Genshin Impact: Our journey will never end

Chapter 3 Snake rack, white rope!

Early next morning

Kong arrived at the Hall of Rebirth early.

"Dad!" (Please be more conscious!)

Jialiang looked radiant and gradually remembered things he had forgotten before. He then thanked Bai Shu.

Bai Zhu was modest for a while, then looked at Hu Tao: "Master Hu, do you think there is anything wrong with Jialiang?"

Hu Tao walked around and found that the breath of the demon god residue suddenly disappeared. Could it be that Bai Shu really suppressed the demon god residue? How did he do it overnight?

As an outsider, Kong found that Bai Zhu looked very bad at the moment and felt very weak.

Changsheng also noticed that Bai Zhu's face looked strange, and he hurriedly shouted at Bai Zhu to take her out for some fresh air. Bai Shu nodded, said goodbye to everyone, turned around and left.

...

"I told you to pretend in front of others. Now you feel uncomfortable, right? If it weren't for my quick wit, I wonder how you would have continued to pretend. But if you ask me, you don't have to keep it a secret from everyone. At least find someone you can trust."

Just then, Kong and Paimon followed quietly.

[Young Master: You must know that there is an old saying: walls have ears]

[Ying: I'm not like you, always liking to eavesdrop on other people's conversations. In terms of reliability in Teyvat, I rank second, and no one dares to rank first.]

[Hu Tao: Our Zhongli is very reliable]

[Noelle: The weight of the rock is reassuring]

[Paimon: Sir, you are such an old fool. Do you think everyone else is the same as you?]

【Keqing: Old 6, does it mean the sixth in the ranking? 】

[Alice: usually refers to those who like to do things behind the scenes, a derogatory term]

[Nashida: I see... No, I need to forget it quickly.]

[Nilu: Please stop saying these words that we don’t understand. These are all taboo knowledge for us.]

[Alice: Let's fall into cuteness together! ]

...

"Why did you follow me?" Bai Zhu was a little surprised.

Sora explained, "I saw you were feeling a bit uncomfortable just now, so I followed you."

"Haha, I've just been feeling depressed for too long. I'll be fine after some fresh air... cough!" Bai Zhu finally couldn't help it anymore and kept coughing with his hands covering his chest.

Changsheng sighed. He had told him before not to force it, and now it was backfiring.

"Traveler, Paimon, Jialiang's illness is not cured yet... Baishu passed his life force to him, temporarily suppressing the poison."

[Hu Tao: Vitality? Bai Shu, you are going against the laws of nature! Birth, aging, illness and death are common to all human beings. As the head of the Wangsheng Hall, I have always abided by my ancestors’ teachings.]

[Bai Shu: I just want to save more people...]

[Qiqi: Mr. Bai, you can let Qiqi come next time]

[Elhaisen: I admire Mr. Baishu’s medical ethics]

[Keqing: As one of the Seven Stars of Liyue, I actually didn’t know about this]

[Bai Shu: My master has a contract with Changsheng. All the contract holders can use the secret method taught by Changsheng to cure diseases and save lives.]

[Kaeya: Good fellow, he only sent out the knife at the end, while Baishu sent out the knife at the beginning]

【Qin: Doctors are all worthy of respect】

[Barbara: I'm not as good as my sister said. I just want to help my sister share some of the burden.]

[Paimon: Jean is the spokesperson for the God of Wind. Mondstadt cannot do without her for many things.]

[Lisa: It's much better now than before. Anyway, the cat-hunting incident won't happen again. This is all thanks to our Wind God.]

[Tevarin: Barbatos, you finally did something useful]

【Wendy: That was my first time speaking in front of a crowd】

...

"There's something wrong with Jialiang's heart meridians. I'm afraid he's been poisoned by a poison made from the residue of the demon. And the poison can't be dispelled right now, but I used Changsheng as a bridge to inject my own vitality into Jialiang's body, temporarily suppressing the poison." Bai Zhu told the story of Jialiang's condition.

Paimeng was shocked that Changsheng actually had this ability. He originally thought that she was just a pendant on Baishu's neck...

Changsheng was furious when he heard this. He recalled that when he was in Chenyu Valley, the immortals had to give him face. It was almost like saying that Baizhu was his own! When Baizhu had not even seen a medical book, he and his master and grandfather went around saving people!

At this moment, Bai Zhu's face looked even worse, and it was obvious that he had indulged himself too many times.

Paimon stroked his chin and thought of something: "Hu Tao said that you have a bad way to save people... Could it be that transferring vitality will damage your own body?"

