The Lost People of Teyvat

Chapter 7: Encounter in the Cave
Chen Tianfeng is taking a shower.

The cold river water took away the fatigue of the past two days. Chen Tianfeng shook his wet hair, changed into clean cloth clothes, rolled up his original clothes into a ball, set them on fire, and watched them turn into ashes.

At this point, the last item that belonged to the time traveler that he carried with him was gone... No, there was still one item.

Chen Tianfeng took the knife and returned to the cave he had just found to hide from the rain. He built a bonfire with the firewood he had picked up, and looked at the silver coin in his hand by the firelight. It should be a commemorative coin purchased during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The front side was Chang'e flying to the moon, and the back side was engraved with the moon.

"We can share the beauty of the moon even though we are thousands of miles apart..."

Chen Tianfeng muttered to himself, carefully put away the commemorative coins, and his expression gradually became serious.

Now it's time to see the changes in your body.

He rolled up his left sleeve and looked at his fair forearm with a twinkling look in his eyes.

There should have been a scar here. In order to poison him without leaving any trace, he was deliberately stabbed by Scarface. Because of this, the Dagger Bandit who was watching him cook failed to notice anything unusual.

The cook just injured his arm and it was bleeding while cooking, but he didn't care - this shows how important hygiene is.

In addition to the increased recovery ability, the strength seems to have increased as well.

Chen Tianfeng clenched his fist, his eyes slightly strange. If this was his "golden finger", then this "golden finger" was a bit plain and simple.

The blood is poisonous, the self-healing ability is enhanced, the strength becomes greater... and then it's gone.

It's better than nothing. At least I'm a professional poisoner who carries deadly poisons with me... Chen Tianfeng grinned, and his instinct told him that the changes in his body were not as simple as they seemed, and he was still in an unactivated state.

But how to activate it... Instinct doesn't tell me.

"Hey, what's going on..."

Chen Tianfeng sighed and looked at the heavy rain outside the cave. He touched the donkey's head, fed it a handful of fresh grass, clapped his hands, and took out the stove and set it up on the cart.

After finally escaping from death, I have to do something good to reward myself.

Chen Tianfeng counted the remaining supplies and felt a little regretful that he didn't cut some horse meat. He glanced at the stupid and honest donkey and estimated that it should not be a problem for him to walk back to Liyue.

Put some poultry donated by birds whose names I cannot remember into the pot, add some spices, and when the pot boils, throw in some chopped mushrooms. Season simply, simmer over high heat, and the aroma will bloom from the gurgling pot.

There is no complicated method involved; it mainly relies on the freshness of the ingredients.

Chen Tianfeng sniffed it and nodded with satisfaction.

He was just about to fill a bowl of soup to drive away the cold when his ears moved. He frowned and looked outside the cave, while picking up his long knife to prepare for defense.

In the heavy rain, a figure was anxiously looking for a place to shelter from the rain. Suddenly he saw the fire in the cave and was overjoyed. He hurried into the cave to take shelter. He wiped the rain off his face, shook his hair, and wrung his wet sleeves. He looked extremely embarrassed.

“Smells so good.”

The man twitched his nose and looked at Chen Tianfeng, smiling defensively: "My friend, could you please be so kind as to let me take shelter from the rain here?"

The person who came was naturally Ye Lan in disguise. She swept her eyes across the donkey cart in the cave, and then stayed on the long knife in Chen Tianfeng's hand for two seconds, and she understood.

If nothing unexpected happens, the young man in front of her is the "accident" she is looking for.

However, this made many of her previous speculations invalid. She did not sense much danger from Chen Tianfeng, and even "saw" the "unfairness" in Chen Tianfeng - this should be his first time to kill someone.

It seems that more "interesting" things must have happened before the Silver Wing Treasure Thieves met their end... Ye Lan pondered, but his expression did not change at all.

This was her guess, and it would only be her guess. The fire and heavy rain destroyed all the evidence. As long as Chen Tianfeng himself did not admit it, no one could "frame" him for murder.

"Of course you can. This cave is ownerless. I have no reason to stop you, brother."

Chen Tianfeng glanced at the heavy rain outside the cave, did not refuse, and did not take his hand off the hilt: "Just brother, why are you in such a remote place?"

"Aren't friends here too?"

Ye Lan, who was dressed as a Liyue merchant, forced a smile and rubbed his arms to resist the dampness and coldness brought by the rain: "I am a businessman. Sometimes I have to take risks to earn more Mora."

"...That makes sense."

Chen Tianfeng thought of the "merchant" hanging on the street lamp in the original world, and felt that what the man in front of him said made some sense. However, most of the merchants who came here to do business were not serious businessmen.

"It's very cold on a rainy day, come over and warm yourself by the fire, brother." Chen Tianfeng invited with a sincere smile: "If you don't mind, drink a bowl of soup to warm yourself up."

"thanks, thanks."

The businessman thanked him repeatedly and sat a little further away from Chen Tianfeng, half alert and half evasive: "No need for soup, I'm still young and can handle it."

"also."

Chen Tianfeng didn't persuade him any further. It was normal to worry about the other party poisoning someone when they met unexpectedly in the wilderness. If the man in front of him accepted it without hesitation, he would have to think about how to poison him.

"Speaking of which, where is your friend from and why is he here?"

Ye Lan asked, then smiled sheepishly as if remembering something: "Look at my memory, I even forgot to introduce myself first. My name is Lan You, a Liyue merchant. I originally planned to go to Qingce Village to collect some specialties and then sell them to Liyue Port. I didn't expect to be robbed by bandits on the way."

She guessed what happened to Chen Tianfeng and made up an identity.

