Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

"Huh? You know how to get in?"

Jiang Bai was genuinely pleasantly surprised.

Just when I was wondering how to get in, a guide came along. He really was a lucky guy.

"Mm." Ye Lan nodded gently.

Although she knew, she had never gone inside.

After all, that place is normally sealed off, and there has been no movement for five hundred years, so the seal must not have any problems.

But if the Fools are stationed here, they may not come.

"By the way, what are you doing here? Are you on some kind of mission?"

"Let's see if these fools are up to any tricks."

"Oh, I see. Well, that makes sense then."

Jiang Bai suddenly realized.

However, he didn't get much out of the soldier; he was quite stubborn.

Jiang Bai followed Ye Lan through Dunyu Mausoleum. The two men, disguised as soldiers, swaggered through the camp of the Fools without attracting much attention.

It's only thanks to the fact that the Fools all like to wear masks that this effect wouldn't be possible when their faces are exposed.

However, their smooth journey was thwarted when they entered a ruin.

Two tall soldiers stood guard at the entrance to the ruins, staring at them menacingly.

"Halt! Which team are you from? Don't you know you can't go any further?"

Jiang Bai looked at Ye Lan, but Ye Lan did not respond to him. Instead, she transformed into Youyin and instantly knocked the two soldiers unconscious.

Jiang Bai blinked as he watched the other person's swift and decisive movements.

He thought he would have to use words to trick the two soldiers into letting him in, but instead he just attacked them directly.

Genuine physics rhetoric.

After knocking the two soldiers unconscious without attracting anyone's attention, Jiang Bai made two matchboxes and threw them inside to create the illusion that nothing had happened.

“Since someone is guarding this place, it might be an important location.” Jiang Bai looked at Ye Lan.

"Let's go in and take a look."

With that, Ye Lan took the lead and entered the ruins.

According to the documents she consulted, all the paths to the underground were sealed off. But documents are just documents; more than five hundred years have passed, and who knows, these fools may have already dug out a path to the underground.

As Jiang Bai walked into the ruins, he observed his surroundings.

The ruins here are quite different from other ruins Jiang Bai has seen before. After all, they are buildings that are only 500 years old now, and their architectural style is quite similar to that of Liyue Harbor today.

The city of Dunyuling is built against the mountain. The basin terrain limits the size of the city, and the only way to expand is to widen it downwards or towards the rock wall.

Therefore, many roads lead into the interior of the mountain. Although the interior is quite dark, there are various luminescent crystals that serve as light sources, making life inside the mountain not difficult.

Moreover, the mountain is warm in winter and cool in summer, and it is sheltered from wind and rain, so living inside is also a viable option.

The two arrived at a place with a lot of brick walls. Judging from the size and the brick and stone structure, this should have been the place where residents lived 500 years ago. However, most of the bricks and stones had collapsed and it had now become a place for the Fools to store their miscellaneous items.

Jiang Bai looked through it and saw that it contained daily necessities, food, vegetables, and the like.

"With so much food stockpiled, it seems the Fools here are prepared to stay for a long time."

Yelan held the Rock Envoy's staff in her hand; her expression was obscured by her mask.

Jiang Bai remained silent; the conflict between the Fatui and Liyue was not something he, as an unofficial figure, could interfere with.

Following the entrance into the interior, and walking along the gaps in the collapsed building for a while, Jiang Bai discovered that there was a hidden world inside.

However, what's inside isn't a constructed building, but rather a passageway that has been dug out.

The road was winding and uneven, with potholes on the ground. Water droplets seeping from the soil and stone walls pooled in the holes, forming small puddles.

The mud and footprints made by military boots made the road even more muddy and difficult to navigate.

Ye Lan looked at the remaining chisel marks on the wall and sneered.

Clearly, this road didn't exist before; it was simply dug out.

They even dug tunnels, so who can say these fools didn't do anything?

"Be ready for battle at any time."

She had no patience to slowly investigate what the Fools were doing; she simply defeated and interrogated them, and the truth would naturally come to light.

"Huh? Oh."

Jiang Bai was genuinely caught off guard. How did a simple infiltration turn into a fight all of a sudden?

However, he didn't care much. So what if it's a battle? They're just a bunch of soldiers; it's not like he can't beat them.

Moreover, the person next to you is an official. If an official says you have a problem, then you have a problem, and they will arrest you without any discussion.

The two maintained their disguise and followed the footprints, but found no Fools soldiers on the way.

According to the intelligence obtained from Jiang Bai's interrogation, there were only thirty-two soldiers stationed at the entire Dunyu Mausoleum.

He counted the Fools soldiers scattered outside; there were 20 of them. If the number was accurate, then besides the two gatekeepers who had been knocked unconscious and the unfortunate fellow who had been stripped of his clothes by the two of them, there were eight others.

Finally, the cave in front of them opened up, seemingly connecting to a main road.

Jiang Bai took out the Four Directions Sutra, and the pointer of the sutra pointed to the depths of the cave.

"It's still inside... just how deep is it..."

Jiang Bai felt he had gone very far, but he still hadn't seen anyone.

"It's not that it's deep, but that the fools need to avoid the outer lake waters."

"I see." Jiang Bai said thoughtfully.

Because the entire Dunyu Mausoleum is a basin, years of rain have submerged the low-lying areas, forming lakes and submerging many buildings. If you accidentally dig into a lake, all the road work will be for nothing.

"Let's go, we need to continue."

Just as Ye Lan said, the two of them were indeed going down the wrong path.

"I heard that a fragment of a celestial star fell into Dunyu Mausoleum in ancient times, which caused the current terrain. Could that fragment still be there?"

