Due to Saphir's orders, Xiao and Fushe ran off with their kites to study them.

It’s called research, but in reality it’s just simple kite flying, then writing down the experience and reporting back.

Zhongli and Saphir could have done this, but they chose to leave it to Fushe and Xiao.

Fushe was fine, but it was mainly Xiao. This kid was so miserable. He was depressed on weekdays, never said anything, and always liked to keep things to himself, so the two of them came up with such a way to make him relax more.

The demon remnants in the Guiliyuan area have been cleaned up. Logically speaking, with Saphir's previous purification and subsequent governance, there should be no more demons appearing here.

But recently, the Guiliyuan area has been in turmoil again, which made Saphir realize that simply cleaning up the demon residue would not be effective in the long run, because some things have long been integrated into the earth veins. If he wants to clean it up thoroughly, he can only start from the earth veins.

The geomantic veins of every country have their own special features, and Liyue is no exception. If you want to thoroughly sort out the geomantic veins and eliminate all hidden dangers, you have to start with a deceased demon god: Taodu.

This is a huge project and cannot be handled casually under normal circumstances. We must wait for an opportunity, and that opportunity is when problems really arise in Liyue's veins. Only then will the two realms of life and death intersect, which is the opportunity to deal with it.

Safir looked towards the direction of Wuwangpo and frowned slightly. At the moment, the situation there was still relatively stable, so she could not take any action in a short period of time.

As for the demon residues that began to spread in the Guiliyuan area again, they were the energy extracted from the earth veins. Saphir began to consider whether to intervene again.

"Last time, the hall master mentioned that he wanted to go to Qiaoying Manor in a few days. If you two have time, you can choose to go there at some time. If we can meet by chance in the manor then, you might as well reminisce about the past together." Zhongli invited Ying and Xiao Paimeng before leaving.

There was no reason for the two to refuse Zhongli's invitation, and Paimeng agreed immediately: "Okay, we'll make a note of it!

Take your time and have fun. See you later!"

"See you later." Zhongli also said goodbye to her.

Ying glanced at Saphir and found that she was a little absent-minded. It seemed that something had happened again, but she did not ask more questions. She just greeted her: "Goodbye, Zhongli, Saphir."

"Hmm? Oh, goodbye." Saphir came back to his senses and said goodbye to Ying.

After the two left, Zhongli asked, "What are you thinking about?"

"I'm thinking about how to deal with the Guiliyuan issue." Safir's original idea was to develop this place into farmland, but now it seems that it won't work.

Zhongli frowned and thought: "I can't help you with this."

He did not have the ability to purify the demon's residue, so he was truly helpless.

Saphir shook her head. She had never expected anyone to help her. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly felt a gaze and immediately turned around alertly: "Who's there!"

But there was no one where the sight came from. Maybe there was someone there just now, but now that person has left.

"Oh? You left so fast that we couldn't even detect you. You also have the ability to avoid our detection." Zhongli also noticed the gaze just now, "Heh... Interesting."

They dared to hide and peek in Liyue, and the ones who were peeping were him and Saphir, which was almost tantamount to a provocation.

Saphir closed her eyes and tried to track the other party, but found nothing. After a long time, she opened her eyes and breathed a sigh of relief: "A bit weird guy, but... a bit... familiar."

"Familiar? Someone you've seen before?" Zhongli asked puzzledly.

Safir nodded slightly. "He should be someone I have met before, but I just can't match him up with him for now. After all, I have come into contact with a lot of people on a daily basis, so I can't identify the suspect right away."

After saying that, she squatted down, placed her hands on the ground, and the light of revival slowly started to activate.

This time, the light of resurrection is not used to resurrect the dead, but only to use this skill to explore the earth veins.

This is a tracking technique, because the light of resurrection needs to capture various memories through the earth veins when resurrecting the dead, in order to gather souls, so it can be used to explore the earth veins.

This method of detection will not put the Light of Revival into cooling mode. It is a relatively convenient and unsolvable tracking method unique to Saphir.

But this time, after exploring, she opened her eyes in surprise: "How...how could this happen?"

"What's wrong?" Zhongli didn't expect Saphir to have such an expression.

Saphir looked at his right hand in disbelief, muttering to himself, "Nothing... nothing. There is no trace left in the earth veins, as if... the other party never existed. This... is impossible."

