Chapter 234: Strange Rongcai Festival

The next day, Inazuma left the island.

Ying touched her chin and said to Paimon with a thoughtful look on her face: "So, why did we receive another commission?"

"This, this is not the Son of God. She is so good at talking and got me involved." Paimon scratched his head in embarrassment.

"I understand the truth, but it's not as fast as you promised." Ying said to Paimon expressionlessly: "So, in order to punish you, your food expenses for the next month will be reduced by half."

After hearing Ying's words, Paimon shouted in horror: "Wow, no!"

"Ying, you can't do this. If you reduce the food expenses by half, I will starve to death. This is too cruel to me."

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Ying looked at Paimeng's appearance, sighed helplessly and said: "I've told you so many times, why don't you listen, don't accept the commission casually, don't accept the commission casually, there was a crane in the Yuanxia Palace last time. Aren’t the lessons learned enough?”

"I, I know, I won't do it next time." Paimon said with a guilty look on his face.

"Forget it, I guess you won't listen even if I tell you. It's almost time. We should go pick them up."

Paimon scratched his head in embarrassment and said, "Hey."

So the two of them squatted on the dock and waited boredly for the arrival. After a while, they saw a ship heading here.

After the arriving person disembarked, Paimon also knew where the other person came from from his attire.

He immediately greeted: "You came from Mondstadt to participate in the Rongcai Festival, right? We are the guides of the Rongcai Festival, and we are here to take you to the island."

"Yes, we are all bards from Mondstadt." The bard named Li'er nodded: "Inazuma has changed a lot recently. I hope we can find inspiration for poetry here this time."

"Paimon, what are you looking for?" Ying asked curiously when she saw Paimon next to her looking around at the ship in front of her.

"Since he is a bard from Mondstadt, I was wondering if the singer would come." Paimon replied.

"I think he should come here, but he definitely won't come in a normal way. After all, these gods have their own unique ways of traveling." Ying said strangely after hearing Paimon's words.

Paimon suddenly said: "Yes, for example, Liusu and Nasida, they like to tear open the space directly to teleport. The way Wendy and Zhongli came to Daozi last time seemed to be flying over on the rock ridge created by Zhongli."

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"Sister Honorary Knight! Little Paimon!" While Yingying and Paimon were talking, a familiar voice came from the other side of the ship.

Ying and Paimon turned around and saw a small fiery red figure running quickly in their direction.

Paimon greeted in surprise: "It's Keli! Have you also been invited to the Rongcai Festival?"

Keli replied: "No, it was actually Brother Abedo who was invited."

"But because everyone in the Knights has been very busy recently, Brother Abedo asked people here to provide Keli with a family pass."

"Then why didn't Keli go find Nasida?" Paimon asked curiously.

Keli scratched her head in embarrassment and said: "This, this, last time Keli and Sister Nasida blew up the Xumi Order, it still reached the ears of Commander Qin, so Keli can't directly Captain Heqin said he was going to find Sister Nasida."

"Ah? You two also blew up Xumi's Order House?" Paimon couldn't help but exclaimed.

Keli nodded fiercely and said: "Well, Sister Lotia will come later to help repair the Xumi Order, otherwise Keli will be finished."

Paimon: "."

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After listening to Keli's words, both Paimon and Ying were shocked, because they all knew that Nasita was the God of Grass, and in the end, she blew up her own territory. This was obviously not in line with the God of Wisdom. action.

"So, Keli knows that it's better to wait until Captain Qin's anger subsides before going to play with Sister Nasida. It would be better if she can see Sister Nasida at the Rongcai Festival this time."

At this time, Abedo also walked out of the boat and greeted Ying and Paimon: "Traveler, Paimon, hello, Dao Wife Dao Wife is going to hold a Rongcai Festival, I wonder if you will meet to you."

"It turns out that Albedo was invited to paint the portrait of the Five Immortals." Paimon turned to Ying and said.

Abedo nodded and said: "It seems that you already know about the painting, but I use the pen name Baichao in Inazuma."

