"Oh, so you can smile, Dain? I thought you had a poker face." Yu Jin was greatly surprised by the expression on Dain's face.
Upon hearing this, Dain immediately reverted to his original demeanor. "You saw wrong. I wasn't smiling just now."
Dain directly started to lie in front of Yu Jin, without any hint of embarrassment. Coupled with his poker face, it looked surprisingly convincing.
"The curse on you, is it really not a problem?" Albedo was not as carefree as Yu Jin. After learning how serious the curse on Dain was, he couldn't help but worry.
"No need to worry for now. I have my own methods to suppress the corrosion of the curse." Dain shook his head.
"This curse has granted him a nearly infinite lifespan. And the price is merely the pain I have long grown accustomed to."
Dain's expression was calm. The curse had been his companion for hundreds of years; he had learned to coexist with the pain in his body.
"Nearly infinite lifespan?" A good idea suddenly popped into Yu Jin's head.
"What are you thinking of now?" Dain had a bad feeling when he saw Yu Jin's expression.
Yu Jin didn't speak. He looked up at Dain, as if trying to see through him.
"Let's go, follow me to Liyue." With that, Yu Jin grabbed Dain's arm and ran furiously down the mountain.
"So… so fast!" Albedo, who was beside them, couldn't help but exclaim as Yu Jin and Dain instantly disappeared.
Yu Jin's speed was already incredible, but it was unexpected that Dain could keep up. He really shouldn't be underestimated.
On the steep cliffs of Dragonspine, two figures could be vaguely seen sprinting.
Dain's arm was being pulled by Yu Jin, and his feet were almost creating afterimages.
He broke free from Yu Jin's arm and stopped.
As soon as he stopped, he began to pant, hands on his hips.
"I didn't realize you were a bit weak?" Yu Jin saw Dain's breathless state and felt that his idea was going to fall apart before he even started.
"Isn't that obvious? Do you think everyone is as capable as you?" Unbeknownst to him, Dain's words had become more numerous.
"I saw you run pretty fast underground, so I thought you'd be even faster on the surface," Yu Jin said, scratching his head with an innocent expression.
"That was moving through the Ley Line. Do you think I was digging a hole?" Dain's breathing had stabilized significantly after a short rest.
He stretched his limbs in place, then looked up at the vast, golden, desolate land of Liyue.
"Let's go. It just so happens that Liyue was my original destination; I was just interrupted by you."
Dain said, then took the initiative to walk towards the other side of Dragonspine, towards Liyue… Traveling from Dragonspine to Liyue again, the road was still as difficult, prompting another round of complaints from Yu Jin.
Dain, on the other hand, remained silent, quietly observing everything before him.
He had been to Liyue before, but after a long absence, it had changed a lot.
Neither of them was an ordinary person, so even with a sightseeing mindset, Yu Jin and Dain's speed was extremely fast.
As the sky was painted with fiery clouds, Yu Jin and Dain finally arrived at the bridge that symbolized the gates of Liyue Harbor.
"Hiss—, I think I forgot about Morgott." Yu Jin suddenly remembered Morgott; he seemed to still be in Liyue.
"Who?" Dain was puzzled. Was Yu Jin bringing him to Liyue this time just to find this person named "Morgott"?
"Someone you don't know, and it has nothing to do with your visit to Liyue this time." Yu Jin cut off the thought in Dain's mind.
"Alright, it's your turn to lead the way." Dain heard this and didn't ask any more questions. His mindset had indeed changed because of Yu Jin, but not by much.
Dain still disliked contact with others, except when absolutely necessary.
"Didn't you say you had something to do in Liyue? My matter isn't important; it can be done anytime, but yours is different."
Yu Jin was still very self-aware. Dain said he wanted to come to Liyue before, so since they were here, it was best to let him take care of his own business first.
Given Dain's demeanor, he probably wouldn't be like him, always without a proper task.
"Why didn't you say so earlier!" Dain felt a bit tired.
"Why?"
"Do you think the Abyss Order would appear inside Liyue City?" Dain responded with a helpless expression.
No matter where he went, the biggest factor was always the appearance of traces of the Abyss Order.
And the Abyss Order was not an organization that would openly show itself in a city.
"Why didn't you say so earlier?!" Yu Jin retorted with Dain's own question.
"Lead the way. Traces of The Order are not that easy to find. Perhaps we'll make new discoveries within Liyue City." Dain didn't want to continue the topic, so he nodded towards Yu Jin, gesturing towards the city.
"In that case… follow me!" Seeing this, Yu Jin no longer hesitated.
He slightly discerned the direction, then skillfully led Dain into Liyue City… Bubu Pharmacy, this was the largest pharmacy in Liyue. At dusk, even a busy place like Bubu Pharmacy would close its doors and send patients away, leaving only a small portion of critically ill patients to be looked after.
However, the scene at Bubu Pharmacy at this moment was somewhat different from usual. The setting sun in the sky did not diminish the pharmacy's bustling activity in the slightest.
It was still brightly lit and crowded with people.
"Doctor Baizhu, please look at my arm, what's wrong with it?"
"Overexertion, damaged tendons. A Gui, fetch the ready-made Huoluo San from the pharmacy. Take it three times a day and rest for now."
"Doctor Baizhu, why is my waist deformed? Please examine it!"
"Caused by heavy pressure. A Gui, set this patient's bones."
"Mr. Baizhu, look at my face, what's going on?!"
"Hmm… if I'm not mistaken, it should be stained by coal ash and kerosene. This pharmacy does not sell cleaning products; please go to Chunxiang Teahouse."
...Inside Bubu Pharmacy, it was an extremely busy scene. Baizhu sat at the counter, diagnosing a long line of "patients" in front of him.
The pharmacist A Gui darted through the not-too-big, not-too-small pharmacy, running to the dispensary for medicine one moment, and to the patient rooms to set bones the next. He held multiple roles and seemed even busier than Baizhu.
Behind A Gui followed a small assistant who was just as tall as the counter—it was Bubu Pharmacy's mascot, Qiqi!
Qiqi followed behind A Gui, sometimes blowing a cold breeze to cool him down, sometimes serving tea and water to both Baizhu and A Gui. Her level of busyness was no less.
"Oh ho! Are the Fatui having a party here?"
A powerful voice came from outside the door, sounding healthy and robust, unlike the tone a patient should have.
Baizhu looked up and saw two people, even stranger than the Fatui, standing at the entrance.
"Yu Jin… and…"
"Dainsleif, you can call him Dain."
Dain nodded at Baizhu, then quietly leaned into Yu Jin's ear and whispered, "You don't think medicine can cure my curse, do you?"
"I didn't say I was going to treat your curse…"
Yu Jin's voice was also very soft, and he was imitating Dain's tone.
Dain moved his head away; he shouldn't have spoken to Yu Jin.
"Dain, is it." Baizhu adjusted his glasses. He couldn't see any problems with Yu Jin, so the problem could only be with the strange man beside him.
"Changsheng, have you figured anything out?" Baizhu slightly turned to the white snake wrapped around him and asked.
"No, this person is very special. It seems we have a challenge on our hands." The white snake on Baizhu also leaned into his ear, speaking in human tongue.
Seeing this, Yu Jin stopped speaking.
How could Baizhu and his snake be so in sync with him and Dain's actions?
So, who between him and Dain was the snake?
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