Genshin Impact, the spear remains.

After lunch, the three sat around the fire and began to chat.

"Speaking of which, you're not from Mondstadt, are you, the cook?"

Paimon stared intently at Bai Qiyun's clothes with his little eyes.

"Huh? Aren't you from Mondstadt?"

But Ying, who was inexperienced in the ways of the world, seemed to have already assumed that the other person was a local.

"Ah, actually you can tell at a glance, right? My appearance and clothing are not in the Mondstadt style."

He hadn't intended to hide anything anyway; in fact, it was normal for people to notice. People like Ying, who hadn't realized it even after chatting for a while, were rare species in Teyvat.

"The most obvious difference is in appearance. The facial features of Mondstadt people are very different from those of Liyue people. Of course, the most significant difference is in hair color. Mondstadt people have more vibrant hair color, while Liyue people have more deep hair color."

At this point, Bai Qiyun tugged at Ying's hair.

"Of course, this is just a general statement. There are exceptions in every country and region, such as the holders of the Eye of God."

"The holder of the Eye of God?"

Ying has never seen anyone with the Eye of God.

"Yes, generally speaking, those who possess the Eye of God are influenced by elements, and their skin or hair color will change as well."

Bai Qiyun's lips twitched as he recalled a certain white-haired woman.

"Well, that's about it for the most part. As for the differences in clothing, you'll have to experience it for yourself. Although you can tell at a glance, it's unrealistic to explain it in just a few words."

Having received a good talking-to, Ying now had an "I understand" expression on her face.

"But the Eye of God, I really want to see what it looks like."

The blonde girl lay down on the grass, imagining what the Eye of God looked like.

Although she had never seen the Eye of God, she was certain that she did not possess such a thing.

"Hey, what were you muttering to yourself while you were grilling the meat? Right when we arrived."

Perhaps sensing that he was being ignored, Paimon quickly came out to make his presence known.

Bai Qiyun stroked his chin. "I didn't expect you all to have heard what I said back then. Next time you talk to yourself, could you please keep your voice down?"

"Feed".

"Haha, don't mind it, don't mind it. I wasn't saying it was bad for you to eavesdrop."

Looking at Paimon's slightly puffed-up little face, Bai Qiyun found it somewhat amusing.

This little guy looks pretty cute.

"I was previously experimenting with stimulating the elemental power within food."

"Elemental power?"

"To unleash the elemental power within food?!"

Ying and Paimon called out at the same time, but their focus was not on the same thing.

"Hey, cook, do you not have God's Eye? How could you possibly do something like that?"

The elf's face was filled with disbelief; she felt the boy was lying to her.

"Uh, I didn't succeed either."

Watching the two guys chatting back and forth, Ying looked completely bewildered.

"Wait! You two, wait a minute."

The girl stepped between the two women, abruptly interrupting their conversation.

"Let's put aside the question of whether it's activated or not. Speaking of which, what exactly is elemental power?"

Bai Qiyun glanced at Paimon and saw that she looked completely innocent and shrugged.

How can there be people who don't know about this? Did this beautiful girl spring out of a rock?

But despite the complaints, the answers still need to be provided.

Bai Qiyun gestured for Ying to sit down with him.

"All objects in this world are made of elemental forces. The purer substances will exhibit a single elemental property, such as inanimate substances like electric crystals, grass, and water, or elemental creatures like slimes."

"However, most substances are mixtures and do not exhibit the properties of a single element most of the time because the composition of elements is very chaotic."

"For example, humans cannot manifest elemental properties or control elemental power when they fail to awaken the Eye of God. However, if people can find ways to directly manifest elemental properties, such as slime, electrical crystal, etc., then perhaps humans can also drive elemental power without the Eye of God."

At this point, Bai Qiyun paused, "Since everything contains elemental power, then the ingredients themselves must also contain elemental power. Although people don't know how to enable humans to use elemental power without the Eye of God under the influence of multiple elements, in the field of cooking, humans may have already taken a big step forward."

"Cooking?"

Ying was a little confused. How did the conversation turn back to cooking?

"Yes, if you pay attention, you will find that before going up the snow mountain, people often drink a soup that transmits the heat attribute to the body. The essence of that dish is to transmit its own fire attribute to the body. In other words, through the exploration of our predecessors, people have used complex ingredients to create dishes that embody a single element attribute."

He said it, but he did it anyway. Seeing the increasingly confused looks on their faces, Bai Qiyun decided to do it himself and let them try it.

Light the fire and set up the pot.

First, thaw the chilled meat, then blanch it in water.

Cut the carrots and tomatoes into chunks, then add a spoonful of water.

Put the prepared lean meat and vegetables into the pot together, and add a little salt and sugar to taste.

