Chapter 37: Flower of the Earth Vein

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Chen Tianfeng blinked once, then blinked again, looking down at the young immortal’s expressionless face. He was shocked and confused at first, then suddenly realized.

It was Mr. Zhongli.

Only Zhongli could make Xiao make such a promise and rack his brains to come up with such a lame excuse.

But what did Mr. Zhongli want from him?

He preached and answered questions, and arranged for immortals to protect his safety.

Chen Tianfeng couldn’t figure it out. It couldn’t be that he thought he had a promising future and invested in advance, wanting him to help protect Liyue or fight against the law of nature?

This was a bit too much of a compliment to him.

“Thank you, sir!”

Chen Tianfeng couldn’t think of the reason, so he simply stopped thinking about it. No matter what Zhongli was planning, he would know it in the future. If it was a good intention, he would accept it calmly and try his best to repay it; if it was a sugar-coated bullet, he would eat the sugar coating and throw the bullet back.

Anyway, he would not do anything to kill himself, no matter how great the favor was.

"Well, you're welcome."

Xiao nodded, and stared at Chen Tianfeng in silence for a few seconds. After confirming that he had not missed anything, he looked away: "Goodbye."

Chen Tianfeng watched the young immortal turn into a gust of wind, and his figure disappeared in an instant. He left as quietly as he came.

It is still easier for people with expressionless faces to lie. You can't tell the difference between lying and telling the truth.

Chen Tianfeng shook his head and continued to stand in front of the railing. After a while, he thought about it again, walked around the railing, patted the railing, smiled inexplicably, and turned to leave.

On the middle floor of Wangshu Inn, the innkeeper Phil Godet was watching the passengers coming in and out of the inn while teasing the cat carelessly.

"Knock knock."

There was a knocking sound on the counter. Filgodette looked in the direction of the sound and raised her eyebrows slightly: "Hello, judging from your attire, are you an adventurer from Liyue?"

"I guess so."

Chen Tianfeng glanced around, took out a token with the Tianquan logo from his arms, put it on the table, and pushed it to Filgodette: "Boss, I want to ask you something."

Filgodette's eyes flashed with surprise. He picked up the token and rubbed it in his hands for a few times. After confirming its authenticity, he returned the token to Chen Tianfeng and said with a smile: "What does the guest want to ask?"

Chen Tianfeng put away the token given to him by Ye Lan and said: "Shimen area, the Red Hand Society."

There was a rumor that Wangshu Inn was the property of Qixing. In addition to the inn work, it was also responsible for collecting intelligence, observing passing merchants, adventurers and travelers, and identifying whether they posed a threat to Liyue.

Regarding this rumor, Ye Lan said that it was not a rumor, but a real fact.

"Red Hand Society, please wait a moment."

Filgodette rummaged under the counter, took out an envelope, and pushed it to Chen Tianfeng: "Three hundred Moras."

"···" Chen Tianfeng was silent for a few seconds, his eyes gradually became stunned: "You still want to charge money?"

Isn't Wangshu Inn the property of Tianquan Ningguang?

He has the token of Tianquan, can't he be reimbursed?

"It's a small business, please forgive me." Filgodette smiled.

So he gave three hundred Moras and took the envelope.

Chen Tianfeng returned to the guest room, tore open the envelope, took out the two thin pieces of letter paper inside, and read them sentence by sentence.

The Red Hand Society originally had a lot of people, but after being suppressed by the Qianyan Army several times, there are now less than 20 people left. The big boss is a Mondstadt, and it is said that he has the support of an unknown Mondstadt force behind him; the vice president is a Liyue person, and it seems that he is also colluding with some mysterious force behind him.

Chen Tianfeng frowned, not understanding what the two main leaders of the Red Hand Society were doing. The gang is called the Red Hand Society, but the boss is the [Big Boss], and the second in command is the [Vice President].

He looked down with doubt, and then he realized that there seemed to be a disagreement between the Big Boss and the Vice President of the Red Hand Society. They both wanted to persuade the other to give up their backers and believe that only they could lead the Red Hand Society to a bright future. But for a while, no one could convince the other, so they disgusted each other in their positions.

Just as a sparrow is small but has all the internal organs, the small Red Hand Society also has a pair of Crouching Dragon and Phoenix.

Under their leadership, although the Red Hand Society lost its fixed camp and wandered around the Shimen area every day, fearing that it would be caught by the Qianyan Army, it did make a name for itself.

Chen Tianfeng pulled the corner of his mouth, stuffed the letter he had read back into the envelope, got up and left the guest room, went to the restaurant of the inn to order food, and planned to try the dishes of Wangshu Inn.

In the game, Liyue has two chefs with excellent cooking skills, one is Xiangling, the little cook of Wanmin Hall, and the other is Yan Xiaole, the chef of Wangshu Inn.

Chen Tianfeng found an empty seat, and the waiter came up and handed over the menu.

He ordered two dishes and a portion of rice.

Chen Tianfeng poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip and put it down, looking at the wooden bridge not far away, tapping the table with his fingers from time to time.

The voices of other diners came from beside him.

"Have you heard about it? It's about the Red Hand Society!"

"What happened to the Red Hand Society?"

"You all know that the bandits tried to block the earth veins and plan to make an earth vein flower some time ago?"

"I know, I remember they failed and suffered heavy losses... Is there any new situation?"

"Hehe, this time the bandits are lucky, this earth vein flower was actually made by them!"

Everyone was in an uproar, some believed and some didn't, but they were all interested and waited for the man to continue.

"It is said that this flower of earth veins is a one-time use, but don't underestimate it. The bandits worked hard and paid a lot of money to create this flower. If they beat it... tsk tsk, maybe I will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life!”

The man smacked his lips first, with a look of longing in his eyes, then shook his head regretfully, sighing: "What a pity, these bandits have covered the location of the Flower of the Earth's Lines, and even some members of the Red Hand Society can't I know where it is. During this period, many adventurers and treasure stealing groups came over one after another, wanting to get a piece of the pie."

"But Dihua Continent is so big and the Earthline Flower is so small. Without more accurate information, who can really find this special Earthline Flower?"

Most people agreed, followed by sighs.

But there are a few people who are still doubtful and even sneer: "If it is really like what you said, then why doesn't Qixing block the earth veins and create earth vein flowers?"

"What else could it be because of?" The man stared: "Of course it's because this method is harmful to Tianhe, and we Qixing of Liyue disdain to do it!"

As soon as these words came out, the few who were skeptical were half convinced.

Chen Tianfeng found it very interesting. Liyue people trust Qixing very much and believe that they will not do anything harmful to Liyue. This is very rare in an environment where businessmen are in power.

Perhaps only in a country like Liyue, where there really is a god who is just and loves the people, and [walks with the god], can such a scene be seen.