Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Xu Ning looked at the fat man in front of him, whose hands were tucked into his sleeves and who looked like a wealthy old man. He couldn't believe that this was the leader of the Tianheng alchemists.

He glanced at Chongyun, who was standing to the side with a blank expression. This kid was honest and probably wouldn't deliberately find someone to make people laugh.

"May I ask your name, senior?" Xu Ning greeted him respectfully with a bow.

The wealthy man waved his hand with a smile, "No need for formalities. I am Chongyun's uncle. You can just call me Shanyang."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Then I'll call you Big Brother!"

Chongyun: ? ?

"Brother Shanyang, I specially asked Chongyun to invite you here this time because I want to ask you about some things. Have you heard of the 'Earth Vein Suppressing Stone'?"

A glint flashed in Shan Yang's small eyes, and he chuckled, "I know about the earth veins and the town-suppressing stone, but I don't understand them when they're connected. I'll have to ask you, brother, to explain it to me."

Xu Ning gestured for them to go in and say, "Let's go inside and sit down so we can talk this out!"

Xu Ning booked the Xinyuexuan restaurant for this dinner, still under the name of Uncle Tian, ​​a special VIP room, which, as always, didn't require payment.

More importantly, there were many delicious cold seafood platters here, which was a reward for Chongyun's hard work over the past two days.

Xu Ning pushed a large portion of raw fish in front of Chongyun, then poured wine for Shanyang and said with a smile, "For thousands of years, evil spirits have continued to grow. I have heard that the Tianheng Taoists take it as their duty to protect Liyue. In each generation, someone travels around Liyue to exorcise evil spirits, risking their lives but only symbolically charging a small amount for food and lodging. I have always deeply admired the noble character of the Tianheng Taoists."

As Shan Yang watched Xu Ning skillfully pour and toast the wine, readily praising the contributions of these sorcerers, he dared not show the slightest disrespect for the young man.

Moreover, according to Chongyun's description, it is likely that the recent turmoil in Liyue Harbor was all orchestrated by this young man. He is truly adept at manipulating events at will, and the children of today are indeed terrifying.

"The Geo Archon has conquered a great land and protected the people of Liyue for thousands of years. We alchemists have only done our part and dare not claim credit."

Shan Yang downed the wine in his hand in one gulp and sighed, "Good wine."

"Please tell me more about the 'Earth Vein Suppressing Stone', brother."

Xu Ning filled Shan Yang's cup with wine, pondered for a moment, and said, "Lord Yan has issued an edict to return to Guili Plain. Tian Shu Star is recruiting talents widely, hoping to find a way to solve the problem of the proliferation of demons once and for all."

"At the beginning of the year, our Qianyan Army organized several small teams to thoroughly clean up Guili Plain, and then marked all the locations where monsters existed on the map. Brother Shanyang, please take a look."

Xu Ning opened a map filled with various colored markings and pointed to several locations around the Thousand Rock Army's garrison.

"There are many kinds of monsters in Guili Plain. We selected a few and conducted some tests on them."

"Like demonized plants, they can burrow underground. The mage race of the Abyss Order can travel through space. They are all uncontrollable beings; just kill them if you see them."

"Although slimes are everywhere, the damage they cause is very limited; a little attention is all that's needed."

"The most difficult to deal with are the largest Hilichurl communities."

Shan Yang nodded and said, "I have also traveled to several Hilichurl tribes. They have the intelligence of children and the physical strength that surpasses that of ordinary people. Their survival ability is also extremely tenacious."

Xu Ning laughed and replied, "But the most troublesome kind is that sticky, pesky thing, you can't get rid of it or kill it completely, and it will come back after a few days if you're not careful."

"Our initial method was to kill them, but they soon respawned."

"Then instead of killing them, we drove them away. This worked for the first few days, but later we had to endure their attacks and harassment every day, which became unbearable. So we killed them to get rid of it."

"Later we tried building a wall to enclose their villages, leaving them enough food and water to survive, hoping they could live within the area we designated, and then gradually drive the surrounding Hilichurls in and manage them centrally."

Shan Yang exclaimed in surprise, "Keeping Hilichurls in captivity, that's a novel idea. What were the results?"

Xu Ning said with a wry smile, "Not to mention that we consume a lot of food every day, the Abyss Order seems to disagree with our approach. They sent Abyss Mages to open a spatial rift to rescue them, and then we got caught up in the cycle of fighting and killing up there."

Shan Yang chuckled and said, "It's fortunate that you failed. Otherwise, if you had succeeded, it's questionable whether the people of Liyue would have been willing to keep these monsters as pets. Now, let's talk about this Leyline Stone, shall we?"

Xu Ning nodded and said, "Later, our Thousand Rock Army discovered that the Hilichurls that spawned at a marked location were almost always the same by repeatedly killing monsters that spawned at that location. In other words, the monsters we killed did not actually disappear, but returned to the ley lines that have memories of countless lifetimes, and then spawned again one day."

"You mean these monsters can't die at all?" Shan Yang said in shock.

Xu Ning thought for a moment and said, "They will die, but not from such simple killing. After discovering this, I wondered if I could use something like a stabilizing stone to seal the ley lines at this marked point."

Only then did Shan Yang understand what the Earth Vein Suppressing Stone that Xu Ning had mentioned was for.

It turns out that the boy wanted to use the ley line suppressing stones to suppress all the breeding grounds of these monsters, so that the monsters could not regenerate from the ley lines, thus creating a clean Guili Plain.

"A sealing stone that can seal the flow of earth veins...that's a good topic."

Shan Yang murmured, "I need to think about this carefully."

Upon hearing Shan Yang's words, Xu Ning quickly corrected him, "It's not about cutting off the flow of the earth's veins, but simply adding a layer of netting at these vein nodes to prevent anything inside from escaping."

Shan Yang nodded. "That makes things much simpler. I need to go back and discuss these things with my fellow disciples. I'll also build a finished product first, and I'll have Chong Yun notify you when it's time to test it."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "Good. If you can complete this task, it will be a great deed. I will definitely report to the Seven Stars and make your name and the Tianheng Fangshi famous throughout the world."

Shan Yang waved his hand, "It's just an empty title. What's most important is being able to do something for Liyue."

After seeing off Shanyang and Chongyun, who were very satisfied with their meal, Xu Ning was also very pleased.

After working tirelessly for so many days, we can finally rest for a few days. Now we just need to wait for the Tianheng alchemists to finish their research on the Earth Vein Suppressing Stone so that we can officially march into Guili Plain.

Xu Ning, carrying a gourd of wine, swayed to the teleportation anchor point at Tiger-Eating Rock, slapped his hand, and was instantly teleported to Tianheng Mountain.

Reaching the southernmost cliff edge of Tianheng Mountain, Xu Ning stretched his shoulders, let out a long howl, and leaped off the cliff.