Aurum Alley

* Info

Exalting Sanctum's Culinary Street
Tourists come there to enjoy delicious food and experience street culture.
**Aurum Alley** is an area in The Xianzhou Luofu.

Revitalizing Aurum Alley and unlocking all of its features and NPCs requires the completion of the Aurum Alley's Hustle and Bustle event.

## Points of Interest

 Aurum Alley Night Market | Space Anchor
 Cosmos Street | Space Anchor
 Aurum Alley Dock | Game System

## Notable Locations

 The Insides of Mr. Huo's Coat | Rumor has it that Mr. Huo of Aurum Alley has some pretty risky supply routes. The validity of such hearsay is unknown, yet Mr. Huo does hold an assortment of exclusive goods unattainable elsewhere.

## Investigations

### Advertisement

 Advertisement
(One of the following dialogues)
"Heron Express — We Mail Anything."

Courier packages are everywhere on the Xianzhou Luofu... Does Heron Express know about this or not?

The Non-organic Entity Emancipation Trust (NEET for short) has been tirelessly fighting for the cycranes' rights... Although Xianzhou officials have repeatedly sent letters explaining that cycranes do not possess true self-awareness.

This is the Heron Express Aurum Alley branch. Here they mainly deal with distribution and transportation logistics for the Aurum Alley area.

Looking closely at the advertisement, you see that there is no actual physical contact between the courier cycrane and the package... Wait, are they sure this is really okay?

 Advertisement
(One of the following dialogues)
"Stir-fried, fire-grilled, a veritable feast. Martial arts, culinary skills, all at Spices Supreme."

This ad seems to show the ancient, sacred ritual of "taking a picture of the food before one eats it." However, one can't help but worry whether the person in the bottom right got to eat any food.

Chef Yancui of Spices Supreme is supposedly famous for her fighting techniques, and she uses intergalactic beasts she has defeated in her food. Although, the ad looks like they do normal dishes, too. Either that, or those normal-looking dumplings are filled with flying polyp meat!

Chef Yancui of Spices Supreme is supposedly famous for her fighting techniques, and she uses intergalactic beasts she has defeated in her food. You wonder whether you should get her a pass and let her join you on the Express.

Someone once said that eating at Spices Supreme is like being punched in the face. Taking into account chef Yancui's fighting skills, this review is suddenly a lot more trustworthy!

 Advertisement
(One of the following dialogues)
"The Flaming Potent Tea in Du's Teahouse is a tea that can actually be set on fire."

In other words, the Flaming Potent Tea from Du's Teahouse is a completely cutting-edge type of tea.

I'm sure wise Aurum Valley travelers are aware that some teas can make you alert and perky, while others can make you dozy and sleepy.

We once had a guest come to Du's Teahouse and drank many cups of Flaming Potent Tea, before mysteriously stating: "I always need this before doing great things."

Boss Du has said that many Flaming Potent Teas are named after legendary patrons. Perhaps this could be you one day, too. "Here, have a cup of '(Trailblazer)'! For Aurum Alley!"

 Advertisement
(One of the following dialogues)
"Lustrous liquor with a fragrance that simmers, delectable delicacy with a taste that lingers."

This ad has a courier cycrane recommending a dish. Am I really supposed to trust a cycrane's taste buds?

Food and drink stalls always come hand-in-hand to form food streets. The reason is that most people won't know what they want to eat before setting foot in there. Also, if a queue is too long in one place, they can just find somewhere else.

The Delicacy Pavilion excels at the traditional style of cuisine known as the Deyue Bliss. Regulars are highly critical of the quality of the raw ingredients, with the main selling point being "authentic flavors."

### Logistic Company Shelf

 Logistic Company Shelf
(One of the following dialogues)
If you want the cycrane to gently place your parcel on the corresponding shelf, you will have to pay an extra storage fee. Otherwise, you will have to search on the floor for your package in an ocean of others that look exactly the same.

Shelves stacked full of courier parcels that could not be delivered for diverse reasons.

Sorting and placing courier parcels has always been an exhausting job. Thankfully, that tedious task has been completely replaced by the omnipotent cycranes.

This is just a temporary storage shelf for courier parcels. Heron Express can't just leave parcels on the floor, after all... Wait, they actually do leave parcels on the floor. Loads of them, too.

### Medical Supplies

 Medical Supplies
(One of the following dialogues)
There are way too many heroes in Xianzhou's immersia who end up taking miracle medicine to gain incomparable power and strength. These "miracle pills" are not saving any patients — They're more likely to heal playwrights with a writer's block.

