"Well, since it's the master's orders, I should do my best to complete it."

Zhongli looked at the bill in his hand and was a little helpless, he liked it more than work.

He thought for a moment and continued:

"However, Master Hu, our industry, the demand has long been full, if we spend money to expand our business scope, there is a high probability of losing money."

It is inevitable that people will die of old age, sickness and death every day in the vast Liyue.

But even this has a ceiling, and now Liyue's funeral industry is in a state of balance that has been optimized over the years, and expanding related businesses is basically a waste of Mora.

"Oh? Keqing, you seem to understand very well! Hu Tao crossed his arms and looked surprised, "Then Mora will be handed over to you anyway."

"If you see a new business worth investing in, you can also invest in it, but if you can't do it, you can deposit it in Liyue Bank."

Hu Tao looked like he was shaking his hands and walked away.

"Hehe, it seems that Lord Yan's retirement life is not very smooth." Li Qiuzhi said with a smile.

"It's funny, after all, it is my duty as a guest secretary to help the Dead Hall."

Zhongli chuckled.

"Ahem, Brother Zhongli, I have something I want to ask you." Li Qiuzhi nodded and got down to business.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it."

Zhongli raised his hand and motioned for Li Qiuzhi to ask casually.

"You know, I'm an adventurer, some time ago I ventured in the salt of the earth, and found a sealed ruin, and then after investigation, I found that it was once the ruins of the salt country, and it was still sealed by you."

Li Qiuzhi briefly explained the situation.

After listening to Li Qiuzhi's words, Zhongli pressed his chin and nodded thoughtfully:

"You mean, you want to venture there, so you came and talk to me?"

"Well, that's pretty much what it means, after all, I'm an adventurer, and I'm always yearning for unknown treasures, and the ruins of a demon god are really exciting.

"But after all, it was sealed by you, and I don't know much about the specific situation, so I'm afraid that something unexpected will happen if I break the seal rashly, so I'm here to ask your opinion."

Li Qiuzhi nodded lightly.

He still understands what is going on through the original book, but he is going to get the treasure, so there is no need to be so clear.

"Heulia, the god of salt, was a gentle god, but the world did not give her the same gentleness.

"She was assassinated by her own people, and her remains erupted in endless salt crystals that flooded the Salt Realm, leaving only a handful of Salt Folk to escape.

"In order to prevent the salt crystals from spreading to the outside world, I sealed it when I discovered this situation, and thousands of years have passed, and the salt disaster that I wanted to come there has long subsided, so if you want to explore, go there.

"It's not a bad thing to be able to bring back the land of salt that was once a country of salt."

As Li Qiuzhi thought, Zhongli did not object to Li Qiuzhi's adventure to the ruins of the Demon God of Salt.

"She was assassinated by her own people, even if she is not very strong, but she is also a demon god after all, is she so gentle that she will not resist even if she is assassinated by her own people?"

Li Qiuzhi appropriately showed his doubts.

"That's right, she can smile calmly even in front of her people with sharp weapons, and she is a demon god worthy of respect."

Zhongli gave a look of remembrance.

The Demon God of Salt is too gentle, afraid that the Demon God's war will affect his people, and then blindly escapes.

In the end, he managed to survive in the Salt of the Ground, only to die in his own people, which is a little ironic.

……

After listening to Zhongli's story about the Demon God of Salt in the Hall of the Dead, Li Qiuzhi came to the outside of the city to wait for Keqing.

No, Keqing is a very punctual person, and he doesn't need Li Qiuzhi and others at all.

As soon as he reached the torii, he saw Keqing with a lilac ponytail standing on the wooden arch bridge waiting.

"Keqing, I didn't let you wait too long." Li Qiuzhi walked over quickly and said with some embarrassment.

"I've only been here for a short time, so let's leave now."

Keqing shook her head lightly and said.

The way for the two of them to go to the salt in the middle of the earth is to use the Wind Wings, and with Li Qiuzhi, who can control the wind element, the speed of flight will not be slow.

At about one o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them successfully arrived near the salt in the ground.

They didn't rush closer to avoid being discovered by the members of the Treasure Hoarders here, and then the two of them landed on the ground, and then Li Qiuzhi spread out the stealth realm, stealth and approached the salt in the ground.

