At this critical mont, Su Yuan rushed forward and grabbed "Chongyun" by the arm, stopping him from continuing his attack on Xingqiu.
Yelan also took the opportunity to shove a Jueyun Chili into "Chongyun's" mouth...
"Chongyun" turned his head and shot Su Yuan a furious glare — the sa kind of look he had just given the eerie-possessed Xingqiu...
Su Yuan was a little confused.
Why was Chongyun looking at him like that?
Wasn't his vision filled only with "eerie" entities?
But if Su Yuan really was an eerie, then why had Chongyun only targeted Xingqiu just monts ago?
Before Su Yuan could make sense of it, the effects of the Jueyun Chili kicked in.
A surge of intense Yang energy burst out from Chongyun's body, sending him into another kind of "eerie" state...
"Hahahaha! Evil spirits? Where are the evil spirits?!"
Chongyun broke free from Su Yuan, bouncing around energetically as he looked around and shouted:
"Evil spirits, co out and face your doom already! I, Master Chongyun is here! Hahahahahaha...!"
Su Yuan didn't want to watch Chongyun's antics any longer.
Taking advantage of a gap in his hysterical laughter, he splashed a wave of ice water right onto Chongyun's face — and into his mouth...
"Ah—dang it—!"
"You filthy spirit! How dare you drench with water?! Co here and accept your fate!"
As Chongyun spoke, he charged toward Su Yuan, talisman in hand...
But soon, under the continuous barrage of ice water, he cald down before he even reached Su Yuan...
"Su Yuan, enough, enough! Stop spraying! Stop splashing water! I've cald down already—I'm back to normal!" Chongyun said quickly and repeatedly.
"Pfft—" Seeing Chongyun drenched like a soaked chicken, Xingqiu couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Xingqiu, you have the nerve to laugh? If it weren't for you, would I be in this state?"
Chongyun gave Xingqiu an exasperated look.
He was reminded of so past incidents when Xingqiu had teased and pranked him...
"Xingqiu, explain—what exactly happened..." Yelan looked at Xingqiu and spoke up.
By now, it was pretty clear that Xingqiu's current condition was an incomplete eerie transformation caused by external factors.
"Mm." Xingqiu imdiately put on a serious expression, looked at Su Yuan and Yelan, and said, "I heard your conversation just now..."
"You were right. I did indeed encounter 'The Doctor'—Dottore..."
"That day, I was near Tianqiu Valley, looking for a quiet place to read for a bit, and maybe see if I'd co across sothing worthy of a hero's intervention..."
"Then I ca across a frantic woman who seed to be searching for sothing..."
"When I went over to ask, I found out that her child had gone missing."
"In a situation like that, of course I couldn't just stand by and do nothing."
"Following the clues the woman gave , I found her child in an abandoned house in Tianqiu Valley..."
"But the child I found... was no longer whole. He had already been brutally dissected..."
"This was no ordinary matter. I was preparing to leave the place and report it to the Ministry of Civil Affairs..."
"Because recently, there have been many such brutal murder cases happening around Liyue."
"But just as I was about to leave that house, a tall figure blocked my way..."
"That outfit, that mask, that deranged aura... there's no mistaking it..."
"It was The Doctor — Dottore."
"Before I could even react, he injected a mass of dark, crimson energy into my head..."
"After that, although I remained conscious, I completely lost control of my body."
"He said to : 'Second young master of the Feiyun Comrce Guild... I've heard you enjoy reading and writing novels. In that case, write a cri novel about yourself... then act it out — go and kill the person who matters most to you...'"
"He also said: 'The current research conclusion is clear — a powerful emotional shock can break the effects of this incomplete eerie transformation... When you kill the one most important to you with your own hands, you'll also be freed from the eerie state...'"
"'Your expression then... must be utterly shocked, and very amusing to watch...'"
"You all know what happened next. I refused to et Chongyun, kept hiding from him, holed up in my room writing that so-called cri novel..."
"Then, once it was finished, I ca out to find Chongyun and followed the story's plan to act it out..."
"Wait a second..." Chongyun suddenly realized sothing and spoke up.
"Did you just say that Dottore told you to target the person most important to you?"
"That person... is ?"
"Is there a problem? Aren't we best friends?" Xingqiu looked at Chongyun and gave him a soft smile.
"No problem, really... It's just, if I'm your best friend, then why do you always tease and ss with ?" Chongyun asked, puzzled.
"Exactly because we're close — that's why I do it!"
Xingqiu responded with a smile.
"You see how I act around my family's business partners, and all those big nas in Liyue — I'm always serious and proper."
Su Yuan nodded in agreent.
He'd experienced that himself.
Toward people he wasn't close to or didn't like, Xingqiu always maintained a respectful yet distant deanor.
But with real friends, people he was truly close to — there was constant teasing and playful banter between them.
Just like Su Yuan's old college roommates before he crossed over into this world — they'd insult each other affectionately and even joke around calling each other "father and son."
It had already been over a week since he'd crossed into this world.
He wondered how those friends were doing now.
"All right, all right, let's not dwell on that for now..."
Xingqiu looked at Su Yuan and Yelan, and said:
"So, what's going on in Liyue exactly? Can you fill in? Maybe there's sothing I can help with."
Su Yuan nodded, then began telling Xingqiu everything he knew about the eerie phenonon and the situation in Liyue.
After listening, Xingqiu nodded thoughtfully and said:
"I see... judging from that, things aren't looking too good..."
"But when it cos to sothing that threatens Liyue, soone with a chivalrous heart like mine could never just stand by and do nothing."
"So the current problem is finding an antique teacup once used by the Geo Archon, to try to lift the eerie transformation on Ningguang, the Tianquan of the Liyue Qixing, right..."
"I might have a suggestion. There's a shop that might have what we need."
"It's just... I don't know what kind of price we'll have to pay to get sothing from that place..."
Listening to Xingqiu's words, Su Yuan felt a bit confused.
If Xingqiu knew which shop had an antique teacup once used by the Geo Archon, then why did he sound as if it wouldn't be possible to buy it?
You run a shop, don't you? Isn't the whole point to sell things?
Don't you want to make money—don't you need Mora?
"Oh? You must be talking about that shop..." Yelan nodded thoughtfully after hearing Xingqiu's words.
"It's true, that place has been open for so long, but I've never heard of it actually selling a single item..."
"Hahaha, as expected of Miss Yelan—of course you'd know even that."
Xingqiu gave a faint smile and joked, "If Miss Yelan also happens to know a few trade secrets from the Feiyun Comrce Guild, I hope you'll keep them to yourself..."
"Don't worry," Yelan smiled slightly in response.
"As long as your Feiyun Comrce Guild doesn't dabble in anything illegal or cross Liyue's bottom line, I won't give you any trouble."
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