I'm in the Teyvat running group

As mentioned earlier, prices in Teyvat differ significantly from those in the game. A very good bowl of beef noodles costs only around 25 Mora. Even a novice adventurer can only earn 10,000 to 20,000 Mora from a dangerous mission. A day's hard work in heavy physical labor might earn a few thousand Mora, but such good jobs are rare. Therefore, in the Genshin Impact main storyline, when the Traveler needed to perform the Ascendant Ritual, it was more than enough for the Traveler to give 40,000 Mora to find help. After all, this was almost several months' income for an average person. Finding three people to work, even with some of the work being somewhat dangerous, was quite generous.

According to D&D rules, equipment is significantly more expensive in Teyvat because the elemental energy there is active and unstable.

Furthermore, due to the influence of the elements on crops and humans, coupled with the stability of the world's laws by the Seven Gods, the cost of living for humans has been greatly reduced. Moreover, due to the support of various elemental forces, the strength and physique of animals such as horses and cattle have increased rapidly, and they even produce more offspring than on Earth. In addition, due to the influence of the grass elemental force, grass, trees, crops, and other plants only need to be stimulated to grow very fast. Teyvat's agriculture and animal husbandry can be said to be extremely developed.

Grass element, isn't that amazing!

This has driven food prices to an unbelievable level. A very good bowl of beef noodles costs 25 mora, but if you just eat steamed buns and pickled vegetables, 20 mora a day would be enough!

In general, in the D&D universe, 1 gold coin has an average purchasing power of about 200-300 Mora. My starting amount is equivalent to 700-800 gold coins, making me quite wealthy. Even high-level raids are lucky to get 100-200 gold coins. My dad generously gave me about 500-600 gold coins, and my father, Zhongli, even gifted me a powerful artifact...

This old man, he still needs to be fed more, doesn't he?

Interestingly, perhaps because the people here are of exceptionally high quality and the overall order is relatively stable, the income of ordinary people has increased significantly, and the gap between them and novice adventurers has not widened much.

Only at the third ring level and above, roughly equivalent to a squad leader in the Thousand Rock Army or Knights, can a significant difference be made. After all, without elemental power, the combat strength of a third ring is almost the limit for a normal person. Many possessors of the Eye of God might not even reach the third ring level because they are not good at combat. Combat skills, physical strength, and elemental power are three completely different concepts. Therefore, it is possible for a high-level scholar to possess elemental power but only use it for research...

After packing her things, Yunxiu slung her bag over her shoulder and headed out to buy supplies for her adventure, starting with the most important items: a mount and weapons.

Since her father had said that giving her name would get her a 50% discount, Yunxiu naturally went straight to [Hanfeng Ironware Shop]. Although Hanfeng Ironware Shop, located opposite the Adventurers' Guild, wasn't as grand as the Adventurers' Guild, it was still quite impressive. After entering, seeing at least a hundred weapons hanging on both sides, even Yunxiu, who had seen a lot in the Thousand Rock Army, couldn't help but sigh a few times.

He walked to the front desk, gave his and his father's names, and the receptionist picked up a strange communication device. Less than five minutes later, a square-faced, burly man in a reddish-brown suit strode over and patted Yunxiu on the shoulder with great gusto. The force of the pat made Yunxiu almost lose his balance, and the loud voice instantly reminded him of Li Yunlong from his past life, who was always firing off in various bizarre videos...

"He's Old Yun's son! This morning when he passed by here, he specifically told me, 'Take whatever you want, I'll give you a 50% discount on everything!'"

There are so many options, how am I supposed to choose?!

Yunxiu let out a long breath, then tried his best to put on a pleading expression before speaking: "Uncle Zhang, I'd like a crossbow that's suitable for my use, preferably one that can even be fired directly with elemental force in an emergency. I'm willing to pay a bit more, of course, if you could do me a favor before my trip..."

"Oh? You're quite something!" Old Zhang thought for a moment, then called over a waiter and gave him a few instructions. The waiter was surprised for a moment, then went to the back warehouse and came out with a strange-looking crossbow. Old Zhang took it and stroked it for a moment before handing it to Yunxiu: "Take a look, this should be what you want."

Yunxiu immediately sent out an appraisal:

【Elemental Resonance Crossbow - Convergence】

The crossbow is carved from translucent sandalwood. Its structure is exquisite and far surpasses the skills of ordinary craftsmen, yet it also exudes a sense of spontaneity and imperfection.

