I'm a male god in Liyue

Quality: Black Iron.

Type: Consumable.

Features: None.

Effect: Opening this item will randomly grant you one Black Iron quality item.

Hidden effects: None.

Recyclable: 2 points.

The recycling price of a Black Iron Treasure Chest is only one-tenth that of a Silver Treasure Chest.

Just as Xia Zhi had guessed, the difference between different levels of treasure chests was indeed tenfold.

However, this is only the recycling price of the treasure chest, which is different from the price of the item.

Xia Zhi has spent a lot of time browsing the [Mall] these days and has gained some understanding of it.

In the original world, most ordinary items were priced at 1 point.

Black iron items are priced between 1 and 9 points.

Silver items are priced between 10 and 99 points.

And so on, going up one more level after another.

From a certain perspective, the treasure chest is actually equivalent to a lottery.

Just like the Black Iron Chest he currently possesses, direct recycling only yields 2 points, but opening the chest has a very high probability of yielding Black Iron items worth 3 to 9 points.

If we only consider value, then naturally we should directly recover the huge losses.

Because as long as the price of the item he offers is not 1 point, he is guaranteed to make a profit.

However, there are just too many items in the shop, and for Xia Zhi at this point, there are many items that he can't use or that are useless.

For example, the "Gundam Piloting Basics" booklet looks impressive and costs 5 points, but when you actually get it, there's no Gundam you can pilot!

If he draws such a useless item, and then tries to recycle it, he will only get 1 point.

In this case, it would be more cost-effective to simply recycle the treasure chest from the beginning.

After all, points are the most flexible, and what he needs most right now is to develop his character.

"I still have 3 points left. Although I'm short of points, the loss of the Black Iron Treasure Chest is only 1 point, which I can afford."

Xia Zhi thought for a moment and then chose to open the Black Iron Treasure Chest in his inventory.

A new item appears on the panel.

Rainbow Fruit Pulp

Quality: Black Iron.

Type: Consumable.

Features: None.

Effects: The aroma creates a seven-colored rainbow in the air, and the taste undergoes seven dreamlike changes depending on the surrounding temperature and humidity. A single drop can turn an entire swimming pool of water into a rich and aromatic juice, which requires extensive dilution to become a juice that ordinary people can consume directly.

Hidden effects: None.

Recyclable: 1 points.

"Oh? This is it? I think I saw it in the mall the day before yesterday..."

Xia Zhi searched and found that the price in the [Mall] was 3 points.

This was a small profit.

There is also an item called [Rainbow Fruit] next to it, which is of gold quality and costs 300 points. It is the complete version of this item.

I can't afford it right now.

Considering that they were on the street and there were too many tourists, Xia Zhi did not take out the extraordinary item to avoid causing a disturbance.

After taking a walk alone for a while, Xia Zhi returned to the Seaview Hostel and used a quill pen to record all the information he had collected that day.

And highlight Qiqi, Yunjin, and Guoba.

These three individuals all have progress bars on their accounts; they are the people he needs to contact next.

Xia Zhi lowered his head and pondered for a while, then slowly crossed out Yun Jin's name with his pen.

This big star is not being considered for the time being.

He then crossed out the name on Guoba with a pen.

Go to Wanmintang more often, and once he becomes a regular customer and builds a good relationship with Xiangling, it will be easier to speed up his progress bar.

All that remained on the paper was Qiqi's name.

She is a herb-gathering apprentice at Bubulu, and also an immortal zombie.

Brother Liu didn't have a deep impression of Qi Qi. He only knew that Qi Qi was brought back from the mountains by Bai Shu. She rarely appeared in front of people and didn't like to talk.

"I really need to go to Bubulu and meet Qiqi in person first."

Xia Zhi sighed softly, tidied up the papers on the table, put them into her inventory, and then took out the Rainbow Fruit Puree.

What appeared in his palm was a small glass bottle.

The bottle contained a small drop of iridescent liquid, which shimmered under the light of the four-in-one lamp.

What a beautiful color.

Xia Zhi carefully opened the bottle cap, and a dreamy fragrance wafted out of the bottle opening, forming a colorful rainbow bridge in the air.

What a rich aroma!

Xia Zhi put the bottle back on.

This is just a drop of the original liquid; it needs to be diluted and blended extensively before it can be consumed.

Xia Zhi put the bottle back into his inventory, and a thought suddenly popped into his head.

It's not quite ready yet, so he needs to investigate it more carefully tomorrow.

Xia Zhi took a shower, changed into her pajamas, wrote for a while, and then stopped writing and went to bed when she felt sleepy.

The next morning, Xia Zhi finished washing up, put on her glasses, and walked out of her room.

In the corridor, he encountered other guests who appeared to be a pair of sisters traveling to Liyue.

Xia Zhi slowed her pace slightly and walked behind the two women, overhearing their somewhat excited conversation.

"Last night I smelled a really tempting fruity aroma!"

"I smell it too! It smells like a mixture of many different fruits!"

"I don't know where it drifted from."

"Someone might be drinking some new mixed fruit juice."

"Do you have this kind of juice? I really want to drink it!"

"I really want to drink it too! Let's go ask at the beverage shop outside."

"Ok!"

Xia Zhi listened to their conversation, and her expression became somewhat strange.

The one they're talking about... could it be the faint fragrance that emanated when he took out the rainbow fruit syrup last night?

Chapter Twenty-Two: Getting Rich

As Xia Zhi descended the stairs of the hostel, he overheard several groups of guests discussing the mysterious fruity scent they had smelled in the air the previous night.

When Xia Zhi arrived at the lobby on the first floor, he saw several guests asking the staff if the hostel sold juice. The staff apologized and said that the hostel did not offer such a service, which disappointed the guests.

Xia Zhi had not expected that the faint fragrance emanating from the [Rainbow Fruit Pulp] would cause such a commotion.

However, its main body, the Rainbow Fruit, is a gold-level item, so it's understandable that the pulp would be so "delicious".

Xia Zhi glanced at them thoughtfully, then quietly walked past them and went out onto the street.

A cool sea breeze blew in my face, carrying a faint fishy smell.

For Xia Zhi, although the smell was not something she was used to, it wasn't unpleasant either.

The port area is still very lively today.

Xia Zhi's breakfast was Fisherman's Toast, which she bought from a stall at the port.

This is a food from Mondstadt.

Legend has it that in Mondstadt, fishermen would stuff their bags with this kind of toast and squat by the river all day long.

The original method involves covering toast with onions, but the stall owner in front of me has made a Liyue-style improvement by adding grilled chicken and hot sauce, making the finished product more like a sandwich.

taste good.

Xia Zhi leaned against the railing by the harbor road, eating breakfast while looking at the sea.