After Reichi walked out of the house, only Zhongli and Sasuke were left in the afterlife hall.

Zhongli finished the tea he had brewed earlier, and then said:

"It's been delayed for so long, it's time for us to take action, and after leaving for so long and there is no progress, Childe will also be suspicious, let's go, little brother Uchiha."

"Just call me Sasuke."

"It's okay, it's so kind."

Just as Zhongli was about to leave, a young girl pushed open the door of the Hall of the Dead.

This girl has reddish-brown hair, and the clothes she wears are a little similar to the uniform of the Afterlife, with wide sleeves, a dark color scheme, and a hat that Sasuke has never seen before, very wide.

This outfit is supposed to look serious, but wearing it on this girl gives Sasuke the feeling that this person should be very lively.

The other party also has a very special pair of eyes, and the shape of the pupil is very similar to a flower.

She swaggered in, found a chair and sat down, then beckoned Zhongli and said:

"Zhongli Keqing, pour me a glass of water, I'm dying of thirst!"

As he spoke, he picked up a book next to the chair and fanned himself.

The dignified Emperor Morax was called by this girl like this, but he was not angry at all, but really found a tea set for her and made a cup of tea.

"Hall Master, please."

The maiden, who was called the hall master, picked up the tea set, and drank the tea in the cup in another gulp as she spoke.

After drinking the tea, the girl noticed Sasuke wearing the mask of the Fatui at this time.

"Zhongli Keqing, who is this?"

She raised an eyebrow and looked at Sasuke and asked.

"The business partner is the big deal I negotiated with the Fatui today, and this is the overseer sent by the Fatui to help me prepare the materials."

"Oh! So that's it, it's a customer of the Fatui. ”

After hearing Zhongli's introduction, the girl immediately became interested, jumped up directly from the chair, walked quickly in front of Sasuke, and showed a sweet smile after looking up and down, revealing a hint of playfulness.

It's just that what she said next was a little explosive.

"This little brother, hello, let me introduce myself, I am Hu Tao, the seventy-seventh generation hall master of the Afterlife Hall, Hu is Hu who eats and drinks the sea, but Peach is not a naughty Tao, are you interested in handling the funeral business of the Afterlife Hall?"

"It just so happens that today's Death Hall has a limited-time big reward, buy one get one free, buy two get three free, buy more and get more."

Yes?

Sasuke was a little overwhelmed by the girl in front of him.

How can anyone come up and ask if they need a funeral business?

I didn't plan to be sent away so soon.

Out of politeness, he politely refused:

“…… No, thank you. ”

"It's okay, don't be so polite."

Kurumo said as if by juggling a card from his hand and handed it to Sasuke.

"Everyone born in this world will be my guest, even if it is not now, it will definitely be in the future, especially the Fatui and the members of the Adventurers' Guild, which are all high-risk occupations, and they may not know when they will die, so it is better to take this opportunity to get the card, so that if you have an accident, you can get the funeral service specially customized for you in the Afterlife Hall as soon as possible, how good!"

“……”

Sasuke finally understood why Zhongli's body stiffened when he heard the Yiqi tell her that the hall master was going to sell the business himself, and hoped that no one would come to him for a bad review.

If an ordinary person encounters a business promotion like the girl in front of him, it is estimated that he is good at cultivating if he does not get angry, right?

It's also a loss that I'm not really a member of the Fatume.

However, this sentence seems to reveal a message, the Fatui members have a high casualty rate, and they are high-quality customers in the eyes of the Afterlife.

In the end, it was Zhongli who rescued Sasuke.

"Hall master, I still have something to go out with this little brother, let's talk about the sales later."

After taking Sasuke out of the Afterlife, Zhongli smiled apologetically at him.

"I'm going to make you laugh, Hu Tao kid, I can't handle it either."

Sasuke shook his head and said that he didn't care, but he was a little curious about why the dignified Iwajin Human Body would work for a hall master like Hu Tao in the Hall of the Afterlife.

"Don't underestimate her."

Zhongli took Sasuke on a stroll through the streets of Liyue and told him about the days since the founding of the Afterlife Hall.

