"Haunted?" Keqing looked puzzled, Liyue Harbor gets haunted too?
"Yes, yes!" Xiangling said earnestly, "It was around ten o'clock yesterday evening."
"Last night, because I was researching Miss Ryougi's ice cream, I came home very late, and as soon as I got home, I saw that the main door of my Wanmin Restaurant was just gone."
"Later, I asked my dad and found out it was haunted."
"Fortunately, Hu Tao from Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and that consultant Morax stepped in to drive away the ghost, otherwise my house wouldn't even be open today!"
"That serious? Then Uncle should be fine, right?" Keqing asked.
"My dad is fine; speaking of which, I don't know what was up with that ghost, after making a huge mess in my kitchen, it stole jueyun chili powder and cumin."
"And then it didn't do anything else; my dad just fell on the floor."
At this point, Xiangling was also a bit confused; was this ghost starved to death in its previous life?
Everyone was confused, completely oblivious to Ayaka's strange gaze.
'jueyun chili and cumin... so this was stolen from Wanmin Restaurant?'
Ayaka turned to look at Shiki, but the latter's expression was normal, completely oblivious to being the culprit.
"It's good that he's fine, and since Hu Tao and Morax handled it, there shouldn't be any problems; they're professionals at this kind of thing!" Paimon said.
Not to mention that Wangsheng Funeral Parlor has maintained the balance of yin and yang for thousands of years, just the fact that Morax intervened means the problem is solved.
If even he can't handle something, then basically no one can.
"Hehe, then it's settled; come to Wanmin Restaurant for dinner tonight!"
"Oh, and! Miss Ryougi and Miss Kamisato, you two should come too; it's just two more pairs of chopsticks, and I also have some ice cream-related things I'd like to discuss with you."
Xiangling extended an invitation to the two girls, and Shiki accepted.
"No problem."
"Great! Then it's settled; I'll go back and prepare the ingredients now, see you tonight!"
After Xiangling finished speaking, she turned and left Yujing Terrace, and the Traveler and Paimon quickly followed suit.
"Xiangling! We'll help too!"
Keqing, on the other hand, was preparing to go home and organize some myths about the God of the Hearth; now that the true form of the statue had appeared, it was time for her to let the people of Liyue know about the past.
However, just as she was about to leave, an unexpected person called out to her.
"Miss Keqing, please wait."
"Hmm? Do you still have something to say?"
"It's like this, I was wondering if you could introduce me to Liyue's Tianquan, Ningguang?"
Shiki had two goals for this trip to Liyue: first, a Xianfa that could extend Ayaka's lifespan, and second, to learn business knowledge from Ningguang.
Although a Xianfa that perfectly matches Ayaka's element has not yet been found, it's close.
The Cryo element is not as scarce as her Thunderclap and Flash; there's already a ready-made one here in Yuehai Pavilion, which is the Seven Stars' secretary, Ganyu.
And her master is Cloud Retainer, so Xianfa can be traded with either party.
Cloud Retainer can be traded for cooking and mechanism arts, such as the Maguu Kenki stored in the Kamisato Clan that they still don't know what to do with.
As for Ganyu… I wonder if Sea Ganoderma, Naku Weed, and Fluorescent Fungus would work?
After all, ever since Ganyu achieved the achievement of choking a monster to death because she was too fat when she was a child, she has never eaten meat again, always eating various immortal herbs.
Like Qingxin, Violetgrass, and the like.
Of course, there's also Sweet Flower with excessively high sugar content.
Shiki doesn't understand the pain of losing weight, nor does she know what it means to gain weight, but preparing some Inazuma specialty plants for Ganyu is no problem.
"Ningguang? What do you want with her?" Keqing asked.
She just didn't understand; they were all Liyue Seven Stars, so why did they specifically seek out Ningguang and not her?
The Seven Stars are equal to each other; could it be that what Ningguang can do, she cannot?
"To learn business knowledge from her," Shiki said.
Well, this was something she truly couldn't do.
Ningguang is responsible for commerce and law, while he is responsible for land construction and planning, which is commonly known as infrastructure.
Keqing's family in Liyue can only be described as upper-middle class, but this does not prevent him from having planning authority over most of Liyue's land.
"Alright, since you are the Traveler's friend, your character should be guaranteed. I'll take you to see him later."
"But let me be clear first, I can only take you to see him. As for whether Ningguang will teach you, that's none of my business."
Keqing had no right to make decisions for Ningguang without authorization; he could only provide the girl with a way in.
This was already a very good help. One must know that ordinary people, let alone learning, would have to spend millions or even tens of millions of Mora just to meet him once.
What Teyvat Buffett?
"Thank you, Miss Keqing, this is enough."
Shiki nodded. Although she hadn't yet figured out how to get Ningguang to teach her that business knowledge.
Ningguang is a pure businesswoman; she will weigh the pros and cons of everything, and her request will certainly be no exception.
