Because he arrived in time and successfully preserved the location where he buried his wine, Venti let out a long sigh of relief.
"That was close, good thing I came quickly."
Looking at the relieved Venti, Arkz teased, "Isn't this Mondstadt's greatest Bard, Venti? Why are you acting so weak?"
Venti smiled helplessly and asked, "How did you know?"
"Know what?"
"Stop pretending, you know where I hid the wine."
"I buried it hundreds of years ago, and I never told anyone."
Arkz smiled mysteriously, "A man has his own clever ways!"
Venti looked at the confident Arkz and couldn't help but feel doubtful.
"Does Arkz really know where I buried the wine? Is he just bluffing me?"
Seeing Venti's constantly changing little expression, Arkz was amused and asked,
"You don't think I'm trying to trick you, do you?"
Venti: "..."
Sometimes, silence is also an answer.
Arkz snapped his fingers, a smile curling at his lips, and Venti gradually felt a bad premonition.
"I'll say a location."
"Windrise."
Whoosh!
Venti immediately slid to his knees begging for mercy, the entire process so smooth that neither Arkz nor Xing could react in time.
Looking at Venti staring at him with teary eyes, Arkz's smile nearly reached his ears.
Arkz quickly helped Venti up and gently patted the dust off his white silk leggings.
"Look at you, you're eager to improve again."
Venti nodded vigorously, almost shaking into an afterimage.
"That's right, I'm too eager to improve."
"Arkz, just tell me what you need from me. I'll handle everything."
Venti secretly thought, "I'll go move all that wine later, this time I need to find an even more hidden spot to store my fine wines."
"Ah~ Fine wine brewed for nearly 500 years, just thinking about it makes my mouth water."
Arkz smiled faintly and stated his request directly.
"The farm's strawberries are having a huge harvest, but there are too many strawberries to sell, and I don't want them to go to waste, so I plan to brew them all into strawberry fruit wine."
Venti's eyes instantly lit up when he heard this.
"That's wonderful!"
"The quality of the strawberries on your farm is so good, and the taste is amazing. Brewing them into wine will definitely result in something superb!"
Xing interjected at this moment:
"Although we already have brewing barrels, the farm is still lacking someone who knows how to brew wine."
Arkz spread his hands, "It seems no one on the farm knows how to brew wine, which is why I came to you."
"Venti, you won't disappoint me, will you?~~"
Looking at Arkz, whose eyes clearly carried a threat, Venti wiped a bead of cold sweat from his forehead.
"Of course, of course."
"It's just brewing wine, leave it to me!"
Ever since Arkz became a Blessed One of the Anemo Archon, he had become increasingly bold in front of Venti. Things like deliberately stealing Venti's wine to drink or teasing Venti with cats were common occurrences, and Venti was almost used to it.
As a master wine taster, a holder of the Level Ten Drunkard certificate, and the record holder for the longest continuous drinking time in Mondstadt, Venti had mastered the brewing methods for the vast majority of alcoholic beverages, including, naturally, the method for brewing strawberry fruit wine.
Under Venti's direction, the three of them began their work.
First was cleaning the brewing barrels. Although this step was simple, it was very physically demanding. Fortunately, Arkz summoned the wooden figures, and with the help of these greatly enhanced wooden people, the cleaning of the brewing barrels was quickly completed.
Next was washing the strawberries.
Because there was a flowing stream right next to the farm, and the water quality in the stream was clean and clear, Arkz and the other two brought the strawberries to this stream to wash them, using the flowing water to rinse the soil and impurities from the surface of the strawberry fruits.
Watching the strawberries tumbling in the stream, Arkz couldn't help but think of Barbara.
"It's a pity Barbara is still training, otherwise we could have her help wash the strawberries using Hydro Element, which would be much more convenient."
Venti scooped up a strawberry from the stream, found that the soil and impurities had been washed away by the water, and winked at Xing and Arkz, smiling,
"Next, it's time for my performance."
Venti conjured a wind current and then scooped the strawberries out of the water, tossing them into the wind field.
Under the effect of the Anemo Elemental Power, the strawberries were lifted into mid-air, and the moisture on their surfaces evaporated along with the airflow.
Seeing this scene, Xing and Arkz's eyes lit up, and they joined the effort of tossing strawberries into the wind vortex Venti shaped.
The originally tedious and heavy washing work unexpectedly turned into an interesting game at this moment.
Xing, Arkz, and Venti tried various interesting ways to throw the strawberries into the wind field Venti created.
For a time, the banks of the stream were filled with laughter.
As the last strawberry in the stream was scooped out, this little game temporarily concluded. Next up was Venti's performance time.
Xing and Arkz stood aside to admire Venti's show.
Under Venti's control, the strawberries in the air began to rotate along with the movement of the Anemo Elemental Power.
Soon, a giant strawberry tornado appeared above the farm, looking as dreamlike and beautiful as something from a fairy tale.
"Keep your eyes wide open, don't miss the good show!"
Venti smiled slightly at the two of them, clenched his hand slightly, and instantly the strawberry tornado began to spin at an even higher speed.
Under the immense pressure, the strawberries inside the tornado were all crushed, turning into jam and juice.
However, under Venti's control, this jam and juice continued to spin above the farm without scattering everywhere.
"Sigh, I thought it was going to rain strawberries."
Xing looked at the flying strawberry jam and juice in the sky with some regret.
Hearing Xing say this, Venti's fingers moved slightly. A clump of jam and juice separated from the main mass, slowly drifted over to Xing, and finally hovered near Xing's mouth.
"Is this for me?!!"
"That's right."
Hearing Venti's reply, Xing opened her mouth wide and fiercely bit toward the strawberry jam in the air.
"Ah-woof!"
"Ouch!"
"It hurts! You bit my hand."
Hearing Venti's cry of pain, Xing quickly opened her mouth and was about to apologize when she heard:
"Hey, you've been tricked."
Seeing Venti sticking out his tongue and making a face at her, Xing glared fiercely at him, deciding to teach him a lesson after Venti finished his work.
Then, Xing sucked up all the strawberry jam and juice hovering in the air, which Venti was holding up with Anemo Elemental Power, as if sucking a jelly.
It was just like putting the strawberries in a washing machine; under Venti's control, the strawberries were cut, crushed, and thoroughly mixed by the Anemo Element.
Looking at the evenly mixed strawberry jam in the air, Venti nodded in satisfaction, then shouted to the two who were admiring his spectacular performance:
"Hurry up and open the brewing barrels, I can't hold on much longer!"
Saying that, Venti deliberately let the strawberry juice in the air descend a bit and put on an appearance of exhaustion.
Unexpectedly, this time neither of them was fooled by Venti. They both rolled their eyes at him in unison and quickly opened the lids of the brewing barrels.
While opening the lids of the brewing barrels, the two were still complaining:
"Does Venti really think he can trick us again?"
"Exactly, exactly."
"Even a fool won't fall for the same trick twice."
"Exactly, exactly."
"Wait a minute!"
"Are you calling me an idiot?!"
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