Bai Zhu shook his head. With Changsheng helping him regulate his breath, his life would not be in danger...

However, Baizhu's vitality will eventually run out, and a method of detoxification must be found as soon as possible, otherwise Baizhu will be dragged down by itself sooner or later.

"Traveler, Paimon, could you please give this guy a hand? If you don't ask, he might try to hold on on his own again." Changsheng pleaded.

Bai Zhu had nothing to say, he also knew that Changsheng was for his own good.

Kong nodded and accepted Changsheng's commission.

Changsheng also advised Bai Zhu: "Bai Zhu, don't you think this is also an opportunity? You can't hide it from everyone for a lifetime. It will be exposed eventually after such a long time."

Bai Zhu thought about it for a long time and finally figured it out.

The next step is to go to Jialiang's residence to see if there is any clue about the poison.

Before leaving, I turned a corner and met the cute little Qiqi, who said softly, "Huh... She's finally gone, she won't come back..."

[Xiaogong: Qiqi's voice is so cute! I really want to hug little Qiqi]

[Jiuqi Shinobu: Is there a possibility that Qiqi is older than you? ]

[Zhongli: It has been almost 500 years since Qiqi's previous life passed away.]

[Yae Shenzi: In any case, it has to be smaller than me and larger than a cannon]

[Nilu: I feel sorry for Qiqi. This fear is engraved in my bones.]

[Hu Tao: I’m not burying Qi Qi anymore, okay? I’ve retired from the business of doing evil. This is what I mean, right?]

[Zhongli: Qiqi has escaped the control of life and death and time. She can live forever.]

[Paimon: Is immortality really that good? Endless Dugu...]

...

Qingcezhuang West Suburb

Paimon looked at the house in front of him with some curiosity. He and Kong had opened all the treasure chests in Liyue but had not discovered that there was a house here. It was really too hidden.

"I forgot to ask because I was in such a hurry. The missing Jiang Xi... turned out to be your senior sister?"

Bai Zhu nodded and slowly told his story: "Back then, my senior sister and I followed our master to study medicine near Chenyu Valley. My senior sister was a few years older than me and she went out to travel alone very early, so I didn't have much time to spend with her."

Changsheng continued, "I heard that she married a herbalist during her travels. It seems that it was Jialiang."

Paimeng was stunned. "From what Changsheng said, haven't you met Jialiang and Ayu before?"

Bai Zhu was silent for a moment, then explained, "My senior sister would occasionally come back to Chenyu Valley to visit me and Master, but for some reason, she rarely mentioned her family affairs. The last time she came back, it seemed that she and Master had an argument... Since then, she has stopped contacting us, and even her whereabouts have been deliberately hidden."

"Let's stop here for now. Since this is where Senior Sister lives in seclusion, there should be some clues left. Let's search separately. If we find anything, we can take a look together."

Kong looked at the beam carefully and found that there were shallow scratches on it, perhaps used to record A Yu's height.

At the bottom of the beam, there are a few lines of blurry small words engraved below [Ayu, grow up quickly... leave early...] Judging from the number of scratches, the family has been living in seclusion here for a long time.

The firewood behind the house was neatly stacked, with a smooth and clean cross section. The woodcutter must have been quite strong. The wood at the bottom was damp, and it seemed that no new firewood had been added for a while.

There was a notebook on the wooden box. The handwriting on the notebook was a little childish. It said: When we were having dinner today, the table was shaking a little. Dad wanted to fix it, but he broke the table leg instead...

Dad has started to forget things again. I have to write all these things down for him and read them to him when he gets better...

Bai Zhu and Changsheng found a secret compartment in the house. There was the scent of the devil's residue in the bottle. This might be the poison made from the devil's residue.

Paimon looked at the bottle filled with poison, which seemed to be moving and trembling, and said, "Is it, is it still breathing? Am I seeing things right?"

Bai Zhu looked solemn, this was probably still a bottle of living poison.

"I've seen poisons specially made with [life] in the "Miscellaneous Notes of Zhubing Yuanhou": In ancient times, there was a strange disease, the nature of the son and the mother... although they were thousands of miles apart, they were closely connected... If this poison is really made according to this method, then the poison that Jialiang was poisoned with and what we saw before us should all be [son poison]... just a split."

Paimon asked curiously: "Split? Will there be a main body?"

Bai Shu explained: "The person who poisons can indirectly influence the behavior or mind of the poisoned person through the original body. And the poisoned person will also be influenced by the original body to a certain extent."

