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"But boss, let me give you an extra reminder. Don't ignore or disappoint any girl's feelings!"

"?" Hearing this, he looked up at the stairs in surprise. Yu Qi could only see Alicia's back as she walked into the room, and he became more and more confused for a moment.

"Huh...don't disappoint any girl's feelings?"

Realizing that he was looking through the window and gazing at the quiet night sky, Yu Qi murmured, "Does that include you?"

“Forget it, forget it. I’ll go read some books first. I have to learn both Liyue and Common in the next two days! There seems to be a formation in alchemy that can transform knowledge concepts into spiritual absorption, and there are also fast learning devices in ship equipment…”

"Think of a way, maybe we can combine them. Anyway, there's something to do!"

"Guess what!" A barely perceptible whisper sounded softly in the darkness.

Chapter 56: Make a promise to hang yourself for a hundred years

"Chirp~" The melodious sound of birds singing came from outside the window, accompanied by the noisy sound of people flowing, waking Yu Qi who was lying on the table from his deep sleep.

"Oh, what's wrong with me..." After tapping his sore back in pain, the sleepiness on Yu Qi's face slowly faded away. He raised his head and looked around the room, then looked at the pile of messy drawings on the table in front of him, and instantly understood what was going on.

He rubbed his temples uncomfortably. He smiled helplessly, "Really? I haven't stayed up late for more than half a month, but now I can't hold on any longer."

"Come to think of it, where was I yesterday?"

After stretching with difficulty, Yu Qi sat back at the table and buried his head in the pile of waste papers and drafts on the table to search.

Fortunately, although he fell asleep in a daze last night, the relevant memories soon came back to him, and it didn't take long before he pulled out a somewhat sloppy drawing from the pile of drafts.

"Well, let me see. Fortunately, I almost finished it last night."

Yu Qi brushed his fingertips across the drawing, glanced at the other drafts on the table, and after confirming that there was nothing that must be kept, he raised his index finger and drew a line at the table. A light purple lightning flashed, and a simple refining array was imprinted on the table out of thin air.

"First, use alchemy to transform the corresponding knowledge. Let me see, the alchemy array for the fifth element, spirit, is..."

While searching his memory, Yu Qi's hands kept moving, lightning flashed, and another refining formation appeared on the table. It was much more complicated than the basic refining formation just now.

So much so that when he stopped, the originally intact round table made of pear wood was now covered with cracks. The originally solid and heavy wood had now become rotten and soft, and one could feel a handful of dark gray residue if one touched it casually.

Seeing this, Yu Qi frowned slightly and glanced at the table. Although the alchemy array was still intact, as the elemental force continued to erode the table, they could collapse at any time.

"It seems that we still need to find a way to build an alchemy workshop. If that doesn't work, a general alchemy table can be used as a makeshift."

Thinking of this, Yu Qi's hands moved faster and faster, and one alchemy array after another was continuously drawn on the table.

Relying on the extremely perfect basic knowledge in his mind, Yu Qi read from the book and quickly completed the arrangement of all the refining arrays without much effort.

Of course, this is just the most basic version.

There was no corresponding extraordinary substance as material, only basic patterns. Even the base that supported the alchemy array was just the most common wood... Honestly speaking, Yu Qi himself was a little surprised that he could successfully replicate all the alchemy arrays!

As he had set up the entire alchemy array, the round table that served as the base had already been completely eroded by the powerful elemental force. Only a thin piece of the table top was still stubbornly holding on, lifted up in the air by the elemental torrent brought by the alchemy array.

What Yu Qi didn't notice was that just as he began to set up the refining formation, a handsome young man raised his head in confusion not far from the shop.

"What is this? Alchemy? Interesting... It's a completely different field from the alchemy system popular in Teyvat!" Zhongli chuckled, took a sip of the rice porridge in front of him, and shook his head: "It's just that you are a little too ostentatious in doing things."

The moment the words fell, a light pink force flashed outside the shop. The elemental fluctuations that gradually formed and spread as Yu Qi arranged the refining formation were easily eliminated silently without attracting anyone's attention.

“It’s really interesting~”

“The next thing is…” He reached out and picked up a book from the bedside. There were a few characters on the cover that Yu Qi couldn’t understand, but according to Yan Fei and the others, it should mean “Illustrated Introduction to Liyue Characters”.

Carefully placing the book into the alchemy array, Yu Qi held his breath slightly. A brilliant light instantly appeared on the alchemy array driven by elemental force. At the same time, the thin table top was finally unable to withstand the increasingly powerful elemental force and turned into dust under Yu Qi's gaze.

next moment……

"boom!"

A burst of fire exploded, and thick smoke sprayed directly onto Yu Qi's face. The whole room was instantly dark. Before Yu Qi could hurriedly get up and open the window to let out some fresh air, the smoke fell into the water like ice and snow and dissipated into the air in an instant.

"..." Sitting there in a daze, Yu Qi took a while to come back to his senses.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, followed by Alicia's puzzled voice.

"Boss? What's wrong with you? Did anything happen?"

