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Shen He lowered his head and murmured to himself, "Master once said that wealth that is useless to immortals can solve problems that even swords and spears cannot handle in Miss Ningguang's hands. She can grasp the rules of the mortal world and see into people's hearts... This is something that even immortals cannot do."

"So she can also answer your questions." Han Fulai nodded with a smile.

This was something he had discussed with Ningguang yesterday.

"Any questions are welcome..."

Shen He raised his head, faced Ning Guang, and asked her earnestly, "...Miss Ning Guang, do you think I can integrate into Liyue Harbor?"

“That’s an interesting question.” Ningguang smiled, crossed her arms, and looked back at Shen He.

"Liyue Harbor is an inclusive city. As long as you abide by its rules and regulations, it will not turn you away. So, the important thing is whether you can develop a sense of 'belonging' to Liyue."

"'Belonging'?" Shen He repeated, puzzled.

Ningguang slowly took a few steps, looked up at the flying eaves and brackets of the Jade Pavilion. Every brick and tile was proof of her years of hard work in Liyue.

“Yes. There always needs to be a reason to like a place, to feel at home in a place,” Ningguang said.

"Perhaps you've met someone here, experienced something here, or perhaps you're just enjoying the atmosphere of Liyue and have gotten used to living this way. In any case, everyone needs a reason to stay, and I hope you can find one soon."

Han Fulai gently patted Shen He's shoulder and said, "It's okay if you can't find a reason right away. You can stay here for now, and I will take care of you."

"...Can I really stay?" Shen He asked softly.

"Of course." Han Fulai nodded. "I wrote a slogan a while ago to attract investment to Liyue Harbor. I don't know if you've seen it?"

"What?" Shen He asked, bewildered.

Han Fulai waved his hand, drawing a circle in the air towards Liyue Harbor—

"Once you're here, you're a Liyue citizen!"

“…I understand.” Shen He said thoughtfully.

Just then, a cheerful voice came from afar: "Hey, you guys are chatting? I just went to the fleet and I'm late."

"Captain Beidou has arrived." Han Fulai nodded to her. "You've come at the perfect time. Mr. Yun and we have already asked Lady Ningguang, and now it's Captain Beidou's turn. Does Captain Beidou have any questions for us?"

"Me?" Beidou laughed. "I have nothing to ask. I was just dragged here by her to help out, and incidentally, to participate in the competition."

“What do you mean by ‘forced pull’? I wish you would say ‘accept the consequences of your bet’.” Ningguang shook her head, looking quite dissatisfied.

"Huh? You still dare to say that? It was clearly you who changed the rules of the game on the spot and cheated! And the original conditions clearly did not include helping to rebuild the Qunyu Pavilion!" Beidou protested loudly.

“This is called ‘add-on’. You’re from Liyue too, you must know the rules of doing business.” Ningguang said matter-of-factly.

"Hey, I won't hold it against you." Beidou curled his lip. "Ningguang, don't forget what I told you last time. That thing is not easy to deal with, and it will be difficult for my fleet to handle it alone."

"Don't worry, I'm ready. The medicine and the Returning Machine are all prepared, the evacuation plan is ready, and the Thousand Rock Army has already gone to the Lonely Cloud Pavilion to ambush them." Ningguang stated her arrangements without any hesitation.

"That's good. Be careful and don't let your guard down." Beidou nodded, but there was a hint of worry in her tone. She knew Ningguang's personality all too well, and she was afraid that this battle would not end so easily.

"Mr. Han, what are Ms. Ningguang and Beidou talking about?" As the only person who was oblivious to the situation, Shen He had been listening for a long time and finally couldn't help but ask.

"It was the mission that Immortal Master Liuyun sent you down the mountain—the calamity in Liyue Harbor," Han Fulai explained softly to Shen He.

"The calamity in Liyue Harbor?" Shen He's pupils suddenly contracted.

