I'm in the Teyvat running group

Based on my understanding of the Emperor, he would almost certainly tell me when he felt it was appropriate to do so.

The reason she didn't say anything is because there's something she can't talk about, and it's clearly something that Yunxiu can't access right now.

“I can protect them for a while, but it’s so boring in Nordekale… Let’s call Fox Palace and Divine Child over, I can teach them a few things.” Bai Chen stretched and sighed rather old-fashionedly before continuing, “This Yunxiu kid seems quite interesting too, why don’t you come along as well?”

"Huh? Me? Your Majesty must have other matters to entrust to me..." Yunxiu didn't expect that this wave would actually find her. She did have the idea of ​​going to Nordekalai, but it was definitely not now. She would only personally intervene when she could resolve all the crises there in one go.

Otherwise, it's better to just keep watching, since there's just too much mess to clean up in Nodkale in a short time.

If it can't be resolved in one go, it could have serious long-term consequences, and the resulting actions could give Yunxiu a headache for a long time.

"Really? That's a real shame. It's rare to meet such an interesting person." Bai Chen shrugged, saying with considerable regret, "Then you're going to miss out on one of the most interesting experiences of your life. I hope you won't regret this choice in the future..."

I think I've figured out where Tsukihime's quirky and chuunibyou (delusional) personality comes from...

Yunxiu thought with a sense of helplessness that it seemed that at least during the education stage, whether it was Fox Palace, Yae no Miko, or Shin and Kage, they all thought that raising children should be done in the way Bai Chen did. Of course, since the new era is different from the old era, Yue Ji's ideas were also more abstract.

However, since the matter no longer had much to do with Yunxiu, he bid farewell to the Emperor and prepared to leave.

Zhongli nodded, without saying much, and gently handed him something, saying, "This is for you. Also, tell Hu Tao that I will go back in a couple of days to finish what I haven't done yet."

Yunxiu took it without looking at it and put it into her storage bag. What Zhongli gave her was obviously not something simple, but it wouldn't be too late to look at it when she got back. As for the unfinished business, it was naturally about managing some matters at the Hall of Rebirth. The two of them had actually agreed to do this for a long time.

Strictly speaking, Zhongli's actions this time constituted dereliction of duty, but the seriousness of the matter is indeed greater than many of his previous incidents.

After casually taking a few steps and stepping out of the area of ​​Baida Port, Yunxiu soared into the sky. The gods were still drinking and making merry there, enjoying a rare moment of leisure for them. Although Bai Chen's personality was indeed somewhat unexpected for Yunxiu.

However, it is undeniable that Bai Chen's resurrection this time was extremely successful. Even though most of his memories were preserved, it was because Lei Dian Zhen had preserved most of Bai Chen's soul in the beginning that everything went so smoothly. But it won't be so simple to resurrect him in the future.

Gui was truly shattered in the war between the demons and gods, and even Zhongli was helpless in the end. He could only try to eliminate the remnants of the demons after their destruction. Even Zhongli today is still terrified by such a terrifying thing, let alone in that era.

Or rather, it was at that time that Zhongli's mindset officially changed.

Seeing that there was still plenty of time, Yunxiu landed at Wanmintang. After the expansion of Wanmintang, the chefs trained by Xiangling officially started working. Xiangling herself was already the head chef of Wanmintang, or you could call her the head chef, and of course, the boss's wife.

There's no need to worry about the cooking skills not being as good as before; most of the dishes now are already better than they used to be.

This is mainly due to the promotion of the magic system. Most chefs now know a few spells to make their food more delicious, and most importantly, they can improve the quality of their ingredients.

Originally, most ordinary chefs could only make ordinary dishes. Although there were no restrictions on chefs, many important ingredients could only be made by chefs who mastered elemental power. For example, the simplest thing is how an ordinary chef could turn the Ice Mist Flower into a dish.

The answer is, of course, no.

What about wild boars on snow-capped mountains, large fish in the deep sea, and even some plants that naturally possess elemental energy? If not handled properly, these things can be harmful to the human body. How should these things be handled?

Before the magic system was widely adopted, these things naturally required chefs with the Eye of Cognition to handle. However, the problem was that there were very few chefs with the Eye of Cognition in the entire Teyvat, even in a large region like Liyue. The number of chefs with the Eye of Cognition in Liyue could be counted on two hands.

This is also the fundamental reason why Wanmintang has been able to stand between Liuliting and Xinyuexuan without falling; Xiangling is simply too strong.

