Baizhu's expression looked somewhat saddened.
"...Senior sister would occasionally return to Chenyu Vale to visit me and Master. But for some reason, she rarely mentioned her family matters."
He continued.
"The last time she returned to the vale, senior sister seemed to have an argument with Master."
"After that, she no longer contacted us, and even deliberately hid her whereabouts."
Lumine wanted to know the specific content of the argument.
Perhaps it was related to Jialiang and Ayu.
After all, Jialiang's condition had been ongoing for a long time.
It would make sense for Jiangli to seek her master for a way to save him.
Unfortunately, Changsheng, who had the contract with Baizhu's master at the time, wasn't present.
Baizhu said, "Master never explained the matter, only instructing me that if in the future I had the chance to meet senior sister or her family again... I should help them as much as possible."
Only now did Lumine understand.
It turned out to be his master's dying instruction.
That's why he was so devoted to Jialiang's family.
Transferring life force—just from the name, one could tell it wasn't a joke.
Regarding Lumine and Paimon's view,
Baizhu didn't quite agree.
"Even without Master's dying wish, saving the dying and healing the injured is a healer's natural duty. I would still do the same."
Hearing this, Changsheng could only sigh helplessly.
People in this lineage wouldn't listen to advice.
[Damn, just because Baizhu's model looks too much like a rich guy, I always treated him as a villain. Turns out he's a saint]
[Healer's benevolent heart]
[The story quest name already hinted at it]
Not just the players.
Even Paimon felt a bit embarrassed.
"So Baizhu, you're such a good person... Sorry, I always thought you were scheming something before."
It was supposed to be the moment to clear the misunderstanding.
But Baizhu switched back to that smile with ill intent.
"Hehe, dispelling doubts with just one sentence? You should be careful."
"You know, so-called good people... can also make plans for themselves."
With this aura and acting turned on, it gave little Paimon, who had just been feeling guilty, a fright.
"Eh eh—suddenly full of hidden meanings again!"
[Plans referring to Qiqi?]
[Secretly researching zombies]
While the group was chatting idly, Mu Yang had already found the demon god residue.
He was calling them over.
Looking at the small vial on the table emitting a purple ominous aura,
Paimon didn't want to get close at all. "This is... what thing?"
Mu Yang answered, "Demon god residue. I found it in a hidden compartment in the room."
Baizhu's brows tightened. "It seems this is the poison Jialiang was afflicted with."
Hearing this, Paimon panicked even more, shrinking behind Lumine.
"Uwah—it, is it still breathing? I didn't see wrong, right?"
Mu Yang very assuredly told the little cutie, "You didn't see wrong."
Baizhu picked up the vial.
"This is truly a bottle of living poison."
Lumine was a bit curious—what did "living" mean for just a bottle of medicine?
Baizhu pondered for a moment, as if recalling ancient texts he had read before.
"A poison with 'life' qualities—I've seen it in the "Miscellaneous Records of Various Illness Origins": In ancient times, there were strange poisons, with child and mother properties... though separated by thousands of miles, they remain connected in breath..."
[Viruses are all alive, right ()]
[Starting to go Lovecraftian]
[Don't open it, don't open it!]
Baizhu continued analyzing.
If the poison before them was truly refined imitating the method in the book,
then the poison in Jialiang
should only be the child poison.
Lumine suddenly felt things had exceeded her imagination. "If there's child poison, there should be mother poison."
Baizhu nodded in agreement.
"The poisoner can, through the mother poison body, indirectly influence the poisoned person's behavior or mind."
"And the poisoned person will, to a certain extent, be summoned by the body."
[Feels more like gu]
[What gu? Watch me grab it in one go, refine it in an instant!]
[What? Refine in an instant again?!]
[Is the gu I practice the Luck of the Heavens gu?]
Hearing the word "summoned," Lumine thought of when they first found Jialiang.
He was heading in the direction of Qingce Village.
At that time, his mind was already confused.
He didn't even know there was a cliff right in front of him.
Fortunately, Mu Yang discovered it in time.
Otherwise, Ayu and her father would already be separated forever.
What attracted him here was perhaps the demon god residue hidden nearby—the mother poison body.
Just as Lumine and Baizhu were deep in thought, starting to sort out the clues,
the great genius Paimon activated.
"Didn't expect things to be this serious. Th-this, who exactly poisoned him?"
Mu Yang had been waiting for this moment.
Paimon was still the most interesting.
— — — — — —
Paimon's words here
even made Little Gui unable to watch anymore.
"Really can't understand Paimon's IQ—sometimes smart, sometimes innocently off the charts."
"When Mu Yang searched it out, he already said it was hidden in the room, in a hidden compartment."
"If not for hubby Mu Yang being proficient in mechanisms, and the medicine having demon god residue, could an ordinary person easily find it?"
[Good scolding, hahaha]
[Look, everyone at the scene went silent]
[Silence ultimate, refresh and ultimate again]
[All guests are blades]
— — — — — —
Paimon was puzzled. "Why did everyone suddenly stop talking?"
The great kind person Mu Yang spoke up, wanting to help her once more so she wouldn't be so embarrassed.
"Paimon, this is what I found in the room. The vial was properly stored in a hidden compartment."
Changsheng really couldn't watch anymore. "In other words, the poisoner is the owner of this house."
Paimon let out two "oh oh"s, seeming to understand.
"You mean Jialiang? But why would he poison himself?"
This one sentence nearly broke Mu Yang's composure.
My fault, idly trying to give you a way out.
You just bungee jump without looking, huh—no saving you.
'Thanks to "City South Psychiatry Director Li" for the paid message': Discharge! (100 Mora)
[A healer cannot heal himself—you go in too!]
[Hahahahahaha, Mu Yang's CPU burned]
[Defying heavens Paimon]
[Mu Yang's hardest to hold in episode, Teyvat's strength king]
Everyone else was dumbfounded, just staring at Paimon like that.
Paimon, stared at until embarrassed, frantically rubbed her head.
"Could it be... Jiangli!"
[This spot should have BGM]
[Nodding affirmatively.jpg]
Paimon hadn't forgotten to cover for herself. "I just thought, why would Jiangli poison her own husband?"
In this regard, Baizhu hadn't failed to consider it either.
He didn't believe senior sister would do such a thing.
But people capable of refining poison from demon god residue
—scouring all of Liyue, there probably weren't many.
In the end, Baizhu still chose to believe in Jiangli's character.
"...It's too early for all sorts of guesses now. We can wait until Jialiang is healed. Then ask if he can remember more clues."
"Have you already found a way to detoxify?" Lumine asked.
Since Baizhu had found the source, he had thought of a method.
According to the "Miscellaneous Records of Various Illness Origins", when the mother poison is cleared, the child poison resolves itself...
As long as the demon god residue serving as the body is eliminated, the poison in Jialiang could heal without medicine.