Modern Teyvat, bound to the Abyss Spiral

Keqing, wearing loose home clothes and a facial mask, ran in hurriedly in a pair of cotton slippers. After opening the door, she hurried back to the living room, took off her slippers, and curled up on the sofa to watch TV.

Li Qingping glanced at the door. It was very thick and he could sense elemental power inside. He thought there must be some additional protective measures. It would probably take some effort for him to break it.

After entering the house, he found that the rest of the living room layout had not changed, except for a few double-layer thick curtains added by the windows to block the sun. Even the old TV covered with a white dust cover had not been moved. The TV that Keqing was watching now was the new one she bought. It was super big, at least 120 inches.

Next to her, there was a palm-sized shadow watching the drama with her. It turned out to be Gui Zhong!

"Sister Gui Zhong?!"

Guizhong didn't say anything, just squinted his eyes, waved at him, and then continued watching the show.

Li Qingping sat down next to Keqing. The TV series was on intermission and entered the commercial segment. The advertiser was someone Li Qingping knew, Barbara.

Barbara smiled sweetly as she recommended a Liyue-made mobile phone to the audience in front of the TV screen.

Keqing and Barbara have basically no intersection, but she just can't like this super popular Mondstadt idol and has some resistance to her.

She doesn't look like a good woman!

"Why did you change your clothes just to have a meal? You smell so good. I remember this shower gel is very popular among ladies. What's wrong with you?" Keqing, wearing a white facial mask, looked at Li Qingping.

"Miss, I haven't taken a bath for more than 30 days. Sister Xianyun likes cleanliness, so she asked me to take a bath. What's so strange about that?" Li Qingping remained calm.

"After all, he is Master Liuyunjiefeng, so I really can't lose my manners. What about his clothes?"

"Shen He bought too much last time and brought it home. It just so happened that I wore it back this time."

Keqing's eyes widened immediately, half-knelt on the sofa and grabbed Li Qingping's arm: "You haven't even gone shopping with me yet!!"

Li Qingping immediately breathed a sigh of relief and finally stopped asking further questions. It was worth it that he deliberately exposed a flaw. After all, things that can be solved with money are trivial.

"This weekend."

"Buy enough?"

"Liyue just gave out a 2000 million bonus. If you're capable, just buy it all at once."

"Just give money? That's too stingy!" The young civil servant, who had completely forgotten his identity, protested loudly, attracting Gui Zhong who was standing nearby.

"There are so many things here, please keep your voice down and don't let Sister Guizhong misunderstand."

This person is really all-powerful. Prince Yan and she were strategic partners back then!

"Anything else?" Keqing immediately calmed down and sat obediently on the sofa.

"A house in Yujingtai worth 600 million yuan."

"The one next door to the next door is the one in Yiyan Palace?" Keqing guessed which house Li Qingping was talking about after a little thought.

"Was it built by your family again?" Li Qingping already had a clear understanding of Keqing's financial resources. This was a super rich lady who could take out more than 10 billion in cash in one go.

"No."

Li Qingping breathed a sigh of relief: "That's not bad."

"That house is right next to mine. I saw it was renovated and vacant for half a year. It's great that we're neighbors now." Keqing smiled, and her mind was already envisioning visiting her in the future. "That place is great. It's a short walk to work, and right outside the complex is our Huishan Hall."

Li Qingping: ???

"Why don't you move back then? It'll be much more convenient for commuting."

Indeed, Keqing’s excuse last time was that it was too noisy at home and it affected her review.

But now, she has passed the Liyue civil service exam, and this excuse is no longer useful.

Gotta find a new one!

Keqing's eyes rolled. "Senior Guizhong needs a TV drama companion. I can't burden you with such a tough job. I, your secretary, will be the one to handle it!"

With Gui Zhongzhong nodding in agreement, Keqing felt invincible.

"...As long as you are happy." Li Qingping was helpless.

"Do you have any ideas for the house renovation?" Keqing was so happy to see Li Qingping agreed that she almost took off the mask on her face. She sat closer to Li Qingping and poked his arm. "I'm a professional. How about I help you check it out?"

"You have things to do in the hall, so you don't have much time."

