Modern Teyvat, bound to the Abyss Spiral

"She's been very busy lately, so let's not add to her troubles."

Ye Lan knew that Li Qingping was going to do things alone, and she couldn't help but feel emotional. The eldest lady was a little too lucky, and the man she liked was even more reliable.

It's just that there are too many women around this man.

"What time is the dinner with Ningguang?" Li Qingping stood up and prepared to go to the General Affairs Department.

"Come when you're done. Xinyuexuan is fully booked tonight." After Ye Lan gave the instructions, she made two phone calls to call Wu Pei and Shang Hua back to Yanshang Teahouse.

"So willful?" Li Qingping was shocked.

You know, the last time he ate at Liuli Pavilion, he had to get a number that Xingqiu's father had arranged in advance, but Ningguang ended up booking the whole place.

"Thanks to your girlfriend, she's making a fortune in Mondstadt. Even the West Wind Church, which received a share of the profits, is considering renovating the Wind God statue. If she doesn't book the entire place, I'll have a few words for her."

God knows where Ye Lan got the information from, and it’s so accurate!

Li Qingping said nothing and waited until Shang Hua and Wu Pei arrived at Ye Lan's office.

"Director Li is here to assist us in investigating the alchemy array. You two will be working under him temporarily. Is that a problem?"

Things are different now. Their former colleagues have become big figures that they look up to and have made great achievements. How could there be any problems between Shang Hua and Wu Pei?

Li Qingping added the contact information of the two people and drove to the General Affairs Department.

The General Affairs Department is quite special, with buildings in Yujingtai and Feiyunpo respectively. Li Qingping went to Feiyunpo this time to review the archives.

After showing their ID, Xiao Zhao from the General Affairs Department led the three people to the archives room.

There was a middle-aged man guarding the door. Xiao Zhao was very respectful to him and bowed before turning to Li Qingping and saying, "Logically, only you can go in."

She stopped Wu Pei and Shang Hua who were behind Li Qingping.

"What is the procedure for bringing them in?" Li Qingping asked.

"At least you need to get approval from Yue Haiting. Just look for Xiao Ganyu." The middle-aged man spoke.

Anyone who is qualified to be called Yue Haiting's secretary Xiao Ganyu and can guard such a critical place is most likely an immortal.

Li Qingping thanked him and contacted Gan Yu.

"Senior, Sister Ganyu said she wanted to talk to you."

The man took the phone, smiled and chatted with Gan Yu for a few words, then waved to Li Qingping and the other two: "Go in."

Li Qingping waved to Shang Hua and Wu Pei to follow, and the three of them entered the archives room of the General Affairs Department.

"Director Li, you even know the people from Yuehai Pavilion?" Shang Hua's eyes flashed with unconcealable envy.

Wu Pei looked around curiously at the rows of filing cabinets. Few people in the entire Liyue had ever been to this place.

Li Qingping noticed the two men's reactions and casually gave an order: "Time is running out. Go find the files of Lord Maocai and Chongyun. Don't mess around with other files."

"understand!"

Wu Pei and Shang Hua each went to the corresponding filing cabinet, while Li Qingping sprinkled a handful of yellow sand in the corner and went to the filing cabinet that recorded the first generation of Kaiyangxing lineage.

It was a filing cabinet in the corner, almost filled with documents. Li Qingping pulled out one of them, which recorded the ancestors of Keqing's family.

Keqing's family is all from a single lineage, except for a split in the tenth generation, with two children.

One of them is Keqing's direct ancestor, while the other's name has been blacked out and cannot be traced.

"Senior, why is this place painted black?" Li Qingping said softly with his head lowered.

"Not bad. I thought you would neglect your cultivation since you are so young and in such a high position." The middle-aged man at the door walked out from behind the filing cabinet and praised Li Qingping highly.

He originally wanted to walk quietly to Li Qingping's side, but he was discovered halfway.

"What's your name, senior?"

"They all like to call me True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang, but we're not in the dense forests of the Immortal Mountains right now. In Liyue, you should just call me Hou Zhang."

