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Your Excellency also knows the long-cherished wish of my lineage. At that time, I thought that Qiqi, as a zombie, was undoubtedly a shortcut for me to find immortality, so..."

Chapter 31 Yu Qi and the Elixir of Immortality

After listening to Bai Zhu's story in silence, Yu Qi's expression was a little complicated. He had not expected that behind this simple little girl, Qiqi, there was such a complicated fate.

After looking at Bai Zhu deeply, Yu Qi opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but in the end he just sighed softly.

He didn't know how to evaluate Bai Zhu's actions.

Accuse him of having ulterior motives?

However, putting aside the fact that Yu Qi was not involved in the incident and had no right to judge such matters on behalf of Qi Qi, even if he really had the qualification, what could he say?

Although Bai Zhu took in Qiqi in order to achieve his own goals, the fact is that he did give Qiqi, who had just awakened from the seal and was homeless, a place to stay.

Otherwise, given Qiqi's confused state at the time, it was hard to imagine what kind of situation she would encounter in the wild. She might accidentally fall off a cliff, or be attacked by wild beasts... Her body, which was originally a zombie reborn from corpses, could not withstand such a torture.

What's worse, if the person she met was not Bai Zhu, but someone else with ulterior motives, then the outcome would probably be much worse than it is now.

Being deceived, toyed with, and used... Compared to these, Qiqi being taken in by Baizhu and becoming the herbalist of Bubulu is indeed better.

As if he saw through Yu Qi's thoughts, Bai Zhu smiled calmly, not taking it seriously in his heart.

If other people's opinions had influenced Bai Zhu's choice, then he might not have chosen to become a doctor in the first place.

"Then..." After hesitating for a moment, Yu Qi couldn't help but ask out of curiosity: "According to what you said, Mr. Bai, you have taken Qiqi in for many years. Have you found out anything from her? For example... a way to turn others into self-aware zombies like her?"

"Of course I have gained something!" Bai Zhu was not annoyed by Yu Qi's presumptuous question. He pushed his glasses and glanced at the crowd on the street.

"Just as you said, I have actually researched a drug that can make humans immortal, but compared to Qiqi's stable state, most of the drugs I researched have corresponding disadvantages.

Some drugs can cause the user to completely lose themselves, turning into a monster that feeds on blood, with a body as hard as steel;

Although some drugs can transform the user into an undead creature, they need to feed on the souls of others in order to maintain their self-consciousness, and they are also afraid of things with strong yang energy such as fire and sunlight.

There are also some drugs that will not turn the user into a zombie after taking them, but will turn them into a corpse that is dead but still able to move freely. Even if other creatures accidentally eat the flesh and blood of this "corpse", they will be transformed into a similar existence to it to a certain extent.

If this 'infectiousness' could only be transmitted to one generation, and I had destroyed the immortality elixir along with all the research materials after discovering the danger, it would have caused a devastating disaster if we were not careful!"

Talking about some of the "immortality drugs" he made over the years, even Bai Zhu couldn't help but wipe his sweat. Fortunately, he was quite cautious when researching the "immortality drugs". The experiments were all conducted in uninhabited areas, and most of the experimental subjects were ordinary animals.

Otherwise, once those "immortality drugs" were leaked, they would definitely be able to cause horrific tragedies in Liyue.

As he spoke, Bai Zhu seemed to recall the hardships and dangers he had experienced in the development of the elixir of immortality over the years, and a sigh appeared on his face. However, he did not notice that as he described the situations of the creatures that had taken the semi-finished 'elixir of immortality' one by one, a strange expression gradually appeared on Yu Qi's face.

"These situations...are they a bit too familiar?"

Looking at Bai Shu speechlessly, Yu Qi couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Good fellow, a monster without self-awareness that feeds on blood, with a body as hard as steel, how come it is so similar to the vampire zombie in my memory?!"

Compared to Qiqi who was closer to a zombie, this thing was a real zombie in Yu Qi's memory!

"Also, they need to suck other people's souls to maintain their self-awareness and are afraid of fire and sunlight... Why do these things sound so much like vampires to me?"

If he remembered correctly, the original setting of vampires was that they needed to suck human souls to survive. However, because in the West, there is a common concept that "blood symbolizes the key to the soul and blood is the currency of the soul", it gradually evolved into the image of a blood-sucking devil.

