Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

Walnut's figure pierced through the spirit world, passed through layers of stone walls, and entered a sealed space to catch its breath.

The ghosts would find her location quickly, so she could only try to rest as much as possible.

Hu Tao leaned against the wall, conserving her energy. "Jiang Xiaobai, if you don't come to help me soon, I'm afraid I'll be done for here..."

For some reason, Jiang Bai suddenly felt a little uneasy when he thought of the hall master.

The hall master left a message at Wuwang Slope several days ago, and even the energy of the long-distance communication device has been restored. Logically, if he sent a message to the hall master, the hall master should have received and replied to him, but the message he sent disappeared without a trace.

Nothing happens without a reason. After he gets Mora here, he needs to set off to find the hall master as soon as possible.

Ningguang was very interested in the new business Jiang Bai mentioned. "How do you plan to deliver a message to the person I want to deliver it to within a day? Will you use a magical artifact?"

"This is a trade secret of mine, and I have to keep it from Miss Ningguang for now," Jiang Bai said mysteriously, refusing to say anything.

At the same time, he also warned Kong with his eyes not to talk nonsense or steal his business.

Kong had no intention of stealing Jiang Bai's business. With so much Mora in his hands, he was already a wealthy man. Apart from food, he didn't have many expenses and could still take on commissions from the Adventurers' Guild. This amount of Mora would last him a long time.

"Hehe, then I won't pry. I'll contact you if I need anything." Ningguang was also very tactful and didn't pry too much.

When Bai Shi brought Mora over, Jiang Bai didn't even count them and put them directly into his storage space.

"By the way, Miss Ningguang, we were disguised as members of the Treasure Thieves and kidnapped the young master from the Fools. If anyone asks, just say that the Treasure Thieves gave him to you. You must keep this a secret!"

Although the young master will definitely suspect him, as long as there is no clear evidence, let him suspect as he pleases!

"Of course."

Jiang Bai and Kong divided the two Mora pieces in Ningguang's courtyard.

"We agreed on a 30/70 split, you get 30%, I get 70%." Faced with this money that was practically free, Jiang Bai was quite generous, even rounding up to 400 million Mora to give to Kong.

We're all good brothers now, so if something like this happens again in the future, we can still work together.

"I'm rich! I'm rich!" Paimon rolled around in the Mora pile.

"I suggest you buy a property in both Mondstadt and Liyue first, so you'll have a place to stay no matter where you go," Jiang Bai offered a sincere suggestion.

Buying a house is definitely one of the most important things in life, no less than getting married and having children.

Having your own property gives you a sense of belonging.

"Great idea!" Kong nodded, as he was wondering how to spend the Mora.

After dividing the spoils, Jiang Bai returned directly to the Hall of Rebirth and headed straight for Zhong Li's courtyard.

It was already late at night, but since it involved the hall master, it didn't stop him from bothering him.

"Master! Master!" Jiang Bai jumped into his courtyard and knocked on the door, determined not to give up until he woke him up.

Awakened by the noise, Zhong Li put on her coat and opened the door with a somewhat helpless expression.

"What are you doing so late?"

They haven't even had the formal apprenticeship tea yet, and they're already calling him "Master" so enthusiastically.

“The sect leader has been gone for four days, and I can’t get in touch with him!” Jiang Bai said, looking worried. “And I have a bad feeling about this.”

"Can't get in touch?" Zhong Li frowned slightly.

He knew they had the long-range communication device manufactured by Liu Yun. If they couldn't even make contact using the long-range communication device, then something must have happened.

Zhongli opened the door and let him in, asking, "Where did she go?"

"They said they went to Wuwang Slope, where tomb raiders discovered a tomb with many evil spirits inside..." Jiang Bai recounted Hu Tao's story.

Zhongli frowned slightly.

Although he has lived for over six thousand years, it doesn't mean he knows everything about Liyue.

Wuwangpo, a large tomb...

He searched through his memory thoroughly, but found no relevant information.

"With the sect leader's strength, there are few places that can trap her. If we really can't contact her, that tomb is probably no ordinary place..."

"That's what I was thinking too, so I came to ask you."

Zhongli thought for a moment and then began to talk about the past of that place.

"Wuwangpo has complex geological formations and is a weak point between the world of the dead and the world of the living, with a strong yin energy."

"In the more distant past, before the rise of the Hall of Rebirth, the families of those who died in the surrounding area would be buried on Wuwangpo Mountain in the hope that their souls would return on the seventh day after their death and see their families one last time."

