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"Yes." Nodding, Zhongli explained, "This formation, according to legend, was used by ancient immortals to conceal their own caves before the creation of the external scenery method. On the one hand, it was used to prevent the enemy from searching for their caves, and on the other hand, it was used to prevent mortals from accidentally breaking in."

"Later, as the method of external scenery spread, this formation was gradually abandoned."

"After I looked it up in ancient books, I thought of Mr. Yu Qi's troubles, so I copied it down and made some targeted modifications."

"Targeted modifications?" Yu Qi poured a glass of water for Zhongli and Wendy, and asked curiously, "Mr. Zhongli, can you explain it in detail?"

"Yes, Mr. Yu Qi can go find the two immortals later and ask them to help set up this formation around the store. By then, except for customers who really want to trade with you and people who are recognized by Mr. Yu Qi, no one else will be able to notice the existence of the store."

"Really?!" Yu Qi was shocked, and suddenly opened his eyes wide, looking at Zhongli in surprise.

"Of course it's true." Zhongli drank the water in the cup and smiled, "How about this formation? It should be able to relieve Mr. Yu Qi's worries, right?"

"Hahaha, yes, it's absolutely possible!" Yu Qi couldn't help but burst into laughter. He was a little overjoyed and stood up and danced with joy: "Mr. Zhongli, you really helped me a lot this time!"

You know, ever since the two immortals descended in front of the store and stayed there for the whole day, Yu Qi has not dared to open the store for business in the past few days.

Every time the door is opened, you can see a large crowd of onlookers, burning incense, praying, and seeking blessings. It is very annoying. If it weren't for the Qianyan Army guarding it, the door of Yu Qi's shop would probably be filled with tributes.

Now Zhongli suddenly gave such a formation, which was simply the most surprising thing for Yu Qi!

"Haha, as long as Mr. Yu Qi is satisfied." Nodding, Zhongli stood up: "Then I will take my leave first. I will come here to pick up Mr. Yu Qi tomorrow morning."

"Take care, Mr. Zhongli."

"Hehe, then I won't stay any longer!" Wendy and Yu Qi also stood up and walked away, waving their hands: "See you next time."

"Grandpa, wait for me~"

Looking at Zhongli and Wendy's receding backs, Yu Qi thought for a moment, then also stood up and walked out of the alchemy workshop, heading towards where Lei Dianzhen and the others were.

"No, if we arrange it this way, have you ever thought about the problem of energy congestion?" From a distance, Yu Qi heard the clear voice of Master Liuyunjiefeng arguing, "We are trying to calm the turbulence of the earth veins. If this is the case, wouldn't it be equivalent to directly creating a large energy congestion point in the earth veins?"

"What if some powerful monster emerges and causes even greater damage?"

“But this is already the most convenient way!” Master Xueyue Zhuyang seemed a little helpless and explained: “The situation in Liyue is not as easy to resolve as in Mondstadt. Even with the help of rituals, it is difficult to completely calm the turbulence of the earth veins.”

After all, the land of Mond has been shrouded in the power of the thousand-year-old great music laid by the God of Wind. It is very easy to communicate with the great music through rituals and use its power to soothe the surging earth veins.

But the conditions in Liyue are not so good, and there are also the giant demon beasts that were suppressed by the Emperor...

"So, the best way is to find a deserted place and release the energy to relieve it."

As for the monsters that were created by the energy of the earth veins? It's really not a big problem.

Even though the whole of Liyue seems to be overwhelmed by the tide of monsters, it is only because the monsters are scattered too widely, resulting in a shortage of manpower for the Thousand Rocks Army. In addition, the wilderness is the world of monsters, and they often launch sneak attacks on them, which leads to continuous setbacks for the Thousand Rocks Army.

If they could really determine the location where the monsters were born, and then deploy their forces and battle formations, using all sorts of magic and mechanisms, even if there were twice as many monsters, they would not pose any threat to the Qianyan Army.

Besides, don’t we have these immortals here to support us?