If he was the only one having the illusion, Saphir would not have any suspicion, but now both he and Zhongli had the same feeling, which meant that someone had definitely been spying on them just now.

But who could possibly evade the detection of the earth veins?

"The Adventer..." Zhongli gave this answer.

The Adventers do not enter the earth veins. Only this kind of people can be exempted from the records of the earth veins and the means of exploration through the earth veins.

But Zhongli quickly rejected this statement: "The current number of adventers is fixed. If you are not included, there should be only four.

The first is Phanes, the second is Nibelungen, and the third is the Rebellious Traveler..."

"The fourth one is Ying." Saphir added, "Among these four, Ying doesn't have the strength nor the need. The traveler is already dead, and Phanes and Nibelungen are impossible."

Yes, impossible.

Having reached the level of Phanes, if he was just peeping, there is no reason why he would be easily discovered by Saphir. And if it was Phanes or Nibelungen's sight, it would not appear at such an angle.

This gaze sounded very much like the gaze from someone hiding and observing secretly.

"A stowaway?" Saphir immediately realized this possibility.

There are stowaways on the continent of Teyvat, people who come from outside the sky but do not want to have any intersection with the world. They will not leave any traces here. In this way, they will not be recorded by the False Sky and will not become descenders.

Because they are not recognized by the world, they are called stowaways.

Zhongli looked around with some vigilance: "The opponent's strength should not be strong, at least not a match for you and me, otherwise it would not be possible to be exposed."

"But I can't be sure of the other party's position, or whether they are hostile." Saphir recalled the feeling just now. It was hard to describe the feeling, it was a bit cold, a purely cold gaze, without any emotion.

She felt neither hostility nor curiosity. It seemed that the other party was just looking at her calmly. This was what confused her the most. If there were feelings, she could at least use this to analyze the other party's purpose, but now, she could not analyze it.

"Be careful these days." Zhongli could only make this suggestion when he saw that he couldn't find the other party's location.

Safir nodded slightly. There was nothing they could do about it. The opponent was in the dark and they were in the light. Since they could not take the initiative to attack, they could only protect themselves.

On the other hand, Jiaming and Ye De's time alone was not going smoothly.

The two grown men sat face to face in silence for who knows how long.

Perhaps they couldn't hold it back any longer, and they both spoke in unison.

Jiaming: Dad.

Ye De: Jiaming.

This collision made the atmosphere even more awkward, and Ye De didn't know what to say.

Fortunately, Jiaming seemed to have adapted a little, and immediately said: "Uh...you talk first."

"Alas... I don't have anything to say." Ye De shook his head, not knowing what he was angry about.

Seeing this, Jiaming did not force it, and nodded slightly, "Then I'll tell you. I still want to stay in Liyue Harbor."

"Oh." Ye De didn't react much. "I don't support it, but..."

He seemed to be trying to suppress someone before he could praise him, but Jiaming stood up instantly, as if he was planning to escape.

Seeing this reaction, Ye De immediately panicked: "Hey, kid, listen to what I'm saying."

Jiaming clenched his fists tightly and forced himself to sit back, but he turned his head away and didn't look at Ye De.

Ye De was very helpless, his child was good in every way except being stubborn, just like himself, he had lived and been stubborn all his life. When the father and son got together, they were two stubborn guys and there was nothing they could do.

Just then, the protagonist appeared.

Xianyun's enthusiastic voice sounded from not far away: "Come, come, Shenhe, sit over here. You must be tired from traveling all the way. Auntie will pour you a cup of hot tea. Or do you want something else to drink?"

Although Saphir, who was watching the situation from a distance, was in a bad mood because of what happened just now, she couldn't help but complain when she saw this scene: "I said that Xianyun has the potential to be the director of the village intelligence bureau."

"She's just imitating behavior appropriate for women of her age." Zhongli felt that this was Xianyun's way of integrating into society.

Safir looked up at Zhongli, who had a serious expression, and said nothing.

Sensing something strange about the girl next to him, Zhongli blinked, seemingly not realizing he had said something wrong, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"You just said she was an old woman. I heard it, with both ears." Safire said solemnly and seriously.

Zhongli:?

The Xianyun duo sat at another table, not far from Jiaming and his son, just next door.

