"Ding-you have been invited to the Elite Livestream Room." [Hu Tao: Awoo-how's everyone doing? It's been seven days. I've missed you all so much! If you're not doing well, come see me. If someone close to you isn't doing well, that works too. Our Wangsheng Funeral Parlor is a time-honored establishment in Liyue. Satisfaction guaranteed!] [Sangonomiya Kokomi: Director Hu certainly is full of energy.] [Hu Tao: What else can I do? I lost four hundred thousand last time!] [Zhongli: Ahem, @Hu Tao, Director.] [Hu Tao: Huh?] [Xiangling: Mr. Zhongli, you didn't forget to bring Mora again, did you?] [Zhongli: I forgot again. My apologies.] [Jean: Hello, everyone. It's been a few days.] [Kaeya: Kaeya, Cavalry Captain of the Knights of Favonius, reporting in.] [Yoimiya: Hello, Ice-Crossing Adeptus!] [Yun Jin: Hello, Ice-Crossing Adeptus!] [Paimon: Hello, Ice-Crossing Adeptus!] [Xiao: Hmph. Such disrespect for the adepti.] [Keqing: @Acting Grand Master Jean, is the Immortal-Binding Rope useful?] [Klee: Waaaah, really useful! Klee's been caught twice in seven days!] [Amber: ...] [Lisa: ...] [Noelle: Even Stormterror hasn't come to bother us these past few days.] [Venti: Ehe!] [Rosaria: Master Diluc, can we take a break at this hour?] [Barbara: Sister Rosaria, why have you been away so much these past few days?!] [Rosaria: Aren't I working to pay off my debt?] [Kuki Shinobu: Sigh. What are we going to do about the Mora?] [Arataki Itto: I'm losing all hope! Two hundred thousand Mora became four hundred thousand in seven days. How am I supposed to pay it back at this rate?] [Thoma: @Arataki Itto, at this rate, the title of Inazuma's Number One Deadbeat is yours for the taking.] [Arataki Itto: Then I'm still number one! Hahahaha!] [Paimon: This Arataki Itto sure is optimistic. Just how much Fisherman's Toast could you buy with all that Mora?] [Xingqiu: You all entered the livestream room so quickly.] [Chongyun: I made sure to prepare several popsicles this time.] [Yae Miko: Well, if it isn't Liyue's cross-dressing master?] [Xingqiu covered his face: I'm too ashamed to face anyone. I haven't dared leave the house these past seven days. Even when new books arrived at Wanwen Bookhouse, I didn't dare go look.] [Bennett: Um... could someone come rescue us at the Temple of the Thousand Winds? I'm trapped in the ruins again.] [Kaeya: ...] [Yanfei: ...] [Thoma: ...] [Hu Tao: @Bennett, seriously, won't you consider the services of our Wangsheng Funeral Parlor?] [Chongyun: You should call out, "Razor, my friend!"] [Razor: I... went to save him. Got... locked inside too.]
Everyone: "..."
[Fischl: I heard the murmurs of fate whispering your honored names. Descend into darkness and sever its sins!] [Oz: What milady means is that she heard your cries for help. Wait a little while, and she'll be there.] [Diluc: This is a special occasion. Everyone, take a break.] "This livestream's feature-The Jianghu Asks Not of One's Origins."
Across all of Teyvat, everyone stopped what they were doing.
What would this livestream be about?
The barrage of comments in the ordinary livestream room was as explosive as ever.
The footage appeared, showing Liyue Harbor from above.
[Sangonomiya Kokomi: So this is Liyue Harbor? It's beautiful.] [Jean: A vibrant nation with the most developed commerce.] [Ganyu: It's all thanks to Rex Lapis guiding everyone.] [Keqing: The Liyue Qixing always welcome guests from afar.]
"It's our Liyue!"
"I told you! Last time was a story about Mondstadt, so this time would probably be Liyue."
"Heh heh, I did my homework this time and gathered some information about Liyue."
"Who doesn't have those scraps of historical information you've got?!"
"Today, I, Tian Tie Zui, will redeem myself!"
"First the Knights of Favonius, now the Millelith. They're so dependable. As for our Inazuma..."
"What, have you got a problem with Inazuma? We have the Shogun!"
"The Shogun will protect our Inazuma!"
"Let's watch the livestream."
The camera swept over Liyue Harbor from high above, then returned to its busiest commercial street.
Two familiar figures appeared on-screen.
Lumine and Paimon.
[Paimon: Why is it us again?!] [Amber: Little Paimon and Lumine are now the most famous people in Teyvat, especially little Paimon.] [Paimon: Hehe, really?] [Ningguang: Put simply, they're just convenient tools.] [Paimon: ...] [Lumine: ...]
The camera followed them up to the third floor, to Wanwen Bookhouse.
Paimon said, "Wanwen Bookhouse... that's Liyue's bookstore, right? Should we ask if they have the Liyue volume of the Teyvat Travel Guide?"
Jifang said, "We stopped selling that book a long time ago. It wasn't very popular."
[Jifang: Welcome to Wanwen Bookhouse! We have plenty of new and antique books. Come browse, buy, or publish with us!]
Seeing the owner of Wanwen Bookhouse advertising her business, Hu Tao clenched her fists.
[Hu Tao: Darn it! When will they livestream our Wangsheng Funeral Parlor? This could bring in business from all across Teyvat!] [Yanfei: Director Hu, the affairs of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor aren't really suitable for livestreaming, are they?] [Barbara: Please don't ever show the church on the livestream. May Lord Barbatos protect us.]
Paimon said, "But the Mondstadt volume was so interesting!"
Jifang said, "That book was too eccentric. Not only did it fail to sell, it even drew complaints. If you really want to read it, try asking Chang the Ninth."
Paimon said, "Chang the Ninth?"
Jifang said, "He lives in Qingce Village and collects all sorts of books. He's a longtime customer of mine. I occasionally send him some out-of-print books for his collection."
Suddenly, a figure everyone had become familiar with seven days earlier stepped forward.
"Out-of-print books? Then the out-of-print Legend of the Shattered Halberd might be in his collection too?"
Paimon looked over. "Who are you?"
[Yoimiya: The cross-dressing master!] [Amber: The cross-dressing master!] [Xinyan: The cross-dressing master!] [Kaeya: The cross-dressing master!] [Xingqiu: Stop saying that-]
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