Chapter 317

But by then, it was too late.

Signora had already fallen into a frenzy.

Later, Signora was taken in by the Cryo Archon, and Jiang Yan didn't bother with it much more.

"Heh, you're not talking about a hamster... you're talking about a rat!"

Venti sneered at Signora.

But hearing Venti speak, Signora frowned and slapped him across the face.

On the other side, Lumine had already been subdued by the two Skirmishers and was struggling constantly.

"Hmph! It's not your turn to speak now, you rude bard!"

Signora looked coldly at Venti, whom she had just slapped, and said with disdain.

Before she could finish speaking, faint currents of wind began to appear around Venti, swirling continuously.

This scared Signora into retreating several steps on the spot, her eyes filled with a grave expression.

Clearly, as the Anemo Archon Barbatos, Signora couldn't be sure what level his strength was at now.

But after being startled, upon discovering that Venti was only using his weak wind currents to continuously swirl against the ice freezing his legs, she sneered.

"Heh, is this all the power left for a god who abandoned the rule of Mondstadt?"

"Heh, is the capital you use to mock me the power you borrowed from your master?"

Venti retorted directly with his own words.

Signora narrowed her eyes, clearly angered by Venti’s words.

Afterward, she struck out with a palm, and a cold current surged again.

Caught off guard, Venti was blown away directly.

"Slippery tongue!"

Signora arrived at Venti’s side almost instantly and reached into his chest.

Venti’s eyes widened, looking as if he couldn't believe it.

"Venti!!"

Lumine’s eyes widened, and she struggled violently.

Jiang Yan, up in the tree, even forgot to eat the sweet date in his hand.

Brilliant!

Absolutely brilliant!!

Honestly, watching the plot on a computer versus watching it in reality are two completely different concepts.

"So this is the Gnosis?"

Signora pulled a chess piece glowing with a faint cyan light from Venti’s chest, her tone filled with a hint of disdain.

"It really is far inferior to my own gorgeous chess pieces..."

"Ha... ha... that must be because your aesthetic... is really terrible!"

Venti crouched on the ground, looking injured, gasping for air, as if he had suffered a heavy blow.

Signora put away the chess piece, kicked Venti over, and left with the Fatui.

Before leaving, she also took the time to strike Lumine, causing her to lose consciousness.

"Oh my, is the farce over?"

Jiang Yan clapped his hands and tossed the sweet date into his space.

Before long, Barbara and Jean, having heard the commotion outside, both ran out.

Upon seeing Venti and Lumine lying on the ground, Jean and Barbara were both shocked.

"Barbara! Hurry and perform treatment!"

Jean said to Barbara anxiously.

"Okay!"

Barbara didn't hesitate at all; she immediately knelt down and began treating Venti, who was closest.

Venti’s eyelids twitched, and then he woke up directly.

"Oh! You're awake? What happened?"

"No... nothing, I have some things to do, so I'll be going."

"Bar... Lord Venti, are you really okay?"

Jean frowned, looking at Venti’s injured appearance, and asked with some concern.

"I'm fine, I'll be going now."

Venti smiled and waved at them.

"Where are you going?"

"To the symbol of Mondstadt's hero."

Saying this, Venti left.

"Hmm? What a strange bard..."

Barbara looked at him with some confusion.

"My treatment just now had no effect on him at all, how strange..."

"Never mind that, there's still one more."

Jean said to Barbara.

"I'll head to the Knights of Favonius first; I'll leave the Honorary Knight to you."

"Okay."

On the tree on the other side, Jiang Yan was just about to get up and leave when he heard a resentful voice sound from beside him.

"You were watching quite happily just now, weren't you?"

Jiang Yan turned his head to see Barbatos sitting beside him, looking at him with a resentful expression.

Barbatos possessed the authority of wind; when Jiang Yan arrived, the wind had already told him.

Originally, Barbatos had been expecting Jiang Yan to come and help him.

But this guy just lay on his tree branch, eating sweet dates and watching the show.

He just watched as he had his heart ripped out.

It’s faded.

The friendship has faded.

The boat of friendship has capsized just like that.

"Tsk, what, you were expecting me to make an entrance?"

Jiang Yan rolled his eyes at him and tossed him a sweet date.

"Here, you acted well, I'll reward you with a sweet date."

"Hey, hey, hey, just one sweet date?"

Barbatos reached out and caught the date Jiang Yan tossed, popping it into his mouth and chewing.

"Don't you have any of that Liyue vintage brew or something?"

Barbatos revealed his little scheme in one sentence.

Truly without any avoidance.

Jiang Yan smiled helplessly.

"Are you dreaming?"

"Vintage brew? I think you look like a bottle of vintage brew!"

Hearing Jiang Yan’s words, Barbatos puffed out his cheeks, looking very dissatisfied.

"Hey, hey, hey, if you say that, I'll be very sad."

"Give it a rest, you're the type who won't be happy unless I coax you with ten bottles of good wine, right?"

