Chapter 45 Huaguang Forest
Nashida seemed to have thought of something. She looked at Zhongli, then at Liu Bai, and finally chose to shut her mouth.
She was worried that Liu Bai would anger the God of Rock, so naturally she would not expose Zhongli's identity to his face.
But he came so close, was he doing this to monitor me...?
Nashida couldn't help but wonder in her heart, after all, Zhongli and Liu Bai seemed to be very familiar with each other on the surface.
After listening to the storytelling, Liu Bai and Zhongli stopped by Sanwan Buguogang for lunch.
But this time Liu Bai didn't drink, after all, he had things to do in the afternoon.
"Well, it's my treat this time."
"Boss, please send the bill to the Hall of the Dead."
After eating and drinking, seeing that Liu Bai was not drunk, Zhongli had no choice but to wave to the boss and then explained.
"Okay, Mr. Zhongli."
Zhongli is also a frequent customer here, and the boss responded immediately.
Afterwards, Liu Bai and his friends left Sanwan Buguo Port together. As Yunhan Society had no performances recently and Liu Bai had no other activities planned after dinner, he had to say goodbye to Nashida and Zhongli.
"Hey~"
On the way back to the rental house with Nashida, a paper plane flew towards Liu Bai.
"Paper plane... Could it be a message from my subordinate?"
Liu Bai thought of this, then covered his hand with pure white sword energy, reached out and pinched the paper plane.
[Divine Shadow Hand: One of the supporting skills of “Sword Qi of Selflessness”]
However, after Liu Bai folded it into a paper airplane, he found that it was just an ordinary flyer for the Hall of Rebirth.
"Ah! Big brother, you are a bad guy, why did you tear apart my paper flying chicken? Woo woo woo, I'm going to tell mom..."
The next moment, a little boy who came over turned and ran away crying.
"...Girl, I found a paper airplane. Do you want to play with it?"
Liu Bai watched the little boy run away before he reacted and quickly folded the torn flyer into a paper airplane and handed it to Nashida.
"Okay."
Nashida took the paper airplane.
Then she imitated Liu Bai's action when he threw the paper plane last time. She blew on the head of the paper plane and then threw it in an empty direction.
"It's a really meaningful little toy. The next person who picks it up will throw it out again. Eventually, with everyone's help, a piece of paper can go to a place that other papers can't reach before it decays, thus fulfilling the meaning of its own life."
After throwing the paper airplane, Nashida commented.
However, Liu Bai didn't quite understand such profound topics.
"But...why do you have to blow on it before throwing it?"
Then Nashida raised a finger to her mouth and asked in confusion.
"Because... blowing on it will make it harder."
Liu Bai was confused for a moment, then answered seriously.
"Really? There is no record of such a miraculous phenomenon in the void..."
Nashida tilted her head, not quite understanding this aspect.
In this way, they came all the way to the Hall of Rebirth, and Liu Bai handed his thrush birdcage to Nashida.
"Girl, please help me take it home. I'm going to inspect the work at Northland Bank."
After handing the birdcage to Nashida, Liu Bai asked her for something and then turned to go to the Northland Bank.
The Northland Bank has been targeted these days, but the Fatui did not dare to ignore Liu Bai's orders and have been secretly investigating ways to gain an audience with the Rock God.
To this end, they have almost finished studying Liyue's history books...
"A thousand years ago, the Ruotu Dragon King committed evil and was eventually suppressed by the Emperor..."
"According to the descriptions of the people who returned from Jueyunjian, there is a girl under a big tree called Fulong Tree who has been preaching that the oldest and most majestic existence will be revived, and even called the Rock God a usurper..."
"The stone tablet in front of the tree is engraved with Xuan Huang's love for life, and the Immortal King is merciful and suppresses the evil dragon here..."
Liu Bai quickly found the part that interested him in the intelligence obtained by the Fatui.
Although the Fatui did not dare to go deep into Jueyunjian, it was still very easy for them to ask ordinary people who had been to Jueyunjian to search for immortals and collect herbs about the situation there with their means.
"It turned out to be here..."
“Cloud Breaker is so far away from Liyue Harbor. Even if the Master Ball cannot control it, there is no need to worry about it really endangering Liyue Harbor.”