It appears to be a practice piece by a reclusive hermit, who, finding it flashy but impractical, disposed of it casually.

Weapon type: Crossbow

Feature 1: If the holder has no elemental power, using only a regular crossbow bolt will only deal 1D4 blunt damage.

特性2：注入元素能量10点，即可直接化作一枚弩箭，造成1D8对应元素伤害，射速3发/2秒

特性3：使用元素符文箭融合元素力，造出2D6+2对应元素伤害，攻击获得+1加值，射速1发/1秒

Why is this giant bird everywhere? Looking at this peculiar crossbow, Yunxiu knew it must be an experimental product created by Liuyun Borrowing the Wind, most likely a product made while experimenting on her own Guizhongji, and somehow it ended up in Lao Zhang's hands, and now it's being sold to her...

However, it is indeed very suitable for me to use until around level 5. Even if I use only elemental power, every 10 points of elemental power can produce 1D8 damage, which is roughly equivalent to an elemental missile, and it will be at least one or two hundred. The crossbow can also fire in rapid succession, which is no less than an elemental missile spell (a spell has 3 missiles, and each level increases by 1). If I use elemental arrows, I can hit 2D6+2. Even if I use this weapon when I am at level 2, with my Emperor's Blessing, I will have at least 10 points of base damage, which multiplied by the coefficient is 900 points per arrow!

As long as the price of this elemental arrow is acceptable, it's truly an excellent tool for clearing stages!

"Uncle Zhang, I'll choose him. What's the price?"

Chapter 12 Xiangling's Response

"I really can't figure that out." Old Zhang scratched his head. "I bought it for 30000 Mora back then, but it's been sitting in the warehouse for three or five years. Since you're here and Old Yun has offered, you can just pay 20000 Mora to take it away."

"Okay!" Knowing that just studying the runes on this crossbow would cost more than that, Yunxiu readily agreed. Then, looking at the Enchanted Elemental Rune Arrows priced at 2500 Mora each in the cabinet, she said, "Give me another 50 rune arrows, and then get me a regular spellbook, Uncle!"

"That's all? Okay!" Old Zhang said a few words to the waiter, and then he quickly ran to the back warehouse, took out a quiver filled with rune arrows with arrowheads made of transparent crystal, and a basic apprentice spellbook that increases energy regeneration by 5%.

“Old Yun’s child is practically my son. Aside from this crossbow, I’ll give you a 40% discount on everything else! It’ll be 94,000 in total, rounded down to 90,000 Mora. I’ll just charge you cost price.” He then patted Yunxiu on the shoulder before saying somewhat sadly, “When Old Yun was drinking with us, he kept worrying about you not being able to use your elemental power. I even advised him then, ‘Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. I have four children, but only one of them works with me in this shop,’”

"But now that you can cultivate with elemental power, it seems that Old Yun is finally blessed!"

Seeing Lao Zhang continue his busy work in the back workshop, Yunxiu greeted him and went to the nearby Xingyun Inn, a place that rents and sells horses and travel items. However, Yunxiu did not look at the horses, but instead focused her attention on a huge but docile creature—a pack animal.

Looking at the sign that read "Newly arrived Sumeru Beast, special launch price! 50000 Mora clearance sale!", Yunxiu casually tossed out an appraisal.

"Your priority level is 5+6=11, target identification difficulty is DC8, passed!"

【Yak Pack Animal】(Elite/Omnivorous): Pack animals are friends of humans; they are gentle in nature and serve as important means of transportation.

World Correction Factor: 89.44

[Health Points]: 4300 (5D10+20)

[Movement Speed]: 15 m/s (burst) / 6 m/s (sustained)

[Load Capacity]: 450 kg (non-combat) / 300 kg (combat)

Yunxiu's eyes lit up. Although the price was indeed a bit expensive, this thing would be no problem to accompany her all the way to Mondstadt. Moreover, the 450-kilogram weight capacity could easily support her and a lot of her belongings. The weapons, tents, and rations she carried alone would probably weigh over 100 kilograms. Wouldn't she be exhausted carrying all that?

Although I'm running slowly, it's not a big deal. My goal is to reach Mondstadt within two months, so there's no rush!

Without hesitation, I immediately bought it. Then I bought a custom-made weighted saddle for 13500 moles, three riding saddles for 1700 moles each, a travel tent for 7300 moles, a portable pot for 650 moles, various miscellaneous accessory packs for 1200 moles, and some random spare parts for 3300 moles, for a total of 81500 moles. After a discount of 5% off purchases over 88 moles, the total came to 71000 moles.

