The journey to Teyvat from the Abyss Mage

Kong came suddenly and left mysteriously. In just a blink of an eye, Luo Mu felt that his arms were empty and the blond boy who was originally standing there had disappeared.

Along with him, the strange stiffness and stagnation also left. The surrounding scenery was truly revived this time. The whole street was once again filled with noise and steam. The fallen children continued to fall, the splashing tea continued to splash, and the flying skirts continued... to fly no more. Luo Mu also returned to the middle of the street, back to the state he was in the moment before he met Kong. Everything that had just happened was like a dream that was both real and illusory.

But whether it was Yu Duchen, who realized the situation belatedly and burst out with a powerful aura, or the trace of human body temperature remaining in his palm, they both clearly told Luo Mu: all this was not a dream, all this was real.

This power...I'm afraid it has far exceeded the so-called seven gods. Luo Mu rubbed his fingers slightly, thinking in a daze.

I and my allies are getting stronger little by little, but the future is becoming increasingly unclear.

Luo Mu did not want to think too much about King Kong's plan to kill him and usurp the throne. Firstly, according to Kong's words, his actions would not affect their plans for the time being. Secondly... Luo Mu did not want to be used as a gun. He believed in Kong and hoped that he and Kong could maintain their current friendly relationship, but this was not enough to convince him to devote all his energy to a wave with an uncertain future for an unfounded disaster.

But Kong's frank conversation did help Luo Mu sort out many problems, giving him some reference and basis for his subsequent actions, and he also had a clearer understanding of the situation of the seven countries and the chess game at a higher level.

This trip was quite rewarding. I learned about the personnel adjustments of Zhidong, met Fengyuan Manye, and talked with the God of the Abyss about some very profound things... But how should I deal with this sister Shen He before the traveler arrives? It's really...

Luo Mu was lost in thought as he slowly turned back. Facing Shen He, he always felt inexplicably wary, as if he had met his natural enemy. The last time he had this feeling was when, as Jun Bai, he secretly went to visit Xing Qiu and happened to meet a young man in white. When they passed by each other, he almost shrank back in response, and the resentment in his body was restless. Luo Mu had to use a lot of effort to suppress it.

So he actually didn't want to be alone with Shen He. That feeling was not only depressing, but also seemed a bit dangerous...

Turning the corner and walking back to the relatively sparsely populated street, Luo Mu stopped at the door of the hostel. He looked in the direction of Xinyuexuan, and saw that the luxurious restaurant that he and Gongzi had demolished a quarter of had been renovated. This swift and resolute speed made Luo Mu marvel at Liyue's basic engineering construction capabilities. However, in addition to the workers and restaurant staff, there were three or four figures in robes at Xinyuexuan. They milled around the door of Xinyuexuan, whispering from time to time, and then raised their hands in unison, making points in the air.

After the disastrous night, Xinyuexuan still needed a long time to eliminate the adverse effects of "the inhabitation of vengeful ghosts", so naturally it could not open for business. Therefore, those robed figures were not customers, so they must be -

No way? In such a big restaurant, can't anyone tell that none of these Taoists who exorcise ghosts are real? They are even worse than that... Star Lord! Looking at the "Taoist Masters" who were busy and chattering in Gejie, but without a trace of immortal power flowing out, Luo Mu was stunned.

"I heard that Xinyuexuan gave them 200,000 Mora a day!" Seeing Luo Mu standing at the door, the shopkeeper, who was impressed by this Mond scholar and his beautiful companion, came over and spoke with envy: "Hey, he has a predestined relationship with the immortals and has learned some immortal arts, unlike you and me who can only earn hard-earned money. My shop was haunted before, but people came and put up a yellow talisman, and it was gone the next day!"

"May I ask, shopkeeper, what is your explanation for the previous haunting?"

"It's just that there's always a musty smell in the store, and when you get up in the middle of the night, you always feel like someone is watching you." At this point, the shopkeeper shuddered: "If it weren't for that expert, something would have happened!"

"...Yes. That's true." Luo Mu said with a strange expression. In his heart, he roughly understood why this kind of fake Taoist priests could flourish in Liyue.

If there are real immortals and real ghosts, but people don't know much about them, it's easy for them to be suspicious and regard some seemingly strange things as ghosts. Then those fake Taoist priests will just say what they say.

"Hey, sir?" As he was talking, the shop owner seemed to suddenly remember something. He suddenly tapped Luo Mu's shoulder with his elbow and said, "I see that your female companion also seems to have those mysterious talismans and red strings on her body. Could it be that she also knows a little bit of Taoism?"

Slightly familiar?

Hearing the shop owner's question, Luo Mu burst out laughing. He smiled and changed the subject, "The shopkeeper is so idle today. It seems that business is not very good today."

Speaking of business, the shopkeeper's face, which was full of curiosity, instantly collapsed. He was a little annoyed: "Please stop talking. After what happened at Xinyuexuan, who would dare to stay at the hotel across the street? It's really like a fire in the city gate."

Having said that, the old shopkeeper, who was over fifty years old, shook his head and sighed as he walked back behind the counter. He no longer chatted with the young man who was talking about irrelevant things. Luo Mu was left alone leaning against the door, looking at the group of swindlers who were putting up ghost-like talismans everywhere.

"Innocent people are affected..." He subconsciously followed the shop owner's sigh and sighed.

The next second, before the sigh faded away, Luo Mu's originally relaxed body suddenly stiffened like a dead tree. His body leaned forward slightly, and the whole person was like a branch growing out of the threshold, leaning diagonally on the threshold, relying only on his strong balance ability and physical fitness to keep himself stable on the half-palm-wide threshold.

The white-haired girl appeared behind him at some point, like an exquisite ice sculpture, beautiful but filled with coldness.

Her eyes were fixed on the back of Luo Mu's head, suspicion and a hint of murderous intent flashing in her pupils.

"When the city gate catches fire, the fish in the pond will suffer." She spoke for the first time, but her tone was as cold as the wind blowing on a cliff a thousand feet high: "This is a common saying in Liyue. How did a scholar who came to Liyue to investigate know this?"

"Uh... Is there a possibility that I learned it from the local people in Liyue?" Luo Mu answered with a smile while maintaining his weird posture.

Did this girl really have suspicions about me early on... Luo Mu's mind moved.

Although this question was a bit naive, it showed that Shen He was indeed examining all the unreasonable things about Luo Mu. If this attitude was not the result of years of accumulated distrust of human beings, then it meant that Luo Mu had revealed some flaws from the very beginning, causing this inexperienced woman to become wary and murderous, and even decide to monitor her personally.

Maybe Shen He is both...but that's not the point. The point is how did I make Shen He feel something was wrong?