"Baiwen, Baixiao, go and ask Ganyu and Miss Shenhe to come out."
Ningguang gave the order to the two women behind her.
They would need both their help to face the Demon God.
What surprised her, however, was why the seal on the Overlord of the Vortex had suddenly been undone. Had something unexpected happened on Keqing's end?
As Ningguang pondered this, she suddenly raised her head and spotted something in the distant sky flying toward the Jade Chamber.
It was an enormous spotted deer, running through empty air as though it were solid ground.
The deer's eyes were golden, and he gave the impression of a very stern being.
He was Moon Carver, one of the "Three-Eyed Five-Manifestation Immortals."
An immortal bird flew on either side of Moon Carver, each with different-colored plumage.
One was mostly white with touches of pale blue. The other had a black body and a white neck, with long wing feathers that looked like the evening glow.
They were Cloud Retainer and Mountain Shaper.
At first, the immortals seemed far away, but in the blink of an eye, they were right before her. They descended slowly from the sky and stood in front of Ningguang.
"It has been a long time, adepti."
Ningguang took two steps forward in her high heels and greeted them politely.
"Hmph, Ningguang. First the Geo Archon was murdered, and now a Demon God's seal has been broken. As far as I am concerned, Liyue might as well do without the Liyue Qixing."
It was Moon Carver who spoke. His voice was full of oppressive authority; an ordinary person might not even have been able to stand steadily before him.
"You have a point.
"However, the institution of the Liyue Qixing was established by the Geo Archon himself.
"The reason