"By the way, do you know where the Chamber of Commerce of All Nations is? I will meet the editor-in-chief of Yaedo Hall there later."

Paimon replied: "The Chamber of Commerce of All Nations is where you stayed on the outlying island. It seems that the destination is the same."

"Then let's go." Albedo said to Ying and Paimon.

Pamon nodded and said, "Yes."

Then Paimon and Ying took Albedo to their accommodation on the outlying island.

"There are a lot of things here that Keli has never seen before." Keli ran around on the street, looking at this and that.

"Didn't Keli come here last time?" Pamon asked curiously.

Keli explained: "Last time I was here with Sister Nasida, we didn't go into the city, but looked for places to fry fish everywhere."

Paimon: "."

"Kelly, don't run around, be careful not to bump into others." Abedo reminded the active Keli.

Keli replied: "I know, I know."

Abedo looked around and suddenly said in confusion: "It's strange. Editor Hirayama doesn't seem to be here yet. He clearly said he would arrive earlier than me. Now it's a bit troublesome."

"What's wrong?" Ying asked curiously.

Abedo explained: "Actually, the editor-in-chief asked me to meet today to give me the detailed information about Wu Ge Xian, so that I can come up with specific picture content."

After hearing what Abedo said, Paimon asked doubtfully: "Abedo, before you came to Inazuma, didn't you know what you wanted to draw?"

"I only know the name of Wu Ge Xian. Because Wu Ge Xian is a long time ago and very little content has been handed down to this day, so the editor decided to help me collect some more information." Abedo explained: "I can draw as long as I have inspiration. He is very fast, so he agreed to give me the summary today.”

After hearing what Albedo said, Paimon asked: "When will these paintings be completed?"

Abedo thought for a moment and replied: "According to the plan, the portraits will be revealed one by one in several stages of the festival. The first green light portrait will be completed before the official opening of the Rongcai Festival the day after tomorrow."

Paimon said with a surprised look on his face: "The day after tomorrow?! Isn't that time very tight!"

"Actually, it's not bad. When I'm illustrating a light novel, the situation is often much more dangerous because the manuscript has to be transported by sea." Abedo shook his head and said, "Last month, in order to catch up with "Shen Qiu Shi Jian Lu" "The latest volume was released at the Rong Cai Festival, and I drew the illustrations for the last chapter on the day I received the manuscript."

“As soon as the Inazuma illustrations arrived at Inazuma, they were immediately sent for printing. I still don’t know how well that picture turned out when printed.”

After listening to Abedo's words, Paimeng spread his hands and said helplessly: "Uh... I really don't know whether to sympathize with your creative environment or praise you as a genius."

Abedo did not pay attention to Paimon's complaints, but continued: "Of course, if possible, I still hope to get the information as soon as possible, so that I will be more prepared."

Ying said: "Speaking of which, the Son of God said it before."

But before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Paimon: "Yes, the editors of Yaedo Hall will be near the Tokoku Supervisory Office these days."

"Albedo, the editor-in-chief might be over there, we will take you there to find him right now!"

"That's fine." Abedo nodded.

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Ying followed silently, and she found that what seemed to be happening had turned into the previous plot mode where she couldn't speak.

At the same time, Narukami Taisha Shrine.

"Son of God, Son of God, get up!" Shadow pulled the Eightfold Godson out of the bed and shook him vigorously.

Yae Shenzi yawned, rubbed his sleepy eyes and said lazily: "Ah? It's Kage, what's wrong? Let me sleep for a while, I was so sleepy after being tortured by you yesterday."

When Ying heard Yae Shenzi's words, she loosened her hand and let Yae Shenzi lie down softly again. Yae Shenzi was suddenly released by Ying and fell down again. She struggled to get up and looked at Ying with a puzzled expression.

Ying rubbed his head with a headache and said to Yae Shenzi: "Shenzi, have you forgotten something very important?"

"Important thing? What is it?" Yae Shenzi scratched his head in confusion.

