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Han Fulai: "Boss, do you sell 'Rainbow Flowers'?"

Bolai: "Rainbow Flower? Of course we have them, which kind do you want?"

Zhongli: "Golden House Hides a Beauty, Mountain Shade Brocade Clusters, and Mystical Immortal Fate—please bring me one of each of these three Rainbow Flowers."

Han Fulai: "Mr. Zhongli, why are there three kinds of rainbow flowers?"

Zhongli: "You may not know this, but according to tradition, if different Rainbow Flowers are made into perfumes and offered before the Seven Heavenly Gods, the Rock King Emperor will make his own choice. However, these ancient customs and some overly complicated traditions have been gradually simplified."

Han Fulai: "We must not forget the fine traditions left by our ancestors. We, the younger generation, must carry on them well. Mr. Zhongli, let's not simplify it."

Zhongli: "What does Friend Han mean?"

Han Fulai: "When I used to send flowers to people, they said that ninety-nine flowers were needed to show sincerity. To show our sincerity, let's get ninety-nine of each of these three kinds, boss, please wrap them up."

Scene 3: Toy stall.

Grandma Ashan: "Guests, you've arrived? The seven kites you ordered are all ready. Would you like to pick them up now?"

Zhongli: "That's right, these are ornaments used in the ceremonial procession for sending off immortals. The seven kites symbolize the seven gods."

Zhongli: "Then, Granny Ashan, I'll take these pre-ordered goods first, and as for the remaining payment..."

Zhongli realized he hadn't brought any money. Han Fulai reached into the money pouch the young master had given him and found it was empty.

At this moment, a passing Tartaglia suddenly appeared, handed a money bag to Zhongli, and whispered something in Zhongli's ear.

Tadalia: "Mr. Zhongli, you can have this purse—you understand what I mean, right? You can handle the bargaining yourself, but don't let that Deputy Minister Han interfere."

Zhongli: "?"

Scene 4, the dock.

Ah San: "Help? Sure, but let me make this clear first. I, Ah San, am a candidate member of the Adventurers' Guild. I welcome adventure requests, but I refuse paperwork."

Zhongli: "Adventure... going deep into the mountains to catch a few crystal butterflies used in the ceremony seems to have a bit of an adventurous feel to it."

Ah San: "Hey, this job isn't that difficult, it's beneath my status as a prospective adventurer... Fine, I'll just accept 15,000 Mora then, how about that?"

Zhongli: "A very fair price."

Han Fulai: "Mr. Zhongli, I heard that a genuine adventurer charges 30,000 Mora to catch a Crystal Butterfly. This guy... his asking price doesn't seem like that of a professional. Let's find a professional adventurer."

Indian: "What are you talking about? If you give me 30,000 Mora, I can definitely capture more Crystal Butterflies than those professional adventurers!"

Han Fulai: "Thirty thousand it is, Mr. Zhongli. I want to see if he has the ability."

Zhongli: "A very fair price."

Scene 5, Bu Bu Lu.

Qi Qi: "Welcome to Bu Bu Lu. I am Qi Qi. I have died once. Later, I was saved by an immortal, so I am a zombie."

Zhongli: "Excuse me... young friend, may I ask if you sell 'Eternal Life Incense' in your shop?"

Qiqi: "If you have a prescription, Qiqi can help me get the medicine. But you all have to help Qiqi too, that's fair. So please go to Tianheng Mountain and use the Returning to End Machine to help me hunt coconut sheep."

Zhongli: "Gui Zhongji is a crossbow set up by ancient immortals on Tianheng Mountain. It is a product of mechanical art. It is located between the ancient city walls of Tianheng and can automatically engage huge monsters to defend against external threats. But this coconut sheep... I have never heard of it."

Qiqi: "The Coconut Sheep is a legendary semi-divine beast. I don't know what it looks like, where it's most common, or what its origin is."

Han Fulai: "Coconut sheep, right? I know her well! She doesn't need to be hunted, and she has a very gentle temperament. I'll bring her to see you in a few days!"

Qiqi: "Hmm... Coconut sheep milk is delicious, much better than regular sheep milk."

Gan Yu, who was rushing back to Liyue Harbor with the other immortals, suddenly sneezed.

Just then, Bai Shu, the owner of Bubulu, returned to the group and greeted them with a smile.

Bai Zhu: "Thank you for taking care of my Qi Qi. Ah, the Eternal Incense, of course, of course, three million Mora, top quality."

Han Fulai: "Three million Mora? You might as well rob the 'Golden House,' but now that the 'Golden House' has been requisitioned by the Seven Stars, it'll probably be even harder to snatch than usual!"