"But that's also very dangerous. Besides, Liyue is such a large land. How can you gather all the surging earth vein energy together? Aren't you afraid of summoning a demon god from the earth veins?"

"Don't worry, I will report this matter to the Emperor. At that time, I will ask the Emperor to mediate and prevent the earth vein energy from erupting all at once."

"This..." True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng hesitated a little, mainly because as True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang said, this was already the safest way.

On the side, Lei Dianzhen and Nashida also fell into deep thought, trying to think about how to arrange the corresponding ceremony in their own country.

"Well, as for the ceremony, we can just hold a festival. As for the personnel, the shrine maidens of Narujin Taisha Shrine will not be a problem. But the filth accumulated underground... I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with it when the time comes!"

Thinking of the information he got from communicating with his sister these two days, Lei Dianzhen couldn't help but feel a little worried for a moment.

Meanwhile, Nashida was much more relaxed: "Let's upload this information to the void. Well, it should attract the attention of many scholars. The Shenglun School, Sulun School, and Minglun School should all pay attention to it. This won't be a problem."

'I wonder if we can get that dancing girl from the Grand Bazaar to perform on stage when the time comes? ! '

As she was thinking, she suddenly saw Yu Qi standing not far away, and subconsciously greeted him: "Huh? Yu Qi, you are here."

"Well, I didn't disturb you, did I?"

"That's not the case. We are in a stalemate here. There are many things that can't be discussed simply by discussion." Shaking his head, Master Liuyunjiefeng's eyes fell on the scroll in Yu Qi's hand and was slightly stunned: "What is this?"

"Oh, that's right."

After telling Master Liuyunjiefeng what Zhongli had said before, Yu Qi handed the scroll to her and said, "Master, please take a look. If you need any materials, please tell me and I will do my best to help prepare them."

"Well, let me see. This formation doesn't require too many precious materials to set up. I have them all here."

"How about this, I'll help you, Boss Yu Qi, to set it up later."

As she spoke, True Lord Liuyun Jiefeng showed a slightly embarrassed expression on her face. She had seen what happened to Yu Qi in the past two days, so she naturally knew how much trouble her previous careless behavior had caused. "After all, Boss Yu Qi's current situation was also caused by my carelessness."

"Then I'll trouble you two immortals." Yu Qi smiled slightly and looked up at the sky: "It's getting late, why don't we go have dinner first, and then get busy?"

"it is good."

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Chapter 158: Miss Alicia, Very Charming

"Squeak~" Yu Qi approached the window, carefully opened a gap and looked downstairs.

"Phew, great!"

Looking at the crowd passing by downstairs, and then looking at the store entrance where no one was stopping, Yu Qi cheered softly, and the distress in his heart finally dissipated completely.

"As expected, this formation was created by the Rock God himself. The effect is so strong."

After looking a few more times, I found that although there were still people standing on the roadside looking over here occasionally, even if they were standing on the steps in front of Azurewish, they didn't notice the shop so close at all.

Obviously, the formation provided by Zhongli was far more effective than Yu Qi had imagined, and it perfectly solved his troubles in the past few days.

"Huh~" Yu Qi exhaled a breath of hot air, rubbed his arms which were a little cold because he had just got up, and hurriedly began to get dressed and wash up.

After all, today was the date he and Zhongli had agreed to meet, and he couldn't be late.

After washing up, when Yu Qi walked downstairs, breakfast was already on the table. However, unlike the Inazuma food usually prepared by Zhuzi or Lei Dianzhen, today's breakfast looked unexpectedly Western.

Bread, milk and a fried egg perfectly replicated the breakfast that Yu Qi had seen on TV before.

"Hmm?" Although he was a little confused, Yu Qi didn't say anything. He walked to the table and sat down obediently, picked up the bread and started to eat it.

however……

"Ah? Boss, you're up!" A sweet voice of a young girl suddenly sounded from not far away. Yu Qi, holding an fried egg in his mouth, tilted his head and looked over, just in time to see Alicia just walking out of the kitchen.