"Of course it's the Rongcai Festival! You're still sleeping here now? Everyone who was invited has already arrived at Inazuma. Let me see what you are going to do." Kage hit Yae Shenzi on the head with a violent force, making Mi Mi The confused Yae Shenzi suddenly woke up, and then covered the place where he was knocked with a look of pain.

"What are you doing? It hurts. I don't know who I learned it from. I like to hit people on the head." Yae Shenzi couldn't help complaining.

Yae Shenzi reacted belatedly and said to Ying in surprise: "Wait, you mean Rongcai Festival? Hiss~ It's a bit difficult to handle."

"What's wrong?" Ying asked confused.

Yae Shenzi spread his hands towards the shadow and said: "It's all your fault for not reminding me earlier. I haven't gone out these days and have forgotten the time. Counting the days, the day after tomorrow is the Rongcai Festival. I There’s no time to prepare.”

"You mean you didn't prepare for the Rongcai Festival?" Ying asked with a surprised look on his face after hearing Yae Shenzi's words.

"Of course, I don't have time to prepare for the Rongcai Festival during this period." After saying this, Yae Shenzi yawned.

"Originally, I wanted to organize a Rongcai Festival with a light novel theme, but in the end, I forgot about it."

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"Kage, you won't call me up now and ask me to prepare for the Rongcai Festival, right? I don't have that strong ability to do it in these few days." Yae Shenzi spread his hands and looked helpless. said.

After hearing Yae Shenzi's words, Ying said with a strange expression: "No need, the Rongcai Festival is ready, and it is also based on the light novel theme."

Yae Shenzi: "???"

"If you hadn't prepared it, then she should have taken action. After all, she knew what to do from the information she learned here." Ying continued.

"Who took action? General Raiden?" Yae Shenzi asked in confusion.

Ying shook his head and said: "No, she is a descendant of General Thunder and Lightning. She is very knowledgeable in this aspect."

Yae Shenzi: "???"

Are you kidding me, does General Thunder and Lightning have any other relatives? Isn't General Thunder your clone? After all, isn't her family member me? But I didn’t prepare either.

"Then why didn't you tell me earlier?" Yae Shenzi asked Kage with an uncomfortable look on his face.

Ying explained: "When I was visiting Inazuma before, I found that the Rongcai Festival had already started preparations. I thought it was you who did it. I didn't expect you to be so diligent, so I didn't mention it. But today, the tourists are here and you are still sleeping here, so I decided to ask you."

Yae Shenzi: "."

"Forget it, you continue to sleep, I'll go check the situation." Ying said, turned around and walked outside.

Yae Shenzi hurriedly chased after him, saying as he walked: "Hey, wait for me, how can I still sleep after you hit me so hard."

When Yae Shenzi left the room, she found that several shrine maidens looked at her in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Yae Shenzi asked in confusion.

"Master Yae Palace, weren't you on the outlying island? You're back so soon?" The shrine maiden asked.

Yae Shenzi: "???"

"I didn't." Before Yae Shenzi could say anything, Ying dragged her away, leaving only the shrine maiden with a confused look on her face.

Yae Shinko said with a puzzled look: "Ying, what are you doing? I want to ask who is pretending to be me. I haven't been to the island these days."

"No need to ask, I know who it is, so you'd better behave yourself, otherwise you'll be in trouble." Ying shook her head and said.

"Who is it? Why is she pretending to be me or am I in trouble?" After hearing Ying's words, Yae Shinko became even more confused.

Ying didn't say anything, but said to Yae Shinko: "Let's go, disguise ourselves, we'll go to the island, it's not good for me to appear outside as a general now..."

"Cloak? Why should I disguise myself? I don't want to. I'm the Yae Palace Master of the Mingshen Taisha. Do I have to disguise myself to meet a fake one?" Yae Shinko said with dissatisfaction.

"If I ask you to change, you should change. Why are you talking so much?" Ying hit Yae Shinko on the head with a slap and said to her.

Yae Shinko: "."

In the end, under Ying's tyranny, Yae Shinko still disguised herself honestly.

"You can change your clothes, but why do you want to change into that woman's clothes?" Yae Shenzi asked Ying in confusion.

