When Su Yuan and his group arrived at Wanmin Restaurant, it was still packed with customers, business booming as usual.
The "Xiangling" who was serving guests seemed to notice their arrival and quickly ran out to greet them.
"Oh my, hello everyone! Long time no see! Are you here to eat?"
"Xiangling" greeted them with a cheerful smile, speaking enthusiastically:
"Although the restaurant is already full, you're my good friends and honored guests—I've saved a special table just for you. Come with me!"
"No need, Xiangling. We're not here to eat…"
As Su Yuan spoke, he handed over the dish that had been prepared using the mechanical cooking device built by Cloud Retainer.
"We used some special ingredients to make a brand-new dish and wanted you to try it and give us your opinion."
Su Yuan looked at Xiangling with some nervousness.
If she was willing to eat it, that would be perfect…
But if she refused, they'd have to come up with another plan.
"Special ingredients? A brand-new dish?"
Upon hearing this, "Xiangling" seemed to light up with excitement.
She immediately took the dish from Su Yuan's hands and, without hesitation, began to eat…
Su Yuan hadn't expected things to go this smoothly…
Next, all they had to do was wait for the effects of the medicine to kick in.
"Xiangling" would start vomiting and having diarrhea, and might be able to recover from her Eerie state!
"It has a very unique flavor…"
After tasting it, "Xiangling" commented like this.
But soon, her stomach began to gurgle…
"Excuse me for a moment…"
"Xiangling" showed a slightly apologetic expression and then hurried off, holding her stomach…
Everyone could hardly believe it.
Could things really have gone this smoothly?
After "Xiangling" entered the restroom, the group quietly followed and waited outside the door, trying to listen for any sounds coming from within…
Although this kind of behavior might seem a bit perverse, it was a necessary measure under the circumstances…
"It seems the medicine is indeed taking effect. Xiangling is definitely vomiting and having diarrhea…" Yelan said.
After a while, Xiangling pushed the door open and stepped out of the restroom.
Su Yuan immediately approached her and tentatively asked, "Xiangling?"
But at that moment, Xiangling's expression was a bit gloomy, and there was something off about her demeanor.
She slowly spoke:
"I thought… you sincerely wanted me to try a brand-new dish…"
"At first, I thought I just had an upset stomach from eating too much, but now it's clear—you drugged the food, didn't you?"
"You made me waste all that delicious food I ate…"
"Unforgivable!!!"
In the next instant, a surge of eerie power erupted from "Xiangling's" body.
Her fingers suddenly transformed into sharp claws, wreathed in a strange aura, and she lunged toward the nearest person—Su Yuan!
Faced with this sudden development, Su Yuan was completely baffled…
Why was this happening…?
Even "Xiangling" herself said the food she ate was all wasted—so why hadn't she exited the Eerie state?
"Su Yuan, haven't you realized it yet?"
At that moment, Lumine's voice sounded beside Su Yuan's ear...
Then, Lumine drew her sword and intercepted "Xiangling's" attack in his place!
"If Xiangling's condition for becoming eerie was, as you guessed, eating something she had never eaten before..."
"Then shouldn't the many medicinal ingredients that Baizhu prepared for her also count among those?"
Lumine's words made everyone suddenly come to a realization...
Although the effects of the medicine did cause Xiangling to expel most of the food she had eaten earlier…
But some of the medicinal ingredients still remained in her body, not completely purged...
Seeing her attack blocked, "Xiangling" looked a bit annoyed, but when she sensed the unfathomable Abyssal power emanating from Lumine, she knew Lumine wasn't someone to be trifled with…
"I can feel it… there's an incredibly strong power within you..."
"Xiangling" looked at Lumine and spoke:
"With a power like yours, why would you choose to stand with the weak?"
"Even though you're not one of us, that doesn't matter..."
"Let's wipe them all out—take all the medicinal ingredients for ourselves!"
Medicinal ingredients?
Hearing what "Xiangling" said, Su Yuan started to piece something together...
Xiangling had just eaten a large quantity of medicinal ingredients, and now she was craving them—wanting more.
That means… if the current "Xiangling" is chasing after medicine, then before, when she was constantly eating people, it really did mean she had fallen into an eerie state because she consumed human flesh…
"Su Yuan, what would you do next, if it were up to you?" Lumine turned and asked Su Yuan.
Su Yuan was a little surprised.
He hadn't expected Lumine to actually start listening to him so directly.
That strange, cryptic question earlier—what did it really mean?
But now that he had someone as powerful as Lumine at his side, he needed to make good use of her…
"Lumine, since most of the food in Xiangling's body has already been expelled, and only a bit of residual medicinal effect remains..."
"Then fight her—but without harming her!"
"Make her sweat it out—get all the remaining medicinal effects out of her system. That should be enough to bring her back to normal!"
"Got it." Lumine nodded.
Then, she began to fight "Xiangling"...
As expected, with the Abyssal power under her control, Lumine steadily overpowered the eerie "Xiangling."
Meanwhile, Su Yuan noticed that Xianyun seemed to be forming hand seals, setting something up in the surroundings…
"Xianyun, what are you doing…?"
"Just using some immortal arts to set up an illusion barrier," Xianyun replied.
"This way, the ordinary people outside won't know what's happening here."
"After all, something like the eerie—it's better the general public doesn't know about it..."
Su Yuan recalled what Madame Ping had said before—that there was a traitor among the Adeptus...
That traitor had placed an illusion barrier between Liyue Harbor and Guyun Stone Forest...
And now, Xianyun was also setting up an illusion barrier…
Thinking back to her earlier suspicious behavior, could the traitor really be Xianyun?
But then again, isn't she being a bit too obvious?
Still, it's true—some of the eerie ones just aren't good at hiding…
And Xianyun... really does have that kind of personality.
"Ahhh… What's going on right now?"
At that moment, Xiangling suddenly cried out:
"Guoba… What happened to Guoba?!"
Su Yuan turned his head—Lumine's sword was paused right between Xiangling's brows…
And finally, Xiangling had returned to normal.
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