Extracting funny skills from Genshin Impact

Zhongli didn't show any expression when Arthur asked to borrow the Heart of God. In fact, if Arthur had not inherited the position of the God of Wind and he had not made a deal with others, he would not mind lending the Heart of God to Arthur right now.

But it's just a loan. Although it seems like taking advantage of a loophole in the contract, since it won't destroy the contract, it can be used to add an extra layer of insurance to the plan.

"Oh, it's fine to lend it to you. I'm not curious about what you want to do with the Heart of God, but it is the Heart of God after all. The value of the Heart of God cannot even be measured in terms of universal reason. What can you give?"

"I do have something I need your help with. If you can help me accomplish it, I can lend you the Heart of God."

"Please enlighten me."

"First, since it is a loan, you need to return the Heart of God to me when I need it. Secondly, you need to help me achieve a plan."

Zhongli revealed his plan to fake his death by performing the immortal ritual to Arthur, hoping to see if Liyue could survive the test with its own strength. If Liyue could face the test he had set, he could retire and no longer appear as the God of Geo, and continue his earthly life.

If Liyue is not strong enough to complete the test, then he will take action, and then continue to wait for Liyue to grow to the point where it has the power to deal with crises without his protection, and then retreat.

"I hope that after you know the whole story, you will not interfere with my plan and will help me advance it. When the test begins, the contract will be concluded."

In this regard, the two signed an oral contract. Although there was no paper document, neither of them would regret it.

In fact, Zhongli's idea was very simple, he just wanted to see if the fledgling he was protecting could continue to move forward in the storm. Otherwise, how could the young master's little tricks escape Zhongli's eyes? Everything was just Zhongli's pushing the tide.

Arthur asked with a tentative attitude, wanting to confirm that his mission would be accomplished as long as the test started smoothly, with no other conditions.

"Then, after you fake your death, can you make a V sign with me in front of your grave? I want to take a picture as a souvenir."

Even Zhongli, who had always been calm, couldn't help twitching his mouth when he heard Arthur's words. There was a reason why Barbatos let Arthur inherit the throne of the God of Wind. The two were indeed similar in some things.

"can."

After getting Zhongli's approval, Arthur left for the market to buy a camera. Of course, the bill was sent to Keqing's house.

Over the next few days, Arthur repeated the same routine of cooking at home, going out for tea and watching a play, sending the bill to Keqing's house, and then inviting Keqing to dinner.

It was not until Arthur had lived in Liyue for half a month that he saw the golden-haired silly girl (checked out)...the traveler Ying and her emergency food (checked out)...and her partner Paimon who came to Liyue.

Arthur did not choose to meet and say hello to Ying, but left alone and returned to his residence, waiting for the beginning of the event. After all, Ying was still needed to drive the development of the event.

Excluding the one week he spent traveling with the group from Mondstadt to Liyue, and the two weeks he spent living in Liyue, there were only a few days left before the ceremony of inviting the immortals. Ying did not rush to come, and during this period, the two of them had exchanged letters, but after all, the letters were delivered along with the caravan, and there was a gap of several days between the two trips.

As for the teleportation anchor point? After sending the first letter, I remembered that I could still teleport, but I remembered that I couldn’t waste the money I spent on sending the letter, so I didn’t teleport there. Although the money was actually paid by Keqing.

During this period, Arthur recorded the accounts three times a day and sent the bills to Keqing's house without fail. Many people in Liyue knew about it. Keqing became Arthur's external wallet, and even a lot of strange news and scandals were spread.

But everyone just regarded it as a topic of conversation after dinner. No one was jealous or challenged Arthur. The two did not come out to explain anything. When someone asked about Keqing, they just said it was a reward for Arthur. Everyone just thought that Arthur was a guest official under Keqing, just like Mr. Zhongli, the guest official of Wangsheng Hall.

Of course, some people suspected that Keqing was supporting Arthur, and even suspected their relationship, but most people could not imagine that a workaholic like Keqing would fall in love. This statement was not taken seriously by everyone.

"Arthur, the Immortal Ceremony is about to begin. Do you want to go and watch?"

