Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Hey, everyone's misunderstanding isn't all because of you!

"You like the big-breasted, curvy type? Hmm, although I have a good figure, I'm still not as good as Miss Rosalyn." Yingda looked down at himself thoughtfully. "Is it because you're too young and still have a mother complex? Are my size and Fanan's size not enough for you?"

Shen Liang hesitated for a moment, then finally whispered a reminder: "Sister Rosalin, think about Brother Rustan, it's not appropriate for you to hug me like this."

“What does this have to do with Rustan?” Rosalind said unhappily. “Even if I pushed you down and did that, Rustan wouldn’t mind. He would just think that I, a mortal, dared to challenge a god and bring glory to Mondstadt.”

Shen Liang was honestly a little shocked.

At this moment, the hilltop of the Gewu Academy suddenly began to tremble.

"What's going on! Wasn't it already resolved? The explosives haven't even been planted yet!"

"Not here! This place could be blown up and we'd be dead by now! It has to be somewhere else!"

"It's alright. General Jinpeng is searching for Cai Kuan. It's probably a desperate struggle."

A cornered beast's struggle? What kind of cornered beast's struggle could make a mountain tremble?

Shen Liang immediately turned to look at Ying Da. As the "second sister" of the Immortal Yaksha, Ying Da should have more say than the fifth sister, Fa Nan. He said loudly, "Didn't I say that he might be carrying out other sabotage missions?"

It could even be murder!

Yingda laughed heartily, "Alright, Your Highness, do you think we're just sitting around doing nothing? We've thought of everything you've thought of. The personnel related to the telegraph machine have been protected, especially the code recorder trained by Inazuma, who is personally protected by Mi Nu. This is Jigong, deep in the Jueyun Mountains, what petty thief could possibly escape from here..."

The person has been protected?

Shen Liang was relieved. As long as the telegram was still working, he could contact Inazuma anytime, anywhere. Although he couldn't hear Raiden's voice, he could still chat instantly.

Shen Liang had specially recorded all the Teyvat common language codes invented by Raiden Shin. He didn't even need a telegraph operator. He could have any private conversations with Raiden Shin that were inconvenient for others to hear. It was amazing.

Suddenly, a mournful bell rang in everyone's ears.

"What's going on? This is... a school-wide alarm?" Fa Nan's face suddenly turned serious. She looked at Rosalin and Shen Liang, who were still confused. "When this bell rings, it means that all teachers and students of Jigong School are on alert. Those who are capable of fighting should follow the faculty and staff into battle, while those who are not capable of fighting should hide and protect themselves!"

Yingda had already burst out of the ground, and the others followed suit.

“I don’t know what happened. The explosion just now seemed to be very serious. Many teachers took to the air to prepare for the attack, but there was a lack of command and the personnel deployment was chaotic.” Ying Da shook his head and said, “This is not the army, after all, it’s a school. I guess there’s only one possibility for the alarm going off: they haven’t found Cai Kuan, but Jin Peng has realized that something is wrong.”

“Wait a minute? Let me think. If the other agent wasn’t going to kill the dispatcher, then his mission was…” Shen Liang stroked his chin and began to ponder. He looked at Ying Da, and Ying Da met his gaze. The two of them were suddenly taken aback.

"and many more!"

"A diversionary tactic?" Ying Da and Shen Liang said in unison.

"Telegraph line relay base station!" came the second unanimous exclamation!

Almost simultaneously, everyone suddenly realized! The telegraph lines were buried underground to avoid damage from wind and rain, but if they were damaged, a "relay base station" was maintained every thousand miles for easy detection. This base station was the central hub for the convergence and exchange of many lines, and destroying it would destroy a large number of lines at the same time!

I hadn't realized before that base stations, unlike telegraph machines, are not easily hidden because many people need to use them. The location of a base station is extremely secretive, deep in the forests and mountains, unknown to anyone except the builders, and even the builders might not remember it.

As long as the intelligence work is done well, theoretically no one can find this thing. It's impossible to run thousands of miles along the route to look for it, and the Qianyan Army isn't just sitting around doing nothing.

However... if Cai Kuan has disappeared, then this possibility cannot be ruled out!

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Jueyunjian, the fifteenth peak, is connected by a long, open-air plank road that links many other peaks.

