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"Would the king really leave the tribe? This seems quite different from the normal characteristics of a tribal group..." Jiang Bai pondered, resting his chin on his hand.

Take a wolf pack as an example. There is only one alpha wolf in a wolf pack. When a new alpha wolf appears and defeats the old alpha wolf, the old alpha wolf will leave the tribe and live alone until it dies.

The fact that the Hilichurl tribe's king left voluntarily suggests that the king was afraid of eating too much and leaving the other weaker Hilichurls without food.

"Yes, Hilichurls are monsters, not normal animals. Although animal habits can be referenced in research, they are ultimately different."

Ella paused, then continued, "However, it's not certain that the king will leave the tribe. After all, there are too many Hilichurls in Teyvat, and what we've studied is only a small fraction. We can't be sure."

"What about the Hilichurl shaman? How did these Hilichurls come into being?" Jiang Bai thought of the old Hilichurl shaman in the cave who was very authoritative in the tribe.

"Hicrulls don't have a lifespan, because we haven't yet discovered how long a normal Hilichurl can live. Our experimental subjects either got killed, fell to their deaths, drowned, starved, or evolved into Mega Hilichurls. In short, we haven't observed a complete lifespan of a Hilichurl, so we can't calculate how long a Hilichurl's lifespan is..."

Ira Musk shook her head and sighed. Research on Hilichurls in this area is ultimately too niche. Only her family members in Mondstadt are doing this, and their family population is not large. It takes the accumulation of several generations to produce so many research results.

"Hyperchlorians are elderly Hilichurls. They often possess considerable elemental talent in their youth, and this talent reaches its peak as they age. When they raise a staff larger than their body and chant incantations, they can obtain the assistance of the corresponding element."

"Although people say that Hilichurls are just monsters, their lives are actually quite rich. They can cook simple meals with fire, make explosive barrels from slimes, sleep under trees after a good meal, sing when they are in a good mood, and dance together after a bumper harvest..."

"They've even learned to raise livestock in captivity and establish territories. I feel that they might even learn to cultivate crops soon, after all, the Dadaupa Valley has quite a few fruit trees..."

Ella's expression was complex. Her family had studied Hilichurls for so long; it was impossible for them not to have any special feelings for this race. She even wondered if learning the Hilichurls' language and communicating with them would prevent humans and Hilichurls from becoming enemies.

Unfortunately, for various reasons, Hilichurls were classified as monsters and became enemies of humans.

Ella suppressed her complicated emotions and looked at Jiang Bai, "You're learning Hilichurls because you want to communicate with Hilichurls, right? I'd like to ask you for a favor."

"No problem," Jiang Bai agreed.

The young teacher taught him a lot today, and he was still happy to help.

Ella took out a piece of paper with many words written in Hilichurls. "There are quite a few Hilichurl translations on this paper that are not very accurate. If possible, I would like to ask you to help me improve them."

She was still young, not a possessor of the Eye of God, and had no combat power, so she couldn't go out into the wild to communicate with Hilichurls and had to entrust this task to someone else.

Seeing how busy he was, Jiang Bai gladly accepted.

As he left the library after dark, he borrowed the "Quick Reference Manual for Qiuqiu Language".

Such a short time is not enough for him to completely memorize the Qiuqiu language; he can only communicate with it while flipping through the book later.

Chapter 326 Klee also wants to make friends with Hilichurls!

After leaving the library, Jiang Bai went directly to the Deer Hunter Restaurant for dinner.

It's been a long time since I've seen Klee. I took the opportunity to visit her and Abelard while I was here.

Unfortunately, there was no convenient way to contact them, and it was unknown whether they were home or not. Writing letters was too slow, and by the time the letter arrived, he had already come over himself.

Jiang Bai ordered a sweet flower-stuffed chicken, a grilled fish, and honey-glazed carrot and pork stir-fry. He ate the carrot and pork stir-fry, and packed the rest to take to Ke Li's house.

He was lucky today; both Claire and Abedo were home.

"Brother Jiang Bai!" Ke Li jumped up excitedly when she saw Jiang Bai.

