This MC is so original

"Zhongli? Why are you so early?"

Lu Xiu was a little surprised: "Didn't we agree to meet at Xinyuexuan at noon? It's only a few hours now and you're here."

"Is this your guest, sir? That's an old man. I'm sorry for being so rude. Please come in and sit down and chat, both of you."

Lao Feng quickly pushed the door open, then struggled to push the troublesome iron golem aside, and then invited Zhongli in.

"Thank you for your help, old man."

Zhongli was not polite and immediately accepted the invitation. Before walking in, he looked at the iron golem curiously and asked Lu Xiu who was walking beside him.

"This robot is Mr. Lu Xiu's work, right?"

"Well, it was built to guard the door."

After a brief chat, Zhongli withdrew his gaze from the iron golem. Although he was quite curious about the iron golem, he came here early today to look for Lu Xiu in order to avoid the iron golem.

The two sat down in the reception room. Old Feng served them tea and then went to do other things.

Zhongli had just picked up the teacup and took a sip when Lu Xiu started asking Zhongli.

"Zhongli, you came here so early today, is there something else?"

Zhongli put down the teacup in his hand, smiled and nodded. "Last night, while I was busy with other things, I suddenly saw a pillar of light rising out of nowhere from Yuhengxing's house. I wonder if Mr. Lu Xiu has any clues?"

"I did it. What's wrong? Will it disturb others? I've already covered the light."

Lu Xiu couldn't help but lean back. Could it be that his beacon yesterday disturbed the neighbors, and Zhongli came to him specifically to ask for a fine?

But it's not necessary for him, a god of Liyue, to come in person, unless he is very bored.

"Mr. Lu Xiu, there's no need to be nervous. It was already late last night, and the people had all gone home to sleep. This light naturally didn't disturb them. However, when this light appeared, some people in the city showed some unusual behavior."

Zhongli suppressed the smile on his face and told Lu Xiu seriously about what happened last night.

"Last night, a blacksmith in the detention center accidentally twisted the fine iron railings into a doughnut with just two fingers. Fortunately, he had no intention of escaping, but instead reported the poor quality of the detention center railings to the Qianyan Army guarding them."

"However, the guards later investigated and discovered that the railings were not merely of substandard quality, but rather of high quality, and should have been difficult to damage."

"Aside from the owner of this blacksmith shop, the blacksmiths working under him have also shown some degree of enhancement."

"More importantly, last night I could sense that Osel and Bazhe's auras had suddenly become stronger. Not only them, but I myself felt the change in strength as well. If I'm right, it should be related to that pillar of light, right, Mr. Lu Xiu?"

Lu Xiu was not too surprised by what Zhongli said. Instead, he was a little surprised that Zhongli also benefited from the beacon's BUFF.

I opened the mini-map and took a look. I saw that Zhongli's icon on the mini-map was indeed green, and he was also a friendly unit.

Seeing this, Lu Xiu frankly admitted: "Well, last night I specially built a beacon to help Osel and his wife recover from their injuries. Any creature that is friendly to me can enjoy various bonuses."

Zhongli's eyes lit up when he heard this. The usually steady Zhongli asked eagerly, "Can you show me this magical beacon?"

"Okay, come with me."

Lu Xiu brought Zhongli to the garden. As soon as they entered, they saw Osel and Ba Che wiping the glass cover outside the beacon with a towel.

Feeling Lu Xiu's presence, the two turned around and were about to say hello, but they saw Zhongli's handsome face, and the couple's faces immediately darkened.

"Morax! How can we repay a thousand years of hatred? It's time to settle everything!"

Osel threw the towel over his shoulders, got ready to rush towards Zhongli, but before he could reach Zhongli, he was hit by a red light and then put into the Poké Ball.

Lu Xiu said helplessly to the trembling Poké Ball in his hand, "This is Keqing's home. What if you damage any of the plants and trees here and Keqing comes to trouble me? Calm down first."

After saying that, Lu Xiu released Osel again.

Osel, who came out again, bared his teeth at Zhongli, snorted coldly, and walked back to Bazhe with his arms folded.

Zhongli nodded helplessly at the couple, then looked at the beacon they had wiped earlier.

"Is that the beacon Mr. Lu Xiu mentioned?"

"Ah."

Zhongli walked over and took a look, and found that there were three different mineral blocks under the beacon. Judging from the amount, the cost was not cheap, but it was far less than the beacon.

“It’s a truly magical thing.”

No matter how many times he looked at it, Zhongli couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. He had lived for thousands of years and had never seen such a magical creation.

The buff provided by the beacon is almost as good as the Eye of God bestowed upon mortals by the Seven Gods, not to mention that it can even work on gods. Isn't this better than the Eye of God?

If I had this, wouldn’t I be more assured about my future retirement?

Zhongli felt an urge in his heart. He had started thinking about retirement a long time ago, but he was always worried about Liyue. He was afraid that the people of Liyue would not be able to take care of themselves after he retired.