There was a layer of white powder on her fair face, and in her hands she held a large bowl, which was emitting wisps of white mist and from which the rich aroma of wheat spread.

Seeing Yu Qi chewing the fried eggs with bread in his hand, Alicia walked over quickly, carefully placed the bowl on the table, and blinked: "Boss, what you are eating is my breakfast! This is what I made for you."

"Ah?" After a moment's pause, Yu Qi looked at the big bowl pushed in front of him in confusion. Warm steam hit his face, and white objects shaped like ingots floated quietly on the surface of the soup.

"Is this, dumplings?"

"Yeah!" With her head raised proudly, Alysia slowly approached Yu Qi, took the half-eaten bread, fried eggs and milk from him, and bit into them without hesitation while smiling, "Dumplings on the bus, noodles when you get off, this is still you... cough cough!"

As if choked, she coughed twice, clapped her hands, and smiled: "This is what I learned from Hua before. It is said to be a tradition in the East. Boss, you should be an Oriental too, right!"

The tone of voice was light, gentle and sweet, and the twinkling sky-blue eyes seemed to be saying, 'Come and praise me~'.

The intoxicating aroma accompanied by the rich wheat fragrance in front of him made Yu Qi's heart beat faster.

"Well, it's obvious that I am indeed Oriental." Carefully looking away, Yu Qi tried to remain calm, as if he was a little afraid to look at Alicia, and said in a calm tone: "But I didn't expect you to know this tradition."

With his head lowered, Yu Qi could still clearly feel the particularly soft and affectionate gaze in front of him, which seemed to stick to him like syrup, making it difficult to resist.

Picking up a dumpling and putting it in his mouth, Yu Qi took a light bite. Some hot soup along with the salty, fragrant and delicious fillings rushed into his mouth, which made him stunned.

"This is……"

"Fresh meat dumplings. I added some mashed potatoes, green leaves, water chestnuts, vermicelli and eggs. How do you like it?"

"..." Yu Qi looked extremely focused as he silently chewed the dumplings that might seem strange to others.

Yu Qi ate the twelve fist-sized dumplings in the bowl slowly and quickly, mouthful by mouthful. He put down his chopsticks, raised his head and stared at Alicia very seriously: "I like it very much!"

This was his favorite dumpling ever, and it was also the first time he had tasted dumplings this way in his life.

Because he was an orphan, no one knew how to make dumplings for him since he was a child. So after he grew up and earned his first living expenses, he imitated what he had seen on TV and used the only ingredients he had to make himself dumplings with a strange taste.

Because Yu Qi's cooking skills were poor at the time, the dumplings didn't taste very good, but he still finished them happily.

And, from then on, every time there was a festival, I would make dumplings for myself, not to pray for a family reunion or to celebrate the festival, but just because I wanted to eat them.

Yu Qi was very sure that he had never told anyone about this kind of thing, let alone asked anyone to taste the dumplings he made.

but now……

Recalling the taste in his mouth that was exactly the same as his memory, Yu Qi raised his head and looked at Alicia again, then let out a light breath.

Perhaps he understood something.

"Well, as long as you like it, boss~" Not paying attention to Yu Qi's meaningful look, Alicia shook her soft and boneless waist, and then yawned lightly.

"I'm worried about what will happen if you, the boss, are not satisfied~" Although she said this, the smile on Alicia's face did not diminish at all. The overly sweet smile seemed to dye the air around her a light pink.

The sky-blue pupils sparkled, as dazzling as diamonds, and the pink pupil in the center was like a heart, clearly reflecting the figure of Yu Qi in front of him.

Cute, enchanting, charming and full of charisma, facing Alicia who was displaying her charm so wantonly, even Yu Qi, who had long been accustomed to being teased by her, felt a little overwhelmed at this moment.

The empty lobby seemed to have fallen into silence, leaving only the sound of two people's gentle breathing, and then... gradually approaching.

