Lumine and Paimon went to investigate and discovered that Mao Cai Gong was working with the Fatui.
Mao Cai Gong: "I know, I know. I'll make sure the order is completed without a hitch."
Fatui Agent: "That would be best. As I told you before, the Fatui only care about results."
Paimon and Lumine left.
Paimon: "I wonder how that bookworm is getting on."
The two found Xingqiu reading beside a raised platform.
Paimon: "You bookworm! You just moved somewhere else to read!"
Xingqiu: "It's much as I suspected. Don't worry, I already have a plan. I have a letter here. Please take it to my household servant. He'll know what to do."
Xingqiu: "There's no need to read its contents."
[Thoma: Xingqiu is getting his family's commerce guild involved.]
[Yun Jin: With the Feiyun Commerce Guild's resources, dealing with that merchant called Mao Cai Gong would certainly be easy.]
[Ningguang: Still, I doubt this matter will be that simple. From what I know of the Feiyun Commerce Guild, incidents like this have happened more than once.]
[Xingqiu: As expected of Ningguang of the Liyue Qixing.]
The moment Paimon took the note...
Ding-Livestream quiz! Please guess how the Feiyun Commerce Guild's household servant can recognize it. 1: A true hero's noble deeds move the Feiyun Commerce Guild. 2: The Feiyun Commerce Guild's secret code. 3: Xingqiu's signature. 4: Unbelievably ugly handwriting. 5: The Feiyun Commerce Guild was actually notified beforehand. This is merely a token he provided on a whim. 100 people will be selected from the regular livestream to answer. Correct answers will earn one piece of high-quality ore. The penalty for an incorrect answer is to drink ten buckets of water within three hours. In the elite livestream, Xingqiu, Hu Tao, Chongyun, Xiangling, Yanfei, and Yelan may not answer or be selected, and may not reveal the answer. Two people may buzz in.
"Pfft-"
"Ten buckets?"
"Hahaha, you can have this one. I'm not buzzing in."
"You'll drink yourself to death!"
"High-quality ore could be worth around a hundred thousand Mora. I'm Shitou, an ore merchant from Liyue."
[Arataki Itto: The brothers of our Arataki Gang have to get a spot...]
[Arataki Itto: Sob, sob... Otherwise, we really won't have any money for food. We ate tree bark yesterday.]
[Yuan Tai: Sob, sob... Boss!]
[A-Huang: Sob, sob... Boss!]
[Xinyan: Aren't you guys having it a little too rough?]
[Xingqiu: No, no, no!]
[Amber: What's wrong? Why are you crying all of a sudden?]
[Yanfei: I've already started laughing.]
[Yelan: I know too. Hahahaha.]
[Chongyun: I'm not laughing. Xingqiu, you have to believe me.]
Sangonomiya Kokomi rubbed her chin.
[Kamisato Ayato: This question looks like it comes down to three choices. Little sister, why not give it a try?]
[Kamisato Ayaka: I'll keep quiet a little longer.] The young lady was still sulking.
[Ganyu: Now that everyone knows Young Master Xingqiu is the Feiyun Commerce Guild's second son, the answer should be one of 2, 3, or 5.]
By then, everyone at Wanmin Restaurant was laughing uncontrollably.
Beidou: "What's so funny? Why are you all laughing like that?"
Hu Tao: "We can't say yet. If we do, we'll get corporal punishment."
Chongyun: "As Xingqiu's poetry friend, Director Hu Tao has already laughed over this many times."
Countdown: three, two, one. Please buzz in. Ding-Keqing and Yae Miko have secured the chance to answer.
[Ningguang: Nice speed, Keqing.]
[Tartaglia: Damn it, how are you all so fast? I haven't managed to buzz in once.]
[Kamisato Ayato: Lady Guuji has made her move. Does that mean she knows the answer?]
[Ganyu: Keqing, what did you choose?]
[Keqing: We all know Xingqiu is the Feiyun Commerce Guild's second son. He was taught music, strategy games, calligraphy, and painting from childhood, and went to a martial sect to train. Based on the story as well, I first ruled out 1 and 4, leaving 2, 3, and 5. Here in Liyue, merchants all have secret codes and terminology. The Feiyun Commerce Guild is no exception, so I chose 2.]
[Ningguang: Sound reasoning. Liyue's merchants all have their own secret codes. There are at least three different passwords for ascending to my Jade Chamber alone.]
[Yanfei: Keqing... Rest in peace.]
[Hu Tao: Hahahahaha!]
[Keqing: ????]
Ding-Keqing chose 2. Incorrect answer! Penalty: cut up ten carts of beef offal within ten minutes in Liyue Harbor, then sell it all within five days. If total sales fall below 500,000 Mora, you will receive severe corporal punishment. Any excess earnings will belong to Keqing. No helpers are allowed.
Keqing: "What? Cut up beef offal? Sell it all in five days?"
In an instant, everyone saw Keqing teleported to the busiest spot in Liyue, with ten carts of beef offal dropped in beside her.
[Yanfei: @Keqing, hurry and start cutting! You only have ten minutes. There's a penalty if you don't finish before time runs out!]
Only then did Keqing snap out of it.
She drew her sword, rinsed the offal, and began cutting. She had to sell this, so how could she leave it dirty?
All of Teyvat was watching.
[Kaeya: Cutting like that is too slow. You need to speed up.]
[Thoma: She can't get any helpers, and time is tight.]
Keqing set her jaw and tossed a cartload of beef offal into the air.
"Take this! My sword shines like me! Cut through every impurity!"
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