Genshin Impact: Awakening in the Darkness

Chapter 130 Preparing to Rebuild the Jade Pavilion

"Oh, what a nice day! I'm so relieved that Jin Xuan is alright." After what happened last night, Paimon woke up in a particularly good mood.

"That's right. If Paimon could eat a little less, it would be even better..."

"Hey, hey, hey!" Paimon pouted, pretending to be angry, indicating that he was very dissatisfied with Kong's words.

"Haha... Hmm? Paimon, look over there."

"Huh? What?"

Paimon looked in the direction Kong was pointing and saw that the direction of Yujingtai was crowded with people, who seemed to be waiting for something.

Paimon: "So many people, and so empty. Shall we go join the fun?"

Kong: "If you want, you can go and take a look."

"Let's go then!"

Paimon and Kong squeezed into the crowd, just as they were about to ask what was going on, when Ningguang, the "Tianquan Star," stepped forward to give a speech: "I have gathered you all here today to announce something important. Perhaps some of you have already heard the news, but I do indeed plan to rebuild the Qunyu Pavilion recently."

As soon as Ningguang finished speaking, the people below became excited.

Paimon: "Rebuilding the Jade Pavilion?! That's a huge project. No wonder so many people have been gathered."

"Lady Ningguang, is there anything we can help you with?" someone asked impatiently.

"No need to rush. After the news spread a few days ago, many people contacted me through various channels, wanting to join this project. Right now, I do have a few things I'd like to entrust to you all."

Ningguang, being a businessman, had long anticipated that someone would try to profit from this and thus inflate prices, so she was prepared: "Now that the project site has been selected and all kinds of building materials are ready, there are still three crucial items that have not been secured."

"These three items are the 'Floating Life Stone of Mingxia,' the 'Core of a Thousand Wonders,' and the 'Immortal Talisman.'"

"This... forgive my bluntness, but apart from the Floating Life Stone, I have never heard of the other two..." a merchant asked Ningguang.

"Only floating stones of sufficient size can be given the name 'Mingxia,' which is the foundation for the Qunyu Pavilion's ascent. The Qianqi Core is the core of the Qunyu Pavilion's mechanical structure. As for the immortal talismans, their function is to effectively combine the mechanical devices with immortal techniques, and they are equally indispensable."

Ningguang patiently explained to everyone, and Paimon was immediately intrigued: "Kong, could we ask Jin Xuan to draw one of those 'Immortal Talismans'?"

"Hehe, what a coincidence. I just asked yesterday, and Jin Xuan knows absolutely nothing about drawing talismans; only Qing Yue does..."

Paimon was instantly taken aback by Sora's words: "Ah... never mind then, let's not participate..."

He stood there with his arms crossed, looking at Paimon. He was bet she'd change her mind soon enough.

After Ningguang's speech ended, almost all the businessmen present scattered in a rush, seemingly vying for this opportunity.

“You all heard what I just said, right? So, are you interested in participating?” Ningguang walked over to Kong and Paimon: “Once this is accomplished, you can ask me any question you like.”

Sora: "Can I really ask anything?"

"I will tell you everything I know."

Sora: (Maybe I can ask her about my sister...)

Paimon (☆_☆): "Really? Then I have to ask, how does Ningguang do business! That way, we'll never run out of Mora for our future travels!"

"Didn't you just say you weren't going to participate?" Kong looked at Paimon with an expression that said he had seen through everything.

“This… uh, that was just now, now it’s now, I… I’ve decided to participate.”

"Hehe, be sure to keep track of the time. This is a rare opportunity, don't let someone else get there first. I have other important matters to attend to and cannot accompany you to the site. Once you get there, just contact my secretary." After saying goodbye, Ningguang left.

Meanwhile, over there in Jueyun Pass—

"Xuan Yue, are you going down the mountain?" Liu Yunfei saw Xuan Yue, who had transformed into a human form, as soon as he arrived at the entrance of Xuan Yue's cave. She was practically identical to Xuan Qing, even her strange eyes had changed.

"Yes, news came from the Flying Cloud Merchant Guild today that Ningguang is going to rebuild the Jade Pavilion, which has attracted many people to come and inquire. The manager was afraid he wouldn't be able to control the merchants, so he invited me over to sit in the back and keep things quiet."

"Oh, that's what I came for too. A few years ago I took on a new disciple named Shen He. I accepted Tianquan's invitation, so I had her leave the mountain a few days early. I suppose you haven't met her yet," Liu Yun explained.

"So you came to find me because—"

"I beg you to go and look after Shen Heyi." Liu Yun explained, "That child has a 'lonely curse' fate, so her emotions were sealed with a red string, making it difficult for her to integrate into the mortal world now."

"Hmm...it is indeed difficult. If the 'Lonely Demon' fate is not controlled, it will harm relatives and friends, and even the person themselves will find it difficult to escape its control. But since you have sealed it, nothing should go wrong, right?"

Liu Yun shook his head: "It's because her emotions were sealed that her misunderstanding of the mortal world deepened, and she was never able to integrate into it."

"..." Xuan Yue pondered. Liu Yun was the best at taking care of children among them, but even she didn't know that. So where did the problem lie?

"Random question: Judging from the name Shen He, she should be a girl. So, what are her habits when encountering bad people in the mortal realm...?"

"Uh..." Liu Yun found it difficult to answer.

Just then, Kong and Pai Meng saw two men with ill intentions approaching a beautiful, white-haired woman.

They pestered her relentlessly, but the woman initially ignored them. However, they persisted and stood in her way. Seeing this, Konghe Paimeng immediately summoned Qianyan Army to help the woman escape.

Paimon: "Are you alright?"

"Shen He," the white-haired woman said.

"???"

"Shen He, that's my name."

Paimon: "Oh, so your name is Shen He! My name is Paimon, and this is Kong!"

"I've heard of you. Thank you for helping me out just now," Shen He said calmly. "Although I could have handled it myself. According to the book, if you just grab that person's head and slam it on the ground three times, he should behave."

"Eh!" ∑(°口°?)！ ！ (Paimon)

"Hey!" Σ( ° △ °|||)︴ (empty)

-----

Xuan Yue (°ー°〃)！！！：Liu Yun, you're not kidding me, are you? You taught Shen He according to the book I wrote before, and you still let her figure it out on her own?

"Is there anything wrong with that book? It's not wrong either. We should severely punish vicious criminals."

"But the contents are meant to teach Little Golden Roc a basic method to distinguish between good and evil in humans while he's undergoing combat training. It's what I'm going to give to Xiao..."

“…Eh…” Liu Yun was stunned.

"The vicious villains in that book refer to the demonic beasts from the Demon God War! Humans don't have that kind of resilience; they basically can't withstand a single blow from a demonic beast. Wait, your disciple is female, so she shouldn't be very strong, and nothing should happen to her..."

"...Hmm, being able to easily lift a huge rock...is that not very strong?" Liu Yun asked weakly, which stunned Xuan Yue.

Without a word, he immediately opened a portal to Liyue Harbor to find the immortal disciple named Shen He. He was afraid someone might die if he was any later—

------

Empty, Paimon: (Any later and someone would have died!!!)