Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

“I’m not a little fox sister, I am a celestial fox, the next high priestess of Narukami Shrine.” Yae no Miko couldn’t stand being rubbed anymore, so she grabbed Rosalind’s chin and lifted her up. “I’m not some doll that looks dignified but can be bullied by anyone. If you continue, I’ll unleash my lightning… hiccup.”

Shen Liang smiled and shook his head.

Only then did Rosalind ask, "Why would you suspect your roommate is a boy?"

"Those bags don't look like they belong to a girl."

“Oh? Didn’t I mention that I’m a top student from Sumeru, here in Liyue for further studies? I was already a renowned scholar of the Elemental Theory School back in Sumeru, but the Academy mostly focused on theoretical research or various business trips. I came to Jigsaw to learn combat techniques,” Rosalind said. “Those are all experimental equipment for elemental research. Hmm, there are some musical instruments too. After all, I am a singer from Mondstadt and have a musician’s diploma.”

"Oh, you studied music in Mondstadt, researched in Sumeru, and learned combat in Liyue. You have quite a rich experience."

Chapter 46 Transforming Teyvat: Starting with Flushing the Toilets

At this moment, Shen Liang suddenly remembered that Fa Nan had told him something.

Jigong is not an ordinary school; it is essentially a large, interactive academy where students can be both students and teachers. For example, Fanan also needs to learn theoretical knowledge about sea navigation and shipbuilding, and even the knowledge reserves of immortals cannot compare with the accumulation of humankind over hundreds and thousands of years.

So those who went to register before, like Fa Nan, are probably in other dormitories on other mountains.

If Jigong is an open school that allows co-ed dormitories, then Fanan and the others who studied at Jigong a long time ago...

Just then, a white dove flapped its wings and bumped into Shen Liang's bedroom window. The general raised his hand and conjured up the window, letting the dove fly in. The dove carried a letter, along with a not-so-clear blue-gray photograph.

The photo shows the fiery red-haired demon Yingda pinning his younger sister Fanan down on a soft sofa. He then teases the blushing Xiaoyuer while grinning and raising his hand towards the direction of the photo. Fanan angrily raises her pillow in protest.

The calligraphy on the souvenir was unrestrained and clearly Ying Da's handwriting. "We've arrived, Princess. You're in your dorm now, right? It's your first time being so far from your mother. Are you feeling lonely and crying? I have a four-person room, and all my roommates are girls. How's it going on your end? Are you going to be so pitiful that you have to share a room with a boy? Oh, by the way, this is a picture taken by a phonograph camera. It's not a painting, it's a washed photograph. Hehe, you've never seen such an advanced toy before, have you?"

For some reason, Shen Liang felt a little happy. The fact that he was sharing an apartment with a girl was actually a slight relief to him, although he felt that living with Ying Da wouldn't be any different...

However, Shen Liang was quite familiar with the phonograph machine.

This is a conceptual product manufactured by Fontaine, currently extremely expensive, and only the very wealthy can afford to buy it for fun. It's probably a new technology acquired by the tech-obsessed Vanan. However, Fontaine's phonograph currently requires washing and produces very blurry images. Meanwhile, Shen Liang and Mistelin had already created a far superior phonograph when they saw the concept machine.

Specifically, the Fontainebleau phonograph was just a darkroom that could "take" photos but not "retain" them. Each photo had to be developed in a dark room before the phonograph could take the next one.

The technology provided by Mistelin, which she named the "Platinum Printing Process," uses platinum as the photosensitive material. After the images are taken, they can be washed with a ferric oxalate solution in a portable black box, and the photos can be produced in just a few minutes. Moreover, the phonograph can take continuous photos.

Shen Liang did not keep this technology to himself and provided it to the inventors of Fontaine. Mistelin said that this technology was very backward and could not possibly interfere with the course of history. However, platinum was too expensive. In Teyvat, this high-grade metal was worth a hundred times more than gold. Moreover, the filming process was very costly. Just because Shen Liang could afford it did not mean that ordinary people could afford it.

The ferric oxalate solution was even more outrageous. Shen Liang handed over the formula, but the inventors at Fontaine were unable to maintain its purity no matter what they tried. They could only marvel at the level of alchemy that only a god could achieve. However, they weren't wrong. Shen Liang did indeed purify it with the precise control of his mother's surgical scalpel. He only kept two bottles for himself, and once they were used up, that was it.

