The Weapon Master Shall Never Die Bare-Handed in Genshin Impact [416]

"I thought you'd be too drained to get back on your feet," Jia Changjiang laughed. "Looks like I don't need to waste my breath after all."

"Traveler, you can do it!" Seeing Lumine rally, Paimon beamed. "Paimon's rooting for you too!"

"But... Lumine, you're really pretty old, huh." Jia Changjiang veered onto another topic. "You lot have always had time on your side... hmm, sounds enviable just hearing about it."

That was how Jia Changjiang put it.

No point telling him that eternal life wasn't necessarily a blessing...

Compared to people like Lumine and Aether, Jia Changjiang’s lifespan could only be called short.

In this world, only the short-lived envy the long-lived. When have the long-lived ever envied the short-lived?

Since ancient times, there have always been those seeking immortality, but never anyone wishing for an early death.

As for pondering the meaning of eternal life — well, better to wait until one actually attained it before brooding over it.

How could a mayfly presume to discuss the passage of spring and autumn?

"Jealous, huh?" Hearing Jia Changjiang's words, Lumine straightened her back proudly. "But I’m not old! I’ll always be a vibrant, beautiful young girl! You’re the old one! Even Klee calls you ‘uncle’!"

"Good... still just as shameless as ever. Definitely the same cheeky little sister I know," Jia Changjiang chuckled, hoisting Paimon up onto his shoulder. He turned to her and asked, "Right, Paimon?"

"Um... yeah, Traveler’s always been like this," Paimon mumbled after a moment's hesitation. Jia Changjiang nodded in agreement.

"Paimon?!" Lumine glared at Paimon in outrage, feeling utterly betrayed.

"You traitor! Aren’t we best partners?!"

"But Traveler... sometimes you really are kinda hard to describe..." Paimon muttered from Jia Changjiang’s shoulder.

"Traveler, let’s hurry back to the surface," she added quickly. "Back to the sunlit world."

"Let's go!"

Upon hearing Paimon's words, Lumine looked between Jia Changjiang and Paimon, then gave her own cheeks a firm slap to wake herself up and shake off the fatigue.

"Back to Liyue!"

"Madame Ping's still waiting for us!"

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When Jia Changjiang and Lumine returned to Liyue, they quickly sought out the Millelith and reported part of what they had experienced.

For instance, they disclosed the Abyss Order’s schemes within the secret domain — their plans to use the Abyss’s power to control Osial beneath the sea and forge a corrupted god.

However, many other matters were deliberately left out by Jia Changjiang and Lumine.

Such as the defiled inverted statue, Aether’s situation, and Aether's intention to stand against Celestia.

They didn’t so much as mention Dainsleif, either.

Even so, having foiled the Abyss Order's plot, the two received Liyue's heartfelt gratitude.

On the side, after collecting their rewards from Liyue, Jia Changjiang and Lumine unexpectedly received another grand gift:

The treasure hoarder from Fontaine, whom they'd saved, had specially arranged for a thank-you gift to be delivered to them.

Thus, from the brink of poverty, Jia Changjiang and Lumine once again clawed their way back to a modest level of comfort...

With their immediate tasks wrapped up, they finally had time to visit Madame Ping.

They headed to Yujing Terrace and soon found her, enjoying the flowers just outside.

As always, Madame Ping sat at her modest tea stall — and at the center of the stall was that peculiar teapot, harboring a world of its own within.

"Madame Ping, we’re here to see you!" Lumine called out, running over.

Jia Changjiang followed more leisurely, ambling up behind her.

"Good, good."

Madame Ping nodded kindly. "If I hadn't had no other choice, this old woman wouldn't have troubled you with a letter."

She glanced at them, smiling warmly. "I'm sorry to have dragged you here."

"Eheh... we’re always running around anyway," Lumine scratched her head sheepishly.

"It’s no trouble, Madame Ping," Jia Changjiang added. "You’re offering us a reward... it would've been rude not to come."

"Hehe..."

Madame Ping chuckled at their words. "I heard you two have been working hard for Liyue and Mondstadt, yet you have no proper place to stay — often forced to camp out under the stars..."

"That's no way to treat heroes who have done so much for Liyue. So this old woman decided to do what little she could to help."

She continued, "Though I’m not as strong as I once was, I can still manage a bit of ‘realm-crafting.’"

"Realm-crafting?" Paimon tilted her head curiously. "What’s that?"

"Realm-crafting," Madame Ping explained, "is like the domain inside the teapot you entered while searching for the Purifying Bell."

"With a realm like that, you two won't have to rough it anymore."

"Really?!"

Lumine gasped, recalling the vastness of the domain inside the teapot.

Only this morning she'd gone from being penniless to moderately well-off...

And now she was about to become a landowner?!

Things are escalating a bit fast, aren’t they?!

"Realm-crafting's that amazing?!" Paimon cried.

"But," Madame Ping added with a touch of regret, "to properly create such a realm, I still need certain materials to anchor the space — and they’re not all gathered yet."

She sighed. "Still, I’ve already sent someone to find them. It shouldn’t be long now."

"Who is it?" Lumine asked, intrigued.

"Someone you could call an adeptus," Madame Ping said with a sigh. "Some of those materials are quite rare... I just hope that child can find them."

Another soft sigh escaped her lips.

"That child... an adeptus?" Paimon exclaimed, wide-eyed. "Is Liyue so full of adepti that you bump into one just fetching a drink of water?!"

"That’s just Liyue for you," Jia Changjiang remarked, a little wistfully.

Madame Ping, meanwhile, turned to glance in a certain direction.

"Oh, looks like the child I sent is back."

She smiled broadly, and gestured toward the pink-haired girl approaching them.

"This child is Yanfei — very dependable."

She explained to Yanfei, "These two are the ones who helped Liyue."

"I know you."

Yanfei looked them over and nodded. "Your names are recorded in Liyue’s files."

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