Therefore, she must offer something valuable.
Mora luxury goods can be directly passed. As the wealthiest person in Liyue, and even Teyvat, Ningguang certainly wouldn't care for mere luxury goods.
So, she can only approach from two other aspects.
One is something that can greatly enhance her strength, and the other is information, which is most important in business.
'Hmm, I'll start with these two aspects: the basalt pillar and a series of intelligence from Inazuma. Either one is a very important bargaining chip.'
"Good, then follow me."
"Wait a moment, I'll go to the restroom first, just ten minutes."
"Okay."
Keqing nodded in understanding; everyone has urgent needs, and ten minutes isn't long.
Besides, going to the restroom beforehand is better than going after meeting.
But was Shiki really going to the restroom?
After saying hello, Shiki transformed into Thunderclap and Flash and disappeared, catching up with Xiangling and the Traveler who had just come down from Yujing Terrace in less than a minute.
"Lumine, take me to Guyun Stone Forest."
"Ah? Oh…"
Shiki gave Xiangling an apologetic look, then disappeared into Liyue Harbor with the Traveler.
However, the Traveler immediately returned the next second.
"Eh eh eh? What's going on?" Xiangling was completely bewildered.
"Miss Ryougi has something to do and needs to go to Guyun Stone Forest, so she asked me to take her there. We just need to wait for her at Chi Hu Rock for a while."
"Oh…"
Yunlai Sea, Guyun Stone Forest
Shiki established a connection with this Waypoint, and the next moment, she transformed into Thunderclap and Flash and flew into the sky.
After about three minutes, a huge yellow cube appeared in her eyes.
This is a high-level Geo element creature code-named [Gimel]. It was born from the Ley Line, and as long as the Ley Line exists, it can regenerate from it indefinitely.
However, it hasn't regenerated for hundreds of years.
Seemingly having discovered someone entering its territory, Gimel awoke from its slumber.
The high-concentration Geo element shell began to tremble, but the next moment, a golden light beam pierced directly through the shell, severing its core.
Time rewound a few seconds. Shiki, transformed into Thunderclap and Flash, fell from mid-air, her feet entering the Geo Hypostasis's territory.
Normally, she would probably play around, but now she had things to do.
Ding~
The Kujikanesada at her waist was slightly pushed out by her thumb. Gimel, upon "hearing" the sound, also began to stir.
However, Shiki did not give it a chance to transform, because she didn't need Gimel to expose its core to cause DMG.
Thunderclap and Flash erupted, Kujikanesada was drawn from its sheath with a fierce pull, entering the high-concentration Geo element shell like cutting tofu, then splitting the golden-yellow core in two.
At this moment, the sharp screeching sound produced by the draw of the sword only barely reached from the edge of the territory.
This was her Thunderclap and Flash after transforming into a Archon, a rapid sword art at several times the speed of sound.
The Geo Hypostasis became dim and lifeless. Without the support of its core, its hard shell fell to the ground, forming three exceptionally heavy [basalt pillar] and several pieces of basalt pillar Fragment, Chunk, and Gemstone.
These contained a high concentration of Geo element, which resulted in their surprisingly high mass; just one piece weighed over a hundred catties.
High mass brought high defense, but this also meant Gimel was destined to be earthbound.
The interweaving blue and red light dissipated from her eyes. Under the rainbow light, the Geo Hypostasis's hard shell seemed no different from tofu to her.
She stored these items, which had burst from the Geo Hypostasis, into the recently opened small pocket dimension. Now, her A-grade item, crafted by Master Seishou, was completely indistinguishable from the real thing.
Shiki knew all the functions a Vision should have. Without exposing herself as the Raiden Shogun, who would know this was fake?
Returning to Liyue Harbor the same way, Shiki teleported to Chi Hu Rock and gave a basalt pillar Fragment to the Traveler. This was the condition they had agreed upon in Guyun Stone Forest.
"I've given you the item. I still have things to do, so I'll be leaving first."
As her voice fell, Shiki transformed into Thunderclap and Flash and flew directly towards Yujing Terrace, finally landing on the ground under Keqing's astonished gaze.
"Wait, you can fly?"
"Just a brief flight, and the speed isn't fast."
Shiki was purely speaking nonsense with her eyes wide open. If she wanted to, flying for several hours would be no problem, and her speed was also very fast.
But reality is not a game. The distance between Liyue Harbor and Guyun Stone Forest is still very far, which is why she went to the Traveler and asked him to teleport her there.
Just flying from the Waypoint in Guyun Stone Forest to the Geo Hypostasis's territory takes three minutes, so one can imagine how far it is.
A few minutes' walk in the game might be several hours in real Teyvat.
Shiki estimated that the distance from Yujing Terrace in Liyue Harbor to the central Waypoint in Guyun Stone Forest was about a thousand kilometers.
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