"As for the last one... Damn it, it's loss, right? It has to be, right?"

It has no consciousness, but can move independently. Its body is rotting and will be assimilated if it comes into contact with flesh and blood. This is a classic zombie image that Yu Qi would never mistake.

"Tsk, blood-sucking zombies, vampires, zombies... Mr. Bai, it would be such a waste of your talent if you don't go to places like Umbrella (Resident Evil), Weyland (Alien), and InGen (Jurassic Park)!"

Complaining quietly, Yu Qi looked at Bai Zhu with an increasingly strange gaze. It was hard for him to imagine what kind of imagination and behavior could allow someone to create drugs that could transform living things into zombies, vampires, and dead bodies from scratch in a world where not even a bit of modern medicine had evolved, using only a 'living corpse' as a sample.

What kind of outrageous hands-on ability is this? Did he choose the wrong skill tree? Baizhu is not a medical expert, but a virus master, right?

'Oh, not necessarily. In the world of fantasy, there are basically curses, grudges, abysses, the underworld and other not-so-good things. Add to that all kinds of magical spells, alchemy, and witchcraft. It doesn't seem to be that difficult to create monsters like zombies! '

Not knowing Yu Qi's secret complaints, Bai Zhu recalled his past experiences for a moment, turned his head and looked at him with a more ardent gaze, and changed the subject: "But fortunately, now that you are here, Mr. Yu Qi, I probably don't need to study those immortality drugs anymore.

This time when I come back, I plan to destroy all my previous research records, in case they are accidentally lost in the future and picked up by others, who then use those records to research similar "elixirs of immortality" and bring harm to the world.

If that were the case, my sin would be too great."

In response, Yu Qi nodded decisively and expressed his agreement.

Nonsense, the effects of those elixirs made his scalp tingle just by hearing about them. If they were accidentally leaked... Yu Qi didn't want his hard-earned experience of traveling through time to end up on the set of a doomsday survival film!

Chapter 32 Yu Qi and the Toilet-like Northland Bank

Not knowing Yu Qi's worries, Bai Shu didn't think much about it when he saw him nod in agreement. He just smiled and continued to tell him about his many ideas, including the inspiration he got from Qiqi and the secrets he found from Yu Qi.

Bai Shu did not hide anything about these things that were more important than Mount Tai in the eyes of others. He explained them one by one in detail, and occasionally discussed them with Yu Qi. After several arguments, they both gained something.

Chatting all the way, Yu Qi and Bai Zhu crossed the streets of Feiyunpo, walked between the uneven high-rise buildings, and unknowingly arrived at the door of the Northland Bank.

Seeing the masked guard standing at the gate of the Northland Bank who looked like he was not to be trifled with, Yu Qi subconsciously looked back at the staircase behind him and could not help but complain: "My goodness, why is this bank located at such a high place? Aren't they afraid that people who want to deposit money won't be able to find the place?"

In response, Bai Shu shook his head and explained, "The business of the Northern Bank is not for ordinary people. Most of the people who come here to save Mora are either rich or noble, especially in Liyue, most of them are businessmen.

Many wealthy and powerful people naturally disdain to associate with ordinary people. The fact that the Northland Bank is built at such a high place will not only not cause them trouble, but will make them feel that it is worth the money!

What's more, the Northland Bank has some shady businesses in secret, and it's not convenient for them to handle their business if they build a bank on a crowded street!"

After listening to Bai Zhu's explanation, Yu Qi thought for a moment and quickly understood what he wanted to say.

"Lending? Indeed, in ancient times on Earth, money houses and pawnshops were always loan sharks, and in the other world, there would naturally be no exception."

As Bai Zhu walked towards the lobby of Northland Bank and passed by the guard at the door, Yu Qi's nose twitched, and his eyes swept across the guard's waist imperceptibly, and then he walked into Northland Bank as if nothing had happened.

As mentioned before, his sense of smell is now almost inhumanly sensitive. Just now when he passed by the guard, he clearly smelled the pungent smell of blood coming from the other person, which made Yu Qi almost sneeze.

In addition, he also vaguely felt that there seemed to be something extremely evil hidden around the other party's waist. That uncomfortable evil feeling, in Yu Qi's perception, was like feces in a pit.