Because it was evening, she had her hair down, was wearing her pajamas, and wasn't wearing a hat. Her usual schoolbag was also lying to the side.

Jiang Bai gently stroked the top of her soft hair. "Long time no see. Did you miss me?"

"Yes, I do!" Keli nodded her little head vigorously. "I really, really miss Brother Jiang Bai, I really want to go fry fish with Brother Jiang Bai!"

Abedo looked somewhat helpless. "Klee..."

This kid, all he likes is bombs or frying fish...

"Why did you suddenly come today? You didn't even write a letter to let me know beforehand..." Abedo took the things Jiang Bai was carrying and looked at him curiously.

"You know, writing a letter in advance isn't as fast as me coming directly here," Jiang Bai said, shrugging.

"By the way, could you create a tool that allows for remote communication? That way, even if I'm in Liyue, I can contact you directly without having to make a trip there."

Abedo shook his head immediately, "No, I'm just an alchemist. Besides, you seem to have some misunderstanding about alchemy."

Aunt Alice might be able to research and create such a thing, but she is just an alchemist who is good at creating life, not good at this kind of thing.

"Really? I see you're quite good at making space heaters and heating crystals, aren't you?"

Jiang Bai felt that he had no misunderstandings about alchemy.

After all, Abedo had always shown him how to refine useless things into useful ones.

Abedo felt somewhat weary. "That was just using elemental power to create some small tools that could channel it; it doesn't really count as alchemy..."

Before he arrived in Mondstadt, the Mondstadt people only knew alchemists as someone who could piece together fragments of objects, and whose only purpose was to save a little glue.

But in Jiang Bai's case, it became something out of nothing...

If he could create something from nothing, he probably would have already completed the task his master assigned him...

"All right......"

Seeing that Abedo said no, Jiang Bai had no choice but to give up on the plan.

To expect Teyvat to enter the era of fast communication is still asking too much.

"I came here to study Qiuqiu language, and also to drop by and visit you all..."

Jiang Bai opened the takeout box, took out the grilled fish, and handed it to Ke Li. "This is grilled fish from the Deer Hunter Restaurant!"

"Yay! Grilled fish!" Klee's eyes lit up.

"Klee, you've already eaten dinner, so you can't eat too much."

"Okay~" Klee happily took the grilled fish, taking small bites and slowly nibbling at it, her face showing an exceptionally happy expression.

Jiang Bai and Abedo shared a plate of sweet flower-stuffed chicken. Although they had already eaten dinner, it was perfect for a late-night snack.

"Learning Hilichurl? Have you learned it yet?"

"Well, I plan to visit a hill tribe I met in a cave in the snow mountain. This tribe is a bit special."

Abedo became interested. "Special? What's so special about it?"

"When I first went there, they seemed to know me and didn't show any hostility. Their social structure was quite different from that of other Hilichurl tribes. They even gave me gifts..."

Jiang Bai took out the small mask that the shaman Qiuqiu had given him.

Although he didn't wear the small mask on his body, he always kept it carefully.

"They even gave me a gift..." Abedo was even more surprised.

He took the mask and examined it carefully. There was nothing special about the mask; it was just an ordinary mask carved from wood. Although the craftsmanship was quite rough, it was indeed made by a Hilichurl.

"Would it be convenient for me to come along?"

He became extremely interested in the Qiuqiu tribe that Jiang Bai had mentioned.

Jiang Bai hesitated for a moment, worried that the tribe would be affected, but after thinking about it, he agreed.

Abedo is a fairly reliable person, and since he often travels in the snowy mountains, he is bound to come across that tribe. If something happens to that tribe later, Abedo can help out.

"I was originally planning to teleport there, but it seems I'll have to travel slowly..."

Jiang Bai felt a little regretful; who would want to travel if they could teleport?

Cleopatra's ears twitched; she had noticed something interesting.

She ran over, staring at them with her big, round eyes.

"Where are you going? Klee wants to go too!"

Abedo suddenly felt a headache coming on. "Klee, we're going to do some research, so why don't you just stay home and play? Tomorrow I'll ask Kaia to take you fishing."

