Chapter 305

"Alright, I won't chat with you two any longer. I heard there was an earthquake over at Nantian Sect, so I need to go take a look. If anyone has perished, I will need to see to their funeral rites."

"I won't be in Liyue Harbor for the next two days, so I'll leave the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor in the care of you two consultants." Hu Tao seemed to recall something, then turned to Mu Yang and said, "Mu Yang, we're friends now, okay? You aren't allowed to refuse me when I come looking for you later!"

After saying this, Hu Tao didn't wait for the others to react and skipped away.

"The Director's personality is a bit flighty; please don't take offense," Zhong Li said with a look of utter helplessness as he watched Hu Tao depart.

"I can understand how you feel. This Director Hu likely guessed at some of our identities, yet she can still maintain such an attitude—it is truly commendable," Zhong Kui said, full of praise.

He did not like humans being overly respectful toward him; it made interacting difficult, and if he couldn't integrate into human life, there would be no point.

Becoming a consultant for the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor was actually quite nice.

It was just that the parlor's financial situation might not be very good, so he couldn't be too extravagant with his spending later on.

But he also knew some of Morax's personality; that guy was never constrained by the price of Mora.

He was always quite lavish when spending Mora.

It seemed he would have to go earn some Mora himself.

"I actually find this Director Hu quite interesting. With a little tempering, she could be added to the chat group.

It would be livelier that way." Mu Yang felt the chat group hadn't been lively enough lately.

It was understandable, after all, aside from the gods, most people in the chat group were currently adepti.

Most of them were actually quite reserved.

This was the time when people like Keqing and Hu Tao were needed to liven up the atmosphere.

"Since I cannot add too much of a burden to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, it seems I must go exchange some Mora." As Zhong Kui spoke, a large amount of Geo energy gathered in his hands, and in a moment, two Noctilucous Jades appeared: "This should be enough for us to use for a while."

"Ordinary Noctilucous Jade is worth about 100 Mora per gram. These two pieces weigh at least five kilograms, which is nearly 500,000 Mora.

However, since these are Noctilucous Jades created by you, their quality and purity are incomparable to ordinary ones. Selling them for two million Mora should be no problem," Zhong Li said, nodding as he looked at the two stones.

He had his own principles and would not hand-craft Mora for his own use.

But he would not stop Azhdaha from using this method to make money.

After all, he had to eat too, and these minerals were urgently needed by Liyue anyway. Even if Azhdaha directly manifested a large amount of Noctilucous Jade, it wouldn't cause any impact on Liyue.

"That's not even enough for a single day of your spending when you're in the mood," Mu Yang said, somewhat speechless.

"By the way, when do you plan to head to Sumeru?" Seeing Mu Yang like this, Zhong Li hurriedly asked.

Currently, their overall speed in purifying the Abyss was a bit slow and needed to be expanded, and the process of Mu Yang obtaining the Gnosis was the process of increasing their purification capabilities.

Zhong Li naturally hoped that Mu Yang could obtain the Gnosis sooner.

That way, they could purify a bit more.

Even if a Lesser Lord Kusanali appeared to compete with them, in Zhong Li's view, that was nothing.

Moreover, the situation in Sumeru was so rotten that it was time to resolve it.

"In a few days..." Mu Yang shook his head slightly: "I need to go look at the Forbidden Knowledge first.

Even I am not sure right now if I have the ability to purify Forbidden Knowledge.

Don't forget, King Deshret fell because of Forbidden Knowledge, and even the fall of Greater Lord Rukkhadevata was related to it. If I cannot resolve the Forbidden Knowledge and end up being contaminated by it myself, then Teyvat will fall into crisis."

Zhong Li nodded slightly upon hearing this. He looked toward the direction of Sumeru and said softly: "I have only heard of matters regarding Forbidden Knowledge, but such knowledge poses a huge threat to Teyvat.

I dare not touch it rashly."

"I heard the Grass Dragon fell for King Deshret's scheme and swallowed the Forbidden Knowledge into its belly, and now it's half-dead," Mu Yang said, glancing at Zhong Kui beside him with a pointed tone.

"..." Is it that stupid? Why didn't I know? It's simply a disgrace to us Dragon Sovereigns.

You should leave the group, Apep!

"You need to be careful when you go there later.

If there is truly no other way, find a way to expel the Forbidden Knowledge from Teyvat." After thinking for a moment, Zhong Li reminded Mu Yang.

"I understand, but I'll have to see for myself when I get there!" Mu Yang shook his head slightly, then said to Zhong Kui: "By the way, Zhong Kui, we have something we need your help with."

He then explained the situation regarding the mobile phones and the Ley Lines.

"You want to transmit information through the Ley Lines?" Zhong Kui nodded thoughtfully: "That is no problem. Establishing a stable, protected Ley Line under my care is also not an issue.

It's just that to extend the Ley Lines to other nations, it not only requires the approval of their gods—otherwise, they could cut off the connection at any time—but it also requires the help of the Irminsul."

"The Irminsul again?" Mu Yang's expression was subtle; why was the Irminsul involved in everything?

It seemed he really would have to make a trip to Sumeru.

Why was it that even though he had become the Heavenly Principles and theoretically had many subordinates, he seemed to have such a laborious fate?

However, a trip to Sumeru was indeed necessary; not to mention that Nahida was worth saving, the same went for Greater Lord Rukkhadevata.

This white-haired girl was still quite good. Nahida alone guarding the Irminsul was not enough; if there were another Greater Lord Rukkhadevata to guard it, there would surely be more security.