Cross through Teyvat, and you'll become stronger by taking the hits!

Selling information about the defiled, reversed idol to the Church of the West and the Knights was not a whim of Lu Li's, but rather because it happened the day before Ying summoned him to that ruin...

"Phew, I sold a lot of juice today. At this rate, I'll probably have a hundred million Mora for Walnut soon, right?"

Back home, Lu Li wiped non-existent sweat from his forehead, looking like he'd worked hard.

After setting up his stall at Yujingtai for so many days, Lu Li has accumulated some regular customers. Thanks to the appearance of the golden apples and the taste of the chilled apple juice, these customers would come over to buy a cup every day when they passed by.

Those who can live in Yujingtai are all extremely wealthy and powerful. The price of 2000 Mora for one cup and 50% off the second cup means they can drink it like water.

"Look how many Mora there are now..."

Lu Li then returned to his room, took all his Mora out of the Glass God's Eye, and placed them on the bed to count them.

"Hmm, I remember Kari didn't spend much of his Mora, I think it was a little over ten million, and the cash was..."

Lu Li began to take inventory.

"A total of thirty million Mora..."

"Thirty...thirty million?!"

The more Lu Li counted, the more something seemed off.

If he remembered correctly, after he sold all the precious medicinal herbs Ningguang gave him last time, his savings amounted to nearly fifty million Mora!

It's only been a few days, how come there's only 30 million left...?

While it's true that ordering expensive ingredients at Ruri-tei can be costly, this is just too outrageous!

"Lu Li, are you going out for dinner tonight?"

Just as Lu Li finished counting Mora and covered his head with his hands, unwilling to accept reality, Columbia's voice came from outside the door.

"I want to eat something delicious too!"

Bang bang bang——

Then came Ruo'e's voice, and the sound of her knocking on the door with the dragon horns on her head.

"...Here it comes."

Lu Li retrieved Mora from the bed into the Glass God's Eye, responding with a smile that was more like a grimace.

This won't do; the Mora I'm earning isn't being spent as fast as I'm earning!

We need to find another way to make money...

Afterwards, before Lu Li could implement his new money-making method, Ying and Paimon came to him and asked him to go to the ruins together.

This led Lu Li to consider selling information about the corrupted, reversed statue back to Mondstadt.

"Alright, then just come find me at Baiju Inn when you're going."

Ying was speechless at Lu Li's idea of ​​selling the tainted, reversed idol, but she still nodded.

Lu Li came to find her alone, so he certainly wasn't going to leave immediately, which is why Ying explained it this way.

"Okay, then we'll set off tomorrow. I'll go back and make some preparations first."

Lu Li gave an OK sign and said goodbye to Ying.

"Wait, what are you going to do about the abyssal power on the statue?"

Just as Lu Li was about to leave, Ying remembered something and quickly called him back.

"That's easy. The statue is an inanimate object. As long as I have it in my hands, I can cleanse the power of the abyss."

Lu Li waved his hand dismissively.

It is important to know that the power of the abyss can corrode not only living things, but also matter. If a person is attacked by the power of the abyss, their clothes will retain a strong abyssal aura, and if they are taken off and thrown on the ground, they will emit black smoke.

However, Lu Li could purify his clothes as well, which meant that even inanimate objects, as long as they belonged to Lu Li, could be purified by the principle of reversion.

After bidding farewell to Ying, Lu Li made his way to the Hall of Rebirth.

Upon returning to Liyue Harbor, Lu Li immediately sent Columbia back to the Hall of Rebirth, because before she sensed that Lu Li was in danger, she had been learning cooking skills with Hu Tao at the Hall of Rebirth.

Columbia's cooking skills have been improving little by little these past few days, as for Walnut... it seems like she's more into inventing things?

"Xiao'e, come and try my newly invented 'Wangshengtang version' of boiled black-backed bass!"

As soon as Lu Li entered the room, he heard Hu Tao's voice.

Curious, Lu Li followed the sound to the dining table, only to find that Columbia and Ruo'e were already lying motionless on the table.

"..."

"Oh my~ Lu Li, you're back just in time! Come and try my special boiled black-backed sea bass from the Hall of Rebirth~"

Noticing Lu Li's arrival, Hu Tao pulled over two pieces of white cloth and covered Columbia and Ruo'e with them respectively, then quickly walked over and took Lu Li's hand.

Despite his resistance, Hu Tao pulled him to the dining table and pressed his shoulder to make him sit down.

Then, Hu Tao pushed the pot of boiled blackback bass, which Colombia and Ruo'e had only tasted a little of, in front of Lu Li.

"..."

Feeling the hands pressing on his shoulders seem to be exerting some force, Lu Li swallowed hard.

"Hu Tao, you...you didn't poison me, did you...?"

Looking at Columbia and Ruo'e covered by a white sheet, Lu Li asked them with some panic.

"How could that be? Boiled black-backed sea bass couldn't possibly be poisonous!"

Hu Tao smiled brightly and then handed chopsticks and a soup spoon to Lu Li.

Trembling, Lu Li took the chopsticks and, under Hu Tao's smiling gaze, carefully picked up a piece of fish.

"By the way, Lu Li, have you heard? Qi Qi has turned back into a human from a zombie."

Just as Lu Li opened his mouth with a serious expression, about to put the fish into his mouth, Hu Tao suddenly looked at his face and asked a question.

"!!!"

Lu Li broke out in a cold sweat, and his hand holding the chopsticks trembled slightly.

Walnut is asking this question: Is this fish really safe to eat?!

"Oh? It seems Lu Li knows something... Hmm?!"

Hu Tao leaned closer with a suspicious look on her face.

But before she could finish speaking, Lu Li shoved the fish from his chopsticks into her mouth.

"We'll die together!"

As Hu Tao suddenly covered her mouth, Lu Li said resolutely, then picked up a piece of fish and stuffed it into her mouth, before decisively putting down her chopsticks and covering her neck.

"..."

"It's actually quite delicious?"

Lu Li unconsciously chewed twice, then opened his eyes in confusion while clutching his neck.

The fish is tender and smooth, oily but not greasy, spicy but not overly so; it tastes really good.

"So, Lu Li, so this is the kind of person you think I am!"

"Qiqi is my best friend. I'm overjoyed that she's turned back into a human. How could I possibly harm you? You're judging me by my own petty standards."

Hu Tao chewed the fish in her mouth and swallowed it before putting her hands on her hips and looking at Lu Li with dissatisfaction.

"Ah...then, what about them?"

Lu Li cautiously looked at Columbia and Ruo'e, who were covered with white sheets.

"Alright, alright, stop acting, wake up, Columbia, Xiao'e."

Upon hearing this, Hu Tao reminded them.

Upon hearing Hu Tao's words, Columbia, who had been lying on the table, sat up, though her head was still covered with a white cloth.

She raised her hand and grasped the edge of the white cloth, making herself appear as if she were wearing a white veil.

"Actually, I made this."

Columbia explained to Lu Li with a smile.

Upon seeing this, Lu Li's eyes flickered for a moment.

Then, Ruo'e, who was sitting between Columbia and Lu Li, also raised her head and tugged at the white cloth on her head with both hands.

With a ripping sound, the pair of dragon horns pierced through the white cloth and were exposed.

"Hmm?"

Ruo'e made a questioning sound, at which point Columbia reached out and helped lift the white cloth in front of her, allowing Ruo'e to see the surrounding situation clearly.

"..."

Seeing the two of them wearing "white veils," Lu Li couldn't help but raise his hands to cover his chest.

How can there be such a good-looking person in this world...?

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