Misterlin told him, "Some technologies depend on the times. Just having the technology doesn't guarantee a leap forward in overall science. If productivity and precision can't keep up, the technology won't be fully utilized." Shen Liang was very curious about this, because if Misterlin was just a symptom of his hysteria... then how could he know so much about epoch-making science and technology?

At that moment, he suddenly realized that Rosalina was pressed against him, bending over and staring at him with a frown, her nose just centimeters from his face, her large white breasts swaying back and forth. Shen Liang only needed to raise his head to kiss her lips.

Rosalyn is truly alluring; she has the figure of a young woman but the physique of a mature married woman. Shen Liang's life experiences over the years have shown him that he has little resistance to the allure of older women like her.

To be honest, she doesn't need much resistance; Princess Inazuma has always been the type to accept anything offered to her since she was a child.

Rosalyn glanced at the photo and snorted, "I knew you had someone else on the side. Tell me, who is this little wildcat in the photo!"

“I knew Sister Fanan before you did, how come she’s a little wildcat?” Shen Liang protested for the two Yaksha sisters, putting his hands on his hips in dissatisfaction. “Sister Fanan is very well-behaved, I won’t allow you to talk about her like that.”

Then Rosalyn put on a shocked expression, which was obviously an act, because she started playing the role of the girl who had been wronged by Shen Liang again, and sobbed, "You like her so much... So I'm the little wildcat you kept outside? How could this be? How could this happen... Am I not as beautiful as her?"

Shen Liang hesitated for a moment. He actually preferred Rosalin to be prettier. Fa Nan probably only had a B to C bust size, while Rosalin was at least an F to a G. But compared to Fa Nan, at least Fa Nan was willing to play kissing games with him, while Rosalin...

Although he really wanted to, Lei Dianzhen told him he couldn't play this kind of game with girls who had boyfriends. Shen Liang asked aggrievedly, "Why? Everyone likes doing this kind of thing, why can't we do it?" Lei Dianzhen sighed and said, "Son, you need to know your status and your appearance. Women who fear you or want something from you won't refuse you because of your status, and women who are short-sighted and seduced by your looks won't refuse you because of your appearance. These three types of people will be ruined by you because of a moment's lapse in judgment."

And those women who don't care about your identity, your appearance, or your boyfriend but still want to devour you... Hmph, I, your mother, find them unclean.

Then Shen Liang asked curiously, "What about Aunt Chiyo?" Raiden could only pinch his face in exasperation, saying, "Your Aunt Chiyo's political marriage is practically the same as not being married at all; she doesn't fall into any of the four categories mentioned above. But you'd better stay away from your aunts. I've been their best friend for a thousand years, and I know their personalities too well. You can't handle these great demons!"

But Shen Liang disagreed, feeling that even three of them together wouldn't be a match for him. However, his intuition told him he couldn't tell Lei Dianzhen.

"Sister Fanan is still cuter." Shen Liang decided to favor Xiaoyuer, after all, she has a fish tail.

"I'm so angry! Even if you're lying, you should at least tell me I'm pretty! My bust size is 92!"

"I have one too," Mistilne suddenly said.

However, Rosalyn looks more voluptuous, perhaps because Misterin's waist is 65 cm, while Rosalyn's is around 61 to 62 cm. This doesn't mean Misterin is overweight; on the contrary, Misterin's figure is near perfect, while Rosalyn is actually considerably larger than perfect... If Rosalyn were 1.8 meters tall, she might actually have a more balanced beauty, but now she's significantly heavier than a teenage girl.

"How did you know my waist is 65cm?" Mistylin suddenly realized, "I don't remember you measuring me."

"I'll know once I give you a hug," Shen Liang said.

【Um? 】

Mistelin knew that Shen Liang always preferred to sleep in a cool place and rarely held her. Besides, it was unlikely that a measurement while holding her would be accurate to the centimeter. She didn't have any memory of letting Shen Liang hold her for a long time without her waist moving.

