Xiao held the Harnessing Evil Dispelling Powder in his hand, silent for a long time.
Although the medicine bottle was only palm-sized, it felt as heavy as a thousand gold coins in his heart.
Because he had been exhausted and his mind had been affected by the residual thoughts of the God, Xiao was not confident that he could suppress his karma at the time.
It was Makoto's bottle of medicine that helped him greatly.
If not for this, Xiao could not guarantee what would have happened next.
After a long silence, Xiao, who was usually taciturn, suddenly spoke, "Thank you."
Xiao's voice was quick and light.
If one didn't listen carefully, they probably wouldn't know what he said.
Makoto didn't hear clearly at all.
He felt as if Xiao had spoken, and yet not spoken.
Makoto looked down at Xiao and asked suspiciously, "What did you just say?"
Xiao turned his head away, his tone still as indifferent as when they first met: "Nothing."
Xiao plunged his long spear into the ground and then sat down casually, not caring that the ground was still wet with rain.
His lightgolden eyes quietly gazed at the now prosperous and peaceful Liyue.
The Horsetail in Dihua Marsh swayed gently in the wind.
Raindrops hit the water, creating ripples.
Quiet and beautiful.
In the distance, the sound of a wind organ seemed to drift over.
The melodious and gentle music came with the wind.
Listening to the gentle sound of the wind pipe, Xiao felt an unprecedented tranquility in his mind.
The sound of the flute seemed to contain some ineffable, powerful force, like a ray of light suddenly piercing through endless darkness, bringing a sense of peace.
Listening to this moving wind pipe sound, Makoto also subconsciously looked in the direction of the sound.
Who would be out playing a wind pipe in the rain?
Can someone playing a wind pipe in the rain be a decent person?
For a moment, the figure of a person appeared in Makoto's mind.
The Wind God Barbatos, who doesn't do proper work.
It must be him.
It's that slacker.
Because it was mentioned in Xiao's backstory that after fighting all night, Xiao became exhausted.
The karma in his body seized the opportunity to flare up, severely ravaging Xiao's body.
Xiao, who was already exhausted, had no way to fight against the karma.
It was the sound of the wind pipe from afar that restored peace to Xiao's heart.
This allowed Xiao to suppress his karma.
Although the backstory didn't explicitly state who was playing the wind pipe, based on Xiao's voice lines, players speculated that the person who helped Xiao was indeed the Wind God Barbatos.
And everything currently happening corresponds to the backstory.
If Makoto wasn't here, then the one who saved Xiao would be Venti.
Thinking of this, Makoto exclaimed, "Good heavens!"
The God of Rock went to Mondstadt for a trip.
The Wind God came to Liyue to freeload food and drinks?
The two Gods went to each other's territories.
The reason they didn't meet was because neither God could afford Mora?
Makoto didn't think too much, because the distant flute music abruptly stopped in the second part.
He walked over to check and found Venti picking an Apple from a tree.
Hearing footsteps, Venti immediately stopped what he was doing.
Venti also didn't expect that someone would be out on such a rainy night.
For a moment, their eyes met.
One person was in the tree, the other on the ground.
The atmosphere was slightly awkward.
"Ehe~"
"Good evening, my friend,"
Venti greeted him without changing his expression or missing a beat, showing no awkwardness at all.
As long as he wasn't awkward, others would be.
"The Apples on this tree are big and red, they must taste great. Would you like one?"
As he spoke, Venti reached out and handed an Apple to Makoto.
His expression seemed to say, 'This is hush money; eat this Apple, and we'll pretend nothing happened.'
If one only saw this scene, who would have thought that the Bard climbing a tree to pick Apples in front of them was actually the Wind God of Mondstadt?
No wonder when Venti told Barbara that he was the Wind God, Barbara felt that Venti was blaspheming the Wind God and was so angry she wanted to hit him.
After all, how could this goofball be associated with the word 'God'?
"Don't look at me like that, I'm not a bad person."
"I am the best Bard in this world. You can call me Venti."
"As for why I'm climbing a tree, hmm... you can understand it as me looking for creative inspiration."
"For a great Bard, a beautiful poem is always created inadvertently. Shall I sing it for you?"
Venti revealed a harmless smile.
If Makoto didn't know that he was good at tricking people, he would have almost believed him.
At this moment, Xiao's voice slowly came from behind: "Could you sing that tune again?"
Venti also didn't expect that someone in Liyue would like his singing.
He smiled and nodded: "Of course, no problem. However, if you want to hear me sing the second half, how about you treat me to a meal first?"
Venti was too embarrassed to say that he didn't dare to freeload meals at Dawn Winery, so he could only come out to pick Apples from trees to eat.
And now he saw hope.
Hope for a free meal.
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