Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

The white-haired woman raised her head, frowned, and a flash of displeasure crossed her eyes.

"Someone's gotten in the way."

My darlings, I need to take a day off.

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Chapter Eight turns out to be a little... little boy

The newcomer moved with incredible speed, appearing instantly like a bolt of lightning before standing before the ethereal white-haired woman. She frowned slightly, her hand resting on a talisman as she stared at the unfamiliar purple figure.

This is a beautiful girl with purple hair and eyes, wearing adorable cat ears on her head and a fringed short skirt that covers her slender legs in black pantyhose with delicate patterns. Although she looks to be under twenty, somewhere between a girl and a woman, she already has a slender and graceful figure, and her clothes are exquisite and meticulously chosen.

But at this moment, her beautiful eyes were filled with anger, and her small hands, clad in purple gauze gloves, gripped the long sword tightly as she stared at the white-haired woman in front of her, suppressing the urge to draw her sword.

"Talismans? Celestial magic?" The cat-haired girl's eyes turned cold. "It seems you are also a member of the Liyue Celestial Clan. Attacking mortals is a violation of the decree made between the Emperor and you! Today, I (the cat) am here, and I will not allow you to bully the weak and oppress the strong!"

The white-haired woman frowned again. "You're too late. I'm busy eliminating evil."

"You are an immortal, what power do mortals have against you? Do you need to eradicate evil completely?" Cat Head looked at the two headless corpses placed together, his anger burning like wildfire. "This desolate place is where villains like you can run rampant! If I hadn't come here to investigate, how many more people would you have wanted to kill?"

Eradicate evil completely? What a joke!

You are clearly an immortal, powerful and invincible. How could mortals threaten you? How could they possibly inspire you to "eradicate evil completely"?

Today's land and resources exploration mission has ended, but Keqing, who is usually busy and rarely returns to Liyue Harbor, usually stays wherever she goes. As an Electro Genshin Impact, she is extremely fast, and she should have gone back to Wangshu Inn to rest before it got dark.

Upon arriving at Guili Plain, Keqing discovered a group of ordinary people being chased and fleeing in terror. She decisively slew the Ice Goddess who was pursuing them, and then realized this was the work of talismanic arts. Such talismanic arts are typically the domain of immortals, and the fact that they could be used to such an extraordinary degree strongly suggests that it was the work of an immortal!

This enraged the chivalrous Keqing. She had witnessed countless battles between mortals in this desolate, lawless land. But how could she, a highly respected immortal beloved by the people of Liyue, lay a hand on mortals?

Can such a depraved immortal still be considered an immortal?

Activating her Eye of God, purple lightning snaked across Keqing's longsword, but she remained cautious, shouting, "Give me an explanation! Otherwise, I will stop you here!"

"You can't stop it," the white-haired woman said calmly.

"My name is Keqing, one of the Seven Stars of Liyue, the 'Yuheng Star'." Keqing's small face was solemn. "I know you are far more powerful than mortals. I'm not saying this to suppress you with my status. Rather, I'm telling you that my influence in the mortal realm is not low. If I die at your hands, the Seven Stars, the Eight Gates, and even the entire General Affairs Department will be mobilized. Even if you are a celestial being, you cannot escape the punishment of Liyue's laws."

Upon hearing this, the white-haired woman's cold and indifferent eyes flickered for a moment, and she asked with some doubt, "What is law?"

You can even ask what the law is?!

Ke Qing was stunned. She had thought this was a villain who treated human life like dirt, but she never expected that she would not only treat human life like dirt, but she had also become so domineering and arrogant that she regarded the law as worthless! Ke Qing could not take the question "What is the law?" as a question. It could only be an extremely arrogant rhetorical question!

What kind of attitude is that? It's an attitude of "Law? You're talking about law? I find that hilarious!"

The outspoken Ke Qing was starting to question her life. This woman was clearly exquisitely beautiful and a celestial being, so how could she be so evil!

However... as a member of the Jade Balance Star, Ke Qing was furious, but she calmed herself down. Her sword, "Dragon's Roar in the Box," shimmered with light. She stared intently at the evil immortal before her, knowing that the immortal probably wouldn't bother to explain, so she simply gave up on her illusions.

"Then let's see if I can stop you today!" Ke Qing's figure instantly transformed into lightning, moving with incredible speed, and she actually slashed at the white-haired woman from behind with her sword.

