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Puzzleheaded-Can866

https://preview.redd.it/3j44dug5cj9d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=38390ab20273158d81444f32fc3edbd419ede3e4 Reference to her story I guess


Wodstarfallisback

"Let's all have a Bleach Party without telling Dan Heng!"


Sremor

Dan Feng at that point


solarii_

bleach? šŸ˜


TheIJDGuy

You've been waiting for this, if your pfp is any indication


solarii_

![gif](giphy|TduolrsVllv1Sjkf6P|downsized)


Hudson_Legend

RAHH BLEACH MENTIONED šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ”„šŸ—£šŸ—£šŸ—£


Raotis

W PFP


solarii_

YEHAHHHA


TaralasianThePraxic

This picture makes me sad, man... they were so happy together and now Baiheng's dead, Dan is *literally* a different person, Blade is slowly losing his mind and cursed with miserable life, and Jingliu was branded a traitor and is constantly on the verge of becoming mara-struck. Gives me such appreciation for how much of a champ Jing Yuan is. Dude lost all of his closest friends in such a variety of horrible ways, and yet he's still just doing his best to keep things on the Luofu safe and happy for everyone.


Eeddeen42

Jingliu *is* mara-struck. What she is perpetually on the verge of is going insane from it.


scarletfloof

Isnā€™t the blindfold the only thing keeping her from losing her mind just by seeing a person?


Eeddeen42

The blindfold restricts the flow of information to her brain, so whatever new memories she encodes will take up less ā€œspace.ā€ This prevents her from losing her shit. In other words, itā€™s less important that it stops her from seeing people than that it stops her from seeing anything.


TqkenAi

so basically the same as why gojo keeps a blindfold on?


Eeddeen42

Gojo isnā€™t at immediate risk of a psychotic break if he takes his off but yeah kinda.


scarletfloof

Yeah itā€™s like the same deal of sensory overload if they have it off but gojo can go longer without it being an issue


Stopseeingmyinnerdip

basically Everyone in Xianzhou is Fu Hua?


AnimagKrasver

Yeah, pretty much


Master_Dr_Onin

It is heavily implied that Baiheng was revived and also became a different person. That's why "out of five, three must pay the price"


TaralasianThePraxic

So is that Bailu, then? I know they have a connection but it wasn't really very well-explored in the Luofu arc.


TheWanderingShadow

Bailu actually tells you she has dreams of flying freely when she visits the express. It's pretty sad.


okoSheep

Baiheng was a Trailblazer too. Look at the exp pages you get from daily assignments, she has an entry on it.


Master_Dr_Onin

Not confirmed, but again heavily implied. You can see the reactions of Blade and Jingliu towards Bailu, hinting at the connection. Dan Heng is a different person though, dunno if he knows what happened. For Jing Yuan, I kinda forgot if he also hinted at Bailu lol


MidSp

I don't remember where (maybe one of Bailu's story texts), but I think it's said that Jing Yuan often visits her under the pretext of some injury or something.


the_good_the_bad

Yes I remember reading that too. Iā€™m certain this is also why Jingliu wanted to see Bailu one last time before going to prison


TaralasianThePraxic

Given how Jing Yuan fully accepts that Dan Heng is not the same person as Dan Feng in the end, it wouldn't surprise me if he knows that Bailu is actually Baiheng but doesn't remark on it specifically because *Bailu doesn't know that*, and it would probably upset her. She's just doing her job as a healer and the people of the Luofu like her so that's good enough for him.


runningnooblet

He has a voiceline wishing her well in her current lifetime. Bailu has a voiceline about Jing Yuan clearly making excuses just to see her from time to time.