Could it be possible that someone has already switched the pills and their packaging, but no one has ever noticed?

The medicine box outside of Longevity Hall comes from an ancient tradition. Healers used to carry a medicine box and a bronze bell to do home visuals for patients who could not travel to seek treatment. As times changed, this box was kept as a cultural heritage.

Longevity Hall sells a variety of pills that are similar in color but have different pharmaceutical properties. If you were to storm into the shop and mix these pills together as if you're shuffling tiles in a game of celestial jade, how would the owner be able to tell the pills apart afterwards? You dare not imagine the outcome.

Longevity Hall has specifically placed a stretcher outside the store to make sure no one overlooks their shop. You remember seeing it the first time you arrived in Exalting Sanctum. The mechanism behind this floating stretcher is completely unknown and could only be explained as "Xianzhou technology."

### Undispatched Goods

 Undispatched Goods
(One of the following dialogues)
There are all kinds of things piled up along the docks. One can't help but wonder who needs a streetside bench, a streetlamp, or a stone lion.

Perhaps the goods dock will bring changes to Aurum Alley. However, it is humans that must implement and realize these changes.

You're concerned that someone could easily walk past and steal something from this unguarded pile of goods. The cycrane posted nearby that has been staring at you this whole time is thinking the same.
When the team leader shouts "Lay'em out," the port workers get to arranging the goods.

These are the incoming goods that are tirelessly sorted day and night by the Aurum Alley port workers. They will pack and deliver goods according to order requests.

### Courier Package

 Courier Package
(One of the following dialogues)
You hear a rustling noise coming from the courier package. You wonder what kind of creature — or thing — is squirming in the package.

The image of cycranes that deliver goods in the air pops up in your mind. What if the goods slip off their claws when they are flying? What if a pedestrian happens to pass by below them? You shake your head, dreading to continue the train of thought.

There is an abandoned courier package lying forlornly in front of you. It breathes its last after completing the mission of storing the goods. By the way, these are its last words: "Handle with care."

The logistics industry on the Xianzhou thrives, as things are being transferred to all parts of this tremendous ship like the red blood cells in the body; this courier package is one of them.

The label on the package shows that it contains some toys. It better be.

This is an abandoned courier package. Its owner must be very forgetful or very rich.

The randomly placed courier package is likely to be the result of someone's impulsiveness.

(Package in the north, in front of gate to loading dock, on left side of street)
 Courier Package
This is a brand-new parcel. The cardboard has been slashed opened [*sic*] already, and the corner of a notebook is protruding out.
It's obvious that this brand-new notebook was not originally inside the parcel, but was forcibly stuffed inside, as if it was a piece of garbage being squashed into a trash can. Can you really sit by and ignore this?
You can't help but notice that this notebook seems extremely familiar. Perhaps you should take a closer look...
 This seems familiar. Go take a closer look.
You pretend to idly flip through the notebook in the parcel. It is a lyceum practice notebook for "holiday homework." Not a single question was answered.
Simple clues begin to form a narrative in your head: A lyceum student "accidentally" misplaced their holiday homework in an unattended cardboard box. Once the holidays are over, he (or maybe she) could be in big trouble.
Fortunately, you notice that the student's name and homeroom is written at the start of their homework. There is still hope...
 I must return this to the child!
The High Morals clearly made the right choice with you. You have such a kind heart.
You marked the delivery address on the package and booked for a Heron Express delivery service.
No doubt this child will weep tears of joy after being reunited with their lost homework!
(Obtain  Praise of High Morals ×1)
 I wanna give the lyceum's questions a go!
Of course. You can try to answer the questions. You could even answer all of them. However, you need to prove that you have the CAPACITY to complete all the questions. Question one...
An Artisanship Commission craftsmaster receives 9 strale when he cuts one whole steel pipe into 4 pieces. If he receives 24 strale for cutting a different pipe, then how many pieces did he cut this new pipe into?
 Another one of these questions!?
You now understand why this notebook has been tossed into a crate instead of sitting on the student's desk.
 11 pieces.
Ahh. Well, at least you finished the homework. That's already very impressive, no?
 10 pieces.
Ahh. Well, at least you finished the homework. That's already very impressive, no?
 9 pieces.
Wow! You were serious about this. Let's count that as you got everything right!
You complete the exercise book and instantly feel refreshed. There is a Xianzhou saying "none can become young once more." However, when you were immersed in answering those questions, you were the very image of youth.
Take this. This is a reward from the High Morals. You at least respected this notebook. You have earned it.
(Obtain  Praise of High Morals ×1)
 Ah, forget it.
A fair decision. You've grown accustomed to seeing packages strewn all around the streets since coming to Xianzhou.
However, you can come back here \*any time\* and investigate this again. It's not like anyone else will be touching it!