Li Qingping had met this True Lord Xue Yue Zhu Yang once when they entered the Guizhong Yunhai Cave Heaven Mansion that day.

"So it's Uncle Hou Zhang. I've heard Grandma Ping mention you often, saying that you almost outsmarted the Emperor in slaying demons and monsters."

"You brat!" Hou Zhang smiled helplessly. "Stop flattering me. Don't you know how capable I am? You're even comparing yourself to the Emperor, but now you've surpassed me. But why are you suddenly looking for the Yunyue family's files?"

"Keqing works for me now, so as her boss, I have to help her deal with some problems."

"These are all old stories." Hou Zhang held out his hand to stop Li Qingping from speaking. "When the Emperor first established Liyue, he established a rule that mortal affairs should be handled by mortals themselves, and immortals are not allowed to interfere. This matter is very complicated. Are you sure you want to intervene?"

"I'm not an immortal. Besides, the Emperor has appointed me to take over as the Director of Huishan Hall. Maybe he wants me to take charge of it!"

"Then take a look. The files here are abridged. You may have to visit the contemporary Yuheng Star."

Hou Zhang pinched the magic formula of the immortal family, and the blackened part of the file in Li Qingping's hand disappeared, revealing the hidden text.

——The eighteenth generation of Kaiyang Star, Yuntian.

"I met that boy in my time. He was incredibly talented. His father made an exception and went to the ancestral temple to ask for the character 'Yun' for him."

Sharing the same word as his ancestor, Li Qingping could get a glimpse of his excellence, and thought that he was also an outstanding young man of Liyue in that generation.

"The person you brought with you seems dishonest." Hou Zhang frowned. "Do you have other plans with that Ye Lan?"

"Uncle Hou Zhang has a keen eye. One of these two is the spies planted in the Yanshang Teahouse."

"Then do whatever you want. Anyway, the key files here are restricted by magical powers and no one else can see them." Hou Zhang stood with his hands behind his back and prepared to leave.

"Uncle Hou Zhang, don't leave yet. I have other files that need your help."

"Who?"

"Ye Lan."

Hou Zhang looked a little strange. After thinking about it, he finally removed the restriction on the corresponding filing cabinet for Li Qingping and then left the room.

Outside the house, Hou Zhang touched his chin and muttered to himself.

According to Liyue's laws, monogamy is the norm, but in Li Qingping's case, Liyue's laws are not applicable. After all, he is about to become a real demon god.

How about asking the Emperor for instructions?

"Forget it, Xianyun will bury me."

True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang decided to pretend that he knew nothing.

Inside the house, Li Qingping patiently read the files of the Kaiyangxing lineage.

Among them, he focused on selecting the part that recorded Yuntian.

Yuntian, the second son of Tianquan Star, obtained the Water God's Eye at the age of three. At the age of twelve, he became famous in Liyue for his articles. At the age of fifteen, he left home alone to join the army in the Layered Abyss, where he made countless military achievements. At the age of eighteen, he returned home, participated in the imperial examination, and won the first place.

This man was even better than Li Qingping had imagined. He was the most powerful person of that era.

But when Li Qingping continued to read, he found that Yuntian was in his forties and still had not held a high position. He was still just a grassroots employee in the General Affairs Department.

In contrast, his brother worked his way up to become the director of Hutchison Whampoa until his retirement.

Isn't this right?

Li Qingping wanted to know more, but the next page already started introducing the nineteenth generation.

It’s gone?

Damn you out-of-context dog!

He looked through the archives from the same period and found that a large-scale abyss invasion had occurred in Liyue at that time, and there was no other useful information.

After putting the files back in their original place, Li Qingping sensed Shang Hua and Wu Pei's small movements from the yellow sand. The files in front of them had nothing to do with what Li Qingping had ordered.

"Interesting, both of them have problems?"

With the reminder from True Lord Xueyue Zhuyang, Li Qingping was not in a hurry. He noted the filing cabinet they were checking and began to look through Ye Lan's file.

