In Teyvat, it all begins with rescuing the grass god.

If you don't come and try the famous Wanmintang, it always feels like something is missing.

The location is easy to find.

In the words of the passerby who gave me directions, this is the most popular storefront on this street.

Rod easily found the restaurant, which had a small storefront but was already packed with customers.

As soon as I entered the door.

You can see a girl with dark blue hair bustling in and out of the kitchen, carrying plates and rushing back and forth to serve dishes.

She is Xiangling.

The head chef of Wanmintang is a young female cook famous for her signature dishes and superb culinary skills.

It's another pity.

Judging from how busy she is, it probably isn't her shift today.

Xiangling, on the other hand, seemed to be serving dishes rather carelessly.

Those who saw it would inevitably worry that she might accidentally drop the plate on the ground.

Fortunately.

Xiangling's hands were very steady. Whether she was carrying a plate by herself or serving more than a dozen dishes in one go with a large plate, there was no sign of her being unsteady.

I saw new guests come in.

Xiangling, who had just finished delivering the vegetables, immediately stepped forward to greet them.

It was lunchtime, and every table in the restaurant was occupied.

Xiangling turned her head and quickly found a table where only one person was eating. She went up to them and asked, "Excuse me, would you mind sharing a table with someone? Is there really no room in the restaurant?"

"Oh sure."

The man's mouth was full, and his speech was somewhat slurred.

Then she discovered.

The person who came to share a table with me was someone I knew.

"Uh"

After sitting down, looking at the somewhat disheveled girl in front of him, who was holding a pancake in one hand and chopsticks in the other, Rod's lips twitched and he said, "Hi, we meet again."

What a coincidence.

He simply had nowhere to eat and shared a table with someone, which led to him running into the mysterious girl who had blocked his way that morning.

"So you two know each other."

Xiangling handed over the menu and then smiled as she recommended, "What would you like to order, sir? We have sea bass that just arrived this morning, as well as pork from Springwood in Mondstadt. If you're alone, you can also have a single-person set meal, with one meat dish and two vegetable dishes, or two meat dishes and one vegetable dish."

Before she could finish listing the dishes, Rod pointed to the signature dishes on the menu and said, "One boiled fish, one stir-fried pork belly, one salt and pepper tofu, and one stir-fried lily bulbs."

Xiangling noted everything down and then asked, "Do you usually like spicy food, sir? I don't think you're from Liyue, are you? The Jueyun chili peppers we use are a special variety, and they're spicier than chilies from other places. If you don't usually eat spicy food, you can tell me, and I'll ask my father to reduce the spiciness for you. You can also have a cup of tea made with Nissandra flowers, which can relieve the spiciness and prevent diarrhea."

"It's okay, I can eat spicy food."

Rod laughed and said, "I'll have another cup of that Rainbow Flower Tea you mentioned. I'm taking a boat tomorrow, and it would be troublesome if I got diarrhea."

"Alright, please wait a moment, sir."

After noting down the dishes Rod ordered, Xiangling rushed to the kitchen like a gust of wind.

Wait until she leaves.

Rhodes began to scrutinize the girl in front of him again.

He roughly guessed who it was.

Although the girl's appearance was still messy, she took off the towel on her head, revealing a head of beautiful purple hair.

A high-ranking official in Liyue who disguises himself to work at the docks.

She still looks like a purple-haired girl.

It can only be that person.

Qingqing.

Yuheng Star among the Seven Stars of Liyue.

It's no wonder that such an important person would need to disguise herself.

Otherwise, if they show their true appearance and happen to run into someone who knows them, they will lose the purpose of their private investigation.

No wonder Rhodes felt a sense of familiarity back then.

Once it was confirmed that she was Ke Qing, it wasn't surprising at all.

"Thank you for what happened this morning."

Rod said with a smile.

Keqing's reminder this morning was well-intentioned.

Clearly, they saw that Rhodes was acting recklessly and were worried that he might not be able to control his temper in the city and could cause some trouble.

"Oh, it's Okay."

"It's more important than anything else for you to take care of the laws of Liyue."

After saying this, Ke Qing finished the fried noodles on the plate and the flatbread in her hand in three bites. She grabbed a tissue to wipe her mouth and then picked up a towel from the chair and tied it around her head again.

"I have to go to work now, goodbye."

Keqing, now back in her worker form, stood up and said to Rhodes again, "Don't forget what I told you this morning. This isn't your Sumeru. You can't go wrong by going to the Thousand Rock Army first."

Say it.

She nodded to Rod, paid her bill, and strode out of the Hall of Ten Thousand People, heading towards the docks.

Ke Qing just left.

Xiangling then brought the dishes over.

"Hey? Guest, your friend has left."

Seeing that only Rhodes was left, Xiangling asked a question out of curiosity.

"She had something to do, so she left first."

After giving a brief reply, Rod grabbed his chopsticks and began to eat heartily.

These dishes, completely different from those of Sumeru and much closer to those of his previous life, made him eat with great relish, as he hadn't tasted such food in a long time.

After finishing all the dishes.

Still wanting more, Rod ordered two more dishes to satisfy his cravings.

It's just that you inevitably feel a pang of pain when you pay the bill.

This was the first time he realized just how high prices were in Liyue.

The six dishes and the pot of tea cost him over seven thousand moras.

This is still considered a commoner's restaurant by the people of Liyue.

Rod couldn't imagine what the prices would be like at such a high-end restaurant.

"Fortunately."

"At least I got to vent my frustration."

After leaving the house, Rod touched his stomach and sighed heavily.

Luckily, I'm flush with cash now.

Otherwise, I'd have to go wash dishes for Wanmintang to pay off my debts.

Recalling his time in the desert, a few thousand Mora were enough to sustain him for half a month, but in Liyue, it wasn't even enough for a meal, and he shook his head in frustration.

Afternoon time.

Rhodes then strolled around Tiger Rock for a while, sampled some local snacks, watched a Liyue show, and returned to the ship on time in the evening.

Silent all night.

On the second day.

Many more guests arrived on the ship.

The previously sparse cabins were almost completely filled in one go.

Considering that many passengers disembarked in Liyue, one can imagine how many new people were added to the second half of the journey.

Bored out of his mind, Rhodes was leaning on the railing watching people board the ship when he suddenly smelled a familiar scent.

"what?"

Following the scent, Rod saw cargo being loaded onto the ship on the other side.

He blinked and frowned.

The taste of the abyss?

How could there be something like this in the cargo?

(End of this chapter)

160. Chapter 154 The Abyssal Monsters in the Cargo Hold

Chapter 154 Abyssal Monsters in the Cargo Hold

Besides this batch of goods that are highly suspected of carrying the aura of the abyss.

Rod also spotted a very familiar face among the people boarding the ship.

She was a girl dressed very scantily, with her waist and legs completely exposed. She wore a red crown that covered her waist-length coral hair, and beneath her hair were a pair of white-to-yellow antlers that extended outwards from the sides of her head. A few white scales could be seen on the back of her hands and her bare waist. A fire elemental eye of God hung brightly at her waist.

"Yanfei?"

Rod raised an eyebrow, recognizing the girl from her antlers.