"Ah, oh, it's okay, it's just a little..." He shook his head vigorously, as if trying to get rid of the smoke that had just rushed into his head. Yu Qi stood up and was about to open the door, but suddenly he stepped on something hard.

"Hmm?" He looked down subconsciously, and a crystal stone covered with black spots appeared in front of Yu Qi.

"What is this?" With a thought in his mind, Yu Qi bent over and picked it up. The moment he touched it, he clearly felt the spiritual power contained in it. Although it was very messy and chaotic, and it was obvious that it could not be used casually, Yu Qi still couldn't help but reveal a smile on his face.

The appearance of this thing at least proved that his efforts were not in vain. If there was no problem with the base, then this refining should have been successful!

"Boss, are you sure everything is okay?" The knock on the door sounded again. Alicia used a little more strength, as if she was ready to break in.

After all, who made Yu Qi stop talking suddenly in the middle of his words, and the elemental power that filled the entire room before...

If she hadn't been able to sense that Yu Qi's aura was relatively calm, Alicia would have thought that he had encountered some accident.

Awakened from his reverie by Alicia's voice, Yu Qi carefully put away the failed spiritual crystal, walked over and opened the door: "Sorry, it was just an experimental accident, the noise was a little loud."

After looking Yu Qi up and down and confirming that his hair and clothes were just a little messy and he was not hurt otherwise, Alicia secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Boss, you should at least be more careful!" With a helpless sigh, Alicia stood on tiptoe and helped Yu Qi to tidy up his clothes and hair. She couldn't help but blame him, "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be so impatient.

When doing experiments, you should at least prepare protective and isolation measures in advance, right?

Not to mention the huge explosion just now, even if the elemental flow caused at the beginning was exposed, it would be enough to attract the attention of countless people! "

"Even the most ordinary scientific research assistant in the Fire Moth would not conduct experiments so recklessly, okay?!"

"It's okay this time, nothing went wrong, but what about next time? What if I accidentally cause an explosion and get hurt or even...what should we do?"

"You left behind several beautiful girls at home and passed away like this. Boss, think carefully about whether this is a loss or not!"

Facing the furious Alicia, Yu Qi decisively chose to bow his head and admit his mistake, saying sincerely: "I'm sorry, I was too reckless this time. I didn't think about so many things. I just did the experiment on a whim."

"I promise you, next time I won't do this..."

"Huh? Do you want it to happen again next time?" With her brows raised, Alicia showed a rare look of anger on her face.

"No, no!" Yu Qi waved his hands quickly and assured: "There will definitely not be a next time!"

"After the barrier and the Half Cave Heaven are built, I will go to the market to buy the corresponding instruments and materials and build an absolutely safe alchemy laboratory to ensure that things like today will not happen again!"

"Well, that's more like it, but..."

Seeing that Alicia seemed to be about to start preaching, Yu Qi quickly interrupted her and said, "By the way, Alicia, you just said that when I was doing the experiment, I caused the flow of elements and it was exposed? In that case, wouldn't the movement just now be sensed by many people?"

As he spoke, Yu Qi frowned. Although he had not studied the regulations in the Liyue Code in detail, he had learned the corresponding content from Yan Fei.

Generally speaking, alchemists in Liyue Harbor are forbidden to conduct experiments on elemental power at will; after all, not to mention the lethality that elemental power can unleash, overly concentrated elemental power itself is extremely corrosive, and once touched, it can easily cause irreparable harm to ordinary people's bodies.

Therefore, most of the alchemists in Liyue Harbor either report to the Eight Gates and then build alchemy workshops under their supervision. If an accident occurs, the alchemists themselves will bear full responsibility.

Or, you can go directly into the wild and find an uninhabited wilderness to build an alchemy workshop, which will not cause harm to ordinary people.

As for people like Yu Qi who performed elemental alchemy without reporting it... once discovered, they would be arrested by the Qianyan Army on the charge of "endangering the safety of Liyue Harbor". Not only would they be fined, but they would also be imprisoned in the General Affairs Department's prison to serve their sentence.

When he thought of this, Yu Qi couldn't help but have a headache. He never expected that his spur of the moment behavior would cause such a big trouble!

"It's over, it's over. Now, my image in the eyes of Yanfei and Xiangling will definitely be greatly reduced!"

However, before Yu Qi showed any regret, Alysia reached out and knocked on his forehead in annoyance, shaking her head and said, "You regret it now? What did you do before?!"

"Don't worry. I used my ability to suppress the flow of elements as soon as I noticed your movement. I think no one noticed it."

"!?!" His face froze, with expressions of regret and surprise intertwined together, making Yu Qi's expression look particularly distorted.

After taking a few deep breaths to calm down his confused mood, Yu Qi let out a long sigh: "Thank you, Alicia, thank you for your hard work this time."

"It's good to know that I worked hard." With her hands on her hips and her chin raised proudly, Alicia complained: "Do you know how much trouble it is to let someone who has just been exposed to elemental power for only two days do this kind of thing!"

"When Mobius performed the super transformation surgery on me, it was not as difficult as this matter. If it weren't for..."