Liu Bai muttered slightly.
In the past few days, he has been asking the Fatui to buy explosives in an attempt to blow up the Lonely Cloud Pavilion.
Maybe it's time to change places now.
Thinking of this, Liu Bai took action immediately.
"Give orders to transport all the explosives stored in the suburban warehouse to the vicinity of Jueyunjian. Wait for my follow-up orders. I will go over to investigate the situation first."
Liu Bai gave an order to Andre, then put away the paper with the information in his hand, took out the dagger hidden inside his clothes and stabbed himself.
Since he has recently started to like wearing Liyue-style clothes, Liu Bai has sewed a small pocket on the inside of his clothes to hide a knife.
"..."
Watching his own executive stabbing him with a dagger in front of him, Andre subconsciously wiped the sweat from his forehead, and then sorted out the other information on the table.
……
"Hmm... the last one, Qingxin."
In the Huaguanglin area, a girl named Qiqi climbed up a mountain that was as tall as a stone pillar and reached into the clouds. She shook the basket behind her and then reached out her hand to pick the Qingxin in front of her.
Paji——
The next second, a figure appeared out of nowhere and stepped on the Qingxin that Qiqi was about to pick.
"what……"
Qiqi opened her mouth and looked up at the boy who suddenly appeared, somewhat at a loss.
"Huh? Where is this? Girl, why are you here too?"
Liu Bai pulled out the dagger from his chest, looked around in confusion, and asked subconsciously after seeing the confused Qiqi in front of him.
"Ah? Are you, calling Qiqi?"
Hearing Liu Bai's address, Qiqi, who failed to pick Qingxin, became even more confused.
"Yes, yes, where is this place...are we at the top of the mountain?"
Liu Bai nodded, then walked to the edge of the stone pillar-like mountain and looked down to confirm.
"This is Huaguang Forest. Qiqi, pick herbs here."
After Liu Bai walked away, Qiqi found that the Qingxin had been completely crushed, so she had to give it up and turned back to explain to Liu Bai.
"Is that so? That's great. I can sell Qingxin to Bubulu for a lot of money."
Liu Bai nodded subconsciously. He had done the same thing himself, although that was not his own pure heart.
"Hey... But Qiqi is the herb-picking boy from Bubulu."
Liu Bai's words made Qiqi a little confused, so she had to raise her little hand and point at herself to explain.
"what……?"
After hearing Qiqi's explanation, Liu Bai realized something was wrong. He fumbled around his body and quickly pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket.
Liu Bai opened the drawing paper and placed it next to Qiqi and compared it carefully.
"Two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. The hair is...purple? The ears...the ears aren't pointy either?"
Liu Bai compared them carefully and found that the girl in front of him was completely different from the girl in the painting.
"It seems like you recognized the wrong person. Qiqi doesn't remember you either."
Qiqi took a look at the portrait on the paper, then spread her hands and said that she didn't remember the girl on the paper either.
"Ahem, so that's how it is. Sorry, little sister, my memory is not very good and I recognized the wrong person."
After confirming that the girl in front of him was not Nashida, Liu Bai coughed awkwardly, folded the paper in his hand again and hid it back in his pocket.
"Hmm...your memory isn't good either?"
After hearing Liu Bai's explanation, Qiqi asked curiously.
"also?"
Liu Bai couldn't help but notice the meaning behind Qiqi's words.
"Yeah, Qiqi is a zombie, and his memory is not very good."
"Just like you, I need to write it down in a notebook so I don't forget it."
Qiqi nodded. She seemed a little happy to meet people of her kind, although her face seemed too stiff to show a happy expression.
"I see. Nice to meet you. You can call me Liu Bai."
After hearing Qiqi's explanation and realizing that the little girl also had a bad memory, Liu Bai nodded in understanding and stretched out a hand towards Qiqi.
"Well, nice to meet you, Qiqi, my name is Qiqi."
Qiqi gently held Liu Bai's hand in response, and the two people with poor memory had their "first" meeting in Huaguanglin.
When shaking hands, Liu Bai found that Qiqi's little hands were very cold and there was no sign of life at all.
But Qiqi was a little confused. Why were his hands hot?
Isn't he a zombie?
……