A Teacher and a Friend: Interlude
Last updated 2025-09-13
A Teacher and a Friend: Interlude is an Adventure Mission on the Xianzhou Luofu.
Acquisition
After completing the Adventure Mission A Teacher and a Friend, read the message from Chengjie.
Steps
- Head toward the Artisanship Commission and supervise Chengjie
Dialogue
Receive a message from Chengjie
Messages
ChengjieHi, (Trailblazer). I got your contact details from Miss QingqueI'm trying to decipher my master's plans. By the Reignbow, I feel like I'm overflowing with inspiration!I want to talk to someone about my ideas. Do you have the time?I won't understand itI won't be able to understand what you say...Hehehe, I just want someone to chat with. Just treat it as listening to a new friend's rants.I charge a lot!I charge a lot for counseling!The user you have messaged is currently unavailableThe user you have messaged is currently unavailablePlease, I'm begging you, (Trailblazer)I really need someone to supervise me. I'll definitely pay you for it!Have you tried Qingque?Have you talked to Qingque about your inspirations?I have. She said she's too busy and doesn't have time, and asked me to find youQingque "being busy"Qingque and "being busy" are like fire and iceWhat does that mean? Is that some new proverb?Fire and ice are so unrelated, they're practically incompatibleI'm very busy tooUm, I actually don't have time eitherBut Miss Qingque said you're in Xianzhou as a tourist, and must have plenty of free time. She also said the secret faction you belong to loves to help people. Why else would you help the general and save us at the Artisanship Commission?What did I do to offend Qingque?Please, I'm begging you, (Trailblazer)I really need someone to supervise me. I'll definitely pay you for it!Accepted MissionA Teacher and a Friend: Interlude
Head toward the Artisanship Commission and supervise Chengjie
- Mission DescriptionChengjie decides to complete Master Ryan's design and hopes you can accompany him while he works. You don't know if supervision like this can yield any result, but go ahead and do it anyway.
When someone requires supervision before they have the confidence to complete a task, that says a lot about that supervisee.
- (Talk to Chengjie)
- Chengjie: You're finally here! I've been studying the design manuscript while waiting for you.
- I didn't think you would really wait for me.
- Chengjie: I'm disappointed to hear that. Since we parted ways at Stargazer Navalia, I've seen you as my close friend. How can I go away when I'm expecting a friend's visit?
- How's it going with the manuscript?
- Chengjie: Honestly speaking, I was worried whether it would be meaningless to make a starskiff from a century ago at first.
- Chengjie: But now, I've realized my concern is unfounded, as Master Ryan's design is undoubtedly timeless. Even though the design is century-old, it still stands at the forefront of the trend. I'm so impressed!
- Care to elaborate?
- Chengjie: I can't understand it at all! The concept it uses is totally different from the one adopted by the modern starskiff designs!
- You sure you wanna make it when you can't understand it?
- Chengjie: My master is way better at this then me, so I'm not too surprised that I can't understand his work. I just need to spend more time studying it.
- I'm worried you won't be able to complete it.
- Chengjie: Thanks for your concern, but we can't give up so easily.
- Chengjie: I can't understand it at all! The concept it uses is totally different from the one adopted by the modern starskiff designs!
- I don't think you can make it...
- Chengjie: The starskiff of Xianzhou is great, but the design is rather old-fashioned. I'm sure my master's design will bring about a revolution.
- Your master was a genius!
- Chengjie: It's not enough that only you and I know how awesome Master Ryan is. The whole world should know of it.
- Chengjie: Sometimes, you just need to jump in to get your feet wet. While studying the manuscript, I'm interacting with my master in an attempt to get closer to his way of thinking.
- Chengjie: (Trailblazer), your presence really motivates me. Please drop by regularly to monitor my progress and encourage me!
- Chengjie: When I'm studying the manuscript, it feels as though my master has come back to life. I can feel him standing behind me, and guiding me in my work. Those heartwarming memories that have long faded away all surge back to my mind. Master Ryan, please give me more time!
- I feel like I'm helping kids with their homework...
- Chengjie: Your effort will pay off the day the starskiff is made! To commemorate our hard work, I'll engrave the name – "Ryan, Chengjie & (Trailblazer)" – on the ship.
- Um... There's no one standing behind us, right?
- Chengjie: Relax. It's just a figure of speech. There is nothing supernatural on Xianzhou.
- Chengjie: Here you go, this is the Immortal's Delight that I promised you. One cup a day, all work is just play.
