The Ephemeral Blight Side Story Full Walkthrough and Details | Where Winds Meet

Mistveil Forest is covered with toxins. Help Silver Needle's healer Zhai Xu to fight the Dawn-to-Dusk Blossom plague.

[1] Enter the Mistveil Forest.
・You will pass out and wake up in somebody's house

[2] Pick up the jade pendant on the ground.

[3] Speak with Zhai Xu.
・The mis and poison are produced by the plant Dawn-to-Dusk, originating from a man called Sun Buqi
・Zhai Xu was an apprentice of the Silver Needle Sect and followed a physician who was determined to rid the area of this poison
・They were also supposedly after Sun Buqi's research which is the 'treasure' of Mistveil Forest

[4] Search the house for clues.
・Read the books on the desk and the adjacent table

[5] Distract Zhai Xu to search for clues.
・Use Meridian Touch to ring the windchime
・Obtain the books on the desk and the adjacent table

[6] Bid farewell to Zhai Xu.

[7] Leave Wishing Cove temporarily.

[8] Read Thousand-Wish Amendment from Backpack-Quest.

[9] Obtain the other Mistveil Forest Cures.
- Hollow Abode cure
- Aureate Pavilion cure

・For the Hollow Abode, you will need to enter the Post Station for the Soulshade Umbrella, a skill theft dungeon. You do not, however, need to complete the dungeon for this quest
・For this place, you cannot use any skills. You may only sneak and use Touch of Death
・Go to the large building and climb up the large tree entwined with the front of the house. Enter through the open window and go down the stairs
・The cure will be found on a table with candles

・For the Aureate Pavilion, treat it like any outpost
・If you do not want to complete the outpost, sneak into the lower building of the outpost where you can find the cure

[10] Return to Wishing Cove to submit the notes.

[11] Wait two days.
・You can use the Time function to advance time right away

[12] Return to Wishing Cove to find Zhai Xu.

[13] Go to the northern wasteland of Mist Forest.

[14] Speak with Zhai Xu.

[15] Venture deeper into the forest.
・Follow the braziers and the road

[16] Defeat Aureate Pavilion Guards.

[17] Venture Depper into the forest.
・Continue on

[18] Destroy the Dawn-to-Dusk blossoms.

[19] Pass through the tunnel.

[20] Investigate the area.
・Check the pile of bodies next to the Frost Mushroom to the right of the large tree
・Check the pile of bodies beside the pole in front of the large tree
・Investigate the fans that are caged by vines
・Check the fallen wooden coffins

[21] Destroy the Dawn-to-Dusk blossoms.
・There are three blossoms

[22] Defeat the Ashen Sleeping Puppets.

[23] Examine what the Dawn-to-Dusk blossoms bind.
・Check the fan caged by vines

[24] Follow the shadowy figure.

[25] Enter the hidden lair.
・Be careful of hidden enemies attacking you

[26] Destroy the Dawn-to-Dusk blossoms.

[27] Defeat the Sleeping Puppets.

[28] Destroy the Dawn-to-Dusk blossoms.
・There are three blossoms

[29] Search for Sun Buqi's notes.

[30] Deduce based on the clues.

[31] Return the pendant to the Sleeping Puppet.
・Bring the pendant back to the body with the pendant

[32] Destroy the Dawn-to-Dusk blossoms.
・Head towards the ghost-like figure

[33] Return to Wishing Cove to submit the notes.

・Echo Jade x 50
・Kaifeng Exploration Points x 50
・Enlightenment Points x 100
・Character EXP x 20000
・Coin x 20000