Especially when facing an invasion by creatures from the lower and middle realms like yesterday, if it weren't for the protection of the immortals, Liyue's casualties would probably be even more severe.

But if we have this beacon, there might not be a need for immortals. The people of Liyue can resist the invasion of those creatures from the underworld with just a kitchen knife.

Even if it's the withering effect of the Wither Skeleton, the people can recover on their own as long as they stay within the range of this beacon long enough.

The various benefits of the beacon made Zhongli unable to help but ask Lu Xiu an inappropriate question.

"Mr. Lu Xiu, are you selling this beacon?"

"Morax, what do you mean?!"

Upon hearing this, Osel was the first to express his dissatisfaction. He snorted coldly, "You've lived for so long, haven't you worn out your brain? How can Mora buy such a divine weapon?"

Osel's words were rough but the logic was sound, and Zhongli knew that what he said was a bit inappropriate, but the beacon was too tempting!

Lu Xiu also raised his hand to stop Osel from continuing, and said to Zhongli with some embarrassment.

"Mr. Zhongli, Osel is right. The beacon is extremely precious. Especially since its manufacture requires extremely rare materials like the Nether Star. Osel almost lost his life for this Nether Star. If you use Mora's words, I will definitely not agree."

Zhongli, who had originally thought there was no hope, heard the last half of Lu Xiu's words. His eyes moved, he raised his arm and rubbed his chin, and asked tentatively.

"So, what if we don't use Mora?"

Lu Xiu also smiled and said, "We can talk."

"What?"

Osel was stunned and put his hands on Lu Xiu's shoulders and shook him hard.

"Boss, think carefully. This beacon is incredibly valuable, and you know what the Wither is capable of! If we sell it to Morax, who knows what he'll do with it!"

"Oh, I know you're anxious, but don't worry."

Lu Xiu casually slapped away Osel's hand on his shoulder, then looked at Zhongli and said, "Mr. Zhongli, I think you know how valuable this thing is. I won't exchange it for the useless Mora. I prefer to trade it for something else."

Zhongli nodded in agreement. "Mr. Lu Xiu is absolutely right. Just let Mr. Lu Xiu specify the conditions. The bill will be sent to Wangsheng. Cough cough cough. Liyue will do its best to prepare everything Mr. Lu Xiu needs."

"Well, first of all, I need nine Wither Skulls. I imagine Liyue killed so many Wither Skeletons during the Nether invasion, so I guess they must have harvested quite a few. Nine isn't too much, right?"

"It's not excessive, and it's even very affordable. What else can you ask for?"

"I also need Mr. Zhongli to have people help me find some plants and minerals, as well as a special kind of forest."

"no problem."

"Finally, I want a statue."

Lu Xiu has not forgotten the statue he encountered when he unlocked the permission mission. The statue can provide him with infinite instant recovery BUFF. Isn’t it better than a beacon?

The beacon can be obtained by killing the wither, but the statue that can provide instant recovery is hard to come by.

"A statue of...a god?" Zhongli was puzzled. "Is it the statue of the Seven Heavenly Gods in Liyue?"

Lu Xiu nodded.

Zhongli raised his eyebrows in surprise. "Although this statue is made of some rare minerals, it's just a medium for suppressing the earth veins. Its value is far inferior to that of a beacon. Mr. Lu Xiu, do you really want this thing?"

Lu Xiu nodded again with certainty: "Well, although it is useless to you, it is still quite useful to me."

"Well, after the deal is done, Mr. Lu Xiu can choose any Seven-Day God statue within Liyue to take away. You just need to report to the Liyue Seven Stars afterwards. What do you think of this, Mr. Lu Xiu?"

"Yes, but I have one more question for you, Mr. Zhongli. Does every country have seven-day statues of different gods?"

Chapter 96: Warriors, please stay!

Although he was a little confused as to why Lu Xiu was curious about this, Zhongli still gave an explanation.

"The Seven Heavenly God Statue is used by each of the seven nations' gods to suppress the earth veins. Seven Heavenly God Statue is placed at the more critical earth vein nodes to ensure the stability of the earth veins within the territory. Therefore, it is certain that each nation has its own Seven Heavenly God Statue."

"That would be great."

Lu Xiu finally felt relieved after hearing this. After unlocking the block permissions, he tried to use other commands, but found that most of the commands were in a closed state and could not be used. The only basic commands he could use were switching modes and not dropping items upon death.

According to the previous permission tasks, if he wanted to unlock more permissions, he could only rely on other Seven Days Statues. However, as an outsider, he could not be sure whether the Seven Days Statues were unique to Liyue.

We can only ask the locals who are more knowledgeable in this area. As the god of Liyue, Zhongli naturally has a say, and no one understands it better than him.

If Zhongli said that only Liyue had the Seven Days God Statue, Lu Xiu might have to consider trying his luck at the Seven Days God Statue in different locations of Liyue, but if he said that other countries also had them, then there was no doubt that he would have to contact the Seven Days God Statue in other countries to unlock the permissions.

