It was now the middle of the night.
But with Mu Yang's current realm, sleeping or not sleeping made no difference to him.
Occasionally meditating to rest was just his old habit.
Mu Yang went up to the third floor and entered his office.
He took out the letters from the Steambird newspaper that Shenhe had mentioned.
Actually, Mu Yang could guess what it was without looking.
Earlier at the drinking table, Yanfei had also mentioned it.
However, Beidou had been present at the time, so Yanfei had spoken rather vaguely.
After all, "Lin Yuan Xian Yu" had fans everywhere.
And most of the fans gritted their teeth at him, wishing they could tie him up and force him to update more.
They didn't want him to keep cutting chapters like this.
Yanfei was responsible for the business negotiations for The Case Files of Furman Holmes.
The Fontaine film festival was coming up soon.
Given how well-known this book was in Fontaine, the number of people wanting to adapt it was naturally countless.
So the newspaper people found the only agent they could reach — Yanfei.
Yanfei thought that since Mu Yang was in Fontaine, she would write him a letter to tell him.
And then the person himself returned.
As for the letters received on Shenhe's side.
It was possible that someone inside the Steambird could not wait and sent the letters to the address where manuscripts were sent every month.
That was why Shenhe brought them back.
Regarding adapting The Case Files of Furman Holmes into a movie, Mu Yang had no intention of holding onto it.
Although he was very rich, there was no point in not earning money when he could.
He himself had so many things that could be filmed anyway.
Moreover, his Fontaine partner was not very suitable for the style of Furman Holmes.
Mu Yang wanted her to star in Infernal Affairs more.
For example, Clorinde pointing at Navia on the rooftop and saying, "Give me a chance. I had no choice before, but now I want to be a good person..."
The two of them were originally an officer and a black dao young lady.
It would be a perfect role for their true colors.
As for the classic detective duo, he would let the Steambird newspaper find the people themselves.
He could just lie back and earn money.
Mu Yang replied to the Fontaine side like this.
The next day.
At Bubu Pharmacy.
Mu Yang came as usual to visit Baizhu and Changsheng's condition.
After the previous matter with Jiangli and Jialiang, Mu Yang had intervened through the plot.
Baizhu and Changsheng's condition was much better than before.
As Changsheng's power recovered.
Baizhu would no longer need to rest frequently like before.
He also listened very well to Mu Yang's advice:
Do not overdraw vitality excessively, otherwise no one can help you.
Baizhu had always felt that Mu Yang was his "Adeptus fate."
Therefore, he had always listened to Mu Yang's instructions and hospitality.
Because Mu Yang really possessed that kind of power, and it had been genuinely shown on him.
He had a premonition that Mu Yang would bring him more surprises in the future.
Their lineage would no longer be so short-lived...
Mu Yang told everyone about the matters in Fontaine. Qiqi and Yaoyao listened with great fascination.
At this time, Yaoyao was already full of fantasies about the world outside Liyue.
However, the little adult would not be so reckless.
Even if she wanted to, Aping, Xianyun, and her parents would not agree.
She would only be allowed to go out and explore when she was taller than a gun.
Yaoyao also understood this reasoning and said that she would wait a few more years and take Qiqi to other nations to play together.
Qiqi's memory was not very good. She did not know whether she had been to places outside Liyue.
Baizhu told her that they had been to Sumeru once, but only to buy some medicinal herbs.
It could not be considered traveling or adventuring.
Thus, Qiqi also began to look forward to it.
After finishing the story, Mu Yang asked about Natlan.
"Does Mr. Baizhu know anything about the Nation of Flames?"
Upon hearing "Nation of Flames," Qiqi subconsciously shrank her neck.
"Fire… dislike."
"As for Natlan, I haven't really understood much. I only heard about it from a few traveling merchants."
Then Baizhu shared what he had heard.
It was said that the people of Natlan voluntarily stayed in Natlan and rarely went out.
According to those traveling merchants, Natlan locals needed quite a lot of procedures to leave Natlan.
Moreover, their faith — something locally called the Wayob — could not protect them outside Natlan's territory.
Therefore, Natlan people rarely left their domain.
"Wayob?" Mu Yang was hearing this term for the first time.
Guarding Wayob?
In Mu Yang's impression, on a continent like Teyvat where gods walked among them, shouldn't one pray for the gods' blessings?
Just like how in Mondstadt it was "May the Anemo Archon protect you."
GOD bless you!
That kind of feeling. So what exactly was a Wayob?
Mu Yang became interested, but Baizhu could not say anything more.
Natlan was originally far from their Liyue, and he had only heard about it.
Most of it was things like "Natlan is suitable for travel."
"Perhaps you can wait until Senior Sister Jiangli and the others return and ask them."
"Oh?" Mu Yang pretended not to know.
Baizhu said, "They came to play not long ago and said they were preparing to go to Natlan to soak in hot springs. It would be somewhat beneficial for Jialiang's body."
Upon hearing the word "hot springs," Qiqi shrank again.
Why would anyone like soaking in hot water?
Zombies cannot soak in hot water either!
Perhaps because Jialiang had Mu Yang's help, he was somewhat different from Qiqi.
He was not so afraid of heat and was instead almost like a normal person.
"Why the sudden interest in Natlan? Planning to expand the business there as well?"
Changsheng asked.
She had never known before that this sword-obsessed person liked doing business so much.
Opening a restaurant to satisfy his craving was not enough; he was also developing commercial lines in Yilong Wharf.
Now he even wanted to expand to Natlan.
Had something gone wrong with his brain?
No, no. Besides the Nation of Fire, Natlan had another title — the Nation of War.
That Pyro Archon was a god symbolizing war.
Could Mu Yang be thinking of going to fight with them again?!
Can't you calm down a bit?
Always making others worry about you...
Fortunately, Mu Yang's answer did not make Changsheng's hanging heart drop dead, but allowed it to settle normally.
He said that he indeed wanted to take a look and see if he could expand the business from the desert border.
With Aaru Village developing at its current scale, it had basically reached its limit in the desert.
Next, they could only head toward Natlan or Port Ormos.
But Port Ormos was clearly not Mu Yang's target.
Wouldn't that be snatching Yilong Wharf's business?
Although it was all his own money being earned, it definitely could not be done that way.
Therefore, he wanted to extend the desert business to Natlan.
"Looks like you had it all planned out before coming."
"Mhm." Mu Yang nodded. He wanted to know what kind of medicines the Natlan traveling merchants needed.
Since it was the Nation of War, they should need these things quite a lot, right?
Baizhu quickly listed out the list and gave it to Mu Yang.
Following Changsheng's suggestions, Mu Yang picked and chose, and finally selected the medicinal herbs he planned to sell to Natlan.
Afterward, he bid farewell to everyone and set off alone toward the desert.