Jiang Xiaofeng naturally knew nothing of Xiao's reaction.
He was simply happy to have received a token from Xiao.
Jiang Xiaofeng examined the Nuo mask token, which looked extremely similar to the mask Xiao summoned when activating Bane of All Evil.
He found nothing special about it.
Perhaps it would react if he went looking for that world quest called "The Yaksha's Wish"?
Recalling that it seemed to be the place where some yaksha had fallen, Jiang Xiaofeng decided to take a look when he had the chance.
For now, though, what he needed to do was hurry to Liyue Harbor.
He could go openly, without sneaking into Liyue Harbor to avoid attracting attention like last time!
And this time, whether it was Yanshang Teahouse or those two fish sellers, he was going to teach them all a lesson!
Jiang Xiaofeng spread his dragon wings and flew toward Liyue Harbor, carrying the map kindly provided by the innkeeper, Verr Goldet.
However...
As Jiang Xiaofeng passed through Guili Plains, he remembered that there seemed to be five golden chests to find here...
Jiang Xiaofeng crashed to the ground with a clang.
Jiang Xiaofeng charged at the most conspicuous seated Ruin Guard and thrust Acceptance straight into it!
Before the Ruin Guard could even stand up, that single strike disabled it.
Jiang Xiaofeng pulled out Acceptance and dug out its core.
"Now you won't be able to move again."
With that, Jiang Xiaofeng kicked open the chest, took all the Mora, closed the lid, and left it behind.
Then Jiang Xiaofeng came to the challenge.
Slimes and Hilichurls crawled out of the ground?
Were these zombies?!
Jiang Xiaofeng grabbed the head of a flailing Hilichurl and crushed it. Taking a look, he said, "That's not rotten tofu pudding either, is it? Forget it, who cares..."
As before, Jiang Xiaofeng looted all the Mora from the two chests.
No matter how hard he tried, Jiang Xiaofeng couldn't remember where the remaining two chests were.
"Ah, forget it."
Jiang Xiaofeng opened the map and found the marker for a circular pool.
"Straight to the big treasure!"
Jiang Xiaofeng plunged straight into the pool, took up the Cursed Sword, pried open the three chests, and closed them after taking the Mora.
Then Jiang Xiaofeng climbed ashore and dug out the cores of the three Ruin Guards.
"Hmm..."
Feeling that he had gone a little too far, Jiang Xiaofeng wandered around Guili Plains for a while and, sure enough, found an intellectual-looking woman staring blankly at a stone tablet.
"Hey, young lady."
Startled by Jiang Xiaofeng descending from the sky, Soraya patted her ample chest to calm herself and said, "Hello, um... sir. What sort of creature are you..."
Soraya carefully searched her store of knowledge, but found no description of a species like Jiang Xiaofeng.
"Never mind that. Don't you want to know what happened here?"
Jiang Xiaofeng pointed at Guili Plains behind him as he spoke.
"That's right, but I don't seem to be able to find all the information myself..."
At this point, a sudden gleam appeared in Soraya's eyes as she looked at Jiang Xiaofeng.
Jiang Xiaofeng waved a hand.
"I'm not here to help you. I'm just here to tell you something."
Soraya was a little disappointed, but still asked, "What is it?"
Jiang Xiaofeng said unhurriedly, "When the wish in your heart becomes strong enough, some fool will come and fulfill it for you."
"This means you don't want to know the history of Guili Plains badly enough yet."
"Keep at it. Someone else will come run errands for you soon."
"Remember to prepare some Mora and some blue-and-pink stones shaped like my eyes as payment. You don't need much Mora, but the more of those stones, the better."
"Otherwise, that person will go crazy."
Jiang Xiaofeng patted Soraya on the shoulder and flew away.
"Another land mine planted for Lumine. Nice..."
Jiang Xiaofeng shook a small bag, weighing it in his hand.
"Looks like a few thousand Mora... not bad."
As Jiang Xiaofeng traveled, he still went down to harvest any monsters he spotted, just like the Traveler farming the overworld.
No, mowing down mobs would be more accurate.
Jiang Xiaofeng quite enjoyed doing this.
After all, the Traveler liked collecting these things, so he could collect them too and sell them to the Traveler!
He didn't need anything else, just Mora!
Hahahaha...
Laughing, Jiang Xiaofeng smashed a Mitachurl's head.
After collecting its horn and mask, Jiang Xiaofeng spread his dragon wings and left.
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the map.
"The terrain hasn't changed much, but every place has been scaled up quite a bit..."
Jiang Xiaofeng flew into the sky.
This is just one long road...
Jiang Xiaofeng thought as he looked at the road stretching into the distance, its end almost out of sight.
"Nothing for it. I'd better fly there quickly."
Jiang Xiaofeng activated Wings of the Crow and began sprinting.
"Ugh, why is it that I can only activate Teleport Waypoints now?"
"If I could've activated them when I first saw them, I wouldn't have to travel like this now. I could just teleport."
Jiang Xiaofeng flew along in boredom, looking at the scenery around him.
Hey, you know what? These plains really are quite pretty...
Jiang Xiaofeng landed on the ground, thinking that taking a walk and enjoying the surroundings wouldn't be bad either.
"Phew..."
Jiang Xiaofeng walked slowly.
He walked and walked...
"Fuck, the sun's brutal."
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the blazing sun hanging overhead and cursed.
"I'm roasting. No more waiting. Straight to Liyue Harbor at full speed!"
Jiang Xiaofeng spread his dragon wings, activated Wings of the Crow, and sprinted straight ahead.
To make himself reach Liyue Harbor faster in real-world terms, Jiang Xiaofeng even brought out Time Warp, which he hadn't had a use for in a while!
Jiang Xiaofeng continued onward, starting to use Time Warp almost precisely when the midday sun was hanging overhead.
"..."
"I feel like I'm punishing myself."
Jiang Xiaofeng activated Time Warp and spoke as he looked at the sun.
In fact, even now, Jiang Xiaofeng hadn't felt there was anything wrong with having two Time Warps.
After all, although he could encounter plenty of identical skills in the game, he couldn't equip duplicates, except in custom mode.
But this was reality, so that restriction surely didn't exist.
Yes, that was what Jiang Xiaofeng thought.
Jiang Xiaofeng soon reached the final downhill stretch leading to Liyue Harbor.
There was another Waypoint there.
Jiang Xiaofeng sighed. "Good thing the Waypoints I unlock aren't shared with the Traveler's, or the Traveler could find me right now..."
Jiang Xiaofeng still didn't want to face the Traveler so soon.
After all, he had really screwed Venti over. Given the relationship between those two, Lumine would definitely take him for a member of the Fatui and want to settle the score for Venti.
On the other hand, Lumine would also come asking Jiang Xiaofeng for information about the Abyss.
After all, her brother was in the Abyss...
Jiang Xiaofeng unlocked the Waypoint, teleported back and forth between Wangshu Inn and the Waypoint before him, then continued onward.
He had even forgotten that Teleport Waypoints were the same sort of thing as portals. The only reason Jiang Xiaofeng hadn't unlocked the Waypoints before was that he hadn't used any power at all and had merely touched them!
Really, Jiang Xiaofeng had only failed to realize this because his brain had short-circuited!
Jiang Xiaofeng landed at Liyue Harbor's actual main entrance with a clang.
"Liyue Harbor, long time no see... this is the second time."