After paying quickly, Yunxiu rode a yak-like beast laden with equipment through the streets of Liyue. Countless people turned to look at her. While it wasn't unusual for adventurers to travel on horseback or even in carriages, this kind of beast, recently imported from Sumeru and now rare even in Liyue, was very eye-catching. Especially since Yunxiu had specifically purchased a load-bearing saddle and a riding saddle; the beast had a total of 12 cargo points on both sides, making it a transport creature intended for an adventure team.

To ensure the pack beast's health, in addition to hay, it must eat about 30 liters of concentrated feed mixed with rye, peas, and minced meat every day. This would be a logistical disaster on Earth, but this is the magical Teyvat. As long as there is an adventurer who can use the grass element, consuming energy to catalyze the process, about 50 energy is enough to catalyze a day's worth of concentrated feed for the pack beast. Fresh feed can be catalyzed and eaten immediately. Therefore, in the pack beast's pack, there is a "food seed" of about 50 kilograms of rye, peas, and potato seeds, enough to last for two months.

Elemental power, isn't that amazing!

Besides, pack animals are omnivorous, eating both grass and meat. Although they look like purely herbivorous animals, they often eat things like the Red-Heart Fruit, which contains a lot of energy, in places like the desert. Digesting meat is also a breeze for them. If all else fails, Yunxiu can hunt and feed them!

In less than ten minutes, the pack animal stopped in front of Xiangling's house.

Yunxiu sighed. This was the most important thing. She had deliberately put buying dry food last, but she didn't know how to say goodbye to Xiangling.

Before Yunxiu could jump down to say goodbye to Xiangling, a figure leaped onto the saddle of the beast and began swaying back and forth, offering his comments.

"Xiuxiu, where did you come from, you big monster? Is this meat delicious?"

Looking at Xiangling's expectant eyes, Yunxiu was momentarily at a loss for words.

After hesitating for a long time, Yunxiu finally managed to say, "Xiangling, actually... I came today to say goodbye and buy some provisions. I plan to train my way to Mondstadt."

"Huh?" Xiangling fell silent for a moment. Then she got off the pack beast, went into the shop, took out a portable bag, packed twenty portions of rations and several portions of dry food together, put them in the pack beast's load bag and secured them, then jumped back on and sat down. She then poked Yunxiu, who was still in a daze, with her finger and said, "Let's go, Xiuxiu, I'll take you to the outskirts of the city."

The beast moved at a leisurely pace, still chewing on the two apples it had stolen from Xiangling's house earlier. But Yunxiu had no time to care about such things; instead, she was racking her brains to explain to Xiangling, "I want to go out and train to strengthen myself because there are very important things to do later..."

"Alright, Xiuxiu, no need to say anything, I understand." Xiangling, sitting in front, didn't turn around, but said, "Xiuxiu, I'll give you a chance, guess what the girl is thinking right now..."

what……

Yunxiu took a deep breath and took the initiative to hug Xiangling's seemingly delicate yet healthy and energetic body. A feeling completely different from when she used to play with Xiangling welled up in her heart. It was a warm, fulfilling feeling, a strange feeling of wanting to hold her tightly but being afraid of hurting her. They walked in silence, smelling the fragrance of flowers and dew on Xiangling's body, and Yunxiu couldn't help but feel a surge of desire.

"It smells so good, how come I never noticed it before..."

"If this continues, my pure childhood sweetheart feelings will be corrupted..."

"How about we stop participating in major events and just marry Xiangling and become a live-in son-in-law at Wanmintang?"

Suddenly, Yunxiu shivered. The terrifying scenes she had seen in the game in her previous life flashed into her mind again: the overwhelming invasion of the Abyss, the massive invasion of the Dark Sea, the ever-thinning barrier of Teyvat, and the tumors covering the ground of Sumeru...

His gaze gradually sharpened. When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken. If Teyvat cannot be protected, then even if he marries Xiangling and has children, their happy time will only last three to five years at most. By then, his child will die under the threat of the Abyss invasion as soon as he is born!

Even if the Fourth Adventor can reshape Teyvat or escape into space with those he cares about, will he have a ticket for his wife and children on the spaceship?

"Legendary! I will reach legendary status within two years!"

"Once you reach the Legendary level, a mage is fully capable of moving between planes. Even if Teyvat is destroyed, I will take the people I care about with me to other planes!"