However, with the arrival of the new era, elemental energy was easier to handle, and mining ingredients was not as troublesome. Most people had mastered many simple spells, and naturally, a new culinary system was born.

Xiangling enjoyed it immensely. She taught many of the dishes and cooking techniques she had researched to others, and naturally, she had her own group of students, far more than just the few at Wanmintang. Even Liuliting and Xinyuexuan had chefs trained by Xiangling.

So now Xiangling usually cooks for family, friends, or clients on a customized basis. However, since she is already very wealthy, it is really difficult to get Xiangling to work on a regular basis...

Liu Ying stopped serving dishes, not because she was no longer available, but because Xiang Ling had hired many more people, and Xian Yun had recently developed many mechanical puppets, some of which could do this kind of work. This made things much easier for Liu Ying, who, unable to stay idle, had recently started various adventures.

Now she's with Ying in Nordkalé; the two already had a good relationship back in Grammer.

Shen He, on the other hand, continued to work for Xiang Ling and even received a small promotion. Now she's the supervisor here, and naturally, she earns a decent salary. However, she doesn't really need the money, so she spends most of it on rescuing all sorts of small animals...

As far as Yunxiu knows, Shenhe is now raising all sorts of cats, dogs, otters, birds, and even a few unusual sheep.

As for why they don't help orphans, that's what the "House of Hearths" is doing now.

Even before the development of the Spirit Realm, Yunxiu had allocated funds to her servants and puppets to help orphans from various countries, establish organizations like the Hearth House, find jobs for these orphans to live a normal life, and cultivate their abilities.

After Rosalyn, the lady, joined Yunxiu's side, she naturally joined in these tasks as well.

Rosalyn is a big fan of children, so she manages everything very well, especially during the time when the servants are breaking through to legendary status; she and the puppet are basically the ones handling all the affairs.

Aside from casting various spells and contraptions in the Spirit Realm and holding a position in the Adventurers' Guild, the puppet itself doesn't have much else to do. However, it takes the work at Hearthglen House very seriously. Now, Hearthglen House has almost become an official cooperative organization of various countries. At least it can be said that it is now rare to see truly unattended orphans in Teyvat.

Upon entering the kitchen of Wanmintang, Xiangling was still wearing her chef's uniform and directing the work. Seeing Yunxiu's arrival, she was quite happy and pulled Yunxiu away.

The surrounding chefs, on the other hand, clearly breathed a sigh of relief. Xiangling's strong skills also meant that she was very strict with her work, and it was extremely difficult to find anything easy to do under her supervision.

"Xiuxiu, you're back? Hu Tao said at lunch today that you were handling something important." Xiangling said with a smile. She and Hu Tao have been spending more and more time together lately, and the two are still best friends. They even seem to be teaming up against Yunxiu...

"I've finished dealing with it, so I'll stay home for a few days before doing anything else... By the way, it's almost winter now, aren't you going to wear something warmer?" Yunxiu patted Xiangling's back and smiled, "Even with the God's Eye of Fire, you should still take care of your health."

"Oh dear, I'll wear it as soon as I get home today. It's only gotten a little cold recently." Xiangling poked Yunxiu's waist and laughed. "But what have you been up to lately that someone's come to your house again?"

Chapter 288 Encountering a Woman in the Street and Gaining Strong Support (Third Update on Wednesday!)

"Huh? I've been spending all my time with Hu Tao lately... You can ask her if you don't believe me." Yunxiu complained helplessly. Although he was indeed a bit of a womanizer, he always brought the girls he met to Xiangling to see. He had never seduced any wild women without Xiangling's objection!

Yunxiu considered it carefully again, and only after confirming that there was no girl he hadn't made things clear to Xiangling did he say with certainty, "No, absolutely not."

"Who's that woman eating out? She's been coming every day these past few days, and she specifically asked for you." Xiangling pointed to a woman in the corner outside Wanmintang and said, "And she's probably not your type... Xiuxiu, I've known you for so many years, I know your tastes pretty well..."

Xiangling turned her head in confusion and asked, "Does someone have something on you that they can't tell them off?"

Yunxiu looked closely and saw that the woman exuded a deep abyss power. She had red eyes, wore a strangely colored white dress, and was eating silently in a corner. No one around her even touched her, and some people ignored her. She seemed to be completely out of place, as if she had been cut off from this world.

It's Skoda!

What did she want from me? We don't seem to have any connection...

Could it be the young master's divine eye? But I remember that when I sent Yunzhi to Sumeru, I should have returned it, so I don't have it here.