"Later, the Demon God War broke out, and too many people lost their lives. In order to reduce the spread of disease, Liyue rarely performed burials anymore. If there are large tombs, they must be tombs from thousands of years ago..."

"It's such an ancient tomb..." The Demon God War took place two thousand years ago, while Liyue was established three thousand seven hundred years ago. In other words, countless people have been buried in Wuwangpo over the past thousand years.

Wuwangpo itself is already filled with a heavy yin energy, and with countless corpses buried there, it's no wonder the yin energy is so heavy that will-o'-the-wisps float in the air even in broad daylight, making it eerie and unsettling...

"Then they shouldn't have trapped the hall master..." Jiang Bai couldn't understand.

The sect leader's strength is beyond doubt. With that flame technique, he can burn even zombies to ashes, let alone ghosts. The possibility of him being trapped is really small.

"Three thousand years ago, people's views on death were not as they are now. Some believed that after death one would enter the world of the dead, and that the world of the dead also needed gold and silver treasures. In order to live well in the afterlife and continue to enjoy wealth and luxury, they built huge tombs, placed many burial goods, and even used human lives to be buried with the dead..."

"You didn't do anything about this?" Jiang Bai asked, somewhat surprised.

Given the old man's diligent and conscientious nature towards Liyue, he couldn't possibly ignore something like this.

Zhongli sighed, "Although Liyue was established 3,700 years ago, its territory was vastly different then. The present-day Guili Plain was once the territory of the Dust Demon God, and Wuwang Slope belonged to other demon gods. Only after the Demon God War did Liyue's current territory come into being, and these defeated demon god subjects became part of Liyue..."

Jiang Bai understood. Before, those people were not Zhongli's subjects, so he couldn't control them.

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"Over time, Wuwangpo itself has a heavy yin energy, and it is also affected by the earth's veins, so anything could happen in the tombs. Therefore, even I don't know what kind of dangers are in those ancient tombs."

Jiang Bai frowned upon hearing Zhong Li's words.

Even Zhongli didn't know what was inside this ancient tomb, so he couldn't make any targeted preparations.

At least we have a direction now. Even if there is danger in the tomb, it is only the danger caused by the changes of things in the tomb over time, not the tomb itself.

"Master, can you teleport to that secret realm in a flash and then rescue the sect leader in a flash?"

"No."

"Alright, it seems I'm the only one who can save the sect leader."

"With your strength, there are very few places that can hold you back."

Jiang Bai was genuinely surprised by Zhong Li's words.

"Have I really become this strong?"

He didn't have a concrete understanding of how strong he was; he only knew that he could beat Tartaglia, but he really didn't know what level Tartaglia was at.

“As long as it doesn’t involve the abyss or the starry sky, there aren’t many truly dangerous places in Teyvat.” Zhongli shook his head slightly, but did not deny that he was very strong.

Having the Eye of God already puts one at the top of the human race, not to mention that Jiang Bai's Eye of God is not just about manipulating elements, but about directly controlling them.

He has become able to ignore the vast majority of dangers.

"That gives me confidence!"

Having figured things out, Jiang Bai prepared to go back and pack his things before setting off. Suddenly, he remembered something, turned around, and took out 100 million Mora.

"This is 100 million Mora, paid off in one go. The sect leader and I aren't here, so you'd better use it sparingly."

When Jiang Bai finished speaking, he was speaking with great earnestness and concern.

Although you are the Geo Archon, you have already stepped down. Since you want to truly experience the life of a mortal like Zhongli, then you should use your Mora sparingly.

If you accumulate too many debts, the head of the household might kick you out to work and pay off the debts, which would be quite a ridiculous situation...

Of course, Jiang Bai didn't dare to say these thoughts out loud.

Back in his yard, he pried open the tiles in the house, dug a hole, and conjured a large stone box. He kept a little Mora on his person and put the rest of the Mora into the box.

Sanqingling has limited space, and this trip will take many days. More important living supplies need to be brought along, so these space-consuming Mora items naturally need to be cleared out.

The stone box was formed by him using rock element and needed to be maintained with mental energy. If someone tried to open it, he could detect it immediately, which could also be considered a kind of warning device.

He filled the house with soil, covered it with tiles, and restored it to its original state.

After taking out some useless junk, he slipped into the kitchen, left a note, and took enough food and water for the two of them to last for half a month.