At this moment, Ningguang pointed at Han Fulai and said to Beidou, "Beidou, according to our agreement, I have one day's command of the 'Southern Cross' fleet. Now, I am transferring this right to Han Fulai. You will have to obey Han Fulai's orders."

Beidou and Han Fulai were now acquainted, and without hesitation, Beidou clasped his hands in a fist salute and said, "Haha, then we are comrades-in-arms! The Southern Cross fleet awaits your command!"

Han Fulai returned the greeting with a cupped hand and replied, "Thank you for your trust, Captain Beidou. Now I would like to give you my first order."

"What order?" Beidou asked seriously.

"In this battle, the Southern Cross fleet is only allowed to lose, not win!" Han Fulai replied in a deep voice.

Chapter 101 My Ancient Hua Sect is unparalleled in both spear and sword; my sword is named Rain Cutter, and my spear is named Calamity Relief.

Another day passed, and the auspicious day for the ascension of the Jade Pavilion, as determined by Ningguang, finally arrived.

Ningguang will hold the inauguration ceremony for the newly renovated Jade Pavilion today. To this end, she has invited many wealthy and powerful merchants from Liyue Harbor to participate in the ceremony. Of course, Han Fulai, the winner of the bidding for the reconstruction project of Jade Pavilion, is also on her invitation list.

Han Fulai had already told Shen He about the impending attack by Ba Che and agreed with her that unless the situation was urgent, she should try not to intervene in the battle and simply observe. Although Shen He was ordered by her master to go down the mountain to eliminate the demon, her master also told her to listen to Mr. Han's opinions, so she had no objection to Han Fulai's decision.

If there was anything she was unhappy about, it was the blue Moonlit Pavilion civil servant uniform she was wearing. Han Fulai had only said that she needed to change clothes for the Qunyu Pavilion ceremony, and had asked her to temporarily change out of her ethereal white dress for this uniform.

Shen He's opinion on the clothes wasn't about aesthetics—in fact, Shen He has never really had any concept of whether clothes look good or not—what he was dissatisfied with was that the clothes were too small, especially the chest area.

Han Fulai was also helpless about this, because he couldn't find another female employee in Yuehaiting with a figure as impressive as Shen He's. He had even borrowed this uniform from his subordinate, Miss Huixin. Huixin's figure was already quite good, but compared to Shen He, she still paled in comparison. Because the style was slightly small, the conservative robe looked tight on Shen He, making it more like a uniform play than a uniform... which was somewhat unexpected for Han Fulai.

Well, it's necessary for Shen He to wear the Seven Star Government uniform anyway; he just needs to control his eyes and not let them wander off. Han Fulai compromised quickly on this.

The two walked from Feiyunpo all the way to Chihuyan, intending to leave the city and take a carriage to the Qunyuge construction site, but were unexpectedly stopped by someone near the dock.

"Don't come here. The beach is dangerous." Although the voice was childish, the two little hands that stopped them were very firm.

The person who stopped them was Qi Qi, an employee of Bu Bu Lu who had been borrowed by Ning Guang.

"It's Qiqi! It's been a long time." Han Fulai bent down slightly to greet the little boy. Although this "little boy" was probably at least several hundred years old, his mind remained that of a child.

"Ah, it's you." Qiqi doesn't remember many people, but Han Fulai is obviously one of them—he's the one who promised to find her a coconut sheep.

"Qiqi, what are you doing?" Han Fulai asked.

"Qiqi is helping to evacuate the crowd." Qiqi swayed her small body, looking quite troubled.

"Did Lord Ningguang instruct you to do these things?" Han Fulai continued to ask.

"Yes." Qiqi nodded heavily. "Ningguang said there are bad things in the sea. So, she sent Qiqi to evacuate the crowd."

After Qiqi finished speaking, she lowered her head.

"However, no one listens to Qiqi, so Qiqi can only stay here. If there is any danger, Qiqi will step forward and protect everyone."