"Your secret technique is pretty good." Keqing walked next to Li Qiuzhi and said with emotion.

"It's very useful to deal with people who can't release their mental power, but when they encounter an enemy who can release their mental power, it's not very effective."

Li Qiuzhi said with a smile.

"That being said, even if you can release your mental power, no one can use it all day long."

Keqing thinks that Li Qiuzhi is being modest.

Her strength has also improved a little bit recently, but she is still a little far from being able to release her mental power in the sixth breakthrough.

"That's right." Li Qiuzhi nodded, and then asked with something in mind, "Keqing, do you know Yelan, she also seems to have mastered the stealth technique, and wants to find an opportunity to exchange experiences with her." ”

"Yelan? Knowing is knowing, but not too familiar, she is Ningguang's intelligence officer, if you want to find her, you should ask Ningguang, of course, if I meet, I can also help you talk about it. ”

Keqing pressed against her soft lower lip and thought for a moment and said.

"Okay, then I'll trouble you."

In the process of communicating between the two, they soon came to the salt area of the earth.

"Where are those adventurers reporting Treasure Hoarders?" Li Qiuzhi turned his face sideways and looked at Keqing next to him and asked.

"I'll show you the way, and you follow me."

Keqing's legs wrapped in black pantyhose spread out and looked at the woods on her right.

Li Qiuzhi followed up and searched with his mental power, and soon locked on a group of treasure thieves who were about two kilometers away.

He told Keqing about the situation.

Then the two of them sped up and ran towards the Treasure Hoarders, and two or three minutes passed quietly.

"Sister Bao'er, the information you got is unreliable, we've been looking for two days, not to mention the remains of the Salt Demon God, not even a single grain of salt has been found, or let's withdraw."

"In the past two days, we have driven away so many adventurers, and if we don't leave, they will come over with the Millelith Army!"

The Treasure Hoarders are in a makeshift camp, where there are more than a dozen members of the Treasure Hoarders.

Led by a hooded young woman, opposite a hooded man grumbled after eating the last piece of roast meat.

"Idiot, of course salt has no hair!" The young woman in the hood scolded in turn, and then continued, "When those adventurers go back and report it, and the Millelith Army gets the news, won't this be possible in four or five days!"

"As long as we find the relics of the Salt Demon God in the next two days and get the treasure inside, we won't have to worry about it for the rest of our lives, you idiot is still afraid of this!"

"Okay, Sister Bao'er, don't worry about him, I've been looking for two days without any clues, and everyone is a little annoyed,"

A bald-headed member of the Treasure Hoarders persuaded and analyzed:

"We've searched this wood, the hillside to the south, and the east and west, and since we haven't found anything, it's probably in the territory of the Rock Helmet King and the Abyss Mage to the north.

"We can't deal with them, do you want to contact Fat Gang and Zhuang Hu? With them, we don't have a chance! ”

"Call them? Are you also stupid, you really have to rely on them to lick our scum at that time! ”

Bao'er rolled her eyes, feeling that her subordinates were all such guys with low IQs, but yes, if they were smart enough, they would be the boss!

She thought for a moment and said:

"In this way, let's withdraw for the time being, go back and get more elemental potions, and then get a big guy, and then touch back when the limelight is over and let these garbage monsters ascend to heaven on the spot!"

"Okay, listen to Sister Bao'er, let's withdraw now." The other Treasure Hoarders felt okay with it.

Just as they were about to leave, they suddenly felt as if their heads had been hit hard by an invisible hammer, and their heads went blank in an instant.

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"They're really here for some treasure, the Demon God of Salt. It seems to have been seen in the history books. ”

Ke Qing and Li Qiuzhi, who had been hiding nearby and eavesdropping for a long time, removed their invisibility and revealed their bodies after using their mental power to stun the Treasure Hoarders.

"They are too weak, they don't need me to summon tentacles, and they all faint when they directly release their spiritual power."

Li Qiuzhi said with a slight smile.

He had just observed with his golden sin eyes that Sister Bao'er, who seemed to have tricked a traveler into taking the archaeological artifacts during the original Liyue Region Dailies, was only level 50.

