Mr. Zhongli, we can't slack off anymore!

"Will the crane's back work?" True Lord of Moon-Slicing and Sun-Building bargained with the traveler.

Travelers often give up halfway because they are too normal, and she softened again.

When she thought that True Lord Xiaoyue Zhuyang was just a pitiful worker who was doing things according to his boss's requirements, she didn't want to make things difficult for him.

"Forget it, if he doesn't want to see me, so be it. I've only known him for a few months... what right do I have to force him?"

The traveler's request wasn't high; she just wanted to see him one last time before returning home, just one time...

I'm getting angrier the more I think about it! Why did Zhongli pretend to be so close to me before?!

They hold hands all the time, and sometimes even hug! What is he up to?!

"Young lady, you shouldn't think like that. Perhaps he has some difficulties that prevent him from seeing you?"

The True Lord of the Moon-Cut-and-Build-Sun lived a solitary life in the mountains and rarely visited his friends. He was truly unable to handle emotional entanglements, and he himself couldn't understand why the Emperor was making things difficult for him.

"It would be good to say something..." The traveler didn't ask for much; she just wanted to see things through to the end.

“Indeed, what can’t be said?” True Lord Xiaoyue Zhuyang echoed.

"I'm going back, no need to see me off." The traveler walked towards the nearest teleportation point.

"Let's see him off. That's... an ancient sculpture that's been around for a long time, and nobody knows what it was used for." True Monarch Xiaoyue Zhuyang followed behind the traveler.

"You can see it?" The traveler was surprised. Zhongli had told her before that he didn't know what a teleportation anchor point was.

"This sculpture? Isn't it standing right here?" The traveler's question puzzled the True Lord of Moon-Cut Sun.

"Ah, so you don't know its name. This thing is called a teleportation anchor. Travelers can use it to travel between countries." The traveler touched the teleportation anchor.

Unlike before, the elemental power within the traveler's body was injected into the anchor point, activating it. The upper sculpture rose up, and a ring of blue light illuminated the lower sculpture.

"This thing has a use?" This was the first time that True Monarch Xiaoyue Zhuyang had seen it. Logically speaking, there should be nothing in Liyue that he did not know.

"Then I'll use this to go back." The traveler touched the anchor point, and several nearby anchor points that seemed to have been opened by the traveler immediately appeared in her mind. She found the anchor point in Liyue Harbor, confirmed it in her mind, and in an instant, the traveler returned to Liyue Harbor, leaving Zhenjun standing there dumbfounded.

When Zhenjun discovered the traveler had disappeared, he panicked. The Emperor had ordered him to escort someone who had vanished right under his nose. How was he supposed to explain this? He tried to imitate the traveler by touching the sculpture with his hoof, but nothing happened.

"Oh no! This is terrible!" The True Lord ran through the sky on all fours, calling out to his fellow immortals to find someone.

Upon returning to Liyue Harbor, the surrounding residents were not surprised by the traveler's sudden appearance; in their eyes, it was not surprising for someone with the Eye of God to do anything.

Going out to fight monsters and level up won't work either, so the traveler has no choice but to go back to work and find something to do. It's not good to be immersed in sadness all day.

Even fighting a treasure-hunting group is this difficult; the traveler has lost confidence in his own abilities.

The traveler is constantly leveling up by fighting monsters, but he's been spoiled rotten by someone.

"What bad luck!" Prince D'Artagnan bumped into the traveler as he walked out of the Hall of Rebirth.

The traveler immediately put on a professional smile: "Are you a guest?"

"I came looking for someone, but unfortunately he's not here," the young master replied.

"Oh, you're here to see Mr. Zhongli, aren't you?" The traveler finally realized, since it's not common to see someone so eager to offer their wallet.

"Does this young lady also know Mr. Zhongli?" the young master continued, seemingly still determined to deliver the money.

“He is a distant relative of mine,” the traveler said, revealing the persona Zhongli had created for him.

The traveler didn't have time to think much of it, but the young master immediately sensed that something was wrong.

Oh dear, a distant relative of the Rock God?

Things are getting interesting.

"I see... Then, Miss, do you know where Mr. Zhongli is?" the young master pressed.

