Chapter 80: Day 4 of being caught wandering
"You finished your new work in just one month? That's an incredible speed. Is it a short story?"
Sora already had a general understanding of light novels, and although he didn't write any, he had read several.
The sale of light novels is divided into long serialization and short story completion. The latter is of course written faster, but it will also be released in several different weekly editions. So is Qingli writing a short story this time?
"No, it's a novella. It's not too short. I think it should have enough words to be printed in one volume, right?"
After hearing what Kong said, Shui Qingli stroked his chin and calculated for a while. He himself hadn't counted it, but the story of Pang Zun and Bai Guangying could indeed have a lot of words. Even if this book was finished, he could write a sequel that would be enough to be the scale of a short light novel.
Love triangles, chasing wives to the crematorium and so on, the misunderstandings caused by communication problems alone are enough to write several chapters. He also specially changed Gao Taiming into an adult so that readers would feel more involved.
"Anyway, I haven't had a break for a month and I've been working so hard to finish the manuscript. Otherwise, how could you tell I was tired at a glance?"
However, Yae Shinzi was indeed generous in paying, and even increased his royalties again, so his hard work was not in vain. So he turned around and went to Oguraya to order a kimono made of Liyue Colorful Flower fabric.
It was much more fitting and comfortable than the material he had exchanged from the villagers when he first came to Inazuma.
"Um... Sorry, it's my fault."
Although he was very happy to get the reward at that time, looking at his friend's face now, Kong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"It has nothing to do with you. I was the one who did the wrong thing in the beginning."
Shui Qingli smiled lightly, but he didn't mean to blame him, because he wasn't the type to take his anger out on his friends.
"But where have you been for the past month? You are nowhere to be seen in the entire Inazuma Castle."
Thinking about his experiences in the past month, and the stories of Kapachiri and Aru, Sora couldn't help but look depressed.
"Let's talk somewhere else."
Although the environment of Mulou Teahouse is quiet, the consumption there is unaffordable for ordinary people. At least travelers who have just returned from outside would not consider it now, so they went to Wuyou Pavilion together.
"I received a commission from another light novel writer and went to that foggy island, and saw..."
For many things, sharing with two people is always better than bearing them alone. After telling Shui Qingli all the stories about Aru, Kong felt that the heaviness in his heart had become lighter.
"Finally, Aru sang the song that brought them together for Thunderbird. They finally reunited and then disappeared together in the rolling thunder."
Such a sad and breathtaking story, but it has a pretty good ending. (My personal opinion is that although Kirishima Kiyoshi is really hellish, in the end, Aru did meet Thunderbird and didn't have to repeatedly sacrifice herself.)
“Wooo ...
It was Sora who was telling the story of their past, but Paimon couldn't help but burst into tears as he listened, and he thought of that lively and lovely child again.
"It's so... so sad. No matter what happened to Aru or Kapachiri, they just wanted to make friends. Woohoo..."
She was choking while expressing her opinion, and even couldn't control her hiccups from crying.
"Paimon..."
Kong looked helplessly at his guide and good friend. He was not an emotionally fragile person, but hearing Paimon's crying reminded him of the heaviness in his heart when he learned of Ru's ending.
"It is indeed ... a very sad story."
He had experienced this plot once before when he was playing games. Even though he didn't often show empathy, he couldn't help but be emo for a while after finishing the whole plot.
The plot of Genshin Impact is indeed excellent, but the planning is really inhuman.
It was truly the art and modeling that saved his life.
"After that, the fog in Mist View dissipated, right?"
"Well, I stayed on that island for a while, helping some ghosts stranded there to fulfill their wishes and sending them away."
From then on, no one would set foot there except monsters, evil beasts and adventurers seeking relics.
"What about the light novel writer?"
"Ms. Sumida gave up her exploration of Kiriguan and said she and Akama would leave Inazuma and travel around."
"Sounds good."
"By the way, Qingli."
The traveler, who was unable to rest, suddenly thought of something and quickly turned to ask his friend.
"Last time you said there was a huge secret place with many treasure chests on Haiji Island. What's going on?"
Kong has been busy in Wuguan and Qinglai Island recently, and has not really paid attention to what the so-called secret realm of Haiqi Island is like, but giving up the treasure chest is definitely impossible.
"Well, I don't know much about this. You can go to the Coral Palace and ask the witch and you should know."
Although the rewards of Yuanxia Palace are considerable, the process before opening it is also very time-consuming, and he almost forgot the name of the priestess.
They are all quest NPCs anyway.
"Miko, I'll go to Umijima to take a look tomorrow."
Speaking of the priestess, he only knew Xinhai. After all, Haiji Island was under the jurisdiction of the Coral Palace, so it seemed reasonable to ask the priestess about the secret realm.
"You just came back, don't you want to rest for a few days?"
Shui Qingli advised.
The plot that seems to be completed in a few hours in the game, but it takes a whole month in Teyvat. The Traveler is really exhausted. After finishing a large task, he immediately rushes to Kaiyuan Lower Palace without leaving himself any time to rest.
"I don't feel tired, and Paimon is greatly affected by Mist View. It would be good to do something else to divert her attention at this time."
Kong said this and shifted his gaze to the silver-white elf, who had already wiped away his tears and was eating his food with relish. He raised his head when he heard what Kong said.
"It doesn't matter to me, but I hope we can get more this time. Our work in the past month was almost in vain. There aren't many treasure chests on that island."
Speaking of this, Paimon was a little dissatisfied.
"Almost all of them are the kind of green boxes that can only produce design drawings. If Sumida hadn't paid him in the end, Kong would have suffered a huge loss this time."
Ok……
Shui Qingli thought for two seconds, but still didn't tell Kong and Paimon that Yuanxia Palace was a place even more sinister than Wuguan, from the story behind it to the environment and background music.
At least there are a lot of genuine treasure chests in Yuanxia Palace, he thought.
I hope Paimon won’t be scared to tears by then.
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There is only one Yuan Shang in Yuanxia Palace who is really funny, the others are also really hellish