I, the leader of the esoteric sect, am doing great things in the infinite world!

And he secretly resolved to throw it into the latrine.

Weapons can't speak, otherwise it would surely despise this guy who's willing to sulk over a weapon.

【Demon King's Armament: Demon King's Blade】

[Second-Order Blade-Type Rare Item]

When Ajax reached the endless darkness, by the cold light of the Jade Lamp, he witnessed a blackness that did not belong to this world. All that is slashed by this weapon will touch that Jade Lamp in their dreams. The blade of this sword remains sharp.

The last item in the set was a pendant that looked a lot like an anal swab, and Li Lin maliciously speculated that the young master had stuffed it into his anus.

But in reality, this is the spirit that only manifests during battles; in the terminology of the esoteric world, this is the materialized influence.

This influence has now appeared on the desktop in the form of a strange object, serving as the final piece of the puzzle to complete the Demon King's armor.

【Demon King's Armament: Martial Arts for a Lone Soul】

[Second-Order Blade-Type Rare Item]

Fate twisted, storms arose, and he was forever at the center of the struggle.

In addition, there were some secret techniques of blade essence that Li Lin had read from the young master's memories and the residue on his skin. It took Li Lin a whole week to digest these secret techniques.

Compared to the secret teachings of other aspects of sexuality, the Blade is much more intuitive. It is a kind of muscle memory and physical instinct that runs deep into the bone marrow. After thousands of repeated and complex training sessions, it settles into the depths of the soul, causing a qualitative change in the spirituality itself.

This qualitative change occurs either sequentially or extends from the spiritual to the physical, or it spreads from the physical to the soul.

The young master's extraordinary combat talent has now become part of Li Lin's resources.

[Proficient in all martial arts]

A series of unimaginable skills, techniques for fighting, slaughter, and ensuring an end. Weapons are extensions of the body, the soul is the weapon's end; if I were to forge myself into a weapon, where should I strike with my hammer?

Crush your enemies, forge your own body.

This is a technique learned through secret training. Rather than classifying it as an intangible art, it is better to attribute it to innate talents such as "invincible physique" or "perfect physique."

Li Lin wasn't someone who could sit still for long. To be precise, Ke Qing's visit had already made him restless, as he hadn't been out for over a week.

crunch--

The door opened quietly, and Li Lin peeked out, glancing cautiously to both sides.

The three "quietly"s in this sentence reveal just how much Li Lin adheres to the Assassin's Creed.

To his disappointment, no one was outside to greet him.

After all, there are only a handful of people who know that Li Lin is the true identity of the All-Knowing Lord of Fire and the Savior from Suffering. Who would believe that someone who looks like a lunatic is actually the immortal who has recently become famous in Liyue Harbor?

Li Lin was furious at the way he was being treated, but he just laughed.

Looking at the festive decorations along the long street, and at Liyue, where people were paying attention to their appearance due to the arrival of foreign friends, Li Lin revealed a meaningful smile.

......

Yujing Terrace, Yuehai Pavilion.

"So, is that immortal still staying at home?"

Inside the hall, adorned with paintings of pine trees and white deer, and the Emperor's Sea-Suppressing Painting, a long table made entirely of white jade sits in the center. Liyue, as the host, occupies the central position, while envoys from Mondstadt and Winterlands stand to the left and right.

Ke Qing waited outside the door for a while before coming in and sitting down next to Ning Guang.

As soon as she sat down, Ningguang turned her head and asked.

“I just came from his house,” Ke Qing replied.

Although Li Lin's current actions are beneficial to Liyue in the long run, his methods are too bizarre. As the ruling class, maintaining stability is the primary need.

More importantly, Li Lin's identity as a celestial being left the Liyue Seven Stars helpless, and they could only send people to visit him from time to time to keep an eye on his movements.

Ke Qing gestured with her chin to both sides: "Who are these people?"

“Hehe.” Ningguang tapped her hand, adorned with enamel nail guards, on the armrest of the chair, making a soft tapping sound. “On the left is the Mondstadt delegation. Their Grand Master is on an expedition, and their Vice-Grand Master, the eldest daughter of the Gunnhildr family, is away. So they have sent a Wave Knight, a Scout Knight, a Spark Knight, and the Chief Alchemist of the Knights of Favonius.”

Keqing followed Ningguang's gaze and saw a female knight with short, light-colored hair, wearing the Lawrence family's ice-marked sigil, sitting on the left side of the Mondstadt seat.

This wave rider lived up to his name, dressed entirely in light colors and blue tones, exuding a cool and aloof aura.

Beside her was a cheerful and lively young female knight. In contrast to the Wave Knight, this young female knight wore bright red close-fitting leather armor and flawless white boots, creating a striking visual impact.

"A Liyue native?" Keqing raised an eyebrow in confusion. "This Mondstadt scout knight..."

"Her name is Amber. If the information is correct, her grandfather was once a well-known mercenary leader in Liyue. As for this Wave Knight, she comes from the declining Lawrence family. Heh, even noble blood can't withstand the erosion of time."

Ningguang smiled without malice, her words carrying a hint of teasing.

"What about Spark Knight?"

