Yukong bowed to the three from the Express crew and said in a deep voice:
"I'm very sorry. Honored guests from the Astral Express, it was my impropriety."
Seeing Welt with his arms crossed and snorting coldly, the Jing Yuan projection then smiled and said:
"Yukong, look at what you've done. You've made the guests who came from afar unhappy~! If this gets out, won't the entire galaxy laugh at our Xianzhou Alliance?"
"It's already gotten out."
"?"
Jing Yuan silently looked toward the man shouldering the camera beside them and said in shock:
"Eh…? You… you wouldn't have recorded even this, right?"
"That's right! What about it? Can't I record?"
Zeig lowered the camera, pointed the lens at the Jing Yuan projection, then held the microphone himself, walked over beside him, and asked:
"Dear audience friends, this rather tall contestant actually managed to make Lady Yukong of the Luofu Sky-Faring Commission back down on the spot! Are you curious about his identity? If the likes reach 5000, I'll reveal it for everyone!"
"Uh."
Jing Yuan silently looked at the lens and asked doubtfully:
"Isn't this a camera? How are you interacting with people online? Isn't there no internet connection? How can there be likes?"
"Don't worry about the details!"
"Good. Since everyone's emotions are so enthusiastic, the likes have already reached 10,000 and many little hearts have been sent!"
"Then next, I'm going to reveal this mysterious guest's identity!"
Upon these words, Jing Yuan couldn't help raising an eyebrow.
This guy… could he already know his identity?
But what he got was Zeig shoving the microphone toward his mouth.
"…" "Hey, mysterious projection man, say something!"
Jing Yuan lightly coughed twice with his fist by his mouth and smiled lightly at the lens:
"Hello to all the audience friends in front of the screen~ I am a Cloud Knight General of the Luofu—Jing Yuan~!"
"Clap clap clap clap clap—!!"
Enthusiastic applause rang out inside the entire Palace of Astrum.
The staff members and the Cloud Knights brought in by Welt were now clapping excitedly.
"Cough cough… Low-key~ Low-key!" Jing Yuan pressed his hands down slightly to calm everyone's applause.
Immediately after, Zeig excitedly raised the microphone again and asked:
"All right, Mr. Jing Yuan. What do you think of Mr. Yang Transcendent fighting his way all the way from the streets to the Palace of Astrum?"
"…"
Upon these words, the people who had just been applauding for Jing Yuan immediately had their upturned mouths droop again.
"Hehe… So this gentleman is called Yang Transcendent? My apologies, my apologies!"
Jing Yuan cupped his hands toward Welt and smiled:
"Fighting from the restaurant all the way, heavily injuring Cloud Knights, using their bodies to smash open the Palace of Astrum's defensive array, and nearly killing our Sky-Faring Commission's Lady Yukong… Tsk tsk tsk, what a grand show of force~!"
"Oh? What do you mean by that, Mr. Jing Yuan? I don't quite understand!"
"What I mean is…"
Jing Yuan had just wanted to continue when he was interrupted by Zeig's shout.
"Leader! He says he wants to see again how you killed your way over just now!"
"!!!"
Welt's ears perked up, his eyes gradually turning fervent as he said sternly:
"What? I've never seen such a request in my life!"
He raised his hand and immediately conjured a black hole!
"Uncle Yang, calm down—!!" March 7th saw the scene and was so anxious she was about to cry. She quickly flew over and hugged Welt's thigh, pleading:
"Stop, stop quickly! Don't fight anymore, wuwuwuwuwu— Sister Himeko will kill us if she sees this!"
"Don't worry, it's fine!"
Welt's killing intent once again filled the entire Palace of Astrum: "She will understand me!"
"Haha… Mr. Yang Transcendent, I didn't mean that." Jing Yuan quickly apologized with a smile.
The current situation on the Luofu was already complicated and intricate. If this guy got angry again, it would be even more troublesome.
"My name is Welt Yang!"
"Okay okay okay… Mr. Yang Transcendent, please calm down first."
Jing Yuan continued smiling as he said:
"The Astral Express and the Stellaron Hunters have always been mortal enemies. I've long been clear on that relationship."
"Then you still let this woman come to die?" Welt raised an eyebrow.
"Misunderstanding, all a misunderstanding! Our little friend Yukong, as Helm Master of the Sky-Faring Commission, handles so many internal and external affairs. Her vigilance is indeed a bit strong, haha… And you all have already given her a lesson. How about we just let this matter pass?"
March 7th, still hugging Welt's thigh, quickly agreed:
"Okay okay okay, let's drop this matter. Can we stop talking about it? Our goal is the Stellaron!"
"Right right right~ It's the Stellaron." Jing Yuan smiled:
"However, the Xianzhou's investigation into the Stellaron still has some suspicious points."
"?"
Zeig held the microphone and said:
"You're not going to say we're suspected of planting the Stellaron, right? Bro, no way?"
"Haha… How could that be! What I mean is, I have already felt the Astral Express's goodwill, but for now regarding the Stellaron matter, let's set it aside first…"
"Hmph! I can…"
While Welt still wanted to continue speaking, March 7th suddenly jumped up, pulled out a roll of tape from under her skirt.
Like flowing water, she ripped off a piece with a "shhhrip" sound.
"Smack—!!" She directly sealed Welt's mouth.
"?!?!"
Seeing this, Welt was extremely displeased and started trying to tear off the tape.
March 7th was quick-eyed and swift-handed. She directly ripped off another piece and wrapped it around Welt's head and mouth, layer after layer!
"Shhhrip— Shhhrip— Shhhrip!!"
"…"
Jing Yuan ignored the two behind Zeig and continued:
"A few days ago, we captured a Stellaron Hunter who trespassed into an important area of the Xianzhou, named Blade. During his interrogation, the Divination Commission—the Xianzhou department responsible for intelligence and information deduction—intercepted a communication from his hidden companion on the Xianzhou. It was sent by Kafka. As for the recipient of the communication…"
Jing Yuan's gaze slowly fell on Zeig.
"The recipient was you?" Zeig asked back.
"Haha… This brother really likes to joke. Of course it wasn't me. It was you all."
Seeing Welt behind desperately tearing at the tape with a look like he wanted to come up and kill him, and after March 7th tightly hugged his thigh, Jing Yuan quickly changed his words:
"Cough cough… Of course, I've long known about the relationship between you all and the Stellaron Hunters. But the Divination Commission actually thinks you must be accomplices? I was so angry about that. I immediately said it was absolutely impossible! The Astral Express acts with integrity and courageously upholds justice! How could you deign to associate with those petty characters?"
"Therefore, this communication… must be a poisonous scheme by the Stellaron Hunters to divert disaster eastward! It's truly detestable!"
Jing Yuan looked urgently at Yukong and said with a face full of indignation:
"Those damn Stellaron Hunters actually dare to sow discord in the friendly relationship between us and the Stellaron Express. Helm Master, don't you think they're detestable?!"
Yukong: "De… detestable!"
Jing Yuan: "Don't you think they deserve a beating?!"
Yukong: "They deserve a beating!"
Zeig: "Don't you think they're annoying?!"
Yukong: "Annoying!"
Yukong: "?"