Wearing a white porcelain cheongsam embroidered with blue patterns, a black lace bodice outlining her fair side breasts, and long, jet-black hair with highlights of white and blue like a fairy, a woman with red half-rimmed glasses sat on a large rock on the only path leading to the Skywalk, slowly reading the bamboo scrolls floating in the air in front of her.

She was a mature and elegant woman who immediately evoked the image of a "fairy." Her flowing robes were a clear display of her status, and her tall, slender figure even exuded a sense of danger. However, the glasses she wore concealed the sharpness in her eyes, instead adding a touch of literary elegance that made her seem more like... a homeroom teacher?

The bespectacled woman definitely has the air of a homeroom teacher, and she does indeed fulfill the responsibilities of one.

Jigong, Vice Dean of the Gewu Academy, is one of the most senior and longest-serving members of the Liyue Asura clan, having followed the Geo Archon for the longest time. True Name—

Lord Liuyun Borrows the Wind.

Liu Yun's long legs were draped over the chains of the plank road, her high heels swaying in the valley breeze as she looked at the images in the bamboo scroll with a faint smile.

The bamboo slips weren't just ordinary bamboo slips—well, that makes sense, papermaking existed in this era, so why use bamboo slips?—inside was a simple comic strip, rapidly playing a scene of Shen Liang and Hua Qing'er fighting in the underground warehouse!

Shen Liang had always thought that his battle with Hua Qing'er was unknown to anyone, but it turned out that True Lord Liu Yun had actually installed surveillance devices in the underground warehouse!

"Indeed, leaving 'eagle eyes' in any strategic location does have some effect. Back then, Li Shui Die Shan said that Ji Gong was not a military stronghold and that leaving too many eagle eyes would be bad for the children's privacy. Fortunately, I firmly refused." Liu Yun adjusted his glasses and repeatedly watched the scene of Shen Liang shooting Hua Qing'er through the wall with his consecutive arrows.

She changed the position of her legs and asked the girl behind her, "Gan Yu, in my opinion, this little princess's brain calculation ability is completely incomprehensible. In my opinion, her thinking speed even surpasses that of the Emperor. Don't be in a hurry to question me. If the Emperor had this kind of calculation ability back then, he could have wiped out all the seafood in the homes of all the residents on the Liyue coast in just one week."

The girl behind Liu Yun chuckled.

This is a well-known meme in Liyue: the Geo Archon Morax, a peerless conqueror throughout his life, has a particular fear of seafood, especially squid and cuttlefish. It's said that after he founded Liyue Harbor, small, slimy monsters frequently entered the homes of the residents along the Liyue coast. These monsters lurked in corners, cabinets, and all sorts of nooks and crannies. While harmless, even smaller than a large rat, they were quite annoying. So the people pleaded with the Geo Archon to eradicate these little monsters, and the benevolent Geo Archon, naturally, responded.

However, while it was easy for the Rock King to shatter the earth with his rock spear, it was extremely difficult to pull out these sticky little creatures from the nooks and crannies of every household. It took the Rock King an extremely long time to eliminate these monstrous creatures, and from then on, he even developed a sense of awe for any living, wriggling aquatic creature.

Of course, the immortals who follow the Rock King Emperor know that this is not just hearsay.

“You’ve been learning archery from me for many years now, what do you think?” Liu Yun asked.

The gentle girl, dressed almost identically to the True Lord Liu Yun, wore a white porcelain-blue cheongsam and black stockings that covered her from toes to her upper body. Her long blue hair and the appearance of a Qilin horn stopped her smile as she carefully examined the image on the bamboo slip before saying, "Master, judging from the way he draws the bow, although Prince Liang's movements are not skillful, his technique is excellent. This is very fitting for his age, considering that even if he has practiced martial arts since childhood, he has only had a dozen or so years of experience. To be able to correct the direction of the arrow to this extent with an unskilled posture cannot be based on feel; it must be entirely based on calculation by the brain. This surpasses not only humans but even demons cannot compare to it."

"Unfortunately, brain computing power only represents the speed of thinking, not the overall superiority of IQ," Liu Yun responded. "Otherwise, I would really be scared."

"What is Master afraid of?"

"Inazuma's next generation is not only incredibly powerful even in his childhood, but most importantly, his mind is also remarkably sharp. With such analytical abilities, I highly suspect that once he possesses full demon god authority, he could single-handedly rule over seven kingdoms." Liu Yun smiled slightly. "Right now, our threat is Kanria, but if this princess grows up, she will likely be even more terrifying than Kanria. Inazuma, as expected, has not been idle... Where is our second-generation demon god?"