Zhongli: "Hmm... three million... it doesn't sound like much at first glance, but from a general rational point of view, it is indeed a bit difficult to handle."

Han Fulai: "Boss Baizhu, you don't want to lose such a big deal, do you? How about giving us a discount? We'll buy from you if you offer a discount!"

Bai Shu: "Since we've come this far, I'll give you a discount. How about 2.99 million Mora?"

Zhongli: "Hmm, 2.99 million Mora... It doesn't sound like much at first glance, but rationally speaking, it is indeed 10,000 less than 3 million."

Han Fulai: "But even if it were 2.99 million mora, we wouldn't be able to come up with it."

Zhongli: "Indeed."

Han Fulai: "Even someone as good at bargaining as me is helpless. It seems I have no choice but to ask the young master for help."

Zhongli: "Indeed."

After Dardaria arrived at Bubul, he paid 2.99 million Mora and helped Zhongli buy the 'Fragrance of Immortality'.

Zhongli thanked Han Fulai for his friendly assistance in negotiating the price and the young master for his generous donation, and returned to Yujingtai to prepare for the ceremonial ceremony for the immortals.

Han Fulai said that bargaining was just a small thing and not worth mentioning. Yuehaiting was busy with other matters and also returned to Yujingtai.

Outside the Bubu Lodge, after the young master and the others had dispersed, they summoned the Fools' spies who had been hiding there all along.

"Ekaterina, you in charge of the surveillance, did you hear anything?"

"Yes, 'Young Master,' they mentioned that the 'Golden House' was requisitioned by the Seven Stars."

“I see. Heh, Ningguang, and Qixing, what else could you possibly be hiding in the ‘Golden House’ besides the ‘Immortal Ancestor’s Manifestation’? This operation can kill two birds with one stone.”

A confident smile appeared on the young master's face. He laughed at Seven Stars' lack of wisdom and Ningguang's lack of strategy, for they had actually hidden the Emperor's remains in the Golden House. The plan to invade the Golden House would not only confirm the remaining amount of Mora within the Golden House, but also confirm whether the Rock King Emperor's remains contained the "Heart of God," saving him a lot of trouble.

“My lord, there is one more thing I must report.” Seeing that the young master seemed to be in a good mood, Ekaterina quickly took the opportunity to report.

"what's up?"

"In this mission, 'Young Master' has already spent over five million Mora, far exceeding the operation budget. Do you think we should report this to the Chief 'Clown' of the Executive?"

The smile on the young master's face vanished.

Chapter Sixty: The Longest Day in Liyue's History (Part 1)

The third day after the invocation ceremony.

Early in the morning, Han Fulai and Zhongli rushed to Dihua Island, northwest of Liyue Harbor, to collect wild glass lilies for the ceremony.

According to Zhongli, before the Demon God War, Dihua Continent was originally a piece of land. The war triggered landslides and flooded the area, turning it into wetlands, and the Glass Lilies almost disappeared. Now, very few people in Liyue know that wild Glass Lilies still exist here.

The Glazed Lilies preserved in Liyue Harbor are all artificially cultivated varieties with a faint fragrance, unsuitable for use. Wild Glazed Lilies, on the other hand, have a rich aroma. When ground into powder and placed in an "Eternal Incense" burner, they represent the complete "Sending Off the Immortals" tradition.

Han Fulai really wanted to suggest to Zhongli that they just use artificially cultivated glass lilies as a substitute, but he remembered that yesterday, in order to spend more Mora from the Northern Bank, he had praised Liyue's traditional culture in front of Zhongli and opposed simplifying the ritual process, so he ultimately didn't have the heart to say it.

They searched for a long time before finally finding a few wild lilies with buds on an inconspicuous riverbank.

"Young friend Han, please do me a favor," Zhongli said.

Han Fulai replied with a bitter face: "Mr. Zhongli, do you want me to sing for the Glass Lily?"

"So you knew, that's right. Ordinary glass lilies close their buds during the day, their fragrance is restrained, and they bloom at night, releasing their fragrance. But wild glass lilies have a unique habit; they close their buds in dull places and only bloom when there is song. Those wild glass lilies that grow in the presence of song will bloom exceptionally well, and your singing can elevate the fragrance of glass lilies to its peak."

...Then why don't you sing it yourself? I want to hear the Rock King Emperor sing! Han Fulai thought to himself.

Of course, he dared not say it aloud. He knew that during company team building activities, it was usually the subordinates who performed for the leaders, and it was very rare for the leaders to perform for the subordinates.