"Ye Lan, 26 years old, the only daughter of a warlock family..."

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Volume 1: 121. Keqing: Listen, are these human words?

Ye Lan's family background is extraordinary, and many of his ancestors were heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country in the beast tide that determined the survival of Liyue.

This also solved some of Li Qingping's confusion. Ye Lan was naturally not short of money because he was blessed by his ancestors.

But Li Qingping still remembered the night on the Zhudian Boat when Ye Lan lit a cigarette but put it away halfway through her conversation.

"Sister Lan's former companion..."

Li Qingping turned to the corresponding page and found that it happened four years ago.

"The Qiongyu Special Operations Team from Tianquan Star was on a mission when they were ambushed by the Abyss Cult. Only Ye Lan survived."

There is a brief record following this passage.

——Two months later, Ye Lan obtained the Eye of God.

The most common saying about the Eye of God on the continent of Teyvat is that when people's desires are too strong, they may obtain the "Eye of God", an external elemental magic organ, to guide the power of elements.

Li Qingping didn't know what Ye Lan's strongest wish was at the time, but he was closely related to the death of his companion.

The itinerary of the team directly under the Seven Stars was actually known to the Abyss Cult. No one would believe that there is no trick involved.

He continued reading and found that Ye Lan had asked Qixing to investigate the matter several times, but was rejected every time.

The rest of the content was just meaningless stuff. Li Qingping wrote it down and closed the file, putting it back in its place.

“That’s also a hassle.”

Li Qingping called Shang Hua and Wu Pei to his front and took the files about Chongyun and Maocai Gong from them.

These two people had nothing to do with the alchemy circle incident on the day of the concert. Li Qingping took a quick look and asked them to return the file.

"Uncle Hou Zhang, I'll visit you again if I have the chance!"

Shang Hua and Wu Pei opened their mouths wide, wondering how Li Qingping had established such a good relationship with the gatekeeper of this archive room in such a short time.

Li Qingping ignored them and dismissed the two men as he walked to the door of the General Affairs Department.

"My girlfriend is almost done with school, so I have to pick her up. I'll continue the investigation tomorrow."

But it’s just past dinner time!

Shang Hua and Wu Pei looked at each other, both doubting Li Qingping's words.

This is not the way you would slack off under Sister Lan!

"The higher-ups take this mission very seriously." Shang Hua said it very tactfully. What he meant was that he had to at least pretend to find out the time when civil servants get off work at 5 o'clock.

"I have too many girlfriends and I can't handle them all." Li Qingping made up an excuse.

Shang Hua and Wu Pei were dumbfounded: "Then we're leaving?"

"Let's go, we'll contact you tomorrow."

Li Qingping walked towards Liyue No. 2 Middle School, while Shang Hua and Wu Pei drove away.

After the two men walked away, Li Qingping jumped from the wall of the General Affairs Department and flipped back.

As soon as he landed, he met Zhenjun Xueyue Zhuyang who had discovered the intruder.

"Aren't you going to look for your girlfriends?" Hou Zhang emphasized the words deliberately, his face full of sarcasm.

"They're all excuses. I'm willing to sacrifice my personal reputation for the sake of my job!" Li Qingping said righteously, "You're of the same generation as my grandmother, how could you be eavesdropping?"

"This is my job. Such an important archive room has to be handled with care." Hou Zhang laughed even harder. He waved his hand and opened the door for Li Qingping. "They each looked at the files on the third floor of the fifth row and the second floor of the ninth row."

"Thank you for your trouble. I have actually made a note of it." Li Qingping collected the yellow sand that was scattered in the archive room.

Hou Zhang's eyes flashed with admiration, and he nodded at him without saying anything else.

Li Qingping re-entered the archive room and looked at the files that the two people had viewed.

This look made his expression even more interesting.

"Sister Lan, where did you find these capable people? It's not easy." Li Qingping called Ye Lan.

"Otherwise, why would I recruit you here on purpose?"

Li Qingping could even imagine Ye Lan rolling her eyes on the other end of the phone.