“The Emperor is still alive, we don’t need a second generation… right?” Gan Yu asked softly.

"He should have found a partner a long time ago, but you can't force a stone to fall in love. But isn't the Thunder God over there just a bolt of lightning?" Liu Yun shrugged. "Do you think the little princess is really the Thunder God's biological daughter? The news from the Shogunate is that they're not related by blood, but if they're not related by blood, where did Inazuma get the little demon god? Is it because she doesn't want to reveal that she's found a man, and deliberately leaked this information? Such a beautiful little one... tsk tsk tsk, no one but Shin could give birth to such a person, right? Don't you think he should call me aunt?"

Gan Yu blushed slightly, as if she was thinking of the scene where the cute little white-haired beauty sweetly called her "Auntie". After hesitating for a moment, she said in a low voice, "Master, Zhen Jie and I are sisters... we are sisters. Liang Dian... Liang'er calls me Auntie, but she should call you Grandma."

Liu Yun glanced at his apprentice in surprise. Gan Yu's pretty face was flushed, but she kept her head down, refusing to leave or look up, as if she was determined to say it that way.

Liu Yun blinked. "You actually joked?"

"I wasn't joking," she said timidly.

"That's absolutely impossible! How could you call me 'Grandma'? I'm even younger than his mother! That would make me and Zhen a generation apart. No way, no way! You have to call me 'Auntie.' I'm so young, I'm a peerless immortal who can be on equal footing with Zhen."

“Master, I am also of the same generation…”

"Just call me 'sister'! 'Senior sister' is fine too. You are her senior sister, after all. Senior sister is much better, isn't she better than 'aunt'? Are you trying to take advantage of this little princess?"

"why is it like this……"

After a while, Gan Yu couldn't suppress her doubts and asked, "Master, the entire Ji Palace is on high alert. Senior Xiao hasn't found the missing spy. Why aren't we joining the search? What are we doing here?"

Just now, Cai Kuan caused an explosion, drawing the entire school's attention and escaping from the clutches of the Wind Demon. The entire school is on high alert, even the immortals have been mobilized; some are searching, others are protecting the base station.

As the most senior member of Jigong, Liuyun Jiefeng Zhenjun, she had been staying on the plank road since the beginning, as if she was waiting for someone.

“Many people now think we’ve fallen for a diversionary tactic,” Liu Yun said. “They believe that Hua Qing’er is actually a pawn who has lured most of us away, and that Cai Kuan has misled us. He seems to be going to kill people, but he’s actually secretly going to bomb base stations.”

“Yes…” Gan Yu nodded.

"What's right about it? Think carefully, where is it right?" Liu Yun jumped down from the rock, patted the dust off her skirt, and said, "Although the little princess has high calculation ability, she is inexperienced and lacks logical thinking ability. Yet you all follow the little princess's logic. Don't you know how to think for yourselves?"

“…I don’t understand, please explain, Master.” Gan Yu was stunned for a moment, then quickly asked.

She knew that Lord Liuyun was using this incident to teach her a lesson, but Gan Yu also knew that after she grew up and started working in Liyue Harbor, Lord Liuyun rarely taught her a lesson anymore, and every time he did, it was for a reason and for a reason.

Gan Yu knew that Liu Yunjiefeng was just putting on an act. As a disciple, if her master wanted to pretend, she should quickly give him the opportunity to do so.

"Do you even need to ask? The base station in Jigong is a secret. Only I, the person receiving the telegraph service, know about it. Leak? How could it be leaked? What's the probability of a leak? I personally oversaw the laying of the lines in the northwest of Liyue!" Liu Yun paced back and forth, his voice cold. "Think about it carefully, Gan Yu. Those two petty thieves who infiltrated Jigong are just petty thieves. They can't do anything in essence. The telegraph machine was almost destroyed this time because they brought explosives! But how were the explosives brought in? Do you think Jigong would allow students to bring in such dangerous items? Or did they bring in some raw materials to manufacture on-site? The explosives that could destroy the machine room are incredibly powerful. Almost all of them are controlled substances. Jigong would never allow such substances to be brought in."

