Walnut used me to boost her sales performance.

As for whether the existence of gods hinders human development, that's a matter of opinion.

After thinking for a moment, he said:

"It represents the old order."

Teyvat's current order is built upon the order of the Seven Gods of the Mortal Realm, who each govern a different territory, providing shelter and guidance to their people.

But he could sense that as the Ice Goddess's or perhaps the Heart of God's plan progressed step by step, the old order would undergo many changes.

The most obvious example is Liyue.

From a kingdom that walks with God, it has become a kingdom of men.

But to what extent this old order will change is unknown.

"A brilliant answer." Upon hearing his answer, Daines Reeb couldn't help but applaud.

"I thought you would say something like that, representing a protector or guide."

Jiang Bai shrugged. "You seem to know a lot about me, but you don't really know me that well either. While terms like protector and guide aren't wrong, they're a bit too superficial."

“Indeed, I know very little about you. Some of your actions have given me the impression that you’re not a very serious person,” Daines Reeb said frankly.

"Now it seems possible that you deliberately misled me."

Jiang Bai wanted to retort, but ultimately held back.

He was deliberately acting like a frivolous person, that's for sure!

"What else do you want to ask?" Jiang Bai waited for his next question.

Daines Reeb looked him into the eyes and asked very seriously, "What's the difference between the starry sky and the abyss in your eyes?"

"?"

This question truly stumped Jiang Bai.

"Before answering your question, you might need to explain to me what the starry sky represents and what the abyss represents."

Seeing that Jiang Bai couldn't answer, Daines Reeb suddenly realized, "You don't know yet? It seems I asked this question too early."

"What exactly are the starry sky and the abyss?" Jiang Bai asked this question seriously.

"Towards the stars and the abyss" is a phrase that Catherine of the Adventurers' Guild often says. Jiang Bai initially thought it was just a simple slogan.

Later, the more I learned, the more complex these two words became.

The starry sky is a huge lie, so what are the stars?

If the abyss isn't a specific location, then what does it represent?

"It's pointless for me to tell you; you can only know what they really are when you experience it for yourself."

The records in Chapter 414 can be erased.

Hearing Daines Reeb's words, Jiang Bai's lips twitched.

He hates riddle tellers.

"Is there anything else you want to ask? If not, then it's my turn to ask you."

"One last question."

Daines Reeb lowered his eyes, thought for a moment, and asked:

What is your stance?

This wasn't the question he originally wanted to ask, but for Jiang Bai, who didn't know much about it yet, asking some questions now was indeed too early.

"position?"

Hearing this word, Jiang Bai felt somewhat confused.

If we're talking about stances, there are just too many to list.

“Man and monster, man and god, man and the starry sky, man and the abyss,” Daines Reeb added.

"Why are there still humans and monsters? Am I supposed to side with the monsters?"

Daines Reeb's gaze fell on Gudu, who was peeking out from Jiang Bai's collar with his eyes, but he didn't say anything.

Jiang Bai looked at Gu Dong and was speechless for a moment.

"I don't have a specific stance; I can only analyze each situation individually. Besides, I'm not someone with a particularly broad perspective; I'm standing on the side that's important to me."

"This answer is a bit perfunctory, but that's okay. When the day comes that you really need to make a choice, you will give the real answer."

"Alright, you've finished asking your questions. Now it's my turn." Jiang Bai sat up straight and cleared his throat.

"Did you come to me just to ask these few questions?"

"Yes."

"Are these questions important?"

"Important, yet not important."

Upon hearing this answer, Jiang Bai's lips twitched. This riddle teller was truly a riddle teller.

What was supposed to be an answer to a question actually created more questions for him.

Why is it important? Why isn't it important?

"It's important because you're special, and it's not important because you don't need to make a choice yet."

Jiang Bai: "......"

I really want to pry open the mouth of this riddle-maker.

Does the fact that we don't need to make choices now mean we will in the future?

Why is his choice important?

What exactly happened next?

Daines Reeb chose to remain silent in response to Jiang Bai's questions.

Jiang Bai couldn't really pry him open up, so he could only put these issues aside for the time being.

"Since you can know about me through the ley lines, do you know how I entered Teyvat?"

He had no memory of how he entered Teyvat; it was as if a fault line had appeared, and he was suddenly frozen in that cave in the snow-capped mountain.

