Su Yuan suddenly opened his eyes—it was that same familiar, heart-pounding sensation again.
Feeling the stinging pain in the palm of his left hand, Su Yuan knew that he had died once more...
He raised his left hand and looked at his palm:
[Unfortunately, this was your first death today...]
[Xingqiu has already been corrupted and taken over by an Eerie. The specific cause and conditions remain unknown...]
[However, for now, Xingqiu is preoccupied with completing his crime novel and does not pose an immediate threat...]
[As long as he does not come into contact with Chongyun, there should be no major issues for now...]
[However, once he finishes writing the novel, he will follow its contents and kill Chongyun...]
[Additionally, the conditions under which Chongyun becomes corrupted seem... rather intriguing.]
[He appears to fall into corruption upon witnessing the Eerie form of someone else...]
[After corruption, Chongyun seems to exclusively target Eeries...]
[Please be careful. Keep your distance from Chongyun...]
Su Yuan frowned as he stared at the message in his palm.
Xingqiu has already been taken over by the Eerie? …That really is a headache.
Also, could it really be that Chongyun's condition for becoming Eerie-ified is simply seeing someone else who's been corrupted?
And even more, he only targets other Eeries?
Su Yuan quickly began piecing together a battle strategy in his mind…
In the future, whenever they encounter an Eerie, he could just send Chongyun in—then it would become a battle of Eerie vs. Eerie…
After the fight ends, he'd find a way to trigger Chongyun's Pure-Yang physique to purge the Eerie corruption.
That should bring him back to normal…
But… Su Yuan couldn't figure out why the last line said he needed to be careful and keep his distance from Chongyun.
Wasn't the Eerie Chongyun supposed to only target Eeries?
Could it be… that he himself was also an Eerie?
But before long, Su Yuan dismissed that thought.
I can clearly control my body just fine.
There aren't any crazy thoughts in my head either—how could I possibly be under the influence of the Eerie?
"Chongyun, we need to change our plan…"
Su Yuan looked toward Chongyun in front of him and said:
"Xingqiu has already been corrupted by the Eerie, but for now, he doesn't pose much of a threat…"
Then, Su Yuan briefly relayed the intel he had just acquired to Chongyun.
"I become Eerie-ified just by seeing someone else who's been corrupted?"
Chongyun showed a puzzled expression.
"And after I turn, I only target Eerie creatures?"
"Even if it's not quite the way I imagined, as long as I can suppress evil and eliminate the Eerie… that's good enough!"
"To cure Xingqiu of his Eerie corruption, the most important thing is to figure out what caused it in the first place…"
Su Yuan looked at Chongyun and asked:
"Do you know if Xingqiu did anything yesterday before he started acting strange?"
"No idea," Chongyun shook his head.
"By the time I finished my training and went to find him, he was already avoiding me…"
Su Yuan thought to himself, That's not good… Without any witnesses, there's no way to figure out what Xingqiu went through that led to his Eerie corruption…
If he had to guess, could it be that someone criticized his handwriting or his novel?
Or maybe it's related to his sense of chivalry? Could it be connected to the Guhua Clan?
"Chongyun, Shenhe—your aunt—do you know where she is right now?"
Su Yuan continued:
"We'll need her help to fight the Eerie too!"
"Auntie doesn't like noisy places. I'd guess that right now, she's off cultivating somewhere on a mountain in Liyue…"
Chongyun said thoughtfully, "It might be a bit difficult to find her…"
Su Yuan thought to himself, Maybe I should go to Mt. Aozang and look for that woman… the one who's always so good at chatting.
Since she's Shenhe's master, she's bound to know where Shenhe is.
And as an Adeptus of Liyue, she should also be able to offer him quite a bit of help…
Just as Su Yuan was thinking this, he saw a tall woman with red-rimmed glasses walking past him and Chongyun.
Well now, talk about perfect timing!
Su Yuan turned to Chongyun and said:
"Chongyun, did you know? The woman right in front of us is the famous Adeptus of Liyue—Cloud Retainer!"
"She's also your aunt's master!"
"She definitely knows where your aunt is!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Yuan stepped forward and stopped Liuyun in her tracks.
"Uh, Miss Xianyun, hello!" Su Yuan greeted her.
Caught off guard by Su Yuan suddenly jumping out, Xianyun flinched, looking visibly startled…
"Huff... Hello. I am Xianyun. May I ask who you are?"
Xianyun looked at Su Yuan with a puzzled expression.
"I'm Su Yuan—Su as in tiramisu, Yuan as in crumbling ruins," Su Yuan gave a brief self-introduction, then asked:
"I wanted to ask you, Lord Adeptus, do you happen to know where your precious disciple, Shenhe, is right now?"
"Lord Adeptus? Is that how you're addressing me?"
Xianyun's expression grew even more confused.
She furrowed her brows slightly and looked at Su Yuan:
"And Shenhe? Who's that? I'm just an ordinary person who recently moved to Liyue Harbor from the countryside. I don't have the time or energy to take on a disciple."
Su Yuan's heart suddenly skipped a beat. No way…
Don't tell me… you're playing the amnesia game too?
"Ahem… Lord Adeptus Cloud Retainer, there's no need to pretend. I know who you really are."
"I have something very important to discuss with you. If you don't mind, let's not stand around talking—how about we sit somewhere and chat?"
"Adeptus Cloud Retainer? I'm just an ordinary woman. Why would I be associated with such a great, wise, clever, kind, beautiful, and warm-hearted Adeptus?"
Xianyun shot Su Yuan a scornful glance.
"Besides, is this your way of trying to strike up a conversation with me?"
"You really don't know how to chat, do you?"
Without looking back, Xianyun walked off, leaving Su Yuan standing there, completely at a loss...
"Su Yuan, are you sure you didn't mistake her for someone else?" Chongyun, watching the whole scene, asked with a helpless tone.
This doesn't make sense...
That person just now—her appearance was clearly that of Xianyun!
In all of Liyue Harbor, even in the whole of Teyvat, how could there possibly be a second person who looks exactly like that?
Could it be that Xianyun has also lost her memory and her powers?
A bad feeling suddenly rose in Su Yuan's heart.
He turned to Chongyun and said urgently:
"Chongyun, where's Yujing Terrace's Yuehai Pavilion? Hurry—take me there!"
If Su Yuan remembered correctly, Granny Ping should be running her tea stand near Yuehai Pavilion on Yujing Terrace...
When Chongyun and Su Yuan arrived at the destination, they saw that Granny Ping was indeed there.
"Children, are you here for some tea?"
Granny Ping smiled kindly as she saw Su Yuan and Chongyun walking up to the tea stand.
"Lord Adeptus Streetward Rambler?" Su Yuan asked tentatively.
"Child, what did you say?"
Granny Ping furrowed her brows slightly and leaned in closer, saying,
"I'm getting old—my hearing's not so good. Could you say that again?"
"Granny Ping, do you still remember Haagentus… also known as Guizhong?" Su Yuan asked.
Granny Ping's expression immediately turned puzzled—deeply confused.
"Haagentus? Guizhong?"
"That name doesn't ring any bells at all…"
"Who is she supposed to be?"
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