I'm a male god in Liyue

Xia Zhi paid 3 moras and bought three ordinary incense sticks. He stood in front of the statue of the Rock King, lit the incense, bowed three times earnestly, put the incense in the burner, and silently prayed with his hands clasped together.

"Your Highness, please forgive me if the incense is not good. I will make better incense myself next time and then offer it to you."

"I hope you will bless me so that everything goes well."

Chapter Eighteen: What Does "A Small Investment Yields Huge Profits"

After offering incense to Prince Yan, Xia Zhi indeed felt much more at peace.

This can be considered a form of paying respects to the local leader.

After descending from Yujingtai, Xia Zhi arrived at Feiyunpo.

The streets were lined with grand shops with luxurious and exquisite signs, which made him, a man with little money, he dare not look at them for long. Instead, he could only glance at the pretty young women dressed in cheongsam-like outfits standing in front of the shops.

This store is so white.

This shop is so round.

This store is huge.

This store is no good!

Xia Zhi continued his critique until he arrived at Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Pavilion.

These two restaurants are very famous. One only serves shiitake mushrooms, and the other only serves mooncakes. They have been competing with each other for many years. They even chose to locate their shops on both sides of the grand staircase leading directly from Feiyunpo to the port area.

On that map, both restaurants were given three-star ratings by the owner, placing them in the same category as Wanmintang, which serves food at Huyan.

The signboard of Liuliting is a fan with several mountains painted on it, making it easy to see that it specializes in mountain delicacies.

The signboard of Xinyuexuan features a large fish with several layers of waves drawn below it, making it easy to see that it specializes in seafood.

The hostesses standing at the entrance of both stores were also very pretty.

Xia Zhi gave it a couple of critical glances. As for eating out, it was impossible to go to a restaurant. He needed to save money now and would think about it later.

Opposite the two shops is Liyue's General Affairs Department, which is responsible for Liyue's security, civil service examinations, tax filing, sea voyage applications, ship berthing, and other matters.

Simply put, Yuehaiting is responsible for decision-making, and the General Affairs Department is responsible for execution; one is the brain, and the other is the hands and feet.

There is a notice board in front of the General Affairs Department.

Xia Zhi walked over and looked at it curiously, his gaze immediately drawn to one of the messages.

[Message: If any citizens witness a corpse-like child wandering around at night, stretching out its limbs, climbing mountains to gather herbs, please do not panic. My son, Qiqi, is a herb gatherer and medical apprentice at Bubulu, and poses no harm to you. —Baizhu, Bubulu.]

This is information about the herb-gathering girl he met that morning, and it mentions the term "corpse child."

Xia Zhi was slightly taken aback; that girl was indeed no ordinary person.

So she was a zombie. No wonder he noticed her walking posture seemed a bit stiff.

Such a lovely girl, I never imagined she had already died once, and I wonder what she had gone through.

This message contains a lot of useful information, such as that Qiqi's daily activity time is midnight and her daily activity location is the mountain outside the city. If Xia Zhi is willing, he can "accidentally" meet Qiqi on the mountain at midnight, and then take the opportunity to talk and chat with Qiqi to increase her progress bar.

If he were to go even further, he could injure himself. Although Qi Qi is a zombie, as an apprentice at the medicine shop, she would definitely lend him a helping hand and bandage his wounds. In this way, he and Qi Qi would have physical contact and interaction, and the progress bar would be updated faster.

If he were to go even further, he could knock Qiqi unconscious. As a zombie, light magic should be somewhat effective against her; perhaps a single [Holy Light Judgment] would knock her out, allowing him to progress however he pleased. However, this method is risky. What if Qiqi isn't afraid of light magic and bites him back, turning him into a zombie as well? That would be troublesome.

Xia Zhi pondered for a moment, then looked at the next message.

Life and death are preordained; why linger in this world with someone destined to die, forcing them to prolong their life? It would be better to bring them to the mortuary on their forty-ninth day after death. A proper burial, peaceful and safe, will allow them to return to the natural cycle of life. Wouldn't that be wonderful?

This mentions "the Hall of Rebirth" and "burial".

