Returning to the Hall of Purity, Kong and Jiang Bai formally followed Zhong Li to prepare for the ceremony of sending immortals.
As for Paimon, that's the mascot used to make up the numbers.
Kong and Jiang Bai walked on Zhongli's side, sandwiching Zhongli in the middle, like two guardians.
As Zhongli walked, he chatted with Xiuxi, "I've heard about your deeds in Mondstadt. You've been busy since you first came to Liyue. Once things are over, you might as well stay in Liyue for a while and feel the completeness of Liyue and Mondstadt. Different customs and customs.”
"Yeah." Paimon nodded vigorously.
Kong Ye nodded slightly. He didn't need Zhongli to tell him, he would stay here, not only Liyue, but also Mond.
Zhongli continued: "Preparing the ceremony for sending immortals is time-consuming and labor-intensive, but this process will also become a part of your journey and expand your knowledge."
"Mr. Zhongli speaks in a formal way. You may not understand it well. Let me translate it for you." Jiang Bai spoke, attracting all the attention of several people.
Hearing Jiang Bai's words, Zhongli raised his eyes and looked at him, wondering what explanation Jiang Bai could give for such a simple statement.
Jiang Bai held his head in his hands, ignoring Zhongli's strange eyes, and talked about his own understanding:
"Mr. Zhongli means: Although it will be very tiring to hold the immortal ceremony, there is no substantial reward for you. But your participation in this matter is a value in itself. You can show off to others when you go out in the future. You personally held a ceremony to send immortals to the Rock God in Liyue, and others will look at you in amazement..."
Zhongli: "..."
I kind of want to refute, but it’s okay to understand what he said, so forget it.
"Is there so much information hidden in such a sentence?" Paimeng was shocked and had a new understanding of the Liyue people's oblique way of speaking.
Kong looked at Jiang Bai strangely. He was really worried that Mr. Zhongli would suddenly slap Jiang Bai.
Zhongli sighed slightly, feeling helpless.
His future disciple's way of understanding was always special.
He didn't say any more nonsense, and just said: "The first step in preparing for the ceremony is to obtain the highest quality night stone that can match the quality of the gods."
Several people walked all the way to Jie Cuixing, which sells ore. When they saw a customer coming, the boss Shitou greeted them immediately.
"Your Majesty, welcome. Would you like to try your luck at picking out some rough stones?"
"No, we are here to find the best quality Yepo stone." Jiang Bai directly interrupted the boss's sales pitch.
He had come to Jie Cuixing twice before when he was bored, but he didn't know anything about the ore. He bought a few pieces at random and found nothing.
I once heard Hutao say that Zhongli once opened some top quality stones, but I don't know if it was in this store.
"I want a Yebo stone with a quality of at least [Zhuzhao] grade," Zhongli said.
Upon hearing Zhong Li's words, the boss immediately knew that this was not someone who could be fooled.
The grade in Yebo Stone cannot be known by non-professionals.
"Wait a minute, I'll get the goods right away."
It didn't take long for the boss to bring out several brocade boxes. When he opened them, each brocade box contained top-quality Yepo stones.
"What do you think of this?" The boss looked at Zhongli, the talker among them, and said, "Look at the appearance of this, it is absolutely excellent. It is a rare gift from Prince Yan. You can choose it as you like."
Several people looked at Zhongli. Only Zhongli among them knew what to choose.
"Zhongli, which piece should we buy?" Paimon asked.
Zhong Li looked at the three top-quality Yebo stones in front of him, "Of course I want them all."
Jiang Bai put his hand on his forehead, feeling deeply worried about his future.
The future master is such a prodigal, how will he be able to support him?
The boss was overjoyed and wanted to wrap up the things immediately. At the same time, he did not forget to flatter you, "I have long seen that you are extraordinary and you are really generous."
"Wait a minute, what he said doesn't count, we only buy one piece." Jiang Bai interrupted the boss's actions.
Although the hall master said that all funds will be reimbursed, this is only the first item, so it is better not to squander it too much.
"Yes, yes, if the ceremony only costs one yuan, buying three yuan would be too much of a waste!" Paimeng also echoed, trying to dispel Zhongli's thoughts.
Zhong Li seemed to have noticed that he still had to consider the budget, "I didn't think of this just now. It's because I didn't think well enough."
"Ah? How can you not consider Mora when buying something?" Paimon was shocked again.
"Just get used to it. Our guest never looks at the price when buying things." Jiang Bai complained silently.
He must correct Zhongli's problem, otherwise he will never be able to afford it in the future!
"If you have to consider Maura first in everything, it means that everything is tied up by Maura." Zhongli defended himself matter-of-factly.
"Is this the reason why you sent the bill to Changshengtang?" Jiang Bai complained again.
Zhongli was speechless.
"I thought Mr. Zhongli was very rich, so it turned out that he was a bookkeeper..." Kong felt that he had discovered some kind of truth.
"He is indeed quite rich, he just doesn't bring any money with him when he goes out." Jiang Bai looked at Zhongli, "In my opinion, Mr. Zhongli, you'd better deposit your savings in the Hall of the Past to save the hall master from having to pay every month. Let me reconcile with you."
Although most of the bills reported by Zhongli were deducted from his salary, based on his normal expenses, that salary was not enough to deduct.
He wasn't always able to come up with money during the reconciliation process. Hutao put in a lot of money every month.
Zhongli's ability to take out billions of molana at once was truly unprecedented.
Zhong Li stared at Jiang Bai, making Jiang Bai shrink his neck and shut up in silence.
Paimon scratched his head, "I always feel that the relationship here is a bit complicated..."
"Let's go back to Yebo Stone." Zhongli changed the topic, "It is really tricky to identify the quality of Yebo Stone. No matter whether a piece of raw ore is good or bad, its texture, color, and internal rock patterns will not be too different. Big difference. Only when the utensils made from Yebo stone are formed, you will find that some of the finished products cannot be put on the table at all."
"If you go to those profiteers to argue with you at this time, they will excuse you with reasons such as [your synthesis platform is not good], [the heat is not right]..."
"Okay, okay, Mr. Zhongli, you'd better choose directly." Jiang Bai didn't really want to hear his long speech.
Zhongli could talk about everything in detail, and when he was interested, he could even talk for half an hour without stopping. Standing and listening to this was tiring.
Zhong Li looked at Jiang Bai again, and Jiang Bai silently took a step back, holding Paimeng in front of him to block him.
Regarding Jiang Bai's behavior, Paimon snorted and flew up, exposing him.
Zhongli thought that when he had time, he should teach Jiang Bai what it means to respect teachers and respect morality.
The first point of respecting your teacher is not to disturb his interest in talking.