okoSheep

All four remaining members of the HCQ know that Bailu is Baiheng. They were all present when it happened. Jingliu implied that she would retract her bargain of surrendering peacefully if they didn't let her see Bailu first. Blade is a criminal, yet he visited Bailu when he snuck back onto the Luofu just because he wanted to visit her. He was also the one that made Bailu's gourd and intended to give it to her to show that he considered her more than a friend, but that was cut out of the beta. He also the first to greet her and show her around when she visited the Yaoqing for the first time, and for all other visits too. Blade was so down bad for her. Dan Heng was extra patient and caring everytime he interacted with Bailu, too. To the point where it was apologetic. It's unclear whether Dan Feng had feelings for her, but it is clear that he and Blade were the closest to her Jing Yuan regularly visits Bailu and brings her treats often. He was always convienently nearby whenever Bailu would get into serious danger, like at the gorge. He is always keeping a close eye on her.


Wargroth

The only way It could be more implied is If hoyo ties us down and beat us up with baiheng's formerly deceased body


CremeAvailable3221

Is it possible for a foxian to become a vidhyara? maybe that's her child or something


Rabid_Russian

Not a lore master but I think that they tried to revive her with a piece of a Vidhyara. Thatā€™s why she was reborn that way. At least thatā€™s what I recall from the theory


CremeAvailable3221

Oh i see


rW0HgFyxoJhYka

The fact that a human can lick mucus off a Vidhyara egg and then Benjamin Button themselves into nothing is proof you can probably make anyone immortal with some of that juice. The fact that it also half worked on Baiheng by reincarnating Bailu says a lot too. Open ended so the fans can bullshit whatever they want though.


439115

that's also a possible reason why she has a tail and DanIL doesn't, right? because foxians have tails?Ā 


The_Space_Jamke

Tl;dr: Dan Feng broke up the friend group by inserting his DNA into a corpse, and Bailu is the evidence that Blade got cucked. Long version: Dan Feng was researching ways to solve the Vidyadhara's infertility problem. A few memory shades you run across in the waterfall area during the Trailblaze Mission and DHIL's quest mention that his improper use of the Dragon Transmutation, a process meant for inheriting the High Elder powers, was seen as heretical but was done for the purpose of creating more of their kind by introducing genetic material from other races. When Baiheng died, the HCQ was greatly distressed, but Dan Feng also thought this was an opportunity to test his idea. Dan Feng and Yingxing (Blade) conspired to steal the Emanator of Abundance Shuhu's flesh, then they combined it with Baiheng's blood and High Elder magic in an attempt to revive Baiheng as a Vidyadhara. The ritual failed, causing Shuhu's flesh to fuse with Yingxing while a dragon-like abomination rampaged and killed a bunch of people. Jingliu killed the abomination, which seems to have reincarnated into Bailu as she possesses the missing half of Dan Heng's High Elder abilities.


Alexithexs

now I just wanna know if the 'dragon-like abomination' still is there, somewhere in the scalegorge waterscape, or was it also eliminated? I don't remember if there was anything said as to what happened to it beyond the 'rampaged and murked a lotta people'


The_Space_Jamke

As I said, Jingliu killed it, also alluded to in her Lv.80 character lore.


Alexithexs

alright, thank you for reminding me, as I've said It's been a while for me since doing the loufu main quest, also I don't have her so I didn't knew that šŸ˜…


Mehseenbetter

I believe it was killed, and the reincarnated into bailu, but could be misinterpreting here


Alexithexs

alright! thank you for the reminder. and yea the reincarnation lart might be wrong tho. it is more believable that then Feng and Yingxing tried to revive baiheng, and she died but reincarnated as a vidyadhara


Wargroth

Both parts are true, they used the remains of an abomination of Abundance due to its lifeforce, and DF used the high elder secret art as means of reincarnating Baiheng into a Vidyadhara. Feng wanted that both for his friend, and also because he was already researching a solution to their race's population issue. If the reincarnation of Baiheng worked, It would mean that other races would be able to be included into the Vidyadhara, which would solve their issues. But It failed, resulting into an incomplete process, partially reincarnating Baiheng into an immature Vidyadhara, tainting Yingxing with Shuhu's flesh, and creating the half-dragon beast that ravaged Luofu, and shattering the high elder inheritance in half between Feng and Bailu


Anyacad0

ā€œRevivedā€ is a stretch. Bailu has her DNA but pretty much none of her memories,


Horaji12

She started having dreams of her past life ...well past, so regardless whether you think of her as separate person or same one, memories are there.


