Chapter 743 Return to Liyue
The next day, Paimon breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Sora seemed no different from usual, but in fact, he seemed to be in a much better mood.
Su still has a way! As expected, Su is the best at dealing with Kong's emotional problems.
Shen He came specially to pick everyone up and take them back to Liyue, and the tour team is preparing to return home today.
Su felt a little regretful. "It's almost the end of the Lantern Festival. Otherwise, we could have stayed in Mond for a few more days."
"Yes, the festival is coming soon. I wonder if the children like the small gifts I gave them." Xianyun said halfway when he found that everyone was looking at him. He coughed twice and took out the picture card to change the subject. "Come and take a look at the tour picture card I took."
The others put the topic aside and started discussing the travel pictures that Xianyun was going to take back and share with his neighbors.
Paimon: "What a blurry pool of water. It took me a long time to recognize it as Starfall Lake. Is this photo out of focus?"
Xianyun: "This is the artistic conception, it is the masterpiece of this immortal's design."
Paimon: "These Mondstadt specialties are so well photographed. They look colorful and delicious, and the aroma is overflowing through the pictures!"
Xianyun: "I have collected most of the cooking parameters for Mondstadt cuisine. Once I adjust the cooking machine, the children will be able to enjoy the authentic Mondstadt flavor at home."
Sora picked out a picture that showed the entire ruins of the Wind Dragon, "Should we not show this to the neighbors?"
Xianyun: "Why? This is my masterpiece."
The Wind Dragon Ruins are ancient and mysterious, desolate and majestic. They can be said to be the most historical and cultural landscape in Mondstadt.
Kong: "The angle of this picture is a bird's-eye view. It's impossible for ordinary people to take such a picture."
Xianyun suddenly realized, "You are really careful. I will pick this one out and show it to those two old guys who often travel around."
After packing their luggage, the tour group split into two teams and rode their little beasts slowly back to Liyue.
"The wind is gentle and pleasant, it's a perfect time for an outing. Look, there are kites in the sky over there," Xianyun asked his disciples behind him, "Shenhe and Su, do you want to have some fun?"
Su poked his head out to take a look. "A kite? Could it be Hu Tao flying it? Let's go find Hu Tao and play with us!"
Paimon behind Sora actively raised his hand, "Let's play! Let's play! Paimon Kite requests to join the battle!"
So a group of people got off the bus and prepared to find their kite-flying friends to fly kites together.
Seeing the two figures pulling the kite string in the distance, Paimon rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
Paimon: "It's not Hu Tao, it's Zhongli and Xiao?!"
Wow, Zhongli is okay, it's not strange to see him anywhere. But Xiao also has a time to play kite? I can't believe it.
Kong guessed the general situation after a quick thought. Xiao was dragged out for the spring outing by Zhongli, and Zhongli might have found an excuse.
Sure enough, facing Su's question, Zhongli smiled and said, "It's like this, the hall master recently got a Fontaine device, called a mechanical vertical lifting device."
Xianyun's eyebrows moved, "Oh, I've heard of this thing. It seems that if it is loaded on a kite, the kite can be taken to the sky without having to wait for the wind to rise."
"That's exactly it," Zhongli nodded. "The hall master asked me to research which one is more interesting, the new technical kite or the traditional kite. One person can only fly one kite, so I asked Xiao Shangxian to help me fly the other kite."
When they heard Zhongli calling Xiao the Immortal, everyone present, except Shen He, put on masks of pain, especially Xiao.
Shen He's expression was as calm and indifferent as ever. She roughly knew that Mr. Zhongli was not an ordinary person. He might even be...
But since the old man wanted to play the role of the mortal Zhongli, she would just cooperate and say "I don't know" and just treat the other party as Mr. Zhongli, a guest official of the Wangsheng Hall.
Xiao brought the topic back to business and said seriously: "I have made a comparison. If we pursue efficiency, this strange device is better."
The Traveler Squad had an indescribable expression on their faces.
Xiao, is it possible that Zhongli just found an excuse to lure you into kite-fighting? He didn't really ask you to do a review!
"Okay, I'll tell the hall master." Zhongli thanked Xiao Shangxian for his evaluation and gave him both kites. "It's more interesting to enjoy them with friends than to sit alone."
The two parents sat aside to drink tea and chat, while the younger ones discussed the kite-flying competition.
Shen He has a Scissor-tailed Kite with the pattern of Liuyun Zhenjun, Xiao has two Youyou kites, and the three members of the Traveler Team have a total of one Paimeng kite.
Xiao looked at the kite in his hand and wanted to give one away, but he really didn't know who to give it to.
Because no matter how you divide it, there will always be one person without a kite.
Finally, Xiao handed the two kites to Su and Kong, "Here, you guys play with them, I'll just watch from the side."
Sora declined, "This is a rare activity. Xiao, please play for a while longer. I just want to sit down and rest for a while."
Xiao is his rival, but also his friend. Compared to Xiao who has been with Su all the time during the journey, Xiao has too little time and opportunity to play with Su.
Paimon and Su looked at each other.
Paimeng: Feast at Crescent Moon Pavilion!
Sue: Deal!
The two hit it off immediately, and Su reached out to take the two Youyou kites, handing one to Kong and the other to Xiao.
Su: "You two should stop being so polite to each other. Everyone has a kite, so let's get ready to start the competition."
Kong was stunned for a moment. Did Su have other kites? Or did Paimeng no longer want to play with them?
Su had no other kites, and Paimon still wanted to play.
Paimon's kite was put back into the backpack, and Paimon Benmon will join the battle in the form of a kite!
Shen He, Xiao and Kong looked at a transparent water line with one end connected to Paimon and the other end in the girl's hand, and they all exclaimed "..."
Shen He took a while to determine, "This kind of "kite"... is cheating."
Sora: "It's cheating."
Xiao: “…Indeed.”
"No!" Su Zhenzheng argued, "The Fontaine device is the power of technology, and our Paimon is the mysterious power."
“That’s right!” Paimon Kite swayed and flew up to a high place without any wind. “You guys are going to lose. Look at me, I’ll take first place!”
In the end, the combination of Paimon and Su did not get first place.
"The wind is really strong up there, a-chu!" Paimon, whose face was disheveled by the strong wind, wrapped his little cloak tightly.
Kong took out a blanket and wrapped her in it, Xiao brought some hot tea to warm her up, and Shen He thought about it and held Paimon, who was wrapped like a ball, in his arms.
Su: "Paimeng is such a great group favorite."
Paimon: "Damn it, even though it was my idea, but... I want an extra portion of the feast anyway!" Her sacrifice far exceeded expectations!
"Okay, okay, please give Paimeng any portion he wants." Su went to find Aunt Xianyun to come and see her. It would be very uncomfortable if she was sick.