In the game's storyline, Gan Yu sang for Liuli Baihe and solved the problem. But now Gan Yu hasn't returned from inviting the immortals, and Han Fulai has volunteered to help Zhongli complete the Sending-Off-Immortals Ceremony, so it's hard to refuse. He has no choice but to take on the singing task himself.

"Mr. Zhongli, I'm not very confident in my singing... and besides, I don't know any local folk songs from Liyue." Han Fulai decided to be honest with Zhongli first, hoping to lower his expectations. Since graduating from university and becoming a corporate slave, he hadn't had time to go to karaoke anymore, and his singing skills were really terrible.

“It’s alright. Since you’ve come from Fontainebleau, you can sing Fontainebleau’s songs.” Zhongli didn’t seem to mind.

Fontaine… Han Fulai remembered that he really did know a song from Fontaine—to be precise, a song from the country that served as the prototype for Fontaine in the world of China.

Actually, Han Fulai didn't sing that song from Fontainebleau much before. But after graduating from university, he thought that as a university graduate he was a "cadre" and entered the workforce with high aspirations, working 996 hours a day. However, he found that this so-called "cadre" could only say "do" and "damn," and never dared to say "no."

Since then, his daily wake-up call has been that song from Fontainebleau.

Han Fulai hummed a melody from his memory to the wild glass lilies. The melody gradually became more passionate, and when Han Fulai sang "L'Internationale"...

When he read "Sera le genre humain", he was surprised to find that the wild glass lilies had actually bloomed.

Zhongli later said that it was the first time he had ever seen a red glass lily.

After returning from picking wild glass lilies with Zhongli, it was already afternoon. As soon as Han Fulai and Zhongli entered Glass Harbor, they noticed that there were far fewer pedestrians on the streets than usual, and the atmosphere seemed somewhat tense.

Upon reaching the vicinity of the Northern Bank on Feiyun Slope, they discovered the reason for the tense atmosphere—the Northern Bank was surrounded by a large number of Qianyan soldiers, layer upon layer, as if they were ready to rush in at any moment.

Meanwhile, the Fools in the Northern Bank were not to be outdone, confronting the Thousand Rock Army soldiers face to face. The two sides were on the verge of exploding, and it seemed that even a spark between their eyes could ignite the air.

Han Fulai frowned, knowing that the moment he had been waiting for was about to arrive, and now he had to find an excuse to slip away from Zhongli.

Fortunately, this reason came to us very quickly.

In front of the Northern Bank, a minor leader of the Fools saw Zhongli and hurriedly called out to him, "Mr. Zhongli, it's me, Felix!"

Zhongli stopped and asked, "Felix, what happened here?"

Upon hearing Zhongli's question, the Fool leader named Felix quickly pulled Zhongli aside and whispered, "I heard that the Asgardians of Jueyun have returned to Liyue Harbor to demand an explanation from the Liyue Seven Stars for the death of the Geo Archon! Several of the Seven Stars are currently outside the city welcoming the Liyue Asgardians."

"Seven Stars actually went outside the city to greet us?" Zhongli was slightly surprised by Seven Stars's attentiveness.

Felix chuckled dryly. "Heh heh, it's just the northern outskirts of Liyue Harbor. Rather than welcoming them, it's more like they're trying to keep the immortals outside Liyue Harbor. I heard that both sides are taking a very tough stance and are almost at each other's throats."

"Then why was the Northern Bank surrounded by the Thousand Rock Army?" Zhongli continued to ask.

Felix clicked his tongue and replied with a disdainful look: "Ningguang said something about 'completely controlling the Fatui's movements at this time of impending doom'... Hmph, the Liyue Seven Stars are nothing special. They are manipulated by our Executor and can only show off their power here."

Seemingly realizing his slip of the tongue, Felix quickly stopped talking and lowered his voice again: "Mr. Zhongli, you are a friend of our 'Young Master,' and your words and actions will be noticed by Ningguang. You must be careful. I heard that the Thousand Rock Army went to search the 'Hall of Rebirth,' and it seems that they are not here with good intentions."

"Oh no! I don't know if Hall Master Hu can handle this. I have to go back quickly, or something terrible might happen." Zhongli said anxiously, bid farewell to Han Fulai, and rushed back to the Hall of Rebirth.

Han Fulai imagined what Hu Tao looked like in the game and knew that Zhong Li was in a hurry to go back and protect the Thousand Rock Army soldiers who went to search. Otherwise, those Thousand Rock Army soldiers might have "eaten and drunk their fill and had a good journey."

