Their commission was suspicious.

The guys at the bar have developed a habit of throwing whatever they get into the river.

"Then why don't you try it?"

"But I'm busy right now."

"Cousin, didn't you really want that die? Will that artifact work on you?"

"...It does have an effect, but it only works in the abyss passage; it won't work elsewhere," Chen Luo said with a sense of relief.

Although only the golden dice are acceptable, it's still a pleasant surprise.

When Chen Luo said he hadn't tried it, he didn't mean he hadn't tried throwing the artifact into the river, but rather that he hadn't tried using the artifact in other worlds after throwing it into the river.

The golden version of the artifact is exceptionally effective when used in the Abyss Passage.

"Now that you've obtained the Puppeteer's Certificate, have you thought about which certificate you should use? The golden one? The original certificate? Or should you use both?"

"In fact, I used that dice-making gadget to solve this problem and get the answer."

After finishing the arena battle, Chen Luo held the golden dice in one hand and used his library ability to find out how to maximize the benefits of this Puppeteer job certificate.

It takes 1 to 6 hours to find out how to maximize the use of a puppeteer's license, and unsurprisingly, the first roll of the dice landed a 6.

After using the [Dice], the [Dice] was successfully used. After removing an option that was previously unwanted, a 5 was rolled.

The good news is that the golden die can be used three times a day, and its effect has been greatly enhanced. The second use rolled a 4, the third use rolled a 3…

Chen Luo suspected that the world was targeting him, but fortunately, Chen Luo had many "solutions".

打完竞技场已经快5点了，从5:00~8:00的这段时间之中，陈洛的时间都就浪费在了【查询】之上……

"The results of it?"

"Well, the result is... all three are learning at the same time. Completing one task will earn you triple the reward, but at the same time, the difficulty of the profession task will also triple."

"Trillion?"

“For example, right now, I’m working on the first series of tasks: carving a wooden arm for a doll using the most basic hand-carving method. Because the difficulty has tripled, it has become a task to carve an exquisite wooden arm for a doll in at least 10 minutes and at most 30 minutes,” Chen Luo said with a frustrated expression.

This is precisely why Chen Luo told Yakumo Yukari that he was busy right now; Chen Luo's hands were truly never idle.

"So, what exactly is the difficulty?" Yukari Yakumo didn't quite understand the characteristics of the puppeteer profession.

"The difficulty lies in the quality of refinement. I am a master puppeteer, and I am used to creating perfect puppet parts as soon as I start sculpting."

"Wouldn't this be better?"

"However, that won't work. The requirements for this task are absolute: the quality must be exquisite, and the time must be between 10 and 30 minutes."

The worst part is they don't even give you raw gems!

This beginner's guide to the Puppeteer Profession questline is so difficult, I can't even finish a second of it!

However, the beginner quests also give new doll blueprints, with three stages, each stage giving new blueprints.

Because the rewards are tripled, the number of doll blueprints given away is also tripled, and the blueprints will not be duplicated...

Damn it! I got CPU-bound!

Chapter 1088 The Banquet in Gensokyo

Although Chen Luo had some reservations about the task, which was three times more difficult, he still put a lot of effort into completing it.

In addition to receiving new doll blueprints, each completed beginner quest will grant a small amount of doll maker experience.

And most importantly, the training process for this puppeteer is quite comprehensive.

After receiving the answers from Akasha's records, Chen Luo used three character-specific professional certificates, and these three puppeteer professional certificates also granted Chen Luo initial puppeteer experience.

It records how to sculpt and create a doll using the most basic techniques.

The base class certificate grants a small amount of experience, silver grants a medium amount, and gold grants a large amount.

Even someone with absolutely no knowledge of puppetry can use these three experience points to gradually complete the task over a certain amount of time. This is the original purpose of the puppeteer's professional certificate.

Use your initial experience to complete the first task. Completing the first task will reward you with the experience needed for the second task, and so on...

