This MC is so original

Although Ningguang knew the purpose of Keqing's actions, she still couldn't help but tease her.

Keqing rolled her eyes at her and folded her arms in annoyance. "Although I don't want Liyue to rely on immortals and the Emperor for everything, after all, Liyue isn't made up solely of immortals. Humans are also part of Liyue. However, immortals and immortal beasts are also part of Liyue. As one of the Seven Stars of Liyue, protecting every member of Liyue is an unshirkable responsibility. This is different from my opposition to relying on immortals for everything."

"Okay, okay, I understand. Don't get excited."

Ningguang noticed Keqing's growing agitation and quickly spoke to soothe her. Then, frowning, she continued, "But the question is, is he truly a transformed immortal beast? While we rarely see immortals, we're not completely ignorant of them. Since the ancient Demon God War, only a handful of immortals and immortal beasts remain in Liyue. Records have been kept of all those who survived, even their descendants."

"If he practiced cultivation in the mountains for many years, even if ordinary intelligence agencies didn't record it, the immortals should have known something about it. This is what I find very puzzling."

"I have the same doubts." Keqing agreed with Ningguang's point of view. She had thought the same thing at the beginning. "However, the methods he displayed were too miraculous. Not even the technology of the other six nations could achieve this. I can't think of any other explanation except that he is an immortal. But no matter what the other party is, discovering and understanding it in advance will be beneficial for the future. So, I plan to ask Ganyu to help identify it. As a fellow immortal beast, Ganyu should be able to see something, right?"

"Well, that makes sense."

Ningguang nodded in agreement. "However, to be on the safe side, I think it's necessary to tell the Emperor first. Perhaps he knows something."

Hearing that Ningguang wanted to try to rely on the Emperor again, Keqing subconsciously frowned, but then she thought that she was also relying on Ganyu, so she sighed helplessly.

"Well, you go ask first. I'll go deal with his affairs first. Ah, why didn't Uncle Feng keep an eye on him? He has to write another self-criticism!"

When Keqing thought about how writing a self-criticism would delay her work, she covered her head in pain.

Ningguang sat across from him, chuckling softly. "You're asking Uncle Feng to try to restrain a suspected immortal? How dare you? Uncle Feng doesn't even have the Eye of the God, so how could he possibly stop him? Just your servants?"

Seeing that Ningguang was still making fun of her, Keqing couldn't help but roll her eyes again. She then stood up from her seat, picked up a few folders, put them under her arms, and walked out of the office.

"Then I'll go take care of things over there first, and leave the investigation to you."

"Don't worry, I'll have someone investigate."

Ningguang didn't stand up to see Keqing off, she just turned her back and waved.

Keqing walked out of the office, leaned against the wall, and couldn't help but sighed, mumbling: "Trouble, trouble..."

Keqing rumpled her long purple hair into a mess, stepped hard on her high heels and walked quickly towards the outside of Yuehai Pavilion. The staff who passed by and saw Keqing's irritable look subconsciously stepped back.

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On the other side, Xiangling hurried to Yujingtai and found Grandma Ping watering the flowers in the evening.

"master!"

When Xiangling saw Grandma Ping, her eyes suddenly lit up and she rushed over in a hurry. She ran so fast that she almost ran past her husband. Fortunately, Grandma Ping was quick-witted and raised her hand to stop her.

Looking at her impetuous apprentice, Grandma Ping shook her head helplessly.

"You are always so impulsive, girl. What brings you to me today?"

"Master, I met a weirdo!"

"Weirdo?" Grandma Ping was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "This world is so big, there are all kinds of strange things. Isn't it normal to have some weird people appearing?"

"But! That weirdo suddenly emerged from under my kitchen, ate my new dish, and vomited blood! After vomiting a few times, he suddenly conjured up a large bed and lay down in my kitchen to sleep!"

Xiangling's words were so concise that Grandma Ping couldn't help but widen her eyes.

"This is really a weird guy."

Chapter 16 Steve is grumpy when he wakes up

"Yeah, yeah! That guy didn't say anything, it gave me a little creeps!"

As she spoke, Xiangling hugged her arms tightly with a look of fear on her face, and her slender body trembled a little.

Grandma Ping, feeling somewhat amused, pointed her index finger at Xiangling's nose. "Have you learned all these years of spearmanship from me in vain? Even if the other party is a villain, with the Eye of God, can't you defeat him?"

