Genshin Impact: Starting Guide - End of the World Qi Bao

"That's amazing, Captain. You're quite clever. But don't get too cocky, Captain. My squad leader once told me a Chinese saying: 'There are always people better than you, and there's always something beyond your understanding.'"

Juexi looked at Qibao in surprise.

"What's wrong, Captain? Is there something on my face?"

"Who are you? My Qibao couldn't possibly be saying the right idiom."

"Are you trying to die, Captain?!"

After playfully bickering for a while, the two found a place for "jade gambling"...

"Captain, what are we doing in a place like this? You even know something about rocks?"

Before Juexi could even speak, the boss said.

"Hey, you two, welcome to 'Jie Cui Xing'. How about trying your luck with a couple of rough stones today? It's cheap and fun, and you might just strike it rich without even realizing it!"

"No, boss, we're here to see the Night-Shining Stone, and we'll take the 'Candlelight' level."

Jue Xi seemed to have said something very ordinary, but the boss was surprised.

"Nightstone of the 'Candlelight' grade... I didn't expect you two to be experts at such a young age. My apologies, I'll get the goods right away, please take a look..."

"Can I have it appraised to see which one is better?"

"Sir, do you have such methods? Of course you can, but please don't damage it."

"Qibao, take these three stones, first do this, then do that."

"what?"

Kiana said, "Captain, what are you saying?"

"Use your power to burn these three stones, but remember to be careful not to melt them."

"What?! That's absolutely impossible! Sir, how am I supposed to sell everything if you burn it all?"

"Tsk, what a hassle. I'll take them all. Send the bills to 'Northern Bank'."

"What if the Northern Bank doesn't honor the debt, sir?"

Tsk, what a hassle. Just as Juexi was fretting over this matter, Zhongli and the travelers arrived here.

"Shepherd, oh!"

"Huh? I think I heard Paimon's voice, Qibao, can you hear it?"

"Hello, Yingmei."

Kiana didn't answer, but instead tugged at her captain with one hand, turned around, and waved with the other.

"Hmph, Juexi, why didn't you return to the inn last night? The traveler has been waiting for you... um..."

Paimon was about to continue speaking when Yingmei covered his mouth.

"Waiting for me? Yingmei, why didn't you let Paimon speak?"

"Cough cough, no, I just wasn't sleepy yesterday, so I went to bed late."

Yingmei said she doesn't want to have much contact with you right now.

"Is Yingmei angry with me? No way," Juexi joked.

"Mr. Juexi, what brings you here?"

Zhongli raised a question.

“I’ve come to prepare the ‘Sending Off the Immortals’ ceremony for the Rock God, and I’ve come specifically to buy the finest Noctiluca quartz.”

"Mr. Juexi, you are very kind."

"Esteemed guests... this Night-Mooring Stone..."

"How about this, boss, could you cut me a sample of each piece so I can take a look? Okay?"

"This... okay."

The boss put on a show of reluctantly parting with something.

……

"Boss, do you have a brother who makes beef noodles?"

"Ah, sir, what makes you say that?"

"It's alright. It's a shame you're not a chef with such skills. You slice it as thin as a cicada's wing. I'm truly impressed."

"..."

"Boss, you sliced ​​it so thinly, it'll turn to ashes as soon as it's burned."

"Now that I know the whole story," Paimon suggested.

"Asking businessmen to give up their profits is like asking a hungry wolf to spit out the meat it just ate; there's no other way. But actually, under special circumstances, these thin slices are enough."

"No need for all that trouble, Qibao, come on, give them something to do."

"..."

Kiana controlled three thin slices that floated in her hand, while a ball of flame appeared in her hand and continuously burned the slices...

"Night-spotted stone number three is so bright, I'll take it."

Kiana dissipated the flames after hearing Juexi's words.

