Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Chapter 177 That Day I Met God

"Huh? Why are there only the two of you? Where's Kaiya?"

Xu Ning glanced at the inner room. In the small room, there was only a white-haired boy with many scars and an adventurer with a look of relief on his face.

"I'm finally saved, sob sob sob... I thought I was going to die here."

Xu Ning squinted his drunken eyes and looked down on the weeping adventurer. "I think this guy is more seriously injured than you. What kind of coward are you? Crying like this."

The newly rescued adventurer Royce cried out, "You know nothing at all. Only those who have experienced the horror of being with Bennett can understand."

"Bennett?"

Xu Ning turned to look at the white-haired boy, suddenly smiled, and stepped forward to grab his hand.

"I knew you looked familiar! It's you! What a pleasure to meet you, my Vulcan, my mentor, my guiding light in the fog..."

Bennett, who was being held, and Royce, who was standing next to him, were both stunned.

Royce stammered, "You...you...you've mistaken me for someone else, haven't you? Oh, so you've had too much to drink. That's alright then, as long as you're happy!"

Xu Ning sneered, "Even if I drank two more liters, I wouldn't be more sober than you. You used to be a member of his group, didn't you? You actively ran away from Lady Luck, and you don't even realize what you've missed!"

Royce's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he roared, "What do you mean by that? I don't like it, take it back! The only thing I absolutely will not allow you to use Bennett to blaspheme the God of Luck!"

"I was once a member of his group, that's right, I only followed him for five days in total. Do you know how I spent those five days? The ground would suddenly collapse when I was walking down the street for no reason, I would try to pull up a carrot and find three giant deceptive flowers, but when it came time to open treasure chests, all I found were carrots, cabbages, wheat... God knows how there could be wheat in the ruins, but that's not all, just when we were about to leave, the entire ruins were blown up by a bomb..."

Bennett smiled wryly. "Clee blew up the rabbit hole that time. She didn't mean to; she didn't know we were in there."

Royce roared, "Isn't it because she's with you? Otherwise, why wouldn't she go blast fish instead of blasting rabbit holes? Rabbits are so cute..."

"Alright, I don't want to argue anymore. Anyway, the entrance is open now, I'm going back to the city. You can stay here if you want!"

Royce got up to leave, but Xu Ning suddenly reached out and stopped him.

"What are you doing?" Royce asked warily.

Xu Ning smiled, "We've come all this way, aren't we going to open a treasure chest before we leave?"

Royce looked at the ornately decorated treasure chest on the steps in the inner room. Since being trapped here with Bennett, neither of them had thought to open the chest first.

Royce sneered, "Go ahead and drive it if you want. It'll be a good opportunity to see the power of your 'God of Luck'."

Xu Ning shook his head. "That's too much trouble. We Liyue people don't take advantage of others for nothing. Here's five thousand Mora for you to accept, as a token of my purchase of this treasure chest from you. Once the contract is signed, neither of us can go back on our word."

Royce hadn't expected this honorary knight from Liyue to go to such lengths. He took Mora and said seriously, "I can agree to your deal, but I still want to say that I hope you won't regret your decision..."

Xu Ning raised his hand to stop him from continuing, saying with a hint of sarcasm, "As long as you don't regret it!"

Turning to Bennett, Xu Ning smiled and said, "Speaking of which, since you also found this treasure chest, I should pay you a fee..."

Bennett hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, no, no, this is Royce's discovery. I'm only here to rescue him. I can't covet other people's things."

Xu Ning gave a meaningful "Oh," and then said, "So that means this box belongs entirely to me, and you absolutely don't want anything inside?"

Bennett nodded emphatically.

Xu Ning nodded. "Then I'll get started. I love the feeling of opening blind boxes. By the way, what do you think I'll get in here?"

This last question was directed at Bennett.

Bennett examined it closely and said, "This treasure chest is quite ornately decorated. I reckon we can get two, no, maybe even three fresh cabbages!"

Xu Ning asked in surprise, "You've ever opened a vegetable shop that wasn't fresh?"

Bennett chuckled, "Occasionally, some rot..."

Xu Ning shook his head. Damn it, could this world be any more cruel?

Xu Ning gently guided Bennett, "So you mean this treasure chest will only contain vegetables, fruits, or any other worthless items or junk, and there's absolutely no chance of a big loot drop, right?"

Although Bennett felt somewhat sorry for Xu Ning, who was so enthusiastic towards him, he always spoke the truth and nodded, saying, "That's what I think."

Xu Ning smiled and said, "That's fine then."

He then used the wine gourd to knock off the lock and ripped open the treasure chest lid.

The sound of the Mora popping out was like a clear spring, tinkling and clattering all over the ground.

At least three weapons then popped out, along with dozens of magic ores for forging.

Amidst the surprised gazes of the two, Xu Ning gathered up the Mora on the ground and roughly counted them.

"Hmm, that's about 100,000 Mora! This Ravenfeather Bow is quite sturdy; I'll give it to Amber. It's time to replace that old hunting bow I have. Iron Shadow Broadsword? Yura's is much better than this; I'll give it to Miss Lisa. She seems to have mentioned wanting to equip Razor with one..."

Looking at the five thousand Mora in his hand, Royce muttered dejectedly, "What happened? Why did the treasure chest explode like this? Is it because we're unlucky...?"

Xu Ning packed everything into the cave, stood up, patted Bennett on the shoulder, and laughed, "That's why I said you're the goddess of luck. Okay, back to the point, has anyone seen Kaiya? I have some important things to discuss with him."

Although Bennett felt that the drop rate of the treasure chest had nothing to do with him and was purely due to the good luck of the honorary knight, he was still very happy to receive such praise for the first time in his life.

Upon hearing Xu Ning's question, he immediately replied, "I encountered them at the city gate. Kong and I had originally accepted this mission. Captain Kaiya said that he had discovered the whereabouts of a large number of members of the treasure-hunting group, and he and Knight Kong went to wipe them out."

Xu Ning frowned.

According to Bennett, Kaiya hasn't even come close to the mission, so why is Serius so certain that Kaiya is heading this way?

"It seems that these two are probably in cahoots and deliberately dug a pit for me to fall into."

Xu Ning figured out the intricacies of the situation and sneered, "Who's outsmarting whom is still uncertain!"

"Bennett!"

Xu Ning ignored Royce, who was following behind him blankly, and quickened his pace to walk alongside Bennett, laughing, "No wonder he deliberately sent someone to tell me to come here for rescue! Bennett, we must thank him properly when we get back. What do you think about us inviting Kaia to the Deer Hunters for dinner?"

"After all, even though he can easily wipe out the treasure-hunting group without getting hurt in the battle, and can run back to Mondstadt on his own two legs, he still needs to eat. You think so too, right?"