Ronova wandered through the mortal world.
Those guys slacked off from time to time, so she was done too. Especially Asmoday, who had outright skipped work and disappeared. Ronova had no desire to be the unlucky workhorse carrying everything for everyone else.
"Not working really is way too comfortable."
Ronova ate her food while sitting on a tree branch, swinging her slender, flawless jade-like legs.
Among the Four Shadows of the Heavenly Principles, she was the one who worked the most seriously. Asmoday had vanished without a trace and had never shown herself. Istaroth was lazy, always looking like a salted fish. And Gold Rhinedottir, who had devoured the Ruler of Life, was off causing trouble over there. Every single time, Ronova was the one who had to clean up the mess.
Sigh.
Thinking about it carefully now, she really did feel like a huge sucker.
What a bitter life.
Crack.
Suddenly, the sound of something breaking rang out.
Ronova froze slightly and lowered her head to look at the branch.
Thud!
The moment she saw the cracks, she fell straight down and landed on her backside before she could even react.
When she was on the ground, she rarely used her own power, so the sudden accident had caught her completely off guard.
It did not hurt, but Ronova's pride was a little unable to bear it.
This was way too embarrassing.
No one saw that… right?
"Hahahaha, Ronova, what are you doing?"
The thing she feared most had still happened. Someone had seen such an awkward side of her, and that someone was her friend, Koji.
At this very moment, Ronova's heart turned to ash. A thought appeared in her mind.
This world might as well be destroyed.
The eggshell made by Lord Phanes was useless anyway. Let this world vanish from existence.
Koji clutched his stomach. He had originally planned to look for Ronova, but in the end, he had seen Ronova fall right on her butt.
If it had been an ordinary person, then it would not have been much of anything.
But this was Ronova, one of the few beings standing at the very top of Teyvat. And yet she had actually made such a low-level mistake.
"You saw all of it?" Ronova was now considering silencing him permanently.
As long as Koji disappeared, then no one in the world would know about this shameful accident of hers.
"I saw it. Your expression was very cute," Koji said with a smile.
Ronova fell silent.
Could he please not use words like "cute" on her?
This really was too embarrassing.
She was the dignified Ruler of Death. Being cute had none of a god's majesty.
Of course, dealing with Koji was only a thought.
She could not beat Koji.
"Forget it. Don't tell anyone about this," Ronova said.
She still cared about her dignity.
"Besides me, the people you know probably saw it too," Koji said, holding back a wicked grin.
Ronova froze slightly, then quickly thought of something. Her face turned red and pale by turns.
She raised her head toward the sky and gritted her teeth.
"Istaroth! You bastard, you were spying on me from the River of Time again!"
Rhinedottir would not watch her, so that only left Istaroth.
As the Ruler of Time, as long as Istaroth hid inside the River of Time, there were not many people who could discover her peeping.
The power of death surged. The surrounding flowers and grass instantly withered under the pressure of death.
"I'm leaving first."
Ronova directly tore open space.
She had to properly teach that bastard Istaroth a lesson.
Awaken, hunting time!
Istaroth, you had better be able to run.
Otherwise, this time, Ronova would choke you to death.
Koji chuckled softly. Next, two Rulers were about to fall out with each other.
On the other side, the furious Ronova went all out and directly caught up with Istaroth, who was already fleeing.
"Go on. Run."
Ronova smiled kindly. Divine power filled with the aura of death trembled, and that stretch of sky seemed to be dyed black and red.
"Ahem, I only saw it by accident," Istaroth said, the corner of her eye twitching.
Inwardly, she thought that it seemed there was no avoiding this beating.
Ronova repeated those words with a smile that did not reach her eyes.
Teyvat was so huge, and you just happened to accidentally look at me?
And just happened to see me embarrassing myself?
"I'm not letting this go today!"
Ronova pounced straight onto Istaroth, and the two began wrestling with each other.
If they unleashed their full power, the affected range would be far too large, so this was better. Even gods could settle things through a fight between women.
…
It had been a long time since the Serenitea Pot had been upgraded.
A single house was too little. It needed to be expanded.
"I don't really have much stock left when it comes to materials for expanding the Serenitea Pot."
After hearing Koji's request, Madame Ping froze slightly. She had already used up most of the materials on her side. After all, an adeptal abode treasure like the Serenitea Pot was not something one made often.
"If you need them, I can provide you with some locations."
Aside from the places that had not yet been mined, some could also be found in the treasuries of her old friends. There were not many chances to use those materials now.
"All right. Thanks," Koji said with a nod.
"You don't need to be so polite. You revived Guizhong. Even if I had to bring out all my possessions, it would be no problem," Madame Ping said with a casual smile.
To them, Guizhong was irreplaceable.
Back then, when Guizhong fell, all of them had been devastated to the extreme.
Koji nodded. Following the map Madame Ping gave him, he went to search for the materials. He did not even need to activate his Blessings to find them.
In half a day, he had gathered enough materials to expand the Serenitea Pot.
The Serenitea Pot was too small. Some ideas could not be put into practice, such as replicating a simplified version of Teyvat inside it, complete with the iconic features of each nation.
If he used Blessings for everything, then what would be the point?
Doing it himself brought food and clothing in abundance.
Mondstadt naturally had to have gentle, warm winds.
Liyue naturally had to have the broadest land.
Mondstadt's cathedral, Liyue's Jade Chamber, Inazuma's Tenshukaku, Sumeru's sacred tree, and other iconic buildings were all moved into the Serenitea Pot's space at proportional scale.
If local people from Teyvat entered, they would definitely reveal shocked expressions upon seeing things so similar to the buildings they were familiar with.
Koji nodded. Now it was big enough.
Lumine and the others were called over. When they saw the completely renewed Serenitea Pot, their eyes could not help but light up.
"Dear, this place is really suitable for outdoor action," Lumine said seriously.
"Your head really is full of yellow paint," Koji said, sweating. He had not thought about that kind of thing at all.
It seemed that it was not only her hair that was yellow. Her brain was yellow too.
"Hehe, I was joking. Next time, let's play around here."
Eula and the others were speechless.
This Lumine really was trash. She could even say something like that openly and without shame.
"The Serenitea Pot… I've heard of it. It's a magic treasure refined by the adepti. I wanted one, but never had the chance to obtain it," Ningguang said emotionally.
The world in here was no different from the outside world. It was even better, because there was not any danger inside.
As Liyue's rich woman, she was indeed wealthy.
But to the adepti, Mora was merely a worldly possession. If one wanted to obtain something like this, it mainly depended on fate and opportunity.
(End of Chapter)
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