"Miss Kiana, that's quite an achievement." Zhongli, who witnessed this scene, naturally knew the difficulty of that operation and the power that made the thin sheet float. Was it the wind? Why couldn't he feel the flow of elemental power? Even the flames just now showed no elemental reaction. It's truly amazing.

"Qibao, come here, let's go talk to the boss."

Jue Xi beckoned to Kiana and walked into the house, while the Traveler and the others waited outside for Jue Xi to finish talking with the boss.

After all, Juexi and the others arrived first, and in business, there's a first-come, first-served principle.

“Boss, this is Zhongli, the guest elder of ‘Wangsheng Hall’. I’ll take this stone. You can send the bill to ‘Northern Country Bank’, or if that doesn’t work, send it to ‘Wangsheng Hall’. Also…”

Juexi whispered in the boss's ear.

"This Kiana is Master Hu's older sister, didn't you realize?"

The shop owner, being a shrewd man, thought for a moment. "Hiss, this customer's voice really sounds just like that Master Hu's. Has he found out some big gossip? And what about the 'farewell ceremony' that the customers mentioned earlier... Oh well, his jade business depends entirely on the favor of Prince Yan. Since it's for Prince Yan's farewell, if he can't make money from it, so be it."

"Alright, sirs, you may take this box of 'Night-Mooring Stone'."

"Boss, you can just give this box of 'Night Stone' to the three people outside. I was planning to buy it and give it to them anyway. We'll leave through the back door first." After saying that, Jue Xi led Kiana away from 'Jie Cui Xing'.

……

"By the way, boss, this is Mora. May I also have a case of the 'Night-Stabilizing Stone' that Mr. Juexi just bought?" The traveler took out the funds given to him by the 'Young Master'.

"No need, the customer just gave us one. He said before he left that this box was a gift for everyone."

"Huh? Traveler, look, Juexi is still helping us. So, isn't the money the 'Young Master' gave us acceptable...?"

"I don't need his help, Paimon. Do you think I can't afford to support you?"

Yingmei said she would rather not steam buns than lose face.

"No, I think there must be a reason why Juexi joined the Fools."

"Humph."

"Alright, traveler, it's good that the matter is resolved. Let's take these Night-Mooring Stones to Jade Capital Terrace first; that's the location I reserved..."

When the boss went to "Northern Bank" to deliver the bills...

"Hello, this is a box of fine 'Night-Mounted Stones' that Mr. Mu Juexi bought from me. He asked me to deliver it here. May I ask..."

"Mu Jue Xi?"

"I can't believe it," Ekaterina, the receptionist at the Northern Bank, asked, puzzled.

The owner of the jade shop thought to himself, "Oh no, I've been scammed. I'd better get out of here."

Just as he was about to slip away, a woman with a great figure and one eye covered walked in through the door.

"Madam..."

The bank teller spoke respectfully.

"You mean Mu Juexi?"

"Lady," she asked the boss.

"Yes……"

I don't know why, but I always feel a strange fear when I'm around this "woman".

"Are these enough?"

The woman took a bag of Mora from her person and handed it to the shopkeeper.

"Enough, enough."

"That's good. Don't be so afraid. When you get back, please tell the businessmen around you that if you encounter Mr. Juexi in the future, you can send his bills directly to the 'Northern Bank'."

"it is good."

After saying this, the boss left the Northern Bank.

"Madam, this might not be appropriate..."

"His accounts can be settled using my personal funds, understand?"

"Understood... Madam..."

Chapter 56 The Ceremony of Sending Off the Immortals (Part Two)

After Zhongli placed the 'Night-Mooring Stone' on the 'Jade Capital Terrace', the group began the second step of the Immortal-Sending Ceremony: 'Perfume Balm'...

"Boss, do you have 'Rainbow Flowers' here?"

"Of course, which one do you want?"

"Which one? So there are many kinds of rainbow flowers? I thought there was only one kind..."

"Hmph, a foreigner who's never seen the world, asking such a question..."

The boss's tone showed a lot of disdain for the traveler and Paimon.