Unconsciously, Arthur had cultivated the habit of Keqing coming to Arthur's house for dinner in the evening. Sometimes, in order to have a good time for dinner, she would even work overtime halfway through and then take the rest of the work home to do.

On the night when she met Ying, Keqing came to Arthur's house as usual. After hearing Keqing's question, Arthur put the dishes on the table and said:

"Of course I have to go. After all, I also want to see how the Emperor died."

"In that case, I will take you to have a closer look. With my status as a guest, I can be relatively close compared to the others who are watching from the outside, and there is also a seat."

At that time, Arthur agreed to Keqing's suggestion. Although this would secure his position as Keqing's guest, spending Keqing's money every day and doing real work would just be considered a job.

Speaking of which, Keqing works overtime every day, wishing that everyone around her was the same as her. However, Keqing hasn't mentioned work to me since I went out last time.

But seeing Keqing getting more and more tired every night as the ceremony of summoning the immortal approached, Arthur said it out for some unknown reason.

"Don't work tonight. Take a good rest for the day."

"But the work is not yet..."

"Leave it to me today. After all, I rely on you to support me every day, so I should do something serious."

"How can I support you? It's just a reward."

In the end, Arthur took over Keqing's job. However, because the content of the document involved many secrets of Liyue, he could not take it to his own room to do it, so he had to come to Keqing's boudoir.

As soon as Keqing entered the room, Arthur pushed her onto the bed.

"Don't even think about working today. Take a good rest. If you get tired during the ceremony of inviting the immortals, I'm sure you'll have more work to do."

In this way, Arthur lit a lamp in Keqing's boudoir and started to deal with the work that Keqing brought back, while Keqing pulled a screen in front of the bed.

Hearing Keqing's steady breathing, "Get some rest."

In this way, the first time Arthur came to Keqing's boudoir was to deal with the work left by Keqing.

Chapter 71: A Day with Keqing

[In recent days, the number of hill people around Liyue Harbor has gradually decreased, and the number of tourists has increased. Should we reduce the number of Thousand Rocks troops that go out and call back members to patrol Liyue Harbor? ]

[Yesterday, we found that someone who seemed to be a member of the Fatui frequently entered and exited the Northland Bank. Should we add more personnel to guard the Northland Bank? ]

[Recently, some travelers reported that XX Hotel has significantly increased its room rates recently, and that previous guests have asked others to check out for various reasons, and are now selling their rooms at high prices.]

[XX Chamber of Commerce has recently sold at a high price....]

After looking through the various documents, it was found that most of the problems occurred because the Immortal Summoning Ceremony was approaching. Arthur also proposed solutions to the various documents one by one.

Then write below each file.

[Patrol and expel the Qiuqiu people in shifts, with three groups forming a cycle every day. In the morning, group A is responsible for expelling Qiuqiu people, and groups BC are responsible for patrolling the harbor. If no Qiuqiu people are encountered, group A will return to the city to join the patrol. If there are Qiuqiu people, after dealing with them, group B will continue to expel Qiuqiu people outside the harbor in the afternoon. This cycle is repeated to ensure that there is someone responsible for patrolling outside the harbor to see if there are Qiuqiu people near the official road at any time.]

[In addition to the members who were previously on duty at the North Country Bank, if there are no Qiuqiu people outside the border, the other Qianyan Army members who are responsible for patrolling will send a group of half of the members to patrol near the North Country Bank, always pay attention to the situation near the North Country Bank, and report the content to the team leader when they find any situation, and the team leader will compile and send it to Yuehai Pavilion. ]

[For those who have recently raised their prices, make a list and send it to the Jade Pavilion. Let Ningguang be responsible for punishing the shops that have raised their prices during the Summoning Immortals Ceremony. At the same time, contact Yanfei to find out the penalty regulations for malicious price increases in Liyue Law and send it to all merchants as a warning.]

After finishing all the documents, Arthur stretched and stood up.

The problem is relatively easy to deal with. The reason why Liyue is short of staff is that each position has its own responsibilities, and those who are responsible for looking for discussions outside need to have enough time to rest to prevent being injured in battle. For example, those who are responsible for expelling the Hilichurls from abroad, if there are no Hilichurls that day, they will patrol outside for a day, and then let another team take charge the next day, and then the first team will rest. Although the safety factor of passers-by has been improved, the work efficiency is insufficient, so the modern evil shift system and the method of performing other tasks in spare time have been proposed.