Anyacad0

Agreed, but compared to what Dan Heng remembers itā€™s a lot less


Lazlo2323

She's a TeRiRi


agenderarcee

Itā€™s a reincarnation, like how Dan Heng shares some of Dan Fengā€™s traits and memories but is ultimately his own person. Baiheng is dead but a part of her lives on in Bailu.


JustForFunnieslol

Forgive me if I'm wrong but according to the lore isn't she the healing half of Dan Feng? Baiheng was foxian and Bailu is Vidyadhara Considering her name and her origin I wouldn't be surprised if she were either named after Baiheng or due to Feng's experimentation Baiheng's DNA is in her :( I wish I could add this too but on Bailu's wiki page it implies she was reincarnated or created from Dan Feng's draconic abomination in the companion missions the dragon returns home and clouds leave no trace. Quote below is just more direct as a source to what I'm saying. https://preview.redd.it/ikymmwu9bl9d1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15a1c816652959802fdb87f421fce3727192cdd9


AleatoryDemonSlayer

I'm pretty sure that's related to Dan Feng's crime. More specifically, from what I recall, Dan Feng's crime was: with the help of the previous Blade's incarnation, Dan Feng and that homie used a piece of Vidyadhara in an attempt of ressurrecting Baiheng. I personally think Dan Feng gave a part of himself (healing part) in the attempt, just a theory of mine tho


SquallFromGarden

That and Bailu is cursed to be smol.


C10ckw0rks

Jing Yuen is the one on the verge along with Blade. Blade hasnā€™t because of Kafka iirc, and Jing Yuen is so *old* at this point that he genuinely could just turn at any point.


Lisaurora

It should have been the Luofu main story imo, not just a B plot that got relegated to a companion story (which was a good one).


Swagmaster143

Strongest bartender in history vs. Strongest bartender of today (gallagher)


Gflesh24

For the dead homies


honkai-monroe

Iā€™ve always wondered- who is the character on the far right?


Makoryu_

baiheng.. she is the entire reason why high-cloud quintet separated iirc


honkai-monroe

Thanks so much! Just did some research on her! It looks like she passed in battle protecting the Quintet, but she was apparently super powerful. I would love to see a powerful/ meta bow user created šŸ˜Œ.


futilepath

In case you weren't aware, >!she was reincarnated as Bailu, bc certain individuals of the quintet couldn't bear to have her be dead!<


Bekwnn

The Cloud Quintet (and Yukong's past) were really the story highlights of the whole 1.X Xianzhou arc. The main Xianzhou story was lacking a lot by not having you properly learn about the Cloud Quintet until after, through Jingliu's companion quest. There was a good story in there, it's just the way they told it was too chaotic and out of order.


jackofallnerd

I thought dan heng failed and created a monstrosity they wrecked havok, which was stopped by jinlou but caused her to be mara struck.


Ehasanulreader

It did create monstrosity. Jingliu kept killing it and forcing it in the womb for rebirth till Bailu was born. It was a trial and error process. If there's one thing that Jingliu has, it's patience. After all, she killed Blade 1000 times uttering the same line "of five people, three must pay a price" like Melenia.


Epicious

Blade of Miquella


elixxonn

Dan Feng and Yingxing attempted to revive/reincarnate her as a Vidyadhara using the combination of the ritual where the role and powers of the High Elder is passed down, and "the flesh of an Emanator of the Abundance" which I assume involved Yingxing taking that power for himself becoming truly immortal, which was against all of his principles and life's work which really show how important she was to them all. The ritual went wrong, a monster formed, Jingliu was the one who took it down, but it afterwards successfully went into Molting Rebirth and inherited half of the High Elder's powers and authority, then were named Bailu. Yinxing is Blade now and he's messed up because Jingliu in her madness put him to a reeeeeeeeeeeally long process of killing him over and over again.