"It's cool in the coffin, but it's too crowded. There's not enough room for two people. I usually just hug your waist and squeeze in a bit," Shen Liang said casually. "After hugging you for a while, you'll naturally feel it. I have to say, your waist has a little bit of extra flesh, but it's soft, comfortable, and quite cute."

Mistelin fell silent. She had been enjoying watching Shen Liang and Rosalin laughing and joking, but now her mood had soured considerably.

"Actually, I don't have any extra fat around my waist," Mistylin suddenly said.

"Yes, I pinched it. Sister Yu Tu, you don't need to be so stubborn. Your figure is so delicate, soft and plump, it feels amazing! Besides, you've been lying in a coffin for over ten years, lacking exercise, your muscles have all atrophied, it's normal that you're not so taut." Shen Liang shrugged. "I also really like the soft and fluffy Sister Yu Tu."

"No, I don't have any excess fat." Mistelin gazed at Shen Liang, her tone suddenly hardening as she said earnestly, "My darling, remember this: I, Mistelin, am a girl without any excess fat. I... am different. You must remember that."

[Why are you suddenly being so serious... Okay, okay, Sister Yu Tu, you have no excess fat, you're perfect, your whole body is rock hard, not soft at all, okay?]

Mistelin bit her lip and glared at him fiercely. [Remember this! Remember it!]

Then, back inside, Rosalyn stretched after she'd had her fill of fussing. "You guys are in your rooms now, you probably haven't had dinner yet, right? I haven't either, I went out and brought back some fresh food. It seems like the kitchen on this hill provides ingredients for free, but you have to pay Mora to eat there. Hmm, now that I know that, I've decided I'll eat in the dorm from now on! You guys want to come along?"

Shen Liang happened to be hungry, and was even happier to hear that Rosalin had brought back groceries. Looking outside, he saw that Rosalin had brought back quite a lot of fresh food, filling several sacks. Shen Liang guessed that people with the Eye of God had a habit of bringing a lot of food, because meat, fruits, and vegetables were difficult to spoil in the space of the Eye of God and could be preserved for a very long time.

"Hiccup... I'll pass, I've already been fed by my brother." Yae no Miko glanced proudly at the little general.

"Do you have anything to eat?" Rosalyn asked curiously. "What kind of food?"

"Compressed biscuits, just a small piece is enough to fill you up. Paired with a highly nutritious meal replacement liquid, aside from the less-than-ideal taste, they are very effective at satiating and replenishing energy," the general said calmly. "Since you like them, Divine Child, you can stop eating meals from now on. You can survive on this meal replacement, can't you?"

Yae no Miko's face flushed, but she quickly sneered, gently leaning on Shen Liang's back and looking at the general provocatively: "I don't mind, as long as you're willing, foxes are creatures that are used to being fed. But General's sister, you won't get angry and hit me on the head with your little parasol, will you? I'm afraid you'll develop hatred out of jealousy."

The general's lifeless eyes stared blankly at Yae no Miko, while the little fox girl raised her chin, looking at her with disdain and mockery. The two little ones stared at each other coldly, without uttering a word.

Shen Liang put away the letter, got up and left the bedroom. Then she saw Rosalin deftly carrying raw materials from a sack to the kitchen, and then wiping the stove and other surfaces clean. Then she smiled and said, "I'll go to the yard to fetch some water. I'll show you what I can do for you today. Princess Liang is a wife of the rice plant, have you ever tried our Mondstadt specialty, carrot and pork stir-fry with secret sauce? And mushroom pizza?"

[Junk food.] Mistylin crossed her arms, [not even worth a hair on Liyue's head.]

Sometimes Shen Liang felt that his Westernized and effusive attitude towards Liyue cuisine was influenced by Misterin.

However, at this moment, Shen Liang frowned, "So troublesome?"

"Trouble? What trouble?"

"I mean, having to go downstairs to fetch water just to cook indoors is such a hassle." Shen Liang looked around the room. "I don't think the bathroom is like that either. I see there are pipes. Does it mean you flush the toilet yourself after you use it?"

"What else?" Rosalind looked at him, puzzled.

Shen Liang's face turned ashen. "I cannot accept such a backward way of life."

"?"

No matter how strange Rosalyn was, Shen Liang simply couldn't accept this kind of life. There seemed to be a strange ability within him that constantly influenced his aesthetic sense.

