Chapter 68

The next second, Yelan looked at the sword floating behind Lin Mo, which was emitting a faint purple glow, and said with interest: "I didn't expect the Yuheng Star to hand her own personal sword over to you. It seems there is a story between you two that I am unaware of."

For a swordsman, a sword is a partner, their very life; they would never let an ordinary person touch it.

Let alone Keqing, the Yuheng Star, one of the Liyue the Liyue Qixing.

The sword in her hand has been with her since she was a child.

Yet now, it has appeared in Lin Mo's hand.

This is rather intriguing.

"Keqing came to find me today saying she wanted to spar, and then my sword was broken by her, so she lent me her own sword to practice with."

Hearing Yelan's words, Lin Mo chuckled: "I expect she will take this sword back when she comes over tomorrow."

"Your swordsmanship is indeed not simple; it is only natural that the Yuheng Star would come to spar with you."

Hearing Lin Mo's words, Yelan nodded and said: "I imagine the Yuheng Star has also witnessed your miraculous sword-controlling technique. As for the weapons of the Millelith, although the materials used to forge them are not simple, they truly cannot withstand the Yuheng Star's blade for long."

"Speaking of the Yuheng Star, I don't particularly like people who keep their schedules packed tight; they leave no room for adjustments. As soon as they encounter an accident, they become flustered and implicate their colleagues. But 'Yuheng' is different; she always handles matters in an orderly fashion. Every time I work with her, it is quite pleasant."

"Is that so?"

Hearing Yelan's words, Lin Mo raised an eyebrow: "You have worked with Keqing? And not just a few times?"

"Naturally."

Yelan spoke slowly: "The the Liyue Qixing have a thorough grasp of the situation across Liyue, but there is always intelligence that needs to be gathered through special means. I am considered an expert in this regard, so these types of errands are basically handled by me. Naturally, I deal with the the Liyue Qixing."

"Besides, I have known Ningguang for a long time. Back then, she wasn't yet one of the the Liyue Qixing, and we collaborated for a period. She might have even become one of the the Liyue Qixing early thanks to my contribution. Heh, who knows? In any case, this current job was recommended to me by her. It is indeed quite good and very suitable for me."

Seeing that Yelan had actually started telling him these secrets.

Lin Mo's eyelids twitched.

Yelan was treating him as one of her own.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have spoken about her relationship with the Liyue the Liyue Qixing.

She even involved Keqing and Ningguang.

"What is there to be surprised about? In any case, you are now a person of Liyue, and Yuheng even lent you her own sword, which is enough to prove that you are reliable."

Sensing Lin Mo's emotions, Yelan chuckled: "And as my friend, you should also know something about my duties; we will certainly have opportunities to collaborate in the future."

"Besides, what I said isn't exactly classified information."

"I see."

Hearing Yelan's words, Lin Mo understood and nodded gently, acknowledging her words.

"I can still accompany you to rest for these few days, but in a few days, I might not have the time."

The next second, Yelan changed the subject and said: "I expect there will be a period where we won't be able to meet."

"Oh? Are you going to other nations?"

Hearing Yelan's words, Lin Mo pondered: "Or is it that you are going to carry out some secret mission?"

A mission that would make Yelan say this in advance would likely mean they really wouldn't see each other for a while.

"It's not a secret mission, it's about the situation in The Chasm."

Yelan shook her head and said: "The Chasm is quite far from Liyue, and there have been some problems there recently. I need to go handle it; Liyue doesn't have enough manpower."

"The Chasm?"

Hearing Yelan's words, Lin Mo was surprised.

Shouldn't The Chasm be sealed off during this time period?

As for The Chasm, he remembered there were quite a few things going on there.

But the specifics didn't come to mind for a moment.

Immediately, Lin Mo and Yelan communicated, chatting while grilling meat.

Time passed quietly just like that.

The late night arrived before they knew it.

After eating a few portions of grilled beast meat with Yelan, Lin Mo found that it was truly leisurely here.

"Your skills are good; I was almost successfully bribed by you."

After finishing the last piece of grilled meat, Yelan stood up and said: "Then we shall see each other tomorrow."

Having captured two Fatui elites today, Yelan still had to interrogate them.

"See you tomorrow."

Hearing Yelan's words, Lin Mo nodded.

Just now, through their exchange, if Yelan hadn't said her physical fitness wasn't very good, she would have sparred with him.

This left Lin Mo somewhat speechless.

Because he truly hadn't sensed any situation where Yelan's physical fitness was poor.

After bidding farewell to Yelan, Lin Mo returned to the City of Liyue, preparing to sleep and rest.

He didn't need to go to the Alchemy Commission tomorrow, but on the side of the Luofu, he had an appointment with Yanqing.

While Lin Mo was thinking this, he walked toward the City of Liyue.

On the other side.

Inside the City of Liyue.

Northland Bank.

Andrei, the manager of the Northland Bank Liyue branch, stood at the entrance with a deep frown.

From the afternoon until now, more than half a day had passed, and the two Fatui elites he sent out to investigate hadn't returned yet. Had something happened?

That makes no sense.

He only asked them to investigate some news; even if they walked openly in front of the Millelith, they wouldn't be arrested.

Why hasn't any news come back yet?

This had completely passed the time he had agreed upon with them.

Was it delayed because of something?

Or something else?

The more Andrei thought, the more irritable he became, pacing back and forth.

After waiting for a while longer, he found that the number of people under the Northland Bank was also decreasing, and he still hadn't seen his own people.

Andrei immediately walked out and spoke to Nadia, a guard at the entrance of the Northland Bank who was also a Fatui elite: "Haven't Enoch and the others returned yet? Did they say anything to you before they left?"

"No."

Hearing Andrei's words, Nadia was stunned and shook her head: "I only changed shifts at night, and I didn't see them during the day. If you sent them out in the afternoon, then the one who handed over the shift with them was Vlad, not me."

She was a night guard for the Northland Bank.

While Vlad was the day guard.

"If Enoch and the others return, notify me immediately."

Hearing Nadia's words, Andrei gave an instruction and stepped back into the Northland Bank.

Time passed quietly just like that.

In the blink of an eye, a night passed.

Until the next day.

From the morning glow to the sun's rays shining upon the whole world.

In the Northland Bank, Andrei, who was waiting, had almost fallen asleep, only to be startled awake by a beam of sunlight from outside the window.

At this moment, he hadn't slept well all night, resulting in his eyes being pitch black and his eyeballs filled with bloodshot veins.

Startled awake, Andrei found Vlad, who had already changed shifts at the door, and quickly asked: "Vlad, have Enoch and the others returned?"

He had waited all night, and Enoch hadn't returned...

"No."

Hearing Andrei's words, Vlad, who had just changed shifts, was stunned and shook his head: "Nadia just told me that she didn't wait for Enoch."

"They haven't returned."

Hearing this, Andrei's pupils shrank violently.

A whole night had passed, and Enoch and the others still hadn't returned!

What is going on?

Even if they hadn't found out anything, according to their Fatui agreement, they should have returned at night.

As a result, no one had returned.

Something happened?!