She's also the most powerful of the Treasure Hoarders.

For him at level ninety, it didn't take much effort to catch them.

"Well, it's thanks to you that you were able to catch them so neatly and no one ran away."

Keqing said with a smile on her face:

"I've brought enough rope to tie them up, and I'll tell Millelith to bring them back with me."

"Speaking of which, I have a great idea."

Li Qiuzhi looked at these members of the Treasure Hoarders who were stunned by himself, and suddenly an idea popped up in his heart.

"What's the idea?"

Keqing put her hands on her upper abdomen, and her beautiful purple pupils looked at the young adventurer next to her.

"I have an ability to forcibly restrain their behavior."

Li Qiuzhi introduced the effect of the specialty of "Spell" to Keqing:

"Do you think it's possible to get them to do our bidding, and then send them back to the Treasure Hoarders as spies?

"In the future, let them inform the Millelith of any actions of the Treasure Hoarders, and then you can ambush and catch more Treasure Hoarders in advance!"

"Is there such a powerful ability to forcibly restrain the behavior of others?" Ke Qing was a little surprised when he heard Li Qiuzhi's words, and at the same time seriously thought about his thoughts:

"The Treasure Hoarders are huge, but they're a very loose organization, and it's not uncommon for them to form factions, like the people in front of them.

In other words, if other Treasure Hoarders are doing anything that is not good for society, they will not know about it, and it will not be of much use to let them be spies.

"And even if it works, the Millelith don't have enough people to arrest them, after all, there are too many of them."

She shook her head, the idea was good, but with only a dozen people, it still had too little impact on the Treasure Hoarders, the world's most populous international organization.

In case they are found to be in trouble, the Treasure Hoarders may retaliate by doing something harmful to society.

Li Qiuzhi thought about it, and felt that what Keqing said made some sense, even if this method was useful, it would be impossible for the Millelith Army to capture all the Treasure Hoarders, and how to manage it would be a problem at that time.

So is it possible to let them take care of themselves?

Another thought popped up for him:

"Keqing, you said, we secretly controlled this group of Treasure Hoarders, and then helped them grow to become the largest Treasure Hoarders in Liyue.

"A Treasure Hoarder controlled by the Millelith Army, will this be able to completely solve the problem of the Treasure Hoarders endangering society?"

"You're saying that since there's no way to completely solve the problem of rampant Treasure Hoarders by arrest, let them be completely at our disposal, as long as they aren't allowed to do bad things?"

Keqing said with surprise on her face.

"It's terrifying to use all the 'Spells' to control them, and it would be very troublesome for ordinary people to think that we have mastered some demon magic with the aim of controlling everyone.

"So we only need to control some high-ranking treasure hoarder leaders, and then tell them to guide the treasure hoarders to open up wasteland and farm, or become an adventure party to explore and make a living.

"As long as you don't harm society, it's a very successful thing.

"Of course, there is no need to show mercy to those who have committed the most heinous crimes, they must be punished as they deserve!"

Li Qiuzhi understands that the seven human kingdoms of Teyvat are quite peaceful, as long as they are willing to do things, they will definitely not starve, and these guys who come out to join the Treasure Hoarders are either stupid or bad.

Unscrupulous people who try to make a fortune overnight.

But there are too many of these people, and no country can catch them all, and there are monsters in the wild, which are very dangerous, and it is difficult to carry out large-scale arrest operations.

It also doesn't seem worth it to risk the lives of soldiers to capture them.

Moreover, if you press too hard, you may trigger a large-scale conflict with the Treasure Hoarders, or even a war.

In the end, it is the ordinary people who are affected.

So the best thing to do is to be them, to be them, to be them, to control them, to make them obedient, and then you can solve a lot of problems.

"Your idea also has a certain degree of feasibility, but whether it should be done or not has to be discussed by the seven stars together, and it can't be decided blindly.

"But these treasure hoarders can be used to test on a small scale first, to see how effective it is, and if it can really succeed, it is indeed a matter of immeasurable merit to society."

Keqing is a visionary and change-minded person, and she is willing to experiment with ways that might reduce the rampant phenomenon of the Treasure Hoarders.

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