Of course, Qiqi is just a little girl in strange clothes, and ordinary Liyue citizens wouldn't take her words seriously. The so-called "evacuation of people" is just an excuse. Ningguang knows that Qiqi is a zombie, and what she really hopes is that if the aftermath of the battle reaches the docks, Qiqi can help protect the people and reduce casualties.

The task of evacuating the crowd will be handled by Chiiwa Gun, dispatched by the General Affairs Department.

Ningguang's style is always to be prepared for any eventuality, and she excels at pre-emptive planning. Bringing in Qiqi was merely Ningguang's worst-case scenario plan; if Ningguang's plan had gone smoothly, the situation wouldn't have escalated to the point where Qiqi needed to be used. No one wants this young girl to face the battlefield directly.

Han Fulai reached out and gently patted Qiqi's head. "You've worked hard. Don't worry, everything will be fine here, I promise."

Qiqi nodded as if she understood, and then went to stop the next group of pedestrians.

Shen He stretched out her hand, seemingly feeling the sea breeze blowing in her face. After a moment, she turned to Han Fulai with a serious expression and said, "The little zombie named Qiqi is right, there is indeed an ominous aura in the sea breeze. It seems that Ba Che is very close to Liyue Harbor."

Han Fulai nodded in agreement, "So we should also speed up our pace."

The two boarded the carriage, and Han Fulai reached out his hand to Shen He: "Shen He, could you lend me that 'Disaster Relief' weapon again?"

Shen He didn't say much, and with a wave of his hand, the Disaster-Suppressing Spear appeared out of thin air in his hand. Fortunately, Ke Qing's carriage was spacious, otherwise an ordinary carriage would probably have been pierced with a hole by this spear.

Han Fulai took the gun, held it with both hands, closed his eyes, and felt the "perfect and sudden cessation of insight" state brought by the calamity-pacifying gun. He began to resonate with the gun using the immortal power within his body. Soon, a faint golden light emanated from his body. If he were sitting in a Buddhist temple now, he could probably be described as "solemn and dignified".

This wasn't the first time Han Fulai had done something like this, nor was it the first time he had asked Shen He to lend him a gun.

In fact, he spent almost the entire day yesterday with this gun.

Yesterday, he asked Shen He to lend him the gun, claiming it was for practicing spear techniques. Although practicing spear techniques didn't require specifically borrowing Shen He's Xizai Spear, Shen He had seen Han Fulai defeat the guardians of the ruins with the Xizai Spear in the cave of the Minghai Qixia True Lord, and had also heard that he was a successor of the Guhua School, so he gladly lent it to him, even thinking of sparring with Han Fulai—Han Fulai, of course, sternly refused.

Given his skill level, if he were to actually spar with Shen He, Shen He would be kneeling on the ground begging him not to die within seconds.

Clearly, he didn't borrow the gun to practice his marksmanship. Even if he wanted to, what could he possibly learn in just one day?

However, it was indeed best not to let others see his cultivation process, because if someone saw it, they would think he had mental problems—yesterday he held that book of ancient poems and recited poems to the Disaster Relief Spear all day long.

He had his reasons for doing so. During his casual conversation with Shen He these past two days, he had learned about the origins of the Disaster-Suppressing Spear from Shen He and had taken it to heart.

In the era when the Geo Archon and the Grand Emperor were still young, a strange rock fell from the sky in western Liyue, creating the present-day Abyss of Lava.

The material used to forge this spear came from extraterrestrial stones at the bottom of the Laminar Abyss, not a creation of the Teyvat continent. The previous owner of the Spear of Calamity was Yaksha Fushe, and this spear accompanied Fushe in his battles against the demonic tides of the Laminar Abyss—but before that? Who wielded the Spear of Calamity before that? And who forged this spear?

Shen He had no idea, not even his learned and eloquent master.

However, Han Fulai had a conjecture, derived from the "Annihilation Precept" attached to the Disaster Relief Spear.

