"Ningguang? Qunyu Pavilion?"
Upon hearing this, Ying's eyes lit up.
"Could it be..."
"That's right, it's the Ningguang you're thinking of."
Jiang Mu said with a smile.
"Now, just listen carefully."
"Um!"
Ying nodded, but although she seemed to be listening attentively to Tian Tiezui's storytelling on stage, her eyes, which kept glancing at Jiang Mu, seemed to be thinking something else entirely...
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"As you all know, there are celestial palaces and misty palaces above our port."
"The celestial abode in the clouds, you mean the immortal cave we visited, right?"
Paimon looked at Ying and said.
"Shh-"
Ying held up her index finger, signaling her to be quiet.
"What does it mean to have connections to the highest levels? Look at this, this is what it means to have connections to the highest levels. This is the 'connected to the highest levels' property that Lord Ningguang has acquired."
"On that clear, bright day, you looked down from the deck outside the palace gates—"
"Wow! That's a whole stretch of Liyue Harbor's scenery..."
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"A poem praises it!"
"Fluttering and falling, like snow dust descending from the clouds;"
"Densely packed yet sparsely arranged, each word is as precious as a rare treasure."
"In the blink of an eye, the grandeur of rivers and mountains is overwhelming."
"Everyone knows that Heaven's authority is supreme!"
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After reciting the praise, Tian Tiezui took a sip of tea to moisten his throat and continued.
"Just think about it, although this thing is just scraps of paper, how precious is the 'thinking process' that Lord Ningguang used to make decisions?"
"If you can grab one or two more, the benefits that Lady Ningguang slips through her fingers will be a little more than those of your competitors..."
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"Wow! This scrap of paper looks quite precious..."
Paimon couldn't help but rub his hands together.
"If, I mean if, Ningguang could give us something..."
"What are you thinking about..."
Unfortunately, Paimon's daydream was interrupted by Ying before it could even begin.
Jiang Mu, standing to the side, simply smiled and didn't intend to join their conversation.
Suddenly, Jiang Mu sensed a familiar presence.
"This is……"
Jiang Mu's eyes narrowed slightly, but he quickly relaxed.
"I have finally found you, the one who has returned from Jueyun."
The next moment, a soft female voice rang out, startling Ying and Paimon.
"Paimon, let's go!"
Ying took Paimon's hand and turned to leave, but the next moment, Jiang Mu pressed down on her shoulder.
"Jiang Mu? You can't be..."
Looking at Jiang Mu's smiling face, Ying's eyes widened in disbelief.
Paimon covered his mouth, his eyes wide open.
"What are you thinking about..."
Jiang Mu tapped her forehead in annoyance, and the voice continued the next moment.
"Please wait a moment. I am not Qianyan Army, nor am I a constable who came to arrest you."
Ying glared at Jiang Mu, then turned to look in the direction from which the sound came.
A blue-haired woman wearing a pair of ram's horn-shaped "ornaments" was standing on a rooftop not far away, watching the three of them.
“But I am indeed an envoy of the Liyue Sept—I am Ganyu, secretary of the Moonsea Pavilion, and I have come to see you.”
"secretary?"
Ying asked, somewhat puzzled.
"To be precise, my main job is as a secretary responsible for the entire Seven Stars, but this temporary role is as Miss Ningguang's special envoy."
"Wow, they say Ningguang, Ningguang's... messenger has arrived..."
Paimon exclaimed in surprise.
"hehe……"
Gan Yu smiled gently, jumped to the ground, came to Jiang Mu's side, and sat down.
"You saw the Thousand Rock Army that Miss Ningguang sent before, right?"
Smiling at Ying, Gan Yu said softly.
"Mm." Ying nodded gently.
"After sending out that Thousand Rock Army, Miss Ningguang felt that this was inappropriate. So she specially wrote a letter and drafted an invitation, entrusting me to deliver it, to formally invite you to that 'heavenly palace'."
"It is the Qunyu Pavilion."
Jiang Mu explained from the side.
"I see..."
Ying nodded slightly, looked at Gan Yu, and was about to speak when the latter interrupted her.
"These are Ningguang's exact words."
"Please invite her over."
"I want to see her."
"At the Jade Pavilion, I will accompany her, one by one... to cut through the tangled undercurrents..."
As if worried that Ying wouldn't return, Gan Yu added.
"I see."
Looking into Gan Yu's eyes, Ying nodded and said seriously.
"I will go."
"That's good."
Upon hearing this, Gan Yu smiled slightly, turned to look at Jiang Mu, and said with some reproach.
"Xiao Mu, didn't I tell you? Things aren't safe around here lately, so don't wander around."
"Well... Sister Gan Yu, you know my skills. In Liyue, besides Morax, there aren't many people who can hurt me... Ouch... It hurts, it hurts, I was wrong, I was wrong..."
Jiang Mu was about to retort when Gan Yu grabbed his ear and then pulled it slightly...
"snort……"
With a soft hum, Gan Yu released her grip, looked at Ying and Paimon, who were both surprised, and chuckled softly.
"Hehe... Please excuse my poor son. I've been asking you to take care of him lately..."
"Your... Xiaomu?"
Upon hearing this, Ying opened her mouth wide in surprise, looked at the two of them, and exclaimed in astonishment.
"You two..."
"Sister Gan Yu, could you be a little gentler next time...?"
Jiang Mu rubbed his ears, looking pained.
"Hmph..."
Gan Yu snorted twice, but after seeing Jiang Mu's grimacing expression, she finally softened and gently rubbed Jiang Mu's ear, but she still said rudely.
"Let's see if you dare to flirt with other women again..."
“I am Jiang Mu’s older sister, little sister, and you are…”
After introducing herself, Gan Yu looked at Ying, a dangerous glint in her eyes...
"..."
As a traveler who had visited many worlds, Ying could naturally see what Gan Yu's expression meant, so she slightly raised the corners of her mouth and said.
"Hello... Sister Gan Yu..."
"My name is Ying, and I am a traveler from another world."
"So it was you... the traveler who saved Mondstadt..."
Gan Yu looked at Ying and said with a smile.
"My little Mu was well taken care of by you when he was in Mondstadt..."
"No, no, no..."
Upon hearing this, Ying shook her head and gave an embarrassed smile.
"Rather than saying I took care of him, it's more accurate to say... he took care of me more often..."
"For example, back then, it was he who carried me down from the sky..."
"Pick...pick me down?"
Upon hearing this, Gan Yu felt as if she had been struck by lightning...
"I...I've never tried anything like this before..."
"By the way, it's a princess carry..."
Ying smiled and delivered the final blow...
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"Jiang Mu...the travelers...they're so scary..."
Paimon huddled in Jiang Mu's arms, trembling as he spoke...
Jiang Mu also subconsciously swallowed.
For some reason, he always felt that there were two shadowy figures behind these two people...
Opposite them, roaring dragons and tigers...
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