"You!"
Xiangling was furious.
Getting beaten up had not been such a big deal in itself.
But Xiangling did not think she had been in the wrong.
After all, Chongyun came from a family of exorcists, and any monster he set his sights on was generally no ordinary one.
So when Chongyun and Xingqiu had ganged up on Jiang Xiaofeng back then, Xiangling had joined in too.
Of course, the outcome had not been particularly pleasant.
Master Mao had kept Xiangling confined until her injuries healed before letting her out, so she had not gone to Mondstadt in search of fresh ingredients and crossed paths with the Traveler.
Well... all in all, Jiang Xiaofeng had changed quite a lot of the plot.
Although he felt bad for Lumine, he would just have to treat her to some hospitality once she reached Liyue...
Jiang Xiaofeng found Xiangling's puffed-up, angry expression amusing.
Then he turned to Liyue's Luo Xiang: Yanfei.
"Oh, you're approaching me?"
"Even after learning how terrifying I am, instead of retreating, you're coming right toward me?"
As Yanfei walked toward Jiang Xiaofeng, she said, "How can I make you see the laws you've broken without getting closer?"
Jiang Xiaofeng smiled.
"Hoho, then come a little closer."
Jiang Xiaofeng and Yanfei slowly approached each other.
"Look, you refused to go with the Millelith, so you got into a fight with Xiangling and the others. You've already broken the law!"
"Mm-hmm, I agree. I think my offense was maliciously provoking trouble, right?"
"Completely wrong. Your actions violated the public security administration law and warrant confinement. It's not that simple."
"But didn't I also resist arrest? Doesn't that count?"
"No, no. After all, you ran away back then, so that charge overlaps with fleeing to evade punishment..."
"No, no, no. I wasn't fleeing to evade punishment. I died back then. I've just come back to life now."
"Do you take me for a child? I'm not that easy to fool..."
"You're just a little girl in my eyes. Nothing wrong with that..."
"You! ...Wait, weren't we discussing your crimes?"
"Yes. What's wrong?"
Jiang Xiaofeng was still holding Yanfei's law book, reading it with great interest.
It was full of cases, each one a juicy piece of gossip to enjoy.
"Give that back!" Yanfei angrily snatched the book away and ran over to Madame Ping.
"Granny, he's bullying me~"
Yanfei acted coy with Madame Ping.
"Granny, he bullied your little disciple~"
Yanfei also hugged Madame Ping's arm and acted coy.
Jiang Xiaofeng: "..."
"All right, brilliant."
Jiang Xiaofeng clapped.
"So these are Madame Ping's juniors. Love it, love it."
Jiang Xiaofeng bowed again.
"Granny, I'll pay you a visit another day. I'll take my leave for now!"
Without waiting for Madame Ping to speak, Jiang Xiaofeng spread his wings and took flight.
After all, Jiang Xiaofeng had spotted groups of Millelith heading their way...
"Do you all have that much free time?"
Looking helplessly at Keqing, who had brought the Millelith here, Jiang Xiaofeng flew up.
"Sir, could you please come down?"
Keqing suppressed the urge to hit him as she spoke to Jiang Xiaofeng.
She had no choice. If they really fought, she could not beat this guy. How infuriating!
Jiang Xiaofeng shook his head.
"Are you planning to bring a whole crowd of Millelith to surround me and block my way again, like last time?"
"If you push me too far, I won't bother with stupid questions like whether the Millelith are actually in the right."
Jiang Xiaofeng gave Keqing the middle finger.
Keqing frowned.
She instinctively felt that the gesture was not anything nice, but she had no idea what it actually meant.
Keqing gritted her teeth and shouted to Jiang Xiaofeng, "The Tianquan, Ningguang, wants to meet you!"
Keqing gave up trying. Why hide anything? This guy had already flown up in such a conspicuous fashion. Resolving this incident without attracting too much attention was impossible now, so she might as well tell Jiang Xiaofeng directly why she had come.
Jiang Xiaofeng spread his hands.
"So why didn't you just say that sooner?"
"I thought you couldn't accept losing last time and wanted another fight."
"Take your time dawdling. I'll go check out the Jade Chamber first."
With that, Jiang Xiaofeng beat his dragon wings and flew straight into the sky, heading directly for the Jade Chamber.
Watching Jiang Xiaofeng fly farther and farther away, Keqing and her party called to the Millelith behind them.
"All right, the dangerous individual has left. We can go."
"Yes, Lady Keqing!"
Xiangling and Yanfei had long since started pestering Madame Ping to tell them about Jiang Xiaofeng, and Madame Ping simply smiled and told them what she knew.
At the end, Madame Ping added, "Xiangling, you only got beaten so badly because you weren't as skilled as him. Hahahaha..."
Xiangling pouted. "Master~"
Guoba, who had been quietly following Xiangling all this time, raised his head. "Lu?"
Jiang Xiaofeng flew above the Jade Chamber and landed directly on the platform.
The Millelith guarding the entrance immediately raised their spears at Jiang Xiaofeng. "Who goes there?"
Jiang Xiaofeng thought there might be something wrong with them.
Would an actual villain tell you who they were?
Shouldn't the first thing you do upon spotting something unusual be to rush over and subdue them?
Jiang Xiaofeng shook his head.
Either stand there like decorative guards or be stricter. Don't awkwardly ask questions with your spears raised like this.
Learn from those two at Yanshang Teahouse... oh, no, there's only one bodyguard left.
Learn from that guy. When no one's talking to him, he just stands there looking intimidating.
Jiang Xiaofeng stepped forward.
The two Millelith gripped their spears tighter and tighter, their hands growing sweatier and sweatier...
"You two may stand down. He's my guest."
Just as the two Millelith were about to reach their limits, a melodious voice came from inside.
Jiang Xiaofeng paused, slowly withdrawing the killing intent he had released to toy with them.
The two Millelith felt a weight lift from their shoulders and hurriedly stepped aside, inviting Jiang Xiaofeng in.
Fine, you two did a decent job of that, at least.
Much better than that stubborn fool, The Hand of the King.
Huh, why did I suddenly think of The Hand of the King?
Forget it, forget it...
Jiang Xiaofeng kicked the door open and entered the Jade Chamber.
"!"
The two guards were instantly shocked. What are you doing?!
Jiang Xiaofeng looked at the door, unsure how best to describe it.
He could not control his urge to kick doors, but the door had not broken. How annoying...
"It's fine. Let him in."
The voice from earlier spoke again.
Jiang Xiaofeng shrugged, ignored the three women in dark red who had just approached, and vaulted straight over the railing.
Very obediently, Jiang Xiaofeng followed the stairs down to the next floor, where he saw a mature woman with white hair and red eyes.
Hmm... white hair and red eyes. MiHoYo, you've really got people's tastes nailed down.
Tsk, tsk, tsk...
But what does that have to do with me?
The body The Beheaded stole doesn't have that function...
Jiang Xiaofeng slowly walked up to Ningguang, the Tianquan, who sat upright behind a desk watching him with a silent smile. He pulled out a chair, sat down, and said, "You're neither scared nor surprised by how I look. You're pretty bold."
"Go on, what do you want?"