Genshin Impact: Pool Character, Nirvana of the Demon God

Ying and Paimeng asked around, but all they got were the legends about the Sword Immortal Qingce that were circulating outside.

"Hmm... I thought Qingce Manor was the hometown of Qingce Sword Immortal, and that we could find different clues." Paimon scratched his head, "But in the end, what everyone knows is the same."

It's just a change of wording, but it's essentially the same story that's been circulating.

At the age of twelve, he cut off a waterfall; at the age of eighteen, he split a mountain; then he seriously injured the devil and died together with him.

This kind of story that can be heard outside is not what Ying and Paimeng want. The story they want is the kind that is more detailed.

"After all, it happened during the Demon God War." Ying said, "It is naturally difficult to find out the truth."

"That's true." Paimon agreed, "It's almost time to gather. Let's go ask the old man one last time."

"Ah."

The two walked towards the old man who was looking around.

"Excuse me, old man, do you know the story of the Sword Immortal Qingce?" Paimeng asked politely.

The old man remained silent.

"Excuse me..." Paimon repeated politely.

The old man remained silent.

[OK, I found the key NPC for the mission. ]

【Based on my experience, this old man definitely knows something that others don’t know. 】

Ying saw that the old man was refusing, so she stopped Paimeng from asking any more questions:

"Paimon, it's time to gather." She reminded, then took Paimon in the direction they came from.

Only after they walked away did Paimon look at Ying in confusion.

"If they don't want to talk, don't force them." Ying said, "And the preparations for the gathering are real."

So the two of them returned the same way and reunited with everyone else.

"We didn't find any useful clues." Xingqiu said on behalf of himself and Chongyun.

"Us too." Paimon spoke on behalf of himself and Ying.

"Zhongli is still too tight-lipped. I didn't get any useful information from him."

Hu Tao's speech attracted the attention of everyone except Zhongli. As expected of Master Hu, his ideas were clear.

[Is this the way to solve it? ]

[As expected of Hu Tao, who dares to recommend funeral services to living people, her thinking is indeed extraordinary. ]

"Master, this is a contract after all. Please don't make things difficult for me." Zhongli said helplessly.

"Even if you can't tell me directly, can't you at least give me a hint?" Kurumi said with her hands on her hips.

"Alas." Zhongli sighed, "Follow me."

Zhongli led the group to an abandoned house: "This is the ancestral home where the Qingce Sword Immortal once lived."

"Wow, so big! I thought this was a landmark building specially built by Qingce Manor, but it turns out to be someone else's ancestral home?" Paimeng said in shock as he looked up at the house in front of him that could accommodate a hundred people.

Although it has been abandoned, one can still see its former glory.

If it had not been abandoned, the scale of this house might not be as large as the Qun Yu Pavilion, but at least it could compete with Zi Weixing's residence in Guili Ji.

"No one has lived here for at least a hundred years." Xingqiu speculated.

In fact, a hundred years was his conservative estimate. What he really thought was that no one had visited this house for thousands of years.

"The Jun family is the most elite sword-making family in Liyue. Its history can even be traced back to before the War of the Demon God." An old man said from the side, "It is said that the famous swords forged by the Jun family can even injure the Demon God."

"Eh? It's the old man from before." Paimon looked in the direction of the voice and found that the person speaking was the old man who had ignored her before.

"You are..." Xingqiu recognized the old man, "Aren't you the famous historian of Guiliji, Bai Jiuge, Mr. Bai?"

"Oh? So you have such an identity, old man? I thought you were just a distant relative of Bai Zhu." Hu Tao also seemed to know the old man.

Old Bai nodded to everyone and asked, "It seems that you young men are here to seek the truth about the Qingce Sword Immortal just like me."

"Yes, old man, I asked you before, but you didn't respond to me." Paimon said a little dissatisfied.

"Because I am also here to seek the truth of history, and I also know very little about the Light Sword Immortal." Bai Lao explained, "I don't have the habit of pretending to know something I don't."

[This is indeed an important plot NPC. ]

[Surprisingly, he is Bai Zhu's distant relative. I thought the interpersonal communication of the self-machine character was limited to the self-machine character. ]

"Mr. Bai, you are too polite. You are an expert in the study of Liyue history. You are not ignorant of it." Xingqiu said politely, "I wonder if what you just said is true?"

"I am certain about this point." Bai Lao said, "It is also the first time I know about the relationship between the Sword Immortal Qing Ce and the Jun family."

"May I ask Mr. Zhongli, is this true?"

Hu Tao: "Don't worry, Mr. Bai. Ke Qing never lies."

Zhongli: "..."

[Master, the question you asked is not enough for him to lie.]

[In the final analysis, Zhongli himself is the biggest liar. He never lies except to those who don't know his true identity.]

"Combining what Zhongli and the old man said, it means that the Sword Immortal Qingce was born in the Jun family, and the Jun family is a very powerful sword-making family." Paimeng concluded.

"Could it be that the truth behind the Qing Ce Sword Immortal is that an ordinary person picked up the famous sword forged by the Jun family and severely injured a demon god?"

Hu Tao made a reasonable guess, which was then questioned by Ying, Xingqiu and Chongyun.

As all of them were sword users, these three people understood one thing very well: even if the weapon itself was of a very high level, if the user himself was not up to standard, then the weapon would not be able to perform to its full potential.

That is, even if the sword in the hand of the Sword Immortal Qingce does have the ability to injure the devil, the level of the Sword Immortal's own swordsmanship is still unquestionable.

【I don't quite understand.】

[It's like knowing that Dongfeng is invincible, but using it requires knowing how to control the trajectory.]

Since they already knew that this was the home of the Sword Immortal Qingce, the group decided to go in and look for any clues about the Sword Immortal Qingce.

However, before everyone could enter, a fog rose in the Jun family's ancestral home.

"It's an earth vein, everyone be careful." Hu Tao reminded.

However, Zhongli, who was standing aside, had a subtle look in his eyes at this moment.

"Mom, I'm going to find my brother."

"Well, be careful on the road and pay attention to safety."

The sound of a woman and a child talking could be heard in the courtyard, and then a little man ran out from the open door of the courtyard.

Everyone looked closely and saw a little person with white hair, red eyes, pigtails and wearing a skirt running towards Qingce Manor.

"What a cute baby!" Walnut gave a loving look.

Xingqiu and Chongyun nodded in agreement.

However, the looks in Ying and Paimon's eyes became subtle.