Privy Council, attic.

This building is bigger than Ningzhe imagined.

From the outside, this attic can be said to be magnificent, but in terms of scale, its area is not that wide.

It wasn't until Ningzhe walked in personally and saw the dazzling array of files that he realized what he was doing.

There must have been some kind of magic here that widened the spatial structure, so the inside looks much larger than the outside.

The first floor is full of ordinary files, detailed information on large and small businesses in Liyue Port, as well as the maintenance status of certain infrastructure, etc.

Stepping onto the second floor, Ningzhe suddenly noticed a man wearing white clothes, wearing a mask, and decorated exactly like Yunfu appeared in the bookshelf.

No, not just decoration.

This man in white is exactly the same as Yunfu in terms of body shape and behavior, but his temperament is slightly different.

If Yunfu gave him the feeling of an ordinary person with a guilty heart, then the aura of the man in white seemed to be...a clergyman of some kind of church, with a holy and pure aura that made people feel uncomfortable.

to the slightest malice.

At this moment, the man in white was holding a copy of "Yunhai Bookstore" and looking at it carefully. He didn't seem to notice that Ningzhe had already walked up to the second floor.

"..."

After hesitating for a moment, Ningzhe gave a slight "cough" and said to the man in white: "Ningzhe, this is Yunhai Bookstore. The reason for visiting the Privy Council this time is..."

Snapped!

Before Ningzhe finished speaking, the man in white suddenly closed the book in his hand with a snap, then turned his head and looked at Ningzhe.

Ningzhe didn't know what kind of expression was underneath the mask, but he could tell... He seemed a little angry, but he had been suppressing this emotion.

"I know...so Ningguang sent you to this place. What do you want to solve?"

At this time, the man in white spoke, his tone was very calm, even with a hint of gentleness.

"Haha... Lord Tianquan asked me to collect intelligence information about Yujingtai from the Privy Council. The Seven Stars are focusing on investigating the list of people who have frequently moved around Yujingtai in recent days."

When saying "Lord Tianquan", Ningzhe also deliberately strengthened his tone to emphasize Ningguang's identity.

Although your Privy Council is not under the jurisdiction of Qixing, if you really want to talk about it, Qixing can be regarded as your superior.

"..."

The man in white obviously heard the hidden meaning of Ningzhe's words and fell silent immediately.

However, the silence didn't last long. He soon reacted and said in a calm tone: "In this case, I won't stop you... Yujingtai's information is on that bookshelf."

The man in white pointed in a random direction, and his perfunctory attitude made it difficult for people to believe the authenticity of his words.

"...Really? Thank you very much for your cooperation, Your Excellency in White of the Privy Council."

Hearing this, Ningzhe nodded slightly, and then walked towards the direction pointed by the man in white without hesitation.

bookshelf...

Sure enough, there is something wrong with the [white man] who is staying in the Privy Council.

His emotional changes are not what a [human] should have...Compared to humans, they are more like a machine that is programmed and moves forward step by step according to certain rules and regulations...

Um?

Walking to the bookshelf, Ningzhe spotted the "Yujingtai Record Book" at a glance.

However, when Ningzhe just picked it up, the book suddenly disappeared, and then a strong attraction spread out from the bookshelf, sucking Ningzhe directly into the bookshelf in the next moment.

"..."

The man in white watched all this without making any move.

After Ningzhe was completely sucked into the bookshelf, the man in white slowly moved away and walked to the bookshelf.

"...Tianquanxing Ningguang? Is it possible that she is already suspicious of [me]?"

"No...it's not important anymore."

After glancing at the bookshelf, the man in white shook his head slowly and then walked towards the stairs.

"Once I can swallow up the last power in the earth's veins... no one in the entire Liyue Port can stop me. At that time... Dragon King, you will get the chance to destroy everything..."

"And I will become the new [King] on top of these ruins."

"..."

As the man in white stepped up the stairs to the third floor, the huge second floor became silent, with no sound flowing.

...

Ningzhe reacted almost as soon as the attraction came from the bookshelf.

To be honest, he had ten ways to get rid of the attraction of this bookshelf, but he finally decided not to do anything.

If you want to find out what happened, you have to follow the route set by this guy... and give him a surprise at the end.

When Ningzhe opened his eyes, the scene around him surprised him.

Fishing village, sunset, wooden houses.

This fishing village... Ningzhe visited once not long ago. This is the place where he was born in Teyvat.

And the sunset...

In the distance, the sun sets slowly until it is above the sea level.

The dim yellow light reflected by the sparkling sea constantly intersects between the sea and the sky, dyeing the clouds with color, forming one miraculous picture after another.

He remembered this day.

This is... the time when he leaves this home and officially "breaks into" the continent of Teyvat.

"..."

Not far away, the door of the wooden house was wide open, and there were even a few tears remaining on the floor in front of me.

Those are...whose tears?

The wooden house is not big, but it seems so quiet at the moment. Ningzhe is alone in it, but he can feel the loneliness between heaven and earth.

After a moment of silence, Ningzhe exhaled and shook his head gently.

This bookshelf, do you want to pull yourself into an illusion and then defeat your own thinking?

To be fair, this trick is really good...

If the target is someone with a mental flaw, this trick will always work.

It's a pity... After so many years of traveling, his heart has become extremely determined, and these tricks will not work on him at all.

"The illusion here changes according to personal will, so...if I erase my [traces] in the illusion, does that mean..."

Thoughts flashed through his mind, Ningzhe summoned [Hunyuan], held the brush in his hand, and gently wrote the word [Suppression] in the air.

Immediately afterwards, the surrounding scene changed again.

The fishing village, sunset, wooden houses... disappeared one after another, and accordingly, new things were generated around them.

It was a ruin, with ruins all over the ground, seemingly telling a sad story.

"This is... the ruins of the Ning family?"

The moment he saw the ruins, Ningzhe reacted.

Sure enough, the regions and elements changed.

It is absolutely impossible for this ruins to be set up based on Ningzhe's mental flaw, because Ningzhe had no chance to go to the Ning family's mansion after the destruction of the Ning family, and he had no idea what the Ning family looked like today.

I was able to recognize it just now because of the [Ning Mansion] plaque that fell to the ground.

Moreover, if Ningzhe's conjecture is correct...

"Is there really any clue in this place?"

"Since Lord Yunfu thinks so, there must be important clues here."

Suddenly, there was a conversation in the distance. It sounded like two young men talking quietly.

The moment he heard this voice, Ningzhe wrapped himself up with mental power and hid himself.

Yun Fu, clue...
Chapter completed!