Disgusting and infuriating!

There was a sharp light flashing in his eyes, but soon, Yu Qi calmed down, frowned, and felt something strange.

"This is happening to me..." After carefully sensing his own condition, he quickly found the source of this feeling of rejection. The feeling of nausea came from his physical instinct, but the anger came from the memory of the battle that Fushe retained.

"Is this feeling the influence of food qi? And the anger in Fushe's memory, has he ever fought with someone who uses this power?" Muttering to himself, Yu Qi seemed to gradually understand something.

Just like humans would feel disgusted and nauseated when seeing feces, the power represented by that breath, for Yu Qi, who has the concept of eating air, is instinctively no different from feces in the eyes of ordinary people.

Seeing someone smearing feces all over their body and even using it as a means of fighting, he naturally felt disgusted and wanted to stay away.

Although Fushe only left Yu Qi with memories of spearmanship and experience in controlling the element of lightning, that kind of power seemed to be a complete enemy of Fushe in his lifetime. After countless battles with it, Fushe engraved its breath in every inch of his body, soul, consciousness and even memory.

Even if there is no mention of it, the slightest perception is enough to unleash uncontrollable anger and fighting spirit.

"This is really..." Looking up at the magnificent bank hall in front of him, Yu Qi twitched the corner of his mouth. Through the enhancement of perception by the Eye of Truth, he successfully detected at least ten similar auras here!

In his opinion, this Northland Bank was an enemy base full of excrement!

Even staying for just one more second would make him feel suffocated from the bottom of his heart!

Without noticing Yu Qi's slightly solemn expression, Bai Zhu walked to the counter, looked at the receptionist inside, and said, "Hello, I want to process a transfer."

"Okay, Mr. Bai Shu, please wait a moment."

As the leader of Liyue's pharmaceutical industry, Bai Zhu was naturally a major client of Northland Bank, and Ekaterina, as the receptionist, naturally knew him.

After carefully asking about the situation, Ekaterina looked at Yu Qi and said, "Mr. Yu, since you have not done business at Northland Bank before, I need you to provide some personal identification so that I can open an account for you to facilitate the transfer."

As she spoke, Ekaterina secretly asked someone to inform the bank manager Andrei that 20 million Mora was not a small amount of money. Although an ordinary receptionist like her could handle it directly, she still had to inform the manager.

"Okay." Nodding, Yu Qi took a step closer and handed her the temporary residence certificate. Fortunately, the receptionist in front of him did not carry that kind of power, which made his eyes a little 'cleaner'.

"Okay, please wait a moment."

"Also, for this kind of large amount of transfer, please both sign a contract!" Looking at the contract handed over by Ekaterina, Yu Qi found it quite interesting.

Just like various contracts on Earth, contracts are somewhat of a feature in Teyvat. Due to the existence of the true God, the validity of the contract is greatly guaranteed, and merchants from all countries are quite convinced of it.

Unexpectedly, even a company like Northland Bank, which clearly belongs to the gray or even black area, is no exception!

After signing the contract and handing it back to Ekaterina, the transfer was completed quickly.

A card was handed to Yu Qi. The palm-sized card was engraved with Yu Qi's identity information. It looked somewhat similar to a bank card on Earth.

After playing with the bank card from another world with interest for a while, Yu Qi and Bai Zhu turned around and were about to leave Northland Bank when they suddenly heard chaotic footsteps on the stairs not far away.

"That's it, Manager Andre. I'm very satisfied with this cooperation. If there is a chance in the future, I would like to ask for your support from Northland Bank!"

"Hahaha, that's not right, Boss Huang. We at Northland Bank really hope to reach further cooperation with you. If you have time, please come and have a cup of tea!"

"Oh, and Lawyer Yan Fei, I am really sorry to bother you this time. I will have someone transfer the consultation fee to your personal account later, according to the highest standards!"

"It's not a problem. You paid me to come here, so I have to do my job well. Well, the employment period is almost over, so I'll leave first!"

"Lawyer Yan Fei, please walk slowly!"

"Walk slowly, walk slowly!"

As the voices gradually got closer, several figures of different heights soon walked down the stairs one by one. Yu Qi's eyes immediately focused on the figure at the front of the crowd.

Chapter 33: Yu Qi and Yan Fei's First Meeting

Recalling the first time he met the people of Teyvat, many people and many things are still fresh in Yu Qi's memory.