For example, he was never satisfied with the outfits of his mother, master, and those powerful demon aunts and sisters, so he designed many of their clothes himself. Leaving aside the beautiful Lolita dresses and velvet stockings, even the purple twelve-layered robes worn by Raiden Shin and Raiden Dinosaur for their daily court appearances were designed by Shen Liang himself.

He seemed to have an innate aversion to anything "unattractive," to the point that Raiden genuinely thought he was somewhat picky and "spoiled." For example, his usual straitjacket was always spotless, and he would take a shower even if he only sweated a little after exercising, showering three or four times a day. His obsessive-compulsive disorder was so severe that even Torachiyo, who didn't like to shower, developed the habit of showering before she could play with him.

Naturally, Shen Liang was also reluctant to do something as unpleasant as having to turn around and flush the toilet after using it. Therefore, he specially designed a sophisticated drainage system for the castle tower, featuring a one-button automatic flushing toilet, so that users would never have to look back after using the toilet.

And now.

Shen Liang felt that she would probably have to start her work on "aesthetics" all over again.

"General, Divine Child," Shen Liang said in a low voice, "I can't use my abilities, so I'll have to rely on your help. Let's get the kitchen planned out today."

The two younger sisters instantly understood. Although somewhat helpless, they were already aware of Shen Liang's obsession with "aesthetics." Rosalyn stared in disbelief as Shen Liang finished drawing the blueprints in a few minutes, then looked at her and said, "Dinner will be postponed by an hour. I'll get the kitchen water system working first."

"Jirai... what?"

"In short, it means a lifestyle where we no longer need to fetch water," Shen Liang said confidently. "It's impossible for me to have to go downstairs to fetch water every time I want to take a shower. I don't have that kind of leisure."

Chapter Forty-Seven: If the rivers flow against me, I will command the waters to come.

Shen Liang would never use his extraordinary power for trivial matters.

Although it seems that Yae no Miko is prepared to take charge of the remedial measures for his long-standing Holy Blood Boiling, Shen Liang still feels sorry for his sister. After all, the treatment method of the "Book of Yin and Yang Harmony" is not very pleasant, as Fox Palace had told him.

Secondly, neither the little fox nor the young general are, after all, the older and more experienced Fox Palace Master. For example, when Shen Liang exerted himself in the battle against Oser, the two little ones simply couldn't completely resolve the aftereffects. In fact, even today, the Eightfold Divine Child is still trying to remedy the situation, and it's expected to take several more days.

Therefore, it is obvious that Shen Liang should use his supernatural abilities as little as possible if he can avoid it. In Liyue, he is better off being an ordinary person most of the time.

At that moment, a flash of lightning appeared, and the general who had just ventured out to other hilltops returned to the courtyard carrying dozens of thick bamboo stalks. The branches of the bamboo had been cut off, leaving only the straight trunks. Judging from the charred marks, it was clear that the general had wiped the bamboo clean in the blink of an eye.

Unlike Shen Liang, the General only possesses a portion of Lei Yingdong's abilities; in other words, her primary power lies in controlling lightning. In terms of lightning power alone, she is even superior to Shen Liang. This is because Shen Liang's power is ultimately a replica, while the General's power is the very essence of Lei Yingdong's power.

The dozens of bamboo stalks were much larger than the petite general. The general threw the bamboo stalks aside and then looked at Yae no Miko, who was carrying a pile of spun cloth back home.

“The bamboo center has been opened up and can be used as a pipeline. Brother, you can start working on it.”

"I've also gotten my hands on the waterproof fabric. There's plenty of this stuff at the Gewu Academy. I just stole a little bit, and nobody noticed."

"Steal?" Rosalyn was utterly puzzled.

"Then what else can I do but buy it with money? My brother didn't bring many Mora. Of course, if I were to act cute and charming, those bookworms and idiots at the Gewu Academy would definitely blush and give me everything." Yae Shinko shrugged. "But I don't like that. The only person who is qualified for me to act cute and flatter him is my brother. Well, maybe my sister too."

Shen Liang apologized in his heart to the senior students of the Gewu Academy whose materials had been stolen, but he really didn't have any Mora. He came to Liyue to train his ability to live independently, and not being paid was part of the training.

Then, we started work.