Chen Luo suddenly realized that he might have reversed the order in which he obtained his professional certifications.

The five-star gold professional certificate that Chen Luo obtained didn't offer any beginner's guide at all. They just threw a booklet at Chen Luo and told him to become a puppeteer.

If it weren't for Chen Luo's expertise in furniture making, would he have become a ghost puppeteer?

On the contrary, the puppeteer's professional certificate produced by this abyss passage provided Chen Luo with detailed guidance.

The difficulty of the task has tripled, and the rewards have also tripled.

Thinking about it this way, Chen Luo suddenly became a little worried about whether he could complete the third stage of the puppeteer's professional certificate.

If Chen Luo's guess is correct, the first stage corresponds to the proficient level puppeteer, and the third stage should correspond to the grandmaster level puppeteer...

Chen Luo is now just a master.

However, Chen Luo might be able to gain significant improvement through these tasks and get promoted.

"Sigh, speaking of which, Chen Luo, since you need to carve a fine-grade doll now, then don't waste it, carve one for me instead." Yakumo Yukari suddenly became interested.

[Ding! You have a new request!]

[Puppet Sculpture]: 300 Raw Stones + 10 Favorability Points

"Yes, but no."

"Ok?"

"I'll carve a doll for you, but you're too late," Chen Luo said as he carefully carved the doll in front of him.

Because of the constant mistakes, Chen Luo chose to use the Herrscher of Knowledge's ability to temporarily seal his master-level puppeteer skills, leaving only the three rewards given by the three puppeteer profession certificates, and began to carefully sculpt the puppet.

Accustomed to casually creating puppets, Chen Luo now had a new experience with being so careful.

Some master chefs dislike apprentices who only know a little bit of cooking but are not fully proficient, because these apprentices always bring their bad habits into practice.

"Someone beat me to it and sent you a wish?" Yukari Yakumo suddenly realized.

"Hmm. And to be precise, what you want is the doll, not the process, while what the other party wants is the process, not the doll," Chen Luo said calmly.

"No, that won't do. You can't just make me a doll to appease me. I want one that you sculpt yourself," Yukari Yakumo added.

"I understand, I wasn't going to just brush you off."

"That's fine then. So... is it Xiaoshi?"

“Initially, I planned to carve Xiao Shi, but it turned out to be Morgan,” Chen Luo replied.

"Because Morgan saw through the group network in the puppet world that my opponent in the arena had smashed the gift Morgan gave me, and then she saw that I was going to carve a puppet, so she gave up scolding me and chose to let me carve a puppet for her with a sense of apology," Chen Luo said helplessly.

If you were to ask Chen Luo who he is most skilled at sculpting, it would definitely be Xiao Shi, because Chen Luo used Xiao Shi's likeness as a practice subject.

Therefore, it may be faster to complete the task.

But who told Morgan to provide the rough stones?

Besides, Xiao Shi's dolls in the Gate of Babylon are piled up like a small mountain.

They were all carved by Chen Luo himself.

Come to think of it, Chen Luo remembered that he had also carved a doll for Yakumo Yukari before, so why does he want another one?

Oh well, as long as she's happy, that's all that matters, as long as she gets the raw stones.

"jingle!"

"Chen Luo!"

"Crack!"

Chen Luo quietly looked at the puppet arm in his hand, which was gradually becoming perfect but had gained a flaw.

Oh well, Chen Luo is used to it.

Start over, you'll get used to it.

"I always feel like Morgan is making a killing. The time you spend sculpting a doll for her is at least 100 times the time it takes me to sculpt one," Yakumo Yukari said logically, watching Chen Luo fail several times.

"Maybe if you give Morgan the failed dolls you sculpted for her, Morgan will calm down even faster."

"Are you sure you're not even angrier? If someone puts an almost identical doll-like limb in front of you—an arm, a leg, a head, a body, even the curves of your body—would you really be happy?" Chen Luo tilted his head.

"Uh... never mind."

This scenario does sound a little strange.