Of course, Han Fulai didn't have time to linger here.

According to the "script" he and Ningguang had revised three days earlier at the Jade Pavilion, Prince D'Artagnan should have already gone to the Golden House, preparing to break into the vault to find out what was inside. Ningguang, on the other hand, deliberately used the pretext of guarding against the Fools to mobilize the Thousand Rock Army, including the guards around the Golden House, to confront the Fools at Scarlet Cloud Slope.

His current task is to reunite with Gan Yu, who has returned to Liyue Harbor, and ask for Gan Yu's understanding and help. This is something that only Han Fulai, Gan Yu's personal secretary, can do.

With his plans in mind, Han Fulai quickened his pace.

Chapter 61 The Longest Day in Liyue's History (Part 2)

On the night of the invocation ceremony, in the study of the Jade Pavilion.

Han Fulai pointed to the Jade Pavilion at his feet and made a contract with Ningguang:

"Lady Ningguang, I would like to draw up a contract with you. You just mentioned that you owe Mr. Zhongli a favor. I have a way to resolve this matter and help you repay that favor."

"The price is one day's control over the Jade Pavilion. When the superior demands it, everything in the Jade Pavilion must obey the superior's orders, including you."

Ningguang stopped writing with her brush.

"Xiao Han, do you understand what you're saying? If you understand what resolving this matter means, then this contract is unequal. If you don't understand what resolving this matter means, then this contract is still unequal."

"What the Geo Archon is considering is naturally the future of Liyue. Resolving this matter is equivalent to resolving the crisis facing Liyue's future." Han Fulai smiled and sat back down comfortably. "Compared to the entire Liyue, the control of the Jade Pavilion for one day is certainly insignificant. But the control of the Jade Pavilion for one day is merely a means for me to resolve this matter. What I gain is the opportunity to personally create the future of Liyue."

"What in this world can compare to the opportunity to make history? This opportunity is the greatest reward for me."

"But opportunity only favors the prepared mind. Xiao Han, are you ready?" Ningguang gave Han Fulai a deep look, her expression complex.

Just minutes ago, she was the one patiently instructing Han Fulai, maintaining the upper hand. But now that control has fallen into the hands of the young man sitting opposite her.

"I'm ready." Han Fulai had a confident expression on his face. "Just now, Sister Ningguang led me into the realm of thought of the Seven Rulers of the Mortal World, which reminded me of two sentences I read in a book before."

"Oh? What is it?" Ningguang asked with great interest.

"The first saying is: He who does not plan for the long term is not fit to plan for the short term; he who does not plan for the whole is not fit to plan for a part." Han Fulai said, "If one is to govern the world, one must not only plan for the whole, but also for the long term."

"The Geo Archon relies on the Mora, the only universal currency on the continent, to ensure lasting peace for Liyue and the entire Teyvat continent. From the Geo Archon's perspective, the most important issue to address is the cessation of Mora production. This is also the issue we need to resolve."

“But without the Emperor, we can’t produce Mora.” Ningguang shook her head. “One of the important reasons why the Emperor retired was that he could no longer produce Mora. Otherwise, the Emperor might have gone from feigning death to truly perishing.”

Han Fulai laughed, even with a hint of arrogance. This was the happiest laugh he had had since arriving on the Teyvat continent.

Although he was just an ordinary low-level office worker, thanks to the basic education provided by China, any Chinese person with a high school education would have the cheat code that transmigrators come with—systematic political and economic knowledge that surpasses that of the Teyvat continent by an era.

"Sister Ningguang should know what the currency was in circulation in Liyue and even the entire Teyvat before Mora became the currency?" Han Fulai asked.

“Gold and silver.” Ningguang answered the question easily. The Liyue Mint is named “Golden House” because it compares Mora to gold. And on the continent of Teyvat, Mora is commonly referred to as “silver money,” which naturally refers to the silver that was used in the past.

"So I'm reminded of a second saying: gold and silver are not naturally money, but money is naturally gold and silver." Han Fulai said with a smile. At that moment, he sincerely thanked a mentor named Karl.

“But even if we resume the circulation of gold and silver coins now, it probably won’t be enough to alleviate the impact of Mora’s production halt.” Ningguang frowned slightly. She had considered the option of reusing gold and silver, but given the current situation, it was a long shot and not a quick fix.

"Why should we mitigate the impact of Mora's production halt? Why don't we make good use of the impact of Mora's production halt?" Han Fulai said calmly, "To solve the crisis caused by Mora, of course we still need to rely on Mora."