The weapon-forging skills of Liyue were mostly passed down from the Geo Archon, who forged many artifacts, such as the Jade Falcon and the Rocky Green. However, the "Pacify" weapon was clearly not made by Zhongli, and its naming rules are different, completely lacking any Liyue characteristics.

Ordinary people's understanding of this Disaster-Suppressing Spear may be limited to what Shen He knows, but Han Fulai, a liberal arts student who transmigrated from another era, can think of much more.

"Peaceful meditation doesn't necessarily require mountains and rivers; extinguishing the fire in your heart brings coolness." This is a Zen Buddhist poem passed down through Chinese tradition, and the *Zengguang Xianwen* also contains a Taoist and Buddhist verse: "Extinguish the fire in your heart, and light the lamp before the Buddha." As for "precepts," they refer to the Buddhist precepts.

"Extinction", "Precepts", "Perfect Enlightenment", "pacification of disasters" - these are all Buddhist terms, but Liyue is not a Buddhist country.

The terms "the precepts of annihilation," "perfect and sudden cessation and contemplation," and "pacifying all calamities and disasters of all sentient beings" are all concentrated on this calamity-pacifying spear. Rather than saying it has a strong Buddhist flavor, it sounds more like it sounds very powerful, or rather, it sounds very juvenile, much like the weapons in popular Chinese fantasy novels.

Han Fulai even remembered a popular comic book in China when he was in school, which featured a powerful organization called the Quincy.

This style is quite similar to that of his fellow Chinese, Gu Hua.

The Gu Hua School has three major secret techniques: the sword technique "Rain-Cutting Technique," the spear technique "Bright Thrust Technique," and the "Metal-Earth Restraint Technique," which combines both sword and spear skills. Although these techniques were created by later generations based on Gu Hua's heroic fighting prowess and are more flashy than practical, they at least demonstrate that Gu Hua was skilled not only in swordsmanship but also in spear techniques.

Legend has it that when Gu Hua broke through the void, according to Zhong Li, it was to fight against Sky Island.

When Gu Hua left, he left behind his usual "Rain-Cutting Sword," but what about his spear?

Han Fulai had even already planned out his future entrance look—"My Guhua School is proficient in both spear and sword. My sword is named 'Rain Cut' and my spear is named 'Disaster Relief'!"

Chapter 102 Before Mr. Yun took the stage, this warm-up act was used.

Judging from Han Fulai's experiences in Liyue over the past two months, there are countless connections between Liyue and Chinese culture. Many traces of unique Chinese civilization have been passed down in Liyue, and many things cannot be explained simply by coincidence.

Although Han Fulai didn't know the exact reason for the connection between China and Liyue, based on his experience, the online game "Genshin Impact" he played in China was clearly a very faithful record of the Teyvat continent. While there were some discrepancies in the details, the differences weren't too significant.

According to the science fiction theories Han Fulai knew, it was nothing more than parallel worlds or the merging of two worlds; in short, the continent of Teyvat and China were definitely connected.

Of course, Teyvat is a real world, and many people and things in Liyue are different from the fairytale world in the game. The order in which many things happen also differs from the game, but the course of history seems to follow the inertia of the game's script.

Does that mean that some details on the continent of Teyvat, such as weapons, are consistent with those in the game?

Although he was too poor to afford the weapon pool when he played Genshin Impact in China and never owned the five-star weapon "Pacify," he still knew a little about its effects.

In the game, the description of the "Disaster Relief" gun is consistent with the gun he is currently holding. In addition to increasing the wielder's attack power, it can also amplify the elemental damage dealt by the wielder.

This "Disaster Relief" spear may have been crafted by Gu Hua, or perhaps he wasn't the forger but merely possessed and modified it. However, if this "Disaster Relief" spear aligns with the game's lore, it should also possess elemental power amplification effects.

