But...so what if there is something fishy, this is Liyue, my ahem, the old man's territory!
Just raise your head and shout, and although it won't jump out of a cart full of breadmen, it will definitely bring down from the sky a super powerful demon-conquering sage who will teach you how to be a good person.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat. If you guys have anything else to do, we'll talk about it later."
Xiangling and Guoba came over carrying dishes: "Squad leader, where have you been these past few days? We asked Keqing, but she didn't even know where you went."
"Of course he doesn't know where I went. I went to Mondstadt."
Gu Sanqiu took out chopsticks and distributed them to everyone. When he came to Yaya, he paused obviously, and then replaced them with knives, forks and spoons.
"Haha, thank you very much."
Yaya was surprised that Gu Sanqiu actually carried these tableware with him, but it was still very convenient to have a knife and fork.
"leilei~"
Guo Ba stretched out his two short hands and slapped Gu Sanqiu hard on the waist.
"Well, what do you want, this?"
Gu Sanqiu took out the snacks he opened from Golden Finger.
"NeiNei——"
Guo Ba shook his head and pointed to the simple stove.
"Um......"
Gu Sanqiu glanced at the relatively "simple" six dishes and two soups in front of him.
"You feel like you don't have enough food and want to add more dishes?"
Guo Ba smiled and nodded, jumped up and touched Gu Sanqiu's shoulder, as if to say that the boy was very smart.
"Okay, leave this to me."
Gu Sanqiu glanced at Xingqiu: "Come with me, and you haven't told me what the earth veins explosion is about."
"Okay, wait while I pick up some food."
Xingqiu hurriedly picked up a bowl for himself, and then looked at Chongyun aside.
"Do you need to leave some for that guy?"
"No, in order to help him recover as soon as possible, I used a medicinal array. It feels good if he doesn't feel nearly exhausted when he wakes up. How can he continue to eat."
Gu Sanqiu snapped his fingers, and the flame began to rise. He heated the pan with oil and sauteed the ingredients until fragrant.
"Go on, I can hear you."
"Of course I know you can hear it. This matter is not as simple as you think. The burst of earth veins is different from ordinary siltation and migration. This is probably something that reaches the ground from a deeper place."
Xingqiu made a gesture: "You know how to dig potatoes. In the past, dealing with the phenomenon of earth veins was roughly similar to digging out potatoes. It is very simple and does not need to go deep."
"But this time the leyline explosion is not like this. If I had to describe it, it would be that going deep into the veins is completely different from digging potatoes."
"If that's the case, why do you have to involve them? Shouldn't this matter be left to the General Affairs Department?"
Gu Sanqiu chopped red and green chili peppers and hard-boiled duck eggs, stir-fried them on the stove, and added seasonings.
"Although there are indeed people who are eating hard work these days, the General Affairs Department is not unavailable. There must be good people, not to mention that Qianyan Army will also intervene in this matter. What do you think Qianyan Army has been practicing recently?
Is it a joke?"
Xingqiu frowned: "I just noticed something was wrong. The people in the General Affairs Department didn't seem to care much about this matter, and there's something else I don't think is right."
Gushan
Gu Sanqiu passed the "Ghost Fire" to the side, and Guo Ba, who had been waiting beside him for a long time, took the dish with bright eyes. Just when he was about to open his mouth and prepare to start, he saw Xiang Ling's bulging face.
"Cookba! This is fried for everyone by the squad leader!"
"NeiNei!"
Gu Sanqiu started to prepare the second dish, a simple seafood porridge with chopped green onions and a platter of pickles, which could neutralize the hot pepper smell that permeated the surrounding area.
"You want to say where these treasure thieves got the information, right? The treasure thieves shouldn't know about the academic term "Leiline Outbreak", and they shouldn't have summoned so many people to come and steal it from you."
Gu Sanqiu looked at Xingqiu: "You and I both know the admission standards of the Rebirth Hall, and there are only a few other forces who know about this matter. Do you suspect that someone in the General Affairs Department leaked the information?"
Xingqiu shook his head: "Not only that, except for the fact that the treasure thief group somehow knew about this matter, don't you think Qixing's actions were too slow this time, or even too lazy to care."
Gu Sanqiu frowned: "Too lazy to care? Hasn't the Qianyan Army been mobilized?"
Xingqiu shrugged: "Of course not. On the surface, everyone is still in harmony, making a lot of money every day. Even the Adventurers Association has done nothing, and even explains it to the outside world as an ordinary earth vein phenomenon."
"The people who are dealing with this matter, in addition to the Shengsheng Hall and us, are some practitioners, or families that have passed down the family for several generations. Officially, we haven't seen any action on their part so far."
Xingqiu spread his hands: "I thought something was wrong, so I pulled everyone out to take a look, but what I didn't expect was that this thing could be so powerful."
"The guardian body is constructed from the power deep in the earth veins. If our lineup were not strong enough, it would be really difficult to deal with an earth vein explosion point."
"The power deep in the earth's veins..."
These two words "deep" touched Gu Sanqiu's nerves a little.
"When the monsters attacked and came to compete with you for the siltation core, did you notice anything wrong?"
"What's wrong? Wait for me to think about it..."
Xingqiu thought seriously, and then was stunned: "Yes, if there is something wrong, that thing should be counted."
"explain."
"The Rock Helmet King, there is a Rock Helmet King who is extremely large and has a black color all over his body."
Gu Sanqiu frowned: "It's black. Is the skin black or is there black energy all over the body?"
If it was the latter, in this world where elemental power and its properties could be distinguished by color, he should be wary of the true properties of that thing.
"The skin, to be precise, should be the armor on the Rock Helmet King. The elemental armor he condensed using elemental power is still a normal color."
"black?"
Gu Sanqiu frowned: "Are there any different characteristics?"
"Yes, it's extremely hard. I couldn't cut it at all. Only Ming Lei and Wan Ye used the characteristics of wind and thunder to break through the defense of the Rock Helmet King, and then handed it over to Dadalia for the finishing blow."
Xingqiu explained: "This reminds me of forging. That guy probably forged his body, or strengthened it to a point where it is difficult for us to break it."
"Is there still such a thing?"
Gu Sanqiu raised his eyebrows. He had never seen the Rock Armor King with black armor. Could it be the latest breed, or the more powerful advanced version of the Qiu Qiu King?
However, listening to Xingqiu's description, even Ming Lei and Wan Ye needed to cooperate to successfully break through the defense. In the end, Ya Ya found a chance to repair the tail sword. The strength of that thing is definitely much higher than the ordinary Rock Armor King.
"So you plan to let me ask my sister?"
Xingqiu nodded: "There is no way. The earth veins erupted, let alone gathering some siltation cores together. The huge power alone is enough for ordinary people to drink a pot. Recently, some farmers have reported that the climate and geology are not right.
Already."
"I've read so many books but haven't seen any description of this thing. Then the guys from the Treasure Thieves Group who have no regard for the law appeared in batches. Their style is completely different from the past."
Xingqiu patted Gu Sanqiu on the shoulder: "Be careful, I suspect it's man-made."