Chapter 1141: Kapaqili, Thunderbird, Mist, Perch, and Foreign Objects

"Well... just like everyone else here, I count the years when I hear thunder." When Paimon asked him how to count the days, Aru gave a strange answer.

Regarding this calculation method...Ying and Paimeng were even more confused.

"Is it because we can't see the sun and moon here?" Paimon looked up, and there was only fog in the sky. "Aru, are you a local? Were you born here..."

"Yeah!" Aru nodded as a matter of course.

"!!!" Ying looked at the other party in surprise. According to the information given by the client, the civilization of Heguan had disappeared for thousands of years.

There were settlements there thousands of years ago, but they were later destroyed for some reason.

"Where are your family?" she asked softly.

"Family? Dad... Grandpa Matata, Makiri-sister, Ibe-brother, Kido, Kinai... everyone is here." Aru hesitated.

"I always feel like the following people sound like friends." Paimon muttered.

"Big brother, big sister, and Paimon, you came at the right time. Today, we are holding a festival! I... was chosen by everyone to be the protagonist of this festival." Aru smiled happily.

"Festival?" Paimon instantly thought of eating.

"I have participated in the festivals of Kaiji, Yami, and Narukami islands in succession. Is the fourth one starting now?" Ying opened her eyes wide. Although the festivals were fun, the continuous festivals were a bit boring.

"Did those places also just hold festivals?" Aru asked with great interest.

"Yes!" Paimon said, "Aru, you have never left here?"

"Yeah! The adults said that it's very dangerous outside the fog, and that as long as you leave the fog, your soul will be lost. Because of the fog, the darkness outside will not invade Tsuruga. No one has ever left here." Aru suddenly showed off, "But I have met many people from outside! No one knows."

"Hehe, I'm the only one who knows that there are actually people living in Jihai. I've also heard about the three places you mentioned from people outside."

Paimon crossed his arms and said, "I feel like one of those old-fashioned parents who don't allow their children to go out."

"There are so many fun and delicious things to do outside! You said you are the protagonist of your festival. Coincidentally, this big brother Jiang Yi was also the protagonist of Haizhi and Bayun Island not long ago."

Paimon and Aru started showing off.

"Really?" A Lu looked at Jiang Yi, "This big brother is also the protagonist of the festival!"

There seemed to be some changes in his eyes.

"What is your festival like?" he asked.

"Many people sang, many people danced, and many people ate together." Jiang Yi said with a smile.

"That's the others, right? What about you? As the protagonist?" Aru asked impatiently.

"I just watched others sing, dance, and eat with them. Everyone was very happy." Jiang Yi said to Paimeng with a smile, "Paimeng, tell me the name of the dish..."

"That's not good! Showing off to a kid... hehe!" Paimon was embarrassed. "Mondstadt's sweet flower-stuffed chicken, fried carrots with honey sauce, and wild mushroom chicken skewers... Liyue's crab roe tofu, stir-fried pork slices, and grilled tiger fish... Inazuma's bird egg grilled, udon noodles, and red cherry cakes..."

"Wow————!" Aru's eyes lit up and she exclaimed in envy.

"You two are really..." Ying put her hands on her hips and looked at Jiang Yi and Paimeng.

Don't do such a "tempting" or "cruel" thing to a child!

"Mondstadt and Liyue are..." Ru noticed the new place names again.

"They are two from the seven countries..." Children can really talk to each other the best. Paimon and Aru chattered for a long time.

"It turns out that the outside world is so big, there are so many places, so many people, and so many delicious foods. It would be great if I could go out one day and visit these places." Alu felt a little disappointed.

Paimon apologized.

After exchanging a glance with Ying, he said, "Then let's try to convince your family to let you go out in the future! The world is so big, how can you stay in one place!"

"Thank you!" Although Aru smiled, Ying didn't seem that happy. "If I have a chance, I will definitely find a way out."

The words and tone of Aru's answer were a little strange, but Paimon didn't take it to heart.

"Even if it's just once in my life, I really want to go outside the 'Sea of ​​Fog' and take a look..." Aru looked into the distance.

This sentence was not said by him, but by a friend named "Abe".

But this desire is common.

"I almost forgot the time. If you want to attend the festival, follow me." Aru suddenly realized that they had been chatting for too long.

He walked in front, followed by Jiang Yi, Ying and Paimeng.

The fog was not surging, and an inexplicable wind was blowing over the earth, shaking the surrounding flowers, plants and bushes.

Moreover, thick fog appeared before our eyes again, as gray as night.

In the mist, some ruins of triangular buildings emitted white spots of light.

The architectural style around here made Ying and Paimeng inexplicably think of Yuanxia Palace.

Same antiquity, same mystery.

"Big brother, big sister, Paimon is a rare guest to attend the festival, Kapachi will definitely be happy." Aru walked in front. He was very familiar with the surrounding roads, and he didn't seem to get lost even in the fog.

"Is this person also your family member?" Paimon asked.

"He's my good friend." said Aru.

"Outside, festivals are held to celebrate gods or something. Why do you hold festivals?" Ying asked.

"Well! It's to make Kapachiri happy." Aru said, "Actually, she is the guardian angel of our place!"

"Huh?" Paimon was shocked. She thought Kapachiri was a human.

The Aru in front of me is a child who is friends with gods? You can't judge a person by his appearance.

"As long as the festival goes smoothly, Kapaqiri will definitely be satisfied. Then everyone will be happy." Aru walked in the mist, her voice full of anticipation.

"Ibe-nii and Makiri-nii will get married, and then Kinu and Kido will grow up and become great adventurers! This place will become better, and then Sase-nii and Akama-nii will come back! And don't be afraid, Dad, Kapachiri will thunder when she's angry!"

