Genshin Impact, Teyvat's own beloved immortal.

"Are you alright? Where are the stragglers?"

Gan Yu shook her head. "It's my fault for not being careful enough; he got away."

"It's not your fault, that person was too cunning. I'll lead the team back right now and conduct a full-scale search!"

"and many more!"

Gan Yu stopped Ye Lan.

"Don't conduct a full-scale search. With the Ascension Ceremony approaching, we shouldn't create panic in Liyue. A covert investigation is sufficient. The Fatui shouldn't dare to cause any major disturbances in Liyue yet."

As her secretary, Gan Yu's first thought was to consider Ning Guang's feelings. She hadn't had a good night's sleep in days because of the Asgardian Ceremony. If the Fatui incident caused unrest in Liyue, the opposition would definitely seize on it and make a big fuss about it.

They've been trying to oust Ningguang for quite some time now.

In short, Liyue must not experience any disturbances before the invocation ceremony is completed.

"Alright, I understand. I'm best at secret investigations. No matter where that bastard hides, I will find him! I will repay this humiliation a hundredfold!"

Liyue Harbor, early morning.

A dark figure leaped into the inn room with a thud, startling the sleeping Paimon so much that he almost screamed for help.

It wasn't until she looked closely that she realized the person was actually the owner.

Lu Sheng took off his mask, sat on the ground with a worried look on his face, covered his chest with his hand, and inhaled the cold air.

"Master! What's wrong? You don't look well."

Paimon immediately poured a cup of tea and handed it over.

"What a bad day! I'm never going out at night again."

Lu Sheng drank the tea in one gulp and muttered to himself.

"What happened, Master? Who bullied you? Paimon, go settle the score with them!"

"It's nothing to mention. It was my own fault for letting Ye Yang create it."

Lu Sheng waved his hand, not wanting to talk about the matter. He gritted his teeth, leaned against the wall to stand up, slowly moved to the bed, and began the Life-Giving Treatment.

Wang Xiaomei nearly shattered her own Dao heart.

This is the price of underestimating others; I must never make the same mistake again.

Do not take action unless absolutely necessary.

Do not take action if you do not know the enemy's true strength.

When taking action, don't talk too much.

I will remember this tragic day forever! One night, the god on the first throne of the future Sky Island was nearly killed by Wang Xiaomei!

When I woke up, I had no idea how much time had passed.

I asked Paimon and found out that I had actually slept for a whole day.

Paimon stayed by his side while he slept, without even eating.

Feeling guilty, Lu Sheng gave Paimon a bag of money and told her to buy whatever she wanted to eat.

After getting up, he touched his chest and it still hurt a little, but it was much better than before when it hurt every time he breathed.

Calculating the time, today seems to be the day the Chamber of Commerce is supposed to deliver the goods.

I don't know exactly how much cargo the Northern Bank received.

Lu Sheng changed his clothes and slicked his hair back to avoid being recognized by Wang Xiaomei and getting another headbutt.

If nothing unexpected happens, Liyue's intelligence department should be doing its utmost to investigate information about the scattered soldiers.

Let them investigate. The sixth seat of the Fatui is not so easy to find. It will probably take them a while to discover that the skirmishers are not in Liyue at all.

After having something to eat at Wanmintang, Lu Sheng went to the Northern Bank.

After waiting in the lobby for a few minutes, Andrei suddenly rushed out and invited him into his office as if he were a bodhisattva.

"Hahaha! Come, come, please sit down!"

Andrei's excitement was beyond words; he kept emphasizing getting rich, dancing with joy like a child who had received a beloved toy.

"My good brother! How did you know copper and iron ore prices would go up? I listened to you, and apart from the deposit for those amber stones, I used all the other money to buy copper and iron ore. Guess what? The Thousand Rock Army expanded! Hahaha! Now copper and iron ore prices have gone crazy overnight!"

"Your two million has now tripled! If it keeps rising, it could even quadruple! Do you still have money? You can still make a profit if you buy now, but once Qunyu Pavilion steps in and stabilizes the price, you won't be able to make any more."

Lu Sheng's purpose in coming here was precisely for this. He feigned reluctance, pondered for a moment, and then said, "I'm out of Mora, but I can offer some valuable antiques. I wonder if the Northern Bank could..."

"Are you looking to use it as collateral? That's possible, but we need to see the actual item before we can use it as collateral. It's not that I don't trust you, brother, but banks have to follow the rules too. We can't appraise something without an appraisal. Why don't you bring something to take a look?"

If Lu Sheng had known the bank would pull this stunt, he would have been prepared.

"I brought a few things with me, take a look."

After saying that, he took out several treasures he had selected, including the jade emperor statue, and handed them to Andrei.

Andrei's eyes widened the moment he touched it.

As a bank manager, he may look down on people, but he will never misjudge them.

Northern Bank's lending business is quite mature, and its methods for authenticating collateral required for loans are naturally quite sophisticated.

Especially antiques.

Andrei could tell at a glance that these things came from the ground, but he couldn't resist their tempting value.

If nothing unexpected happens, these items should come from a large tomb from a thousand years ago, because the statues of emperors from that period and this jade carving have the same dragon horns and coiling posture.

"Where did these treasures come from?"

