Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Chapter 482 The Handsome Guy Wearing Headphones

Xu Ning is currently at the bottom of the slope.

If you walk up the spiral stone steps from Baoshang Street, you can reach the Church of Jesus Christ of Ladies directly.

However, now there are two more guards at almost every step of the stone steps. Whenever someone walks up the stone steps, at least one of the two guards will have a vine near his ear light up.

The guards were most likely checking the information of the person who came through the void. Xu Ning didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he simply didn't go up the stone steps.

After standing in the shadows for a while, Xu Ning chose one person as his source of information.

Xu Ning was looking for scholars from the Academy of Teachings, as only they could provide the information he needed.

However, choosing a suitable target from among them is not an easy task.

Scholars shouldn't be of too low a rank. Those who look exhausted and overworked like corporate slaves probably can't even handle their own jobs, let alone care about other people's affairs.

Those who mutter incantations to the void are probably students who are still studying, and their minds are probably only focused on how to revise their papers and win over their supervisors.

So in the end, Xu Ning chose a handsome guy who stood out from the crowd. The most eye-catching thing about this guy was that he was wearing noise-canceling headphones.

Judging from the calm and relaxed expression on his face, this guy has already broken free from the entanglement of his thesis and has gained a certain status in the Order of the Church.

After all, if you are in a low position, you will often have to listen carefully to what others say, and the existence of noise-canceling headphones will undoubtedly become a major reason for your boss to dislike you.

Moreover, based on this headset, Xu Ning judged that this guy's position was not very high. He was probably working in a leisurely position where he didn't have to listen to other people's nonsense and could freely arrange his own time and work.

People like this usually don't spend a lot of time socializing, so Xu Ning tried to keep his words concise.

"Hello, I've been asked to find someone named Sino. Could you please introduce me to him?"

The handsome man stopped in his tracks.

Xu Ning clearly felt that the eye he had exposed was like a scanner that scanned his entire body.

In that instant, I felt a sense of clarity, as if all secrets were laid bare.

Even knowing that this was just an illusion caused by the person's naturally powerful aura, Xu Ning still cautiously raised a degree of vigilance.

"Sino disappeared from the Church nine days ago and his whereabouts are still unknown."

Xu Ning felt a chill run down his spine. Although he didn't know what specific position Seno held in the Order of the Church, based on Lisa's introduction back then, his position in the Order of the Church was probably not low. Yet, he had disappeared.

"Then may I ask what happened to him...?"

Before Xu Ning could finish speaking, the handsome guy opposite him interrupted his question.

"If we know why it disappeared, it's not called missing, but rather there are clues to follow. To save time, you don't need to ask this question."

Xu Ning immediately shut his mouth. Although he strongly agreed with the guy's statement, why was his displeasure growing?

If I'm not mistaken, Seno's disappearance is probably related to the "great project" I heard about from Tinari. What exactly is the Council of the Church doing?

Xu Ning is increasingly realizing that the "trouble" the Emperor spoke of is not so simple.

"It seems that as an outsider, you know some interesting information, but you also urgently need some common sense to enrich your understanding. Would you like to exchange some information?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Ning realized that this guy hadn't left yet. After thinking for a moment, he made a gesture of invitation.

“Of course, let’s go to Lambad Tavern to talk this over. It’s on me.”

The guy opposite him didn't move. Instead, he seemed to be even more certain of some information and said, "If you know anything about the scholars of the Order of the Church, you should know that their favorite drink is actually coffee. Scholars rarely go to taverns where mercenaries gather."

Xu Ning sighed, "Then please lead the way, a coffee shop is fine, it's on me."

The guy turned forward, but after a few steps he turned right and stopped in front of a shop with a coffee pot painted on its sign.

Xu Ning was surprised that the coffee shop was so close to him, but thinking about it, it made sense. Since scholars all liked coffee, why not just open a coffee shop near the Academy of Religion?

The guy turned around, his eyes gleaming with a faint green light, and glanced at Xu Ning again.

"I'm a regular at Pusper Cafe; the food is pretty good."

As Xu Ning followed him inside, he was still thinking about the green light that had suddenly appeared in the man's eyes earlier, which was undoubtedly a sign that the grass elemental power had been activated.

I really did pick a unique guy!

If he used his elemental power to harm me, he would never have brought me to the coffee shop.

So, in order to use elemental vision, he was probing himself, and most likely, the fake void terminal on his ear had been exposed.

After all, if you don't even know where the coffee shop is at such a close distance, it can only mean that you're wearing a fake.

"Elheisen, you've brought friends again, the same old story?"

Xu Ning could tell that this guy named "Elhesen" was indeed a regular here.

As soon as I entered, the girl standing behind the counter greeted me warmly, but her smile didn't seem like that of someone welcoming guests; it was more like that of a lover I'd been longing for entering her bedroom.

"Keep it the same as always."

Al-Hysen responded and led Xu Ning to sit down in a small room.

"As you just heard, my name is Elhesen. Your cautious approach to the Void Terminal has saved us a lot of trouble. Shall we go first, you or me?"

Xu Ning waved his hand casually. "Liyue Xu Ning, let me speak first. I have reason to suspect that Cyno's disappearance is related to a certain 'great project' that the Order of the Fathers is currently working on. What is this project?"

Al-Hysen began, “I don’t have the authority to know what kind of project it is, but I know that someone is currently transporting a batch of canned knowledge to the Council of Religion. It must be related to what they are doing.”

"Knowledge about canned goods?"

This is yet another new word that I've never heard of before.

"The Void Terminal is still very helpful in many common-sense understandings, so you don't have to reject it so completely."

Xu Ning responded to Al-Hysen's advice by saying that he would never change his mind once he had made up his mind.