“I don’t know. It’s not in the records of the ley lines,” Daines Reeb said truthfully.

He hadn't noticed Jiang Bai, this outsider, before. After all, so many things happened in Teyvat every day that he would only notice important things.

Moreover, the information from the earth's veins is endless, which means that if he wants to obtain information from the earth's veins, he must simultaneously receive a massive amount of information.

In order to avoid being overwhelmed by the massive amount of information, he deliberately faded out a lot of information, including his past memories. Without a specific anchor point, he couldn't recall it.

He noticed the unusual movement of the abyss's power and rushed over.

Unfortunately, Jiang Bai had already left by the time they arrived.

"Why wasn't it recorded? Wasn't it supposed to be that everything that happened would be recorded?"

"Records can be erased."

Daines Reeb's words plunged Jiang Bai into a long silence.

He couldn't understand who had the ability to erase the records in the earth's veins, and why they would want to erase the records about him.

Are his missing memories also related to the clearing of the ley lines?

Jiang Bai had a vague feeling that the memories he had regained before might not have been forgotten, but rather sealed away.

Although the unknown person restored his memories, he did not restore them completely.

"Since you know that I met the Abyss Apostle in that unknown palace, do you know that I also encountered a strange fellow?"

Jiang Bai gave him a general description of the voice and what he said.

What Jiang Bai encountered in that strange space was not among what Daines Reeb knew, but after listening to Jiang Bai's account, he immediately locked onto his target.

"This person claims to know destiny."

"A person who understands destiny..." Jiang Bai pondered the title, then remained silent.

The opponent's ability even surpasses Zhongli's, making him a being above the Seven Gods.

Is being watched by such a being a good thing or a bad thing?

What exactly are those memories that are still missing to this day?

Do you know what this thing is?

Jiang Bai took out the necklace he had found in the ice layer of the snow mountain. This necklace had initially been studied by Abedo, who then sent it to him along with a letter.

According to Abedo's research, the necklace does indeed have effects similar to purification and inhibition.

“This is…” Dai Yin’s eyes narrowed as she looked at the necklace in Jiang Bai’s hand.

“I’ve never seen this necklace before, but the energy fluctuations are very similar to one of my rings.”

Daines Reb removed the glove from his right hand and took off a ring from his finger.

Jiang Bai noticed that his hands were very abnormal. His skin, which should have been fair, had turned completely blackish-gray, and strange blue energy fluctuations were surging around them.

If it weren't for the fact that the shape still retains the form of a human hand, even wearing gloves wouldn't be able to hide this abnormality.

He's covered up so thoroughly, there must be quite a few parts of his body that look like this.

Your hand...?

"It's nothing, just a curse."

Hearing Daines Reeb's nonchalant words, Jiang Bai was speechless for a moment.

Even after all this, it's still just a curse; he really doesn't know what to say.

"What kind of curse is this?"

"The curse of immortality."

"Why would there be such a curse?" Jiang Bai couldn't help but become even more curious.

Is immortality a curse?

Or is it that along with immortality comes a host of unbearable negative effects?

"Your curiosity is a little too strong."

Seeing that he didn't want to talk, Jiang Bai focused his attention on the ring on his hand.

The material of this ring is very similar to that of the pendant on this necklace, and their energy fluctuations are also quite similar, so they might have been made at the same time.

"What's the use of this ring?"

"It can suppress the curse on me and keep me conscious."

After saying that, Dain put the ring and gloves back on.

Jiang Bai looked at him thoughtfully.

The reason why immortality is called a curse is that there must be a corresponding price to pay.

He said the ring kept him conscious, meaning the curse would gradually cause a person to lose their self-awareness as a human, eventually losing all consciousness or regressing to the level of intelligence of a Hilichurl.

The curse on Dain must have something in common with the curse on Hilichurls.

I wonder if the old man knows about this Daines Reeb. I'll ask him when I get back.

"Alright, all questions asked. See you next time." Daines Reb stood up to leave.

He was going to meet someone who didn't belong here.

Chapter 415 Little White, do you have any money with you?

Jiang Bai was quite puzzled by Dain's sudden arrival and departure.

Seeing his figure disappear at the end of the road, Jiang Bai pulled Gudu out of his pocket.

Why are you afraid of him?