Shen He was a little doubtful about her life, not knowing why she was here. She was holding a little baby in her arms, it was Jiang Li.

"I'm not tired, no need to trouble you." After thinking about it, Shen He declined politely. For a cultivator, it was just a short walk and not that tiring.

Time went back to a few minutes ago. Xianyun and Shenhe hid in the dark, silently watching the movements of Zhongli and the others. After confirming that they were far away from here, Shenhe said, "Master, they have gone far away."

"Okay, the time is right, it's our turn to take action. Do you remember the strategy I told you?" Xianyun emphasized.

Shen He nodded: "Remember, Master, our goal is to show them the joy of family life."

Jiang Li also nodded vigorously: "We are considered... a family of three? Is that appropriate?"

"Why not?" Xianyun put his hands on his hips, "I would like to be an aunt sometimes."

Back to the present, Shen He put Jiang Li on the seat, touched his head, and said, "I drink whatever Auntie drinks. Where's Jiang Li?"

"I want to drink coconut milk." Jiang Li acted like a child, or was she a child?

Xianyun nodded: "Okay, but there is no coconut milk here, so I can only drink plain water for now."

The movements of the three of them naturally attracted Jiaming's attention.

Ever since the two robbers appeared, Jiaming realized that everything that happened today was a setup, and Xianyun’s appearance was definitely not a coincidence.

"Why are Aunt Xianyun and Shenhe here too? Even Jiangli was brought here? How many people were dispatched... I... I'd better sit down first." Jiaming said silently in his heart.

Here, Xianyun brewed tea skillfully and said, "Aunt just bought some pine needles. They have a nice name and taste good."

This batch of Usnea Fairy Buds was bought because of Katarina's trickery. There were ten boxes in total. Even for someone like Xianyun who drinks tea every day, it took her a lot of effort to finish them as quickly as possible. She is now a little tired of it.

Taking a deep breath, Xianyun forced her attention to Shenhe and said, "You must be very busy at work during the holidays, right? Have you encountered anything that requires your help?"

"There were some drunk people causing trouble. I followed my aunt's instructions and pressed their heads on the table," Shen He answered honestly.

This happened when I was helping out at the Moonlight Tavern, because both the Rock Tea House and the Moonlight Tavern were Safir's properties, and due to the special nature of the business at the Moonlight Tavern, there were a lot of things that needed to be guarded against, so when there were not enough people, they would call for help from the Rock Tea House.

Because the peak hours of customers at Yanshang Teahouse and Moonlight Tavern are staggered, some employees here will also go to the Moonlight Tavern to help. Shen He is one of the employees who is often called over to help.

As for what kind of help they could provide, it was naturally to tie the person up and sink him into the Yunlai Sea. Of course, this was not killing. According to Safire, this was to make the troublemakers sober up.

Because this has happened so many times, a "sinking point" has been specially set up on the pier next to the Moonlight Tavern. Many drinkers, after getting drunk and losing track of the world, will crawl out of the sinking point very soberly, and it is very effective.

When Ye De heard Shen He's words, he looked at these three people who were obviously different from ordinary people with some surprise.

Jiaming covered his face and complained in his heart: "Aunt Xianyun and Shen He...are they serious?"

Jiang Li was also a little dazed. She was busy following Shen He and didn't think that this big fairy bird was not a normal person. Noticing the looks of Ye De and Jia Ming, Jiang Li was speechless.

She was thinking, is it too late to draw a line between herself and these two people? She regretted that she should have stayed with Safir. Even if she had to eat dog food, she would have accepted it. It was better than experiencing the accident up close, right?

Xianyun was also choked by Shenhe's words. He quickly put down the cup of tea he was drinking, turned his head to the side and started coughing violently. It took him a long time to recover.

She also realized the problem. She was only thinking about acting out a drama with Shen He and forgot that Shen He was an unusual child.

Yes, Shen He is very unusual. To be honest, her current positioning is a little similar to Xiao Gong, but she is a little more terrifying than the tattooed girl like Xiao Gong.

Shen He, a waitress at the Yanshang Teahouse, a well-known martial artist in Liyue Harbor, the double-flowered red stick of the Moonlight Tavern, a gun god, and an iron-blooded and ruthless woman.

"What are you talking about? Go talk to my Xizai! Look at me, you bastard! Live your life to its full potential!"