Genshin Impact: Dionysus reigns supreme, all demons retreat!

Chapter 873 Uncle Takes You to See the Golden Retriever

"This is interesting."

Xu Ning put his finger in his mouth and whistled. The three dogs stopped their aggressive posture and sat obediently in a triangle, staring at the fallen Hilichurl in front of them.

"If my brother Kong and that Tyrell have some shared connection that led to their strange encounter, then why don't we do something that could bind each other together, Miss Qiu?"

Xu Ning smiled and reached out his hand to the fallen Hilichurl.

This seemingly benevolent gesture clearly terrified the Hilichurl in front of it; it obviously wished it could hide its dark hands behind its back.

"Judging by its size, it's probably very small even among Hilichurls. It must be very afraid of humans..."

The captain looked intently at the Hilichurl. "And no one has ever shown such goodwill before. It only makes you seem more terrifying. Do you want to communicate with it about the origin of that key? Do you understand Hilichurl?"

Do you speak Qiuqiu language? I should know a little bit.

Xu Ning didn't retract his hand. After thinking carefully, he said, "That... Olah! Mi Odomu! Todo... um... Mosi Mita!"

The "captain" watched as Xu Ning muttered strange words, even pulling out a small stick of grilled fish from the cave and handing it to him with a weird smile that seemed to say, "Uncle is taking you to see the golden retriever." He couldn't help but shake his head.

But perhaps because this Hilichurl had lost its cave these past few days, and with many more warriors from the Land of Fertile Lands patrolling outside, it was so hungry that it trembled and slowly stretched out its hand.

Xu Ning laughed and suddenly reached out and shook hands with it. Before the Hilichurl could scream in fear, the grilled fish he was holding in his left hand was stuffed into its other hand.

"It's alright, it's alright, you can eat it with one hand. My little brother will be back soon, and I'll take you to meet him."

The "captain" held his forehead, unable to bear watching any longer.

If this happened on the main streets of Liyue, Xu Ning would look exactly like a rich bully harassing innocent people. If I saw someone like that, I would punch him in the head and knock him off the paving stones.

But he was now "teasing" a Hilichurl, seemingly wanting to exchange some food for a "bond" relationship. However, considering that many Hilichurls were actually transformed from the people of Canria, the captain felt his fists harden without him realizing it.

Fortunately, the Hilichurl realized that Xu Ning's power was no match for it, and soon gave up struggling. It was led by the hand and stood with Xu Ning on the hillside, looking at its lost cave... Its other hand was still tightly gripping the stick of grilled fish.

The captain finally couldn't help but say, "If you keep it on a leash like that, it won't be able to eat anything."

"There's another hand... Oh, excuse me for lifting the mask to eat, I've actually seen it before..."

Xu Ning suddenly remembered the "captain" wearing a mask, paused and sighed, "Then let's go hungry for a while. I guess Brother Kong should be back by now."

The empty plane returned very quickly.

Perhaps, as the "captain" said, the Fools' army is stationed on the Lord of Smoke's side, so they don't actually need any support.

Kong didn't see the two people on the hillside. He quickly ran to the cave with Paimon and seemed to be talking to someone inside, handing over a package that looked like food.

A wisp of breeze swirling in front of Xu Ning transmitted Kong and Paimon's words perfectly, but surprisingly, no third person's voice was heard.

It was like Kong and Paimon practicing their lines in an empty cave.

"Looks like I'll have to get closer to see it clearly. But this guy, Kong, is pretty much like me. He knows how to use food to coax young girls."

"team leader":……

Xu Ning waved his hand and put the three dogs into the Dust-Hidden Cave. He then told Qingyi to give the meritorious dogs a treat before leading the Qiuqiuren by the hand and slowly walking down the hillside.

The reason they were moving so slowly was that the Hilichurls, who had finally settled down, suddenly started struggling again.

It seemed afraid of seeing the person now living in the cave and kept trying to retreat and escape.

"Oh? I thought that over such a long period of time, the emotions and intelligence of the Hilichurls had been worn away to almost nothing. I didn't expect that you still retain some memories. Do you recognize a certain voice from there?"

Xu Ning didn't stop walking, but he took out his glasses from his pocket, put them on, and then stared intently at the Hilichurl beside him.

A series of messy characters floated across Xu Ning's field of vision, looking chaotic and incomprehensible. Although Xu Ning's meager knowledge of Hilichurls made it impossible for him to understand these characters, they kept appearing repeatedly, as if the Hilichurl was repeating a certain word in his mind.

However, whether the word is a name from a cave or is actually being used to frantically insult oneself is truly impossible to tell.

Xu Ning sadly took off his glasses, "How important it is to know a foreign language!"

The commotion caused by the two struggling outside finally alerted Kong inside the cave.

It must be said that Kong's application of the wind element is quite remarkable. Although it doesn't have the "gossip function" like Xu Ning, it can still easily and clearly sense the approach of objects from the wind.

"Who goes there... Brother Xu? And... what are you doing?"

Kong rushed out immediately with his sword, but when he saw the strange appearance of Xu Ning and the other two, his eyes widened and he was completely at a loss for words.

Then Paimon's little head slowly peeked out of the cave. When he saw the strange Hilichurl next to Xu Ning, Paimon shouted into the cave, "Stop with the stick, Tyrell! He's our friend!"

Then he flew straight to Xu Ning's side and asked, "Is there any more grilled fish?"

"There are plenty. It seems you've made some new friends here. Coincidentally, I've also just met a new friend. Shall we all sit down and chat?"

Upon hearing Xu Ning's words, Kong felt that the "speechless" buff he had just been given was still in effect.

Dude, what kind of friend is this? Isn't this just a common Hilichurl in Teyvat? Can we talk to each other and get to know each other?

And it clearly didn't dare to look at people. It turned its head away in less than two seconds after looking at me. It was obviously scared and wanted to run away, right?

However, seeing Xu Ning half-leading and half-dragging, seemingly really wanting to bring this Hilichurl into the cave, Kong quickly spoke up, "Tiler is actually quite timid. He was chased by a monster the other day. I didn't know..."

Before Kong could finish his words of dissuasion, a loud "bang" was heard from inside the cave, which sounded like a huge wooden stick falling to the ground.