After the end of Liyue's Daedric War, Liyue, which had lost a large number of people due to the war, was afflicted by the plague, and the first Hall Master of the Dead came forward and discovered a way to stop the plague: purify the air, burn the corpses, and stop the spread of the plague.

It can be said that the earliest church of the dead was a hospital together with a funeral.

Zhongli noticed them and signed a contract with them, and together they created a realm of the dead on the Wufu Slope, under the care of the Hall Master of the Dead Hall, in the Wufu Slope.

The distance between Wufu Slope and Liyue Harbor makes it easy to reveal information, and the proximity to the sacred place of the elderly, Qingce Village, makes it easier for the souls of the elderly to go after their deaths.

This time, the responsibilities of the Deadly Hall are clearer, and the Deadly Hall is in charge of the funeral.

And Hu Tao's special pair of plum blossom eyes were passed down from generation to generation by the first hall master, and the eyes that saw the boundary between life and death clearly.

"Master Hu, that kid, although he usually acts in a bit of a way, uh, and informal, but he is very attentive to his own business."

"I don't have much to do in the Hall of the Dead, so I'm relatively free, so I can better observe this Liyue as an ordinary Liyue person."

"For example, in the next few days, let's observe together what is the difference between Liyue now and a few days ago, just after the Immortal Ceremony?"

Combined with Zhongli's previous conversation at the Hall of the Dead, Sasuke knew that the other party was watching to see if Liyue could maintain stability after the god disappeared.

"Okay."

……

What is it like to organize a funeral for yourself?

Sasuke didn't know, but at this time he was accompanying Zhongli to do this.

This time, Zhongli's destination was Xie Cuixing.

After Zhongli's reminder, he also began to notice how Liyue was different from what he had seen before.

And before he arrived at the first stop, Sasuke had already seen some clues.

The large and small shops that passed along the way were all hung with the words "limited-time discounts".

Discounts are an effective way to attract foot traffic, and they can be big or small, but it's a bit unusual for so many stores to sell at the same time.

He hadn't seen anything like this since he first arrived in Liyue, not even the other two days.

Finding a familiar snack grocery store, Sasuke inquired about the price, comparing the price of buying food for Paimon here when he first arrived in Liyue, and it was indeed a real discount, not a way to raise the price first and then discount.

And when Sasuke asked why it was suddenly discounted, the stall owner's eyes showed a lot of wariness of him.

The tone that was not salty suddenly took on impatience.

"To buy or not to buy? If you don't buy it, hurry up, our Liyue people's discount has nothing to do with you Fatui, I'm willing, can you handle it? ”

This reaction left Sasuke confused.

What happened?

Why is it suddenly related to the Fatui again?

After touching several stores along the way, as soon as the other party saw the Fatui clothes Sasuke was wearing, the enthusiasm for service decreased a lot.

Not only that, but after noticing this, Sasuke noticed that the Millelith Army on the street always looked at him with a sense of defensiveness.

This kind of defense, the Millelith Army did not have when facing other pedestrians.

Not only himself, but also the other True Fatui dressed in Fatui costumes met along the way, and it seems that the Fatui are now being taken care of in Liyue.

Zhongli silently led the way beside him, and did not mean to solve Sasuke's doubts.

Xie Cui Xing.

It's an open-air stall with a signboard, and although it looks a little shabby, there are a lot of onlookers.

The boss was a pot-bellied young man, and he was beckoning customers to come and open the stone.

After noticing Zhongli's extraordinary bearing, he hurriedly said to him:

"Yo, guest officer, welcome to Xie Cuixing, today starts for a week, we buy five stones and get one free, do you want to come to a few stones to try your luck?"

"It's cheap and fun, maybe you can make a fortune if you're not careful? Just now, there was a lucky guy, and the stone he gave him opened a high-quality amber stone, at least worth tens of thousands of mora. ”

Zhongli didn't even glance at the stones on the table in the stall, and said directly to the boss:

"Don't open the stones, please bring a few night stones, the condition is at least candlelight."

The boss was also stunned when he heard Zhongli's words, and secretly thought that he had met an expert today, so he didn't mention the matter of opening the stone again.