Xiangling rubbed the back of her head and laughed awkwardly, then tapped her fingertips with a look of grievance. "Isn't it normal for a girl to be afraid of such strange things? If he was just a thief or a robber, I would definitely let him see my master's marksmanship, but who made him so strange?"

Xiangling came forward, holding onto Grandma Ping's arm and swinging back and forth. "Master, can you come with me to take a look? Besides, the man vomited blood after eating my food. Even if he's not a bad person, I don't want him to get hurt because of my food."

Grandma Ping was defeated by Xiangling's coquettish attack and had to nod in agreement.

"Okay, okay, you girl..."

"Yeah! Master, let's go! Let's finish it quickly, and I'll treat you to my best soup!"

"Okay, okay, please walk slowly, don't fall."

Yujingtai is very close to Xiangling's home, and it only took the master and disciple a few minutes to reach Xiangling's backyard.

"Master, it's in the kitchen!"

Xiangling raised her hand and pointed in the direction of her own kitchen. Grandma Ping nodded, released the elemental power and felt it, and indeed felt two presences inside.

Xiangling tentatively called out to the kitchen, "Guoba, is that person still there?"

However, Guoba's recognizable gurgling sound did not come, which made Xiangling a little uneasy: "Will Guoba be in trouble?!"

When Xiangling thought about her good friend being in trouble, she immediately became anxious. She blamed herself for leaving Guoba here alone and pulled out her spear from somewhere.

Seeing her anxious look, Grandma Ping quickly stopped her and said in a gentle voice, "Don't worry, Guoba is fine, he just fell asleep."

“Falling asleep?!”

Xiangling was a little confused. Guoba didn't seem like the type of person who would fall asleep while doing something.

When Xiangling tiptoed to the kitchen door, she saw an infuriating and funny scene. Guoba, who had been wary of Lu Xiu, was now lying head to head with Lu Xiu, and they were both fast asleep.

Guoba even started snoring. Xiangling couldn't help laughing and crying as she whispered, "Guoba, wake up!"

However, Xiangling called out to Guoba several times in a row, but Guoba didn't respond at all, which made her a little worried about Guoba's condition.

"Pot crust?"

Xiangling stepped forward and tentatively pushed Guoba, but Guoba suddenly jumped up from the bed as if he was half awakened, and then looked at Xiangling in confusion.

"Lulu?"

"Ah? Guoba, you said you fell asleep as soon as you touched the bed?"

"Lulu!"

Xiangling turned her head in surprise and looked at Grandma Ping who came in with her hands behind her back: "Master, Guoba said that it fell asleep as soon as it touched this bed."

"Oh?"

Grandma Ping raised her eyebrows in surprise. She didn't expect that even Guoba didn't know why he suddenly fell asleep. Although his current strength was only one-thousandth of what it was before, he couldn't be hypnotized easily.

It seems that the person in front of me is indeed a bit strange.

Grandma Ping became alert and raised her hand to signal Guoba and Xiangling to step back. Then she walked to the bedside and called out in a kind voice.

"Child, wake up."

However, Grandma Ping's call did not elicit any response from Lu Xiu. Grandma Ping frowned and reached out her hand. As her palm just touched Lu Xiu's arm, Lu Xiu jumped up from the bed as if he had been electrocuted, and looked at her vigilantly.

"Who is this again?"

Why is it that someone disturbs me when I'm sleeping? Do they even want to live?

This time, Lu Xiu was a little angry.

Grandma Ping also noticed the change in Lu Xiu's mood, but she still kept a kind smile on her face.

"Son, I'm sorry to disturb your sleep, but you should also be aware that this is someone else's home."

But Lu Xiu still didn't react, which made Grandma Ping a little confused. Even if he didn't respect the elderly and loved the young, he would always pay attention to people, right?

But the younger generation in front of me seems to not understand?

Grandma Ping frowned and directed her elemental power towards Lu Xiu. She carefully examined Lu Xiu with her mental power and discovered something that surprised her.

There is no elemental power in Lu Xiu's body!

This situation is very unreasonable. On the continent of Teyvat, no matter what kind of creature, plant or mineral it is, even if it cannot use elemental power, there will be some elemental power in its body.

From the time Grandma Ping was born until now, she has never seen a trace of elemental force on her body, as if her body was a forbidden zone for elemental force.

"it's wired..."

Grandma Ping reached out towards Lu Xiu, wanting to check again at closer range.

But Lu Xiu, who had already been woken up and was a little grumpy, saw the "villager" suddenly reach out his hand and subconsciously raised his hand to punch him.