- (Obtain "Immortal's Delight" ×1 and "Credits" ×10000)
Receive a message from Chengjie
- (Open message from Chengjie, after one daily reset)
- Messages
ChengjieAhhh, (Trailblazer), I want to talk to you about something...I feel like I'm losing motivation.You're finished with the skiff?Is your starskiff design almost done?No. There's a lot more to goAhhh, but whenever I think about how much work still needs to be done, I feel it'd be ages before I fulfill my master's dreamI'm so useless. I still can't practice on my own after more than a century...I'm like your supervisorHonestly, it feels like I'm supervising your workWhat kind of invention needs an external supervisor?Sorry. I'm so useless. I still can't practice on my own after more than a century...Say, (Trailblazer), can you come and scold me face-to-face?The "cheer up" emotes Miss Qingque sends just aren't enough. They're not hitting the right spot...If you can scold me really hard — make me feel shame and motivation from the depths of my soul — then I can finish my master's work!Never heard of a request like that...You've got weird preferences. I've never heard of a request like thatPlease! Master Ryan used to scold me to cheer me up, too. His scolding always managed to kick me back into action!...For just one day, thoughWould just a few angry words be enough?If a few angry words are enough to motivate people into fulfilling their dreams, then the universe would be full of accomplished daydreams by nowYou don't think that'd be enough? Then, maybe apply an appropriate amount of corporal punishment, too?I heard from Master Gongshu that you used only a stick to beat back the monsters. Maybe you can do the same to me... but you'd need to control your strength.Accepted MissionA Teacher and a Friend: Interlude
Head toward the Artisanship Commission and supervise Chengjie
- Mission DescriptionChengjie decides to complete Master Ryan's design and hopes you can accompany him while he works. You don't know if supervision like this can yield any result, but go ahead and do it anyway.
When someone requires supervision before they have the confidence to complete a task, that says a lot about that supervisee.
- (Talk to Chengjie)
- Chengjie: I'm exhausted... I'm totally... drained...
- Chengjie: Hi, there. No matter who you are, please don't be bothered by my presence. I just want to lie down and be alone for a while.
- Chengjie: Oh... (Trailblazer), it's you. I'd appreciate it if you could talk some sense into me and help me pull myself together!
- You're... a hopeless good-for-nothing?
- Chengjie: Tsk... It does nothing to me. In fact, I even have an urge to laugh! Well, I think you should say something like this...
- Chengjie: I'm an idiot with no talent and a worthless bug who achieves nothing in his life. That thing on my neck is the most worthless thing in the universe. It's empty inside, without a single idea. It's worse than a black hole...
- I think you can do it better than me.
- Chengjie: Indeed, but when I'm the one who says it, I can't feel the impact of those words.
- Please don't insult idiots, bugs, and black holes by associating yourself with them.
- Chengjie: I'm feeling it... There is a spark of anger rising deep down inside me. Hold on. Alas, that feeling's gone.
- Humiliation can't keep you going for long...
- Chengjie: I know. There is only so much that self-motivation can do. I wonder how other craftsmen manage to stick with their jobs so persistently.
- Your master gave you his precious time...
- Chengjie: Isn't that what I've said before? Why am I not doing anything here when my master has given me his precious time?
- Have you ever thought of giving up?
- Chengjie: I have. It's been on my mind for the past 200 years.
- Chengjie: But as I said, Master Ryan gave me his precious time. If I give up now, that time will be wasted and cease to exist.
- Chengjie: I must become a craftsman of the Artisanship Commission to make everything worthwhile.
- Try it again. This is your master's dream.
- Chengjie: My master's dream...
- Chengjie: Yes, Master Ryan has given me his precious time. I must complete the starskiff to fulfill his dream. Otherwise, the time will be wasted and cease to exist.
- Chengjie: I have to complete it, to make everything worthwhile.
- Chengjie: (Trailblazer), thanks for coming here. I'll tell you when I complete the starskiff.
- (Mission completed)
- (Talk to Chengjie again, optional)
- Chengjie: I... must do it.
Post-mission
- (Open message from Chengjie, after teleporting to another area)
- Messages
ChengjieI'm sorry. I was the one who begged you to start all this, but now I'm also the one thinking of quitting...What a waste of my time...I finally understand why you still can't practice on your own after two hundred years in the Artisanship CommissionIt's my mistake to waste time on someone like you...I'm sorry, (Trailblazer)Please keep up...Don't be sorry. It's always difficult to accomplish anything of valueGiving up is something that's happening in this universe every second... the people who bear the pain and see things to completion are the most amazing of us all...Thank you, (Trailblazer), for your enduring patience.Take a step back. Don't push yourselfYou really don't need to push yourself like thisWhat would completing one skiff accomplish? I understand it might mean something special to you, but if we step back...Everything humans do is meaningless. Give it a few more centuries, and who is going to remember the shame and hard work of a single apprentice in the Artisanship Commission?...I...I will remember those thingsI will finish the remaining work. Please come and see it when I'm done... just wait for my good news - (Obtain Achievement Carpe Diem, Festina Lente, and Tempus Fugit)
Other Languages
| Language | Official Name |
|---|---|
| English | A Teacher and a Friend: Interlude |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 亦师亦友•承 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 亦師亦友•承 |
| Japanese | 師であり、友であり・承 |
| Korean | 스승이자 벗•계승 |
| Spanish | Un maestro y un amigo (continuación I) |
| French | Professeur et ami : Interlude |
| Russian | Учитель и друг: Продолжение I |
| Thai | เป็นทั้งครูและเพื่อน: ภาคต่อ |
| Vietnamese | Vừa Thầy Vừa Bạn-Tiếp |
| German | Ein Lehrer und ein Freund: Fortsetzung I |
| Indonesian | Guru dan Teman: Bersambung |
| Portuguese | Um Professor e um Colega: Interlúdio |
Change History
Released in Version 1.0