I'm a male god in Liyue

Is it the kind of succubus I'm thinking of?

Wait, is the "joy" in this "Joyful Incense" the same kind of "joy" I'm thinking of?

Forget it.

Never mind, it's just for recycling anyway.

Let's make it first and see.

Xia Zhi found these three extraordinary materials in the [Shop], each priced at 1 point.

He didn't have any extra points, so he could only take out another [Calming Pill], cut it open, and refine several portions of [Calming Incense] to recycle before he could buy these three raw materials.

A piece of crimson wood, as if it had just been soaked in blood.

A white seashell with countless tiny, star-like patterns.

A tuft of purple hair emitted a strange, alluring fragrance.

Xia Zhi used the black iron dagger to cut out appropriate portions of each, and then selected a spice blend with the same proportions as the [Calming Incense].

Following the instructions, he placed the ingredients into the [Burning Incense Burner] one by one.

After waiting quietly for almost 8 minutes, a faint fragrance wafted from the oven.

Because Xia Zhi used the same spices, there was no change in the fragrance. Its scent is exactly the same as that of the [Calming Incense].

But the results were completely different.

Xia Zhi felt his mood involuntarily brighten just from smelling the fragrance emanating from Chengxiang.

Open the lid of the stove and pour out the incense inside.

This is a blood-red crystal with strange, star-like patterns floating inside, making it even more beautiful than the [Calming Incense].

Xia Zhi held it in his hand and admired it for a while before putting it into his inventory.

An item description appeared on the system panel.

【The Perfect Joyful Fragrance】

Quality: Black Iron.

Type: Consumable.

Features: None.

Effect: This special incense, made from a burning incense burner, can please the heart and attract spirits.

Hidden effects: Burning duration increased by 30%, and the Joyful Temptation effect increased by 30%.

Buyback price: 1 point.

It's now called "Perfect Fragrance" again, with the item name now prefixed with "Perfect" and featuring a new hidden effect.

Just as he had guessed, regardless of quality, any "perfect" extraordinary item could acquire a hidden effect.

Furthermore, due to the bonus from the [Blazing Incense Burner], its effect becomes different from the ordinary [Joyful Incense] sold in the [Shop], with an additional strange description of "tempting ghosts and gods".

Xia Zhi looked at the item description on the system panel, pondered for a while, then put it away and continued to use the remaining extraordinary materials to refine a new [Joyful Incense].

It took him more than an hour to use up all the extraordinary materials and he successfully crafted 11 pieces of [Joyful Incense] without a single failure.

A simple calculation shows that purchasing raw materials costs 3 points, and the final product yields 11 points, resulting in a net income of 8 points.

Xia Zhi rubbed his face, feeling suddenly exhausted.

He opened the system panel and checked his character information.

The mental energy level above has become extremely low.

How is this going?

Xia Zhi found it strange and checked the log again.

"Using the [Blazing Incense Burner] once, successfully crafted [Joyful Incense], consuming 5 points of mental energy."

The message above went viral.

It turned out to be because I had used the [Blazing Incense Burner] repeatedly.

I originally thought the [Blazing Incense Burner] was automatically crafted, but I didn't expect it would require me to consume my mental energy.

Xia Zhi remembered that when he first used the [Blazing Incense Burner], he also refined more than a dozen pieces of incense, but he did not feel as tired as he does today. Was it because those incense pieces were just ordinary incense?

Xia Zhi pondered for a moment, then casually prepared a batch of ordinary spices, used the [Blazing Incense Burner] to refine them into incense, and then checked the system panel.

His mental strength did not decrease this time.

As expected, his mental energy was only consumed when he was refining extraordinary items.

It seems we can't just increase the maximum mana anymore; we also need to increase the maximum mental energy, otherwise the speed at which we earn points won't pick up.

Xia Zhi recycled all the [Joyful Incense] he had crafted, gaining 11 points. Then he lit a piece of [Calming Incense] and went to bed.

The first volume of the manuscript, now complete, lay on the table.

He simply didn't have the energy to observe the female reader's reaction today; he hoped she would like the long, abrupt ending.

With these thoughts in mind, Xia Zhi drifted off to sleep amidst the incredibly comforting fragrance.

--

Yuehai Pavilion.

Even late at night, a light was still on in one of the rooms.

The table was piled high with various documents, and three intelligent young women were engrossed in working on them.

Under the lights, their faces looked extremely haggard, and every now and then one of them could be heard groaning and sighing.

"How can there be so many things to deal with?"

"We simply can't handle it all."

"How does Senior Gan Yu usually manage to do that? Her efficiency is higher than the three of us combined. Even if she has a demigod body, this is terrifying!"

When will Senior Gan Yu finally return?

"I feel like I'm going to die, sob, I just want to rest."

"Will I not see the moon during the Lunar New Year festival?"

"Woo..."

Chapter Sixty-Six: Mr. Xia, the Gentle Understanding Man

After a good night's sleep, my energy level was fully restored.

Xia Zhi got out of bed, changed out of his pajamas, and instead of going downstairs immediately, he took out the [Blazing Incense Burner] and bought three sets of extraordinary materials from the shop. He then refined three sets of [Joyful Incense] on the table.

The mental value decreased by 15 points.

But at this moment he did not feel obviously tired.

Mental energy will gradually recover over time. As long as he doesn't refine continuously within a certain period of time like he did last night, there's nothing to worry about.

This can also be considered a form of time management.

After putting away the incense burner and materials, Xia Zhi went downstairs to wash up and then went out for breakfast with Zhu Zi.

When I opened the door, there was a long queue outside the store, just like yesterday.

Xia Zhi smiled and thanked everyone for their support of the shop, but there would be no half-price discount today.

After breakfast, Xia Zhi and Zhu Zi walked back.

"Boss, it's Friday today. Are we still open tomorrow?"

"Closed for business."

Is it really a holiday?

"Ah."

"But our store is doing so well! We make tens of thousands of moras every day!"

"Zhu Zi, you can never earn enough money. You must be very tired after being so busy these past few days."

"It is a bit tiring, mainly because I have never had this kind of experience before."

"Then you should rest well for the next two days. Liyue is quite big, you can go wherever you want. If you don't have enough money, you can tell me."

"Okay, thank you boss!"

Xia Zhi smiled and nodded. He had already made an appointment with Yan Fei for tomorrow to send the first volume of his manuscript, which he had already finished, to Wanwen Collection House.

However, in a way, this world does have many similarities to the original world.

For example, a year has four seasons and twelve months, but there is no concept of solar terms.

For example, a week has seven days, divided into twenty-four hours. These so-called seven days are divided according to the seven ruling gods. In many places on the continent of Teyvat, there are statues of the seven gods, which are called the Seven Gods Statues.