Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Even Xu Ning, who had never been here before, knew that something must have happened up ahead.

It was already night.

Normally, in desolate mountains and wilderness, everything would be completely silent. Even if there were occasional chirping of insects and birds, it would only make the night in the mountains seem even more quiet.

Meanwhile, ahead, there was a cacophony of voices and shouts of fighting.

Take a few more steps and you'll see a slope that winds its way up.

At the crucial point of the slope, in front of the steps, stood a row of soldiers in khaki uniforms, each holding an iron spear and thrusting it downwards with ferocity.

Below, a group of Hilichurls were wildly whipping people with sticks.

Da Huang reined in the carriage. "It's the Thousand Rock Army."

However, after seeing how easily Xu Ning and Bei Dou defeated the monsters, Da Huang wasn't too scared at the moment.

"I've traveled this road for so long, and I've never seen so many Hilichurls before. They even dare to attack Liyue Harbor's defenses. Is something about to happen?"

Xu Ning jumped off the carriage shaft, frowned, and took a sip of wine.

"You'll get used to it eventually. But it's really noisy; it'll wake up Beidou."

Xu Ning swayed and staggered up the slope.

An older man who appeared to be a captain of the Thousand Rocks army swung his large spear and struck the shield of a wooden-shielded Hilichurl thug, knocking it back a few steps.

Then, taking advantage of this brief respite, he turned and yelled at a young man next to him.

“Fugui, it seems there’s a caravan coming along the road. There’s no use for you here. Go around to the side and up to the watchtower, ring the bell to warn them not to come any closer.”

The young man named Fugui looked at the watchtower not far away with a bitter face and muttered to himself, "I didn't check the almanac before I went out today. I've just run into a lot of bad luck."

But despite the complaints, there's no room for carelessness at this crucial moment.

Fu Gui slung the spear behind his back, crouched low, and used the bushes for cover as he sneaked out from the right side.

After winding his way up behind the Hillbilly, Fugui was about to climb onto the platform to ring the copper bell hanging from the eaves when he suddenly saw someone.

"Hey, you little brat over there! What are you looking at? I'm talking to you!"

The one who was stopped was Xu Ning.

Xu Ning looked at the young man squatting behind a few blue stones with suspicion. Judging from his clothes, he was a member of the Thousand Rock Army.

"You're... a deserter?"

Fu Gui'er was furious.

"You're the deserter, your whole family are deserters. Did I risk coming all this way just to warn you money-grubbing idiots?"

"There's a battle going on up ahead, don't wander off, go back and stay with your caravan. Oh, and remember to tell them if any skilled fighters come to their aid."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "You don't need to ring the bell. There are no caravans behind us, just a few of us."

After saying that, he didn't care whether Fugui believed him or not, and continued walking upwards.

"Hey, you little brat, why won't you listen to advice? Go back now!"

Xu Ning, however, had already approached the Hittite from behind.

A Water Spirit Shaman holding a large fly wand was standing in the back row sprinkling water. He glanced at Xu Ning and immediately turned around to begin chanting a spell.

"Oops!"

Fu Gui'er disregarded everything else, drew his spear from his back, and charged toward Xu Ning.

"Get out of the way!"

Xu Ning didn't know what Fu Gui'er was shouting behind him, but he rushed forward and kicked the Water Hill Shaman into the air.

The spot where they had just stood had turned into a puddle before the spell "Water Flow Impact" could even take shape.

Fu Gui'er was instantly stunned.

The Thousand Rock soldiers who were fighting the Hilichurls suddenly felt the pressure lessen.

Then the others also saw Xu Ning.

He charged left and right through the horde of monsters as if he were in an empty field.

A pair of fists, pointing east and striking west, were unable to land a single blow.

In a short while, they annihilated all the enemies in front of them with overwhelming force.

Such praise and astonishing achievements, usually only heard in Liu Su's storytelling when recounting the masters of the Guhua School, were now vividly presented before his eyes.

The protagonist is actually a very young child, how could this not surprise everyone?

"Ahem, stop standing there like idiots. Quickly clean up the mess, and four of you go and block the mountain path on the flank of the watchtower. We can't afford to make the same mistake again."

The captain of the Qianyan Army looked rather ashamed that a dozen or so people had been saved by a teenager.

After assigning the task, he instructed the remaining people to take the wounded back to Liyue Harbor for treatment.

Then he walked up to Xu Ning, took out his gun, gave a Thousand Rock Army salute, and thanked him.

"Thank you for your help. Is this your first time visiting Liyue Harbor?"

Xu Ning returned the greeting with clasped hands and smiled, "Uncle, you have a very good eye for people!"

The captain smiled wryly and pointed at the gourd in Xu Ning's hand.

"Our mission here is to check all suspicious individuals."

"At your young age, you are quite skilled, casually carrying a wine gourd and drinking heartily. It even has an object that looks like the Eye of God embedded in it. With so many conspicuous features, if I were to pass by here and not recognize you at all, I might as well just gouge that eyeball out."

Xu Ning thought about it and realized that made sense. Looking back, he saw that Da Huang had already driven the car uphill.

He casually pointed behind him and said, "My friend is in the liquor business and frequents this area. This is my first time here; I'm going to Liyue to find someone."

The captain glanced at Big Yellow. "So it's that fat yellow guy. No need to check."

"If I knew who you were looking for, I could point it out to you."

Da Huang drove the car up the hillside, and Xu Ning had already obtained the information he wanted from the captain.

Beidou has also woken up by now.

"Xu Ning, have we arrived?"

Xu Ning reached out and tidied her messy hair, then smiled and said, "We're almost there. You can take a nap a little longer. When we get there, I'll take you to find something good to eat."

Xu Ning clasped his hands in thanks to the captain again, saying, "Thank you for your help. We'll be setting off now."

The captain bowed again and smiled, "You're the one who should be thanking me. The Thousand Rocks are sturdy, the towering peaks unyielding. Have a wonderful time in Liyue Harbor!"

After driving up to the top of the hill, Beidou exclaimed in surprise, "Xu Ning, look! There's a small fishpond here!"

Xu Ning glanced at it and saw that it was indeed a rather exquisite little fish pond.

However, in the center of the pond stood a large rock with five wooden plaques engraved with talismans nailed to it, and each plaque had a small bell hanging below it.

I'm afraid this is also an object used to suppress some kind of demon god.

Xu Ning was beginning to worry about his own abilities.

The continent of Teyvat was originally a land teeming with demons and gods, so many of them that one might almost think they were the original inhabitants of Teyvat.

You can find all sorts of suppressing objects in any remote mountain valley: Hilichurls, the Abyss Order, all kinds of bizarre elemental creations, various mechanical creations from the previous dynasty, alchemical creations, and all kinds of dangerous animals, plants, and hybrid creatures. It can be said that monsters and demons roam everywhere.

And I'm only at level three, uh, four.

I leveled up again from fighting a Hilichurl, but compared to the exhilarating feeling of starting at level 20 in my previous life, this leveling speed is like a snail's pace.

Xu Ning casually opened the attribute panel and immediately became furious upon seeing the annotations below.