After a night's rest, Ying felt all the fatigue in her body disappear. When she was about to get up, she habitually patted the bed beside her, trying to wake up Paimon who was still asleep. However, when she patted the empty bed, she realized that she was not in the continent of Teyvat.

"Huh!" Ying yawned, sat up and stretched.

Waking up Paimon every day has become her habit. Even after coming to this world and so many days have passed, she still hasn't been able to change it.

However, at first she still felt lost because Paimon was not around, but now she can face it with a normal mind.

Up to now, Ying has spent two nights in Tiancang Sect. During this period, Tiancang Sect has taken meticulous care of them. Not only did they provide good things like Zishuxiang, but they also provided them with a variety of delicacies every day. Ying and her friends didn't need to worry about daily necessities at all.

Their three meals would be delivered directly to their room doors, but Ying and Guiyan felt that this would be too much trouble for the other party, and they were also a little embarrassed, so they rejected the kindness of Tiancang Sect. They usually ate in the designated restaurant like other disciples of Tiancang Sect.

Ying simply washed up and then came to Guiyan's room. But after she knocked on the door, no one responded for a long time. After a while, Ling Yue's voice reached her mind.

"Guiyan hasn't woken up yet. She's still a little tired. Wait an hour before waking her up."

"Is it okay? How about letting her continue to rest here today? I'll call Bai Shang and ask him to bring a few more disciples from the Tiancang Sect to go with me to the location we are going to investigate today?" Ying asked Ling Yue in his mind.

"No, we can go today - although I think it's a bit forced, but if Guiyan wakes up, he should say so. We just need to be more careful then."

"...Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll go have breakfast first and bring you some later." Ying said and was about to leave.

Ling Yue complained with a slightly unhappy tone:

"It's just for Guiyan, I can't eat it..."

Ying smiled, didn't respond, left the door directly, and came to the restaurant of Tiancang Sect.

Because she had seen the abundant food reserves in Sangger's house before, Ying had some knowledge about the rich material storage in this world.

Therefore, when Ying saw the various and sumptuous breakfasts in the Tiancang Sect’s cafeteria that were no less delicious than those in Teyvat, she was not too surprised.

The dishes here are also closer to those in Liyue. Ying had a bowl of sweet or salty tofu pudding for breakfast, accompanied by an egg and a few buns. Then she brought the same breakfast back for Guiyan, and happened to meet Senior Brother Yang on the way.

"Senior Brother Yang?" Seeing that the other party greeted her and was about to leave with his head down, Ying hurriedly called out to him.

Apparently, this Senior Brother Yang knew Ying. He looked a little embarrassed after seeing Ying and even stood in the corner. Ying thought it was because he had teased her and Ling Yue when they met that day.

Although it was just a small matter, the nature of the teasing was different because the identities of the two people were known. Ying herself didn't care, but that didn't mean that others wouldn't care.

"Uh, Ying... Hello, Lady Ying, just call me Yang Zhi." Yang Zhi didn't know how to address Ying for a moment, and finally he actually called her "Lady" directly. This caught Ying off guard, and she didn't know how to react for a moment.

"..."

After an awkward silence, Ying finally told her purpose:

"Yang Zhi, were you patrolling outside the city for the past two days?"

"Uh, yes! Ah! No! Uh, I, uh, that, uh uh..." Yang Zhi nodded habitually at first, but quickly denied it, and then realized the inconsistency in his words, so that he ended up speaking incoherently.

Ying watched as Yang Zhi became more and more anxious, even gesticulating, before finally asking softly:

"You skipped work, didn't you?"

"..."

This sentence made Yang Zhi stop all his actions instantly. He looked at Ying nervously, his hand stopped waving and hung in the air. His whole behavior looked extremely funny.

"...Yes." Yang Zhi finally lowered his head tremblingly, "But I just came here to have breakfast and will be back soon."

"No, don't worry. I'm not from the Tiancang Sect. I won't do anything to you just because you skipped work."

"Then will you keep it a secret for me?"

"This..." Seeing Yang Zhi like this, Ying suddenly had an idea:

"That depends on your performance."

"...Lord Ying, what are you going to do?" A worried look appeared on Yang Zhi's face. He felt like a sheep that had strayed into a tiger's mouth.

……

About half an hour later, Ying wrote down from Yang Zhi all the places he had been to in the past few days, and then returned to the door of Guiyan's room with the breakfast prepared for Guiyan.

Guiyan had been awake for a while at this time. She had finished washing up and was planning to go to the restaurant to eat by herself, but Lingyue asked her to wait in the room for Ying to bring her breakfast.

"If I had gone earlier, maybe I could have run into Ying." Gui Yan muttered softly. She would rather have a meal with Ying than for Ying to bring back food.

"What if she comes back when you go out? Aren't you afraid that you will miss each other again?" Ling Yue said. Ying came back at this time.

"Too slow!" When Ling Yue saw Ying, she immediately pretended to be serious and scolded her.

"Do you know how long Guiyan has been waiting? Why does it take you so long to eat?"

Ying knew that Ling Yue was in a playful mood, so she ignored her words.

She placed breakfast for Guiyan on the table. Although it took some time on the road, magic was widely used in this world, and a lunch box like this one was cast with a simple spell to keep the food warm and fresh. When Ying opened the lid of the box, the food inside was still the same as when it was just prepared.

"Thank you!" Guiyan took the lunch box and thanked Ying with a bright smile, but she picked up a bun and broke it in half.

"Ying, did you eat enough this morning? You walked around a lot yesterday, so you should eat more."

"No, I came here because I was full." Ying responded to Gui Yan's kindness with a smile, then found a chair to sit down and continued:

"Gui Yan, you eat first. Ling Yue and I will discuss something."

So, when Guiyan was enjoying breakfast, Ying told him the route of action that he had obtained from Yang Zhi.

They found the map prepared for them by Tiancang Sect in the room, and then matched Yang Zhi's route with the coordinates on the map one by one. At the same time, Ling Yue directed Ying to mark the three places where the demon monks might be hiding.

Through Ying's many experiences of bargaining and persuading in Teyvat, she easily found out that Yang Zhi was not just skipping work to eat. He not only returned to the Tiancang Sect's cafeteria, but also went to the market outside. Ying roughly estimated that he did not patrol properly for nearly three hours every day.

The patrol outside the city is related to the safety of the people in the city. After thinking about it, Ying finally felt that it was necessary to tell Bai Shang about this matter.

According to their expectations, Yang Zhi's route should pass through the three places where the demonic monks might be hiding, but in fact, Yang Zhi did not get close to there.

"Could it be that he really disappeared outside the city?" Ying thought that they could narrow the scope of their investigation through Yang Zhi's intelligence, but now it seems that the area they need to investigate has become larger.

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