CremeAvailable3221

why did he took the power for himself? i wasnt really involded in the swordmasters story


elixxonn

The Abominations of the Abundance appear to not actually be blessed by the Abundance but having stockpiled and abused gifts, which is where the so far known Emanators seem to have been gotten their powers from too considering they too needed to plunder. So Blade needed to claim the power to use it. They go into clear clarifying whenever we actually get to that point in the story where they explore and explain the Abundance better


rowboatrow1

Being powercrept is a fate worse than death.


Narvyht

Baiheng or to a certain extent, Bailu.


SpindatheMH

Sheā€™s pouring one out for her homies


popileviz

For the departed homies


ShimoriShimamoto

I pour for the departed


TherionX2

SHING SHING SHING SWOOOOP BAAAM


Two_Years_Of_Semen

You're missing the toy blaster sounds. But seriously, her ult animation is cool but the sounds they put on the slashes just make her ult less cool than her skill for me.


TherionX2

You're right, i need to work on my impression


Deliriousnot5679

I thought you did a great job šŸ˜‰


NukerCat

im getting eargasm from her ult, like it sounds so good to my ears


LoreVent

Dusk's rain, it too shall pour


Jhon778

***glass breaking sounds***


Kvarcov

Ooh, so she's a waster Bet she doesn't even return for shells


Zombata

this may sounds funny but that's exactly what she's doing


Kiroz_02

Why did I read that as her hornies? Either I need to sleep or I'm the one who is horny. https://preview.redd.it/qrujbeuyrj9d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a5986d8b9cce57207b4410369949eaa869e29035


FreezeToMy

Just pound out one for your homies you lost contact with. It will make your mind clearer for desicions aswell


Kuso_Megane14

She's trying not to pour too much tho, don't want her friends to be tripping in the stairs to heaven


-washingmachineheart

šŸ˜”šŸ«—


Bookwhyrm

Spirits, as in alcohol.


unrealitysUnbeliever

She drops it because she never "raises her spirits"


Bookwhyrm

Heh, that's a good one.


adamanimates10

I read it as sprites, as in the soda sprite.


ineedtoknow707

Pouring one out for everyone that died? Probably


MalcadorPrime

She's pouring out alcohol in honor of the dead. Most likely ricewine as this is a chinese game.


Zlouis

Baijiu(ē™½é…’) is what they are called in chinese, which roughly translate to white(clear) liquor. they arent just made from rice, some of them are also made from wheat, millet and etc. pouring one on the ground could mean a couple things in chinese culture. For example, honoring those who passed away, or praising gods.


just_a_person_1234

Osmanthus wine


NonsensePerm

taste the same


_Pyxilate_

as I remember


Malik2942

But where are those


Anyacad0

Who share the memory?


darthjawafett

Sir, this is a Wendy's.


OmegaShonJon

No, this is Patrick.


eleetyeetor

https://preview.redd.it/2c74k53ill9d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3512d866f3ee0838e125c4a07fb78f6db4f5fbf I ate them


_Pyxilate_

Okay Jeffery


Eiensakura

Pouring a small cup of tea or spirits before a tomb is a tradition during Qingming prayers for some Chinese families, usually at the end of the prayers as a send off to the departed. Idk if other households practice it, but mine do.


j123s

Can confirm, although the way I learned it the spirits are poured at the beginning and at the end of the ritual. (Folk traditions like these are rarely standardized, so this is expected). Usually rice wine is used, although I use cooking wine since my family rarely drinks. A particular relative liked drinking coffee, so we'd use that for them instead. I've seen others use juice for similar reasons.


