Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

The stronger of the three, the one wearing a straw hat, remained silent and did not join in the argument between the two.

But at this moment, he held the shovel horizontally and pointed it at Xu Ning's position.

"I think I heard a sound coming from over there just now."

The other two were also quite alert and immediately drew their weapons from their waists.

One of the skinny guys pulled out a throwing knife and hurled it toward where Xu Ning was hiding.

"Who goes there? Show yourself."

Xu Ning lightly swung the gourd in his hand, and with a crisp "clang," he knocked away the incoming knife.

These people's act of killing without asking any questions directly angered Xu Ning.

Xu Ning whispered a message to Xiang Ling, telling her to stay where she was and not run around, before emerging from her hiding place.

"What do you do? Why are you attacking people so violently for no reason?"

The skinny man looked down on Xu Ning because he was a young boy.

He took out another throwing knife, tossed it in his palm, and sneered, "You asked for it yourself, how can you blame others? The men of the Treasure Thieves are searching for priceless treasures here. If you snatch them away from us, wouldn't all our efforts have been for nothing?"

Xu Ning pointed to himself, "Now that I've seen it, what are you planning to do?"

Before the skinny man could speak, the burly man in the straw hat behind him threw out a long rope with a snap.

"Tie yourself up if you want to save your life, and we'll release you once we've taken the treasure. If you refuse, we might as well send you to meet your ancestors."

Xu Ning nudged the rope on the ground with his foot and chuckled, "You actually have some compassion, that's rare indeed!"

When the skinny man saw Xu Ning's calm and collected demeanor, he knew that Xu Ning would never surrender easily.

Having made up his mind, he didn't waste any more words and threw a flying knife straight at Xu Ning's chest.

Xu Ning knocked the knife away again, and with a move called "Drunken Eight Immortals," he struck the skinny man in the ribs.

A series of crisp cracking sounds rang out, and it was unclear how many ribs Xu Ning had broken with his punch.

The skinny man flew backward, spitting out mouthfuls of blood.

The burly man and the other man were shocked. Without even taking out their weapons, they raised their shovels and smashed them down.

Xu Ning swayed unpredictably twice, dodging the blows of two shovels. He punched one man in the face and slammed the other into the burly man's shoulder, rendering him unable to lift one arm.

Seeing that Xu Ning had easily knocked down two of the three of them with a few simple movements, the burly man knew he was no match for him. With his free hand, he reached into his waistband, pulled out a wax pellet, and slammed it to the ground.

A thick plume of white smoke billowed out, instantly filling a three-meter radius with dust and fog, obscuring everything.

Xu Ning flipped backwards to get out of the smoke, coughing violently twice.

He was secretly annoyed, thinking, "I was careless. I actually forgot about these people's escape tricks."

Xu Ning listened carefully and heard heavy footsteps running in the opposite direction.

It must have been that burly man who carried his two companions away.

Xiangling then emerged from the bushes, looked at the white ash on Xu Ning's head, and said with a grin, "Brother Xu Ning looks just like Sister Ningguang now."

Xu Ning brushed his hair with his hand, and white ash fell down in a flurry.

"Forget it, this is too much trouble. I'll take a proper shower when I get home. Let's go see what treasure these treasure hunters are looking for."

Xu Ning walked to the cave that had been dug out and was taller than a person, and carefully examined the inside.

It seems those people did find the right place; a solid wall made of bluestone was revealed beneath the excavated soil.

Xu Ning raised his wine gourd and tapped it on the bluestone wall.

"There should be a stone chamber in here. But those three clumsy thieves only dug this little bit. I don't have time to do this kind of low-skilled work here."

After explaining to Xiangling that the treasure couldn't be retrieved, Xu Ning turned around and prepared to leave with Xiangling.

But after walking a few steps, Xu Ning suddenly noticed the stone pillars standing on the left and right sides of this location.

It was a pillar like the lampposts at the entrance of the Baiju Inn, all planted at an angle in the ground.

"If it's the way I imagine it to be, then it'll be very simple."

Xu Ning paced around the two pillars, searching for a while, and finally found a black stone with golden patterns in the corner of a large rock.

Xu Ning used his wine gourd to smash the stone and picked out a golden four-pointed star from inside.

Then the four-pointed star was placed into the hole in the stone pillar.

With a sound of a mechanism turning, the top of the stone pillar gradually floated up, and the four-pointed star began to rotate within it, making the entire pillar seem to come alive.

Under Xiangling's surprised gaze, Xu Ning followed the same method and lit up the other stone pillar with a four-pointed star.

With a loud rumble, a blue stone door suddenly appeared on the cliff face where the three members of the treasure-hunting group had been digging.

Directly in front of the bluestone gate, an exquisite treasure chest was also revealed.

Xiangling clapped her hands and said, "Brother Xu Ning is so amazing! He found the treasure so easily."

Xu Ning shook his head and smiled, "This treasure chest is just a small reward. The real treasure must be in this stone chamber, but I'm afraid we have no chance of obtaining it."

Xiangling was puzzled, so Xu Ning gently picked her up and showed her the square symbol engraved in the center of the gate.

That looked exactly like a Geo Eye.

"It seems that the treasure in this stone chamber is only for the lucky ones who have the Eye of the Geo element. I think even if those three members of the treasure-hunting group worked hard to dig open the stone chamber, they still wouldn't be able to get anything from inside."

Xu Ning casually opened the treasure chest on the ground. This time, in addition to some Mora and fine ore for forging, a "Lucky Green Flower" also popped out.

Xu Ning glanced at it briefly and then put it away.

Xu Ning spent another day with Xiangling in the mountains, picking some matsutake mushrooms and wild mushrooms. Then he noticed that it was getting late.

With Xiangling by his side, they climbed to the top of the mountain again and stood at the teleportation anchor point.

Xu Ning held Xiangling's little hand and said with a smile, "You must hold onto Guoba tightly with that hand, otherwise you'll lose it halfway and cry at home."

Seeing Xu Ning's serious expression, Xiangling, who had been smiling, also became serious, her hand gripping the rice crust so tightly it throbbed.

Xu Ning instantly activated the teleportation anchor point and re-entered that strange space.

However, this journey was extremely fast. Perhaps because the distance was so short, Xu Ning teleported with Xiang Ling to the big tree at the entrance of Liyue Harbor in the blink of an eye.

Xu Ning patted Xiangling's dazed little face, "Look, we're home."

Xiangling stared in disbelief at Wanmintang not far away, then excitedly grabbed Xu Ning's sleeve and said, "Brother Xu Ning, does this mean we can go into the mountains to find delicious food anytime from now on?"