(Package in the north, in front of gate to loading dock, on right side of street)
 Courier Package
There is a courier package left open on the roadside. Under the half-opened lid is a thick stack of papers that flips gently in the breeze.
 Check the package.
You open the lid and reach inside, fishing out a large stack of manuscripts. The handwriting is illegible, bossy, and full of unrestrained emotion. You try your best to read it.
"Dear Mellow-Golden-Mayor Immersia Club: I have a wonderful piece of tech that I'd like to sell to you all for the sum of 200,000 credits. Compared to its market potential, this price is an absolute bargain!"
After that, there are rambling paragraphs, bold technical concepts, and market analyses — but after making your way through a few hundred words, you're soon hypnotized into a state of drowsiness by such bizspeak terms as "energize," "cross-channel," and "activated ecosystem."
In the end, you decide to put down this forty-page magnum opus and leave it behind on the side of the road alongside the box.
 It is not worth my time.
Having decided to spend your time on more interesting stuff, you turn around and walk away from the package.

(Package on northern street, near loading dock entrance)
 Courier Package
A few boxes lay in a messy formation on the ground before you. With your great experience of poking through other people's courier packages, you can tell immediately that they are empty.
Why would someone leave empty boxes on the road? You try picking one of them up, and are surprised to find that they are linked together.
In other words, they are not just "a few empty boxes." They are "a strangely-shaped empty box."
At this moment, you notice a line of elegant calligraphy written underneath the boxes: "Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Luofu Art: Delivery Dragon."
So, this is an art installation... That was close. You could have made a huge mess. Maybe you should get out of here.
 How come I can't tell this is meant to be a dragon?
Duh. If you could tell, then it would not be art.
 So, THIS is what people call contemporary art...
Well? Do you feel the power of art cleansing your soul?
 What garbage is this...
It would not be art if everyone could understand it.
 It's beautiful! Delivery Dragon!
That's right. Just looking at it would make one feel its extraordinary artistic expression.
The "delivery boxes" are an expression of modern life, whereas the "dragon" is a representation of our traditional values.
Perhaps Delivery Dragon cannot give us any answers, but it poses a powerful question: What could be created when modern life collides with traditional values?
Either way, best to move away from here. These modern art pieces go for ridiculous prices. If you accidentally break it, even selling Pom-Pom won't cover it!

