Genshin Impact, the spear remains.

As he spoke, Dulaf looked at the flock of pigeons on the ground with their bellies bulging, and seemed somewhat troubled.

"If you two are in a hurry to pick up the goods, could you please help find the lost pigeons? Of course, I will prepare a reward for you."

As a hunter, Dulaf knew the importance of offering payment when asking others to do something.

But even if he didn't ask for payment, Ying would still do it for him now, since she was really anxious to send Dudu Lian back.

"Pigeons? Come to think of it, we saw a few white pigeons up ahead when we came here before."

Paimon was quite impressed with those things that could fly like her.

However, compared to the plump, round pigeons, Paimon looked much thinner.

"What? Those must be the pigeons that haven't returned. Traveler, could you please help me herd them back?"

Dulaf knew his pigeons well, and as soon as he heard their tracks in front of the woods, he immediately knew they must be his pigeons.

Because he was the only one in this area who raised these pigeons to send messages, and because of their presence, pigeons from other places almost never stopped here.

"Don't worry, we'll handle it perfectly."

With an inexplicable confidence, Paimon patted his chest and solemnly assured Dulaf.

It's clearly just a little guy who struggles to even hold an apple.

But Ying didn't refute her. Having been to mountains, seas, temples, and even chased a wind dragon, she felt that this matter was indeed not difficult.

They were just a flock of pigeons.

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But when Ying and Paimon returned to the place where they had seen the pigeons, the little guys who had been having lunch there earlier had vanished.

"Huh? Where did all those guys go?"

Paimon, who was floating in mid-air, hurriedly flew up to the tree to see if they had eaten their fill and gone up to sleep.

Unfortunately, there was only a pile of leaves on the tree, not even a bird's nest.

After searching for a long time without finding a single pigeon, Paimon could only fly down with a disappointed look on his face.

"It seems it's not up there either."

Without Paimon saying a word, Ying knew the outcome just by looking at her expression.

There were still some wheat scraps left on the ground that the pigeons hadn't finished eating; perhaps she could use that to find the missing pigeons.

Elemental vision.

The blonde girl focused her elemental power into her eyes, and the world instantly transformed into a strange state. The colors of the sky and the earth blended together, and everything looked completely different from usual. The stream beside her shimmered with blue light, and the grass beneath her feet sprouted green. On a patch of grayish-yellow land, the scattered blue lights appeared so dazzling.

That was leftover wheat that the pigeons had eaten, but why did it show traces of water?

Could it be...?

Ying thought of the two apples Beatrice had given her before: one was picked at the entrance of town and had a greenish tinge, and the other was picked by the spring and had a bluish tinge.

Could these wheat grains have also been soaked in that spring water? But that's good news too. Wheat imbued with water elements is exceptionally clear in her vision. Maybe she can use this to find the flock of pigeons that ran away.

"Paimon, let's go!"

The blue light stretched from their feet into the distance. Ying grabbed Paimon, who was still looking around, and ran over.

"Hey! Ying, slow down!"

Paimon was once again treated like a balloon, dragged behind by Firefly.

Hopefully, the little guy's voice won't scare the pigeons away.

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"So we have to climb up from here?"

A tall stone cliff stood before Ying, and the blue light in her elemental vision ended there.

If the flock of pigeons really did fly in this direction, then they must have crossed this hillside and flown to the other side.

"Hehe, this is where my strengths come in."

Paimon, who was just being grabbed and shaken around, now has a silly grin on his face.

I must say, Paimon truly lives up to his name; his ability to adjust himself is truly remarkable.

"We're going up now."

As soon as she finished speaking, Ying leaped up and precisely climbed onto a protrusion on the stone wall.

There was a faint gathering of wind elements beneath her feet, and Ying used the wind elemental power to make her movements even lighter.

Before long, Ying stood at the top of the cliff.

Paimon, floating nearby, showed no signs of movement whatsoever; after all, it could fly.

"There don't seem to be any pigeons here."

While Ying was still climbing, Paimon had already flown up and looked out into the distance from above.

Anyway, she confirmed that there were no pigeons under her feet.

"Um."

Although there was no trace of pigeons in sight, the vanished blue light began to reappear in Ying's eyes, stretching from her feet all the way to the front.

"What's up ahead, Paimon?"

Since Ying couldn't see far ahead, she could only rely on Paimon, who flew around in the sky.

"Ahead...it looks like Hilichurls! There's a group of Hilichurls dancing around a fire."

After confirming several times that he hadn't misread it, Paimon quickly ran to Ying's side to tell her what was happening ahead.

After all, Paimon only has the fighting power of less than a wild boar in direct combat, and can barely survive by relying on Luminous.

"Ying, are you going to go and cause them trouble?"

At this point, Paimon could guess that the missing pigeons must be related to that group of Hilichurls, but out of concern for her companions, she still asked.

"Yes, these guys are very close to the residents of Qingquan Town. If we don't deal with them, it could easily cause casualties."

Luminous has never shown mercy to these Hilichurls in the wilderness.

No matter what happened in the past, if the other party is a monster that has attacked humans, she will never let them go.

I'll grab a treasure chest while I'm at it.

"Okay then, be careful. Do you want to use that?"

"No need. There's no need to go all out against these few Hilichurls."

After declining Paimon's offer, Ying decided to deal with these guys by herself.

She stealthily walked behind the group of Hilichurls, her wind elemental power steadily gathering in her hands.

One, two, three... five Hilichurls, plus one Hilichurl thug. Although the number was a bit large, it was nothing to her.

He pushed off the ground with his right foot, and the wind element surged around him.

"drink!"

As the accumulation of elements was completed, Ying's figure shot out directly from the spot.

The speed at which it moved left Paimon speechless.

Since Ying gained elemental power, she has rarely seen Ying go all out.

"Ying...is she that amazing now?!"

People who spend a lot of time together are less likely to notice each other's changes, but conversely, if those around you can clearly feel the changes, it means that the person has begun to undergo a transformative growth.