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

Lu Li, who attempted to retaliate, was ultimately easily sunk by Colombia.

He could only scratch his head sheepishly before continuing on with Columbia.

After trying to cheer Lu Li up, Columbia quickly became sleepy again, nodding her head occasionally as she walked alongside him.

"Little pigeon, let's hurry up, don't fall asleep halfway, we'll be home soon."

Noticing this, Lu Li reached out a hand to her.

"Um……"

Columbia responded and used the hand she had been using to hold her stomach to grasp Lu Li's hand.

Lu Li pulled Columbia up and quickened his pace, soon crossing Scarlet Cloud Slope to reach the alley where the Hall of Rebirth was located.

Even at night, the funeral parlor remains brightly lit; or rather, besides selling funeral items, much of the funeral parlor's work is done at night.

"Oh my, you two came back hand in hand this time? Looks like you had a great time today."

Noticing the two had returned, Hu Tao immediately leaned over to examine their clasped hands closely, teasing them with a mocking tone.

"Good evening, Walnut..."

Colombia, who was almost asleep, mumbled a greeting.

"Ahem, the little pigeon is a bit sleepy."

Lu Li coughed awkwardly and released Columbia's hand with embarrassment.

Columbia instinctively covered her stomach again.

I ate too much today; I still haven't digested the food after walking back from Yujingtai.

"Hmm? Columbia, why are you clutching your stomach... Oh~!"

Noticing Columbia's actions, Hu Tao was initially puzzled, then raised her hands to cover her mouth in surprise.

"Don't say 'oh,' Walnut, look what I brought you."

Hu Tao's reaction left Lu Li speechless for a moment. He quickly put the bag he was carrying on his back on the ground to prevent Hu Tao from having any misunderstandings.

"What good stuff is this? Let me take a look."

Hu Tao then curiously opened the bag and found that inside were gold-embossed gift boxes, each containing a medicinal herb.

"Hmm, these all look like herbs for replenishing qi and blood... Do we have to start nourishing our bodies so soon?"

Although Hu Tao wasn't a doctor, she recognized these medicinal herbs, so she looked up at Lu Li and Columbia with a puzzled expression.

"No, that's not it. This is a gift from that Tianquan star. I guess he saw that I was injured yesterday."

Lu Li explained to Hu Tao without saying a word.

He faced O'Sel's attacks twice and was indeed seriously injured.

Although he seems to have recovered, this kind of recovery might be very energy-consuming, so the medicinal herbs Ningguang gave him were all for replenishing qi and blood.

"Is that so? But you didn't look injured yesterday..."

Hu Tao had naturally heard about the situation at sea yesterday and knew that Lu Li had gone to help, but she still had some doubts.

But she quickly understood, after all, Lu Li had just demonstrated his ability to heal wounds using wind elements yesterday.

"But then why are you showing me these medicinal herbs?"

With a puzzled look, Hu Tao put the gift box containing the medicinal herbs back into the bag.

"Hehe, I just wanted to ask you to help me see how much Mora I could get if I sold these herbs. I don't need these herbs at all."

Lu Li scratched his head and explained.

He didn't know much about the prices of medicinal herbs in Liyue, and he didn't even recognize many of them.

"Then you've stumped this hall master. You should ask the guest elder instead."

Hearing Lu Li's explanation, Hu Tao could only shrug. She had never paid attention to the market prices of medicinal herbs.

"I see. Then I'll take the little pigeon back to its room first, and then go find Zhongli Keqing."

"Let's go, little pigeon."

Lu Li responded, then pulled up Columbia, who was almost asleep standing up, and walked towards her room.

Once inside the room, Lu Li released her and then went to the window to draw the curtains for her.

When she turned around, she saw that Columbia had summoned the Moon Rocking Chair in the room at some point and was already asleep leaning against it.

"..."

Seeing this, Lu Li quietly approached and gently pushed the moon rocking chair with both hands.

This moon rocking chair is suspended in mid-air. Normally, you can push it like a normal rocking chair to make it rock gently, but you can also push it forward with a little more force.

Lu Li first pushed the moon rocking chair to the bedside, then looked at Columbia, who was already sleeping soundly, and couldn't help but raise his hand to scratch his head.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Li mustered up his courage and walked between the bed and the rocking chair. He carefully stretched out his hands and picked up Columbia, who was leaning against the moon rocking chair, in a princess carry.

"So light...so fragrant...hehehe..."

Feeling the light and soft girl in his arms, he wore a silly grin on his face.

Fortunately, he quickly regained his senses and turned around to gently place her on the bed.

As he put her down, Lu Li slowly raised his hand, which had been supporting her back, to protect the back of her neck before gently lowering her down step by step, allowing her head to slowly rest on the soft pillow to avoid waking her.

After doing all this, Lu Li pulled up the neatly folded blanket and carefully covered her with it.

Goodnight, little pigeon.

After making sure every corner was covered tightly, Lu Li said softly with relief, then turned and walked outside.

Goodnight, Lu Li.

"?!"

Just as Lu Li reached the door to close it, Columbia on the bed suddenly responded with a "Goodnight."

Snapped--

Lu Li hurriedly closed the door, fled back to his room in a panic, and locked the door from the inside.

"...Didn't the sect leader say he had something to ask me?"

In the living room on the other side, Zhong Li stared into thought as he looked at the boxes of medicinal herbs in front of him.

……

the next day.

Two days had passed since the birth of the demon god Oser.

Liyue Harbor, which had been temporarily closed, has reopened, and the farewell ceremony for the Celestial Ancestor was successfully conducted under the supervision of the Rebirth Hall Elder, bidding farewell to the Celestial Ancestor's physical remains.

"Dragon...my dragon..."

Watching the Immortal Ancestor's physical remains being burned using a secret method and finally buried in the Yiyan Palace, Lu Li felt a sudden pang of heartache for no reason.

The Immortal Ancestor's Dharma Transformation was also in the form of a dragon!

He hasn't even touched it yet!

However, as the farewell ceremony for the Emperor was held, there were many people at the scene mourning, so Lu Li's situation was not particularly special.

Following the farewell ceremony, the Liyue Sept also revealed the "truth" behind the Geo Archon's death due to a tribulation, urging the public not to speculate or spread rumors.

"Lu Li! Where do you think you're going!"

Just as Lu Li was about to leave Yujingtai with Columbia after watching the ceremony of sending off the immortals, Ying and Paimon caught up with him.

"Raw stones! You haven't given us any raw stones yet!"

Paimon angrily reminded Lu Li, who looked puzzled.

"Oh, I really forgot if you hadn't mentioned it."

Lu Li scratched his head, took out the bag of raw stones from yesterday, and handed it to Ying.

Ying and Paimon opened the bag and carefully counted the fifty raw stones before putting them away with peace of mind.

If it were Mora, she wouldn't bother counting even if it were hundreds of thousands of Mora, but with raw gems, she had to count them one by one, not a single one could be missing.

"Hehe, let's go, traveler! Zhongli seems to be over there. I wanted to talk to him before but didn't have a chance. This is perfect!"

Having received the quest stones, Ying and Paimon left satisfied to find Zhongli.

Their initial purpose in coming to Liyue was to ask the Liyue deities about the Traveler's blood ties.

……