"Whew—"
"That was fast—"
Under the bright blue sky, a black shadow suddenly flashed by. If one focused, they could even faintly hear shouts coming from the air.
"Is your aunt that fierce?"
Ember sat on the Plaustrite, feeling the strong wind blowing against his face, and asked in surprise.
"How—would—I—know—" As Chongyun opened his mouth, a large amount of northwest wind rushed into his stomach, filling him up.
At this moment, everyone was sitting on the floating Plaustrite. The only one standing was Shenhe, who was controlling the direction with hand seals.
"What an amazing thing, it can just fly directly!" Ember poked his head out and looked at the ground below.
The endless grasslands and trees were like nature's palette. A gentle breeze blew, and the vegetation swayed, as if the earth was telling its story.
How could it not complain? This place was originally mountains, but now it has become a wilderness. If the earth truly had consciousness, it would probably be stomping its feet in anger.
In any case, the feeling of being on the Plaustrite was very different from Ember's own frantic flying.
Ember was very excited, so he lay down—he had to lie down, or Xingqiu and Chongyun would really take off if he wasn't weighing them down.
As for Paimon, her scarf had long been grabbed by Lumine. Although Lumine was merciless when bickering with him, she was very reliable at critical moments.
A certain bard once said: Flying is always faster than running.
And it was true. The scenery below changed rapidly. Soon, on the endless green, a prosperous city finally appeared.
"How do we land?" Lumine looked at the crowded Plaustrite. It was easy to send the Plaustrite flying, but difficult to bring it down.
"I have my own brilliant method." Shenhe looked confident.
Looking down, Shenhe saw the very conspicuous Yujing Terrace plaza in Liyue Harbor. Her master had told her that Ganyu would come to pick her up as long as she reached this plaza.
Controlling the Plaustrite to hover above the plaza, Shenhe took a deep breath. Then she kicked down sharply, and the Plaustrite rapidly plummeted downwards.
Of course, the other people on the Plaustrite also plummeted with it.
"Bang!" The Plaustrite hit the ground, and the plaza in front of Yujing Terrace immediately trembled a few times.
"Who? Is it an enemy attack?!"
"It must be the Fatui! They must be seeking revenge!"
"What? Are the Fatui superhumans? They mine all day and still have the energy for enemy attacks?"
"Everyone, stand down. You don't need to worry about what happens next."
A clear female voice interrupted everyone's discussion.
Ganyu ran out from Yujing Terrace, looking somewhat surprised at the graceful figure emerging from the dust.
This must be the junior sister her master had mentioned.
Shenhe walked out from the rising dust. She was unharmed by the high-altitude fall. Perhaps it was due to her special physique, in addition to constantly jumping around in the mountains!
The two junior and senior sisters from the same lineage stood facing each other, but the atmosphere was very quiet.
Ganyu had only heard of Shenhe but never met her, while Shenhe simply didn't know how to interact with others.
After a long pause, Ganyu finally spoke: "Junior Sister Shenhe…"
"The Plaustrite Master sent is for you all to make xiao lanterns." Shenhe and Ganyu were thinking along the same lines, but she didn't bother with any pleasantries.
"Eh? Th-thank you." Ganyu somewhat at a loss, took the Plaustrite Shenhe handed over.
Reaching out to grasp the golden rope binding the Plaustrite, Ganyu felt a force pulling her upwards.
But the force was too small, far from enough to lift her off the ground.
"…"
Shenhe looked at Ganyu, who remained expressionless, and seemed thoughtful. So, what her master said was true.
Her senior sister's weight was astonishing!
"Achoo!" Ganyu suddenly sneezed. She wiped her nose with a handkerchief. Did she catch a cold from napping on the lounge chair yesterday?
"Hey, get up. You were still pressing on me when you landed, and I didn't say anything."
Just as Shenhe and Ganyu fell into silent awkwardness, Ember's voice broke the stillness.
"Can I compare myself to you, Senior? My butt almost split into two when I fell." Xingqiu stood up from the ground, clutching his backside.
It seemed that the high-altitude fall, regardless of anything else, caused significant DMG to Xingqiu's backside.
"Aren't butts already two halves?" Ember was a little confused. Could it be that people in Teyvat had single-piece butts?
That was actually possible, as Ember had never properly seen the butts of people in Teyvat.
"Uh..., that's an idiom. It means the butt hurts a lot, Senior doesn't need to worry about it."
Xingqiu thought for a moment and decided it would be too troublesome to explain. This was perhaps what the books referred to as "cultural differences"!
"Alright, Liyue people's words are a bit hard to understand." Ember couldn't figure out how "butt split into two" connected to "hurts a lot," so he simply stopped thinking about it.
"What a big pit! Will we have to pay for it?" Paimon slowly floated up. The first thing he did after regaining consciousness was to worry if he had to pay for the big pit on the ground.
If he had to pay, Paimon felt that Liyue wasn't worth visiting!
"No need, because you are Liyue's meritorious officials." A touch of purple appeared before everyone's eyes—Keqing had also rushed over upon hearing the commotion.
"Keqing, you're here too?" Lumine looked at the familiar figure in the distance and waved.
"Of course, you all made quite a stir." Keqing looked at the not-so-small pit on the ground and twitched his lips.
Well, he had just rested, and now he would be busy again.
"But, Keqing, shouldn't you be very busy?" Lumine felt a little confused seeing Keqing arrive so quickly.
Keqing is the Yuheng Star, overseeing Liyue's land and construction. In short, he is Liyue's civil engineering big brother.
Currently, Liyue really needed people like Keqing. Not to mention the many newly discovered ore veins in Liyue recently, just the new dam built in the Guili Plains area should be enough to keep him busy.
"Well..., that is..., with Senior's guidance, with Senior's guidance." Keqing seemed to have thought of something and said somewhat awkwardly.
"Senior, can Ember also build dams?" Paimon naturally thought of Ember.
"Dams? I can't? You want me to dig rivers, I can dig ten in a day. You want to build a dam? Sorry, can't do it!" Ember waved his hand and said with self-awareness.
Building dams required precise calculations, not just throwing rocks to block water.
"Not Ember, but Morgott, Senior Morgott." Keqing shook his head, then asked Ember: "Senior Ember, is Senior Morgott specialized in these things where you come from?"
As he spoke, a peculiar light gradually flickered in Keqing's eyes—a light called "admiration."
He couldn't help but admire. Ever since Morgott saw the prototype of the dam and proposed dozens of improvement measures in one go, Liyue's high-ranking officials no longer viewed him solely as a top combatant.
Moreover, Morgott's expertise in underground structural support, mine shaft design and connection, and underground space expansion was simply unprecedented.
Of the newly opened ore veins in Liyue, almost every single one had passed through Morgott's hands.
This not only greatly increased the depth of the newly excavated mines but also made the mine shafts exceptionally sturdy to an unprecedented degree.
Now, even if Fontaine's large machinery operated at full capacity in the mines, it would not cause any collapses or vibrations.
This was no longer just a high-end combatant, but also a high-end technical talent!
And Keqing naturally became Morgott's little follower, asking him this and that every day.
If it weren't for Morgott's firm refusal, Yujing Terrace would have already given Morgott a Liyue household registration.
"Uh..., well, I think it must be his hobby." Ember felt a little confused. How did he not know Morgott had such a specialty?
Wasn't he best at things like clones, politics, war... such grand topics? How could he also build dams?
An Omen who doesn't want to be a civil engineering big brother isn't a good Lord of Blessing?
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