In reality, 7th-ring spells can already traverse space to a certain extent, and even carry people, but it's not safe enough. Moreover, judging from Zhongli's strength, although the laws of Teyvat are incomplete, its power ceiling is not low. If they can't protect this world either, even if I reach 7th ring, it won't be enough. So I need to be at least legendary, and perhaps 9th-ring archmage would be barely enough. That's my bottom line.

Thinking of this moment, he became determined. Since God had given him a chance to start over, and he was using the rulebook he had written himself, what was wrong with him personally experiencing Teyvat?

Moreover, unlike the Fourth Adventists who have to go to various places to fight through the story and collect information, the information in their own minds is basically complete, and they only need to understand some details.

As Master René once said, knowledge is the foundation of the world, and coincidentally, the wizards of D&D are themselves representatives of using knowledge to analyze the world.

Thinking of this, he took the initiative to hug Xiangling, looked into her eyes, and said firmly, "Xiangling, I don't know when my feelings for you changed, but I know I want to marry you!"

"Ah!" Xiangling's face turned bright red. She frantically waved her hands, covering her face, and gasped, "What...what are you saying! Even if...even if I did think about marrying Xiuxiu, isn't it too early!"

"And...and..." Xiangling put her two index fingers together and whispered, "Girls actually grow up very quickly. I noticed the changes a long time ago, and I was actually planning to tell you first..."

Ah...did I succeed in confessing my feelings?

Having been a virgin for 22 years in his past life and another 16 years in this one, Yunxiu has a total of 38 years of virginity across all his lifetimes. Perhaps this is the foundation for his ability to become a great magician...

Wait, does a successful confession mean...?

Yunxiu's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but stroke Xiangling's soft face, taking the initiative to move closer to her.

"No, no, no!" Xiangling covered her face. "I... I haven't agreed to Xiuxiu's request yet! At least let me prepare myself!"

"Alright." Forcibly suppressing her pounding emotions, Yunxiu held Xiangling in her arms until the beast's large feet stepped out of the North Gate of Liyue before the two separated.

"Alright, that's enough for now." Xiangling and Yunxiu jumped off the pack animals. Xiangling was back to her energetic self, chattering away as she told Yunxiu, "I packed this portable nutrition pack for you. It's different from the others. I asked Grandma to cast a spell on it! It can hold 200 servings of compressed rations at once. There are only 20 left in the shop today, but it should be enough for you for a week, Xiuxiu. We'll be at Wangshu Inn soon, so you can replenish your supplies there!"

"And also..."

"After Grandma and I finish our training this month, I'll come to Mondstadt to find you." Xiangling suddenly remembered something and said happily, "What was Grandma going to teach me this month? Oh right, Grandma said she's going to get some kind of pot? So we can train inside the pot without worrying about damaging the outside area!"

It's the Dust Song Pot... I wish I could get one someday, although traveling on a pack animal is quite an experience...

"Xiangling, be careful on your way home, and please give my regards to your future father-in-law."

"Pah, pah, pah, who's your future father-in-law?" Xiangling said, making a spitting face as she waved at Yunxiu.

Suddenly, as Yunxiu was climbing onto the saddle carrying the beast, a fragrant breeze wafted over, and Xiangling gently pecked Yunxiu on the cheek!

"Today's response, hehe." Xiangling ran off, shouting, "Xiuxiu, you must come back safely!"

Touching the marks on her face, Yunxiu stood frozen in place for a moment.

Suddenly, Xiangling stopped, turned around, put her hand to her mouth, and shouted, "Don't let bad women fool you!"

Yunxiu replied with a helpless expression, "Okay!"

"If you meet a cute girl, remember to let me see her too!"

"OK?"

Chapter 13 Spells to Destroy Hilichurls

"Hehehe, hehehehehe..."

While grinning foolishly and munching on the dried raspberries Xiangling had prepared for her, Yunxiu leisurely lay on the saddle of the pack beast, enjoying one of the greatest advantages of this high-magic world: in terms of comfort and convenience alone, this pack beast far surpassed all the luxury vehicles of her original world. Not only was the comfort level almost maxed out, but it also came with navigation and beast-engineered intelligence, the only downside being its high fuel consumption...

Because we bought a relatively good pack animal, the speed was not slow. We set off from Liyue before 10 a.m. and by 3 or 4 p.m., we had officially left the outskirts of Liyue and entered the southern foothills of Tianheng Mountain.