"I don't have time, but Uncle Chen does! And he's right next door, so he doesn't have to travel far! Let Uncle Chen help keep an eye on it, and I'll give the orders in real time in the hall. There won't be any problem at all!" Keqing became more and more excited as she spoke, almost overwhelming Li Qingping.

It's a pity that she didn't have any idea, so neither side felt anything.

"Can it be done?"

"Let me ask Uncle Chen first!"

Keqing took out her cell phone, typed a message and sent it.

Keqing: "Uncle Chen, we've taken over the apartment next door. Are you free to oversee the renovations?"

Butler Chen only took a look at the message sent by the young lady and understood the key points.

Butler Chen: "I have contacted the designer and the deposit has been transferred. The design will be ready tomorrow."

The lady sent you a message not to ask if you can do it, but to urge you to act quickly. Butler Chen is well aware of this.

Keqing: "Thank you, Uncle Chen!"

Butler Chen: "It's my job."

After reading the chat records, Li Qingping felt that Butler Chen was indeed reliable, so he handed the matter over to Keqing and transferred 1000 million to her as decoration expenses, claiming that she could ask him for more if it was not enough.

"Don't worry, I'll help you with the preparations first. I still need to live there... I mean, I'm going to watch TV with Senior Guizhong!" Keqing promised, patting her chest.

Li Qingping accompanied Gui Zhong and Keqing to watch the TV series until 10 o'clock in the evening.

Keqing went upstairs to sleep and Guizhong returned to the Chains of the Mortal World. Li Qingping laid the sofa flat, made the bed, and entered the space of consciousness.

After what happened to Shen He, he didn't dare to go see Lei Dianzhen and had to hide for at least one night. So he appeared directly at the entrance of the Abyss Spiral and slipped in.

[The fifth level of the Abyss is now open]

[Enter]

"no."

"Enter the fourth level of the Abyss."

After drifting on the sea for a month, the fifth level of the Abyss had already been opened, but he was not in a hurry to challenge it, but to meet Sedna instead.

As soon as he entered the fourth floor, Sedna shouted "hooligan" as soon as she saw him, and then kicked him out.

"This guy is so bad!" Sedna was feeling hot all over, and even the cold lake water couldn't suppress it. She was surprised by Shen He's bold move, and at the same time, she was shocked by the huge monster.

Anyway....

"But I still have to thank him for risking his life to collect my body... I'll talk to him face to face next time..." Sedna sank to the bottom of the lake.

After being turned away, Li Qingping suddenly realized that he was so busy dodging lightning that he forgot that the Demon God of Waves could read memories.

"There's always a loophole!" Li Qingping sighed, "Then let's go and see which demon god is on the fifth floor."

The fifth level of the Abyss, enter!

[The fifth level of the Abyss Spiral, the challenge begins]

[The Guardian, the Tornado Demon God Diekarapian]

The blur in front of Li Qingping's eyes gradually became clear, and each stroke outlined the contours of the snowy wasteland, as well as the tall tower in the distance and the ruins at its foot.

The tower was far away, but its appearance and even its internal details seemed to be engraved in Li Qingping's mind and could not be erased.

The towering tower is like a pale sharp blade piercing the sky. It is built entirely of cold silver-grey stone, and its surface is covered with layers of wind-eroded marks, as if the roar of storms for millions of years has been solidified into icy cracks.

The tower spirals upwards, and every staircase and archway is polished as smooth as a mirror by the violent airflow, reflecting the cold light of a blade.

Its top is hidden in the never-ending vortex of green hurricane, and a lonely throne can be vaguely seen - the obsidian-carved chair back is more than ten meters high, inlaid with indigo wind element crystals, like the single eye of a demon god looking down on all living beings.

The tower was surrounded by a barrier woven by the storm, a wall of wind like millions of intertwined silver threads, completely separating the tower from the mortal world. The sunlight from the outside world was distorted and scattered, leaving only a murky, leaden sky. The whistling wind was accompanied by a sharp buzzing sound, and birds were pulverized the moment they touched the wall of wind. The cold wind blowing from the snow-capped mountains was even more so, ruthlessly severed, unable to even approach the ruins.

——There is no severe cold here.

