area.
Hiss... Yelan bared her teeth... The stinging pain shot straight to her brain, giving her a sense of exhilarating pleasure.
After the thrill, she tilted her head to look at the sky, where a pendulum clock, whose time she could read, floated.
She had already endured seven minutes of the ten-minute hiding and escaping. If she could hold out for another three minutes without being caught by Su Xuan, she would have succeeded in her challenge.
However, as time passed minute by minute, Yelan's heart grew increasingly nervous.
This thrilling and stimulating feeling struck her soul.
In the last three minutes, could Su Xuan detect her concealment? Could he successfully capture her?
If he really caught her, what fate would she face?
A wave of crisis washed over her, and Yelan felt her heart rate quicken significantly from excitement.
She looked up. Not far from the pendulum clock, Su Xuan sat cross-legged, suspended in the sky, as if in contemplation.
"Hmm... It seems he really isn't using Psychokinesis to sense..." Yelan thought to herself.
She knew that as long as Su Xuan used perception-type abilities, her concealment would be completely ineffective.
Also, if Su Xuan were to casually write a passage in the diary right now, Yelan's location would be exposed.
Precisely because of this, Yelan was even more curious about how Su Xuan intended to capture her.
This uncertainty utterly fascinated her.
"Sigh..." In the sky, Su Xuan let out a helpless sigh.
His understanding of Teyvat was definitely from before his transmigration.
However, upon arriving in the real world, many things became more concrete.
The characters' actions, personalities, and many things he had never been able to access before were now presented before him.
And they would take actual action.
"I never expected that the first person to come knocking, right after I stepped into Liyue, would be Yelan, who should have been the most hidden and least likely to expose herself."
Su Xuan muttered to himself.
Most importantly, Yelan's request was to experience danger. What did 'danger' mean? Did she want her life?
"Well, since she likes it, I'll go along with her wishes."
"Since she's here, it saves me the trouble of actively seeking her out later."
He had seen strange requests, but never one so strangely speechless.
It just saved Su Xuan the breath of explaining her identity as a Diary Copy Holder.
On this side.
Yelan was silently counting down in her heart.
About another minute had passed. If she could hold out for two more minutes, the light of victory would be in sight.
However, at this moment, Yelan's exposed fair skin first sensed an extremely cold aura.
She suddenly tilted her head to look at Su Xuan, but found that he remained suspended in mid-air, unchanged.
However, the ground beneath him had, at some unknown point, Frozen over with a layer of frost.
Yelan was suddenly alarmed, then remembered that Su Xuan, in addition to Psychokinesis, also possessed Cryo abilities.
Even more terrifying was that the ice layer formed on the Dihua Marsh ground was densely covered with sharp spikes.
The spikes weren't very long, estimated to be about two or three centimeters.
These spikes wouldn't cause fatal DMG, but they could inflict significant wounds when pierced.
"Oh no, does he intend to freeze this entire area?" Yelan broke out in a cold sweat.
This wasn't just about the Frozen status; it was mainly about the almost seamlessly spaced spikes on the ice layer.
Once injured by the spikes...
Unfortunately, before Yelan could make her next move, she suddenly felt a sharp pain from behind her.
She quickly moved away, only to find that her arm, which had been resting against a tree, was already pierced with a wound.
"The speed of the Frozen status is so fast?"
Yelan's beautiful eyes narrowed sharply.
She had only noticed the ground starting to freeze when she peeked out earlier, and in just a few blinks, the ice layer had already covered her hidden area.
Seeing the ice layer, bristling with countless ice spikes, already at her feet, Yelan didn't hesitate and immediately jumped backward.
"Just two more minutes..."
"Ah!"
Before Yelan could steady her thoughts, she felt a piercing pain in one of her long legs.
She stumbled on the spot, falling to her knees in front of the ice layer.
"This is... why did the freezing stop spreading? Also, my location..."
"How was I exposed?" Yelan asked, puzzled.
"Of course, it's the blood, sigh..." Su Xuan's sudden explanation reached Yelan's ears.
Yelan realized, then looked at her bleeding arm.
The ice layer slowly receded, revealing Yelan, dragging an injured leg, forced to lie on her side on the ground.
Su Xuan, at this moment, also descended from the sky to the ground, walking step by step towards Yelan.
"How is it? Does a scene like this make you feel very stimulated?"
"The final outcome of fate is a complete failure; the result you face is defeat."
Facing Su Xuan, who was approaching step by step, Yelan reflexively dragged her delicate body forward, crawling.
"Hmm..." Su Xuan rubbed his chin, then flicked a small stone that hit Yelan's supporting arm.
"Ugh!" The sudden pain made Yelan grit her teeth and close her eyes.
This stone, like a bullet, directly pierced Yelan's arm, and blood immediately flowed out.
Losing her support point, Yelan's entire body lay on the ground.
"You failed, Yelan." Su Xuan said softly, "Do you know the fate of an intelligence officer after failure?"
"Sometimes, even wishing for death is a luxury."
