章節 89: Chapter 89
The scenery before him shifted and transformed.
The environment around Xia Zhi instantly became quiet. A cool breeze carried the scent of grass and trees, entirely different from the slightly salty sea wind of Liyue Harbor.
This was the Statue of The Seven at Dihua Marsh, the teleport waypoint he had passed through earlier with Little Crane. Xia Zhi stood in place, carefully experiencing the teleportation process and noting that his body showed no adverse reactions.
He opened his character panel and checked—all attribute values remained unchanged.
This long-distance teleportation surprisingly required neither mana nor spiritual power consumption.
Xia Zhi gazed at the glowing mysterious device before him, his expression contemplative.
Perhaps this was the advantage of a teleport waypoint. Its disadvantage was equally obvious: requiring pre-set start and end points, only allowing directional transmission along predetermined routes. Such a massive alchemical device must be incredibly complex to create.
Xia Zhi retracted his gaze. His purpose in coming out was to test the teleport waypoint's functionality, which he had now accomplished.
Since he was already here, he might as well check if any interesting items were nearby.
Xia Zhi retrieved the [Treasure Compass] he had purchased the previous night. After a moment, the pointer began slowly rotating, finally settling in a direction to his left.
This meant a supernatural material existed in that direction.
Following the pointer's guidance, he walked several hundred steps and discovered a blue flower emanating an intense cold aura.
An Ice Crystal Flower.
Xia Zhi recognized it immediately—a unique alchemical material from Teyvat, with flower stamens rich in cryo elemental energy. Ordinary people touching it would instantly suffer frostbite and would require specialized tools for harvesting.
How fortunate.
Xia Zhi smiled and stretched out his hand, his fingers touching the flower's freezing petals.
"Material contacted. Recorded in archive. Collection possible."
"Collect."
The Ice Crystal Flower instantly vanished from the ground, entering his inventory.
Xia Zhi withdrew his hand, a white [Healing] light appearing and curing the frostbite.
Checking the [Treasure Compass] again, he saw the pointer had stopped moving.
This meant no supernatural materials of white or silver quality remained in the vicinity.
Xia Zhi put away the compass and retraced his steps, returning to Liyue Harbor via the teleport waypoint. The environment immediately became lively again, the sea's familiar scent filling the air.
He took a light breath, then navigated through the crowd to an area near the Lotus Pool in Feiyun Slope.
Another teleport waypoint existed here.
Xia Zhi approached and touched it, unlocking the location.
"Teleport Waypoint: Number 3, recorded."
"Rename: Feiyun Slope."
"Renamed."
Turning around, he walked a few steps to the Lotus Pool's entrance. From here, he could see Bubu Pharmacy in the distance.
Currently in a stealth state with extremely low presence, he contemplated sneaking into Bubu Pharmacy to find Baizhu and complete a progress bar on his body.
After a moment's consideration, he abandoned the idea.
After all, sneaking into a man's place in the middle of the night to touch his body would feel incredibly strange.
He now had sufficient point sources and didn't urgently need a silver treasure chest. He could slowly work on it later.
Xia Zhi walked back to his small shop. By this time, Zhu Zi had already locked the door.
He cast [Spatial Transfer], instantly moving from outside to inside, then went upstairs to his room.
Deactivating stealth mode.
He retrieved the [Blazing Incense Burner] and the [Recovery Pill] he had obtained from Yao Yao earlier.
Opening the stopper, he poured out five plump golden-yellow pills.
The quantity matched the [Calming Pills].
Xia Zhi kept one Recovery Pill, returning the other four to the bottle. He then cut open the pill, took a small portion, and following a specific sequence, added it with other spices into the [Blazing Incense Burner] to begin crafting.
Minutes later, a regularly shaped substance resembling a pale yellow amber emerged from the burner.
Xia Zhi stored it in his inventory and checked its details.
[Perfect Recovery Incense]
Quality: Iron
Type: Consumable
Characteristics: None
Effect: Crafted in Blazing Incense Burner with partial Recovery Pill, can nourish spirit and strengthen ghostly divine entities.
Hidden Effect: Burning duration increased by 30%, recovery effect increased by 30%.
Recycle Price: 1 Point
As expected, the newly crafted incense possessed recovery effects, with an additional "can strengthen ghostly divine entities" property.
Checking the [Shop], a new [Recovery Incense] option appeared, priced at 4 points.
One point more expensive than the [Calming Incense].
Xia Zhi was uncertain about the [Shop]'s valuation standards for supernatural items, but assumed the higher price must have its reasons.
Moreover, the "can strengthen ghostly divine entities" effect seemed more reliable than the "can entice ghostly divine entities" effect of the [Joy Incense] made with succubus hair.
Tonight, he'd light the [Perfect Recovery Incense]. Having made mooncakes all day, his body felt somewhat exhausted and needed proper recovery to be ready for work tomorrow.
Xia Zhi placed the [Perfect Recovery Incense] in the burner and lit it, then crafted several [Joy Incense] to recycle points before lying down with the [Dream World Pillow] to enter the dream world and harvest mushrooms.
At a certain moment, a white spectral figure phased through the wall.
She sniffed, her expression slightly changing.
"A different smell, but also delicious. A new incense?"
She slowly drifted to the table's edge, her posture no longer as eager as when she first started consuming incense.
Her gaze had become more stable.
If she previously resembled a gluttonous, playful child, now she embodied a mature woman with countless stories.
Glancing at the table, she saw it was spotlessly clean, with no new manuscript pages.
Why hadn't he been writing drafts these past two days?
She had last seen the plot interrupted and expected to read the continuation the next day, but no updates had come.
Such a frustrating feeling.
She sighed helplessly, propping her face with one hand and sitting quietly by the table, absorbing the incense.
After a while, she suddenly exclaimed softly, "My power... has recovered a bit? Is it because of this new incense?"
Pondering, she extended a finger to touch the incense burner.
The pale yellow incense still burning inside suddenly appeared before her eyes, floating eerily.
She examined it carefully.
"Compared to last night's incense, the color is different. It lacks the soul-calming effect but gained a spirit-nourishing effect."
Murmuring to herself, she suddenly turned to look at Xia Zhi, sleeping soundly on the bed with his pillow, her expression becoming curious.
"Mr. Xia, just who are you?"
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