Inside Jiang Xuan's wooden house.
Keqing and Ganyu had been back for over ten minutes.
Repeatedly using elemental skills to traverse the journey was a bit taxing for them.
But fortunately, Keqing remembered Jiang Xuan's words.
As long as their fullness remained maxed, any injuries or consumption would immediately recover.
Coincidentally, Jiang Xuan's house always had food.
In this short while, Keqing and Ganyu had recovered to their peak condition.
However, the two did not dwell on this magical phenomenon.
Keqing sat on the sofa, worried, her brows furrowed as she stared at the door.
Ganyu, even more so, had been standing by the window since earlier, peering out at the situation.
There were quite a few torches in the village, so the visibility at night was also pretty good.
However, during the day, one could still see some villagers wandering around like headless chickens.
Now, not a single one was visible.
Dead silent, empty...
Like a village of death.
Fortunately, for some reason, there were no monsters here.
"Jiang Xuan still isn't back..."
Ganyu uttered this sentence for the twenty-third time.
She turned to look at Keqing, her eyes red, and said:
"Keqing, we can't leave Jiang Xuan!"
Keqing did not reply.
How could she not know this principle?
Not to mention that this world belonged to Jiang Xuan, and without Jiang Xuan, they might not even be able to return.
Jiang Xuan was their friend.
How could Keqing allow herself to lose the person who understood her most and supported her most?
But she also understood that in this world, her power was completely useless.
She also didn't have Jiang Xuan's survival instincts...
"I'm going to find him!"
Ganyu secretly wiped the corner of her eye, took out her Bow of Amos, and was about to push the door open.
"Ganyu, calm down."
Keqing sighed and said softly:
"We can't cause trouble for Jiang Xuan... He knows how to survive. He understands the rules of this world better than us."
"But Jiang Xuan is in great danger right now! I... I'm his friend!"
Ganyu, her eyes red, stared fixedly at Keqing. The usually gentle Qilin was exceptionally resolute at this moment.
"Keqing, I only have Jiang Xuan as a friend! I can't let anything happen to him!"
Keqing fell silent. She lowered her gaze, and after a moment of flickering eyes, she said softly:
"But... Jiang Xuan sacrificed himself to let us escape. We can't let his sacrifice be in vain..."
"That's not true!"
Ganyu's voice rose, staring angrily at Keqing.
"Jiang Xuan didn't sacrifice himself! Jiang Xuan said he would be safe! Maybe Jiang Xuan is just waiting for us to pick him up!"
Unexpectedly, Keqing was persuaded by Ganyu.
After a moment of hesitation, Keqing took out the Lion's Roar.
"In that case, then we..."
Before she could finish, a few knocks sounded from outside the door. Immediately, Jiang Xuan pushed the door open and entered.
"Keqing, Ganyu, I'm back."
His voice was slightly weary. Jiang Xuan hadn't yet seen the situation inside.
A black shadow flew towards him.
"Jiang Xuan!"
Ganyu, with a slight sob, threw herself into Jiang Xuan's arms.
"Jiang Xuan! You're alright! It's great that you're alright!"
Jiang Xuan paused, feeling the warm, delicate figure in his arms, and his expression softened.
Gently embracing Ganyu, he said softly:
"Of course, I'm fine. If something happened to me, wouldn't Keqing and Ganyu be trapped here?"
Of course, this was also a joke.
Jiang Xuan wasn't sure if he would respawn in his bed if he died now.
Keqing also wanted to go forward and say something to Jiang Xuan, but seeing Ganyu hugging Jiang Xuan tightly.
She could only purse her lips and smile, standing in place.
However, there was a strange glint in her eyes.
"Jiang Xuan... how are you?"
After a long while, Ganyu shyly let go of Jiang Xuan.
After unconsciously asking a question, she noticed that Jiang Xuan seemed a little pale.
At a glance, it was clear he had internal injuries.
Immediately, Ganyu became anxious again.
"Jiang Xuan! You're hurt! Let's go quickly! Let's go back to Liyue Harbor and find Mr. Baizhu at Bubu Pharmacy!"
Jiang Xuan hastily pressed Ganyu's shoulders, saying helplessly:
"It's alright, it's nothing. My body is special, Ganyu, have you forgotten? I'll be fine as long as I eat something."
Instantly, Ganyu also remembered how she had recovered her stamina just now.
"I'll go find you some!"
