To the eternal you

"Okay, let's go. The first step in preparing for the ceremony is to obtain the highest quality "Night Mooring Stone" that can match the quality of the gods. "

Mr. Zhongli made the petition.

"It feels like a very valuable item when it comes up...I remember there is a store called Xie Cuihang on the side of Huyan, do you want to go there and have a look?"

Paimon asked with great interest.

"But I remember that the main business is stone gambling, right? Wouldn't it be good to bring Qibao there..."

Yingxiao replied in a low voice.

Qi looked curiously at the two people who got together, and then at Mr. Zhongli.

"It doesn't matter. We are just selecting good-quality Yebo stones, not opening rough stones and betting on one-thousandth of the jade amber."

Now that Mr. Zhongli said so, Ying and Paimeng had no choice but to agree, and a group of people came to eat Huyan, except for the steaming food stalls and vendors, and the owner of Xie Cuihang, a man named Shi Shi, who was working hard. .

"Come and see, come and see! Today's new raw stones are cheap and fun!"

There were some people gathered there, but not many people stepped forward to gamble on the stone. After all, now that the Rock King Dijun had left, looking at the stone, it was inevitable that they would sigh.

After Zhongli and the traveler came over, the stone boss's eyes lit up, his rich figure burst out at an unexpected speed, and he spoke with hype praise: "Hey! These guests, welcome to Jie Cui Xing. I think this The gentleman is majestic, the lady is like a flower and jade, and the young lady is innocent, but if you come to try your luck, you might be able to make a big surprise!"

"No need, what we want to talk to you about is big business."

Ying flatly refused.

"Oh! What kind of big business is it? Please tell the guest officer in detail!"

"We want Yeboshi, the appearance of which should be at least Candlelight grade."

Mr. Zhongli glanced at the new product pushed out by the stone boss. There was still a little fine mud stuck to the gray-blue stone shell. Although it was new, it was basically a fake product based on his experience.

"The candlelight-level Yeboshi, it seems that it is not a tourist, but an insider!"

Boss Stone smiled and compared his thumbs, then said.

"But it's a pity, now I'm afraid there is no stone line that can get it out in the short term."

"Huh? In your next sentence, don't you want to say that Jie Cui Xing just happens to have stock, and then take the opportunity to sell it to us at a higher price?!"

Paimon asked.

"Ouch! You have wronged me! Our Xie Cui line is out of stock!"

Boss Stone took out a white-nay handkerchief to wipe his sweat and explained.

"Looking at the few passengers, they should not be ordinary passengers. I think I also know something about Liyue. I should know that there is a dragon king who gallops across the sea, right?"

"Dragon King... It seems that I have heard passers-by talk about it before, but why did the other party buy so much at once?"

After all, there are quite a few jade shops in Liyue, and it is not a small sum of money to be able to buy out Yebo stones in the market that are at least candle-level or above in quality at once.

Even if there is such a huge amount of money to buy it, it will inevitably make the fleet's various expenditures fall into a nightmare. When the time comes, the ship that can't even do the basic maintenance will be courting death?

It's not a necessity like food. It's really hard to imagine what the Dragon King wants to do with such a large amount of Yebo Stone.

"What you don't know is that it wasn't actually bought by the Dragon King, but by the Rice Wife Fleet who came to Liyue with her."

Speaking of this, Boss Stone showed a look of admiration, the group of rice wives are really rich, if not for the prestige of the Dragon King, they would not raise the price too high, otherwise the rice wives are not good at bargaining With a strong personality, not to mention killing people hard, it is easy to earn a trading volume that far exceeds that of the past.

"Interesting." Mr. Zhongli couldn't help but chuckled, as if he had thought of the reason.

"How strange..." Pymon wondered.

"I think it's probably because Liyue is Daozuma's covenant country, and the gods between the two countries are also friends. Now witnessing the departure of the rock god, she made this move out of sadness."

Ying couldn't help shrugging.

"After all, with Liyue's current situation, Daozuma's Lord Thunder God can't come to Liyue to attend the funeral of Rock God, otherwise the situation will be more chaotic, and it will be difficult to express his intentions just by sending envoys, so this method is used. Liyue's style specification is to hold a farewell ceremony for friends in Daozuma."

