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

"Hehe, we really owe you a lot for saving the day, otherwise we would have been in real trouble."

Wendy, clutching her chest, sat on the ground, chuckling as she watched Lu Li raise his staff.

Upon hearing Wendy's words, Lu Li lowered his hand, the Revival Monsoon stopped, and the staff in his hand disappeared.

"No way! If I had come a little earlier, you wouldn't have gotten beaten up."

Lu Li shook his head with some regret.

What he really meant was that if he had arrived a little earlier, he could have helped Wendy block Rosalind's attack.

Although that kick wasn't very powerful, Rosalind and Wendy are both important characters in the main storyline, so the rewards they draw should be pretty good.

Lu Li arrived late and couldn't teleport to Wendy, so he could only interrupt Rosalind by having the weak retreat.

"Haha, well, there's nothing we can do about it. I never expected to be ambushed like that..."

Wendy scratched her head and chuckled, then turned to look to the side.

"Compared to this, you seem to be in trouble~"

As she spoke, Wendy's smile became somewhat strange, like... a fox?

Lu Li looked in the direction Wendy was looking and found that Qin and Barbara had been chased out of the cathedral because of the commotion outside.

But most importantly, the twin-tailed girl named Barbara was looking at Lu Li with her hands clasped together and an excited and devout expression.

"What a warm breeze! It feels like everything is about to revive from the ice and snow. Even my sister's power doesn't give me this feeling. To be able to blow such a wind... could he be Lord Barbatos...?"

Thinking of this, Barbara excitedly stepped forward.

"Excuse me, are you Lord Barbatos?"

With her hands clasped together at her chest, Barbara, dressed in a white priestess dress, slightly raised her head, her gray-blue eyes looking at Lu Li expectantly.

Upon hearing Barbara's words, Qin, standing behind her, instinctively raised her hand as if to say something.

"No, this is Barbatos."

Lu Li immediately understood Wendy's meaning, but he did not hesitate to raise his finger and point at Wendy, revealing his identity.

"Eh..."

Upon hearing Lu Li's words, Barbara turned around and glanced at Wendy, who had just stood up from the ground.

"That's right, I am actually Barbatos, the god of wind."

Wendy remained calm and instead spoke with a serious expression.

"Sir, I'm very sorry, but it's very impolite to impersonate a deity in front of church personnel. Please don't do it."

Barbara politely reminded Wendy.

"Ahem, Barbara, as a prayer priest, I think you should first check on the injured person's condition."

Jean, who was behind Barbara, couldn't help but cough and point in the direction of Luminous and Paimon after hearing Wendy's conversation with Barbara.

"what……"

"Lord Barbatos, it was my fault. I will take the injured man into the church immediately."

Barbara gasped in surprise, and with Jean's help, they brought Bright and Paimon back into the church.

Lu Li was relieved; he didn't want to be treated like the Wind God.

"Hehe, let's go, Lord Barbatos, the Wind God. Want to go for a drink?"

Because of Lu Li's Reviving Monsoon, there was no need to worry about Ying and Paimon's situation, so Wendy came over and nudged Lu Li's arm with her elbow, making a suggestion.

"But I don't have Mora. I even spent last night sleeping on a table in a tavern."

"And I need to wait for the traveler to wake up, and while I'm at it, ask her if she deliberately sent me away."

Lu Li shrugged in response to Wendy's suggestion.

He's just waiting for Ying to borrow money to buy Windwing!

"Oh? What a pity... I thought someone would treat me again..."

"Ouch... my wound seems to be hurting again. I need to find a place to heal. When the travelers wake up, please tell them that I'll be waiting for them at the usual place."

Lu Li's answer left Wendy somewhat disappointed. After giving up the idea of ​​going for a drink, he immediately raised his hand to cover the spot where his heart had been ripped out, and with a frown, he gave Lu Li a word of advice.

Seeing Wendy run away after speaking, Lu Li was speechless, but still turned around and entered the cathedral.

Lu Li doesn't want to stay in Mondstadt for long. After he gets his hands on the Windwing and practices with it, he'll return to Liyue.

Besides participating in the main storyline, he had another reason for returning to Liyue, which is why his initial destination was Liyue.

After entering the cathedral, since Ying and Paimon were still asleep, Qin had no choice but to ask Lu Li about what had just happened.

Lu Li didn't hide anything and explained how the Executive [Lady] attacked them and stole the Heart of God.

Upon learning of this, Jean entrusted the injured person to Barbara's care and rushed back to the Knights of Favonius headquarters to deal with the matter.

As a prayer pastor in the Church of the West Wind, Barbara took great care of the wounded.

Moreover, Qin must have explained something to her just now, so she no longer mistakenly believed that Lu Li was Barbatos.

Under her care, Paimon and Ying woke up one after the other.

"Hmm... By the way, how's Wendy? Is he alright?"

Paimon woke up and looked around. When he realized Wendy wasn't there, he couldn't help but ask Lu Li for directions.

"He said he's waiting for you at the usual place. Since you're alright, let's go over there."

Lu Li explained, and then the three of them said goodbye to Barbara and left the cathedral.

During this time, Lu Li also explained what had happened earlier to Ying and Paimon, especially Paimon, who was frozen solid from the beginning and had no idea what happened afterward.

"So, Lu Li, you know the woman who attacked us earlier?"

Ying only fell into a coma when Rosalin left, so she knew the situation well and couldn't help but ask Lu Li about it.

"Yes, she is the eighth executive officer of the Fatui, codename [Lady]. When I was still in the Fatui, she was my superior at the same level."

Lu Li briefly explained Rosalin's identity to Ying and the others.

As for the fact that he used to be a member of the Fools, he couldn't hide it anymore after meeting Rosalyn, so he simply confessed.

"Huh? You...you're also one of the Fatui?"

Paimon was startled and quickly hid behind Ying, grabbing her hair to cover his face.

"Yeah, now you know you're scared, right? I've already prepared your daily request for you, Traveler. If you don't lend me money, I'm going to kidnap Paimon and sell him to a restaurant."

Seeing Paimon's frightened expression, Lu Li crossed his arms and deliberately said this to scare her.

"Wow... why are you selling to restaurants?"

Paimon was startled and buried his head in Ying's hair, wrapping his arms around Ying's neck, too afraid to peek out, but he still couldn't help asking.

"Hehe, because you look like emergency rations kept by travelers."

Lu Li said with a deliberately mischievous smile.

"Alright, stop scaring her. It's just the money to buy the Windwing. I've saved up some Mora these past few days, that should be enough."

Ying naturally had no intention of breaking the contract. She took out a money pouch and handed it to Lu Li under Paimon's somewhat distressed gaze as he peeked out.

"Thank you, boss!"

"Speaking of which, Traveler, you asked me to do your daily quests before, was it just to get rid of me on purpose? I was only gone for a short while, and when I came back you were ambushed by Lady Rosalind."

Lu Li immediately took the money bag with both hands and put it away, then asked the question he had been wanting to ask since the beginning.

The timing was perfect.

"How could that be? Who would deliberately make things difficult for themselves? It's all the fault of the street performers. They were urging us to return the instrument before you even found us, which meant we didn't have time to do our daily tasks."

"So when the traveler saw you come to borrow money, he simply handed over the rest of the daily commissions to you."

Paimon stood to the side, arms crossed, and said with dissatisfaction.

Upon hearing Paimon's statement, Lu Li paused slightly, a possibility forming in his mind.

……