My Name Is Shenhe...

"Ding-a-ling!" The doorbell of Zero Bar rang, which startled Chen Luo.

I think my "Closed for Business" sign should still be up here, so why would anyone come here? And it's only afternoon.

Generally speaking, most customers come to the bar after 8 p. m.

"No, it seems like a new customer." After sensing the different feedback from Zero Bar, Chen Luo's doubts were instantly dispelled.

If it's a new customer, then that's normal, but come to think of it, it seems like we haven't had any new customers for two days.

So which Problem Child has arrived this time?

While Chen Luo was pondering, the door, just like at the beginning, was only opened a crack of 10 centimeters, but the other party did not push the door open directly.

Chen Luo thought this was normal, since you can never imagine where this bar will appear. For example, Venti saw this bar under a big tree in the Whisperwind Plains. Would a normal bar be located in the wild?

When other guests first saw the bar, its location was also somewhat unusual.

Perhaps that's why there are so few new customers.

After all, if you miss your first chance and don't get into a bar, it will be very difficult to get in again.

"Bang!" Just as Chen Luo which strange place he had opened his bar in this time, the bar door was pushed open with great force and slammed heavily against the wall.

"Whoosh!" A cold front surged up, and the cold wind blew into the Zero Bar through the Bar Door.

Chen Luo saw a white-haired woman carrying a long spear, exuding endless coldness, looking coldly at the shop, appearing menacing.

If it weren't for the fact that Zero Bar wasn't an ordinary bar, Chen Luo would have even thought that the other party had come to cause trouble.

When Chen Luo finally saw the white-haired woman clearly, he was stunned for a moment.

While Chen Luo was stunned, the white-haired woman did not remain motionless. Instead, she stepped into the Zero Bar, pointed her long gun at Chen Luo, and said with her cherry lips slightly parted, "Are you my inner demon?"

"Ha?"

This unexpected meeting caught Chen Luo completely off guard.

What kind of new way of greeting is this?

However, there is indeed an inner demon in the family.

Chapter 124 My name Shenhe...

"Excuse me for asking, why do you call me 'Inner Demon'?" Chen Luo stood up from his seat and slowly walked towards the other person.

Chen Luo wasn't worried about the other person hurting him, since harming each other was prohibited in the Zero Bar unless Chen Luo gave permission.

Perhaps there really are people who can disregard the rules and make a move, but Chen Luo happens to know this woman, and in Chen Luo's understanding, she is not capable of breaking such rules.

After all, even Yakumo Yukari couldn't do it, so the opponent must be weaker than Yakumo Yukari.

"The gate that appeared out of nowhere has lingered in my mind ever since I saw it once, yet I can never see it again. What else could it be but a demon in my heart?" the white-haired woman coldly retorted.

"Just as Master said, the form of inner demons is ever-changing. It could even be a bar, and inside the bar is someone I've never seen before. Evil spirits are easy to exorcise, but inner demons are difficult to subdue..."

"You might have misunderstood. I'm not some kind of inner demon. I'm just an ordinary... a tavern owner," Chen Luo said cautiously.

"Skilled in words and feigning weakness, gaining trust by feigning sympathy—everything is just as Master said. Indeed, you are the inner demon." But the woman opposite Chen Luo stubbornly believed that everything Chen Luo did was just a pretense.

"It seems I still have a longing for the mortal world, which has allowed inner demons to invade me. Today, I will personally sever that longing."

"Ice Transformation into a Divine Power!"

After the white-haired woman finished speaking, Cryo power gathered, and a talisman instantly took shape. The moment the talisman dissipated, an ice spirit-like being with a similar figure to the woman appeared beside her and charged towards Chen Luo together.

Although you cannot harm others inside the tavern, you can still use your own power.

"Sigh..." Chen Luo sighed.

Although the woman seemed a bit violent, Chen Luo, who knew a little about her, felt that it was already quite generous of her to talk back to him for so long before actually attacking.