"Chen Luo, can you hear me?" Remilia jumped up and kicked Chen Luo in the knee.

"I heard you, I heard you." Chen Luo put down his tools and touched Remilia's hat.

"So, have you prepared the drinks and ingredients?" Remilia asked.

"..." Chen Luo was stunned for a moment.

"Don't tell me you've forgotten what I asked you to do yesterday." Remilia's eyes widened.

"H-How could that be? Of course I remember. The drinks are ready, and the food can be mass-produced at any time. But because you ran so fast yesterday, I didn't have time to ask you what kind of banquet food you wanted," Chen Luo said quite calmly.

“Banquet…” After hesitating for a moment, Remilia looked at Yukari Yakumo beside her.

"Anyway, it can't be done in a bar, I can't accept that," Yukari Yakumo said.

“We can go to the second floor,” Remilia said.

“This is no longer just about whether it’s on the second floor or not. Letting so many residents of Gensokyo know about the bar’s existence is itself a destabilizing factor!” Yukari Yakumo said.

Yukari Yakumo must have been out of her mind to let Remilia reveal the existence of the bar to everyone. And the reason? Remilia just wanted a super impressive place to host a party.

If everyone knew about the existence of the bar, Yukari Yakumo didn't think those restless people would stay obediently in Gensokyo. They might be begging Chen Luo to take them away from Gensokyo or even away from this world at any time.

As for Chen Luo's disagreement...

To be honest, Chen Luo is a very reliable friend. No matter what difficulties you encounter, Chen Luo will be happy to help you.

But that's where the problem lies.

If any of Chen Luo's other friends encounter difficulties, Chen Luo will also be quite enthusiastic in helping them...

Thinking about this gave Yakumo Yukari a headache, and then she glared at Chen Luo.

Seeing the bubbles constantly rising above Yukari Yakumo's head, Chen Luo understood Yukari Yakumo's inner thoughts, and then showed an innocent face.

Chen Luo couldn't very well have someone deliver it to his door, and he couldn't very well refuse it either.

In fact, the fact that Chen Luo didn't actively seek out quests in Gensokyo was already enough to do right by Yakumo Yukari.

“Forget it, it’s an irreversible process. Luckily, I know that people who work in bars tend to be homebodies… But we’ll have to wait until the Golden Gensokyo appears before we can announce the reopening of bars. So don’t even think about having a party in the bar tonight,” Yukari Yakumo said to Remilia.

"Ugh……"

"Don't even think about showing off your little schemes, it's impossible. Besides, this bar isn't your home, what does it have to do with you if the bar gets the limelight?"

Yukari Yakumo saw right through Remilia's little scheme.

See how I, Remilia, can find you a bar where you can eat and drink for free, and even more free food and drinks in the future? Pretty amazing, right?

Stop showing off, or you'll destroy Gensokyo!

Chen Luo never refuses any commission.

"Oh……"

"But as compensation, I can help you notify everyone. I have a feeling you haven't finished notifying everyone yet," Yukari Yakumo said.

"Well, it's a bit slow for Sakuya to go and notify them all by herself..."

Sakuya Izayoi did have a lot of work to do at the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

Although school nights can pause time and save travel time, verbal notifications still take time.

“By the way, Chen Luo, why don’t you temporarily move the bar to the Scarlet Devil Mansion? I mean, invite all the guests to the banquet. Open a bar door inside a room in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, so the bar guests can go out from the Scarlet Devil Mansion to attend the banquet. The open space in front of the Scarlet Devil Mansion can be used as the banquet venue,” Remilia asked.

"It doesn't matter. As long as you're happy."

"It doesn't matter. If you say you're going to a banquet in another world, quite a few people will be interested. Banquets in Gensokyo are always open to all. Besides, it's not just the guests; you have to go too. If your teacher doesn't go, Fran will be so sad."

"Forget it, Fran doesn't look sad at all." Chen Luo didn't believe Remilia's nonsense at all.