Yujing Terrace.
Zhong Baiye had returned to a place that left him feeling rather uneasy.
The scenery here was lovely, offering a view of all of Liyue Harbor.
But the memory of being escorted away by the Millelith a few days ago left Zhong Baiye in no mood to admire it.
Soon, Zhong Baiye found the person they had come to see in a corner of Yujing Terrace-Madame Ping.
As for how he had found her so quickly, that was obvious. Madame Ping was the only person on the entire terrace with such an unusual teapot.
The wisps of bluish smoke rising from it were clearly visible from anywhere on Yujing Terrace.
In the game, he had thought the Serenitea Pot was only extraordinary on the inside, while its exterior looked no different from an ordinary teapot.
Only now, seeing it in reality, did Zhong Baiye realize how much bluish smoke it gave off.
Madame Ping had not noticed Zhong Baiye and his companions approaching. She was intently watching a glaze lily nearby.
Seeing her like that, neither Zhong Baiye nor Lumine dared disturb her. Paimon, however, was another matter.
After watching Zhong Baiye and Lumine stand there without doing anything for quite a while, Paimon grew impatient and spoke first.
"Madame Ping, Zhongli sent us to borrow the Cleansing Bell. I'm..."
Before Paimon could finish, Madame Ping raised a finger in a shushing gesture.
Then Zhong Baiye and Lumine witnessed something astonishing.
The leaves of the glaze lily Madame Ping had been watching slowly turned from white to yellow, then quickly from yellow to black.
First, a single petal fell. The other petals around it followed like dominoes, soon detaching from the stem as well.
Before long, only the bare center of the glaze lily remained, and even that