Feeling it wasn't safe enough, he also brought along Gudu, which could generate water. Then, after greeting the duty officer, he took out the Four Directions Sutra and went directly to Hu Tao.

It was already very late at night, the quietest time of the night.

Despite not having rested, Jiang Bai was still full of energy. He used the ley line anchor point in Liyue Harbor to teleport to Wuwang Slope.

Wuwangpo is a large area, bordered by Qingcezhuang to the northwest, Shimen to the east, Dihuazhou to the south, and a large area of ​​very ancient ruins to the southwest.

The patterns on these ruins are exactly the same as those on the ruins in the snow mountain and the Lonely Cloud Pavilion. If it were him at the beginning, he would definitely have thought that these ruins came from the same civilization.

But neither Fendenil in the snowy mountains nor Lonely Cloud Pavilion matches up in terms of time.

Lonely Cloud Pavilion was formed after Zhongli smashed the rock spear during the Demon God War, while Fendenil existed long before the Demon God War.

Although the war between the demons and gods has lasted for hundreds of years, they are still not at the same point in time.

Honestly, if it weren't for the Liyue people saying that Guyun Pavilion only existed after the Emperor threw the rock spear, he might actually have been able to summarize a common point among these ruins—

Those are all remnants of civilizations from before the war between demons and gods.

However, with the presence of Guyun Pavilion, this commonality becomes questionable.

Jiang Bai ignored the vast ruins under the moonlight and followed the directions indicated by the Four Directions Principle to find Hu Tao.

He originally thought that the Four Directions Mirror would point to the direction with the densest Yin energy, but unexpectedly it pointed directly to the ruins in front of him.

Jiang Bai, puzzled, took out a Lumenite for illumination, hung it on his waist, and walked into the ruins.

Too much time has passed. These once ancient buildings have long since collapsed, most of their structures buried deep underground, covered by soil. Only the stone pillars, walls, and arches carved from huge rocks are scattered in the air, silently telling the story of their former glory.

Carrying the Lumen Stone, Jiang Bai was like the moon in the night sky, attracting a lot of attention. However, as he went deeper into the ruins, no one or monsters discovered him.

"There's no treasure-hunting group?" Jiang Bai found it strange.

This wasn't his first time visiting this site. He had come in out of curiosity when he was setting up an anchor point, and back then, there were quite a few members of the treasure-hunting group active in the site.

These treasure-hunting gangs like to set up camp in places like this, hoping to find treasures there.

But this time, not a single member of the treasure-hunting group was there.

"Were they all driven away by the sect leader? Or are they all in that tomb?"

With too little information, Jiang Bai couldn't draw any conclusions and could only follow the guidance of the Four Directions Ritual into the interior.

The further in he went, the narrower the space became. After going around a broken wall, Jiang Bai discovered a huge underground space.

This underground space appears to have been erected after the collapse of those ruins, and was later covered by soil until the treasure-hunting group discovered it and deliberately created a path through it.

Looking at the dark underground cavern, Jiang Bai threw a stone down, and after confirming it wasn't very deep, he jumped down.

Because it is a space formed after the building collapsed, the space is not large and does not contain any useful information like murals.

Jiang Bai followed the hole opened by the treasure-hunting group and walked inside. Looking at the simple cave that could only accommodate one person at a time, Jiang Bai frowned slightly.

"Are these treasure-hunting groups robbing for treasure or tomb raiding? There doesn't seem to be much difference between the two..."

Anyway, they're all looking for treasure. The only difference is that tomb raiders dig up graves to find treasure.

It now appears that the so-called treasure-hunting group that brought the hall master here was actually this tomb-raiding gang.

The tunnel was quite deep, and there were often forks in the road and dead ends. Even with the guidance of the Four Directions Ritual, Jiang Bai could not help but get lost.

As the original red clay gradually turned yellow, Jiang Bai descended to an unknown depth underground, where a wall made of bricks and stones appeared before him.

Chapter 312 Walnut, in Danger!

A hole had been violently opened in the brick wall, which was clearly where Walnut had entered.

Without hesitation, Jiang Bai walked straight in.

Upon entering the ruins, Jiang Bai felt as if he had passed through an invisible membrane, and even the temperature dropped a few degrees.

There were many complicated footprints on the ground, indicating that quite a few people had come in.

He frowned slightly and immediately cast a protective shield on himself.