Jiang Yan rolled his eyes again.

This guy Barbatos really has no shame when it comes to a few bottles of good wine.

"Ehe, how did you know?"

Barbatos gave an "ehe" laugh; Jiang Yan could actually guess such a thing.

That’s truly amazing!

Could Jiang Yan not know?

Having spent so long with Barbatos, the only time he was somewhat serious was during the time they overthrew the Decarabian.

Recalling that time, Jiang Yan thought he had saved Venti.

He thought Barbatos’s personality would change slightly.

As it turned out, Barbatos still became a drunkard.

After Venti passed away of old age, Jiang Yan, who had obtained the Infinity Stones, originally intended to use the power of the Time Stone to help Barbatos reverse time and resurrect Venti directly.

But he was stopped by Barbatos.

His best friend had died of old age, having traveled the entire Teyvat continent and done everything he wanted to do, passing away with satisfaction.

Venti had lived a happy life.

Barbatos felt that for his best friend, this was the best way to pass.

So Jiang Yan didn't use his power.

"Speaking of which, did you also make a deal with that Cryo Archon in Snezhnaya?"

Jiang Yan asked Barbatos with some curiosity.

Anyone who has played the story knows that the gods of each nation seem to have intentionally or unintentionally given away their Gnosis.

The Anemo Archon acted, the Geo Archon traded, the Inazuma one exchanged, and Sumeru also exchanged.

So Jiang Yan was very curious about this.

"Nope."

Barbatos stretched and continued.

"The Gnosis is of no use to me."

"If that little girl in Snezhnaya wants it, then let her have it."

"It’s not much of a loss for me anyway."

Barbatos said with an indifferent expression.

This explanation was reasonable.

For the first-generation gods.

The Gnosis is just a tool and isn't considered all that important.

Celestia has been silent for many years, and the Heavenly Principles seem to have fallen into a slumber.

This is the reason why the Cryo Archon of Snezhnaya dares to be so bold as to collect the Gnosis of each nation.

And why the one in the sky hasn't taken any action.

"Tsk, if I had known the Gnosis was something you didn't care about."

"I would have taken it to play with."

"Hmm?"

Barbatos looked at Jiang Yan with surprise, suddenly widening his eyes.

"Damn! You should have said you wanted to play with it earlier!"

"I could have used the Gnosis to trade with you for two bottles of wine!"

Barbatos looked like he had lost out big time.

Hearing Barbatos’s words, Jiang Yan was so angry he laughed on the spot.

Good guy.

I’ll just call him a good guy!

So the Gnosis’s purpose to you is just to trade with me for wine, right?

You might as well just be direct in the future and stop calling yourself the Anemo Archon.

The Wine Archon suits you better.

"Jiang Yan, Jiang Yan, how about I go find Signora and ask for the Gnosis back, then trade it to you for wine, let you play with it for two days, and then give it back to her?"

Barbatos’s eyes were sparkling as he looked at Jiang Yan with anticipation.

"Die!"

Jiang Yan punched this shameless guy and sent him flying.

This guy is truly shameless!

Signora has already taken the Anemo Gnosis away, and you still plan to take it back to trade for wine?

As if I would definitely trade for it.

Ridiculous.

"Ow! Ow, ow, ow!!"

"It hurts so much, your punch caused my old injury to flare up."

"Hurry and compensate me! The kind that won't get better without ten bottles of wine."

Barbatos, who had been sent flying, flew back, rubbing his chin that Jiang Yan had hit, looking like he had suffered a serious injury.

Jiang Yan looked at him expressionlessly.

After performing for a while, Barbatos discovered that Jiang Yan was completely unmoved.

Finally, he sighed helplessly.

"Sigh..."

"What a heartless man."

Visible to the naked eye, veins popped out on Jiang Yan’s forehead.

How can such words come out of your mouth!

Barbatos!

"Ahaha, well, the Traveler is about to wake up, so I’ll be going first, bye~"

Seeing that Jiang Yan was about to lose his temper, Barbatos didn't dare to provoke him further and quickly turned into a wisp of breeze and left.

"This guy!"

Jiang Yan exhaled gently, his eyes carrying a hint of helplessness.

What can I say? I can only say, as expected of you, Barbatos.

However, Barbatos wasn't wrong.

Under Barbara’s treatment, the Traveler and Paimon soon woke up.

Paimon woke up first.

After some inquiries, the Traveler took Paimon and ran toward the direction outside Mondstadt City.

Hmm, they must have received the message Barbatos left for Barbara and are heading to Windrise.

Jiang Yan rubbed his chin, thinking.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, it seems the Mondstadt main storyline has ended."

"Then next, it seems it's time for Liyue..."

"But the Rite of Descension is still a month away, so there's no need to be too anxious."

Jiang Yan stood up, and a portal appeared behind him.

"Well, I should go back and prepare a bit."

"Let's go back and ask Morax what his opinion is."