Genshin: Ningguang or Little Pitiful, Invested by Me

Although the little girl is young, her outstanding business acumen has already been revealed, knowing how to attract customers to buy more goods.

Seeing that little Ningguang was thin and had carried heavy star shells all day, it must have been difficult, Fang Xun decided to alleviate her pressure.

"Little girl, I'll take all these star shells."

Fang Xun now has 100,000 Mora from the system, so buying these star shells is more than enough.

To him, this transaction was just a drop in the bucket, neither here nor there, but for Ningguang, it could relieve the pressure on her entire family.

As expected, when Ningguang heard Fang Xun's words, her big, watery eyes became exceptionally bright.

"Brother, are you serious?"

Ningguang had initially thought Fang Xun only wanted one or two star shells, she never expected him to buy them all!

This was an unexpected surprise for Ningguang.

While happy, Ningguang was also a little worried, afraid Fang Xun was teasing her, and that he wouldn't buy even a single one.

This wasn't the first time something like this had happened.

Some merchants had said they would buy all of Ningguang's star shells, but after Ningguang painstakingly sorted them out, the merchant would then say they didn't want any of them, and felt proud of successfully tricking the little girl.

From then on, Ningguang hated deception the most.

Fang Xun nodded and said seriously, "Of course, I never lie, and I certainly wouldn't lie to a naive and innocent little girl like you."

Little Ningguang's eyes welled up with tears, and she was deeply touched.

She felt that Fang Xun in front of her was truly different from those cold and heartless adults.

"Then there are fifteen star shells here. Four thousand Mora for all of them."

Originally, these star shells, including the discount package, would have sold for five thousand Mora.

But little Ningguang felt Fang Xun was a good person, so she decided to sell them to him at a discount.

Chapter 3: Obtaining Intertwined Fate, First Draw Yields Top-Tier Item

What can four thousand Mora do?

In the game, buying a portion of Mora Meat at a restaurant costs 430 Mora.

Buying a famous specialty dish, 'Slow-Cooked Wildfowl Stew,' costs 6,600 Mora.

Even twenty years ago in Liyue, the prices wouldn't have changed much.

In other words, four thousand Mora in Liyue wouldn't even buy a decent meal.

But for a poor family like Ningguang's, four thousand Mora was several days' living expenses, enough to fill their stomachs.

"Thank you, big brother!" After receiving the Mora, Ningguang smiled sweetly, her eyes curving into crescents, radiant as a flower.

It was the first time she had received so much Mora, so she carefully tucked the money pouch into her embrace, holding it tightly, afraid of dropping it or having it stolen.

Little Ningguang didn't know how to express her joy and gratitude to Fang Xun.

After thinking for a long time, she finally bowed seriously to Fang Xun to express her thanks.

In little Ningguang's eyes, Fang Xun had helped her a great deal.

"Big brother, my name is Ningguang. What's your name?"

Ningguang finally remembered that after talking with Fang Xun for so long, she still didn't know his name.

She found Fang Xun's attire novel and hadn't seen him in Liyue before, so he must be a traveler from afar.

"Little Ningguang, my name is Fang Xun."

"If you encounter any trouble, you can come find me."

Fang Xun paused, afraid his words might be too abrupt and startle Ningguang, so he added, "You look a lot like an old acquaintance of mine."

"Seeing you always reminds me of her."

"When she was little, she went through similar experiences to yours, so I wanted to help you as much as possible."

Little Ningguang blinked her big eyes. Being young, she didn't quite understand Fang Xun's words, but she understood that Fang Xun wanted to help her.

Little Ningguang silently committed Fang Xun's name to memory, then she nodded vigorously. "Okay, I'll remember it."

"Then, brother Fang Xun, I'll be heading back now!"

Seeing the sun had completely set, Ningguang realized it was time to go home, so she waved goodbye to Fang Xun.

Just then, a system voice sounded in Fang Xun's mind.

"Ding! Detected an increase in Ningguang's favorability towards the host!"

Fang Xun's heart stirred with an unspeakable bitterness.

He had only helped Ningguang a little, and he had already gained her favor.

This showed just how difficult Ningguang's life had been before.

In endless darkness, even the faintest glimmer of light could shine brilliantly.

Fang Xun decided to continue helping Ningguang.

It wasn't just to increase her favorability, so he could be supported by a rich woman later and shave off a few years of struggle...

Most importantly, he felt he had a lot in common with Ningguang.

This little girl was resilient and had an unyielding spirit.

Those who believe in miracles are themselves as remarkable as miracles.

At this moment, the system's voice continued to sound in his mind.

"Ningguang's favorability has increased from 0 to Level 1. Congratulations to the host for obtaining 1 Intertwined Fate. An additional reward is granted: a 5-star Artifact, Gladiator's Nostalgia."

Fang Xun wasn't surprised to receive an Intertwined Fate.

After all, the system had previously stated that increasing a goddess's favorability would yield Acquaint Fate.

However, he hadn't expected the additional reward.

Artifacts themselves were a unique feature of this game.

After a character's level and talent skills were maxed out, the only way to further improve them was through Artifacts.

An excellent Artifact could increase a character's potential.

Fang Xun opened his inventory to check the Artifact's stats.

He had expected to collect fodder and Mora to slowly enhance this Artifact, but he hadn't anticipated that the Artifact would be max level upon receiving it.

And the Artifacts given by the system were maxed out at level twenty-eight!

This meant there was even more room for improvement!

Fang Xun eagerly checked the Artifact's sub-stats, hoping for more Crit DMG and Crit Rate.

However, upon seeing the Artifact's sub-stats, he was dumbfounded.

Defense +35%

Defense +39

Crit DMG +7.8%

Crit Rate +3.2%

Fang Xun: "???"

Why isn't this Artifact

upgrading?

Truly a cowardly gladiator who fears death!

All the sub-stats rolled into Defense!

What, are you telling me to stack Defense?

The ceiling for pure defense?

Fang Xun was speechless.

He couldn't help but recall all the times his Artifact enhancements had gone wrong, and it made his liver ache.

At this moment, Fang Xun's gaze fell upon the Intertwined Fate.

Since the Artifact had gone wrong, he decided to try his luck with a pull.

When Fang Xun played games before, he often went for pulls after his Artifact enhancements went awry.

This was a kind of superstition, perhaps the luck he lacked in Artifact enhancement would carry over to his pulls?