At Annie's suggestion, a dozen or so minutes later, the Jade Chamber turned around and flew back over the waters off Liyue Harbor, where wind, rain, lightning, and thunder raged. It also deliberately lowered its altitude, hovering less than a hundred meters above the harbor.
Ningguang had done so on purpose. She wanted all the people of Liyue Harbor to see clearly that, before disaster arrived, amid the wind and rain, the Liyue Qixing and the Jade Chamber would stand before everyone and never compromise with evil!
How many people in Liyue had actually seen the Jade Chamber was hard to say for now, but in any case, a tall man dressed in black with black hair had seen it.
"..."
The man stood at the very top of the shipyard at Chihu Rock Wharf amid the wind, rain, and lightning. With his hands behind his back, he remained motionless, staring at the Jade Chamber like a stone statue. No one knew what he was thinking.
If anyone familiar with him had been there, they would have easily recognized him in the occasional flashes of lightning. Who else could he be but the mysterious guest of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor—the Zhongli who would preside over the Rite of Descension for the Geo Archon at Yujing Terrace that evening?
But who he was no longer mattered.
Liyue was at its most critical moment now, and no one cared about this place. Even the shipyard workers who had been forced to leave after receiving orders from the Millelith were looking only at the Jade Chamber above the harbor. They did not spare a glance for the place where he stood.
Boom~!
Suddenly, lightning struck down from the sky, hitting the surface of the sea and stretching the Jade Chamber's shadow long in