The next day, early morning.
Now, only four days remained until the Rite of Descension.
As it was an annual grand event in Liyue Harbor, the Rite of Descension attracted many foreigners in addition to locals, and Ryan could see quite a few at Wangshu Inn.
"Looks like I have nothing to do today; all the materials were refined in one go yesterday..."
After casually eating five or six steamed buns to fill his stomach, Ryan yawned and mumbled as he left Wangshu Inn.
"I should go ask Ganyu about the little zombie."
With nothing to do, Ryan remembered Hu Tao's request from last night and decided to ask Ganyu for information.
Thus, Ryan, familiar with the route, passed through the corridor bridge of the lotus pond and once again ascended Yujing Terrace.
However, as soon as he arrived at Yujing Terrace, Ryan noticed that Yuehai Pavilion was quite lively today, with many Millelith present.
Yuehai Pavilion seemed to be sealed off...?
Ryan scratched his head in confusion and immediately moved closer, wanting to see what was happening.
And just as Ryan approached, two people suddenly walked out of Yuehai Pavilion.
One was an elegant, dignified white-haired woman, with a black and gold hairpin coiling part of her hair, and wearing a qipao with black, gold, and white interwoven colors.
The other was Baizhu, the one who had taken Qiqi away that night.
"Miss Ningguang, please rest assured, both of them are fine. It's likely due to overwork recently. Try to wake them up later. I've already given the nourishing herbs to your secretaries and told them how to decoct the medicine."
Baizhu explained to the white-haired woman who walked out with him.
"That's good then. You've truly troubled Doctor Bai. I'll have someone escort you back to Bubu Pharmacy."
The white-haired woman, referred to as Ningguang, nodded slightly.
"Bubu Pharmacy is only a few steps from here, there's no need for an escort."
Baizhu smiled and politely declined Ningguang's offer, then left Yuehai Pavilion to return to Bubu Pharmacy.
As he passed Ryan, Changsheng, the white snake on Baizhu, even waved his tail at Ryan as a greeting.
After Baizhu left, Ningguang gave a few more instructions and then departed, and some of the Millelith outside Yuehai Pavilion also dispersed.
Seeing this, Ryan dared to approach.
Among the remaining Millelith, he saw the Millelith who had been on guard outside Yuehai Pavilion that night; the person recognized him.
"No loitering."
"Hmm... You are, Ganyu's junior disciple?"
Ryan was not surprised to be stopped, but the Millelith from that night immediately recognized Ryan.
After all, his fox features were too distinctive.
"Yes, I'm here to see Ganyu."
Ryan nodded. Although curious, he did not intend to ask what had just happened.
"Ganyu..."
Several Millelith exchanged glances, hesitated for a moment, and then began to explain to Ryan.
It turned out that Ganyu had suddenly started working sleeplessly for the past few days, and her mental state was exceptionally good, completely devoid of her usual drowsiness when she relaxed. She worked non-stop, and no one could stop her.
But just yesterday, Ganyu hadn't woken up after her lunch break. Last night, when others left work, they thought she was just too tired and didn't disturb her, as she had already finished all her work by working overtime.
After a night passed, when everyone returned to Yuehai Pavilion for work in the morning, they found that Ganyu still hadn't woken up!
No matter how much they called out, Ganyu slept soundly, with no reaction at all.
In a similar situation was another Yuheng Star, Keqing, who also worked sleeplessly for several days before the incident.
Both of them were now in the lounge within Yuehai Pavilion.
"..."
Upon learning of Ganyu and Keqing's situation, Ryan was stunned.
He remembered the effects of the Ice Soul Tranquility Pill, the last line of which mentioned high-quality sleep.
Was this 'high-quality' to the point where they couldn't be woken up even by calling?
Ryan couldn't help but scratch his head.
As Ganyu's junior disciple, Ryan was allowed to enter Yuehai Pavilion to visit the unconscious Ganyu.
At this time, Ganyu was arranged in the lounge of Yuehai Pavilion.
The lounge here was a temporary place for Yuehai Pavilion staff to take lunch breaks, not even considered a dormitory, usually with two or three beds and tables in one room.
Ganyu had fallen asleep at her desk in her office, and since the lounge was closer to her own living quarters, she was first moved here.
Similarly, on another bed opposite Ganyu, Keqing was also sound asleep, both being looked after by two secretaries left by Ningguang.
"Who are you?"
Seeing Ryan enter, Ningguang's two secretaries immediately looked over.
"I'm here to visit Ganyu. How is she?"
Ryan explained to the two.
Since entering Yuehai Pavilion required identity verification, Ningguang's two secretaries, though surprised that Ganyu had a junior disciple, did not doubt Ryan's words.
"Doctor Baizhu said that Ganyu has fallen into a deep sleep, and for some unknown reason, Ganyu's senses are temporarily closed, so we can't wake her up no matter what. We can only wait for her to wake up on her own."
One of the two secretaries, a Damselette named Baixiao, explained Ganyu's condition to Ryan.
Due to her senses being closed, Ganyu could not hear others calling her, and Keqing was in the exact same condition as Ganyu.
Although extreme methods, such as vigorous shaking or pain, might be able to wake them, given their identities, no one dared to do so.
Moreover, both of them had been working frantically overtime for the past few days with almost no rest, and their work was already completed, so there was no urgent need to wake them up, as long as Baizhu confirmed they were not in danger.
"As expected of high-quality sleep..."
Ryan murmured knowingly, then took out the Grand Pill Compendium and sat down to record this entry under the Mind Soother Pill.
Although Baixiao and Baiwen didn't know what Ryan was recording, they didn't disturb him and continued to look after the unconscious Ganyu and Keqing separately.
'The ordinary Mind Soother Pill I refined previously using Ganyu's Human Saliva Incense didn't have such special effects, but using Shenhe's Human Saliva Incense transformed the Mind Soother Pill into the Ice Soul Tranquility Pill...'
'But while Shenhe has a Cryo Vision, Ganyu does too, so it shouldn't have much to do with Human Saliva Incense. It might be due to my increasingly refined alchemy skills.'
Ryan thought to himself, then specifically added a "Ice Soul Tranquility Pill" category on the "Mind Soother Pill" page.
"Baiwen, did you see that...?"
"What?"
"That person, Ganyu's junior disciple..."
"What about him?"
"He's not sitting on a stool; he's using his tail to support himself on the ground, sitting on air!"
"Oh... How amazing!"
While Ryan was modifying the Grand Pill Compendium, Baiwen and Baixiao were secretly discussing something.
"Hmm... What's amazing?"
Just then, Keqing on the adjacent bed slowly woke up. Hearing Baiwen's voice, she subconsciously inquired, still groggy from sleep.
"Ah, Keqing, you're awake!"
Seeing Keqing wake up, the two immediately stopped their whispering.
"I... why am I here?"
Keqing looked at the lounge of Yuehai Pavilion with some confusion.
At this moment, her attention fell on Ryan nearby.
"..."
Ryan put away the Grand Pill Compendium in his hand, somewhat guiltily averting his gaze...