Hearing Ningguang's gratitude, Felix shook his head with a smile. "Your good fortune is what got you those items. If you want to thank someone, thank yourself. But you could help me by spreading the word—bring some customers my way."
"Of course."
Ningguang nodded with a smile. "I won't disturb you any longer, Shopkeeper. Keqing and I should be going. See you next week."
"See you next week."
With that, Ningguang walked out. Keqing had already left a moment earlier.
Felix watched them go with a satisfied smile, then glanced at his shelves. About twenty jars remained. If he could sell them all today, that would be ideal.
Tomorrow, he'd claim another batch. Once those sold, he'd finally unlock his exclusive jar.
Then it would be his turn to open jars!
"Ningguang, don't say such things again!"
After stepping outside, Keqing's voice was cold. "If you're going to say anything like that, talk about yourself."
Even as she spoke, a hint of embarrassment still lingered in her eyes.
Thinking back to what Ningguang had said in front of the shopkeeper, she felt mortified.
That woman loved to tease her.
"I'd like to, but I think that young shopkeeper wouldn't be interested in someone like me."
Ningguang looked Keqing up and down. "You, on the other hand? You're young, beautiful, from a prestigious family, and dressed far better than me. A young man like him would definitely prefer someone like you."
Her tone was utterly confident.
Keqing: "....."
"Shut up!"
Keqing's lips twitched. She let out a cold snort.
"Okay, okay. I'll stop."
Seeing Keqing's cold expression, Ningguang nodded with a playful grin. Keqing's face darkened further.
This woman never changed.
"I think you should focus on getting people to buy jars instead."
Ignoring Ningguang's teasing, Keqing spoke coolly. "Our weekly quotas are used up, but why not have others buy jars?"
Although the shopkeeper said each person could only buy ten jars, that didn't stop them from sending subordinates.
One Millelith could buy ten. Ten Millelith could buy a hundred. A hundred could buy a thousand.
Then they could open jars to their heart's content.
"You think I didn't consider that yesterday?"
Ningguang's tone turned somber. "But can you guarantee they won't pocket the items? What about those Experience Orbs? One touch and they're merged. How do you prevent that? Human nature is the hardest thing to trust."
"Would you let a random Millelith guard hold the Devil Fruit? If someone with that kind of power has impure intentions, they could cause a disaster."
Keqing fell silent.
Ningguang had a point.
A hundred thousand Mora per jar wasn't expensive.
But what if someone merged an Experience Orb on the spot? Or ate a Devil Fruit?
For ordinary items, it might not matter. But something like a Devil Fruit, once out of control, was terrifying.
Especially when it came for free. Who could resist temptation?
Even the slightest corruption was unacceptable.
"Of course, we could bring Baiwen and the others. They haven't bought jars yet. Once they finish their work, I'll bring them to open some."
Ningguang walked ahead without looking back. "Now we just need to see what the Northland Bank does next."
"Agreed."
Keqing nodded, fully agreeing with Ningguang.
Indeed, human nature was hard to test.
Bringing others to open jars required careful selection.
"Lord Harbinger."
At the Northland Bank, as Ningguang and Keqing left the shop...
Bank Manager Andrei hurried forward respectfully. "How did your investigation go?"
He knew the Harbinger had gone to investigate the source of the Liyue Bank's sudden emergence.
Seeing the Harbinger's expression, it was clear he had made progress.
Not just him, Receptionist Ekaterina also looked at Childe with concern.
The Liyue Bank's sudden appearance genuinely threatened the Northland Bank.
They had no idea what to do. All their hopes rested on the Harbinger.
"Everything ties back to that Jar Shop."
Childe took a long breath. "I went there myself. I opened jars. I can confirm, Ningguang's idea to open the Liyue Bank absolutely came from something she pulled from that shop."
Thinking of the Jar Shop, Childe still felt a lingering sense of dread.
He recalled everything he had experienced there.
The miraculous items. The instant-mastery Experience Orbs. The young shopkeeper's terrifying aura.
All of it pointed to one conclusion: that shop was no ordinary place.
He had to report this to the Tsaritsa. Liyue now had a mysterious Jar Shop.
He had a premonition: this shop would soon cause even greater upheaval.
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