Chapter 97: As expected of you, Barbatos! (Please subscribe!!)

Entering the territory of Mondstadt, the scenery was no longer as monotonous as in Snezhnaya.

Because Barbatos had blown away the wind and snow, the Mondstadt of today had changed from the desolate snowfields of the past into the Mondstadt of today, where it is spring all year round.

Jiang Yan sighed at the changes in Mondstadt.

Although Jiang Yan had visited Mondstadt once when it was first established.

That was to establish diplomatic relations with Barbatos.

But at that time, the snow had just melted, and the land was not yet full of vitality.

You don't say!

You really don't say.

This kid Barbatos, he really has a knack for environmental management.

"Hey, handsome young man."

"Any interest in having a drink with me?"

At this moment, a drunken voice rang out from Jiang Yan’s ear. He saw a youth who looked like a bard sitting on a tree branch, holding a wine cup, laughing and speaking to Jiang Yan.

Jiang Yan smiled slightly and said to the people around him:

"You all find an inn nearby to rest for now; we will head to the City of Mondstadt tomorrow."

The people from the General Affairs Office and the Millelith looked at each other and nodded.

After Jiang Yan settled the people around him, he flew up to the side of the youth who was drinking.

Jiang Yan looked at the youth in front of him, who looked eighty percent like Venti, and asked with confusion.

That’s right, the drunken youth in front of him was none other than the Anemo Archon of Mondstadt.

Barbatos!

"Hehe!"

"Walking among mortals, one naturally needs a human form. Although I am no longer managing Mondstadt, I still need a suitable identity in Mondstadt!"

Barbatos chuckled, hiccuped, and handed Jiang Yan a bottle of wine.

"So, as Venti’s twin brother, this is how I make my entrance!"

Because Venti did not die in that war against tyranny, the one currently leading Mondstadt was Venti.

Ah... that this kind of thing happened to you, I actually can't find a single sense of incongruity.

I can only say, as expected of you, Barbatos!

"Oh my, such a beautiful day, wouldn't it be a pity not to drink to one's heart's content?"

Barbatos clinked his cup against the one in Jiang Yan’s hand and said with a smile:

"Come on, come on, let's have a drink."

Jiang Yan smiled and downed the wine in his cup in one gulp.

"Refreshing!"

Seeing Jiang Yan tilt his head and finish the wine in his cup, Barbatos also cheered with a smile.

Then he also downed the wine in his hand in one gulp.

Immediately after, this guy pulled out another unopened bottle of wine from who knows where.

"Come, come, come, continue, continue."

"No way! You wait a moment!"

Jiang Yan extended his arms in front of him, crossing his hands.

Blocking Barbatos’s offensive of drinking.

"You don't intend to just let me drink with you on this tree branch, do you?"

Jiang Yan looked at him with a strange expression.

"Please! I’m here from Liyue to visit your Mondstadt, and you’re trying to out-drink me right off the bat?"

"Are you planning to get me drunk and send me back to Liyue?"

Hearing Jiang Yan’s words, Barbatos also realized that he seemed to be suspected of trying to get someone drunk, and chuckled:

"Oh my, I forgot."

"After all, you’re here, and I’m just too happy~"

Looking at Barbatos’s drunken, hazy state, Jiang Yan rubbed his forehead with a headache.

"How much did you drink before I arrived..."

Although Jiang Yan had saved Venti before, for some reason, Barbatos still loved to drink.

And he had turned back into the same drunkard image as in his previous life.

"Hehehe, let's go, let's go, I'll take you out to play first!"

Barbatos grabbed Jiang Yan, and the Song of the High Heavens blew the two of them high into the air. The wind flowed gently from both sides, supporting their bodies.

"Let's go!"

Barbatos shouted and dragged Jiang Yan as they flew toward the distance.

I don't know if this counts as drunk driving for Barbatos.

Jiang Yan muttered in his heart.

Because he didn't use the power of the Rooster Talisman or Vector Manipulation, he was completely being carried by Barbatos.

Must say, Barbatos’s flight speed was still very fast.

In just a moment, he had carried Jiang Yan to Windrise.

At this time, Windrise did not yet have that iconic large oak tree, because that oak tree only appeared after Vennessa, who overthrew the aristocracy of Mondstadt, ascended to Celestia.

At this moment, Windrise was just a large plain.

"Hehe! Come quickly, I’ll show you my treasure!"

Barbatos walked to the center of the plain and beckoned to Jiang Yan, who had just landed on the ground.

Jiang Yan was stunned.

The Anemo Archon’s treasure?

You, Barbatos, can actually have a treasure?!

Jiang Yan walked over with some curiosity to take a look.

He saw Barbatos digging the surrounding soil continuously, and then, in a large pit, dozens of wine jars appeared before Jiang Yan.

"Ah... I shouldn't have held any illusions."

Jiang Yan rubbed his forehead with a helpless expression.

He should have expected it long ago.

What kind of treasure could Barbatos possibly have?

What could serve as Barbatos’s treasure other than aged, fine wine?

"Eh? You don't like it? This is fine wine I’ve treasured for many years!"

Barbatos noticed that Jiang Yan didn't seem interested in his fine wine.

"It’s not that I don't like it, I can only say that I’m not a person who loves to drink."

Jiang Yan said to Barbatos with a smile.

Perhaps for a wine lover, Barbatos’s treasure was a true treasure.

But in front of Jiang Yan, it seemed useless.

He could drink, but he didn't like to drink.

Suddenly, Jiang Yan remembered something; he vaguely remembered having obtained a recipe for brewing wine somewhere.

Should he brew some and let Barbatos have a taste?

Just right, if it was suitable, he could also develop Liyue’s wine industry.

Jiang Yan thought in his heart, but then thought for a moment, it would be better to wait until he returned to Liyue to do it.

That way, when the Seven Archons gathered, he could just pull it out.

Make Barbatos crave it to death!

Jiang Yan thought with a mischievous sense of humor.

At this time, Barbatos didn't know that Jiang Yan was planning to make him crave it; he was currently using Anemo energy to bury the fine wine he had just dug up back into the ground.

Since Jiang Yan had no desire to drink, he planned to let these wines be buried for a few more days.

"Hey, Jiang Yan, shall I take you around the City of Mondstadt?"

"I’m a very good guide!"

After burying the wine, Barbatos asked Jiang Yan.