Ganyu immediately let go, quickly ran upstairs, and retrieved a few pork chops.
After filling his hunger bar, feeling the rapidly recovering vitality in his body, Jiang Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief.
Thinking of this experience, Jiang Xuan also felt a little helpless.
Ultimately, he had been careless.
Without good equipment, he still couldn't goof around at night.
"Jiang Xuan, how did you get hurt?"
Keqing finally found an opening to speak, looking at Jiang Xuan with some worry.
The latter scratched his cheek, embarrassed:
"Well... it's a long story. I was careless."
Just now, after Jiang Xuan escorted Ganyu and Keqing away.
He fought alone against a horde of monsters.
With firearms and his drawing sword, Jiang Xuan should have been able to easily slaughter those monsters.
In fact, Jiang Xuan did slaughter them.
But precisely because of the ease and nonchalance that came from slaughtering monsters, he was caught off guard and fell into a trap.
Zombies and spiders, these monsters, were a one-hit kill in close combat.
But Jiang Xuan became more and more excited as he killed, and didn't notice the hissing Creeper.
By the time he reacted, the Creeper was already close.
In a hurry, Jiang Xuan could only immediately raise his shield.
The shield could indeed defend against the Creeper's explosion.
But it only defended against fatal damage. If it was too close, injuries were still inevitable.
That explosion directly sent Jiang Xuan flying, losing four hearts.
Fortunately, the Creeper's explosion also took care of most of the monsters around Jiang Xuan.
With only a few stragglers left, Jiang Xuan spent a few minutes clearing the battlefield.
Only then did he rush back at full speed.
He hadn't brought any food with him, so his hunger was not full, and his injuries hadn't recovered.
However, Jiang Xuan felt that this was also a good thing.
At least it served as a lesson to himself. He couldn't be reckless just because he had helpers and strength.
This world had many ways to deal with him.
The most direct lesson was...
From now on, when he saw a Creeper, he must immediately shoot it down from a distance.
He would die rather than risk getting too close and triggering an explosion.
However, this time's harvest was also not small.
Not to mention the miscellaneous materials.
The Creeper's explosion knocked down a pile of trees, giving him seven birch logs for free.
He also got precious gunpowder.
In addition, he killed a few spiders and got seven strings, which he could use to make a bow and arrows.
In this big battle, Jiang Xuan killed more than thirty monsters, pushing his achievement mission forward by a third.
But Jiang Xuan felt that this kind of battle should be avoided as much as possible.
It was too dangerous.
He could just make a monster spawner and get enough numbers in an hour, no need to trouble himself.
After listening to Jiang Xuan's explanation, Keqing and Ganyu also felt their hearts pound.
Just listening to it, they could tell how dangerous it was, yet Jiang Xuan could still laugh.
This made Ganyu very displeased.
She stood in front of Jiang Xuan with her hands on her hips, seriously scolding him:
"Even if Jiang Xuan has great power now, he can't be careless! Carelessness will only lead to crises!"
"Absolutely no more doing such dangerous things in the future! Keqing and I will also familiarize ourselves with this place as soon as possible and fight alongside you!"
The gentle Qilin, when scolding Jiang Xuan, was also gentle.
It didn't sound very intimidating, but Jiang Xuan was very happy to hear Ganyu's scolding.
He immediately raised his hands and said:
"Understood, understood! I will never do such dangerous things again. I will help Ganyu and Keqing familiarize themselves with this place as soon as possible. Then we'll explore this world together!"
Only then did Ganyu smile again.
"I'll go grill some more meat for Jiang Xuan! I've already learned how to use the furnace!"
Saying that, Ganyu quickly ran upstairs.
Seeing this, Jiang Xuan shook his head and walked to the workbench.
"Alright, I'll also make some final preparations, then we'll return to Teyvat. We've been out long enough today."
Keqing had originally wanted to stay longer to collect more resources.
However, Jiang Xuan's incident made Keqing drop that idea.
It was enough for now. First, return to Teyvat to rest, then talk to Ningguang and the others to see how to collaborate.
"I still need to find a way to inform the Geo Archon. This matter requires the Geo Archon to personally sign a contract..."
Keqing pondered, not noticing Jiang Xuan had already fiddled with many things.
She only noticed Jiang Xuan suddenly walking towards the door, then taking out an axe and starting to chop down the door.
Keqing looked bewildered, reaching out to stop Jiang Xuan.
"Jiang Xuan, why are you chopping down the door?"
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