Their commission was suspicious.

"..."

The Night King suddenly became curious: were the wishes granted more by the unlucky guy who had been stabbed to death by Chen Luo more than 30 times, or by his own wishes?

"From a generally rational perspective... you're giving more than you should," Chen Luo said calmly.

"!!!"

"I'll go and make you a Life-Giving Orb right away." The Night King's sense of crisis instantly reached its peak.

The person in front of me was willing to stab his friend to death more than 30 times and then revive him more than 30 times for a reward.

And the reward his friend gave was less than the reward he gave... Doesn't that put him in even more danger?!

Stop talking! I'm going to get to work right now!

"No, there's no need to rush with the Life-Giving Pearl. First, find a suitable place for You to stay. Do you need me to give you some gold?" Chen Luo asked.

Chen Luo still has a life-giving pearl that was separated from Kyoko's body, so he's not in a hurry to get more, but You really doesn't know when she'll be homeless.

"No need, I can handle the funding myself!" The Night King is capable of that.

"No cheating or swindling... It's best not to." Chen Luo tossed the dagger in his hand.

"Don't worry, I've run a pet shop in the human world for so many years, I still have some savings!" The Night King was confident in this regard.

Even a pig can become very rich after living for thousands of years.

If you randomly pull out a bowl that you used before, it's an antique. How could you not be rich?

"Then... thank you for your trouble." Chen Luo hooked his arm around the Night King's shoulder.

As for whether resurrecting the Night King after obtaining the Primogems after defeating him will result in the loss of all or a certain amount of the Primogems, that's something to consider later.

Furthermore, Chen Luo was unsure whether the Night King could be resurrected if he were to use some special methods to kill him.

If even the ashes are gone, how can it be revived?

Hmm, I'll ask about the Book of Akasha later.

But at least until Chen Luo's knife pierced the other's kidney, the Night King would feel someone constantly urging him on from behind, compelling him to do good deeds!

When you're really down to 1000 Primogems after a 10-pull... perhaps the Night King will need to make a small sacrifice!

This is the real backup energy storage!

Chapter 1176 Chen Luo: No, you've come at just the right time!

"jingle!"

The wind chimes rang.

An ordinary high school student wandered into the bar.

"Uh, did I come at the wrong time?" Aikawa Ayumu was stunned for a moment when he saw Chen Luo and the Night King with their arms around each other.

"...No, you've come at just the right time." Chen Luo paused for a moment, then shook his head.

Indeed, you never know whether a surprise or an accident will come first.

Chen Luo hadn't expected that Aikawa Ayumi would now be using the bar business card he'd given him.

Aikawa Ayumu subconsciously took a step back.

Although he didn't know why, Ayumu Aikawa suddenly felt a strange sense of crisis just now.

"What's wrong? Is something the matter? Or did you just want to come to the bar for a stroll?" Chen Luo asked.

Although Chen Luo could tell what someone wanted to say just by glancing at their chat bubble, there were still procedures to follow.

Just by looking at how surprised and wary the Night King was about Chen Luo being able to read his mind, you can see just how much people who can read minds are hated.

It's probably only people like Yu, who can't speak for some reason, who find it convenient to communicate smoothly with someone who can read minds.

For specific examples, please refer to Kogoro (Komeiji Satoru).

Because of past mistakes, Chen Luo usually avoids being impolite and directly revealing the other person's true feelings.

Unless there is an emergency.

"Oh, it's like this, boss. That older single woman named Ariel you called yesterday came to my house and said she'd give me the five magical weapons she promised yesterday. Boss, do you want to check them out?" Ayumu Aikawa asked.

"Don't call me boss. It makes us sound like some kind of evil force. You need to understand, you are a magical girl representing justice and kindness, not some kind of evil force..." Chen Luo sighed.

Chen Luo always felt that Aikawa Ayumu seemed to have some misunderstanding about magical girls.

You're a magical girl, not a magical boss!

"Emmm...so boss, do you want to take a look while she's still here?" Aikawa Ayumu said, rephrasing his statement.

That's right, Ayumu Aikawa has a misunderstanding about magical girls!

And it's very deep!

"Let's go take a look," Chen Luo sighed.

Changing Ayumu Aikawa's perception of magical girls will take time, and Chen Luo is willing to spend a considerable amount of time to do so.

As for the five magical weapons... Chen Luo didn't expect Ariel to give him any high-level magical weapons; he only wanted the magical weapons themselves.

If we hand the demonic weapon over to Liu Wenxuan later, he might be able to reverse engineer it and discover something interesting.

Asking the Book of Akasha directly isn't impossible, but conveying the knowledge gained from it to Liu Wenxuan would be troublesome, because the knowledge obtained from the Book of Akasha is quite forbidden.

Chen Luo was able to access the Book of Akasha because he had access to the library. What respectable person would dare to touch the Book of Akasha?

Turning back to turn the knowledge gained from the Book of Akasha into memory bread and giving it to Liu Wenxuan, let's not even discuss whether Liu Wenxuan, who has been eating memory bread for over ten days, will feel nauseous. Just consider what Liu Wenxuan might say—

"Ugh, this bread... is poisoned!"

That gave Chen Luo a bit of a headache.

"Night King, come with me too, don't just stand around." However, Chen Luo also took the Night King with him before leaving.

The Night King carries some weight in this world; otherwise, anyone who dared to call him by such an arrogant name would have been beaten to a pulp long ago.

"Hmm?" Ariel, who was sitting in the living room, was stunned when she saw Aikawa Ayumu go to the kitchen and bring out Chen Luo and Night King.

What kind of amazing communication method is this? Is it really that fast?

Did you install a teleportation portal in the kitchen?

