While holding Xiangling's hand to give the girl some comfort, Wang Daoyi's gaze was firmly fixed on the deity on the Inviting the Immortals Platform.
While others only saw it as the dragon-shaped deity of the Archon, Wang Daoyi saw the intertwining principles on this deity.
For the sake of the performance, Zhongli threw down a real deity.
The talents of the inquirer were utilized to the extreme, and Wang Daoyi greedily recorded all the information on the deity. When Xiangling wasn't paying attention, the pupils of the boy's eyes were constantly changing.
Sometimes they were black, sometimes golden, sometimes they turned into snake-like vertical pupils, and sometimes they returned to human round pupils.
However, the learning process was quickly interrupted. Ningguang moved her gaze away from the deity, and with just one glance, she saw Wang Daoyi in the crowd, beckoning a member of the Millelith and giving a few orders.
Then, several Millelith officers surrounded Wang Daoyi and Xiangling.
Wang Daoyi showed a speechless expression.
"Fengshan, do you really think I'm the culprit here?"
The one surrounding him was none other than Fengshan, whom he had encountered.
Fengshan had an expressionless face. After looking around at the ordinary people nearby and recalling Wang Daoyi's godlike behavior during the Qingce Village battle, he became even more suspicious.
"Someone is escaping!"
Before Fengshan could speak, a shout came from afar. Wang Daoyi saw a white figure pulling a floating object, trying to escape.
Although he didn't know what Lumine was escaping from, Wang Daoyi still gave Fengshan a look: "Why aren't you chasing after her?"
Fengshan gave the others a look to watch over Wang Daoyi, then chased after Lumine.
The remaining Millelith officers looked at each other and then one of them spoke up, "Why don't we go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs first?"
These people had participated in the Qingce Village battle, so they knew Wang Daoyi and understood his destructive power. Treating him like an ordinary suspect was not feasible.
Fortunately, someone noticed the awkward situation.
"Leave it to me, you go support Fengshan."
Keqing said to the Millelith officers, who immediately turned around and rushed towards Lumine's direction.
Seeing Wang Daoyi's speechless expression, Keqing felt a bit embarrassed, but still explained, who had ordered the MIllelith to surround Wang Daoyi, "Compared to those ordinary people, your combat power does resemble that of a culprit."
After hearing this, Wang Daoyi became even more speechless. Did she really think that with just the Millelith, they could catch someone who could assassinate the Archon?
But still, he gave Keqing face and followed her to the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Arriving at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, Wang Daoyi felt relieved. Not only were he and Xiangling here, but Xingqiu and Chongyun were also present. The two were chatting with two girls, along with a few people wearing a Viaion, whom Wang Daoyi didn't recognize or remember.
Seeing Wang Daoyi and Xiangling approach, Xingqiu waved his hand and quietly asked, "Daoyi, it wasn't you, was it?"
Wang Daoyi's mouth twitched, unable to respond for a moment. He sat down on a bench, bringing Xiangling along, and paid no attention to Xingqiu.
Seeing Wang Daoyi not responding, Xingqiu didn't mind and introduced the two girls to Wang Daoyi.
"These two are Yunjin and Xinyan."
Wang Daoyi nodded. He knew Yunjin; he often went to Yun Han Society with Zhongli to listen to the plays. As for Xinyan, he sometimes saw her perform at the dock. Yeah, she was quite impressive.
"Long time no see, Mr. Yun. Do you have any new plays lately?" After greeting Yunjin, he looked at Xinyan and said, "Miss Xinyan, I saw your performance at the dock before. It was very impactful, really stirring."
"Long time no see. I'll have a new play in a few days. Remember to come watch."
"Haha, I'll let you know in advance for the next performance, and reserve you a good seat."
Yunjin and Xinyan were not shy little girls. They greeted Wang Daoyi openly and then took Xiangling away from Wang Daoyi's side, leaving the three girls to chat together.
Hmm, Xiangling seemed to get along quite well with them.
On the other hand, after Keqing brought Wang Daoyi over, she didn't leave immediately but began to inquire with the vision holders in the room. Although they might not be culprits, maybe they would discover something.
Unfortunately, the situation was too sudden, and these people, despite being vision holders, still didn't observe anything.
Soon, a Millelith entered the room and said to Keqing, "Lady Keqing, the suspect is wearing white exotic clothing and has a white floating pet. During the pursuit, that Fatui's Executive attacked us and escaped with the suspect."
Keqing frowned. Why were there traces of the Fatui's everywhere? Then she ordered, "Issue a wanted order first, then report to Lady Tianquan to handle the matter of the Fatui."
Listening to the conversation, a glint flashed in Wang Daoyi's eyes. It seemed that everything was going smoothly.
After giving orders to the Millelith, Keqing walked to Wang Daoyi's side, her serious expression gradually disappearing, and a rare sense of confusion appeared.
She had once been responsible for the Rite of Descension and had raised many "disrespectful" questions to the Archon. But now that the Archon's deity had fallen from the sky, Keqing was in a state of confusion.
She couldn't help but ask herself, which direction should Liyue go now?
Sensing Keqing's confusion, Wang Daoyi didn't say much. In this situation, she had to figure it out herself. Whatever others said wouldn't be of much use.
As time passed, with no suspicious points found, the Ministry of Civil Affairs finally let everyone go home, but they had to be prepared for inspection at any time.
Wang Daoyi walked back to Wanmin Restaurant while holding Xiangling's hand. Along the way, there were all kinds of discussions about the Archon's deity falling.
Perhaps someone was deliberately leading the discussion, or perhaps people were just too shocked.
Wang Dao noticed that public opinion was slowly turning against the Qixing.
In the midst of the noisy voices, many people were speculating that the Archon's departure might be the conspiracy of the Qixing. After all, at that time, only Ningguang was casting the spell on the platform, and no one could say for sure whether she was inviting the gods or executing them.
However, there were soon voices refuting this, and their points were quite direct. Ningguang simply didn't have the power to assassinate the Archon.
The discussions among the people were wave after wave, with different factions in the media fighting against each other.
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Golden House
After hiding and placing the Archon's deity securely, Ningguang returned here.
Today's events were too sudden, and the impact was too great. Even she felt a bit uneasy.
And she knew she had made a mistake. She had directly shouted about the Archon being attacked, making it impossible to suppress the news. The whole of Liyue knew about the Archon's departure.
As Ningguang had guessed, the assistant soon arrived at the Golden House and handed Ningguang a document. It recorded the current public opinion in Liyue and the forces behind the scenes manipulating public opinion to attack the Qixing.
"These guys, the Archon has just left, and they think they can provoke the Qixing?" Ningguang's eyes flashed with anger, and her regret for her mistake turned into anger towards those who launched the media attacks.
"Check it out. Deal with those with a criminal record directly, and increase surveillance on those without one!"
Although she was angry, Ningguang didn't intend to solve all these forces directly. The Qixing had to follow the rules, especially at this special time.
(End of this chapter)