To the eternal you

"Unexpectedly, we finally came to the Wanmin Hall."

Sitting next to Ying, Pai Meng looked at Xiang Ling who was busy carrying dishes, and then looked at Xing Qiu and Chong Yun who were sitting together.

"As the saying goes, if you are destined to meet thousands of miles away, you will never meet face to face." Xing Qiu was holding the cookbook, looking at the new dishes on it with interest, and said with a light smile: "I think there is still a lot of fate between us."

However, Chong Yun on the side looked at him quite vigilantly, or was going to prevent him from ordering some too "hot" food for himself in the first place.

Of course, it’s not that I dislike Manmintang’s cuisine. The signature dish here is the boiled black bass cooked by Chef Xiangling, which is a rare delicacy.

But for Chong Yun, who has a pure yang body, it will be a very tormenting meal. Because his body is prone to overheating, he does not drink hot water, eat hot food, do not eat spicy food, do not wear thick clothes, and do not argue , Don't get angry, don't go out on the sun, and you must bring your own special popsicles when exorcising evil spirits.

Even so, occasionally there will be times when the blood is hot, for example, when the banquet was held at home, it was held in Wanmin Hall. At that time, he ate glutinous rice balls mixed with Jueyun pepper, which caused the yang energy in his body to run wild, so that Temperament changed drastically.

Although it was not a change to a bad side, but... well, a change in the direction of an overly enthusiastic personality, recalling it now makes his skin feel hot, and he doesn't want to think about it.

In short, although the body of pure yang made him invincible in the position of alchemist, it also caused a lot of troubles in his life, and although Xingqiu knew this, he would occasionally tease him on purpose, beautiful It's called exercising your patience.

But afterwards, he would take him to find a new cold food as compensation, but now that there are guests here, it would be embarrassing if Chongyun's embarrassing appearance was seen.

"Okay, don't worry. Of course I will treat guests in a proper manner today."

Xingqiu patted him on the back soothingly, then drew a picture on the menu and handed it to Xiangling who happened to be walking.

"That's all, please trouble Chef Xiangling to cook a small stove for us."

"Hmph~ No problem, it will definitely satisfy you."

Passing by the traveler, she even chatted a few words. She, with a lively disposition, was very happy when she saw a friend that Mond knew coming, and said that she would spend all her time entertaining her.

"You guys talk first, I'll prepare the dishes, and the crispy rice will come too!"

"I didn't expect Traveler to know Xiangling. It seems that it's not just a simple fate, maybe there are immortals guiding us in the dark."

Xing Qiu said with a light smile.

"It was Paimon's glutton who guided me here."

Ying grabbed Pai Meng and placed it in front of the table, and Xing Qiu and Chong Yun also turned their attention to this guy.

"Huh?! How can you only blame me!"

Paimon looked at her angrily, like an irritated pufferfish.

"Haha, you are indeed the traveler who solved the dragon disaster. Not only is he strong, but he also has a very humorous personality. Thinking about it this way, I must be able to hear a very good story. Tell us how you subdued the chaotic wind dragon. ?"

Xingqiu smiled kindly, and at the same time threw out the purpose of this trip.

"Is she the traveler? I really didn't expect it. Please tell us how you found the invisible wind dragon flying in the sky and defeated it."

"Uh...it's not that exaggerated, I did it with the help of my friends..."

——The Traveler's Narration——

"Oh, that's how it is. Although what the traveler said was plain, it was extremely dangerous. Even so, he never flinched. This chivalrous heart has just been taught."

"Using the wings of the wind to chase the dragon of the wind to attack, and being able to maintain balance without falling with one mind, really makes people feel admirable."

What's going on with these two, they've been flattering her since just now? !

Ying looked a little embarrassed. Although she didn't add any embellishments, or deliberately highlighted her role, she was just telling the truth, but she didn't expect them to be so exaggerated.

"Hearing what they said, I began to think that Traveler is so powerful."

"Ugh! Paimon don't interrupt."

Ying squeezed Paimeng's face, and Xiangling also came over with dishes. The conversation just now made the relationship between them a little closer, and Xingqiu and Chongyun's personalities are both easy to get along with.

Although Liyue people can talk about things when they eat, people like Xingqiu and Chongyun mostly talk when they are tired from eating.

Ying also expressed apology for Paimeng's thought that Chongyun was a liar just now.

"Ah, it doesn't matter! In fact, when I first became an alchemist, many people thought I was a charlatan."

After all, unlike other fake alchemists who dance swords and stick talismans, and wish to show their wits and courage against the air, Chongyun's physique allows him to just sit there, and within a while, he can make Xie Chong Therefore, many people question the heavy cloud of just sitting there for a while and getting paid for not doing anything.

"Speaking like this reminds me that when Chongyun became famous in one fell swoop, he got rid of the extremely stubborn evil spirits in the family of a wealthy family. At that time, they gave out several boxes of gold and silver treasures as rewards, but Chongyun only took After a few hundred moras, he left."

"It's just an old story, and I really didn't do anything. I feel ashamed to take away so many treasures in a short while."