Paimeng immediately realized that the direction Jialiang had disappeared from was towards Qingce Manor! And what attracted him... must be the essence of the poison - the so-called demon residue of the refining raw material!

Changsheng: "Since the poison was properly stored in the secret compartment, the person who poisoned it must be the owner of this room."

Paimon: "You mean Jialiang? But why would he use poison on himself?"

[Ying: It’s over. Paimon is hopeless. He can’t even understand such a simple truth.]

[Paimon: Isn’t it? 】

[Kaeya: Look at the disdainful looks in Sora and Bai Shu's eyes, as if to say I don't know her]

[Lisa: Little Paimon’s brain is stable]

[Changsheng: Think about it carefully. You are an expert in medicine and live here for a long time.]

[Paimon: That's not right. Jiang Xi didn't have to poison her husband, did she? ]

[Kaeya: I suddenly feel that there is nothing wrong with what Paimon said]

[Hu Tao: There are probably not many people in Liyue who are capable of using the residue of demon gods to make poison. Why are you all looking at me? I am just a funeral director, not a poison master! ]

[Zhongli: Hu Tao is definitely not]

[Hu Tao: Zhongli, if I get invited to have tea by the General Affairs Department, no one will pay you salary from now on.]

[Ye Lan: Why don't you come sit in my tea room? ]

[Hu Tao: Sister Ye Lan, this is not necessary. We are not compatible.]

[Amber: When it comes to poisoning, the Doctor is second to none. He used to love to mess with these things, and Cole was made like this by him.]

[Kaia: This one is very useful! ]

[Doctor: I'm not so bored as to go to Morax's country to do such a thankless job]

[Paimon: Bah! You are the one who left those ruins guards behind! You don’t do what humans do, but you do everything that animals do.]

[Doctor: Thank you for the compliment. You better stay with her closely, little one. The demon residue is good stuff.]

[Ying: Wash your neck and wait in the winter. I will make you wish you were dead! ]

...

"It's too early to speculate now. We can wait until Jialiang is cured and then ask him if he can remember more clues."

Sora: "Have you found a way to detoxify?"

Bai Zhu nodded. According to the "Miscellaneous Notes on the Causes and Symptoms of Various Diseases", once the mother poison is cleared, the child poison will be eliminated... As long as the remnants of the demon that is the main body are eliminated, the poison in Jialiang's body will most likely heal itself without any medicine.

"Traveler, do you know anything about the demon remnants in Qingce Manor?"

Kong shook his head, "I've only heard some legends, I'm not sure about the others."

Changsheng sighed helplessly: "This kind of thing is not even recorded in history books. I guess only those old guys who have lived for thousands of years still remember it."

Paimeng stroked his chin and asked curiously, "Changsheng, didn't you say that even the immortals had to give you face back then? Haven't you heard about what happened here?"

Bai Shu explained: "Changsheng's memory has faded a lot compared to when it was at its peak. Now he even has to rely on signing a contract with mortals and sharing vitality to maintain his life. I'm afraid he can no longer remember these old things."

Paimon felt a little creepy. Why did these feel like things that monsters and ghosts would do?

"Hey! How many people would ask for a spirit to possess them? With my help in regulating your aura, not only will you live longer, but you will also be able to strengthen your body and you won't get an upset stomach no matter what you eat!"

Paimeng got excited when he heard about strengthening his body. He kept rubbing his hands and looked at Baishu with a smile: "Hey, Baishu, if you retire one day, can you let Changsheng sign a contract with me for a few days..."

Bai Zhu refused with a little regret: "Unfortunately, inheriting this contract also requires a certain character. This is the case for all the contract holders in the past. I'm afraid it won't be as Paimeng wishes."

When it comes to character, Paimon couldn't help stamping his feet and asked angrily, "You guys are not trying to hurt me in a roundabout way!"

"I'm so mad! I'm going to give you an ugly nickname - Snake Rack! White Rope!"

[Kaeya: Paimon classic reappears - give a nickname! ]

[Paimon: Catface, you are so crazy! ]

[Keqing: Changsheng probably relies on his contractors to survive until now. He is almost worn out.]

[Changsheng: We cannot resist time. Didn't the Thunder God also escape into the Pure Land to resist wear and tear? Qiqi is an exception.]

[Yaejinko: She said it was to resist wear and tear, but actually it was just for a sweet snack! ]

[Shadow: Yae Goddess! ]

[Yae Shenzi: Look, she's getting anxious! ]

[Ding! Which immortal would you like to ask for help next?]

[A. That woman! She's great at chatting. I love Invention Master.]

[B. Lord of Water and Mountain]