"I'm really done with you, you old scrounger. You come here every day for free food and drinks, and now you want to stay for free too,"
"You and Morax have taken all the bamboo shoots from the mountain."
Makoto grumbled as he carried Venti to his room.
Originally, it was a temporary room prepared for guests, but now it was almost becoming Venti's exclusive room.
There was nothing Makoto could do; Venti would come over to stay every now and then, and he never tired of it.
It's no wonder Dvalin complained about Venti back then.
Who wouldn't be annoyed with such a master?
After settling Venti, Makoto quickly returned to the hall and found Qiqi.
Qiqi blinked her big eyes, tilting her head, full of curiosity: "Makoto... Is something wrong?"
Makoto sat opposite Qiqi and said directly: "Qiqi, I see everyone has been a bit tired lately, so I want to make some nourishing soup for everyone to drink."
"You know many medicinal recipes. Can you recommend a nourishing medicinal dish for me?"
Qiqi blinked her big eyes and nodded vigorously: "No problem... Makoto's request is no problem..."
"Qiqi... will think of a recipe..."
Although little Qiqi couldn't remember past events, she remembered every medicinal recipe in her mind clearly.
When the little girl was thinking, she liked to gently swing her little feet, and the talisman on her head also swayed gently with them.
Her innocent pink eyes also stared blankly in one direction.
"Got it... Qiqi will take Makoto to get the medicine..."
"Let's go!"
As she spoke, little Qiqi bounced off the chair and then held Makoto's hand.
Now, whenever Qiqi went out, she habitually held Makoto's hand.
Because only then could she feel at ease.
The two arrived at the pharmacy, and buying the medicinal ingredients went smoothly.
However, the very last ingredient could not be found for sale even after searching every pharmacy in all of Liyue.
"Sorry, we haven't heard of spiritwind luminescence marrow. The shop only has luminescence marrow. Eh, you said they're not the same thing?"
"I did hear my ancestors talk about spiritwind luminescence marrow. Compared to it, luminescence marrow can hardly be called medicine!"
"spiritwind luminescence marrow is very popular in the market, which also led to that thing seemingly going extinct decades ago. I'm sorry, we can't help you."
They went to many pharmacies.
Some shop assistants hadn't even heard of spiritwind luminescence marrow.
A small number of people who had heard of it regretfully stated that such a thing was already extinct and no longer existed in the world.
Even if it did, it would be priceless and impossible to find on the market.
It was as rare as dragon-quelling stone.
There was nothing Makoto could do but take out his treasure compass to see if he could locate the spiritwind luminescence marrow.
The compass needle spun continuously, finally settling on pointing directly forward.
Makoto looked in the direction the needle was pointing.
He found that the needle pointed directly at the snow mountain, and specifically, to the highest point of the snow mountain.
That snow mountain soared into the clouds, as if connecting heaven and earth.
From halfway up the snow mountain, thick mist covered it, making it impossible to see the situation inside.
Even standing in Liyue, tens of thousands of miles away, looking at that snow mountain would make one feel a bone-chilling cold.
The game developers considered the players' gaming experience and reduced the modeling of the snow mountain.
However, the actual height of Mondstadt's Dragonspine was far greater than the game's setting.
The game was simply a younger brother in front of the real snow mountain.
Makoto estimated that even if he climbed, it would take him half a day to reach the summit.
And that was assuming he knew the terrain and didn't get lost.
Things were getting a bit tricky.
It would be great if someone familiar with Mondstadt and the snow mountain could lead the way.
Wait, there seemed to be a suitable candidate.
Venti was very suitable.
First, Venti was the God of Mondstadt, knowing every inch of its land like the back of his hand, naturally including the snow mountain.
Secondly, whether Venti created a wind current to fly to the summit of the snow mountain, or summoned Dvalin to fly him up,
for him, wasn't that an easy thing to do?
Thinking this, Makoto looked down at Qiqi beside him, and chuckled, "Qiqi, someone can help us find the spiritwind luminescence marrow."
"Eh?" Qiqi hadn't yet fully registered what he said when Makoto already pulled her hand, running down the street.
Qiqi held Makoto with one hand, and with the other, she held the talisman on her head, saying with a blank, adorable expression, "Slower... slower... the talisman... it's going to fall off."
...
Soon, Makoto brought Qiqi back home.
Makoto also stomped directly up to the second floor and knocked on Venti's room door.
"Venti, Venti?"
Makoto knocked a few times, but there was no response from inside.
He pushed the door open directly and saw Venti sleeping soundly.
"Venti, Venti,"
Seeing Venti unresponsive, Makoto directly laid hands on him.
Venti was sleeping groggily when he was suddenly shaken awake.
He subconsciously said, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Makoto looked utterly perplexed: "Venti, why aren't you asleep so late?"
"You're not thinking that the moon is so beautiful tonight, you want me to go for a walk with you, are you?"
"Alright, since you've said so, let's go now."
Makoto: Venti also did not sleep.
Venti: ???
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