[Dungeon Reminder: Fire Element Crystal +3]
[Dungeon Reminder: Wind Element Crystal +5]
Clang.
The golden chest toppled, and a pool of gold coins shimmered with a faint golden light onto the campsite ground.
Gold coins.
100 of them.
Chen Yu, who possessed the Lucky Set, had a fairly high probability of obtaining gold coins from golden chests.
Nine golden chests.
He had already opened eight, six of which had yielded gold coins.
Although gold coins were also extremely valuable, Chen Yu did not feel particularly overjoyed. Compared to getting gold coins, he would have preferred to obtain some usable items from the chests that could have an immediate effect.
Gold coins had value, but they also required entering the city-state.
“Dou’er, this is a bit unlucky,” Chen Yu sighed, looking at the gold coins scattered on the ground. “The chests you got are not delivering either. I strongly suspect you tampered with the treasure chests.”
Hei Dou: (；¬＿¬)
“If you can’t get it out yourself, you blame the Earth for not having enough gravity. Such a scapegoat~ Pfft~” Hei Dou mumbled, looking down and scratching at the small stones on the ground.
“What are you muttering about with your head down?”
Chen Yu frowned.
Hei Dou, who had been looking down, raised his head with innocent eyes and tilted his head.
“Eh, nothing… I was just praying for you, boss, hoping the heavens would bless you and let you open a peerless divine artifact. Don’t worry, boss, those previous chests were just placeholders. This chest is guaranteed to deliver! Don’t you agree?”
Hei Dou then looked up at Jack and the others.
“Guaranteed to deliver!”
Everyone clenched their fists in unison.
Chen Yu, squatting before the last golden treasure chest, just gave a perfunctory smile and snorted. Knowing Hei Dou, he definitely hadn't said anything nice while muttering.
Catching a thief red-handed, catching an adulterer in the act.
Since Chen Yu hadn't caught Hei Dou in the act, he was too lazy to dwell on it.
He rubbed his hands together.
(°_°ノ)
Open chest.
Chen Yu had high expectations for this chest. Just as Hei Dou said, the previous chests were placeholders, and Chen Yu had a strong feeling this chest would deliver.
He didn’t even dare to look and deliberately turned his head away.
[Ding]
[Golden Treasure Chest Opened]
“How is it? How is it? Did it deliver?” Chen Yu asked after turning back. Hei Dou and the others beside him had all stretched their necks and peered into the chest for a long time.
Immediately, almost everyone pouted.
So that’s how it is.
Seeing their expressions, it hadn't delivered.
Chen Yu couldn’t help but sigh and slowly turned his head to look at the chest.
[Dungeon Reminder: Water Element Crystal +3]
Clang.
A chest full of gold coins.
Chen Yu felt no waves in his heart upon seeing this. He even felt a bit like laughing.
Standard for golden chests.
There was nothing to be concerned about.
However—
Just as Chen Yu poured out the gold coins, a blueprint slowly drifted down.
“Blueprint!”
Chen Yu exclaimed.
Blueprints.
They held infinite possibilities.
Picking up the blueprint, Chen Yu spread out the parchment.
[Meng Han Yao Magic Potion Blueprint]
Swish!
Upon seeing the words ‘Meng Han Yao’ at the beginning, Chen Yu’s eyes began to sparkle.
This is good stuff!
Immediately, he looked at the description.
[This potion is not for the righteous. Destruction is recommended.]
???
What kind of lousy description is this.
“Little demon,” Chen Yu glanced at the little demon on his shoulder and whispered, “This description came from you.”
“No!”
The little demon shook its head.
That’s right!
After all, being a great demon king, how could he say something like this? kanδん
What is Meng Han Yao?
A divine item!
Small dosage, great effect. Essential for robbing houses and stealing from people when traveling. Those who take the medicine get confused and disoriented, it’s truly amazing!看書喇
A lousy description actually says it’s not for the righteous.
Suggesting destruction?
Pfft!
Chen Yu wished he could destroy it.
Which eye could tell he was a righteous person? He never was.
“No foresight.”
Chen Yu spat.
Thump, thump, thump—
At this moment, two hurried footsteps ran over from the side courtyard.
Looking up.
He saw the Ox-Horse brothers looking panicked.
“Sir!”
From a few meters away, the horse-headed person exclaimed with anxiety all over his face.
“What’s wrong?” Seeing their expressions, Chen Yu raised an eyebrow slightly and murmured, “What’s with the rush? How did the matter I assigned to you two go?”
“Uh…”
The horse-headed person hesitated, then whispered.
“It’s done!”
“That’s good. When they arrive, you two will be credited,” Chen Yu murmured. The horse-headed person pondered for a long time and then nervously and slowly spoke again, “It’s just that… there were some small accidents!”
“Huh?”
…
City-state residence.
Ratman envoy Wot sat on the floor covered in silver coins.
A dilapidated room.
At this moment, the entire floor was covered with silver coins, and the entire room shimmered with a silver light.
“The money-making efficiency is too fast.”
Mission posted.
In less than 48 hours, he had already earned back the deposit and had over two thousand more silver coins, which was equivalent to more than a year of his income.
This rate of earning made Wot feel like he was floating.
“Mercenaries from neighboring city-states are already involved. As long as I promote it sufficiently, more people will come to accept my mercenary missions, and I will earn more,” Wot clenched his fist. “It’s just that someone who took the mission this time came up with an idea. With them, the mission is bound to be completed.”
Wot, in the dilapidated room, was silent for a long time.
“Expand the promotion, I want to earn more, more! As long as my promotional efforts are strong enough, I won’t have to worry about not getting back the hundred gold coins. Before long, I will be the richest man in the city-state, hehehehehe!!!”
…
“That’s it?”
Chen Yu, sitting on his throne in the campsite, raised an eyebrow and smiled.
“Isn’t this better?”
“Eh?” Hearing this, the horse-headed person was stunned and murmured, “Sir, mercenaries from the neighboring city-state have also joined in. The number of people who are now hunting you is over three hundred mercenaries. I just sent the location coordinates, and they are all heading this way.”
“And this good thing?”
Chen Yu smiled.
He was still worried that not enough people would come, making his day’s effort not worth it. Now, with mercenaries suddenly pouring in, Chen Yu was truly happy.
Double the joy, here we go!
“Sir, I have one more thing to say,” the horse-headed person whispered again. “I heard that among the mercenaries from the neighboring city-state, there is also an expert at the Golden Peak stage who has joined this operation. Golden Peak… their strength should not be underestimated.”
“Huh?”
Golden Peak.
Upon hearing this information, the smile on Chen Yu’s face gradually subsided.
This is a bit tricky!
“How is that possible?” Hei Dou frowned and said seriously, “Experts at the Golden stage have long since entered the royal city. Even if they don’t enter the royal city, they operate within the inner city area. How could they appear in such a remote city-state? Moreover, would a Golden Peak stage expert accept a mercenary mission for 100 gold coins?”
“Who would have thought!”
The horse-headed person also gave a wry smile and said.
“I heard that this Golden Peak stage expert is accompanying someone. The one who actually accepted the mission is someone else. It should be a junior from a major clan undergoing training.”
“This~”
Hei Dou immediately lost his temper and tilted his head towards Chen Yu.
“Boss, what do we do now?”
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Author’s note:
Good afternoon, eat heartily!