Chapter 30 The murderer is among us! The slacking off comprehensive examination appears...

In the crowd, Yiran seemed to have created a space of his own just by virtue of his unique temperament, separating himself from the noisy place.

Without disrupting the peaceful scene, Sora and Paimon waited quietly around until he opened his eyes and noticed the two people.

The other party seemed a little surprised, but still spoke gently:

"Long time no see, Sora, Paimon, I didn't expect to see you here."

Kong looked at the face that vaguely resembled Yi Bai, and for a moment he had the illusion that Yi Bai had grown up and was standing in front of him. He quickly responded, "Long time no see."

Paimon: "Wow! I didn't expect you remembered our names!"

Yiran laughed and said, "Although we have only been together for a few hours, the unique combination of Sora and Paimon always leaves a deep impression on people.

What's more, your deeds in Mondstadt have already been heard by storytellers in Liyue Harbor."

Paimon was rarely humbled: "We didn't do anything. We all worked together to resolve Mondstadt's crisis."

Then, she lowered her voice a little and added hesitantly: "Yi Bai also helped us a lot...he..."

Sora pursed his lips, his emotions unclear.

Yiran paused for two seconds, his expression still gentle: "I know."

Kong raised his head, the faint smile on his face never disappeared, and a bit of truth appeared in his eyes: "He's fine, please don't worry."

Sora's eyes widened slightly, and Paimon raised his voice and asked quickly:

"Are you really okay? Can you contact him?"

"Well, he contacted me some time ago using our own unique method. All in all, he is fine, but he still needs some time to rest and then do what he needs to do."

Something that must be done... is it related to the abyss?

Kong pondered over it, but the news that Yi Bai was safe did make him feel relieved.

"My heart finally came back to life. I knew Wendy wouldn't lie to us."

"So I still have to rely on the bond of family ties?"

"Just explain it clearly, at least don't be ambiguous"

"Yibai, have a good rest! I will definitely take out the water slime plush doll from the Wangshu Inn slime set meal blind box!"

"Although I can only keep it in my backpack, it's really cute."

"That probability is really low... It's much harder to open a slime than other attributes..."

"Why is the probability of water slime so low... It's hard not to think there's some deep meaning behind it."

"He is a businessman in the slime industry. Is it possible that one of his brothers is carrying smuggled goods?"

"Haha... I've already bought one online and put it at home."

"Okay." Yiran returned to the topic.

"On this day of the annual ceremony to invite the immortals, let us focus on today's theme."

He looked towards the center of the field, where Tianquan Ningguang was observing him obscurely.

There was a deep meaning in his words as he slowly spoke: "Most of the people present today are businessmen like me who are waiting to hear the Emperor's will, but you, as travelers from other countries...

Maybe I can witness the next scene more purely. "

Kong nodded, and followed Yiran as he slowly walked toward the center of the crowd.

It was obvious that Yiran had a certain prestige among these businessmen, and they all made way for him. He pulled up the blond boy and also made room for the traveler in an empty seat in the front row.

"It's almost time."

Ningguang looked up at the sky and moved her fingers to cast spells in all directions. Paimon also flew a little higher and looked towards the center with great anticipation.

The expressions of the merchants were more or less enthusiastic, expectant, and respectful in welcoming the Rock King.

Only Yiran had a calm expression, just quietly looking at the clear sky, out of tune with the surroundings.

This time, the sky did not flow with golden light and auspicious clouds as everyone had expected. As everyone's expressions changed from expectation to uneasiness to confusion and finally horror, a huge dragon fell from the sky and crashed directly into the ground.

Paimon was shocked and asked from behind Sora:

"What, what, what happened? What happened?"

Kong looked alert, and took two steps back, pulling Yiran, who didn't react much, beside him.

The uncertain premonition she had had for many days finally came true. Ningguang felt her heart shrink as if it were dead, and then it became quiet. However, she quickly pulled her consciousness out of the numbness and turned around suddenly:

Standing at the nearest place to the scene, apart from Sora who was dazed and alert and the crowd who were ready to turn around and scatter, the most obvious and special thing was the man with a calm expression and a flash of deep blue light in his eyes, as if everything was expected.

Ningguang bit her teeth, waved her hands vigorously, and pointed in the direction of Kong and Yiran.

"The Emperor has met with an accident. Block the entire area! Detain any suspicious persons approaching here!"

While saying this, Ningguang was looking at Yiran the whole time, but in Kong's perspective, Ningguang already had a clear target and regarded them as the murderers of the Emperor.

His pupils shrank, he pulled up Paimeng, and then pulled up most of Yiran's sleeves.

"Paimon! We have to go!"

God may have been the enemy back then! He must not fall into the hands of his followers.

Although Yiran has only known him for a short time, he is Yibai's brother. He had been standing beside him before the dragon fell. Kong could only notice that he had done nothing, but now he was being treated as a key suspect...

Without knowing the details, Sora consciously pulled up his acquaintance and offered him protection.

Paimon also became nervous:

"How, how to go?"

Countless thousands of rock soldiers have come from all directions, holding spears and surrounding them with extremely high momentum.

This is an extraordinary period, and no suspect in the murder of the Emperor can be let go!

It's dangerous... What should I do? Kong let go of Yiran's hand, transformed it into a bladeless sword, made a fighting stance, and held the hilt tightly.

Yiran followed Sora's steps and retreated obediently. At the last moment, his slightly cold voice came softly:

"If you don't want to be questioned, I'll give you a ride."

Then, an extremely familiar water mirror suddenly appeared out of nowhere behind Sora and Paimon, emitting a mysterious starry sky aura.

"This is..."

Sora murmured quietly, but reacted quickly, grabbed Paimon, looked back at the long-haired man who was surrounded by soldiers but remained calm, and then jumped in.