As for those who raise the prices, it is easier to deal with. Those who are fearless and maliciously raise the prices are all the targets of some chambers of commerce. Let Ningguang handle it, and the problem can be solved easily. As for those who raise the prices but not so blatantly, let Yan Fei educate them about the law. Although the law has clear requirements on profits, there are still people who will take risks in order to make profits far exceeding the actual amount.

It’s okay at normal times, but during the ceremony of inviting the immortals, I don’t mind giving them a beating.

After processing the documents, Arthur placed them neatly on the table for Keqing to review tomorrow. Then he turned off the lights, opened the door carefully, left the room and closed the door.

As for secretly looking at Keqing's sleeping posture, Keqing did not warn herself. If she really did it, she would be worried about her conscience. Although she really wanted to see if the cat head would loosen the bun when sleeping, she still controlled herself with the remaining conscience.

The next day, Keqing, who had a good sleep after a long time, got up from the bed. Due to the sufficient sleep, the fatigue of her body disappeared immediately, and she felt that she could handle the work much faster today.

Then, while dressing herself up, she went to the table and looked at the documents Arthur was handling.

"Is this actually possible?"

Malicious price hikes happen every year. Most of the time, Ningguang will step in to stop them when the merchants go too far. Normally, the Qianyan Army is only responsible for giving verbal warnings. Unexpectedly, she could nip their price hikes in the bud.

As for the patrol issue, the Qianyan Army, which has always been responsible for expelling monsters and hillbillies outside, has a rotation system of one day on and one day off. Unexpectedly, they can work half a day, and then participate in patrol tasks in Liyue Harbor after the expulsion.

Keqing even wanted to implement this method directly in the Qianyan Army. Even if it was not recognized, it could be used as a temporary solution when there was a shortage of manpower. It could solve many problems. If she held the Immortal Ceremony a few days before, no one would object.

Before even having breakfast, Keqing rushed to the office, proposed several measures, and asked the people below to implement them.

However, unexpectedly, the implementation was so smooth that not even a single objection was heard. From the perspective of those in charge of patrolling, it didn't make much difference since they were all working the whole day. Those in charge of fighting outside the country saw that they only had to run around outside for half a day and could return to the city when they had nothing to do, without having to face the wind and sun, so they didn't object either.

As for those merchants who maliciously raise prices, if it weren't for the identity restrictions of the Qianyan Army, some people would want to kick those people who raise prices out of Liyue. After all, doing so is embarrassing for Liyue.

After the plan was assigned, everyone did their job and most of the problems were alleviated at once. Even Keqing, who had to work all the time, was not so short of staff because of the system change and even had time to take a rest in the office.

"Lord Keqing, someone wants to see you."

The voice of the secretary on duty came from outside the door.

"come in."

After Keqing finished speaking, the secretary opened the door, escorted the person into the office, then turned around, closed the door, and left to continue his work.

"Hey, Keqing, I brought you breakfast."

This person was none other than Arthur. He saw Keqing leaving in a hurry early in the morning. It seemed like she didn't have breakfast at all. When buying breakfast, he asked the shop owner and found out that Keqing didn't come for breakfast today. He then packed a breakfast and went to Keqing's office.

"Thank you."

Keqing took the breakfast and started to eat, without stopping the work at hand. Although she didn't have to go out because of the adjustment of the patrol system of the Qianyan Army, there were still countless documents that she needed to deal with.

"Also, the idea you proposed is very useful. I have already sent someone to implement it, so I can have some free time now."

Keqing said to Arthur who was sitting next to her while eating hot breakfast and processing documents.

"You're welcome, just suggesting some solutions."

Just like that, the two of them didn't continue their conversation. As Keqing picked up and took away documents one by one, Arthur sat aside, slowly drinking the tea in Keqing's office, and daydreaming.

It was not until Keqing stood up and stacked the documents together that Arthur looked at the time. It was already noon, which meant that he had been drinking tea in Keqing's office for the whole morning.

"Let's go have some lunch."