(Package on the west side of the loading dock)
 Courier Package
The package before you is mercilessly stamped with a red print stating: "No such address found. Return to sender."
As a Trailblazer filled with curiosity for all things, naturally you must...
 Open it up!
The package's lid opens with a crack, and a Diting pokes its head out.
Woof! It calls out to you. Unfortunately, you are not March 7th and you can't understand what it is trying to tell you. As it opens its mouth to bark again, you see a note fall.
 Read the note.
"Every time Riceball barked at me after you and I broke up, it just reminds me of how you used to yell at me as well. These memories have left me in deep pain."
"So, I am returning this thing to you — this thing that you bought with a loan that's to be paid over three thousand repayments. I hope you will take responsibility and look after it for the rest of its life!"
"Also, I would like to return all the jade abacus and clothes I bought you for every anniversary and holiday over our years together. If you won't return them, then please pay 31,520 strales to my bank account..."
"There are also fees for meals, rent, starskiff maintenance, and mental counseling..."
You are stunned to see so many figures written on a single piece of paper. You run your hand around the inside of the box to find another note.
 Keep reading.
"Firstly, let's get this straight. It was you who kept telling me to take out a loan to buy Riceball. Secondly, just give up. You think I don't know what kind of games you're playing?"
"You want to give this to me so it can remind me of you, don't you? You think my heart will skip a beat when I see this dog, and I'll come running back to you? You think seeing all your bills will keep me up at night, wracked with guilt? Right?"
"We've been fighting, arguing, ignoring each other, and reconciling just to fight again for over ten thousand days and nights now. This little drama has gone on too long! I'm tired! I'm done! I've had it!"
"Perhaps you're going to say that all of this is my self-indulgent imagination, but then I'd like to ask you one thing: Why do you know my current address...?"
It's as if you're trapped between a pair of lovers, paralyzed in shock as you hear them reel off the many things they have done to annoy each other — no matter how trivial these actions may be.
You rummage through the box again... unbelievable! Inconceivable! There's another note that's been crumpled into a ball in the corner?
 Read it...
Wow, you're really that into such petty gossip?
This lost third note is actually not another list of heart-broken accusations. It is... a Diting warranty card. Sorry, I know you're disappointed. Artistry Hardware can repair a Diting, but we will never be able to repair a broken relationship.
Either way, in your spirited quest for knowledge, you've lost some precious few minutes of your life to learn a vivid lesson in intimate relationships.
You decide to send the little dog over to Realm-Keeping Commission. They will find a fitting home for this Diting.
(Obtain  Praise of High Morals ×1)
(Obtain  Key of Inspiration ×1)
 Love is transient, but dogs are humanity's best friend.
No matter what happened between the lovers, mailing a puppy back and forth in a cramped little delivery box would upset any caring Nameless.
These petty squabbles are nothing to do with you. You decide to send the little dog over to the Realm-Keeping Commission. They will find a fitting home for this Diting.
(Obtain  Praise of High Morals ×1)
 Enough. I don't want to see any more of this cringy romance drama.
No matter what happened between the lovers, mailing a puppy back and forth in a cramped little delivery box would upset any caring Nameless.
These petty squabbles are nothing to do with you. You decide to send the little dog over to the Realm-Keeping Commission. They will find a fitting home for this Diting.
(Obtain  Praise of High Morals ×1)
 Send the puppy to the Realm-Keeping Commission.
It goes without saying that even though a Diting is an ingenium device, mailing a puppy back and forth in a cramped little delivery box would upset any caring Nameless.
You decide to send the little dog to the Realm-Keeping Commission. They will find a fitting home for this Diting.
(Obtain  Praise of High Morals ×1)
 I'm out of here!
Oh... Alright. A Trailblazer is a free spirit, after all. But you can come back and check this out again later if you change your mind.

(Package on south side of loading dock)
 Courier Package
You see a note blatantly scrawled on the package that reads: "Sender: Blue Rose. Recipient: Red Peach."
You suddenly feel a jolt of alarm (I guess?). Both the sender and recipient's names fit the format of the notorious Disciples of Sanctus Medicus!
So, as an old friend of the people of Xianzhou, what are you supposed to do when faced with such a dangerous package?
 The matter at hand is grave! Time to tear it open immediately!
You quickly tear into the dangerous package to find that it actually contains...
A single bouquet of delicate blue roses in bloom. Its petals are a deeper blue than the Lunarescent Depths, as if all the blue of the Scalegorge Waterscape has been stolen and condensed into this one single bouquet.
Alongside the flowers, you find a letter:
"Dearest Peach: For tens of thousands of years, humans have considered the cultivation of blue roses a scientific challenge."
"For millennia, people believed that they had tried every possible method and created every possible type of blue rose."
"But they were mistaken. These flowers before you is the proof. I spent three hundred years of my life to search for a new method that has not been discovered over these tens of thousands of years, and created this blue rose just for you, my love."
That is the end of the letter.
 Oops, my bad...
You re-seal the package. Fortunately, you were gentle when you tore it open and did not damage the flowers or the letter. Otherwise... this could have been really awkward.
It's fine. It's not your fault (obviously, it's not mine, either). If anything, it's this couple's fault for picking such suspicious nicknames and causing such a misunderstanding.
Get out of here before anyone finds out about this.
They must have hidden the contraband in the flowers.
(Submit  Praise of High Morals ×1)
Just as expected from the old foe of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus! You see through their facades with ease!
You reach into the packaging and begin to tear through the content. Quickly, the blue flowers transform into dead petals.
Inside, your fingers grasp a strange flower bud... Every flower in this bouquet is in full bloom, but this stalk alone only holds a bud.
You squeeze the bud open and notice a tiny pellet concealed inside.
(Obtain  Longevity Pill of Cruelty ×1)
 This has nothing to do with me. Time to skedaddle~
You decide to pretend you didn't see anything. After all, what business does a disciple of Trailblaze have with the feud between The Hunt and Abundance?
Perhaps this package will end up causing a huge criminal drama after you leave... But that's not your problem anymore.
 Call the police. What else is there to do?
You inform the Realm-Keeping Commission and they take this report seriously.
The Realm-Keeping Commission instructs you to stay away from the package and that they will send someone to deal with it immediately. It seems you've nipped another big case in the bud.
 The Realm-Keeping Commission didn't give me any rewards?
The Realm-Keeping Commission would never overlook you like that. You soon receive a reward for reporting the case.
Good people will always get rewarded. All is well in this world.
(Obtain  Credit ×5000)
 It's the least I could do.
You accept the Realm-Keeping Commission's gratitude but decline their rewards. As an old friend of the Xianzhou people, this just comes naturally to you.
You feel the golden ribbons across your chest... ahem, on your back — begin to look even brighter!
(Obtain  Praise of High Morals ×1)

