Chapter 477

"Stop guessing. Just wait for Lady Ningguang's notification."

Seeing this sudden turn of events, everyone present had a look of shock on their faces.

Clearly they hadn't expected to encounter such a thing.

They began whispering among themselves.

Yingmeihe Sect and Paimon were the same.

"Little Paimon, what's going on?"

Yingmeihe Sect gripped her phone, the whole person stunned.

Could the Rite of Descension in Liyue really be like this?

"Not sure, seems like something unexpected happened?"

Little Paimon held the camera in one hand and scratched her head with the other,

her face equally puzzled.

The Rite of Descension she'd heard about before wasn't like this either…"eight two seven"…

"Ying, let's wait and see."

"Okay."

Yingmeihe Sect nodded.

But her hand kept recording video.

If something happened, this video might come in handy later.

Compared to the others' wavering guesses, Old Meng was now completely dumbfounded.

"N-no… it can't really be an accident, can it?"

Old Meng's shocked voice even started stammering.

Could it really be just as Hall Master Hu Tao predicted?

"No no no, it must be a coincidence. Let's wait for Lady Ningguang to take a look before we say anything."

Old Meng hurriedly tried to comfort himself.

But deep inside he was very uneasy.

Ningguang stared at the Rex Lapis lying on the ground, she herself was stunned.

"What on earth is going on?"

All sorts of thoughts kept circling in her mind.

After coming back to her senses, she hurried forward, crouched down, and began examining carefully.

After some deliberation, Ningguang arrived at a shocking conclusion.

Rex Lapis had been assassinated!

The god of Liyue was actually dead?!

And at the Rite of Descension she was presiding over!

Ningguang instantly realized the gravity of the matter!

For Liyue, this was simply a catastrophe of the highest order!

Even more intense than the resurrection of the Demon God of the Whirlpool!

Thinking of the various consequences that might follow, Ningguang stood up with a solemn face.

She turned, waved her right hand, and commanded coldly.

"Rex Lapis has been assassinated! Seal off the entire area!"

The moment the Tianquan gave the order, the Millelith appeared from the sides.

They began surrounding everyone at Yujing Terrace.

Then one by one they started screening the suspicious people at the scene.

"R-Rex Lapis, assassinated? You've got to be joking, right?"

"Right? Rex Lapis was so powerful—who could possibly assassinate him?"

"But this was Lady Ningguang herself who said it. Could it be false?"

"Wh-what exactly happened?"

Seeing this sudden turn of events, many people were dumbfounded.

Rex Lapis was actually assassinated in Liyue?!

Could there be anything more absurd than this?

But this was Tianquan Ningguang herself who said it…

Once they realized it was true, many people subconsciously swallowed.

They knew—the sky over Liyue was about to change!

Old Meng was so scared at this point that he collapsed to the ground.

His words were even starting to come out in a jumble.

"It's over, it's over, this time it's really over…"

He had still been clinging to a shred of hope inside, but Lady Ningguang herself saying Rex Lapis was assassinated

completely snuffed out that thought!

This time it really was just as Hall Master Hu Tao predicted.

His death-god constitution hadn't been removed at all—instead it had gotten Rex Lapis killed.

He, Old Meng,

was Liyue's sinner!

GLOSSARY

【Hu Tao, Yan Zhongxing, Lady Ningguang, Yingmeihe Sect, Houjiu Society】

"Chief, there's someone slumped on the ground over here, looking nervous and very suspicious."

At this moment, a Millelith soldier, having noticed Old Meng's strange behavior, hurried to report to his chief.

"Who?"

Hearing his subordinate's report, the Millelith chief walked over with a solemn expression.

He had come today on orders to maintain order at the Rex Lapis Summoning Ceremony site.

So he had temporarily left the Jieyou Bookhouse.

He never expected that upon arriving, he would encounter such a major incident!

The Rex Lapis has been assassinated!

The Millelith chief could hardly believe it in his heart.

This was practically the sky falling in!

But since Lady Ningguang herself had confirmed it, he had no choice but to believe it.

And he began a serious investigation.

Anyone who dared to assassinate the Rex Lapis — he would absolutely not let these assassins off!

However, upon seeing Old Meng, the Millelith chief's mouth twitched.

"It's you!"

"Chief, I… I'm guilty, it's my fault that the Rex Lapis has been harmed."

Seeing the Millelith chief approach, Old Meng didn't run either, and obediently confessed.

"I hope the chief doesn't drag the Wangsheng Parlor and Hu Tao into this — it's all my fault alone, I shouldn't have come…"

As he spoke, Old Meng broke down sobbing.

Who on earth did I offend to deserve this…

Wasn't it just that I wanted to soak up some of the Rex Lapis's immortal aura?

Why is the Rex Lapis completely gone?

Is this death-god constitution really this powerful?

Even the Geo Archon couldn't suppress it?

Old Meng had many thoughts in his heart, but none of them could be explained.

The only thing he knew for certain was that the Rex Lapis had already been assassinated.

"Take him away, hand him over to Lady Ningguang for handling."

Seeing Old Meng's state, the Millelith chief hesitated for a moment, but still gave the order.

Although he didn't think the Rex Lapis's assassination had anything to do with this man.