He felt the happiest when he met Xiangling, because she was the first human he met in the other world;

What made me feel most fortunate was seeing Bai Zhu, because at that time Yu Qi had just walked out of the border of death;

What made him feel most guilty was seeing Qiqi, because Yu Qi almost caused her consciousness to dissipate because of his reckless behavior.

But what left the deepest impression on Yu Qi was his meeting with Yan Fei.

Just imagine that in an area filled with filthy smell, when one is about to suffocate, suddenly a flame appears and burns away all the filth and dirty smell around, making him feel for the first time that "cleanliness" is such a wonderful thing.

His eyes naturally fell on the girl, and Yu Qi tried not to look at her too eagerly.

Her long coral-colored hair was draped behind her back, swaying at waist level. She wore a red mitre, and a pair of white-to-yellow antlers extended outward from both sides of her head, highlighting her inhuman identity.

She was wearing very scanty clothes, with her waist and legs exposed. She wore a red and white scarf with a red top, a red round scarf tied outside her black skirt, a yellow bow on the left, and a black book box on the opposite side.

Her arms were covered with a pair of white sleeves with red fixed armor, and there were a few white scales on the back of her hands and the sides of her waist. At first glance, she gave people a dignified and serious temperament. If someone with a guilty conscience stood in front of her, he might even be scared by her aura and surrender himself.

But for some reason, Yu Qi always felt that her personality should be very lively, or in other words, relaxed and free-spirited?

His eyes swept across her waist inconspicuously. Next to the dark and heavy box hung a fiery red gem. The style was exactly the same as the one Yu Qi saw on Xiang Ling - it was the Eye of God of the Fire Element.

"Could it be that the holder of the Fire Elemental God's Eye has a personality like Xiangling, very lively?"

Secretly guessing in his heart, Yu Qi stared at the girl's figure without blinking; although he thought he was being secretive enough, in fact, the people present - especially Bai Shu and the girl, could clearly notice Yu Qi's actions.

And the girl who was walking towards Yu Qi could feel the almost undisguised ease and relief in his eyes.

Bai Zhu couldn't help but frown at this. He naturally knew the identity of the girl, Yan Fei, the top legal expert in Liyue Harbor and also the top expert in interpreting the Liyue Code. According to legend, she was a half-immortal girl who had participated in the compilation of the Liyue Code many times!

Bai Zhu didn't think that Yu Qi was attracted by Yan Fei's beauty, he just thought that he was curious about Yan Fei's identity. After all, with such obvious inhuman features, people who see her for the first time will always be curious about it.

In order to avoid causing displeasure to Yan Fei, Bai Zhu took the initiative to greet Yan Fei and blocked Yu Qi's gaze with his body: "Hello, Miss Yan Fei, what a coincidence, I actually meet you here!"

"Hello, Doctor Bai." Yan Fei greeted Bai Zhu with a smile, and looked at Yu Qi behind him with some curiosity.

Contrary to Bai Zhu's guess, Yan Fei did not feel unhappy because of Yu Qi's staring at her. In fact, she also had a special feeling towards Yu Qi in her heart.

"Who is this?"

"Oh, this is Mr. Yu Qi, right?" As he was talking, Andre, the manager of the Northland Bank, suddenly came over, looked at Bai Shu and Yu Qi, and said with a bow, "I am the manager of the Northland Bank. I was not able to come out to greet you two the first time. Please forgive me for the slight negligence."

"No problem." Shaking his head, Bai Shu didn't care about this and said casually, "We are just here to handle the transfer business. It's not a big deal. How dare I trouble Mr. Andre to receive us in person?"

"No, no, Mr. Bai is a distinguished guest of our Northland Bank. You are here to handle business, so of course I should be the one to receive you!"

Seeing Andre who was forcibly pulling Bai Zhu to be polite there, Yu Qi secretly moved his feet and distanced himself from them a little. Although he did not carry that kind of "filthy" power, perhaps because he had stayed in the Northland Bank for too long, Andre's whole body was almost pickled.

That smell was even more disgusting to Yu Qi than the guard at the door just now.

Just as he was trying to suppress the urge to rush out, Yu Qi suddenly felt a heat beside him, and then a curious face appeared in front of him.