Just like that, Yun Xu brought the jar of fine wine he had obtained from Cloud Retainer back to Liyue Harbor and handed it to Lumine.
Although Lumine was curious about the taste of this thousand-year-old vintage treasured by an adeptus, it would be difficult to preserve once opened, so she had to suppress her curiosity.
Anyway, she could always snatch some from Venti later... And so, Lumine, carrying this jar of wine, returned to Mondstadt with Paimon.
With the Ley Line Teleport Waypoint, it wouldn't take up much of her time.
However, Yun Xu was unaware of the situation in Mondstadt, and for the next few days, he continued his normal life.
"The doctor said you should eat whatever you want, and eat more," Yun Xu said to Lime, stroking his head, at Wanmin Restaurant.
Lime tilted his head, feeling as if something was off, but still happily began to eat.
He now preferred human food over electro crystals, as after transforming into a dragon, he could taste the full flavor, unlike a Slime that lacked normal taste buds.
Two days later, Lumine and Paimon finally returned from Mondstadt.
"We went with Venti to trim Dvalin's claws, and these are the filings," Lumine said, taking out an alchemy potion bottle filled with dark blue fragments and handing it to Yun Xu.
Although Dvalin was a beautiful teal dragon, his claws were dark blue.
"That's great, thank you, Lumine." Yun Xu immediately put away Dvalin's claw fragments.
However, he felt that this was still not enough to perfect the Sweet Sweet Pill, so he decided to continue collecting materials.
But Lumine only knew Dvalin as a dragon. For Azhdaha, whom they met in Liyue, Yun Xu had already exchanged a lot of materials, including horn powder, with her using Osial's flesh and blood.
With Mondstadt and Liyue no longer having targets, Yun Xu had no choice but to set his sights on other nations.
"Electro Dragon... the nation of Electro..." Yun Xu pondered for a moment, then cast his gaze beyond the Sea of Clouds.
Across the sea was another country, Inazuma.
It was the land of thunder and lightning, a nation governed by the Electro Archon, one of the Seven Archons.
Since Azhdaha was in the Geo Nation of Liyue, and the Dragon of the Skies was in the Anemo Nation of Mondstadt, an unknown Electro Dragon was very likely to be in the Electro Nation of Inazuma.
With this thought, Yun Xu set his target on Inazuma.
So he made some inquiries in Liyue and heard that Inazuma had closed its borders, with its outer seas blocked by an endless thunderstorm.
"It's just a thunderstorm. It can't be more powerful than a lightning tribulation, can it?" Hearing that Inazuma was only sealed by a thunderstorm, Yun Xu wasn't too worried.
After experiencing the red tribulation lightning, he no longer feared natural lightning.
And so, Yun Xu began to plan how to travel to Inazuma.
"If Senior Brother wants to go to Inazuma, Shenhe can accompany you..." Hearing that Yun Xu was going abroad, Shenhe couldn't help but suggest.
"Hmm... No, if Shenhe, you come abroad with me, who will honor Master? If she comes down the mountain and finds that neither of us is here, and Ganyu is at work, she'll have to return to Jueyun Karst alone. That probably wouldn't be good." Yun Xu pondered for a moment, then shook his head.
Although Shenhe's strength was greater than his own without using Spirit Invocation, he didn't want Shenhe to risk going to an unknown land with him.
"But..." Shenhe wanted to say something more, but Yun Xu stopped her.
"Besides, Shenhe, you have work. If you leave rashly, Xiangling will be troubled."
"Don't worry, your Senior Brother is so capable; there won't be any danger," Yun Xu said confidently, patting his chest.
Hearing Yun Xu say this, Shenhe had no choice but to nod her head.
Afterward, Yun Xu made some preparations and finally decided to set sail for Inazuma.
"It's so lively over there, are they holding some kind of competition?" At Guyun Stone Forest, Yun Xu looked towards the edge of Guyun Stone Forest in confusion, finding it very lively.
From afar, it seemed to be a martial arts competition, with many spectators around.
However, Yun Xu had no intention of joining the crowd; instead, he planned to set sail immediately.
Although he could fly, the sea was boundless, and he couldn't cross it by air, so he had prepared a large amount of food in his qiankun bag beforehand.
Furthermore, he had spent some time personally crafting a... bamboo raft using the strongest materials.
This was also one of the reasons he didn't want to bring Shenhe.
Taking out the bamboo raft and placing it on the sea, Yun Xu jumped onto it, took out the oars, and after confirming the direction, began to paddle towards distant Inazuma.
Although it was just a small bamboo raft, with Yun Xu's strength and his slightly practiced rowing skills, the small bamboo raft quickly advanced towards the distant sea.
"If it weren't for all my money being used to hire Lumine, and not having any Sweet Sweet Pills, I would definitely buy a ship this big..." As he passed by a huge armed ship on the sea, Yun Xu muttered enviously. Just as Yun Xu was paddling his bamboo raft to Inazuma, the martial arts tournament at Guyun Stone Forest also concluded.
After the person who stole the champion's prize was caught, the golden-haired Traveler was chosen to win the martial arts tournament.
As a prize, Lumine didn't need the empty Vision originally offered, but instead received a ticket to board The Crux Fleet to Inazuma.
After another day or two of rest, The Crux Fleet would set sail.
"Hehe, since that's the case, let's go say goodbye to everyone else. Although there are teleport waypoints, we can't come back every day," Paimon suggested to Lumine as they returned to Liyue Harbor from Guyun Stone Forest.
When they traveled to new nations, they usually got involved in many events, and before resolving them, they naturally wouldn't have time to use teleport waypoints to return to countries they had visited before to greet friends.
Just like when they were wanted after the Rite of Descension, they didn't have time to return to Mondstadt.
"Mm." Lumine nodded, then decided to say goodbye to her friends in the order she met them.
The first Liyue person they met was Xiangling, and they met her in Mondstadt when Xiangling went to Mondstadt to search for ingredients and encountered them.
So, after enjoying a delicious meal at Wanmin Restaurant, the two told Xiangling about their plan to go to Inazuma.
Xiangling had met them in Mondstadt before and naturally understood their travels, so she gave them some easy-to-preserve food as a gift.
After saying goodbye to Xiangling, the two went to Yun Xu's home.
They had met Yun Xu not long after arriving in Liyue.
"Yun Xu... went to Inazuma?!" However, at this time, only Shenhe was at home, and the answer they received made them pause.
In the past few days, Lumine and Paimon had been busy trying to figure out how to get to Inazuma, so they hadn't come to find Yun Xu, which meant Yun Xu had no chance to tell them about his trip to Inazuma.
Meanwhile... "I paddle, I paddle, I paddle... Oh my god, how could I have such a beast of a master? Cloud Retainer, just dismantle me, I want to be spare parts!" On the boundless sea, the dialogue device grabbed the oar Yun Xu had given him and diligently paddled the bamboo raft.
Yun Xu, meanwhile, was comfortably lying beside him, basking in the sun, completely oblivious to the dialogue device's complaints.
Lime was also released from the qiankun bag. He coiled up like a snake on Yun Xu's stomach, sunbathing with him...