Suddenly, as if sensing something, Skek cast a gaze across the entire Wanmin Hall and landed on Yunxiu. Although he didn't speak, Yunxiu could completely understand what he meant.

"Be careful here, and bring me two dishes... I'll go talk to her." Yunxi patted Xiangling's shoulder and laughed, "But you can believe me, I really have nothing to do with her. Strictly speaking, if we're talking about knowing each other from the moment we meet, you've known her longer than I have."

"Xiuxiu, you have to be careful. Although Grandma Ping said you are stronger than ordinary immortals now, I still feel that she is even more terrifying." Xiangling touched her chest before continuing, "But I believe you can definitely handle these things."

After saying that, she quickly went to make preparations. Since it was for Yunxiu and that mysterious lady, Xiangling naturally prepared it herself.

In fact, Xiangling has been preparing all of Sike's meals these past few days. For some reason, apart from Xiangling, it seems that no one else can see that there is anyone here.

Yunxiu, as usual, cast a bunch of shields on himself and made preparations before walking up to Skok. He naturally dared not underestimate this being. In terms of pure strength, she was probably no less than a god, and at least much stronger than Bai Chen, whom he had just resurrected, although Skok probably didn't have any ill intentions towards him...

"Yunxiu?" Skok sensed Yunxiu's arrival. She didn't stop what she was doing, but said while eating, "First of all, thank you for bringing back the Eye of God for that kid Ajax."

“I think you came to see me for something more than this…” Yunxiu pulled out a chair and sat down. The cataclysm in Kanria wasn’t as terrible as it was in history, so the situation with Skok in the original timeline wouldn’t have happened, and naturally no enemies of Surtroch would have come looking for him. So what could it be?

“I know Amaranta, so she asked me to take that carving knife from you… Of course, I also have something to discuss with you.” Skok finished the last dish on her plate. Just then, Xiangling brought in a new meal and placed it on the table. She glanced at it, seemingly interested in the new product, but quickly hesitated slightly before saying, “I’m probably running out of ‘Mora.’ It seems to be a necessity in this world. Can it be offset by monster materials?”

"Hmm... Money is not a problem. This meal is on me. But you could say that I'm partly responsible for Wanmintang's share." Yunxiu smiled. "Is it because of something outside the world? If so, I probably can't help. Besides, I'll be leaving for a while in a few days."

“It shouldn’t take you too much time. Here’s the thing, I need your ‘Interference-Resistant Spatial Anchoring’ spell. I learned about it after dismantling several storage bags.” Skok took out a storage bag that she had dismantled into pieces, pointing to the magic circle on the core material. “I also understand spatial magic, but it’s impossible to create such a living space, but you can, so I want to obtain it.”

Anti-interference spatial anchoring technology, huh...?

This is indeed a very important spell. In fact, while creating space and teleporting are difficult, it's not like no one in Teyvat can do it, and Skok can too. However, we have already discussed the biggest problem with these two spells repeatedly.

On one hand, Teyvat itself is not stable enough, and on the other hand, the instability of space makes it difficult to locate and fix spells. Yunxiu's anti-interference spatial anchoring spell naturally solves this problem, so it can be said to be the core of all spatial spells, at least even Iris does not have it.

Although Alice's Dudu Swallow Bag is made of better materials and has better effects than Yunxiu's, it can hold less, which is why.

Skok's most important goal in acquiring this spell was naturally to locate and create a space with sufficient life force; this should be the most important thing for her.

Although this thing is important, it's not exactly a non-sale item. Skok wouldn't develop it to create something to control the production of storage bags and make money... It's more like she could just give her a sum of money.

“The spell is no problem, Miss Skyk. You just need to help me once in the future when necessary.” Yunxiu nodded and looked at Skyk before continuing, “I will soon be involved in a war. I hope you can help me deal with a few Abyss minion-level monsters. I can give you this spell for free, or I can give you some Mora.”

“Dealing with the Abyss? No problem.” Skok nodded. “When you need me, just send me a message through Alice, and I’ll be there soon.”

"Then it's agreed. This is the spell's casting method." Yunxiu pointed his finger, and the spell runes for the Anti-Interference Spatial Anchoring Spell were inscribed on a parchment scroll and handed it out. Then, with a wave of his hand, a pile of Mora appeared in Yunxiu's hand in a storage bag. He smiled and said, "As for Mora, twenty million should be enough. If not, you can go to any merchant guild in any country that has my name on it and withdraw it at will."