(Package by building next to Tall Auntie's stall)
 Courier Package
There is a courier package left open on the roadside. Under the half-opened lid is a thick stack of papers that flips gently in the breeze.
 Check the package.
You lift the cover, reach into the package, and take out a large pile of manuscripts.
"Dear Mellow-Golden-Mayor Immersia Club, "The First Battle," which is the latest chapter of "Xianzhou Sword Tale" is amazing! In my opinion, the war between the borisin and the alliance should be next, causing drastic changes in the life of the protagonists..."
"I hope the story will progress in this way..."
What follows is a long essay of the predicted plot that consists of almost two hundred thousand words, full of twists and turns and surprises. At the end of the story, the protagonists are expected to die one after another and then be brought back to life by the Paths...
You have no idea whether the immersia club adopted the ideas in the essay that is worthy of winning the Interastral Peace Media annual award.
 It is not worth my time.
Having decided to spend your time on more interesting stuff, you turn around and walk away from the package.

(Package east of the Cosmos Street teleportation anchor, next to NPCs)
 Courier Package
There are three delivery boxes piled up in the corner. As you are a good person, you decide to take a look at where they are from and where they are going.
As you approach, you realize that these old boxes are not actually courier parcels. There is a note on them that reads: "Items for the faith mass theory experiment" in large letters.
You vaguely remember the concept of the "faith mass theory." You believe it was Dan Heng who taught you about it. Put simply, it states that items filled with the reverence and faith of humanity will subconsciously feel heavier.
Many scholars believe that this is not only a psychological effect, but actually evidence that the mind can influence the physical world. This research is currently an extremely popular scientific discipline and scholars in this area receive generous grants year after year.
The three boxes in front of you read: "Iron Block (1 kilo)," "Iron Block (1 kilo)," and "Reignbow's Relic (1 kilo)."
According to the "faith mass theory," even if the three items are of the same mass, Xianzhou citizens would perceive the Reignbow's Relic to be significantly heavier.
 Really? Let me try.
You pick up the three boxes in turn, comparing their weight. The box with "Reignbow's Relic" written on it is far heavier than expected. That's a much larger weight difference than you anticipated from a "deviation caused by subjective perception."
If the signs on the crates are correct, the three items should all weigh 1 kilo each. Perhaps it really is "faith" that caused the relics to have a heavier weight.
 Maybe the sign is wrong. Have a look inside the boxes.
You opened the two boxes with "Iron Block (1 kilo)" written on them. Inside each, you find a regular iron block. Then, you open the box marked with "Reignbow's Relic (1 kilo)"...
You find that the box is completely empty except for a single note...
"I knew that people will grow curious and open this box to check. This box is completely empty, but is still heavier than the boxes with iron blocks. Why is that?"
"This is because people believe that this box contains the Reignbow's Relic. Faith has weight."
"I hope that this experiment serves to dispel any doubt and that you will accept our theory — that the activities of our souls and minds can affect the world around us on a large scale."
 The world is truly miraculous...
Although what just happened wildly contradicts common sense, you are faced with iron-clad proof and have no choice but to accept it.
You seal up the three boxes and return them to their original place, and turn to leave with a new respect for science.
 There must be something else in this box...
(Submit  Praise of High Morals ×1)
You just cannot bring yourself to accept the phenomenon in front of you. You throw caution to the wind and whack the empty box hard with your bat.
With a great "twang," your bat strikes a hard object and rattles your hand painfully. You pick up the box and tear back the paper covering the area you struck...
...You find a thin, heavy metal plate underneath the paper.
It seems that this "faith mass theory" is indeed a popular scientific discipline. People must have used it to earn many a large grant...
 Boring. This is all superstition.
If a phenomenon only works under the influence of the human subconscious, doesn't that make it no more than a psychological placebo effect? You refuse to believe these so-called scholars. They're just trying to scam grant agencies for money.
So, you leave the three boxes behind, turn around, and walk away.
 It's all superstition. I'm not interested.
If a phenomenon only works under the influence of the human subconscious, doesn't that make it no more than a psychological placebo effect? You refuse to believe these so-called scholars. They're just trying to scam grant agencies for money.
So, you leave the three boxes behind, turn around, and walk away.