Jiang Bai asked aloud.

Hu Tao said that Dunyu Mausoleum was named after the "jade" that returned to heaven, but it's hard to say whether the "jade" actually returned to heaven.

“You seem to know a lot about Dunyu Mausoleum.” Ye Lan glanced at him.

"Since we're coming here, we should do some preparation. I did a lot of research before coming, but I wouldn't say I know everything."

Ye Lan nodded, saying nothing more, nor did she answer his question.

But soon, Jiang Bai no longer needed her answer, because he saw the so-called "jade" that had already escaped.

Chapter 342 The Indefinable Good and Evil (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

A large blue crystal fragment, remarkably similar to the Frost Nail of the Snow Mountain, floated in mid-air, emitting a pure blue light.

Beneath this crystal is a rift as if space itself had been torn apart. The rift is now closed, but a foul and ominous aura still emanates from it.

Layer upon layer of sealing techniques sealed the rift, also isolating this space from the real cave space.

Several Fools were positioned outside the rift, surrounded by numerous relics, seemingly studying something.

Seeing this scene, Ye Lan's eyes turned cold. A blue longbow appeared in her hand, and she drew the bow and nocked an arrow in one smooth motion.

Arrows formed from flowing water hurtled through the air as they struck the Fools soldiers standing beside the crevice, who were measuring something with props in their hands.

The soldier sensed the danger, but it was too late. He watched helplessly as the water arrow, carrying terrifying power, hurtled towards him and struck him squarely in the chest.

Before Jiang Bai could do anything, he saw Ye Lan beside him shed her disguise and transform into a shadow as she rushed toward the other fools in the cave.

Jiang Bai finally saw her face.

She is a very beautiful woman, but judging from her decisive and ruthless skills, she is also an extremely cold and dangerous woman.

Several of the Fools' soldiers offered no resistance whatsoever, and she bound them all with water lines.

She held the life-binding silk that bound them all together, one foot on the shoulder of one of the Fools, her short, neat hair obscuring half her eye. She looked down at them with a cold, menacing gaze.

"This is a forbidden area of ​​Liyue. Who allowed you to enter?"

The Fools were completely caught off guard by this sudden crisis and are still somewhat bewildered.

They did indeed enter the restricted area, but they were really just doing research and nothing else.

They were just a research team, not very strong, so they were easily defeated by Yelan.

“We…we’re just doing research…” one of them began.

"Ha? If you had said this before you released the demon god, I might have believed you a little, but after what you did, do you think I would believe you saying this in such a dangerous place?"

Ye Lan grabbed the man by the collar and looked at him coldly.

"That was made by the young master, we didn't know anything about it..."

These foolish researchers felt wronged, extremely wronged, and cursed the unreliable executive officer in their hearts.

The superiors did things that made these innocent soldiers take the blame, but what could they do? They were all fools.

The speaker looked distressed. "Our mission is to study the black pollution and find other methods of purification besides the long nails. We really have no ulterior motives..."

Despite the fact that what they did was beneficial to all of humanity, they are no longer trusted because of the incident where the Demon God was unleashed and wreaked havoc in Liyue.

Even if their intentions were good, given past examples, their very presence here is a sin.

"This is a relatively safe, dark rift, isolated from the real world by a magic array. The pollution from the past has been gradually purified over the past five hundred years..."

"Although the rift hasn't disappeared, and foul energy still occasionally escapes from it, the pollution from the escaping energy is now very small due to the suppression and purification by the crystals floating in mid-air. That's why we can conduct our research here..."

"We really didn't break the seal here. You can check if you don't believe me, it's true!"

Each of the researchers spoke a sentence, their faces all showing signs of distress.

"I think what they said is true."

Jiang Bai walked over with the experimental records he had found.

The experiment's date, procedures, and data are recorded in detail above.

To be honest, he was also surprised when he saw this experimental log on the energy of filth.

He had never had a good impression of the Fools, thinking that they were ruthless and unscrupulous in achieving their goals, and were just a bunch of troublemakers.

But now, his opinion has really changed a bit.

It turns out they weren't all doing bad things; they occasionally did some decent things too.

Ye Lan took the experimental log and skimmed through it, confirming the authenticity of what was stated before checking the seal.

The seal showed no signs of damage and was still functioning.

She carefully checked the surrounding area again and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that the instruments were just testing equipment.

It's good that the seal wasn't broken, but I'm worried that these Fatui are plotting something again. Liyue, which has just experienced a catastrophe, can't afford such a series of mishaps.

"Do you know what this floating crystal is? And how was this crack formed? What is the foul energy gushing out of it?"

Jiang Bai had too many questions, and perhaps these researchers from the Fools Clan could help him answer some of them.

One of the researchers, who appeared to be older, explained:

"These are fragments of spikes that fell from Sky Isle. According to our research, these spikes can purify these corrupting energies and have a certain repairing effect on the cracks in Teyvat..."

“Abedo also said that these nails have the power to purify impurities, so it seems that’s true…” Jiang Bai said thoughtfully.

After learning about the history of the snow mountain, he harbored a hostile attitude towards the long nails of judgment that fell from the sky. After all, it was no benevolent act to send down long nails to destroy a country without any reason.

But the Frostfire Nail also purified the pollution caused by the dragon's poisonous blood several years later...

It can only be said that objects themselves are neither good nor evil; ultimately, it depends on the person or god who uses them.

Their use of Sky Island destroyed the ancient Snow Mountain Kingdom, but also saved countless lives elsewhere, making it impossible to judge them simply as good or evil.

Like the Fools, although some of their actions can be described as sinful, some of their actions are indeed acts of salvation.