"I think that dress looks good, and it's easy to wear." Ying moved his hands and feet and said.

"That's true, but, but, I still feel weird." Yae Shenzi whispered: "We are the gods of Inazuma and the gods' followers. Don't you think it's strange to wear Liyue-style clothes?"

"She is also the god of Xumi, so what's the matter." Ying glanced at Yae Shenzi and said indifferently.

Yae Shenzi: "."

It must be said that Ying was wearing this dress with a white background and purple patterns, and even her usual hair was directly draped like tassels. Her behavior was full of the fairy feeling of Liyue, which made Yae Shenzi's heart beat faster.

"Well, what does this dress look like? It doesn't look good at all. Change it quickly." Ying looked at the kimono worn by Yae Shenzi and said directly.

Yae God: "."

Under Ying's coercion, Yae God obediently changed into the same style of clothes as Ying, but the color and pattern of the clothes were slightly different from Ying's. The purple pattern on Ying's clothes was a crane, while Yae God's dress was a pink fox pattern.

"Not bad, it looks much better this way, worthy of being my little fox." Ying commented to Yae God with a satisfied look.

"Hmm." Yae God felt his cheeks a little hot after hearing Ying's straightforward words.

"By the way, there is this." Ying suddenly thought of something and took out a glass ball and handed it to Yae God.

After receiving it, Yae God Son said to Ying with a suspicious look: "Why do you have this?"

"I asked Liusu for this before, in preparation for my future life. It's a bit too conspicuous to use elemental power directly without the Eye of God, and I won't travel around the world as a god in the future." Ying nodded and said: "What, is there a problem?"

Yae God Son: "6."

You are worthy of it, Ying, you have even prepared for the future. If it weren't for this time, I wouldn't know that you have prepared a glass ball in the shape of the Eye of God. Why don't I think you are so smart in other details?

"Can't you make a glass ball yourself? Liusu gave me the Eye of God in Liyue style!" Yae God Son looked at the prismatic thunder elemental Eye of God in his hand and couldn't help complaining.

Ying replied calmly, "Oh, because I'm lazy, and the God's Eye made of tassels has some special uses, which makes it difficult for people to distinguish the real from the fake."

After hearing Ying's words, Yae Shenzi couldn't help but sighed, "It's my blessing to have you."

"Let's go to the island." Ying said and flew towards the island.

Yae Shenzi looked at Ying's back, sighed and took off the God's Eye hanging on his ear with some discomfort, hid his ears with magic, and then hung the God's Eye given by Ying, and then chased in the direction of Ying's departure.

On the other side, Ying and Paimon also brought Albedo to the editorial office and got a new commission from him, that is, the book was lost.

"I knew it wouldn't be that simple." Ying complained to Paimon while walking towards the dock.

"Hehe, I didn't expect this, but the book was lost. It's really a big deal. Let's help." Paimon scratched his head.

Albedo also echoed: "Well, the fact that the book was lost still needs to be verified."

Ying: "Ah~"

What else can Ying say besides sighing? She could only follow the information provided by the female supervisor named Lily Hua and go to the warehouse near the dock to look for clues.

However, when they walked near the pier, they saw Kujo Sora and a cuckold bard silently confronting each other.

Kujo Sura: "."

Wendy: "."

"Huh? Why are you here?" Pamon looked at Wendy in surprise.

Kujo Sora thought that Paimon was talking to her, so she turned around and replied: "Tian Ling is performing official duties, of course I will be here."

Paimon quickly waved his hand and said: "No, Sanluo, I'm not talking about you——"

"Singer, that suspicious foreigner in the warehouse, could it be you?"

After listening to Paimon's words, Wendy smiled and replied: "Hey, I'm sorry, judging from the results, it is indeed me."

"Suspect, I should have told you, please don't speak casually until your suspicion of theft and smuggling is cleared up." Kujo Sera walked up to Wendy and spoke to him with a serious face.

After saying that, Kujo Sora turned to Ying and asked: "Traveler, Paimon, do you know this Mondstadt who calls himself a bard?"