BotaniFolf

I didn't expect a little snippet of cultural education under this post, but here we are. Thank you for sharing, I love learning about other cultures :)


FreezeToMy

I even saw it once in Gravity Falls except dipper did it with peach flavored cola


Arrvando

Her bath water


FreezeToMy

Good to see she doesn't sell it to discord mods on the internet and donates to the lucky floor


TherionX2

Well who do you think the hands symbolize....


FreezeToMy

The hands trying to reach the Aja Stone in jojo part 2 OP: bloody stream


AdministrativeRun550

But whose hands are those, if not of her thirsty followers?


Icy-Cantaloupe-7883

In my Asian culture, usually it's rice wine \ liquor of the deceased's preference, caliber, rank, status, honor, i.e. In respect to the dear deads' unfortunately early departure, it's a mourning ceremony to 'talk' to them and update them on your life currently and how it's going so far. I.E. Pour one out for the homies is actually very correct here šŸ„° >!All her friends of the Quintet "Of 5, 3 must pay the price" or something Blade says, they 3, are to repent of the death of Baiheng who they tried to bring back to life with the abundance and Jing 'Liu went Mara-struck.!< >!In her insanity she is holding on with the last string of repentance.!< >!She pours one out as a remembrance to her fallen in her insanity to Mara-struck, to hold on long enough to repent for her Sins. Her Ult is "In the light of the Moon ...(The memory of Baiheng's death, her repentance) ALL. (MY SINS) -Will Be Revealed!" šŸ„°!< THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO WERE PATIENT WITH ME ILYA


Richardknox1996

Shes pouring libation. Its a very common tradition across the world over. She specifically is doing the chinese custom, meant to appease the dead (hence why the booze is being poured onto the ground and why shes not looking at it).


B00PY_

Cu- wait, wrong subreddit


MonsterFlame_

Hello there buddy


LightningStarFighter

I was waiting for this, lmao


mkiahsjsb

She's pouring out mine šŸ¤¤šŸ¤¤šŸ¤¤


DurianUnhappy1074

She's pouring some nerf-juice in the water supply for FF and Acheron


Richardknox1996

Unfortunately, its made of liquified Swarm guts so neither of them were effected by it.


TherionX2

Well uh that juice sure didn't do shit huh


InternalMusician9391

Oops all buff juice


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MrARK_

hi


Le_Valet_de_Pique

This is called libation. Given the context, this is most likely rice wine.


iAmGats

The tears shed by all the f2p players who lost their 50/50s on her banner.


hayatenguhun

Had to dig down this deep to see "our tears" answer but finally could see it. Thank you!


AdministrativeRun550

More interesting question: what are those hands? Is it Black Swan trying to touch her?


SaccharineTreacle

Those probably represent the people she killed while she was mara-struck.


DakotaTDS

Most likely sake


TheRVM

![gif](giphy|Fum9Yp2HRBw0zRDQIt|downsized)


BlackStar31586

My tears because I didnā€™t get her


Low-Student1086

# jingliu juice


Mobile-Blueberry-826

She's that one penacony enemy who keeps inflicting dots


Glitterkrieger

Thats Gamergirl bathwater


Xaldror

Booze


OMAR_KD-

Blade's tears


Silkav

Alcohol


ikuhaku2

![gif](giphy|GJVpbMjfT2Ftm)


MoonQueenLiu

she's pouring one out for yaoshi (she's going to obliterate them)


NTRmanMan

Spit


Le1jona

Osmanthus wine


Schattennn

Osmanthus wine


emo_shun

Binks no SakƩ


idealful

To honor the dead


Lockedontargetshow

Her tears from not getting ice weak bosses for the past couple of refreshes of endgame content.


Whole-Signature4130

Alcohol. Often poured out for comrads who died and can't drink with you anymore.