He doesn't have the Eye of God, nor can he use elemental power, so naturally he can't enjoy the effect of elemental damage amplification. But he remembers that his fellow Chinese, Gu Hua, doesn't have the Eye of God either. How is this fellow Chinese going to use a weapon that amplifies elemental damage?

While "Disaster Relief" might not be this fellow villager's weapon, "Rain Cutter" is a weapon with a clear historical record from the ancient Hua School. Han Fulai clearly remembered that the "Rain Cutter" sword's special effect in the game was to amplify damage against enemies affected by water and lightning elements. For someone without elemental power, this sword was essentially a blank weapon.

There are three reasonable guesses.

Speculation 1: Gu Hua doesn't care about weapon effects; he just uses whatever he has. This actually fits quite well with that fellow villager's personality.

Speculation two: Gu Hua has reached the level of the game's protagonist, the Traveler, and can use multiple elemental forces without relying on the Eye of God. This is certainly a possibility.

Speculation 3: In the era when Gu Hua was active, the Eye of God did not yet exist; these weapons amplified the power of their wielders. It was only later, when the wielders were people who possessed the Eye of God and used elemental power, that they believed these two weapons amplified elemental power.

Han Fulai leaned more towards conjecture three because during the battle between Minghai Qixia Zhenjun's Cave Heaven Spear and the Ruins Guardians, he clearly felt the surging immortal power within his body. He didn't possess any elemental combat skills, nor did his immortal power have any elemental attributes, yet it was still amplified. Therefore, he concluded that the Spear of Calamity likely had the effect of amplifying the wielder's power.

Simply holding the Disaster Relief Spear normally will not produce this amplification effect. The Disaster Relief Spear's amplification effect must have a special activation method.

Han Fulai remembered doing something special during his battle with the ruins guards—he recited poetry while fighting.

Gu Hua, this time-traveling plagiarist, also seems to have a fondness for reciting poetry, and even recited an entire book of ancient poems.

So yesterday, Han Fulai spent the entire day experimenting with that book of ancient poems, finally finding the knack for using the power of the Calamity-Suppressing Spear. Right now, in the carriage, he was silently reciting poetry in his mind, and the Calamity-Suppressing Spear responded to him. He once again felt the surging immortal power within his body.

This would be his reliance in his upcoming battle against Ba Che.

Before long, the carriage arrived at the Qunyu Pavilion construction site. Han Fulai returned the gun to Shen He and led Shen He up to the Qunyu Pavilion.

He and Shen He were among the last guests to arrive. Once all the guests invited by Ningguang had arrived, the ascension ceremony of Qunyu Pavilion officially began.

In the small square in front of the main building of the Jade Pavilion, a stage commonly seen in Liyue plays has been set up. It is said that Mr. Yun's new play will be performed at the Jade Pavilion today, and Mr. Yun will be the grand finale.

Meanwhile, a banquet was set up in front of the stage, where wealthy merchants and dignitaries from Liyue Harbor gathered to congratulate Ningguang on the completion of her new residence. The atmosphere was joyous and clinking glasses.

Amidst this lively atmosphere, Ningguang stepped onto the stage.

"Everyone, please hear me out." Ningguang's voice resounded throughout the hall, and everyone fell silent, all looking at Ningguang on the stage.

"The first time I climbed up to the Jade Pavilion, I stood on the edge of the high platform, looking out over Liyue Harbor from the air. Just like now."

Ningguang raised her hand and pointed towards Liyue Harbor in the distance.

"At that time I thought that one day I would let the shadow of the Jade Pavilion cover the seven kingdoms."

Upon hearing this, the guests fell silent.

Ningguang ignored the reactions of the crowd and continued, "To this day, my wish remains unchanged. However, this reconstruction of the Jade Pavilion is not just for my own sake."

"I hope that the Jade Pavilion will always float above Liyue Harbor, witnessing the prosperity and stability of the world. ... And I hope that you all will witness it with me."

Ningguang paused for a moment, then announced loudly, "The ascent ceremony shall begin!"