“Well…” Ningguang’s expression was somewhat amused, but her gaze shifted to the Winter Kingdom’s seats on the right, landing on the mature woman dressed in black and white mourning clothes, with half her face covered by a veil and mask. “Let’s not talk about where the Spark Knight went for now; our main target right now is this woman—”

"The eighth executive officer of the Fatui, who came from the Winter Country and vowed to make Liyue pay the price."

209 Li Lin and Miss Nian's Candy

Li Lin's ambition to cause trouble for the Liyue Seven Stars did not last long.

To be precise, less than two minutes.

He saw a sugar painting vendor at a roadside stall, and completely forgot his original purpose, so he went over and joined the queue.

There were a few children ahead of him in line, but most of the people in line were elderly men and women who were queuing up for the children. Li Lin was at the very end of the line.

A ruthless glint flashed in Li Lin's eyes.

Thinking of this, he bent down and asked the child in front of him, "Where did your father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, uncle, and aunt go?"

The little boy stared wide-eyed, unsure which answer to give.

"You didn't know, did you?" Li Lin sighed. "I just came from the dock and saw your grandfather fall into the sea. Go and save him quickly."

“But my grandfather died a long time ago…” the little boy replied in shock.

"That means your dad fell into the sea." Li Lin impatiently pushed the little boy toward the dock. "Anyway, I'll hold this spot for you. You go and save your dad first. Young man, don't be a 'raw batch' without rice noodles."

One less person in the team.

The next person was an elderly woman. Li Lin walked over, patted her on the shoulder, and smiled kindly: "Excuse me, ma'am, could I have a moment of your time? I'd like to talk to you about our faith and our Savior, the Greatly Compassionate and Merciful Master Li..."

"Oh, what did you say?" The old woman's accent was a bit heavy. "I'm from Qingce Village selling vegetables. What Master Li? Is he a deity?"

"Yes, yes, yes, he's a god, he's a god." Before Li Lin could even start his charade, several elderly men and women in line nearby nodded in agreement, seemingly even more enthusiastic than Li Lin himself.

They took out small notebooks and told Li Lin about the miraculous things he himself didn't know, such as arranging marriages, nourishing yin and yang, and giving children and blessings. Before long, they had successfully fooled him and dragged the old lady from Qingce Village away to burn incense.

With a whoosh, more than half of the line in front of Li Lin disappeared.

Only three or four people remained in the team.

Li Lin still felt it wasn't enough, so he went behind the person in front, patted him on the shoulder, and whispered as the person turned around:

"I am an investigator from the General Affairs Department here to inspect food safety. Citizens of Liyue, we are currently conducting random sampling. Please go to the General Affairs Department immediately to cooperate with the questionnaire survey."

These official statements are merely for the purpose of gaining credibility; the key point lies in the following sentence.

“Every Liyue citizen who completes the questionnaire will receive a subsidy of 300 Mora and a gift of ten eggs upon presentation of their identification.”

In an instant, the last few people blocking Li Lin's way also left the line under the lure of the eggs and hurried to the General Affairs Department.

"It's finished." The old man selling sugar paintings in front of him used his metal skewer to tap a point in the eye of the crane on the white stone slab, then pressed the bamboo skewer on top. "Finished... uh, where is everyone?"

Why is it that when I look up, there are only two people in front of me?

The greedy child took the sugar-painted crane and ran off. Li Lin quickly walked up to the old man making sugar paintings: "Draw something for me."

"Hey... what do you want to draw?"

The old man making sugar paintings wasn't stupid. He knew that most of his customers leaving were probably related to Master Li in front of him, but he would keep as many as he could.

After Li Lin gestured and explained, the old man making sugar paintings roughly understood Li Lin's intentions.

[Tiangong·Nian: "What are you doing?"]

Li Lin didn't answer her. Instead, she watched the sugar painting old man's hand gradually take shape, and after it was completely dried, she held it up in the air like a treasure: "Look!"

That was a young lady standing quietly.

[Tiangong·Nian: "This thing... if I remember correctly, it should be candy."]

“That’s right.” Li Lin proudly brought the sugar painting to his mouth and bit off Nian’s head.

[Tiangong·Nian: "Your mother?"]

"Hahahaha!" Li Lin glared with dead fish eyes as he devoured his food, then retorted viciously, "My mother died a long time ago, where's yours?"

[Tiangong·Nian: "Thank you, I wish she were dead."]

"Hey hey hey."

Li Lin and Nian, who had reached a consensus in an instant, burst into joyful laughter at the same time. Pedestrians walking on the streets of Liyue couldn't help but turn their heads and unconsciously make way for them.

At this moment, a cheerful little red figure came into Li Lin's view.

Wearing a red hat decorated with lucky four-leaf clovers, carrying a small black backpack, and sporting a fluffy, chubby pendant, the little elf girl ran swiftly, stopping sometimes in front of a kite stall, and sometimes leaning over a counter selling gems and jewelry, her eyes shining. In the crowd, she was like a lively little sun.

Upon seeing the unfinished sugar painting in Li Lin's hand, a little girl dressed in red skipped over and tilted her head to look at Li Lin.