As for why the other party would think that he is a demon in his heart?

Perhaps it was because they saw someone summoning the tavern.

Seeing the woman rushing towards him, Chen Luo spread his arms wide, making no attempt to defend himself.

If you can harm even a hair on my head today, I'll admit defeat.

But once the other party gets tired of fighting, they should be able to listen to what I have to say, right?

As expected, another Problem Child.

Don't you have any normal guests?

However, just as the woman's gun tip was about to touch Chen Luo's brow, the gun stopped a centimeter in front of Chen Luo's brow.

"Hmm?" Chen Luo looked at the woman with a puzzled expression.

Why didn't you hit yourself?

"My name is Shenhe. I apologize for mistaking you for a demon." At this moment, Shenhe had already put away his spear.

For some reason, just as Shenhe was about to stab Chen Luo, Shenhe stopped.

Could it be that some inner demons even Shenhe couldn't bring himself to harm?

Or is it that Shenhe still harbors a little bit of attachment to the mortal world?

Of course, Chen Luo wants to reiterate that it is himself, not his inner demons.

"My Chen Luo, and I am not a demon."

"I already know that." Shenhe nodded slightly.

"But why did you stop at the last moment?" Chen Luo was very curious about this.

"The Vision".

"Um?"

"You have a Wind-type Vision at your waist." Chen Luo and Shenhe sat facing each other, and Shenhe pointed to Chen Luo's waist.

"Ah, because of this." Chen Luo subconsciously looked at the Vision hanging from his waist.

Although his Vision has undergone all sorts of insane modifications and absorbed countless amounts of Honkai, it is still the Vision, and it is also of the wind element.

To be honest, Chen Luo suspected that his Vision had absorbed more Honkai energy than he had ever done.

"Inner demons may appear in various forms, but the authenticity of the Vision is not so easy to imitate, especially since it is a wind-type Vision that has nothing to do with me," Shenhe said calmly.

Vision God is the gaze cast by the gods, and the gods are naturally difficult to imitate.

"Young hero, you have excellent eyesight." Chen Luo bowed respectfully.

"Young hero?" Shenhe tilted his head slightly.

Shenhe walked through the mountains and forests, she occasionally performed acts of chivalry. Some people called her a fairy, some called her a witch, but this was the first time she had ever been called a young hero.

"Well, don't worry about it, but may I ask why you think I'm a demon?" Chen Luo asked curiously.

"This..."

"Of course, if you're concerned about privacy, then you don't need to think about it."

"It wasn't about privacy. A while ago, I was meditating on the mountain. When I reached the top, I suddenly saw a strangely decorated building in an open space in the distance. It looked like a tavern. A woman came out of it and then jumped straight off the cliff."

"But when I realized what had happened and went to the tavern, I found that it had vanished without a trace, and the woman had jumped off the cliff and disappeared. Since then, the tavern has been like an illusion, frequently appearing before my eyes."

"I asked my master about this matter, but he said he didn't notice anything unusual on the mountain and suspected that I was being haunted by my inner demons, so he told me to focus on my cultivation."

"But the more I left the matter of my inner demons, the more it disturbed my cultivation. Finally, today, when I was troubled by the tavern, the tavern appeared."

Shenhe didn't continue talking about what happened next, but Chen Luo had already guessed it.

As for the woman, although Shenhe was vague, Chen Luo had some guesses.

Who else could it be but Mona?

Excluding Shen He, there are three guests on the Teyvat continent: Venti, Mona, and Yura. It's impossible for Yura to be killing monsters in Mondstadt every day. Venti can fly to other places at will, but it's probably unlikely that she'll go to Liyue, because she'll get beaten up by the Geo Archon.

Moreover, if Chen Luo remembered correctly, Mona first came to the bar after escaping from a secret realm. He heard that the mountain was covered with Qingxin, which sounded very much like the mountain where Cloud Retainer lived.

So Mona is definitely the culprit.

"Alright, since it's not a demon in my heart, I should be going now." After clearing up the misunderstanding, Shenhe stood up.

