Qingque ignored everyone's astonishment and simply chuckled.
"I also think it's unbecoming of me to loaf around all day, playing cards while drawing a salary from the Divination Commission... It's really a bit, how does that saying go..."
"Too good to be true?" Stelle supplied.
Little Gui's eyes lit up beside her. "I agree. That's the kind of life I dream of living."
Qingque shook her head. "A waste of life."
With that, she looked up at the Master Diviner. "Thank you for giving me a push, Lord Diviner. Since you also think staying here would be a waste of my talents, I ought to find a way to make some changes.
"But before I leave, I still have to help these people resolve the trouble facing the Divination Commission. Otherwise, people might think I was fired for running away in a crisis."
Having said that, Qingque turned to Huohuo. "You're the professional here. All I can do is say things that sound cool. How do we get the Master Diviner out of this deranged state?"
"I don't know either..." Huohuo shook her head. "That Heliobus doesn't seem to intend to trap us in an illusory realm, and doesn't seem to want to attack us either...
"And the Lord Diviner's condition is very strange right now. Unlike other people possessed by Heliobi, there's no clear distinction between the two. Having Little Fish forcibly intervene might work, but I don't know whether it would leave the Lord Diviner with any lasting effects."
They made no effort to hide their conversation, so Fu Xuan naturally heard everything. She scoffed.
"Deranged? I am perfectly lucid. In fact, I have never been more lucid.
"From this moment on, I will devote my heart and soul to deducing the Xianzhou Alliance's destined future and announcing