"He didn't tell me, and other old friends said he had things to do and couldn't see me." The traveler didn't intend to hide anything.

"Ah, Miss, please don't misunderstand. I was passing through Liyue on a business trip and originally wanted to invite Mr. Zhongli to the Liuli Pavilion to catch up, but he wasn't there. I don't have many friends in Liyue, and it's difficult to book a seat at the Liuli Pavilion. It would be a pity to cancel, so I asked him again," the young master explained to the traveler.

"I didn't think much of it, don't worry. It's just that I really don't know where he is. He doesn't want to see me. Maybe you can find him if you go look for him." The traveler became more and more upset as he spoke.

"Don't want to see you? How could someone be hiding from such a lovely young lady like you? Come on, I'll take you to find her." The young master immediately sensed something was amiss and wanted to investigate further.

He was tricked by Zhongli and the lady before, and this time he must be made to pay.

"That's not a good idea, I still have work to do..." the traveler declined.

Although I noticed something amiss while playing the main storyline, I was forced to be manipulated by the young master in the plot. This time, I need to be careful.

"Go ahead! I'll find someone else to do it!" Hu Tao's voice came from behind the door.

It turned out she had been eavesdropping all along. She peeked her hand out from under the door and waved to the traveler, as if to encourage her to go find Zhongli.

"Hahaha, that solves everything." The young master laughed heartily, then grabbed the traveler's wrist and led him outside.

"Eh? But, but..." The traveler hadn't expected things to turn out this way, so he had no choice but to let him pull him along.

"You may call me Young Master. May I ask your name, Miss?" the young master began to chat with the traveler.

"Please call me the traveler," I said.

"Traveler? What's your relationship with the traveler?" The young master discovered something even more interesting.

“It doesn’t matter, my name is Traveler, and my surname is Lü,” Traveler replied.

"Oh, that's quite an interesting name." The young master didn't intend to delve deeper.

*

The traveler followed the young master to the Glazed Pavilion.

The traveler asked in surprise, "Aren't you going to find someone?"

The young master smiled and explained, "My appointment time is almost here, and I'm starving after the journey. Have a meal with me first. Don't be shy, order whatever you like when we get inside, it's on me."

The traveler marveled at the generosity of the Northern Bank.

When the attendant at the Liuli Pavilion saw that it was a traveler who had arrived, but did not see Zhongli, he asked, "Is this Miss Lü? Why didn't you come with Mr. Zhongli today?"

"Hehehe..." The traveler laughed awkwardly, and the waiter immediately understood and didn't ask any more questions.

Upon arriving at the elegant private room of the Liuli Pavilion, the two took their seats.

"Why do you always look so gloomy? Smile! People who smile often have good luck." The young master suddenly came over and sat down next to the traveler.

The traveler stepped aside to keep his distance: "Actually, it's because I'm not good at fighting, and I just got a beating from the treasure-hunting group..."

"I thought it was something serious. To become stronger, one needs to train more, and the other is to challenge stronger opponents." The young master said a few more words when he saw that he had met a like-minded person.

"I understand, thank you," the traveler said politely, keeping his distance.

"And another thing is that you need to eat more. How can you have the strength to fight if you're not full?" As the dishes were served one by one, the young master picked up his chopsticks and put a few bites of the hearty dishes on the traveler's plate.

"No need to pick it up, no need..." The traveler was taken aback by the young master's enthusiasm.

"Eat more, don't be shy!" The young master ignored the traveler's refusal and piled a small mountain of meat and vegetables on her plate.

At this moment, the True Lord of Moon-Cut Sun and the True Lord of Water-Covering Mountain, who were standing on the eaves of the building opposite the Glazed Pavilion, were "peeping" at the scene inside through the open window.

"What's the panic? The person isn't lost, is he?" said True Lord Lishui Dieshan, shaking his wings.

"This young lady is a highly skilled person; she actually disappeared right under my nose," said True Lord Xiaoyue Zhuyang, trying to justify himself.

"In my opinion... when you go back and report, just say that she was safely returned. Do not reveal the matter between the Executor of the Fools and her," True Lord Li Shui Die Shan kindly reminded him.

“Great minds think alike.” As soon as the True Lord of Moon-Cut Sun finished speaking, the two rode the wind and disappeared.