(Package north of the Cosmos Street teleportation anchor, next to the tables)
 Courier Package
An open package lies on the ground before you. You want to see who has left it behind, but there is no receipt on it. You find a note where the receipt should be attached, stating:
"This is the unsolved mystery of Aurum Alley: The Midnight Mystery Boxes."
"These seemingly normal and unassuming cardboard boxes have actually been around for longer than the Aurum Alley itself. No one knows who created them, or where they came from."
"All we know is that, even if they are stolen or destroyed, they will reappear intact here at midnight the next day. What's more, those that moved or damaged the boxes will all met [*sic*] their doom."
"To people's shock, they realized that if they placed gold, silver, jewelry, or other precious items inside the boxes, their future lives will be blessed and full of good luck."
"Whereas those who attempt to poach the treasures inside the boxes will, without exception, meet their doom."
You look inside the boxes again and realize that there are a number of precious items already piled inside.
 I'll ask for good fortune, too...
You place some money inside and make a devout prayer that the Midnight Mystery Boxes would protect you in your future Trailblaze journey.
No one knows if the Midnight Mystery Boxes are satisfied with your offerings, but the man that comes to collect all the treasures under the cover of night every day must be very satisfied.
(Submit  Credit ×1000)
(Obtain  Praise of High Morals ×1)
 What a lazy con. This is ridiculous.
You stick to your principles of rational thinking and ignore these mysterious Midnight Mystery Boxes.
No one knows if the Midnight Mystery Boxes are disappointed, but the man that comes to collect all the treasures under the cover of night every day must be very disappointed.
 Haha, these treasures are all mine!
You mercilessly plunder all the valuables from the Midnight Mystery Boxes and stuff them into your bag.
That night, the streets of Aurum Alley saw yet another heartbroken conman.
(Submit  Praise of High Morals ×1)
(Obtain  Jade Abacus Unit ×5)

(Package at loading dock entrance, part of **Streetside Event: Dodging Work (I)**)
 Courier Package
You hear peculiar snores emanating from the box in front of you. Recalling the urban legends you've heard on the Xianzhou, you can't help but wonder if it's a "fairy in a box."
Curious, you move in closer to the box, hoping to catch a glimpse of the "fairy in the box." However, all you see is a snoozing cycrane, grinding its teeth, fast asleep.
Wait, do Cycranes even have teeth? Eh, whatever. It's a cycrane that's slouched over and sleeping. You try to wake it up, but it just flutters its wings, pretending not to hear you before drifting back to sleep.
You decide to...
 Shake the box hard!
**Lazy Cycrane:** Ahh, stop it! Stop! Or I'll throw up!
 Take out the bat and threaten it!
**Lazy Cycrane:** Please, have some mercy! I'm just slacking off! You're using excessive force!
 Whisper "you can get off duty" into its ear.
**Lazy Cycrane:** !!!
**Lazy Cycrane:** Great! Time to get off work!
**Lazy Cycrane:** Umm... who are you?
 I'm a cycrane supervisor.
 Tall Auntie asked me to check on you.
**Lazy Cycrane:** ...You see, it's not like I'm not working. I just want to do the work at a later time...
**Lazy Cycrane:** All right, all right. I get it. My nap time is over... Sheesh, no need to push me. I'll get back to work now.
(Obtain  Prosperity Certificate ×2)

(Package on east side of loading dock)
(Requires completion of Back in Business (IV))
 Courier Package
There is a large pile of goods stacked up here. You look closely at the receipts and realize that these should have been delivered to the recipients long ago.
A huge pile of parcels that should have already been delivered are stacked up and passers-by ignore them as if they are nothing unusual. You inspect closely and realize there is an inscription on the cargo box to the side...
"Cargo pilot Fengyun was a taciturn and unsociable man. Once a fighter pilot, he retired from the army without merit and fell into obscurity."
"When Sanctus Medicus stirred up trouble, Fengyun unloaded his cargo here and used his starskiff to attract enemy firepower, buying time and protecting the civilians. Unfortunately, his vessel was destroyed, and his remains were never found."
"When the chaos fell quiet, no on came forward to claim these goods."
 (Salute in respect)
(Submit  Praise of High Morals ×1)
 (Mourn in silence)
As you inspect these items again, you realize that they are no longer a scattered bunch of boxes but a great monument. No one can remove a single stone from this great monument, as it is now the foundations of a great ship.