“Hua Qing’er and Cai Kuan are just petty thieves,” she said coldly. “They are both bait; there are much deeper thieves hiding in Ji Palace.”

Chapter Fifty-Seven: Killing Friends and Murdering Relatives

“Since they were able to bring in the raw materials for this high-powered composite explosive, there must be a mole hidden in the Ji Palace. And if the commotion has already become too big, with both spies being hunted by the Immortal Yakshas, ​​how should our Ji Palace react?” Liu Yun asked.

At this moment, Gan Yu understood the idea behind Liu Yun Jie Feng Zhen Jun's plan, but she didn't have time to answer because she saw the figure appearing on the other side of the plank road.

Her expression became much more complicated.

With his back to the stopped figure, Liu Yun continued, "We will send people to protect the telegraph operators and the base stations. The location of the base stations is almost impossible to leak. Only if I hand over the map to the teachers will the 'ghost' hiding in Jigong know the location of the base stations—only then will he be able to record it and destroy the base stations on the next opportunity. Because the base stations are in the wilderness, we can't protect and guard against them all the time. As long as the 'ghost' knows the location, he can destroy the base stations at any time during the war between Kanria and Liyue."

"Destroying it then would have been far more deadly than destroying it now."

Liu Yun turned around. She was actually standing on one side of the suspension bridge; the Skywalk in Jueyun was made up of suspension bridges connecting the floating areas. The man, who exuded a black aura, stood on the other side of the suspension bridge.

In fact, for the two of them, whose strength had reached the top level of the immortal realm, the 100-meter distance of the suspension bridge was not a problem at all. Even if the suspension bridge were destroyed, their aerial freedom techniques would allow them to stand on thin air and cross to the other side. But now the two of them were staring at each other. Liu Yun adjusted his red-rimmed glasses, hugged his prominent chest, and said calmly, "And I saw through this. The map I gave to those teachers was drawn by me personally. To get to that place on the map, you can't take the main road; you have to take this boardwalk. It's the fastest shortcut."

After Liu Yun finished speaking, the tall man opposite him raised his head. His dark eyes had no whites at all, and he stared at Liu Yun with a ferocious look!

Liu Yun finally sighed softly, "I just didn't expect you to be that 'ghost,' General Mind Monkey."

The third-ranked of the Immortal Yakshas, ​​the Rock Yaksha Mino, leaped and appeared in the mountains and forests like a monkey until he encountered Liuyun Jiefeng, who had been waiting there for a long time.

Gan Yu's expression shifted from shock to sorrow as she silently retrieved the longbow from the Eye of God.

Mi Nu twisted his neck, remained silent for a long time, and then suddenly burst into laughter.

“Ah,” he said, “it seems like I don’t have to pretend anymore, it feels so good.”

Liu Yun pursed his thin lips, not making a move immediately, but said, "You didn't expect this, did you? I actually guessed all your plans. There's no need to argue with me. You were supposed to be protecting the telegraph operators at the Gewu Academy. Since you're here, it means you're the one who's behind it. I think you must have used some magic to bewitch those telegraph operators and put them to sleep."

Mi Nu's dark eyes revealed no expression; one could only judge his madness and malice from his actions. He gritted his teeth, glaring at Liu Yun, "I told you, all those messy schemes and plots will eventually be seen through by those with higher intelligence. Ji Palace has no shortage of brainless beasts. How could everything go so smoothly? Did you think immortals are all like us Yakshas who only know how to fight?"

"Just a heads-up, even in a fight, I am no weaker than any of you celestial yakshas," Liu Yun continued. "I will not let you go."

"A mere rogue immortal dares to compare himself to the Yaksha, who has waged endless slaughter for a thousand years!" Mi Nu's temples throbbed with rage. He clenched his fists, drew a Thousand Rock Spear from his Eye of God, and grinned maliciously at his opponent. "You're too confident, Liu Yun! You come to stop me with only one disciple? Do you think I can kill you before you can notify the others? Huh!"

"Has the erosion of karma made you lose even the intelligence to judge the situation?" Liu Yun said softly. "It's truly tragic, Mi Nu. Because you're not smart enough, even if you go mad, you'll still be used by the enemy and become their pawn. I've told you Yakshas that you should read more books. There are many cultured people in Jigong. The gentle breeze and bright moon in books can lessen the degree to which you are affected by karma. Why... won't you listen?"