The white-haired woman deftly pushed her spear back, and in the instant she turned around, she delivered a clean and swift counterattack!

"Return to position!" Ke Qing uttered a clear cry, her figure flashing away from the spear's attack range once again. However, a surge of lightning erupted from the previous location, accompanied by Ke Qing appearing from behind the white-haired woman, launching a two-pronged attack from both the front and the back.

"Thunder punishment!"

Amidst a thunderstorm ahead and a sword slash behind, a sense of crisis flashed through the white-haired woman's mind. A hint of ferocity flickered in her indifferent, beautiful eyes as she pinched a talisman between her fingers. "The future!"

The white-haired woman, filled with rage and hatred, knew she could no longer kill all the villains. She gritted her teeth, a violent rage rising within her!

—I might as well kill you, you troublesome villain! What kind of mysterious Jade Balance Star is this? You must be in cahoots with those scoundrels!

The goddess summoned, and the white-haired woman charged forward with her spear, knocking Keqing's longsword away! The two were simply not in the same league!

Ke Qing's face turned deathly pale!

At that moment, a large bird that had been watching from the neighboring hilltop for a long time finally let out a soft sigh.

"Going down the mountain for training, going down the mountain for training, and in the end you didn't even remember the names of the Seven Stars of Liyue. Sigh, if it weren't for this fairy's sudden whim to check where you are, you would have caused a disaster in just a few days since you went down the mountain." The big bird shook its head, preparing to use its fairy magic to stop the two who were already locked in a fierce battle, then suddenly its expression hardened and it looked into the distance of the pipe.

"Oh? There's a change in the situation?"

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Just as the white-haired woman was about to seize the opportunity to pursue and kill Ke Qing, the two of them heard a booming sound that grew louder as it approached!

The white-haired woman and the purple-haired cat-headed woman were both startled, then their figures flashed and they created distance between them. Ke Qing quickly picked up her longsword and turned to look at the third person.

Before the person arrived, the sound preceded them. With absolutely no soundproofing, the furious roar of the engine was extremely conspicuous, almost like the howl of some primordial beast. A jet-black heavy motorcycle weighing more than half a ton leaped over from behind the bend of the slope, then braked fiercely, its overheated tires burning a black mark on the ground, and landed steadily beside the two people who were fighting.

The two beautiful girls simultaneously showed wary expressions, neither of them knowing whose friend or enemy the newcomer was.

Shen Liang, who was in the car, took off her sunglasses, shook her long black hair which was blown by the wind, tilted her head to look at Ke Qing, and her eyes lit up, "Wow, kitty."

Ke Qing was also slightly taken aback when she saw him. She hadn't expected him to be a child who was even shorter than herself. Although she didn't like to judge people by their appearance, this child was... too good-looking.

As one of the noble members of the Liyue Seven Stars, Keqing has seen at least eight or ten thousand beautiful girls, but none as exquisite and even perfect as this one made her feel somewhat ashamed of herself...

But who's the cat?

“Carve a cat,” the white-haired woman suddenly said.

Why do you say that too?

Shen Liang then got off the motorcycle and untied a nylon rope that was tied to the back seat. Only then did Ke Qing and the white-haired woman notice that there were more than a dozen ropes tied to the back of his motorcycle, hanging down far behind.

"Sorry, I was just about to say hello and ask you how to get to Liyue Harbor." Shen Liang gave the white-haired woman a bright smile, "but seeing how much trouble you were having catching those petty thieves, I went to help you first, and I only just arrived now."

"Help?" the white-haired woman repeated, her tone somewhat puzzled.

"Well, I just wanted to bring back the people you hadn't dealt with yet, and also resolve the dispute between the two of you while I'm at it." Shen Liang casually tugged at the dozen or so ropes. "I don't think you're very good at talking. People have mouths to explain themselves, right? How did you end up fighting for no reason?"

With that one yank, he sent twelve wounded, blood-soaked thieves, each with a gleaming hole in their ankle, flying through the air and crashing heavily to the ground! Instantly, they all fell lifeless.

"Oh, sorry, they were either dead or crippled while being dragged along the ground, and this fall means there are probably only a few survivors," Shen Liang said casually.

Ke Qing was stunned. She stared in disbelief at the short, handsome boy with black hair. This child, who was even shorter than her, was so ruthless. Beneath his innocent and cute appearance, he had dragged this group of people all the way here without batting an eye! What kind of cruel torture was this? And yet he could talk and laugh with her without any emotion?