It seems the other person didn't intend to stay in this bar for long.

"Wait, all guests are welcome. Would you like to have a bowl of noodles before you leave?" Chen Luo suddenly called out to Shenhe.

Why are you walking so fast?

Moreover, Chen Luo felt that if Shenhe were to be let go like this, Shenhe might never come to this bar again, since Chen Luo had a general understanding of Shenhe's personality.

In Liyue, a method similar to astrology is divination, which can predict one's fate. There are two fates that can be considered extremely unlucky in Liyue.

The first is the Lonely Star, and the second is the Calamity Star. Shenhe is affected by both, thus he is destined to Solitary Star Calamity.

Therefore, the immortals used the Crimson Rope Soul Binding Method on Shenhe, binding her fierceness and murderous aura, while also seemingly imprisoning many of the emotions that originally belonged to a human being.

Simply put, it's a man-made three-nothing (no brand, no quality, no service).

Therefore, the other party doesn't have high desires, and if they really leave like that, they will basically never come to the bar again.

Letting a customer slip away like that is not the behavior of a competent store manager.

"Hmm? Noodles...? But I don't have any money on me today." Shenhe hesitated for a moment and then shook his head.

Although Shenhe had been cultivating on the mountain with the immortals since he was six years old, he still knew that buying things cost money; after all, he wasn't a fool.

Normally, who carries money when hiking in the mountains?

Shenhe only prepares some money when he needs to go down the mountain to experience the world; otherwise, money is truly just an external thing.

"It's alright, it's free, let's just consider it fate." Chen Luo shook his head.

Who cares about money? Chen Luo's family was never short of money, especially since Chen Luo had emptied someone's vault in Changkong City.

What Chen Luo lacks now is Primogem and crystal.

Although Chen Luo now possesses the Herrscher of Domination Authority and the Herrscher Authority of Knowledge, both of these are more auxiliary.

If possible, Chen Luo would like to acquire an offensive skill.

"Fate? Okay." Shenhe paused for a moment, then sat back down in his seat.

The master spoke of fate a lot, and this might be a special kind of fate.

"Of course it's fate. Not just anyone can come to my bar. It's a bar that connects different worlds. You might even see non-human things in this bar. There are very few customers in the bar, and most of them come after 8 pm."

"If something unexpected hadn't happened today, I wouldn't be in the store right now, and we might have missed each other."

"So it really is fate that we were able to meet."

Chen Luo said as he entered the small kitchen.

Or rather, the connection between Chen Luo and Shenhe was largely due to Mona.

If Chen Luo hadn't encountered Mona, who was nearly starving to death, when he sent the Herrscher of Knowledge to Changkong City, he wouldn't have stayed in this bar for long. And if he hadn't stayed, he naturally wouldn't have waited for Shenhe to come.

If it weren't for Mona, Shenhe wouldn't have caught a glimpse of the Zero Bar, let alone considered it his inner demon.

A series of coincidences led to an inevitability, which is truly rare.

A short while later, Chen Luo brought out a bowl of noodles.

"This is..." Shenhe was startled when Chen Luo placed the bowl of noodles in front of him.

Looking at the heart-shaped eggs arranged on the table, Shenhe was unusually lost in a moment of reminiscence.

"This is Heart-Connecting Noodles, you can try it, it should be delicious," Chen Luo said.

"Should?" Shenhe couldn't help but feel a little doubtful.

Shouldn't a peddler be full of praise for what he sells? Why is this person's explanation so vague?

"To be precise, this isn't noodles I made, it's noodles you made." Chen Luo walked over to Shenhe with a glass of juice and placed it next to Shenhe's bowl of noodles.

Seeing Shenhe's puzzled expression mixed with a hint of shock and nostalgia, Chen Luo began to explain, "Sometimes when a person's longing and desire reach their peak, a wish will be created. This tavern captures that wish and creates special delicacies, like the bowl of noodles in front of you."