Chapter 1045

"Then let's go!"

Ningguang smiled.

Having made their decision, the three stepped down from the vehicle.

After Yelan retrieved the car, the group arrived at Qunyu Pavilion.

Because the three junior secretaries—Baiwen, Baishi, and Baixiao—had gone out on assignment,

only Ningguang and the other two remained at Qunyu Pavilion.

"By the way, how do you plan to remodel Qunyu Pavilion?"

After pausing to observe, Keqing turned to Ningguang beside her.

This time it wouldn't be an automatic change like the False Peace incident,

but a design crafted by Ningguang herself.

So she was quite curious.

"It's simple—there are four main aspects!"

Ningguang smiled mysteriously and held up four fingers.

"First, we need powerful offensive capabilities! That way we'll have a way to deal with enemies in the future!

Like how we smashed the God of Chaos Azele last time—that was excellent!

Second, we need sufficient defensive measures! At least enough to withstand attacks from the level of the Seven Gods! That way Qunyu Pavilion won't be targeted by enemies!

Third, like last time, make Qunyu Pavilion 'come alive'—meaning it can speak!

And as for the fourth point, naturally, it must have the ability to grow larger or shrink smaller! That way I can realize my ambition of covering all seven nations with Qunyu Pavilion!"

"Not bad—it seems you've considered every angle!"

After hearing Ningguang's ideas, Keqing smiled and gave a thumbs-up.

Aside from the last point, which surprised her slightly, the rest were unremarkable.

After all, she'd already seen it once before.

But Yelan hadn't, so her face was filled with shock.

"Are you sure this is a private palace and not some kind of strategic weapon?"

Making Qunyu Pavilion speak wasn't surprising.

Because her Bee could do that too.

But the rest—

the ability to smash a God of Chaos!

the defensive power to withstand attacks from the level of the Seven Gods!

and the ability to grow or shrink and cover all seven nations!

Are you sure this isn't a war weapon being prepared to strike other nations at any moment?

"You could say that—after all, no one said a private palace can't be a weapon?"

Ningguang shrugged, grinning.

Like ships—they were originally meant to help people cross the sea.

But who could have imagined they'd eventually become nearly small military fortresses?

Like Beidou's aircraft carrier!

Its area rivals that of a small island.

And according to Beidou's private messages, it even has fighter jets!

And various cannons!

Who could have thought of that?

So for my private palace to have sufficient armed strength,

isn't that perfectly reasonable?

Yelan's lip twitched.

She wanted to say: "Sure, perfectly reasonable… bull!"

It was pure nonsense!

"If a war ever breaks out on Teyvat, you'll definitely be to blame!"

Yelan grumbled.

"No need to worry—I promise that under peaceful conditions, I will never initiate the use of Qunyu Pavilion!"

Ningguang waved her hand with a smile, signaling reassurance.

Isn't it better to earn money honestly and then go to the boss's shop to read comics?

This is just for deterrence!

After all,

having a sword and never using it is not the same as having no sword at all!

As the Star of Authority of Liyue,

Ningguang preferred to hold the initiative in her own hands!

And apart from needing the Emperor's Ultraman,

nothing else mattered but her Qunyu Pavilion!

Thinking of this, Ningguang felt a surge of intent and pulled out the precious Peace Star.

"Peace Star, remodel Qunyu Pavilion according to my earlier wishes!"

As she spoke,

On the green, spherical Peace Star, a flicker of light flashed.

It seemed to be responding.

Yet in reality, there was not the slightest reaction.

Seeing Yelan: (⊙_⊙)

Lady Keqing: (⊙_⊙)

The two women felt as if several crows had cawed past overhead.

After a long while, seeing no movement still, Lady Keqing couldn't help speaking up.

"Wait, there's really no reaction at all?"

Last time we used that fake Peace Star, there was quite a commotion!

This time we've switched to the real one, so why is there zero effect?

Could the real one be worse than the fake?