Lu Xiu's fist collided with Grandma Ping's outstretched palm.

At first, Grandma Ping didn't take it seriously, but when the fist and palm collided, Grandma Ping's brows suddenly frowned slightly, and her palm trembled slightly.

This young man's casual punch actually caused him to feel pain?

Grandma Ping withdrew her palm in disbelief, and took a look at it in front of her eyes. There was no wound on her palm, but the pain just now was real. Grandma Ping could be sure of this.

Although she is not the most powerful among the Liyue immortals, no mortal can compare to her.

But now, it is incredible that an 'ordinary person' who does not have elemental power in his body can easily hurt himself.

Compared to Grandma Ping's curiosity about Lu Xiu, Lu Xiu did feel a little wary of Grandma Ping at this time.

"This villager wants to attack me?"

Such a guess made Lu Xiu feel alert in his heart.

If it were before, when facing an attacking creature, Lu Xiu might have endured it, but he is different now!

Lu Xiu suddenly put up a workbench in front of him, and then quickly took out the heated iron suit from the furnace. In just thirteen seconds, he made a set of iron suits, a shield and an iron axe.

Grandma Ping was still looking at Lu Xiu, but in the blink of an eye, a huge block appeared in front of Lu Xiu. He was suddenly wearing a neat set of bright white armor, holding an iron axe in his right hand and a wooden shield in his left hand, staring at her fiercely.

Even Grandma Ping didn't know when Lu Xiu put on this set of armor.

"interesting."

Grandma Ping's eyes, which had been expressionless until now, suddenly flashed with a hint of interest. She slowly raised her right palm, and a wind element condensed in her palm.

"Little guy, let me test you."

Chapter 17: Wooden Shield, the Eternal God

"magic?"

When Lu Xiu saw a green ball of energy suddenly appear in Grandma Ping's hand, this word subconsciously popped up in his mind.

Seeing the villagers perform magic, he got excited. The villagers being able to cast magic meant that this game might have some kind of magic module, and he might be able to use magic himself.

After a brief excitement, he became alert. This villager looked like he was going to attack him. Lu Xiu cautiously held the wooden shield in front of him, feeling a little nervous.

I don’t know if the wooden shield can block the opponent’s attack. If it can’t, can the armor provided by the iron suit withstand this attack?

While Lu Xiu was still thinking, the wind ball in Grandma Ping's hand had already been gathered. She glanced at Lu Xiu and saw that he was just holding the wooden shield in front of him. She couldn't help but laugh and shook her head.

"Little guy, your little wooden shield can't stop my attack."

Let’s not talk about how Lu Xiu suddenly produced a wooden shield, but judging from the simple appearance of this wooden shield, Grandma Ping didn’t think it could block her attack. I’m afraid that an ordinary person with a stronger physique could easily smash this shield with a hammer, right?

"Little guy, be careful. Even though I'm holding back, it will still hurt."

Grandma Ping lightly raised her hand and pressed it out, and the wind in her palm rushed towards the wooden shield in front of Lu Xiu.

Under the gazes of several people, the wind ball hit the wooden shield directly. Every rotation of the wind ball would make the wooden shield tremble and make a dull thud. But even so, Lu Xiu, who was holding the wooden shield, did not retreat a single step. Even the seemingly very simple wooden shield did not have a single scratch after being cut by the wind ball for dozens of times.

The performance of the wooden shield made everyone present look surprised, even Lu Xiu.

He originally thought that the wooden shield might not be able to withstand this kind of magical attack. After all, in the original version, the shield could not withstand all damage. But to his surprise, the attack released by the villager could actually be blocked. However, the durability of the shield in his hand dropped rapidly.

Lu Xiu looked at the durability of the wooden shield and saw that it was rapidly decreasing at a rate of two points per second. This was not good. Although the durability of the wooden shield was 336 points, it could only withstand the wind for more than a hundred seconds. Once the time was up, he would lose blood and could not continue to stay in this stalemate.

Lu Xiu tried to move aside with the shield, but the ball of wind moved with him as if it was stuck to the wooden shield.

"What kind of bullshit plaster can't you get rid of?"

Lu Xiu speechlessly shook his left hand holding the shield, but who would have thought that just such a tentative action would directly send the wind ball, which was originally like a dog-skin plaster, flying away.

[Unlock Achievement: I don’t buy this, thank you]

[Achievement Points: 15]

Seeing the achievement unlocked, Lu Xiu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in confusion.