Take it out of the pot when it's ready.

A pot of thick, flavorful vegetable and meat stew is now ready.

Even though he had just eaten barbecue, Paimon couldn't help but swallow hard when faced with this bowl of fragrant and rich soup.

"Come on, you two give it a try."

Bai Qiyun ladled the stewed meat into bowls and handed them to the two of them.

"Whoosh~ Whoosh~ Slurp."

Paimon blew on the soup to cool it down before drinking it.

In an instant, a surge of heat emanated from within his body.

"This...this is!"

I've only had a sip of soup yet. If I were to finish the whole bowl, I probably wouldn't feel cold for a long time.

Seeing the two people's surprised expressions, Bai Qiyun smiled proudly.

"As you can see, this is the recipe that Teyvat has improved many times in recent years. Originally, the chilled meat only had some ice attribute characteristics and was not an elemental creation. The vegetables were even more of a grass attribute condensation. But by mixing them with water attribute water, you can create a continuous supply of fire attribute food to provide the body. How about that? Isn't it amazing?"

"But...but you used fire when you cooked, didn't you? Could it be that these vegetables served a preservation purpose?"

Paimon was still somewhat skeptical of this thing that shattered her worldview.

"That's what I thought at first too, but it's easy to find evidence to refute that view."

"What evidence?"

This piqued even Ying's interest.

"In the process of cooking, not all cooking methods require the use of fire. There are many ways to process food without fire, and some of those methods can provide people with fire elemental power. Therefore, the attributes provided by a dish are actually unrelated to the ingredients with obvious characteristics added during the cooking process."

"How did it come about? Did it appear out of thin air?"

The idea of ​​something being created out of thin air is terrifying to Paimon.

To everyone's surprise, Bai Qiyun shook his head. "No, remember what I said at the beginning? Apart from a very few crystals of pure elements, most substances in this world are composed of mixed elements. Therefore, the chilled meat that exhibits ice attributes inherently possesses fire elemental power, but it only manifests as ice element on the outside."

After this long and rambling explanation, Paimon was a little dizzy.

But Ying, on the other hand, seemed to be deep in thought.

"So...so you want to study the underlying principles?"

Paimon snapped out of his daze and tried to summarize the nearly two thousand words he had just written.

"That's right, that's roughly the idea."

Bai Qiyun nodded.

"Those without the Eye of God might gain something here. Moreover, I have a feeling that if we can study the principle of transforming elemental power through transparent cooking, we might be able to understand the essence of the world."

"Essence... clarity... this isn't cooking anymore, it's alchemy!"

"Alchemy? Perhaps, but when it comes to exploring elemental forces, I think they will all lead to the same goal, no matter how many paths they take."

Bai Qiyun didn't take Paimon's question to heart.

He tidied up the lawn to prevent littering.

Paimon flew around the boy, watching him pack.

"So, to what extent can you do it now?"

"To what extent can it be done?"

Bai Qiyun took out the slime condensate he had finally obtained yesterday from his backpack. He had spent a lot of time pulling a lone slime out of the slime gathering area and then used various methods to collect it.

He furtively pulled out another bottle of butter, but the color was a little off.

"What is this?"

Paimon pointed at the bottle of purple liquid and felt a little nauseous.

"This...this is made by grinding the Hercules beetle, a specialty of Inazuma, into powder and then mixing it into butter. Now that Inazuma has closed its borders, these little things are quite expensive."

"Insects! Insects!"

More than the money, Paimon was surprised that this guy had actually added insects to the cooking seasoning.

Add to that the sticky slime, and this isn't food, it's definitely alchemy!

Yingmei, who was standing to the side, also smacked her lips. She would never want to eat this stuff, even if you killed her.

"Hmph, this is my latest and most confident creation."

Bai Qiyun added several seasonings, and then casually added some small rushes and fallen strawberries, making the pot glow purple and blue. If you knew he was cooking, you would think he was making poison.

"Hey, you cook, have you even tried making this yourself?"

The smell alone was enough to make Paimon and Ying avoid it like the plague, and now the two of them were standing far away to the side.

"no."

"You dared to do this without my permission!"

"How outdated! How can you innovate in cooking without a spirit of exploration? I'm swimming in an ocean of innovation, don't you understand?"

Before the food was even ready, Bai Qiyun started praising his own wares.

However, things didn't go as planned.

As the dish was gradually completed, the ground beneath Bai Qiyun's feet suddenly trembled.

"What...what's going on?"

Before the three of them could even get their footing, one grass slime after another emerged from the ground. In just a short while, there were already more than a dozen, and judging by the momentum, there were far more to come.

"Ughhhhh!"

In an instant, a sea of ​​grass-green slimes erupted from between the three, forcefully pushing them away into the distance.