The Purging of Evil

The Purging of Evil is the third part of .
==Steps==
#Use Elemental Sight to track down the hilichurls with the evil aura
#Head to the karma-heavy cavern
#*Enter the Quest Domain: Karma-Heavy Cavern
#*The player's party is restricted to just a trial character version of Xiao for this domain
#*Clear the cavern of the hilichurls with the evil aura
#*Rewards:
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#**Precious Chest ×1
== Gameplay Notes ==
* Inside the Quest Domain, the active party will be limited to a trial Xiao.
==Trial Character ==
==Dialogue ==
;(Upon approaching the hilichurls with the evil aura, already slain at Xiao's hands)
: Paimon: Oh, it's that Conqueror of Demons again. No wonder! Paimon was just wondering who could've made such short work of these hilichurls.
: Paimon: Let's see what a real adeptus has to say about all this.
;(Talk to Xiao)
: Xiao: It's you... I remember you.
: Xiao: I was purging some living beings that had been tainted by the demonic. It would appear that I have caused you some trouble.
: Paimon: (Huh? he isn't usually this polite, what's going on...)
: Paimon: But you were exorcizing demons, how is that causing trouble?
: Xiao: That is because the changes that occurred in these monsters stem from me — or more precisely, from the karma I have accumulated.
: Paimon: Mutations, karma... Does that mean...
: We read about that in the book...
: So Xiao is the final yaksha?
: Paimon: Yeah. Paimon remembers that Xiao is also called the Vigilant Yaksha, isn't he?
: Paimon: So... so that means... Aww...
: Paimon: *sniff* P—Poor Xiao...
: Xiao: ...?
: We read about your past in a book.
: We were just reading a book called "Yakshas: The Guardian Adepti."
: Xiao: I see. You must mean that piece of literati fan fiction from a few hundred years ago.
: Xiao: Hmph. All things are impermanent, and to exist is to suffer. We yakshas have no need of sympathy or tears.
: Xiao: My comrades who have passed on would see your tears as a stain on their legacy.
: Paimon: Oh, uh... Paimon's sorry...
: Xiao: It matters not. In any case, I am on my way to purge a cavern of demonic influence, so we shall part ways here.
: Paimon: W—Wait! Take us with you! We'll be a big help, Paimon promises!
: Xiao: No need. I am used to fighting alone, and in any case these mutations originated from me to begin with...
: Paimon: Well then... Oh! Consider it Paimon's penance for being accidentally rude just now! ...Please?
: Xiao: ...
: Xiao: ...Come on then.
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;(If walking in the wrong direction)
: Paimon: Hey! This isn't the right way! We're lucky that Xiao even let us tag along, so let's at least keep up with him!
;(Follow Xiao)
: Paimon: So Xiao... You've been suffering from the bad karma all this time?
: Xiao: Suffering is my price to pay for eons of endless slaughter... I have come to accept this.
: Xiao: But in recent years, other living things have suffered, when the burden should be mine alone to bear... I must reflect on this.
;(Talk to Xiao again)
: Xiao: Finish your preparations, and we shall enter — we should not leave those monsters be for too long.
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;(Upon entering the karma-heavy cavern)
: Paimon: Ooh, this place gives Paimon goosebumps!
: Xiao: I will use the ritual known as the Bane of All Evil to relieve this place of its karma.
: Xiao: You must remain calm. Do not allow yourself to be affected by the lingering wrath of bygone gods.
;(After clearing the first platform)
: Paimon: Bane of All Evil... That must be the power you got for being a Vigilant Yaksha, right?
: Paimon: Paimon's just realized that you only wear your mask when you're fighting the bad guys. But that Starsnatcher guy wears his mask the rest of the time, too...
: Xiao: Starsnatcher? ...I am aware of no adeptus by such a name.
: Paimon: So, he IS a fraud! Well! We'll continue this discussion later, you should focus on your battle for now.
;(After clearing the domain)
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: Xiao: It is good that we came here. An unusual number of living things had fallen under infernal influence. Had we not arrived in good time, the consequences would have been unthinkable.
: Xiao: Now. This "Starsnatcher" you speak of. What is the situation?
: Paimon: Ooh, Paimon'll tell you!
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: Xiao: An adeptus who grants wishes... To think that people could be so easily deceived by such blatant lies...
: Paimon: As an adeptus, do you have the power to grant wishes, Xiao?
: Xiao: The Liyue of yesteryear would never ask the adepti for boons unearned.
: Xiao: Millennia ago, the ancestral people of Liyue asked for nothing more than the strength to defend the land they called their home.
: Paimon: Ehh... To be honest, an adepti who grants people's wishes is probably more appealing to people nowadays...
: Xiao: However feeble people nowadays may be, they are not my concern. I concern myself only with following Rex Lapis' original decree.
: Paimon: Whoops... Paimon spoke without thinking again...
: Paimon: Oh, ah, one more thing! That fake adeptus has a Sigil of Permission. It's what he uses to exorcise demons!
: Xiao: Wait, truly? Hmph. Fool. Exorcizing demons without exterminating them — it is no wonder they have been congregating here.
: Xiao: If this continues, things may spiral out of even my control... We must confiscate his Sigil of Permission.
: Confiscate? Is that all?
: I think I'd also like to teach him a lesson.
: Paimon: Great minds think alike! Paimon agrees, we've gotta show that trickster what you get for trying to fool us!
: Paimon: And it just so happens that we've got a real adeptus with us too! If Xiao were to teach Starsnatcher a lesson, you can bet he'll never dare to pose as an adeptus ever again!
: Xiao: No. I only slay demons — I do not kill mortals.
: Paimon: ...Who said anything about killing him!?
: Xiao: ...
: Xiao: It would certainly benefit Liyue if we could convince him to cease his wicked ways.
: Xiao: I possess an art called Dream Trawler. It is normally used to separate the soul from the body, that one might cultivate oneself in a waking dream...
: Xiao: But it can also be used to call forth the spirits of others.
: Paimon: Whoa, now that's a real adepti art for ya!
: Similar to "gifting dreams and visions"?
: You'll scare him out of his wits for sure.
: Xiao: A ritual must be performed for this art to be used. Assist me in gathering a few items... a censer, seven lamps, and something to reduce the temperature.
: Paimon: Reduce the temperature... Oh, some Mist Flowers will probably do, right?
: Paimon: But as for the censer and the seven lamps... Hmm... Probably not the kinds of things we're gonna just stumble across in the wild.
: Xiao: Do you know of the two yaksha statues that stand guard beside a merchant road on the southern face of Mt. Tianheng?
: Xiao: The ancestors of the people of Liyue built shrines there to honor the yakshas. You should still be able to find some ceremonial items there.
: Xiao: Once you have found them, meet me at the yaksha statues after nightfall, and I will teach you how to use this art.
==Other Languages ==
==Change History==
es:La purificación del mal
pt-br:A Purificação do Mal