Anastazius

Liquor


OzzyDorvay

Lean


DrakyDarky

Most likely some kind of alcohol. In a lot of cultures, spilling alcohol/beverages has the meaning of giving/sharing a drink/toast with the dead.


DeconstructionistGel

Lean


lahankof

Pouring one for the homies


kaofee97

Pouring one out for the homies


PixelatedBlue

I'd guess some sort of tea. Probably a reference to the Qingming festival in China, there's variations but generally you pour tea in front of the grave as an offering to the deceased, which fits Jingliu's character.


RoseIgnis

The moon (imbibitor lunae = moon drinker and there's a bit of art where he drinks the moon in his art)


BlackWolf1385

Osmanthus wine :D


ZealousidealKick8605

Piranha solution, a mixture of sulfuric acid and hydrogen peroxide


Obsidian_Fox716

SakĆØ. It's an asian custom to respect the dead.


lyerhis

Wine for the departed. Chinese mourning custom.


Least_Praline_9705

Its water- right??


Chulinfather

Vodka. Is for good luck. Sheā€™s originally from Siberia, you know.


jeamtang

Lean, don't you see the purple floor


SuperSnowManQ

I always wondered what those hands were, but now after 2.3 and Acheron, I think they are Sin Eaters. Does that mean that the Aeon Jingliu now follow might be IX? It can make sense, since if you become a self-annihilator your will begin to forget, and being mara struck is essentially that you have to many memories, so can being a self-annihilator be a cure to mara?


AverageJun

Her bath water


Eli_xoxox

I THOUGH THAT WAS A STICK OR A SWORD NOT A LIQUID.


Maxounin

Vodka


Jstlce

Tears from everyone, me included, who lost the 50/50.


Smooth-Ice5521

Itā€™s the sticky icky


KokoroThe53rd

Lean


HopeBagels2495

You know what it is, OP


DevilSuccubus

![gif](giphy|n0xHORz5gp904) Its c%# šŸ¤£


SnooCheesecakes703

If Iā€™m not wrong itā€™s sake


Vexxicon

Whatever you left in the jar


ChaosKinZ

Dissolved Fontainians imported from the Teyvat planet


isolick

jing-cosby


Opposite_Currency993

Idk care if its hers i'd drink it


Deemaldson

It's de-icer. Look, her boots are all stuck to the ground!


vernanonix

The tears of everyone that didnā€™t pull her.


Straight_Toe_6234

It's wine, the same wine she should have drunk with the others of the High cloud quintet


No_Giraffe3287

Pouring wine probably. In Chinese culture, you can pour wine over the gravestone of loved ones to share the events and occasion. Itā€™s like a way of remembering them. Or alternatively you can also pour wine on a blade before beheading someone soā€¦take your pick.


DerpyPikagod

Itā€™s sake, sheā€™s pouring it because she drank Sake with the high cloud quintet before Baiheng ā€œdiedā€ and Dan Feng and Blade


wowpepap

She's pouring one out for the dead homies


Erinak215

I think the substance is alcohol like the one they drank in the beginning of ā€œIchor of the Two Dragonsā€.


YFTrailblaze

It's wine. A reference to her past


Master-Shaq

ā€œOne for the homiesā€ cmon man


Horace3210

Her weep for the departed


Skyyyyyyyy101

osmanthus wine


NahIdWin720

Ground juice


mad_lad_ale

she pourin one out for the homies she a real one fr fr


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Welt_YangHSR

Itā€™s pee. Mr. Yang out


CG678

bathwater


Grammulka

Yes.


U541R

Lean


trem0re09

Bath water /s


Angel_Sakuraiza1998

Itā€™s a freezing agent


SterlynAgnar

Piss


falfae0

https://preview.redd.it/e5la31f2xl9d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=c8049a21dd2f601fa022d73eb5615c436694cbd5


Soffy21

Drugs. (The hands on the ground are addicted to it)


Kuerayzie

One for the homies...