I'm a male god in Liyue

"Since Miss Qiqi likes the incense in my shop so much, then I'll give you a piece."

"I……"

"We're friends, aren't we?"

"friend……"

Qi Qi hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took the incense from his hand.

Their fingers touched again.

Xia Zhi felt the coolness and softness of her fingers once again.

Qiqi whispered, "Thank you."

Xia Zhi smiled and said, "It's just a piece of incense, nothing to mention. I'll give you a new one when Miss Qiqi has used it up."

Looking at his gentle smile and holding the incense stick in his hand, Qi Qi couldn't help but feel a strange emotion rising in her heart.

She lowered her head and whispered, "I'm going back."

"See you."

"Goodbye."

After a while, Zhu Zi boiled water and brewed a pot of tea.

"Boss, where's Qiqi?"

"She's back."

"Oh, boss, what time do we open for business this afternoon?"

"It's 2 o'clock. You can go and get some rest first, or go upstairs to your room for a nap."

"I'll just sit here and rest."

"Well, it's up to you."

Xia Zhi leaned back in his chair, seemingly resting with his eyes closed, but in reality he was looking at the system panel in front of him.

Two golden treasure chests lay quietly in his inventory.

One was obtained from Qiqi, and the other was obtained from Hutao.

[Golden Treasure Chest]

Quality: Gold.

Type: Consumable.

Features: None.

Effect: Opening this item will randomly grant you a gold-quality item.

Hidden effects: None.

Recyclable: 200 points.

In the [Shop], gold-quality items are priced between 100 and 999 points. Choosing to recycle them offers a chance to obtain high-level gold items worth far more than their resale value, but these items might be useless to you at this stage. Choosing to recycle them, however, will give you 200 points, which is more than enough to freely choose usable low-level gold items in the [Shop].

Xia Zhi now possesses the [Radiant Wings], making him a prospective god, so he doesn't really have much need for high-level gold items.

What he needs are items that help increase his maximum mana.

Xia Zhi first retrieved a golden treasure chest, gaining 200 points, and then purchased two items he had his eye on in the [Shop].

The Third Meditation Method

Quality: Gold.

Type: Skill Book.

Characteristic: Passive.

Effect: Immediately gain the passive skill "Third Meditation" upon use, permanently increasing maximum mana by 1 point per hour.

Hidden effect: Reduces mana cost by 10% when casting spells.

Price: 100 points.

【Scholar's Ring】

Quality: Gold.

Type: Jewelry.

Characteristic: Increase.

Effect: When equipped, all non-damaging passive skills are increased by 30%.

Hidden effect: Immune to second-tier and lower-tier mental spells.

Price: 100 points.

Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Simple and Honest People of Liyue City

Xia Zhi opened the skill book in her inventory.

A moment later, his character panel displayed a new passive skill: [Third Meditation Method]: +1 point of maximum mana per hour.

Xia Zhi glanced at Zhu Zi, who was sitting at a table not far away reading a book and hadn't noticed his movements before taking out the [Scholar's Ring].

This is a simple silver-white ring with a few unknown characters engraved on the band. It feels weightless, as light as a feather.

Xia Zhi put the ring on the index finger of his left hand and glanced at the character panel. The passive skill effect had changed to: +1.3 points of maximum mana per hour.

His current mana cap is 150 points. Based on this passive effect, he can increase his mana cap by 31.2 points per day. In just five days, his mana cap will double.

In about a month, his mana cap will exceed 1000 points, allowing him to use third-tier spells and become a Saint-level mage.

In about a year, his mana cap will exceed 10000 points, allowing him to use fourth-tier spells and become a demigod mage.

In about ten years, his mana cap will exceed 100000 points, allowing him to use fifth-order spells and become a light-type god.

A truly promising future awaits!

This is only based on the passive skills on his current panel. If Xia Zhi can obtain the platinum-quality [Second Meditation Method] (+1 mana cap/minute) and the diamond-quality [First Meditation Method] (+1 mana cap/second) in the future, the time to become a god will be greatly shortened.

Xia Zhi turned his gaze to another golden treasure chest in his inventory.

He already has the meditation technique, and one enhancement item is enough.

Why don't we open this treasure chest and take a look?

Xia Zhi chose to open it, and a shiny, rhomboid stone appeared before his eyes.

[Enhancing Crystals]

Quality: Gold.

Type: Consumable.

Characteristic: Evolution.

Effect: When used on other items, there is a chance to upgrade their quality by one tier: Black Iron (100%), Silver (50%), Gold (25%), Platinum (1%).

Hidden effect: When evolution fails, the original effects of the item will be randomly enhanced.

Recyclable: 100 points.

This is a very powerful item.

The lower limit is not low, and the upper limit is frighteningly high.

With a bit of luck, you might even be able to turn a platinum-quality item into a diamond-quality item.

Xia Zhi put it away, picked up the cup, leaned back in his chair, and slowly drank his tea.

After a while, Xiangling and Master Mao arrived with the rice crust.

"Mr. Xia, congratulations on your grand opening!"

"Thank you."

Xia Zhi stood up and greeted them with a smile.

"Please come in and have a seat."

Xiangling looked around the shop with curiosity. It was just a few tables, chairs, and books. It felt very simple and didn't seem like the style of shops in Feiyunpo at all.

Master Mao clasped his hands together, looking somewhat nervous, and sat down with a slightly restrained smile.

Guoba tilted his head back, looking at him expectantly.

"Wait a moment, I'll make you some juice right away."

Xia Zhi walked into the cabinet and skillfully took out a cup.

Xiangling looked at the poster on the wall, somewhat surprised: "The original price is 100 Mora per cup?"

This price is enough to order two good dishes at Wanmintang.