Bai Qiyun lived a normal life in Huachengguo for a few more days. During these days, he probably understood the situation around him.

In Huachengguo, the ranger is similar to Liyue's Qianyan Army. He has the responsibility of rescuing and caring for others, so he was taken to the sanatorium by Tinari at the beginning.

But on the contrary, the security here is actually not very good.

It's not because of the influence of nearby monsters, but because of a group unique to this country - the Gilded Brigade.

In Bai Qiyun's view, the existence called the Gilded Brigade is more like a mercenary group of adventurers, but compared to adventurers, the so-called Gilded Brigade advocates collective action more and is unwilling to be restrained.

And coincidentally, most of the country's defense forces in Xumi are controlled by a gold-plated brigade called the '30-man regiment', which results in the official strength being extremely weak to some extent.

The highest political institution in Xumi is a school called the Teaching Academy. Its status is equivalent to Mondstadt's Knights of the West Wind, Liyue's Seven Stars, and Inazuma's Sanfengxing. It is the ultimate ruler who gives orders to the entire country.

But unlike several other countries, the Xumi Order Council does not use "strength" or "blood" to divide the classes between people, but uses more advanced "knowledge" as the standard to evaluate a person.

This also resulted in the majority of Xumi's teachings being dominated by a group of scholars studying advanced technology.

The Wudou Faction's voice in the Teaching Order has become even lower, and their number has become smaller and smaller. This is also an important reason why they have to rely on the Thirty-Man Group to maintain security in Xumi City.

It's a bit far-fetched, but in short, the Gilded Brigade is equivalent to a potentially dangerous element in Xumi, an independent armed group, and there is no telling when a thunderstorm will occur.

Therefore, it is almost impossible to see members of the Gilded Brigade except for the 30-man group in Xumi City. They are located in various places in Xumi City, and Huacheng Guo is one of them.

They often hunt monsters and are responsible for caravan transportation and other tasks. They look no different from ordinary hunters.

Of course, these are all jobs on the surface, but secretly there are also many Gilded Brigades engaged in robbery business, but because of the presence of rangers, they are not so unbridled.

Most of the local residents in Huachengguo are hunters, so they are not so easy to get along with. After going back and forth, the locals in Huachengguo and the Gilded Brigade picked up Liang Zi and forced them all to the mountains outside Huachengguo.

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This also led to the fact that whenever someone wanted to leave the city and go elsewhere, they would be intercepted by the Gilded Brigade.

The presence of this group of guys is comparable to that of a treasure thief group, but their combat effectiveness is stronger than that group of useless things. I don't know how many Qiuqiu people.

But thanks to this group of gilded troupes, Bai Qiyun's entrustment to Ying didn't seem out of the ordinary.

"That's pretty much it."

Bai Qiyun wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at the arranged dining table with a trace of satisfaction in his eyes.

Today is the sixth day he has spent here. After tomorrow, he and Ying will set off for Xumi City.

But before that, he must fulfill Collet's request.

After the girl prepared the dining place and the required ingredients, Bai Qiyun easily prepared a table of exquisite dishes that were incompatible with Xumi cuisine.

The aroma wafting in the room poured into Kelai's nostrils, making her nod heavily.

"certainly!"

This fragrance is not like those extremely strong and irritating spices in Xumi, but a softer flavor, like a long stream of water, refreshing.

She felt that her two friends would definitely like this taste.

"Then I will first..."

Seeing that Ke Lai was satisfied, Bai Qiyun put the towel on his shoulder and planned to leave directly.

"Ah, no need, Mr. Bai, you have finally helped me, of course you have to stay together."

Seeing the young man trying to leave, Kelai quickly grabbed Bai Qiyun's arm.

"And... you should also know my friend."

"know?"

Hearing this, Bai Qiyun raised his eyebrows.

He had just arrived, and there were only a few people he could claim to know in Huachengguo, and among them were those related to Ke Lai...

Before he could think of it, the answer had already arrived at the door.