At the moment when Paimon drilled into the water mirror, the space channel closed, leaving Yiran and the Thousand Rocks Army alone in confrontation.

Yiran raised his hands and spread them out, signaling to the soldiers that he had no intention of attacking or resisting.

But the man in front of them had just let go a suspect who was suspected of assassinating the Emperor. His behavior was extremely vile and suspicious. In addition, his ability to teleport, combined with the Eye of God on his waist, made the Qianyan Army even more alert, as if they were facing a powerful enemy, fearing that something unexpected would happen and let this man escape.

The two sides remained in a stalemate for a while, until Yiran was ready to put down his raised hands helplessly.

At the moment the other party made a move, the leader of the Qianyan Army became nervous, swung his spear hard, and pointed it at the tip of the man's nose.

As expected of a leading soldier directly under the Seven Stars, his shooting skills were indeed precise. He was only a hair's breadth away from injuring Yiran's face, but he still maintained the minimum distance of threat.

At this level, even ordinary holders of the Eye of God would not dare to act rashly. The commander spoke calmly and threatened:

"Suspect, give up resistance and come with us. You need to explain your actions just now!"

Even though the spear was right in front of him, he did not blink, and his expression was still gentle. He looked like he was smiling even though he was not smiling. It was unclear whether he did not take the attack seriously or he did not take his own life seriously.

He nodded casually in a gesture of surrender.

The suspect who murdered the emperor! How dare he be so arrogant!

The soldier following behind the Qianyan Army came forward and handcuffed the man viciously. The metal cut hurt. The soldier pressed his shoulders and pushed him forward: "Follow us!"

Although they did not believe that an ordinary person could murder the Emperor, they could lock him up and interrogate him gently on the spot. However, this person behaved inexplicably and refused to cooperate with the investigation. In addition, Lord Tianquan Ningguang had ordered him to be given special attention. Even if he was not the direct murderer, there was obviously something wrong with him!

He was pushed hard, but he remained expressionless. He just staggered a step and followed the soldier forward obediently.

On the side of Yujing Terrace, in the corner, Kong and Paimeng were hiding behind a rockery and looked a little angry.

Paimon stamped his feet and said, "I obviously didn't do anything, why are these people arresting me?"

Sora: "There is also a reason why they let us go right under the noses of the Qianyan Army. This behavior is too suspicious."

Paimon: "If we had known, we wouldn't have gotten so close. We are still being treated as suspects!"

"..." Sora was silent for a moment.

"Even if we don't get too close, we'll probably still run away in the end."

Perhaps it is credible, but the rulers of other gods cannot be trusted for the time being. Moreover, when gods are killed, no one can guarantee how they will treat the suspects at this juncture...

Putting aside the people of Liyue, there was no guarantee that a special foreign traveler like myself would be used as a scapegoat and killed directly to appease the public anger... No matter what, I owed Yiran a favor.

Kong: "Looking at Yiran's expression at the end, he must have a plan... or he is sure that he can get rid of suspicion, and he trusts us, so he helped us leave."

Kong frowned.

"But even so, we should try to understand the situation, gather intelligence and see if we can help."

…

After the ceremony of inviting the immortals began, the barrage continued to update:

"Designated Prayer: Rock King"

"Why is the music getting weird?"

"??? What's going on?"

"He fell to the ground and became a box?"

"It was written in the Footprints PV that the God of the Contract was murdered."

"Ah? Really dead? Emperor Yan??"

"Did he die from a fall?"

"The protagonist is worthy of being the protagonist. Trouble happens wherever he goes."

"The murderer is among us! (Conan's voice)"

"You won't run away, will you?"

"Never mind, the scriptwriter told us to run, so run as fast as we can!!"

"Pull my wife along and run together."

"Can't run away (danger)"

"? This water mirror...have we seen it somewhere before?"

“Maybe Ishiro learned it from here… Hey, don’t abandon brother and run away!!”

“…I’m crying.”

"Although I'm a little upset about being taken away, but on the other hand, the expression that remained unchanged just now was so handsome."

…

Inside the Qixing Office next to Yujing Terrace.

"You have captured him?"

Ningguang frowned. The situation was really urgent. She knew in advance that the Fools were plotting against the Heart of God. She could not care less about her appearance. She had to control the actions of all suspicious people and hide the Emperor's immortal body first...

But now that I think about it, if a businessman with such strategy and means really wanted to assassinate Emperor Rock King, he would not expose himself in the open, and deliberately get close to the scene, revealing the evidence and gesture of what he had done.

But maybe he did know something, or confirmed something, and as for letting the traveler escape... the soldiers might not know, but that was certainly not a crime.

As an honorary knight of a neighboring country who was personally awarded the title by the acting head of the group, Qin, Kong's position can be confirmed. He also paid attention to his actions throughout the entire process at Wangshu Inn. Although he didn't know why he was so alert that he avoided searches, the crisis could not have been caused by him.

“Ning, Master Ningguang!!”

A soldier suddenly opened the door, interrupting Ningguang's thoughts, and reported to her in a hurried tone:

"That suspect, he...he...he seems to be..."

…

A cool voice came from outside the door, and there was even a teasing smile in the voice. He looked at the captor who was still staring at him fiercely:

"Are you trying to say that I'm an immortal?"

Ningguang looked at the person who came. At this time, a pair of deer antlers with a gradient of blue and white appeared on Yiran's head, and the ears on both sides turned into deer ears similar to those of an elf.

The corners of the eyes are red, and a light blue line is faintly visible in the center of the forehead, which is mysterious, elegant and captivating.

He turned his head, his tone had returned to gentleness, the businessman's negotiating attitude mixed with the unattainable illusion of an immortal, making Ningguang feel contradictory, friendly and dazed.

He said, "Ms. Ningguang, let's talk."