Hearing this, Lumine also nodded.
"Qiu Bai is truly an approachable deity."
"Usually when we joke around with him or act impolitely toward him, there's no feeling of crossing boundaries."
Paimon looked at Qiu Bai beside her and said with a smile.
"Hehe... I don't particularly like the barriers that come with status."
"Other adepti address me as 'Immortal Lord' when they see me, but I actually prefer how Cloud Retainer addresses me."
Qiu Bai crossed his arms over his chest, looked at Lumine and Paimon before him and explained with a light chuckle.
"The way this adeptus addresses you is calling you an idiot, right?"
"Hehe... I didn't expect you to like it so much. Then I'll call you idiot from now on."
Cloud Retainer looked at Qiu Bai before her and said somewhat mischievously.
"Pfft~"
Paimon covered her mouth upon hearing this and almost couldn't help but laugh.
"Thinking about this matter, when we met Shenhe..."
"Every time we talked to her about the Immortal Lord, she would say..."
Shenhe: "That idiot, you mean?"
"He has done so much for Liyue. I deeply respect that idiot."
Shenhe maintained her cold expression, paired with her cool voice, and spoke indifferently.
Paimon looked at everyone before her and recounted what happened that day.
"Hahaha."
Lumine couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.
From what they learned later, the reason Shenhe called him that was because of her master, Cloud Retainer.
They had to explain to Shenhe for quite a while that day before she stopped calling him that.
"Hahaha..."
"That child Shenhe... I suppose Cloud Retainer told her to say that."
Madame Ping looked at Cloud Retainer before her and couldn't help but laugh as well.
Qiu Bai just covered his forehead helplessly.
"That's not the way of addressing I was referring to."
"Just call me Qiu Bai or Morcius."
Qiu Bai looked at everyone before him and said helplessly.
"Sigh... if only Guizhong were still here."
"She would surely love seeing this Liyue too."
Madame Ping lowered her head and murmured somewhat sadly.
As she thought about it, Madame Ping figure transformed into Ping'er.
Like a fairy, her beautiful eyes slightly downcast, wearing a sorrowful expression.
"During festivals in Liyue Harbor, there's always music. When it comes to musical arts..."
"She would definitely come find you to appreciate it together and share some commentary."
Cloud Retainer looked at Ping'er sorrowful appearance and also felt somewhat emotional.
"If Guizhong were still here?"
"Speaking of which, doesn't Qiu Bai have the ability to resurrect people?"
Paimon looked at Qiu Bai beside her and asked with some confusion.
The air suddenly fell silent.
Ping'er slightly downcast beautiful eyes also dilated.
"No... if that were truly the case."
"Immortal Lord would surely have resurrected Guizhong just as he did when he resurrected Azhdaha."
Ping'er turned around, looked at Qiu Bai before her and asked softly.
"Immortal Lord probably cannot resurrect gods."
"Or perhaps he can resurrect them, but with many limitations."
Ping'er looked at Qiu Bai before her and shook her head.
"That's right, Qiu Bai. I wanted to ask back in Inazuma."
"Since you wanted to change the Electro Archon mindset, why didn't you resurrect her sister?"
Paimon looked at Qiu Bai beside her and asked with a puzzled expression.
"Mm..."
"Since you want to know, I'll tell you about it."
Qiu Bai looked at everyone before him and spoke.
"The beings of Teyvat number in the hundreds of millions, even including some powerful beings."
"Such as the various adepti, or fox spirits like Yae Miko, they're all counted among these hundreds of millions."
Qiu Bai clasped his hands behind his back as the breeze blew through his robes.
"Resurrecting these beings would not be detected by that existence."
He turned around, looking at the prosperous Liyue Harbor and continued speaking.
"But gods..."
"The gods that still exist in this mortal realm, such as those of the seven nations, number only around a dozen or so."
Qiu Bai turned around to face everyone and spoke slowly.
"Moreover... their power has either vanished or been suppressed."
"And in this mortal realm, there are some places beyond Teyvat, such as the Dark Sea."
"The gods that exist there, strictly speaking no longer belong to Teyvat—they are evil gods."
Qiu Bai looked at everyone before him and explained.
"I once reached the Dark Sea long ago."
"I sensed that the demon gods existing there number no more than twenty."
"And furthermore..."
"There's a barrier that isolates the Dark Sea. Any god that touches it will surely die."
Qiu Bai turned around, looking at the prosperous Liyue Harbor and slowly continued his account.
"Hehe..."
"I'm not like Morax and the others—what I can tell you, I've told you everything."
Qiu Bai turned back to face the shocked Lumine and said with a smile.
"Clever as you are."
"You should be able to figure out why I don't resurrect gods."
Qiu Bai crossed his arms over his chest and said with a light chuckle.
"Being detected?"
"Could it be that resurrecting those deities would be detected by something?"
Lumine looked at Qiu Bai before her and asked with a furrowed brow.
"Although it's shocking, what Qiu Bai told us..."
"Is indeed more than what Zhongli and Venti told us."
Paimon looked at Lumine beside her and spoke.
"Ei doesn't know anything at all."
"While Zhongli and the others know things but don't tell us."
Lumine looked at Paimon before her and nodded.
"Hahaha..."
"They have difficulties similar to mine—it's not that they're unwilling to tell you."
Qiu Bai looked at Lumine and Paimon before him and said with a laugh.
"The Dark Sea..."
"This adeptus has heard of it. Hmph... those great demons got off easy."
"Some of them are still living in hiding in Liyue now."
Cloud Retainer looked at Qiu Bai beside her and snorted with some dissatisfaction.
Why weren't they exterminated during the Archon War five hundred years ago?
"Alright, Cloud Retainer."
"Those great demons aren't inherently evil—they were just corrupted by the prolonged darkness of the Dark Sea."
Qiu Bai looked at Cloud Retainer beside him and said with a smile.
"Speaking of those great demons, they're actually quite good."
"They often act in the mountains to save Liyue people. Don't hold grudges, Cloud Retainer."
Ping'er looked at Cloud Retainer before her and said with a smile.
"Sigh... Immortal Lord also has his difficulties."
"Unable to resurrect Guizhong..."
Ping'er shook her head, her fairy-like figure sighing with regret.
"What I know is only this much."
"My intuition tells me that gods cannot be resurrected."
Qiu Bai looked at the regretful Ping'er before him and sighed.
If his memories returned—those memories from before the Archon War began until after it ended—his former self would surely know much more than he currently did.
Lumine also frowned as she looked at Qiu Bai.
Qiu Bai had told them before that he had lost his memories.
In her speculation, Qiu Bai had even died once before.
"No... I still need to tell Qiu Bai what I just saw."
"Maybe it could help him remember something."
Lumine shook her head and thought to herself.
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