The voice gradually became lower. As Alicia spoke, she seemed to be angry again. She raised her hand and hit Yu Qi's forehead hard again: "Don't do it again, understand!"

She swore on Mobius' height that she did this not to take advantage of the opportunity to take revenge for the two slaps Yu Qi gave her last night when she was "close" to Gan Yu.

"I see. Thank you so much, Miss Alicia!"

"Hehe, that's better!" After rolling her eyes, Alysia suddenly pretended to be weak and fell limply towards Yu Qi: "Oh!"

"Ah, this...are you okay? Could it be that something went wrong just now, and you got hurt instead of me?!" Seeing Alicia looking weak, Yu Qi panicked instantly. He reached out to support her, wanting to check but didn't know where to start.

"Humph, idiot!" Seeing Yu Qi's nervous look, Alysia couldn't help but smile. She lay in his arms and rolled her eyes at him: "I just used too much strength just now. Now I'm so tired. I need praise to cheer myself up!"

"Eh?! Okay, I'll praise you, um..." After a brief moment of surprise, Yu Qi gradually calmed down. Looking at the undisguised playfulness in Ailisa's eyes, he was speechless and helpless for a moment.

He opened his mouth and looked at Alicia, but didn't know how to start. After all, he had never seriously praised a girl before, so he was inevitably at a loss for words for a moment.

Seeing this, Alysia couldn't help but roll her eyes again, raised her hand and pulled his cheek, complaining: "You, you don't even know how to compliment a girl? You've wasted such a good chance with girls!

Come, tell me: Miss Alicia is the cutest in the world!"

"Alicea, Miss Alicea is the cutest in the world!"

Seeing Yu Qi stuttering, Alicia couldn't help but burst out laughing, then half stood up, continued to lean on his arms, and said: "Alicia is the cutest girl in the world!"

"Alisa is the cutest girl in the world!" After the first time, Yu Qi let go the second time. Not only did his tone become more frank, but his voice also became much louder.

"You did a great job. I want to praise you~" She smiled and touched Yu Qi's head. The smile on Alicia's face was so bright: "Yu Qi likes Miss Alicia the most!"

"Yu Qi likes Miss Alicia the most!"

"From now on, I will introduce every beautiful girl I meet to Alicia!"

"Everyone I know in the future..." Yu Qi suddenly reacted halfway through his words, lowered his head and looked at the smiling Alicia in silence: "You, this is no longer a compliment to you, right?"

"Why not?!" Standing up straight, Alicia looked at Yu Qi confidently: "For me, being able to meet more beautiful girls is the greatest compliment, right?!"

"From a normal perspective, this isn't a compliment, it's a reward!"

"Hehe, it's all the same, all the same!"

Looking at Alicia who was waiting for him to "praise" her with expectation, Yu Qi rubbed his forehead helplessly and said: "Everyone I meet in the future..."

After speaking halfway hesitantly, Yu Qi felt that he really couldn't say it out loud: "Actually, there's no need to do this.

Think about it, given the relationship between the two of us, we will definitely not separate in the future;

In that case, when I meet other girls, you will definitely be there, and we will get to know each other naturally!"

"There's no need..."

"Are you telling the truth?"

"what?"

The smile on her face disappeared at some point, and Alicia slowly moved closer to Yu Qi's cheek. Yu Qi could clearly see his own panic and confusion reflected in the other's sky-blue eyes.

"Are you telling the truth?"

"No, what's real or fake?" He raised his neck in panic, so that Alicia's red lips would not touch his face. Yu Qi said helplessly: "Please explain it clearly."

As if she had noticed her own mistake, Alysia took a half step back, freeing up some breathing space, and then looked at Yu Qi seriously: "What you just said, 'We will never separate under any circumstances in the future', is that true?"

"Ah?" Not understanding why Alicia reacted so strongly to this, Yu Qi scratched his hair in confusion, but still replied: "Of course it's true, you are the character I drew from the card, and based on this reason, there is no way I will let you leave me."

"What's more, you are so beautiful. Even if I don't marry you, it would be pleasing to have you around!" Of course, Yu Qi didn't say this out loud - there was no other way, he had to save face.

"Then it's a deal. No matter where you meet a beautiful girl in the future, you have to take me with you!" With her little finger raised, Alysia smiled again and looked at Yu Qi expectantly: "Let's make a pinky promise!"

Looking at Alicia's childish behavior, Yu Qi smiled and did not refuse.

He stretched out his little finger in cooperation and gently hooked it around Alicia's finger. The moment their skin touched, they looked at each other and shook their arms at the same time.

"Pull the hook, hang yourself, and it won't change for a hundred years."

"Whoever is on this side is a big stupid pig!"

"?" Hearing the second half of the sentence suddenly coming out of Alicia's mouth, Yu Qi was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help showing a nostalgic expression.

This sentence was often used when he was a child when he made pinky promises.

"Come on, come on, stamp it!"

As their thumbs pressed together, Alicia's smile finally became the same as before, as gorgeous as blooming flowers and dazzling as shining stars, making Yu Qi stare in amazement.