Beneath the tower base, the broken ruins of the city-state crawl like ants, and the thorns and mosses growing among the broken walls make the giant tower look even more desolate.

The tower stands alone, as if it does not belong to the human world. Instead, it is a cage forged by the aloof demon god with his power. It not only traps the bodies of his subjects, but also isolates mortals from looking up to the gods.

"Diakarapian is a demon god who left a significant mark in the history of Teyvat." Li Qingping looked at the tower.

This is probably one of the few demons he met in the Abyss, apart from Guizhong, whose life story he knew.

It is said that the power of this demon god is so strong that even the current wind god cannot do anything to him. He only managed to win with the help of many mortals in Mond at that time.

"I don't know how much truth this legend has, so I'm going to give it a try today."

The tower sensed the demonic power emanating from Li Qingping. As he took his first step, the indigo crystals atop the obsidian throne shone brightly. A strong wind blew like a sharp knife, harvesting everything in its path.

Li Qingping's clothes were cut into pieces in an instant and hung on his body, and his hair was pulled into straight black lines.

But he stood facing the wind, raised his head and looked straight at the tall tower in front of him.

"Mortal tainted by the power of the demon, you need to obey!"

A clear voice was carried out from the high tower by the strong wind and reached Li Qingping's ears. It was Dikarapian who was speaking.

"My knees are stiff and I can't kneel down."

"Then leave my territory." Dikarapian whispered, and the wind blew even stronger than before.

Li Qingping thought that this brutal demon god in historical records would directly wipe him out, but he didn't expect that he would just let him leave.

only...

"To be fair, this place should be mine."

Li Qingping mobilized the elemental power to protect his body, resisting the invasion of the strong wind, and took the second step forward.

Perhaps angered by Li Qingping's words, the wind became even stronger!

The gale was terrifyingly strong, and the elemental power contained in it constantly tore at and weakened the defenses built by Li Qingping. He could only continuously draw elemental power from his heart, which had transformed into a magical organ in his body, to resist the power of Dikarapian.

Li Qingping barely took fifty steps and could not move forward at all.

You have to know that he was at the edge of the snowy wasteland at the beginning, and he didn't know how far away he was from the tower. And these fifty steps didn't even enter the ruins area under the tower.

It seems that the historical data is true, and the strength of this Tornado Demon God is worthy of every word in the history books.

Even just a few breaths of wind would be enough to stop him here without any help.

What a powerful Tornado Demon!

Facing such a powerful enemy, Li Qingping was filled with excitement and a desire to fight.

If you don't come to see me, then I will go to see you!

His heart pounding, maximizing its ability to absorb elemental energy, Li Qingping attempted another right leg forward. His knee felt like a heavy anvil weighing down his body. The whistling wind, mingled with the echoes of the Decarapian, whispered like countless chains around his ankles, forcing him to retreat and not attempt another step forward.

The Tooth of Osel on his wrist was eager to come out to shield Li Qingping from the wind, but was rejected.

"What can the strong wind do to me?"

Li Qingping endured the strong wind, lifted his right leg which weighed a thousand pounds, and then dropped it.

The strong wind broke through the elemental protection attached to the right leg, cutting countless fine cuts like a knife. As soon as the blood beads seeped out, they were rolled into scarlet mist and dragged a broken rainbow behind it.

"Boring." The crystal on the obsidian throne in the tower flashed again, and Decarabian responded with a more violent wind.

The invisible gale turned into a pale blue wind blade, cutting the flesh of Li Qingping's right leg as accurately as a scalpel. After a moment, only pale bones were left.

【Challenge Failed】×1

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PS

Author, author, how lazy you are!

The more you owe, the more you owe!

One update today, I must write more tomorrow!

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Volume 1: 106. Shen He: I'll treat you to his soy milk next time.

Opening his eyes, Li Qingping stood at the entrance of the Abyss Spiral, but did not re-enter. He closed his eyes and observed the condition of his body.

The heart, which had long since transformed into a magical organ, was vigorous and powerful, pumping blood throughout the body while also absorbing elemental energy. It appeared bright golden in his elemental vision. The lungs on either side of the heart now also had a hint of golden light.