The two of them pushed open the door and walked out. Under the surprised gazes of a group of secretaries, Arthur took Keqing to Wanmin Hall for lunch.

After eating, Arthur paid the bill, which was of course sent to Keqing's residence. The two then separated, with Keqing returning to work while Arthur wandered around Liyue Harbor for a while.

"Arthur!"

Chapter 72: Ceremony of Inviting the Immortal

"Arthur!"

A voice came from behind, and it sounded familiar. I turned around and saw Ying waving her hand and walking towards me with Paimon.

"Long time no see, did you miss me?"

"?"

Looking at Ying who seemed to be possessed by the same CV next door, I was a little curious about what Ying had experienced during this period of time, or whether she had been possessed by someone from the next door studio.

"Paimon, has Ying been seriously ill recently?"

"?"

"Forget it, just follow me and we'll talk while we walk."

Finally, he came to the teahouse where he first met Zhongli. After asking the waiter to open a private room for him, he ordered two snacks and a pot of tea, then walked into the room with the other two and closed the door.

"So, Ying, you guys have been doing the Adventurer's Guild's quests in Mondstadt, and then you came to Liyue when the time came?"

"Yes, Arthur, listen to me. Mond has commissioned people to do errands or clean up every day. In the past half month, Ying and I have almost become babysitters!"

After knowing the situation, it's no wonder that Ying seemed to be mixed up at the beginning. Unexpectedly, Ying finally turned into an emotionless commission machine. In addition, the Knights have resumed normal operations, and now the commission of the Adventurer's Association has become a collection of babysitting tasks.

But I didn't expect that nothing happened to Ying in Mond. After all, as the protagonist, wherever she went, there should be rich and colorful things, if not frequent disasters. How come Ying was so stable during this period of time?

"Arthur, how are you doing?"

After talking about her own recent situation, Ying felt dry in the mouth, so she drank a sip of tea before asking Arthur about his current situation.

"Ah, I'm pretty much the same."

You can't say that you are "supported" by Keqing and slack off every day. You also work every day (cooking) and then get paid (the bill sent to Keqing's house).

"By the way, Ying, do you and Paimon have a place to live?"

After saying that, Arthur felt a little regretful. After all, they had lived together for a period of time in Mondstadt, and at that time they could still regard living together as comrades-in-arms. But now it has been such a long time, and living together right after meeting would inevitably lead to some strange news, not to mention that Keqing came over for dinner every day.

"We have found it. Now we just need to wait for the immortal ceremony to meet the Rock God."

"You are the God of Wind, but you have never seen the God of Rock of Liyue?"

"In terms of universal ideals, I have not yet seen the true form of Morax of Liyue."

What does your visit to Morax have to do with my acquaintance with Zhongli? Ying, I am not lying!

"Arthur, you're weird too. What do you mean by universal ideal?" Paimon was the one who made the comments in the end.

In the end, Ying did not leave with Arthur, but walked away first. Judging from the direction she left, it seemed that she was going to the Adventurer's Guild to take on a mission again.

It was better that she didn't follow me, otherwise without Ying as a lead, I don't know what the young master would do for the Heart of God, and what Zhongli would do to ensure the smooth progress of the trial. Another reason was that my intuition told me that if I took Ying home, something terrible would definitely happen.

Time jumped to the time of the immortal summoning ceremony, and Keqing knocked on Arthur's door early in the morning.

"Come on, I'll take you to the venue."

Although there was still some time before the Immortal Summoning Ceremony, the area around the venue was already crowded with people. Keqing brought Arthur directly to Yujing Terrace, where they saw a row of chairs surrounding the venue, apparently reserved for the Liyue Seven Stars and other responsible persons to take a break before the Immortal Summoning Ceremony began.

As for ordinary people and tourists, they are now waiting outside the venue. Inside the Yujing Terrace, only Ningguang and her two aides are checking the on-site preparations. Apart from them, there are only a group of Thousand Rocks soldiers guarding around the venue.

Seeing Keqing and Arthur coming over, Ningguang did not stop the work at hand. She just nodded and continued to check the preparations on site.

After checking several times and finding no problems, he sat down and waited for the auspicious time to arrive.