This little guy and this female devil are definitely in cahoots!

"We're not in cahoots, I was just passing by." Shen Liang seemed to see through her thoughts and said with a smile, "I left them alive to prevent good people from fighting each other, otherwise I would have killed them directly. I don't have a penchant for torturing people, it's just that my car can't hold that many people."

He paused, then added, "Of course, with so many people sitting here, I wouldn't let a dirty man sit behind me."

Can you still casually make witty remarks in a situation like this?

"Well, luckily I have a dashcam, and it's high-definition." Shen Liang casually tossed the dashcam to Ke Qing. "Take a look."

Ke Qing took the complicated machine with a puzzled look, but she was very smart. Although she didn't quite understand the principle, she immediately knew what it did. Watching the horrifying scene of the treasure-hunting gang blocking the road and killing people in the video, she finally fell silent.

"There are also testimonies." Shen Liang kicked the already exhausted treasure-hunting team. "Get up and speak."

"Please...please, kill me...kill me..." the thief from the treasure-hunting gang pleaded weakly, his face almost completely bruised and mangled, making him appear even more terrifying. Ke Qing glanced at him, then turned her head away, unable to bear looking directly at such a grotesque face.

But she still performed her duty diligently, asking sternly, "You've robbed and murdered people on the road? Do you know that under Liyue's laws, this is a capital offense!"

"It hurts...it hurts...kill me...kill me..." The treasure hunters groaned. The torment of being dragged along the gravel road at high speed had driven them to the brink of madness. They only wanted to die quickly and had no idea what Keqing was saying.

Shen Liang silently squatted down, activated the Transformation Sea Moon technique, and whispered to the leader, "Speak, or I'll extend your life, and then we can continue our racing. This time, face down."

The thief stared in horror at the gentle smile on that exquisitely beautiful face, and finally confessed everything.

"See, it was just a misunderstanding, and now it's cleared up." Shen Liang stood up. "From now on, we'll hand them over to Lord Yuheng Star, is that alright?"

Ke Qing let out a breath.

Although she still felt that this woman and the woman with long black hair were somewhat ruthless, she was ultimately in the wrong. She wasn't ungrateful, so she apologized promptly: "I was presumptuous. These prisoners will be handed over to the Liyue General Affairs Department."

"Not kill them?" the white-haired woman asked calmly.

Keqing hesitated for a moment before answering truthfully: "The ringleader is dead, and the rest are not yet punishable. But this one... well, you killed five people not to protect yourself. Although it was to eliminate evil, you crossed the line according to the law. Please come with me to the Liyue General Affairs Department to await your judgment. Of course, I will try my best to classify you as a hero. Heroes are not punished, please believe me."

Shen Liang was surprised and wanted to laugh.

Having killed so many people... this was the first time someone had stood before him, speaking righteously and saying things like "according to the law" and "awaiting judgment." To put it bluntly, he had casually executed at least a hundred, if not eight thousand, vagrants in Inazuma. Although he wasn't exactly a chivalrous person, he would just deal with such matters on a whim.

The shogunate never dared to say a word against his actions.

When he arrived in Liyue... a slender and beautiful girl actually dared to speak to him like that.

law.

But Shen Liang didn't find it unreasonable or offensive. On the contrary, he was even happier because a girl dared to talk about the law with a ruthless killer like him.

Liyue is truly worthy of its name; this place... seems much better than that precarious Inazuma.

Before Shen Liang could refute, the white-haired woman behind him suddenly stepped forward, her eyes turning cold. "No, he can't go back with you. I don't trust you. You might have a personal grudge against me."

Shen Liang was pulled aside by her, and she shielded him behind her like a mother hen protecting her chicks, holding his hand tightly. He was even more confused.

With my incredibly cool and domineering entrance, and my incredibly cool and domineering presence... do I need your protection?

"I will handle this impartially, and what personal grudge do I have?" Ke Qing argued logically, becoming even angrier at the questioning. She blurted out, "But you, you clearly have such great power, why didn't you intervene when the groom was killed? You should have had time!"

The white-haired woman said indifferently, "I could indeed take action, but why would I?"

He was killed right in front of you!

"That was his fate," the white-haired woman whispered. "Everyone has their own destiny. My fate is to be a cursed lone star, and his fate is to die here. Now that he's dead, I will naturally avenge him. Aren't there many people who will be buried with him now?"

Ke Qing couldn't understand her thoughts for a moment.