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For the third time, Gao Muming put down the plate in his hand that had been licked smooth and shiny.

"Ying, thank you for the treat. Your cooking skills are amazing, and the dishes you make are really delicious."

Ying, who was sitting next to Gao Muming, held her chin with her hand with a smile in her eyes.

"I can see that what you said is true. There's no need to lick the plate so clean for every portion, right?"

Hearing what Ying said, Gao Muming scratched his head embarrassedly.

"The food you cook is so delicious, Ying. I don't want to waste even a little bit of it. There should be some left in the pot, right? I'll go get some rice."

Paimon on the side looked at Ying and then at Gao Muming who was carrying a plate towards the rice pot, and a trace of confusion flashed across his little face.

"I have a very strange feeling."

"Any questions?"

Hearing what Paimon said, Ying asked out of curiosity.

"How can I describe it? I just feel that Ying and Takagi Akira get along really well for some reason."

"..."

After hearing Paimon's words, Ying was silent for a while, and then spoke slowly.

"Although you may find it a little strange to say this, Paimon. But, I still feel that in this continent of Teyvat, Akira Takagi and I are the "kind" of people."

Gao Muming, whose attention was focused on the food made by Ying, put the remaining food in the pot into his plate and walked back.

"Are you guys talking about anything interesting?"

In response to Gao Muming's question, Ying shook her head.

"Nothing much, just that we seem to be getting along very well."

After hearing Ying's answer, Gao Muming blurted out without thinking.

"This? It should be because we have similar auras, right? That's why we can get along well."

The pleasant meal time was over, and Gao Muming patted his round belly and burped.

"I feel a little sleepy after eating."

As he spoke, Gao Muming stretched lazily and yawned with his mouth wide open.

“Ah, ah~”

Hearing what Gao Muming said, Paimon flew to Gao Muming and put his hand on Gao Muming's head and shook it.

"Wake up, we still have to continue searching."

Although Paimon was shaking very hard, the amplitude of the shaking was not large due to Paimon's short arms, making Gao Muming, who was already a little listless, even more lazy.

"Okay, stop shaking it."

Ying on the side asked with some concern.

"How about we leave first and you rest here for a while? Then you can catch up with us when you've rested."

Hearing Ying's suggestion, Gao Muming shook his head and poured water on his head to sober himself up.

"Well, forget it. Even in the Hilichurls camp that was just cleared out, it's still too dangerous for a person to rest here alone. Besides, we haven't wiped out all the Hilichurls in this camp."

Hearing what Gao Muming said, Paimon opened his eyes wide in surprise.

"Not all of them were wiped out? But there isn't a single Hilliculer left in the entire camp."

In response to Paimon's question, Gao Muming just smiled.

"You have had little contact with the Hillichul people, so you didn't notice some abnormalities in the camp that we wiped out."

"I was always on guard behind us during the battle. Although we just killed a lot of hillbillies, we didn't find even a single hillbilly thug. This doesn't fit the ecology of the hillbilly settlement."

"Combined with the crystal of Tevarin's tears that Ying found, the reason for this unusual situation is obviously the order of the Abyss Mage."

"The Hillichur thugs who are not in the camp should have gone out with some Hillichur people to look for the crystals of Tevarin's tears."

Hearing what Gao Muming said, Paimon suddenly opened his eyes wide and excitement appeared on his face.

"Then we lie in ambush here and wait for the Hillichuls to return with Tevarin's tear crystals. How about we just snatch them away?"

Ying ruthlessly shattered Paimeng's fantasy.

"Little Paimon, I'm sorry that your idea won't work. If it were earlier, it might work, but unfortunately now it's probably a waste of time."

"Why do you say that?"

Seeing Paimon's eyes full of curiosity, Ying continued to explain.

"The Abyss Mage I just killed didn't have any Tavalin's tear crystals. There are so many large and small Hillock camps in Dadaupa Valley, and he confiscated them all along the way, but only this camp had one. Yesterday we even encountered an Abyss Mage who was searching for crystals himself, which means that except for a few that slipped through the net, almost all the crystals here have been collected."

"Then our work will be in vain. Can we collect enough Tvarin's tear crystals to charge the Skyharp? How can we save Tvarin?"

Ying hugged Paimeng, who was flying in the air, into her arms and gently comforted the somewhat panicked Paimeng.

"Don't worry. According to Wendy's estimation, the number of Tevarin's tear crystals that the three of us found yesterday is almost the same. We came out today, on the one hand, to be safer, and on the other hand, to kill time while waiting for Diluc and Jean to meet up at the Dawn Winery."

Ying stood up and patted the hem of her skirt which was covered in dust from sitting on the ground.

"We have rested enough, it is time to head towards the Temple of the Lion of the South Wind."

The three of them rushed all the way to the vicinity of the Temple of the Lion of the South Wind, and then began a careful search. Time passed quickly in the search that was like looking for a needle in a haystack, and as if their luck had run out, the three of them did not find even a single crystal of Tevarin's Tear.

As the sun set, Ying looked up at the red sky and stopped searching.

"It's getting late. We should meet up at the Dawn Winery."

As Ying said this, she looked at Gao Muming who was standing beside her.

"Takagi Akira, what are you going to do? Come with us?"

Hearing Ying's question, Gao Muming agreed without thinking.

"I'm going to the Dawn Winery with you. I need to get some rest."

Ying took out the map and compared it with the surrounding terrain while looking at it.

"Looking at the terrain, this is where we are now."

Ying pointed her finger at the approximate location of the three of them on the map and began searching the map with her eyes.

"Let me see where the nearest teleportation anchor point is. Found it. This is the entrance to Dadaupa Valley. It's very close to us. It just so happens that we haven't searched the way to the anchor point from here yet. We can search it on the way back."

Ying led Gao Muming and Paimon towards the teleportation anchor point of Dadaupa Valley.

Just as the few of them walked to the edge of the cliff above the anchor point, Ying, who had been using the elemental vision, suddenly stopped and looked around with a serious expression.

"Wait, something is wrong. There are a lot of Hillbillies down there. Let's hide first."

As Ying spoke, she lowered her body and carefully stuck her head out to observe the movements below.