"Thunder? Is it another Thunder God?" Paimon was speechless. How many Thunder Gods does Inazuma have?

"Kapachi is so powerful, how did you become friends with Kapachi?" Ying always felt something was wrong.

Especially when Jiang Yi doesn't speak.

Today Jiang Yi is a silent mute again.

Is there a tragedy here?

"I don't know!" said Aru.

Paimon was surprised again: "You don't know?"

"It's like this... In the past, during every festival, Kapachiri looked down on those who offered sacrifices to her. But I'm different from others... I know that Kapachiri and I are good friends." Aru suddenly stopped talking.

"There are people in front!" Ying looked forward and saw a man and a woman talking.

"That's Makiri-sister and Ibe-sister," Aruna introduced.

"Hehe, is this the couple you said was going to get married?" Paimon remembered what Ru had said before.

"Well~ the roost is in good condition. This year's festival will definitely go smoothly." Mu Li was looking at a strange big tree. The tree was bare, with cracks under the bark on the trunk, emitting a light like the element of lightning.

There are many glowing blue mushrooms around.

"Don't just talk. Pay proper respect to the tree." Yibe seemed a little helpless, looking at the girl who only spoke but did not take any action.

"This is the preparation before the festival." Aru introduced to everyone, "Legend has it that the outside world is a dark world. Kapaqiri used the fog to protect Tsurukan, so we didn't die. The festival is to thank Kapaqiri for her protection."

"But don't you know that it's a dark world outside?" Paimon asked puzzledly.

"But...but everyone doesn't know." Aru's tone was complicated.

Next to them, Ying discovered that the Tsurukanto named Makiri and Ibe were very rude.

He was so immersed in the conversation that he didn't even look at these outsiders.

A great sense of disharmony spread in Ying's heart.

She saw Jiang Yi walk up to Qi Mu.

"...The perch is the key to the festival... This is the tree where Thunderbird-sama once rested."

"Grandpa also said that as long as the perch is still worshipped and cared for, it means that we still have respect for Lord Thunderbird. If the perch is destroyed..." Mu Li looked at the perch with reverence, but did not stop the outsider, Jiang Yi, who approached the perch.

Is this a normal reaction? Ying was stunned. And Thunderbird? Is it Kapaqili?

Or maybe Jiang Yi used an illusion and he didn't notice it.

"But this year's festival is not very joyful..." Ibe, who was beside Makiri, sighed, "...What makes me even more unhappy is why am I the only one working?"

The resentment was about to break through the sky.

Ying looked at the two of them, and behind them the girl was acting coquettishly, praising the man, and asking him to work, while the man was describing the next offering process.

"Big brother, big sister." Aru called from the side.

"Makiri-sister and Ibe-sister are always like this. They keep talking and will miss the festival... Let me do the offering! If possible, big brother, big sister, can you help?" said Aruna.

"I always feel that except for you, no one else cares and they just pay lip service to your belief." Paimon said dissatisfiedly.

"No! Everyone admires Kapachiri," Aru retorted.

"I heard it. The offering is to touch the perch and then look for 'feathers' nearby." Ying felt that this was also like a great purification ceremony.

The power of Kapachiri or Thunderbird is accumulated in the tree, and it will carry away foreign objects that have invaded the Crane View, transforming into the image of a "feather" and flying away. Then, the mist will purify the "feather".

Finally, retrieve the scattered feathers after purification and return them to their roost.

Jiang Yi was communicating with Zhen about Heguan in his sea of ​​consciousness.

At Aru's request, Ying placed her palm on the trunk of the tree. The dragon-like trunk and the glowing cracks on the bark began to emit bright light, which turned into crackling thunder and lightning.

There were three places where lightning flew out like rotating meteors, with long purple-white comet tails, and feather-like energy spots dropped down.

After gathering into one in the sky, they shot off in three directions and disappeared into the thick fog, out of the sight of Ying and Paimeng.

"Those are the feathers that condense Kapachiri's power." Aru chased, "I can sense their location."

Ying just heard Makiri and Ibe say that it is difficult for ordinary people to find feathers, but if you have a keen sense of elements like Aru, you can easily find them in the fog.

The mist is a sacred barrier that protects Tsurugan and prevents anything from entering Tsurugan from the ground. However, it cannot resist things coming from the ground, so it is necessary to worship and purify the roosting trees to exorcise foreign objects that invade the roosting trees from the ground.

"Is it the remnants of the devil, or something else?" Ying touched his chin.

Something underground.

Five hundred years ago, there was darkness from Kanreya, which dyed the sea black. The Thunder Sakura Tree that Inazuma used to purify the darkness almost withered. Thousands of years ago, there was a war between demons and gods, and many demons died. If we look at the remains of evil spirits and hatred that are rampant, it seems that we can also say that the outside world is a dark world.

Did the Heguan civilization perish at that time? Was it because of the Demon God War?

As for Aru and these people...this strong sense of incongruity made Ying, who was good at deciphering, couldn't help rubbing her brows.

"Brother Jiang Yi, hurry up and help!"

She spoke unhappily to Jiang Yi who was pretending to be dead.

"Hey! That's a good name, Ying. How about you call it again?" Jiang Yi finally turned around, as if he had just come back to life from pretending to be dead.

Ying rolled her eyes.

Come again, you are dreaming!

"Forget it, since you sincerely call me big brother, I will help you!" Jiang Yi stretched out his hand, and a breeze blew in the sky. In Ying's eyes, three light purple feathers floated back from the mist.

A-Ru! Look! Someone is cheating!

Paimon, who had just flown out, quickly pulled Aru back.

By the way, have the feathers that came back so soon been purified?