Candlelight level, refers to the night park stone that can illuminate the brightness like candlelight at night, this grade of night park stone is expensive, and generally used as a sacrifice, usually rarely used, and the use of this level of night park stone is all rich and noble, selling a piece of this stone, can top his business for several days.

"Eye-catching, two, rude, wait a minute, I'll let the guy fetch it."

After speaking, he beckoned the guy to go to the warehouse to pick up the goods.

A moment later, the fellow brought a beautifully wrapped box and carefully handed it to the boss.

And the boss also asked the guy to help greet the business here, and he held the box with both hands, walked to the side with Zhongli, and then opened the box.

"What do you think of this? Let's Xie Cui Xing, don't look at the stalls are simple, but they are time-honored jade brands. Look at this condition. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the three night stones in the box and said:

"Look at this condition! Absolutely excellent, it is simply a rare gift from the king of rock, you can choose it with confidence! ”

And Zhongli just glanced at the night stone of the box, and said:

"It's really not an ordinary product, the boss has a heart, so wrap it up."

Hearing this, the boss of Xie Cuixing was overjoyed and sent a sycophant:

"Good! This old man is really atmospheric! I have long seen that you are extraordinary, and your shot is really generous. ”

"I'm not a stingy person either, just in time for the recent discount, although these night stones are more valuable, but I also give you ...... One...... No, a fifty-fifty percent discount. ”

Seeing Zhongli pay Mora, who may have to work in the Adventurers' Association for a long time, without blinking, Sasuke, who has been following the small fortune fan for a long time, also feels a little distressed.

Especially recently, because of the transformation of the ownerless Xinghui, he has changed from a well-off family with some assets to a working ninja with a poor life.

Luckily, Paimon is hiding in his backpack now, otherwise if she sees it, I'm afraid the food will not taste good these days.

When the stone asked the guy to pack the night park stone that Zhongli had bought, Sasuke asked:

"Boss, can you ask why the shops in Liyue Harbor are on sale lately?"

The stone glanced at Sasuke's Fatui uniform up and down, and said:

"I'm sorry for you, no comment."

Another hit a wall.

This just made Sasuke aware of the anomaly in this.

Zhongli came over at this time and said:

"It's okay, this is my friend, a member of the Fatui sent here, not a Fatui native to Liyue, who came on a business trip."

When the boss called Stone heard Zhongli's words, his face was a little entangled, and after hesitating for a while, he gritted his teeth and said:

"This master, I'm really sorry, we all signed a contract, if you insist on asking, then I'm afraid this business can't be done."

"Oh? That's the case, well, then I'm not embarrassed anymore, just don't ask. ”

The stone was like a pardon, wiped the beads of sweat from the corners of his forehead, and said with a smile:

"Then thank you."

After taking the box that had been carefully packed again from the man's hand and respectfully handing it to Zhongli, he said:

"This master, take it."

The packaging was all carried out under his nose, Zhongli was not worried that the other party would drop the bag, took the box, and nodded.

"The boss has a heart."

"Harm, polite, go slowly, come back next time."

……

Leaving to understand Cuixing, Zhongli said with some emotion:

"It is as difficult as asking a hungry wolf to spit out the meat that has just been eaten, and the little girl who used to pick up goods from Yaoguang Beach to the South Wharf to sell goods barefoot has now grown to such a point, which is really emotional."

The little girl who picks up goods from Yaoguang Beach barefoot to sell goods at the South Wharf?

Who is it?

Sasuke didn't know, but Zhongli seemed to know the reason for Liyue's current misfortune, and was very satisfied.

"The sacrificial supplies you want to look for today have been found, and the task is completed, you can also go to Gongzi's errand, and come to the Life Hall tomorrow to find me."

Sasuke nodded, said goodbye to Zhongli, and walked towards the Northland Bank.

It was already dark, and Sasuke returned to the Northland Bank, where he found that the bank seemed to be much emptier than it had been a few days before, with only Fatui staff and no Liyue people.

When the teller Ekaterina saw Sasuke returning, she directly waved at him and said hello.

"Welcome back, Sasuke Uchiha."

"Childe said that he has prepared a meal for you and your little friends in Xinyuexuan, let me inform you, and when you come back, you can go directly to the third box of Xinyuexuan."

(End of chapter)