"This lady's analysis is correct, and it also makes me feel powerless... Overseas rice wives have acted faster than us, but we haven't even got the funeral of Emperor Yan, alas—— "

After Boss Stone finished speaking, he let out a long sigh.

"That is to say, if we want to get the candlelight-level Yeboshi now, we can only go to that Dragon King? Let her help me to intercede or something."

Paimon turned to look at Ying and said.

"Well—it seems to be the only way to go."

Mr. Zhongli thought for a moment, then nodded.

"But where should we go to find the Dragon King?"

"I'm not sure about this. After all, we run on the shore. The dragon king who swims in the water goes out to sea, and the dragon often sees the head and sees the tail. Maybe only a big man like Liyue Qixing can get online with him."

Left to understand Cuixing, Mr. Zhongli was deep in thought, and Qi, who was standing with him, also put his little hand on his chin exactly the same, with a pretty little face with a similar thoughtful expression.

One big and one small, revealing a father-daughter atmosphere.

The female tourists passing by couldn't help shouting how cute it was, and even Ying and Paimeng temporarily became the background board.

"In your opinion, where should we go to find this Dragon King?"

"Since it is with Daozuma's fleet, naturally the number of ships will not be small, and there are no fleets at the two large piers in Liyue Port, and Yaoguang Beach, which is too expensive to transport back and forth, may also be The only thing left is the Guyun Pavilion, which has a suitable location, is rarely populated, and is even notorious."

Qi raised his small head and looked at Mr. Zhongli, his gaze carried a sense of comfort that he didn't understand.

"Mr. Zhongli, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just remembered some past events." His tone carried a sense of the vicissitudes of the years.

"Mr. Zhongli, pray for treasure~ You don't want to go so fast!"

Paimon chased up from behind, even hugged the little guy, and held up his breasts high.

"Come on, have a smile! You can't always imitate Mr. Zhongli's old-fashioned and serious manner! And if girls always frown, they won't look good!"

Perhaps moved by Ying's words, Mr. Zhongli softened his expression: "Traveler, it seems that you care about her very much, and you have observed even the slightest movements."

"Ah... that's not the case, it's just that a sad or old-fashioned look is not suitable for children."

The traveler's words were ordinary, like any elder would say, extremely old-fashioned and monotonous, but there was pure concern for Qi in those words.

The girl stared at her blankly, and her flustered hands and feet relaxed.

Who said that to her...

but can't remember...

In the picture scroll of withered and yellow memories like autumn leaves, there is a certain important person, who said to himself when he was so immature.

Who did I talk to after that...but I can't remember at all.

"Prayer...seems sad?"

Paimon's words awakened Ying, who was a little silly and happy. She lowered her head, and the girl looked at her, as if something important was missing, and she looked extremely empty and lost.

"Pray... this... yes, did I hurt you somewhere! I'm sorry!"

She put the girl down hastily, and checked her arm to see where it hurt her because she pinched her too hard.

Paimon also flew in front of the girl, and quickly made funny faces, trying to make her laugh.

"That...sorry for suddenly...making such a request...I'm really sorry...but please..."

Qi took the young traveler's hand and placed it on his head, begging in a low voice.

"Sister Ying...do you want to touch my head..."

Mr. Zhongli stood silently on one side, blocking the curious eyes of passers-by for them, looking at the pair that looked like sisters, with a trace of apology in his eyes.

"Okay, okay, please be good~"

Under the sun, the young traveler gently rubbed the girl's head, comforting her with a warm voice, and the petite Paimon also put his little hands on it and rubbed along the hair.

In the end, amidst the embarrassingly soft words, the girl showed her warm and slightly shy smile as before.

"Thank you, sister Ying...thank you, sister Paimeng...and Mr. Zhongli, I hope you are very happy now."

And this scene happened to be seen by a certain half-celestial girl who had just resolved a difficult family dispute and was about to go home to recite the code at a delicate time.

"Good guy! True punishment! How dare you bully a child in broad daylight? Look at the sanction (physics) of my Liyue law!"