Outside the house, Paimon's voice came from afar.

"Wow! What a strong aroma. Kelai has really prepared something delicious."

The little guy, as always, focused all his attention on food.

"Ah! It was the strange person that day!"

As soon as the two of them opened the door and walked in, what caught Paimeng's attention was not the sumptuous food on the table, but Bai Qiyun sitting behind the table.

Seeing this, Ying quickly pinched Paimon.

Before was before, now is now.

Now that he is the client, how can he still address others like that?

But if Paimon understood Ying's teachings, he wouldn't be Paimon.

She walked towards Bai Qiyun with a smile, and patted the young man on the shoulder with a familiar look.

"Your body is recovering well."

If it were someone else, this little guy's familiarity might really arouse others' disgust.

But Bai Qiyun had traveled with the two of them for a long time, so naturally he didn't feel anything about the little guy's behavior. On the contrary, he found it a bit funny.

"Of course, it's thanks to you, Pai."

Seeing that Bai Qiyun showed no signs of anger, Ying secretly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Kelai aside.

"Ke Lai, how did you meet him?"

"Ah...are you talking about Mr. Bai? I met him at a good restaurant before. Mr. Bai's cooking skills are quite amazing. He cooked all the dishes on this table!"

Speaking of Bai Qiyun's cooking skills, the sight of ingredients flying in the pot in front of the stove once again appeared in front of Ke Lai's eyes, and he couldn't help but reveal a trace of yearning in his eyes.

It would be great if she could do that one day.

"Yes...yes."

Ying took a look at Bai Qiyun, who was still fussing with Paimeng, and her mind changed a lot.

Being able to do this kind of cooking shows that he has spent a lot of energy on this. Combined with his age, he should not be a dangerous person.

Ying silently lowered Bai Qiyun's danger level by three levels in her mind.

"I didn't expect that you also know Mr. Bai."

"An unexpected encounter, the adventurer's client."

Regarding her encounter with the boy, Ying told Kelai without any concealment.

Kelai covered his mouth with his little hand, his face slightly shocked.

"Ah, it turns out that the person Master Tinari brought back that day was Mr. Bai."

Suddenly, an unharmonious voice interrupted the conversation between the two women.

"I told you that the two eldest ladies will get cold if you don't eat."

I saw that Bai Qiyun and Paimeng were already sitting at the table. If he hadn't been waiting for Ying to eat together, Paimeng would have grabbed the chicken drumstick next to him and devoured it.

At the young man's urging, Ying and Ke Lai took their seats.

The meal was quite comfortable, but Bai Qiyun felt that his presence might have disturbed the whispers between the three of them.

Don't ask why, as long as Ke Lai and Ying didn't look at him twice, he would pretend that he didn't know.

But when leaving, Bai Qiyun still noticed a small detail.

Under Kelai's long sleeves, black scale-like patterns caught his eye.

That's the same symptom as Ansel's wife.

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The next day, after saying goodbye to Paimon and Kelai, Bai Qiyun quietly waited for the two of them by the side of the road.

"Hey, are you done saying goodbye?"

Looking at Ying and Paimon coming towards him, Bai Qiyun smiled and greeted them.

"It's okay, we don't know many people here, and Tinari isn't here today."

If we really take it seriously, Paimeng and Ying may not know many more people than Bai Qiyun in Huachengguo.

And because of his part-time job, Bai Qiyun may know more people in the workplace.

"Speaking of which, you are quite attentive and even look for beasts of burden."

Paimon patted the sturdy beast of burden beside him, causing him to let out a soft cry.

The so-called beast of burden is a common transportation creature in the Sumeru Desert.

Just like the horses in Liyue Mondstadt, but much taller and more capable of surviving in complex environments.

It is precisely for this reason that non-desert areas in Sumeru are more willing to use beasts of burden instead of horses, and their endurance is longer.

"Really? It's great that you are satisfied, even though it cost me a lot of money."

Bai Qiyun led the beast of burden and boarded the carriage behind the beast first.
To be continued...