Chongyun seemed very frank, but this attitude caught Ying's attention.

"So, what you said before is actually true?"

"That's right, but I don't know why, that feeling is very light, and it's not some evil aura, but like someone's soul following you."

"When you say that, it makes me a little creepy..."

"Don't worry, although the soul is a cold thing, if it is not a bad soul with deep resentment, it will not hurt people, and the soul on your body, although it has been sensed for a short time, cannot tell what kind of ghost it is. Type, but judging from your face, it doesn't seem to be a ghost, and I was also anxious at that time."

Chongyun's physique has a natural advantage in exorcising evil spirits, but because of this, the alchemist skills he has practiced so hard have not been used at all. In many cases, the evil spirits are purified as soon as he walks over, or run away after hearing the news .

Therefore, because the sensing time was too short for the hidden soul object residing in this foreign girl, he mistakenly thought it was some kind of great evil spirit that could make him get so close without being exposed and escape, so he hurriedly called Ying.

After several inquiries, it actually proved that the other party was harmless.

"I'm sorry, I'm not good at learning...causing trouble to you."

He looked a little downcast.

"Don't say that, Chongyun is only eager to save people for a while."

Of course Xingqiu knew what this friend was thinking, although he wanted to test his skills, but after all, the alchemist's purpose of expelling evil spirits was to bring people peace, not to fight for power.

"Hmm~ It's okay, travelers won't care."

Paimon was full, and said with a smile while stroking his belly.

"Having said that, isn't Chongyun afraid of encountering evil spirits that he can't deal with? What if I have a super terrifying big devil on my body?"

"Uh... It's the alchemist's duty to exorcise evil spirits and ghosts. How can they just sit on the sidelines and ignore the lives of innocent people because of fear."

The education that Chongyun received did not have such a concept of letting go of evil spirits.

"And if it's really a big devil, if you let it roam around in Liyue Harbor, wouldn't it hurt more innocent people? No matter how many times I see that kind of thing, I won't back away from it."

"Well said, Chongyun! Come, here is your side dish~"

Xiangling came to the side at some point, if it wasn't for holding a plate, she might have applauded. The side dish she mentioned was a cold dish mixed with slime liquid.

"What is this?"

Chongyun asked blankly.

"Obviously it's Chef Xiangling's new dish, don't be shy, just try it."

Xing Qiu said coquettishly.

"It looks a bit like a slime mushroom..."

Ying remembered the very delicate taste, but seeing Paimon's appearance, she was eager to try it.

"Even travelers can't escape Xiangling's clutches, hahaha!"

"Wow?! What is a magic palm? I didn't make those dishes on purpose!"

Not to mention the blushing face over there explaining that every dish is tried step by step, and the new dish can be called dark cuisine.

The traveler looked at Chongyun and asked curiously.

"Chongyun, what are you going to do then?"

"Hmm... The original plan was to stick a peach charm to exorcise evil spirits, so that the soul would temporarily reveal its real body, but this was based on the premise of evil spirits. Since the other party is not some evil spirit, it may not be effective."

Pushing the plate of cold dishes to Paimeng, Chongyun thought for a while and then said.

"However, we can go to the hall master of the Hall of Rebirth. She once went to the border between life and death, and can see some things that we cannot see. If it is her, there may be a way."

In the final analysis, alchemists' spells are all aimed at evil spirits. Although most of them have little effect on such things, their effects must be limited.

"I always feel that there are a lot of things to do at once, but we plan to participate in the ceremony of inviting immortals, can we make it in time?"

"Speaking of which, Hu Tao went to Wuwangpo, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with the invitation ceremony if I go back and forth now."

Xiangling raised her mouth. When she went out to look for ingredients, she ran into Hu Tao and was taken aback by her. She was really naughty.

"It seems that we can only delay it for a while."

Ying stretched out her palm, then stretched her fingers, and a flickering flower of light appeared, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"It looks like some kind of rare treasure, Chongyun, it seems that you have to practice more."

While joking with Chongyun, Xingqiu checked whether he had seen any literature on this kind of flower in his mind.

"I'm sorry... But this flower, I always feel warmed by being illuminated... The yang energy has not been aroused."

Chongyun squinted his eyes comfortably. For Chongyun, who usually can't even get a little sun, this little warm flower gave him a very suitable sense of relief.

"But is this the soul hidden in the traveler's body?"

Xiangling tapped the flower lightly, feeling relieved from fatigue.

"Huh...does it feel like you've grown up again?"

Paimon stood next to the flower and compared the size. The light flower that was only half the size of her body was now a little bigger.

"Abedo said that if he inhales a light sphere of the same nature as it can speed up the recovery process, did it absorb something when we didn't notice?"

She held her hands a little higher, and looked at them carefully, but she seemed a little ashamed to be watched by the crowd, and the flowers quickly closed and disappeared.

"...disappeared."

Paimon leaned close to Ying's palm and gently kneaded it.

"Maybe it's a sign that rationality is gradually recovering?"

PS: sooner sooner(...)