Klee hesitated when she heard about the fried fish.

She wanted to fry fish, but she also wanted to go out and play with them...

Ultimately, the desire to go out and have fun with them prevailed.

You can go fishing anytime, but opportunities to go out and play with Brother Jiang Bai are rare.

"No, Klee wants to go with you!"

Seeing her like this, Abedo immediately knew that his persuasion was futile.

He looked at Jiang Bai, seeking Jiang Bai's opinion.

Jiang Bai thought about it and figured that since they were going to visit Abedo anyway, it wouldn't make a difference if they visited Keli as well.

However, we still need to give a heads-up beforehand: "It's possible, but we're going to where the Hilichurls live, and there will be many Hilichurls there. Are you sure you want to come with us?"

"I want to go! Klee is amazing, Klee isn't afraid of Hilichurls!"

"Those Hilichurls are my friends, you can't hurt them. If you want to go, you have to make a deal with me."

"No problem! Klee is a good girl, Klee will be very obedient!"

Klee nodded her little head like a rattle-drum, even more excited about being able to make friends with a Hilichurl.

At her current age, she has not yet formed a fixed concept of good and evil. Although influenced by those around her, she believes that Hilichurls are monsters that need to be driven away, she is not hostile to Hilichurls and does not take pleasure in harming Hilichurls or slimes.

Although I enjoy fried fish, fish are mindless creatures and cannot be considered evil.

Overall, she is a good child who is somewhat mischievous.

Jiang Bai held up a finger. "First, you must listen to us and not run around. Second, you cannot throw bombs indiscriminately. Third, you cannot hurt anyone, including Hilichurls."

"no problem!"

After a night's rest, early the next morning, Abedo led out two horses, picked up Keli, and rode with Jiang Bai across the fields of Mondstadt.

Keli sat on the horse, protected by Abedo, and cheered with her arms outstretched, having a great time.

Chapter 327 The Sky is an Illusion

As the sun rose higher, the group stopped to rest, eat some food to replenish their energy, and also gave the horses some water and hay.

"Yesterday, I heard Teacher Ella mention Dadaupa Valley. It's on the way to the snow mountain, and I'm thinking of going there."

"Dadaupa Valley? You've never been there?"

"I know this place, but I've never been inside."

As everyone knows, Dadaupa Valley is a gathering place for Hilichurls, and an unknown number of Hilichurls live there. No normal person would go to the Hilichurls' lair to die.

Jiang Bai isn't that idle.

"Teacher Ella said there are three Hilichurl tribes there, and I'm particularly interested in the Black Sun tribe among them."

Other Hilichurls are all fond of meat and sleeping, but this Hilichurl tribe is called the Black Sun Tribe, which sounds unusual.

However, the name of the Hilichurls' tribe was given by humans based on the differences among Hilichurls, so it's not surprising that it's called Black Sun.

What truly caught Jiang Bai's attention was the "Black Sun" that these Qiuqiu people believed in.

Abedo thought about it and nodded in agreement with Jiang Bai's idea.

"I don't know much about this [Black Sun Clan]. I only know that this clan appeared five hundred years ago, and there were no Hilichurls who worshipped the Black Sun before that."

"Five hundred years ago?" Jiang Bai felt that the time point of five hundred years ago was very subtle.

His intuition told him that there might be some secrets involved.

What happened five hundred years ago?

"Many things happened five hundred years ago, the biggest of which was the destruction of the ancient kingdom of Kanria."

"The ancient kingdom of Kanreia?"

This was the first time Jiang Bai had ever heard of this name.

He knew of the seven kingdoms ruled by the seven gods, but it seemed that Kanria was not among them.

"Yes. Kanria is a godless kingdom, and its land lies deep underground."

Aberdo knew quite a bit about Canria, after all, its creator, Rhinedoth, was Canria's chief alchemist.

Although Rheindört did not acknowledge him as her son, in his heart he preferred to call her his mother.

He was born after the destruction of Kanria, but during his time studying with his mother, she mentioned many things about Kanria.

"There are countries underground?" Jiang Bai was shocked.

He felt that some of his beliefs had been shattered once again.