"This Island That Dared to Fly into the Sky Has a Death Wish!"

"What kind of expression is that?"

Seeing Chen Fan's dumbfounded look, the Millelith guard immediately chuckled. "What, were you planning to find Ningguang and ask her to abuse her authority for personal gain?"

"I'm telling you, no chance!"

"At the Qixing meeting, all six voted unanimously to remove her from her position as Tianquan!"

Chen Fan came back to his senses and frowned. "But the Jade Chamber is also Ningguang's private property. The Liyue Qixing's office isn't located in the Jade Chamber, is it?"

"Heh!"

The Millelith guard sneered, though he did not refute Chen Fan. "Of course the Qixing's offices aren't in the Jade Chamber."

"However!"

"Ningguang is suspected of abusing her authority for personal gain and amassing enormous improper wealth and assets. The Jade Chamber is one of them!"

"So, the Jade Chamber has now been sealed and is currently under the jurisdiction of Lord Tianji, who is in charge of finance."

"Without his approval, no one may enter the Jade Chamber!"

Chen Fan understood.

Ningguang had been removed from office for abusing her power to make money, and the Jade Chamber, as one of her assets, had subsequently been seized.

But—

Chen Fan frowned as he looked toward the Jade Chamber in the sky.

With his immensely powerful spiritual senses, he could tell that there were even more people in the Jade Chamber than when he had last visited.

And!

Most of them did not possess the hardened, iron-blooded aura of Millelith soldiers!

So—what sort of people were living up there now?

Chen Fan raised a brow, but this was an internal matter of Liyue and had little to do with him.

"Then where is Ningguang now?"

"Where?"

The Millelith guard sneered. "Suspected of corruption and bribery? Naturally, she's where she ought to be!"

"You mean she's locked up?"

"Suspected criminals are naturally detained pending investigation."

After a pause, the Millelith guard said lightly, "We'll discuss the matter once Lord Tianji has verified the evidence!"

"Kid, you came too late if you wanted to use Ningguang's connections!"

Chen Fan frowned.

He still remembered that Ningguang owed him a blast-resistant ship. Now that she was under isolated investigation, did that mean his ship—was gone?

With that thought, Chen Fan prepared to head to the Millelith Affairs Office to see what was happening.

However.

The moment he moved, he saw that no fewer than ten Millelith guards had gathered here.

Chen Fan understood at once!

So that Millelith guard's patient answers earlier had been entirely to stall for time, not out of any goodwill in answering his questions!

"Kid, since I know you wanted to bribe the Qixing, naturally I can't let you leave!"

The Millelith guard captain grinned. "In Liyue, bribery is a crime. Naturally, you must be arrested and interrogated!"

"I was worried that I hadn't found you lately and was missing a witness like you. Never expected a pillow to be delivered just when I was sleepy."

Looking at the dozen or so Millelith soldiers, Chen Fan smiled faintly. "You think a few Millelith soldiers like you can catch me?"

"Heh!"

His figure flickered, and like a phantom, he slipped free from the encirclement of the dozen Millelith soldiers.

"Catch him!"

The Millelith guard captain's expression changed sharply as he shouted.

However.

By the time the dozen Millelith soldiers turned around, Chen Fan was nowhere to be seen.

"They really don't know when to quit!"

After shaking off the Millelith soldiers, Chen Fan's expression darkened. "Rex Lapis is probably watching me right now too. Damn it—"

Rex Lapis had just spoken with him, and now he had turned around and attacked Millelith soldiers.

Rex Lapis would probably come looking for him again any moment now.

Of course.

It would not go so far as to make Rex Lapis personally act.

But.

Chen Fan reckoned his treatment would probably not be much better than Alice's had been in the past.

Having someone follow him around and keep watch over him at all times—just thinking about it made him feel uncomfortable all over!

"She should be held at the Millelith Affairs Office. I can go take a look."

"But—better leave Liyue Harbor first. Rex Lapis still doesn't trust me—"

With that thought.

Chen Fan did not hesitate any longer and headed out of Liyue Harbor.

Meanwhile.

After confirming that Chen Fan had left Liyue Harbor, Rex Lapis rose and returned to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.

However.

To his surprise, Hu Tao, the master of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, was sitting on the steps with a troubled expression, rubbing her head.

"What happened?"

"Ah—Consultant, you're back."

Hu Tao jolted as if startled, springing to her feet. After seeing who it was, she finally let out a small sigh of relief. "You scared me to death—"

"What happened?"

"The Millelith just came by and issued a notice ordering the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor to suspend business for rectification. Our business already depends entirely on me going out to solicit customers, and we barely make enough to cover costs. Now we have to close down again, I—"

Rex Lapis directly ignored the latter half. "Suspend business for rectification? What happened?"

"I heard Tianquan was found guilty of corruption, bribery, and abusing her authority for personal gain. Lord Tianji, who is handling the matter now, has ordered a thorough investigation into every private business. No one is allowed to operate until the investigations are complete."

As soon as he heard this, Rex Lapis frowned. "When did this happen?"

"This morning, just after you left—"

Hu Tao sighed. "Sigh, what are we supposed to do now—"

Without saying a word, Rex Lapis turned and left.

"Hey, Consultant, where are you going?"

Hu Tao had been sighing miserably, but suddenly noticed that he was heading out the door?

Wait a minute!

He had only just returned after listening to opera and drinking tea, and now he was leaving again?

Then why had he bothered coming back at all?

However.

Rex Lapis, who had already walked out the door, paid no attention whatsoever to Hu Tao's words—

"So this is Liyue Harbor?"

Sea God Tang San hovered above Liyue Harbor. Seeing the Jade Chamber floating in the sky, he immediately frowned. "Why is there an island flying even higher than I am?"

"Could this be Liyue Harbor's royal family?"

Tang San, after all, had been a sect disciple before crossing over, so the only comparable concept he understood was that of a royal family.

Moreover, he had not deliberately sought out information about this place, and the Teleportation Gate would not provide additional explanations to someone who had initially been unconscious.

Therefore—

Sea God Tang San naturally assumed that the Jade Chamber had to belong to Liyue Harbor's royal family!

With that thought, he snorted coldly. "Who do they think they are, building an island that flies into the sky? They truly have a death wish!"

As he spoke, he gripped the Sea God's Trident and leaped upward.

Bang!

Wearing the Sea God's Divine Outfit, Sea God Tang San had no intention of keeping a low profile. He leaped up and landed heavily atop the Jade Chamber.

As his foot, infused with divine power, stomped down viciously, the entire Jade Chamber—trembled!

Huh?

Was that right?

Sea God Tang San froze.

In his view, with divine power infused into his legs and the Sea God's Trident, which weighed one hundred and eight thousand jin, pressing down upon it, the Jade Chamber should at least have been smashed into a massive crater.

So why had it—only trembled once?

It was like someone had sneezed and given a little shudder—nothing more?

"Who goes there?!"