Before long, it was the following evening.
The Tianquan, Ningguang, had stopped paying attention to the Northland Bank. Everything was going according to plan, and it wasn't worth wasting any more of her time or energy on it. There were people specifically assigned to keep an eye on the bank's movements and track the plan's progress. So, when she heard that evening that Xiangling from Wanmin Restaurant was going to take a look at some rare "big tree," she naturally made time to happily go along.
And so!
As night gradually fell, they set out along the path from Chihu Rock. After walking for nearly half an hour, they finally arrived at their destination.
"This is..."
"What a spectacular mushroom!"
"It's so, so big!"
When she saw the two enormous mushrooms glowing blue in the moonlight, with strands of colorful mycelium dangling from them and swaying in the wind like willow branches or silk ribbons, Xiangling gasped in amazement. Completely entranced, she hurried over at once.
"It looks pretty good!"
"No wonder..."
"No wonder Annie went all the way to the depths of the Chasm to dig it up and bring it back..."
"If it were me, I wouldn't be able to pass it up either!"
"I never knew Liyue had ingredients like this that I'd never seen before. This is truly amazing!"
Xiangling ran her hands over the giant mushroom's hard stalk, sniffing and tapping it as she went. She studied it in awe once again, stopping just short of taking a bite to try it.
Of course, she wasn't studying it as a rare curiosity. She was studying it as food—because Xiangling was a genius young chef, not some scholar.
"Hmm..."
"It really is quite beautiful."
"Keqing had the Millelith seal off the area and keep out all