Chapter 372 The storm is coming
"Who are you? How dare you break into and destroy the Jade Pavilion?"
The Qianyan Army guards on the Qun Yu Pavilion were startled by the sudden noise and quickly surrounded it.
"Well……"
Ying covered his head and climbed up from the broken floor tiles of the Qun Yu Pavilion. Paimeng, who was standing next to him, was staggering with stars in his eyes.
"Well... Liu Shazi was too strong. I almost fell to my death..."
After finally calming down, Paimon said somewhat depressedly.
What they had envisioned was for Liu Bai to turn into a helicopter and bring them up, rather than just throwing them up like this...
At this time, Paimon also noticed the Qianyan army surrounding them, and quickly hid beside Ying.
"Ahem, don't get me wrong. We are actually the guests invited by Ningguang. Look, we still have the invitation letter. Traveler, please show it to them."
Hiding beside Ying, Paimeng, who felt a little more confident, hurriedly spoke.
Ying immediately took out the envelope that Ganyu had given them.
"No need. Ningguang did invite you. She will probably come out right away when she hears you guys."
At this moment, the voice of a strange girl suddenly sounded.
Ying and Paimon looked over in confusion, and happened to see a girl with long purple hair in twin ponytails. She also had cat ears on her head, and was wearing purple and white clothes. Her long legs were covered in black stockings.
"who are you?"
Paimon saw that the Thousand Rock Army retreated after the girl spoke, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I am Keqing, one of the seven stars of Liyue. I have been following you for a long time, Traveler."
"But it is Ningguang's job to negotiate with you. I don't know who has repaired the Guizhong Machine at the foot of Tianheng Mountain. I have to go check it out. Bye."
Keqing told the two of them her identity, but did not stay. She waved her hand and left first.
"Return to the final machine? We repaired it yesterday."
Paimon and Ying looked at each other, and Paimon whispered in Ying's ear.
Keqing paused and looked at Paimon, obviously having heard what Paimon said.
In the end, originally the Seven Stars of Liyue did not care too much about this ancient artifact. After all, it had been in disrepair for a long time and was not very stable. Some time ago, it was completely damaged for some unknown reason.
But it was suddenly repaired yesterday, and this incident attracted the attention of the Liyue Seven Stars.
After the Emperor was murdered, the Seven Stars held many meetings, all of which were focused on investigating the truth and the future development of Liyue, including how Liyue would deal with possible crises in the future without the protection of gods.
After the Guizhong Machine was noticed, the Liyue Seven Stars realized that if a crisis occurred, using such a mechanism to repel the enemy could avoid casualties among the Qianyan Army.
So they decided to replicate the original machine. Even if they couldn't replicate it completely, they could make some simplified versions.
Keqing is the person in charge of this project and is also responsible for investigating the reasons why the Guizhong Machine was repaired.
Seeing Keqing's gaze, Paimon spread his hands innocently, as if he had said nothing.
"I have been waiting for you for a long time, you who have returned from Jueyunjian, but I didn't expect that you would have the method to ascend to the Qun Yu Pavilion by yourselves."
At this moment, after hearing the previous collision sound, Ningguang also walked out from the inside of the Qun Yu Pavilion, followed by two secretaries.
Keqing thought about it for a moment. She was about to leave, but now she was no longer in a hurry. She decided to stay and watch Ningguang's conversation with them so that she could get to know this traveler better.
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While Ying and Paimon were visiting the Jade Pavilion, Liu Bai and Nashida were shopping together, buying new clothes and accessories. Although they might not be used, they would buy them if they looked good.
When they had finished shopping, they bought a lot of fresh ingredients and some bamboo sticks because they decided to have a picnic and barbecue with the ingredients today.
So the two of them left Liyue Harbor and came all the way to Tianheng Mountain.
While they were shopping, Ying and the others also communicated with Ningguang about their views on the future of Liyue Harbor, their views on the unreliability of the Fatui, and so on.
Finally, under Ningguang's guidance, the two went to a Fatui camp in the wild and confirmed that the Fatui were trying to mass-produce the "Talisman of No Taboos".
This made them realize that Young Master Tartaglia must have other plans.
However, calculating the time, it was time to go to Dihua Island to meet up with Zhongli. Although they knew that Tartaglia could not be trusted, they knew that there was no problem in sending Xian Dianyi and Zhongli away.
So the two of them rushed to Dihua Island first, and looked for wild colored lilies with Zhongli. As long as they found the colored lilies, all the preparations needed for the immortal ceremony would be complete.
During this process, they also met Ganyu, but Ganyu hesitated and did not say why she appeared here.
In fact, although she knew that the Emperor’s murder was just a test of the Liyue Seven Stars, even the Emperor planned to hand over Liyue Harbor to the people. As the owner of the immortal bloodline, should she continue to stay in Liyue Harbor?
This is why Ganyu was confused. She came all the way here to relax and picked a wild colored lily by the way.
After explaining to Ganyu that they were preparing to perform the Immortal Deliverance Ceremony, Ying successfully obtained the wild colored glaze lily from Ganyu.
After obtaining the Glazed Lily, they returned to Liyue Harbor and held a formal ceremony to send off the immortals.
However, as soon as they arrived outside Liyue Harbor, they learned a piece of news.
The immortals that had been seen in Jueyunjian before were in a rage and were planning to call the Seven Stars of Liyue to account.
In order to avoid any accidents at this critical moment, the Liyue Seven Stars directly sent the Thousand Rocks Army to control all the Fatui in Liyue Harbor. The entire Liyue Harbor was suddenly filled with an atmosphere of impending storm.
And through the controlled Fatui, Ying and the others also learned a piece of news that because Zhongli was too close to the Fatui executive, the Wangsheng Hall was implicated, and the hall master Hu Tao was confronting the Thousand Rocks Army.
However, the Qianyan Army's actions were only aimed at people related to the executive officer's son. As he was also an executive officer, no one came to Liu Bai's residence next to the Wangsheng Hall.
Upon learning that an accident had also occurred in the Wangsheng Hall, Zhongli immediately said that he would leave first. He was still a little worried that if he arrived too late, the Wangsheng Hall would really be sealed off.
Before leaving, he did not forget to remind Ying and Paimon where the "fuse" that caused the chaos in Liyue Harbor was.
"What did Zhongli mean by the fuse?"
Watching Zhongli leave, Paimeng scratched his head in confusion.
"The sucker who paid for our trip."
Ying immediately understood what Zhongli meant, and said unhappily with her arms folded across her chest.
Only then did she understand that they had been tricked since they first met Tartaglia. Going to Jueyunjian as victims to inform the immortals would inevitably lead to the current conflict between the Liyue Seven Stars and the immortals.
And based on what they understood in Jueyunjian, these immortals might actually be considering suppressing Liyue Harbor.
"Oh, it's you, young master."
"But now the whole city is in chaos, where did he run off to?"
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