"Mr. Zhongli, do you know the distribution of those Seven Heavenly God statues?"

"Of course I know, but since it concerns the earth veins, I still have something to ask you, Mr. Lu Xiu. Why are you so eager to know the location of the Seven Heavenly Statue?"

At this moment, Zhongli's eyes were filled with scrutiny. After all, it was a matter of earth veins, and he had to be cautious. The earth veins of the continent of Teyvat were interconnected. If an accident occurred in one place, the earth veins in other areas might also be affected.

"I just want to touch the Seven Days Statue."

Lu Xiu was very sincere when he said this, but his words were somewhat confusing.

But Zhongli stared into Lu Xiu's eyes and didn't see any trace of lying on his face, so he felt relieved.

"Although this reason is a bit strange, I believe in you, Mr. Lu Xiu."

Zhongli raised his hand and a piece of white paper appeared out of thin air in his hand. A brush also appeared on the fingertips of his right hand. As Zhongli waved the brush quickly on the white paper, a map of the continent of Teyvat soon took shape. Although it was a bit rough, it clearly marked the location of the Seven Sky Statue and the country where it was located.

"Except for the Liyue statue you've already seen, Mr. Lu Xiu, the ones above are the statues of the other six kingdoms. The ones closest to Liyue are Mondstadt, Inazuma, and Xumi, representing wind, thunder, and grass, respectively."

Zhongli handed the map to Lu Xiu, who took it solemnly, looked at it carefully for a few seconds, and then stuffed it into his backpack for safekeeping.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhongli. Our deal is now concluded."

"Well, happy trading."

After discussing the beacon transaction, Lu Xiu was about to chisel the beacon off and hand it to Zhongli, but he was stopped by Zhongli just as he stood up from his chair.

"Mr. Lu Xiu, please be patient. Now that I'm here, why not finish what I left unsaid yesterday?"

Lu Xiu sat down again, looked at Zhongli, and after a moment's hesitation, asked, "Is this about the Fatui?"

Zhongli nodded. "Last night, I had the captured Fatui interrogated. They revealed the Doctor's motives. I never imagined he would dare harm the people of Liyue for the sake of the Heart of God. The Liyue Seven Stars have publicly challenged and held accountable the Solstice authorities. Interestingly, Solstice officials haven't publicly responded, but have privately contacted the Liyue Seven Stars, offering to compensate for any losses."

"Hmm? Isn't it obvious that they still want to attack other countries and don't want to alert the enemy openly?"

Lu Xiu reacted quickly and guessed what the Winter's side meant. They also wanted to temporarily maintain the reputation of the Fatui as the Winter's diplomatic corps and did not want other countries to become suspicious.

Zhongli glanced at Lu Xiu approvingly and nodded. "You're right, but Liyue won't let this matter end like this. Okay, let's not discuss this for now. The Liyue Seven Stars will be responsible for this matter. They will ensure that Zhidong receives the appropriate sanctions, including but not limited to economic ones."

"Besides the fact that they wanted the Heart of God, I was more concerned about the Doctor's attitude. When I was trading with him, I offered both the Heart of God and the Vein Map, but he ignored the Heart of God and chose the Vein Map instead."

"Also, I learned from the captured fools about the conversation between you, Mr. Luxiu, and the Doctor. The Doctor was searching for a certain being, and you, Mr. Luxiu, mentioned the name of that being: the Ender Dragon. I've existed on the continent of Teyvat for thousands of years, but I've never heard of this name. Mr. Luxiu, could it be that the Ender Dragon is also a creature from another dimension, like those Netherworld creatures?"

Lu Xiu nodded. "Well, the Ender Dragon is the god of the End. However, creatures like the Wither Skeleton are not even worthy of carrying the Ender Dragon's shoes."

"Oh?" Zhongli was a little surprised. Although he knew a little from the name, as the Ender Dragon has the word "dragon" in it, any dragon cannot be weak in strength, but the withering effect that comes with the Wither Skeleton is something even he finds a bit tricky.

But Lu Xiu said that the Wither Skeleton is not even worthy of carrying the Ender Dragon's shoes, so how exaggerated must the Ender Dragon's strength be?

Zhongli rubbed his chin, looked up at Osel and asked, "What if the Ender Dragon faced Osel?"

Originally, Zhongli wanted to know what would happen if the Ender Dragon fought against him.

But when he thought about how Lu Xiu had never seen him take action, it would be difficult to make a comparison, so he could only compare himself with Osel.

When Osel heard Zhongli compare himself to him, he immediately became angry again: "Morax, you bastard..."

Before Osel could utter some demonic curse words, Lu Xiu shook his head decisively.

"Osser will die horribly, and the Ender Dragon won't be harmed at all."

Osel, who was about to say something sweet, was stunned. He looked at Lu Xiu in astonishment: "Boss, are you serious?"

Zhongli also looked at Lu Xiu in surprise. Even if Zhongli himself faced Osel, he could not guarantee that he could kill Osel without getting hurt.