"Woo~ Today's boss is very enthusiastic!!" She raised her hand and gently touched her lips. Alysia's face blossomed with an extremely dazzling and bright pure smile, which made Yu Qi's heart jump again: "But, I like it very much?~"

Looking at Alicia's face so close to him, Yu Qi looked away with difficulty and couldn't help but shouting in his heart, "Please come and save him quickly."

Otherwise, he felt that he would really sink completely into the charm that Alicia exuded so unscrupulously.

Fortunately, as if she had noticed Yu Qi's thoughts, Alicia raised her body slightly and distanced herself from Yu Qi.

"Boss, you don't seem to like me like this?"

"No~" Hearing the girl's somewhat aggrieved voice, Yu Qi instantly shook his head vigorously, but his tone was a little erratic: "I like it very much. I like it so much that I am about to have a heart attack. It's just... I'm just a little bit uncomfortable with it."

"After all, Ai Li, although you were very close to me in the past, I always feel that today is particularly different..."

If we say that Alicia is like a candy with multiple layers of filling, as it melts in the mouth little by little, the sweetness of white sugar spreads, mixed with the flavors of many unexpected but equally favorite fruits.

And in the very center, it is filled with irresistibly sweet honey.

Sour, sweet, bitter, mellow... countless flavors that cannot be described in words are mixed in it, distinct and yet perfectly make up the taste of this candy called Alicia.

Well, now Alicia completely discarded the hard candy on the outside and directly dotted the sweetest honey in the center onto his lips and teeth.

It's abrupt, but the wonderful taste is irresistible.

"Well, because the boss has to go out today?" She smiled and moved closer to Yu Qi again, less than an inch away from him, as if as long as Yu Qi moved slightly, he could stick close to her and taste that intoxicating, soft taste like marshmallows again.

"Since we met, this is the first time you've been so far away from me, boss. I'm really not used to it!"

"This..." Yu Qi pursed his lips, trying to ignore the strong fragrance coming from the front of him, and said helplessly, not expecting that Alicia would suddenly treat him like this for this reason.

"I'm just accompanying Mr. Zhongli to do some errands. I should be back in a day at most. It's not a life-and-death separation, so there's no need to be like this."

"Besides, didn't I not see you for a whole day a few days ago? Is this time no different?"

"It's different~" The pink hair kept shaking, and Alicia leaned her head on Yu Qi, gently grabbed his palm, and pressed it against her heart.

"..." Feeling the softness and warmth in his palm that could not be ignored at all, Yu Qi couldn't help but feel a little flustered. He wanted to struggle but didn't dare to move for a moment.

He subconsciously looked up at the surroundings and was slightly relieved when he found that no one saw this scene.

Not paying attention to Yu Qi's actions, Alysia pressed his palm with some force, and her tone was also a little depressed: "Before, even if we didn't see each other for a whole day, I could still feel your breath and your presence, boss."

"I feel like you are by my side, accompanying me, so that I am not alone."

"But this time, you are leaving this city, leaving me... I will no longer be able to feel your presence, and the long-lost companionship will be lost again, just like before..."

Mumbling in her mouth, Alicia's voice was very soft, so subtle that even Yu Qi had difficulty hearing it. Alicia's eyes were full of mist, as if she was lost in some past memory.

Having never known that Alicia would actually rely on him so much, Yu Qi remained silent, letting the room return to silence again.

They cuddled together like this for an unknown amount of time. Zhu Zi and Lei Dianzhen seemed to know what was going on and did not come to disturb them.

Suddenly, as if she sensed something, Alicia sat up straight and raised her hand to tidy up her messy hair.

Suddenly leaning forward, after a wordless exchange, Alicia pursed her bright-colored lips and said, "Remember to think of me, boss!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhongli's figure slowly appeared in the eyes of the two people at the open door.

"Good morning, both of you." As if he had noticed something, Zhongli glanced at Yu Qi and said, "Sorry, I seem to have come at a wrong time. Am I disturbing you?"