Ying replied: "I can only say that I am quite familiar with it."

Paimon said to Kujo Sera: "Sara, based on what we know about him, the theft should have nothing to do with him. But... what's going on with the smuggling?!"

Kujo Sora explained: "Although he claimed to be a guest at the Rongcai Festival, he could not produce an invitation letter, so we suspected that he entered the country illegally."

"After all, just now, Jing found him in the cargo box containing dandelion wine in Voyage Wind."

"Can we ask him a few words?" Ying thought for a moment and said.

Kujo Sora nodded and said: "Yes, if it is to verify the truth of the matter."

After hearing Kujo Sanra's words, Paimon immediately asked Wendy: "Wendy, are you really a smuggler here?"

"Wow, we haven't seen each other for such a long time, but as soon as we reunited, you looked at us with such suspicious eyes." Wendy said with a sad expression on her face after listening to Paimon's words.

"Isn't this how you came here before?" Paimon said suspiciously.

"Ahem, how is it possible?" Wendy choked at Paimon's words and continued: "How could I be a stowaway?"

"Based on common sense, you are indeed not a person who would stowaway." A voice suddenly appeared, interrupting Wendy's words.

"Huh? Zhongli, why are you here too?" Paimeng asked with a surprised look on his face: "But Zhongli is right, as a singer, you are indeed not someone who knows how to sneak across the border."

At the end of Paimon's words, he emphasized the pronunciation of the word "human".

Wendy: "."

"Old man, why are you here? You didn't come here smuggled in, right?" Wendy said helplessly after hearing what Zhongli and Paimon said.

"Of course not, I got an invitation." After Zhongli finished speaking, he took out the invitation sent to them by General Thunder.

After taking it, Kujo Sanluo looked at it and said respectfully to Zhongli: "It turns out that you are a distinguished guest invited by the General. I will ask someone to arrange your itinerary."

"Hey, old man, you are too unkind. We came here like this last time, but you actually got the invitation this time." Wendy shook her head at Zhongli and said with a disappointed look on her face.

After listening to Wendy's words, Kujo Sanluo looked at Zhongli and thought: "Last time?"

Zhongli: "."

Seeing the dangerous look in Zhong Li's eyes, Wendy quickly explained: "Haha, just kidding. Don't worry, the person who sent me the invitation letter is Ayato Kamisato, the official of the club. The person who knows this is unlikely to be A stowaway."

After hearing what Wendy said, Paimon wondered: "But why didn't you take a boat with the bards?"

Wendy gave an explanation for this: "Of course it was because after I received the invitation letter, I wanted to come to Inazuma earlier. At this time, I happened to encounter a cargo ship carrying dandelion wine, so I set off with them. ”

"The captain and I got along very well, and he treated me to a lot of good wine along the way. I probably fell asleep lying in the cargo box while carefully comparing the taste differences between dandelion wine and Inazuma wine."

"When I woke up, I was in this warehouse, and the general who was entrusted by Tian Ling was glaring at me from above the box."

After listening to Wendy's explanation, Paimon spread his hands and said: "Although the whole thing is quite credible from Wendy's mouth, it feels a bit..."

Ying added from the side: "No face."

While several people were talking, a voice came again: "This is really in line with Jiu Mengzi's personality."

"Huh? Liusu, Nasida, and Lotia, are you here too?" Paimon turned around and said in surprise when he saw the three people arriving.

"Well, it's really uncomfortable to take a boat. I won't take it again next time." Liusu nodded.

After hearing Liusu's words, Ying asked with surprise: "Lisu, are you still seasick?"

"No, it just takes too long. It takes a day or two to get from Liyue to Daozhi, which is a bit torture." Liusu replied with a sigh.

"So that's it. So, you came with Zhongli?" Paimeng nodded.

Liusu explained: "Well, I said to have something to eat before leaving, but Zhongli saw that the ingredients prepared were all seafood. He couldn't stand it after taking two bites, so he got off the boat early."

Zhongli: "."