Early the next morning.
"Let's go!"
Xiao looked at Ellin.
"All right!"
Ellin nodded and followed Xiao as they shot through the air.
Two days earlier, they had encountered Wang Ping'an impersonating an adeptus, supposedly exorcising monsters without actually eliminating them.
To prevent him from causing a disaster, and to persuade Wang Ping'an to return to the right path.
Xiao decided to use the Dreamwalking Through Realms Technique to summon Wang Ping'an's soul, administer a mild punishment, and make him repent.
According to the game's storyline, the Traveler should next have gone to Pervases' Temple to fetch the incense burner and Liyue Qixing Lamp, helping Xiao perform the Dreamwalking Through Realms Technique.
But now, thanks to Ellin's intervention, the storyline had already been disrupted.
Xiao and Copper Tusk, who would never have met in the game, had been able to reunite thanks to Ellin.
Taking away the Liyue Qixing Lamp and incense burner would disrupt the Mortal World Shadow-Imaging Method, leaving Copper Tusk unable to manifest a physical form.
After meeting Copper Tusk, Xiao's heart had softened. Unwilling to let the traces of his old friend's existence vanish, he had left the incense burner and Liyue Qixing Lamp where they were.
Leaving the incense burner and Liyue Qixing Lamp was Xiao's own decision. Naturally, Ellin respected it, so she had not taken them afterward, either.
"Without the Liyue Qixing Lamp and incense burner, you can't use the Dreamwalking Through Realms Technique to summon Wang Ping'an's soul. What do you intend to do?"
At that moment.
Ellin and Xiao hovered high in the sky, looking down at Wang Ping'an, who had just swindled a large bag of Mora from a believer.
"Hmph. No matter."
Xiao snorted coldly.
"The adepti have more than one means of punishment."
Xiao's expression was icy.