### Mini Back'n Forth

(Requires completion of Merchant Event: Food Stand)
Two projections on the table are performing a crosstalk comedy animatedly. Their performance style is exactly the same as the real Back'n and Forth.
 Check crosstalk script
**Back'n and Forth Crosstalk Compilation**
**Part I**
Forth: You can't talk about Starskiff Haven without mentioning the Palace of Astrum, and you can't talk about the Palace of Astrum without mentioning Madam Yukong.
Back'n: I've seen Madam Yukong before with her Cloudkite Resplendent Longbow. She was making shots from a hundred feet away with tremendous accuracy. That sight was really...
Forth: Hang on, "a hundred feet"? Are you saying that if I stood at a distance of 101 feet, I could just catch the arrow in my hands?
Back'n: It's a figure of speech. Generally speaking, Madam Yukong's arrows are a threat even at 5,000 feet.
Forth: So if I stood 5,001 feet away, I could catch her arrows?
Back'n: Why do you have to catch the arrow?

**Part II**
Forth: I'm Forth, and this is Back'n, and today we're ready to tickle your funny bone with our crosstalk comedy.
Back'n: You guys may not recognize Forth, but he's a famous crosstalk comedy performer on the Luofu. I came all the way to Starskiff Haven this time just to watch your performance! I'm a big fan.
Forth: Well, well, well, look at you being all supportive and whatnot. I mean, you're practically my number one fan, right? So, how about you take it up a notch and treat me to dinner? Don't worry, I'm not that picky. Just make sure it's on par with how the Seat of Divine Foresight treats their guests.
Back'n: Wha... You can't be thinking about getting a free meal from me already. We just started the show, let's give it some time before we start thinking about food, okay?
Forth: They say the audience is the hand that feeds any performer, and I'm feeling quite hungry right now. So, it's only fitting that the "hand that feeds" takes me out for a meal, don't you think?
Back'n: Hmm, well then, come a little closer.
Forth: What?
Back'n: Give Daddy a hug.
Forth: Over my dead body!
(Obtain Achievement One-Two Punchline)
 Leave

### Mini Xiyan

(Requires completion of Merchant Event: Food Stand)
A projection on the table is telling a story animatedly. Its performance style is exactly the same as the real Mr. Xiyan.
 Check storytelling script
**Selection of Mr. Xiyan's Tales**
**The Clash Between a Knight and Pirates**
Just in the nick of time, two beams of light shone in from the space behind the pirates' ship, hitting the captain's bridge dead on and sending sparks flying as the captain cowered for dear life. Before the captain came to his senses, he saw a silver-white battleship approaching, and a voice shouted: "I am a knight of the Wondergazer, and on their behalf, I shall vanquish you, fiend of evil!"

Now you're probably wondering, who is this knight of the Wondergazer and what are his powers? Can he defeat evil against all odds and save the Luofu merchants from a fiery demise? Sorry guests, but you'll have to tune in next time to find out!

**One Versus 300**
Yukong held her breath and counted out fourteen thieves from the Annihilation Gang who apparently had no fear of death, climbing up the hill silently... As she drew her bow, she didn't bother to open her eyes, instead tracking the thieves by ear. "Swoosh... swoosh... swoosh" — the dozen or so scumbags fell to the ground dead, their whole squad obliterated!

The gang's main camp was alerted of this deed, and hundreds of strange-looking Annihilation Gang members came marching out, their ranks forming a dark mass over the hillside that stretched out from beneath Yukong's feet. The sight of them didn't provoke the slightest hint of fear in her, and she shouted: "Little scumbags! Come and surrender your lives!"

All of our listeners, you tell me — outnumbered three-hundred to one, will Madam Yukong be able to fend off this legion of attackers? Tune in next time to find out!

**Swarm Elimination by 12 Cloud Knights**
A few Cloud Knights landed and surveyed the situation. Without any hesitation, they gathered the young and strong in the city and said to them:

"We are from the Xianzhou Luofu, ordered by the Reignbow Arbiter to cleanse the cosmos of evil. Although the vermin left behind by the Swarm Author is not part of the original plan, it is also our duty to contend with them. As mortal creatures, it is natural to feel timidity in the face of those evil insects. But as humans, how can we succumb to insects and beasts? They should be taught a lesson, so they know who the leader of all living things is!"

