Chapter 323

At this time in Liyue, it was already night.

Night fell slowly, and the lights in Liyue City gradually lit up, like scattered stars, painting a brilliant night scene in this ancient port city.

Under the starry sky, the moon hung high, silver light spilled, reflecting the lights in the city, illuminating every street and every corner.

The night of Liyue Harbor was like a brilliant pearl embedded in the landscape, exuding charming radiance. Shops gradually became lively, from the hawking of various small stalls to the singing and laughter in the roadside wine shops, every sound was a manifestation of the city's vitality.

On both sides of the street, in the dazzling array of shops, various lanterns were hung—red, green, yellow—swaying gracefully, reflecting the laughter of pedestrians. The hawking of vendors and the bargaining of customers intertwined, weaving into a night song of the city.

Tourists shuttled through the brightly lit market, curiously examining every item, or pausing to taste the candied haws and grilled fish from the stalls; the aroma was overflowing and mouth-watering. Children chased and played, their laughter like silver bells in the night sky, crisp and pleasant.

High in the sky, the stars twinkled, as if whispering to the world, telling distant stories. The moon guarded all this, its brilliance piercing through the thin clouds, putting a mysterious veil over this busy night.....

"So this is Liyue."

On the streets of Liyue City, Lumine walked while curiously examining her surroundings, her expression amazed: "It's really prosperous."

In Mondstadt, one simply couldn't see this situation.

"Yeah, this is Liyue, the most prosperous place in Teyvat."

Paimon nodded, excitedly rubbing her hands: "Liyue has a lot of delicious food and drinks; we can taste them one by one next. The Rite of Descension hasn't arrived yet, and it's still in preparation. We can stay here for a few days and just happen to have a good look around."

"Then eat less; my Mora is about to run out."

Hearing Paimon's words, Lumine sighed and touched her wallet.

Along the way, Paimon's eating and drinking alone took up the bulk of it.

If it weren't for the mission rewards from the Mondstadt Adventurers' Guild, she would have been sleeping on the streets, let alone living in Liyue.

"Oh, there's an inn there; let's go straight there."

Paimon and Lumine walked and stopped, strolling around, and soon arrived at the street where Lin Mo was. Paimon, with sharp eyes, pointed to an inn opposite Lin Mo's house: "Look, that inn over there is so remote, the geographical environment isn't very good, the price must be much cheaper than in prosperous places. We can just go stay there."

Walking all the way, it wasn't that they hadn't seen inns, but those inns were too prosperous, located on busy streets, and could even overlook the scenery of Liyue Harbor in the distance.

Even without going, Paimon and Lumine knew that the price of those inns was very high.

Not to mention that this was Liyue, where every inch of land was worth an inch of gold.

So they needed to find a cheap place to live.

While visiting Liyue, they were also looking, and now they had finally found one.

This place was quite remote, no one came here, and since that inn was open, the price must be much cheaper than those inns in prosperous areas.

"Mm-hmm."

Hearing Paimon's words, Lumine nodded obediently, and then walked over.

However, just as she walked to the gate of Lin Mo's courtyard, Lumine suddenly paused her footsteps and looked at Lin Mo's courtyard with a confused expression.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Lumine suddenly stop, Paimon was startled: "Why are you looking here?"

"Did you hear any sound?"

Lumine hesitated: "I seem to have heard some intermittent sounds."

With her sharp ears, she seemed to have heard some sobbing sounds, like the clear chirping of a yellow oriole, turning and joyful.

"No."

Hearing Lumine's words, Paimon was stunned, immediately tilted her head to listen, and then shook her head: "Nothing at all; you are already different from ordinary people, so what you can hear, I might not necessarily be able to."

"And what does it have to do with you if you heard it? Shouldn't we be going to book a room now?"

"Mm, right."

Hearing Paimon's words, Lumine nodded; that was true.

Next was related to her accommodation.

Immediately, Lumine and Paimon walked towards the inn opposite.

"Speaking of which, the Fatui in Mondstadt are very arrogant; that annoying woman took the Gnosis and left. I don't know if the Fatui Harbinger here in Liyue is annoying or not."

Paimon muttered while flying: "Lumine, you say, the Fatui's behavior is to seize the Gnosis of other countries' gods. Here in Liyue, Snezhnaya probably won't let it go either."

"Definitely not; the Fatui must have some plan."

5.4 Hearing Paimon's words, Lumine said without hesitation: "As long as it doesn't conflict with my goal, I'm too lazy to pay attention to them; these bad things should be kept away."

"Yes."

Hearing Lumine's words, Paimon nodded.

The two talked while walking towards the inn.

While the two were communicating.

Outside Liyue City.

On a cliff.

A woman with a black crown-shaped mask, wearing a black and white dress, a red striped cloak with black velvet connected to both sleeves, and a white magic tool floating beside her, was quietly overlooking Liyue in the distance.

Beside her, several Fatui elites in strange clothes were waiting quietly.

"Lady Signora, according to our observations, a fierce battle took place at the Golden House before. It is no surprise that these are the battle traces left by Lord Tartaglia, and there were even some shattered things on the spot."

A Fatui elite said respectfully: "Initially, it can be judged that those are the weapon fragments of Lord Tartaglia. Lord Tartaglia's weapon was shattered. The Northland Bank hasn't been open much these past two days, and we haven't seen Lord Tartaglia. We just arrived and wanted to contact Lord Tartaglia, but we couldn't."

"This idiot, exploring the Golden House now is completely not in my plan."

Hearing this, Signora frowned: "And is there still someone in Liyue who can shatter his weapon? Who is it? Can it be investigated?"

"Could it be done by the hidden Liyue Qixing?"

"Shouldn't be; we once reached some mutually beneficial trade agreements with the Liyue Qixing. If the Liyue Qixing took action, they shouldn't be taking action against Tartaglia at this time."

She had just arrived in Liyue and wanted to understand the intelligence, but the intelligence she learned made Signora feel that something was wrong.

"Temporarily unclear, and there is no intention of sending a message from Lord Tartaglia's side."

Hearing Signora's words, this Fatui elite said respectfully: "For the specifics, it still requires you, Lady Signora, to make a trip yourself..."