Hearing Su Xuan say this, Yelan's pupils, tightened by pain, instantly widened: "You want to..."
Immediately after, a shadow swept across Yelan's body, and Su Xuan stepped on her recently injured arm, twisting it hard.
"Ugh oh!" The twisting pain, like an electric shock, swept through her entire body, making Yelan break out in a cold sweat on the spot, her entire body tensing up.
"Uh..." Su Xuan scratched his head and asked, "This... hmm... are you in pain or what's going on?"
"Pain! But..." Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down Yelan's forehead: "I don't know, but it's somewhat stress-relieving."
Su Liangzai was dumbfounded.
However, on second thought, even for high-pain treatments, this woman didn't care if anesthesia was used or not.
Currently, such wounds were still bearable for her.
With that thought, a faint blue light ignited at Su Xuan's fingertip, and a dark blue ice spike Bloomed from his fingertip, then shot into Yelan's ample thigh.
"Ugh!" Yelan suddenly swayed; unable to hug her thigh with both arms, her body merely bent slightly, then she lay flat on the ground again.
"Alright!" Su Xuan clapped his hands and said, "We'll stop here for now. For the remaining time, I'll take you to other places to have some good fun alone."
Yelan: "?"
"Where? What do you mean?"
"You'll know when we get there. For now, you should close your eyes and rest well."
Yelan only heard Su Xuan's voice; before she could react, her fair neck felt as if it was entangled by some force, gently tightening.
Yelan kicked her legs twice before completely passing out.
"Phew..." Su Xuan let out a long breath after everything was done: "What a strange fetish! Seriously, I'm speechless."
Looking at Yelan, who was disheveled and unconscious, Su Xuan shook his head.
[This is truly beyond words.]
Ladies: "?"
What could make Su so speechless?
Lumine and Paimon, who were currently gorging themselves at Wangshu Inn, paused: Hehehe, sure enough, they didn't need to worry about the sugar daddy's affairs. How bold, to actively seek him out?
[My impression of Yelan roughly stays at the image of an underground casino boss, an underground queen.]
[But I didn't expect this woman, with nothing better to do, to actually want to come and experience danger with me.]
[Now I finally understand why Yelan gives me a feeling of being unperturbed and calmly composed in any situation.]
[So, this woman inherently enjoys a life of dancing on the edge of a knife.]
[The more dangerous things are, the more excited she gets; the more dangerous an existence is, the more fascinated she becomes.]
[And, this woman particularly likes pain... I really don't know what to say...]
Ningguang, who had just finished dealing with documents and was about to leave, was completely stunned.
As the host of this Rite of Descension, Ningguang had been incredibly busy recently.
After discovering the whereabouts of Su Xuan and others, she had originally intended to move the Jade Chamber to Dihua Marsh to directly pick up Su Xuan.
However, Ningguang was concerned that such a grand display would overshadow Su Xuan, so she decided to personally walk to greet him, showing her sincerity.
She had just finished assigning tasks today and was planning to follow the official road to meet Su Xuan, but Yelan had already gone.
"I just reminded her a few days ago; did she just ignore it all?"
Ningguang suddenly felt a dizzy spell.
Logically, Yelan shouldn't be such a brainless person.
But then she remembered that Yelan was also a Diary Copy Holder, and had an extreme pursuit and fascination with danger, so Ningguang could roughly guess Yelan's thoughts.
She probably wanted to be like those people from Mondstadt: after stating her identity, she would then explain her intentions to Su Xuan.
At least, Su Xuan might not agree, but he wouldn't just kill a Diary Copy Holder for making a request.
But... you, Yelan, went to him to seek excitement. Is that the same as other people's requests?
What if you offended him?
Everyone in Liyue would have to pay for it.
Ningguang, feeling agitated and flustered, turned to the next page of the Diary Copy.
[However, according to Yelan's desire for excitement, I ultimately decided to play a game of hide-and-seek with her.]
[Within ten minutes, I had to catch the fleeing Yelan without using perception-based abilities. If I couldn't catch her, she would win.]
[And, to satisfy her request, I tried my best to inflict pain on her along the way.]
[So...]
[She's now lying on the ground, covered in blood.]
Hiss!!
Imagining Yelan lying on the ground, covered in blood, all the Ladies gasped sharply.
Is... is she dead?
The Ladies of Liyue showed even more disbelief and horror.
Yelan actively ran to Su Xuan to request excitement, only to be killed?
[Sigh...]
[The Ye Tianhou, who was full of vigor and had a queenly demeanor just moments ago, has now become like this...]
[Why seek excitement of all things? Isn't it better to cherish life?]
"However, thankfully, I only shot through her limbs, letting her experience a few rounds of pain, and didn't hit any vital spots."
"So, she won't die immediately. Later, I can just feed her a pill from my storeroom that can instantly heal injuries."
"Of course, Yelan and I made a contract before playing the game: if I caught her within the specified time."
"Her life would be mine to use as I wished."
"Hmm, one last thing: this is the outcome she wanted. I'm just helping her satisfy her strange Hobbies."