"Are you asking a question you already know the answer to, trying to lower the price?"

Seeing his expression, Lu Sheng could easily guess that Andrei had already recognized these as funerary objects rather than antiques.

"Of course not, we're all on the same side, why would we haggle? I was just curious and asked a few more questions, but it's fine if you don't want to say." Andrei chuckled. "Take as many of these things as you have, I'll mortgage them all for a loan, just name your price."

Lu Sheng didn't understand the actual value of these items, but he trusted the tomb raiders' judgment and said, "Eight million."

“Alright! I believe the Immortal Venerable has an antique of this value. So, eight million will be deposited into the Immortal Venerable's account immediately. The copper and iron mine investment will be handled entirely by this bank. However, I need to take 30% of the final profits.”

Thirty percent? He's really bold to ask for that much.

Lu Sheng's murderous intent began to rise; as expected, there wasn't a single good person in the bank.

"At most 20%." After much deliberation, he decided to hold back for now, since the bank still had some value to him.

"this..."

Andrei hesitated. He was unsure of the other party's bottom line. If he really angered him and drove him away, where would he find such a big spender?

However, 20% is indeed too low, as banks also need manpower and time to manage everything.

"I'm satisfied. I'll come back to you for business next time."

Lu Sheng uttered a killer sentence, which finally made Andrei grit his teeth and nod.

"Okay! 20% it is! Happy to do business with you!"

Now that the copper and iron ore business is settled, it's time to talk about amber.

"Today is the third day. How much of the amber we received has arrived in our account?"

Andrei's face immediately fell, and he sighed, "Only the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce delivered the goods. The other two chambers... one said their warehouse was destroyed by fire, and the other said their goods were stolen en route. But as far as I know, they sold the amber to Qunyu Pavilion the very next day. The bank came knocking, and they said they would refund the deposit and apologize. What do you think of this, Madam...?"

As expected, two of the three chambers of commerce breached their contracts. They were all unscrupulous people who abandoned morality for profit, showing no spirit of contract even in a country that is supposed to be based on contracts.

Since that's the case, I don't mind bleeding them a little; whatever they eat, they'll have to vomit back twice as much.

"Northern Bank doesn't need to get involved in Shi Po's matter. Give me the contract, and I, as the debt handler, know what to do next."

PS: Black Monkey is so awesome! Powerful! Domineering! So exciting! I'm waving the flag around! I can't stop! I'm already on my second playthrough, and I absolutely don't want to open Genshin Impact! Damn it, I just want to punch Teyvat to pieces! Everyone else should just quit! Damn it, I just want to punch Teyvat to pieces! Everyone else should just quit! Damn it, I just want to punch Teyvat to pieces! Everyone else should just quit!

Mondstadt-Liyue Chapter: Chapter 41: The Traveler Collects Debts

If I remember correctly, the Feiyun Chamber of Commerce should be owned by the Zhenshui Shenxing Qiu family.

Upholding contracts and not prioritizing personal gain over principles is commendable.

The other two companies, Mao Cai Gong and Jie Cui Xing, have both breached their contracts.

The contract clearly states that the breaching party must compensate the breaching party based on the original price of the goods. Now that they have sold the amber to Qunyu Pavilion, they have no more stock on hand. Even if you force them to their deaths, they won't be able to produce any more amber, so they can only pay compensation.

Debt settlers, get to work!

Lu Sheng arrived at the entrance of Feiyun Slope and saw the owner of Jie Cui Xing, who was running a gambling stone stall. I think his name was Shi Tou.

Damn it, what good can people be doing running these gambling games?

Lu Sheng still remembers falling for this kind of scam when he was young, innocent, and kind. As a result, he was cheated out of all his living expenses for that week and barely survived by having his beautiful classmate massage his thighs for a week.

It's hard, the fist is hard.

He walked up and saw a sign that read: "Top-quality jade, a sure way to win big."

"Yo yo yo~ Sir/Madam! Want to try your luck? The yield rate for this batch of rough stones is exceptionally high! Several customers have already found treasures and made a fortune!"

When Boss Shi saw a grudge coming to his door, he immediately switched to deception mode.

This person looks young. You can tell at a glance that he is the kind of innocent young man who has just entered society and is as naive as a blank sheet of paper. He would even blush if he held a girl's hand!

Young boys with innocent and naive eyes like these are the easiest to fool!

They're even easier to fool than little girls!

"Give it a try? One shot might bring a small profit, two shots might bring you over ten thousand, and three shots might bring you a fortune!"

Lu Sheng pointed to the three rough stones on the table and asked, "Is this it? How do you play with it?"

"Hehe, it's very simple. It costs 1,000 Mora to crack open a stone. If there's jade inside, congratulations, you've hit the jackpot! Our shop also buys back jade at high prices. If you crack it open for 1,000 Mora, we'll buy it for 10,000 Mora. If you're not sure, turn right over there and go straight to Mingxingzhai. They can buy it there too."

"Oh~"

Lu Sheng pretended to understand but not quite, "What if there's nothing there?"

"Uh... well... life is full of disappointments, and these things depend entirely on luck. If you don't get what you want... the money won't be refunded."

This is a truly authentic street scam. It's unbelievable that Seven Stars would allow such a stall to exist.