“It’s not easy for me, brother.” Chen Tianfeng sighed and replied, “My name is Chen Tianfeng, I’m a… traveler, and I was asked by someone to go to Liyue Harbor to handle some chores.”

"traveller?"

"I'm just a playboy who hasn't found a home yet." Chen Tianfeng smiled and poured himself a bowl of soup. "Maybe when I get to Liyue Harbor, I'll have the idea of ​​settling down there. I wonder if it's easy to get a household registration in Liyue."

"Liyue Harbor welcomes every traveler who wants to join. Registering as a resident is not a difficult matter."

Ye Lan narrowed her eyes slightly, and suddenly an idea came to her mind: "To be honest, I have a way to help people get their household registration."

Chen Tianfeng's origins are unknown, and he may have killed someone, so he can barely be considered an unstable factor. Instead of letting him go to Liyue Harbor and mess around, it would be better to give him a hand or monitor him in secret.

"Brother, your business covers a wide range." Chen Tianfeng looked at him with a strange look in his eyes: "...Brother, you are not a professional fake certificate maker, are you?"

“...guaranteed to be true!”

Ye Lan twitched the corners of his mouth and emphasized: "I am a serious businessman, it's just that the types of goods I sell are more diverse!"

Chen Tianfeng didn't say whether he believed it or not. He drank a mouthful of soup and looked outside the cave: "It looks like the rain won't stop for a while. Brother Lan You is also going back to Liyue Harbor. Are you anxious if you are delayed by the rain?"

"It's just a one-day delay. My business is stable, so it doesn't matter if I disappear for three or five days." Ye Lan waved her hand.

It's still three to five days to reach Liyue Harbor. It will be troublesome if we take the wrong road... Chen Tianfeng glanced at Lan You and saw that there seemed to be no place on his body where the Eye of God could be hidden. He then looked at his thin body and felt relieved: "Meeting is fate! Brother Lan You, how about we travel together? We can take care of each other."

"I can't ask for it!"

Ye Lan agreed immediately. She had been thinking of tricking Chen Tianfeng into going with her, so now it would be effortless.

The two smiled at each other, each thinking about their own plans.

"Come on, Brother Lanyou, try my cooking."

Chen Tianfeng first drank the soup in the bowl in big gulps in front of Ye Lan, then took out a clean new bowl, filled it with poultry meat and mushrooms, and handed it to Ye Lan with a bright smile.

"Brother Chen is too polite."

Ye Lan refused twice, silently calculating the time from the time Chen Tianfeng drank the first sip of soup to now, and then carefully observing his condition. Not finding anything unusual, she took the bowl of soup with confidence, and then took the chopsticks handed to her by Chen Tianfeng.

"Brother Chen has great skills!"

Ye Lan gave a sincere compliment.

"I am over-flattered."

Chen Tianfeng accepted it humbly and finished this pot of simplified version of chicken stewed with mushrooms from another world with Ye Lan.

After dinner, the rain subsided.

Chen Tianfeng cleaned the pots and bowls, boiled some water, and divided it into water bags. He sat on the cart as if thinking about something.

"Brother Lanyou, you are doing business in Liyue Harbor, so you should know a lot about it, right? I want to ask you something."

"Brother Chen, please speak up. I will tell you everything I know."

"That's right..." Chen Tianfeng pondered, and said, "I heard that the most important festival in Liyue Port is the annual [Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals], which is hosted by the Seven Stars in turn. Liyue's god, Lord Geo King, will come on this day and give oracles to guide the direction of managing Liyue in the year... Is this true?"

"Of course it's true." Ye Lan nodded.

Chen Tianfeng observed Ye Lan's expression and confirmed that the traveler had not yet arrived in Liyue, and that the Geo Emperor had not staged a "death of the Emperor" drama - otherwise, the expression of this Lan You brother would not be so calm.

"It's incredible! I heard that in Mondstadt, the Kingdom of Wind, the Wind God has been missing for years, and it's almost become a legend. Liyue is truly worthy of being called the country of "Walking with the Gods."

Chen Tianfeng sighed, "I wonder if this year's [Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals] has started? Being able to see the Liyue gods and the Seven Stars at the same time is not easy for a traveler like me, and it is something worth looking forward to."

"I'm afraid I'll disappoint Brother Chen. This year's [Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals] has already passed, and the one who presided over the ceremony was none other than Lady Keqing of the [Yuheng Star]."

"Is that so..." Chen Tianfeng showed a regretful expression, and then asked curiously: "Who will preside over the [Ceremony of Inviting the Immortals] next year? Lord Ningguang from [Tianquan Star]?"

"Yes, it is [Tianquan Star]." Ye Lan raised an eyebrow: "I didn't expect Brother Chen also knew about Lord Ningguang."

"Tian Quan Ning Guang is extremely wealthy. Everyone knows him."

Chen Tianfeng gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "I heard of Lady Ningguang's reputation when I was in Mondstadt a few years ago. It was she who built such an amazing thing as the Jade Pavilion. Tsk, come to think of it, I haven't been back to Mondstadt for a long time. How much do you know about the current situation in Mondstadt, Brother Lanyou?"

"I don't know much." Ye Lan shook her head with a sincere look in her eyes: "For a small businessman like me who only travels around Liyue, there is very little news for me to hear unless something big happens in Mondstadt."

"It's a big deal..."

Chen Tianfeng did not seem to be faking it, and said with emotion: "Yes, for ordinary people like us, living a stable and peaceful life without any big news, this may be good news."

Very good, the time point is basically confirmed, and the dragon plague in Mondstadt did not break out.

The traveler may not know where he is sleeping yet, and the plot has not officially begun.

(End of this chapter)