Can the Cloud Knights defeat the onslaught of the nigh-illimitable Swarm and help the inhabitants of Pomferney rebuild their home planet?

Heh, don't get ahead of yourself... All will be revealed next time.
(Obtain Achievement Tongue of Loquacity)
 Leave

## NPCs

* Aurumaton President — Aurum Alley Merchant Guild President
* Boss Du — Owner of Du's Teahouse
* Boyang — Owner of Elegance Pagoda
* Fardus — IPC Specialist
* Guinaifen
* Hongjin — Fanghu Tourist
* Kiryu — Outworld Traveling Merchant
* Lianyan — Owner of the Oldies Depot
* Little Tian — Owner of Longevity Hall
* Majima — Outworld Traveling Merchant
* Mr. Huo — Smuggler
* Mr. Xiao — Artistry Hardware Proprietor
* Ms. Yo — Acrobatic Troupe Leader
* Mukogaoka — Outworld Tourist
* Nannan — "The Unshackled" Member
* Short Auntie — Owner of Delicacy Pavilion
* Shumiao — Tiger Boxing Gym's Coach
* Tall Auntie — Food Stall Owner
* Yancui — Spices Supreme's Chef

## Dialogue

### Guinaifen

(First interaction)
**Guinaifen**: Ah, if it isn't (Trailblazer)! You're back in Aurum Alley~
**Guinaifen**: Unfortunately we have no performances scheduled, if you want to see an acrobatics show, I'm afraid we'll have to let you down. Although, I can talk with you for a while if you like~
 I wanted to chat with you.
(Continue onto dialogue options below)

**Guinaifen:** Hi dear~! You came to play with me? Heh heh! A great hero like you, finding time to play with me can't be easy!
 I wanted to chat with you.
**Guinaifen:** Alright, what did you want to talk about? Let's get it all out~
(If the Trailblazer completed Foxian Dream)
 How's it going with Ghostly Grove?
**Guinaifen:** It's going great! We've been getting loads of followers since we solved that case~ The Realm-Keeping Commission actually got in touch with me recently and ask me to be their "Luofu myth-buster ambassador!"
**Guinaifen:** Uhh... I'm not really sure why an account that deals with the occult has now become the embassy of myth-busting though...
**Guinaifen:** Either way, I still do a lot of related live streams. When I get a chance next, the ghost-hunting squad are gonna get together to talk about all our stories and try and get some tips~
 Do you still perform offline?
**Guinaifen:** Of course! You don't think that I'm one of those idiot streamers that gets famous online and completely forgets who I am, do you?
**Guinaifen:** These days, the online world changes every minute, going viral and getting cancelled can happen in the blink of an eye... Acrobatics and folk arts are still where my skills lie.
**Guinaifen:** My dad once told me, one can go anywhere in the universe, but they must never forget where they came from. I came from Ms. Yo's acrobatics troupe.
 Where are you from originally?
**Guinaifen:** Originally? Honestly, I don't really remember, I ran away when I was little. I don't think there is life left on that planet anymore.
**Guinaifen:** All I remember is that when I was young, I lived in a huge house with an amazing garden plaza. It was about the size of Aurum Alley, actually.
**Guinaifen:** I also remember my dad was a great man, he taught me a lot of life lessons. Although, as I grew up, I realized that my dad might've been a corrupt minister... I had to take all of his lessons with a pinch of salt, haha!
**Guinaifen:** I ran from my planet and escaped to an IPC mining planet. My siblings and I lived there for many years, but there's not much to say about it.
**Guinaifen:** Then finally I came to the Xianzhou and became Little Gui, the street performer you see today~
**Guinaifen:** The fortune-teller told me that there is wind in my blood, that I am destined to a life of wandering... But I think this is a good thing! We short-life species only have a limited time and the cosmos is so vast! It would be a shame not to explore it properly~
 Let's catch up another time~
**Guinaifen:** Yeah, another time~ Remember to come back and see me in Aurum Alley whenever! If you don't get time, just send me a tip on my life stream, hehe~
 Let's catch up another time~
**Guinaifen:** Yeah, another time~ Remember to come back and see me in Aurum Alley whenever! If you don't get time, just send me a tip on my life stream, hehe~

## Change History

Introduced in **Version 1.1** • Released in **Version 1.3**[Create New History]