After receiving Yucheng's answer, Beidou said that once the Crux Clash Tournament was over and the fleet had restocked, they could probably set sail in a little under half a month. In other words, Yucheng only had a little under half a month left to spend with Shenhe.
After the banquet, everyone went their separate ways. Beidou had to handle the preliminary publicity for the Crux Clash Tournament.
Lumine and Paimon began preparing for the tournament with some pre-match training. After all, Lumine was the great hero who had saved Liyue. If she stumbled in this tournament, her reputation would be ruined instead.
Although she could use elemental power without a Vision, the tournament explicitly prohibited Vision holders from competing. Naturally, she could not use elemental power either and would have to win through pure combat skill and ability.
Yun Jin, meanwhile, had to return to the Yun-Han Opera Troupe to make further revisions and additions to the script for The Divine Damsel of Devastation and rehearse it, while also making ample preparations for her upcoming performance at the Jade Chamber.
This was far grander than performing at Heyu Teahouse. With such a rare publicity opportunity, she naturally would not wrap things up after performing only The Divine Damsel of Devastation, as she had in the game. That only lasted a few minutes. At the very least, she would have to arrange several more operas to sustain the celebration banquet following the Jade Chamber's successful completion.
As for Shenhe, she silently followed behind Yucheng all the way out of the city. Only then did Yucheng slow his steps so she could gradually catch up, until they were walking side by side.
Yucheng took the opportunity to take Shenhe's small hand. Her hand was very soft and cool, while his was