Xia Zhi had seen a promotional advertisement for "Wangshengtang" on a notice board at the city gate yesterday. At the time, he didn't know what kind of shop or organization it was. Now, he realized that it was a place that specialized in funeral services.

For a store to run a discount advertisement like this, all I can say is that the person in charge... really has a brilliant idea.

However, this message also provided useful information: it seems that the Hall of Rebirth has its eye on Qiqi.

The next message.

Please, Master Hu, stop joking.

Clearly, the Master Hu mentioned here is the Master of the Hall of Rebirth.

This tone... is most likely left by Bai Shu of Bubulu.

He seems to care about Qiqi quite a bit.

As for the other messages on the notice, apart from the advertisements from various shops and the announcements from the General Affairs Department, there was nothing of any use.

Xia Zhi took out the map and looked at it. There were two other places in Feiyun Slope that the boss had recommended.

One is Wanwenjishe, a bookstore.

One is Heyu Teahouse, where opera is performed.

Xia Zhi was interested in both places. He didn't care whether he could get free tickets or not; he mainly wanted to learn more about Liyue's culture.

Both places are upstairs, and you need to go up the stairs.

Xia Zhi walked up the mahogany stairs and arrived at Wanwenji House.

It's a fairly large bookstore, with multiple bookshelves inside, filled with books.

A small sign at the entrance reads: "No running or making noise, no playing or roughhousing, and do not handle books with dirty hands. Payment is required to read the entire book."

You can preview it, but you cannot preview the entire book.

Xia Zhi shook his head, feeling that the layout of Wanwen Collection House was a bit too small.

He went inside and found that the best-selling books on the front shelves were all novels about gods, demons, monsters, and ghosts. He randomly picked one up and looked at it, but the plot was so outdated that it was years behind the books in his original world. He immediately lost interest.

Continuing to walk inside, it took some time, but finally, they found a set of books that would be useful to him in a corner bookshelf.

The book is titled "Teyvat Travel Guide," and it is divided into Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma, and Sumeru chapters...

The author of this book appears to be a traveler who has visited seven countries and recorded his observations in writing, eventually compiling this book.

Xia Zhi currently knows very little about this continent and needs a book like this to broaden his horizons.

The owner of Wanwenjishe is named Ji Fang, a woman with a lot of charm.

Xia Zhi thought for a moment and then took only one of the books with her.

"Boss, how much is this book?"

"100 molas."

"So expensive? Can you make it cheaper? Look, this book is all dusty, nobody reads it."

"Guest, if I lower the price any further, I won't even be able to recoup the cost of the paper money."

"How about a 20% discount? If so, I'll buy the whole set."

"A 10% discount is the maximum."

After finally acquiring the entire set of books at a 10% discount, Xia Zhi walked out of Wanwen Collection House, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

He discovered that books in this world were ridiculously expensive.

The main reason is the high cost of paper, which leads to higher book prices.

Ultimately, it's because the world's papermaking technology is too outdated.

With this thought in mind, Xia Zhi opened the [Shop] and searched for an item, which appeared on the panel.

[Detailed Explanation of Modern Papermaking Processes]

Quality: average.

Type: Books.

Features: None.

Effect: None.

Hidden effects: None.

Price: 1 points.

Looking at the item, Xia Zhi felt that perhaps he no longer needed to work hard to earn money.

Chapter Nineteen: Superstar Yun Jin

Xia Zhi pondered for a moment, then closed the system panel, choosing not to purchase the item immediately.

Because this is just a technology, it cannot be immediately converted into Mora in his hands, nor is it so easy to convert into Mora.

Xia Zhi was new to the area and had no connections other than Brother Liu, the fish shop owner he met last night.

He didn't know any of the paper-making companies, so he had to go to great lengths to find out about them and make contact with them. He also needed to spend time making some high-quality paper samples himself to get their interest in the new technology.

Even so, things weren't safe. After all, he was just an outsider with no backing, and he might be kicked out by those merchants and have his papermaking technology forcibly seized.

Unless he had a pre-arranged contract with them, but those merchants were all very shrewd... very troublesome.

Now is not the time to sell his skills; he needs to establish a foothold in Liyue first.

Selling books, however, is an option.