"Thank you... Here, take these things, consider it Mora in exchange." Skok took the bag of spells and Mora, handed Yunxiu a storage bag, and then, as if remembering something, added, "You also need to give me that 'Fire' carving knife."

Yunxiu took out a coin and placed it in Sike's hand. He only had the Space Coin and the Time Coin left. He had given them to Nasita a few days ago. After Nasita used them, her rank had reached the level of a demon god. Now she was accumulating power and laws to seek a breakthrough. After giving the Fire Coin to Amaranta, he had no more Elemental Coins.

Skok carefully collected the coins, then gently shook the spell rune and Mora bag, and disappeared. Before leaving, she left a small pile of Mora on the table as payment for her meal.

Yunxiu counted carefully and found that Sike had indeed cut the last dish that came out, because it was the dish that Yunxiu had said she would treat to.

They really are meticulous!

Shaking her head helplessly, Yunxiu sat down at the corner table to rest for a while. After Xiangling finished her work and closed the shop, she took her and Shenhe home. Since it was a rare day off, she naturally went home and slept with Xiangling that night.

However, it's quite strange that Xiangling and I have tried so many times and still haven't won. Although I am a Descendant, my body is no different from that of a Teyvat.

Perhaps it's because the more powerful a person is, the less likely they are to have offspring... Could this also be a kind of erosion of the natural order?

It can only be said that Tianli has never done anything good, so perhaps it's normal that he was replaced...

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The Emperor said he would be able to return in two days, and it really was two days. At least for the past few days, Hu Tao has been working at the Rebirth Hall most of the time, except for coming to Wanmin Hall for meals.

They would only sneak over to Yunxiu's house at night. Of course, Liuying and Shenhe had also come over quite often, which greatly improved Yunxiu's time management skills. Although it didn't help her strength, she was still very happy.

After two rare days of this, the Emperor's return finally freed Hu Tao, and Yun Xiu began to seriously plan the adventure to the Sea God Palace. He had promised to bring Hu Tao up with him. Xiang Ling wasn't interested in these things, and Liu Ying still planned to return to Nordkalai to adventure with Ying.

According to her, she recently encountered an ancient demon named Inazuma, and their lives together have become quite interesting.

It seems that everything is going very smoothly for Bai Chen in Nordkal.

So in the end, it was Hu Tao and Shen He who set off with Yun Xiu to adventure to the Sea God Palace—although most of the Sea God Palace should be underwater now, Yun Xiu only needed to protect Hu Tao.

Since he and Shen He were already legends, the underwater environment was naturally not a problem for them. Hu Tao's swimming ability had also greatly improved after his physical breakthrough, but this was not swimming, but an adventure. Therefore, Yun Xiu planned to build an underwater mechanism for use, which was naturally not a problem for Xian Yun.

Therefore, the first step in this adventure is to find Xianyun and ask her to help me build an underwater submersible...

Xianyun currently lives in the dock area of ​​Liyue, which is not far from the Surveyors' Association. So Yunxiu also made a rare trip to the Surveyors' Association. As soon as she entered, she saw Zhiqiong lying comfortably in a chair, looking at the scenery of Yunlai Sea. This was a rare sight for the girl.

"Master...you've arrived?" Zhiqiong immediately stood up from the recliner when she saw Yunxiu arrive, and said with great joy, "Is there something you need to ask us today?"

"No, I just happened to come and take a look." Yunxiu smiled and said, "Your strength has improved very quickly, and you've already embarked on the path of 'Gen God'?"

"Yes, I recently unearthed a strange treasure and found something that can even enhance my strength."

Chapter 289 God's War: A Lone Shadow Among the Common People (First Update on Thursday!)

"What treasure?" Yunxiu couldn't help but laugh: "Your Surveyors Association often digs up some strange things. It seems that surveying can also serve as an archaeological team."

“Oh, Master, the Liyue Archaeological Association and we have always had a pretty good relationship.” Zhiqiong wasn’t surprised. Both surveying and archaeology involve a lot of fieldwork, and the two often complement each other. The advisor to the Liyue Archaeological Association was Zhongli before, and even after his identity was revealed, he didn’t step down. Instead, he recommended Xianyun to join.

With Grandma Ping, who often goes there for tea, the Archaeological Association truly has the highest "immortal content."

The Surveyors' Association doesn't have that many people, but the average strength of the Surveyors' Association is slightly stronger. Zhiqiong herself is Yunxiu's apprentice and has made her identity public. In addition, the Eye of God was personally given to her by Egolia, and she is also the grand-disciple of the Emperor.