"These magical weapons are of pretty good quality, which is beyond my expectations. I thought you might have just picked some of the lowest grade magical weapons to get by?" Chen Luo only glanced at them today, but his reconnaissance ability gave a rating to the quality of the five magical weapons placed on the coffee table in the living room.

Actually, if the Night King had received the demonic weapon and come to find Chen Luo, Chen Luo wouldn't need to come out; he could judge the quality of the demonic weapon through the Night King. But Aikawa Ayumu couldn't do that.

Because Aikawa Ayumu genuinely couldn't tell whether these magical weapons were good or bad.

He himself didn't know the quality of the weapons, so how could he tell the difference in reconnaissance ability just by looking at Aikawa Ayumu?

Bars are just a bunch of people who are immune to bad luck!

“That was what I was planning to do, but then you threatened me…” Ariel rolled her eyes at Chen Luo.

She mistook your "boy who cried wolf" tactic for scare tactics. Things are often strange like that; they can achieve bizarre goals for some inexplicable reason.

Seeing how hard Ariel was working for her students, Chen Luo sighed.

Ariel is a good teacher, but unfortunately she has too many students...

Let Kyoko do the good deed herself in the future.

"What you're carrying is... tofu?" Ariel immediately noticed the food in the bag Chen Luo was carrying in his other hand.

Ariel wasn't interested in how Chen Luo and the Night King were able to reach an agreement, but she was very interested in Jing Tofu.

"In your words, this is indeed Beijing-style tofu... a gift for you."

Since we know that Ariel is fond of this, as a reward for making Ariel travel back and forth, sending her a serving of Kyoto tofu, a local specialty of the bar, can be considered a return gift.

"As expected, you shrewd businessman are quite capable to live so comfortably in this world; at least you know how to prescribe the right medicine for the illness."

Ariel now understood why Chen Luo's business dealings were so infuriating, yet he hadn't been beaten to death yet.

Besides Chen Luo's strong fighting and escaping abilities, it's probably also because he knows how to cater to people's preferences.

"Thank you for the compliment." Chen Luo handed the tofu to Ariel and then looked at the five magical weapons.

After a moment's thought, Chen Luo threw the five magical weapons into the River of Time, then took out one gold, one silver, and one of their original forms, and placed them back in front of Ariel.

“There’s always a give and take in business. How about this, I’ll trade my three magic weapons for Kyoko?” Chen Luo said.

"Hmm?" Ariel frowned when she saw Chen Luo project a magical weapon that seemed superior to hers using his River God abilities. Her frown deepened upon hearing Chen Luo's words.

"What do you mean?"

"What I mean is... I feel that instead of letting Kyoko stay in prison for hundreds of years, you might as well let her out now and do some good deeds. I happen to have some restraint items here, like the contract you used last time. As for the price... it's negotiable." Chen Luo rubbed his fingers together.

"...a shrewd businessman."

You were the one who suggested it, but now the contract requires payment!

"You can choose the option of not paying, which is to take these three weapons and then sell Kyoko to me, or you can take the three weapons and give me a magic weapon, and I will sell you a contract. Let me tell you, this contract is mandatory and I guarantee there will be no problems! You should have experienced this before."

Chen Luo worked hard to promote his products.

"Of course, I'm just offering a suggestion. Whether you listen or not is up to you. I think it's better to let them out for labor reform than to lock them up in prison and make them unable to move."

"...A magical weapon, right?" Ariel's tone softened slightly.

"Yes, that's right, one is enough. As part of today's special offer, you can purchase a contract by paying for just one magical weapon, and the cost of signing the contract is free. Don't miss this opportunity, it won't come again for one hour only!"

"make a deal."

Although it sounds like the work of a shrewd businessman, Ariel was really tempted.

This unscrupulous businessman is really good at understanding everyone's psychological bottom line.

Moreover, if a single magical weapon can serve the purpose of educating students, it doesn't seem impossible.

For most people, magical weapons would be incredibly valuable, but Ariel is different; she is the producer of magical weapons.

Although the designs for the magical weapons and the bio-orbs were the work of Ariel's childhood friend, since Ariel's world is a matriarchal one, the only way to increase the world's attention to these achievements is through Ariel's publication of them.

Every magical girl needs a magical weapon, and Ariel alone has given away hundreds of millions of magical girls, just for a few magical weapons...

Although it's expensive, it's not that I can't afford it.

"It's a pleasure to work with you." Chen Luo extended his hand.

"The process wasn't very pleasant, but the items weren't too expensive." Ariel had experienced the coercive feeling of that contract, so she knew that this contract was indeed a good thing.

Unfortunately, it's a bit expensive and can't be sold in bulk.

“Oh, right, these three magical weapons…” Ariel pointed to the three magical weapons on the coffee table—one gold, one silver, and one in its original form—and hesitated before speaking.

"Want some? 100 magical weapons." Chen Luo said directly after putting away the other magical weapons.

"Why don't you just rob it?!" Ariel was shocked.

And is Kyoko really that valuable? Worth a hundred magical weapons?

“Others need 100 magical weapons, but you only need 50,” Chen Luo said with a wave of his hand.

"That's too expensive!"

"What's so valuable about them? Just think, what if you could reverse engineer even more advanced technology from these enhanced magical weapons and the enhanced enhanced magical weapons? Wouldn't the benefits be greater than those of these 50 magical weapons?"

"With your discerning eye, you shouldn't be unable to see just how valuable this research sample is, right?"

"A relatively rare card can increase in value tenfold or even dozens of times by adding the words 'limited edition,' so why isn't my special ability's creation worth that price?" Chen Luo asked Ariel, who had already started studying the golden and silver magical weapons.

“But you didn’t give anything in return, did you?” Ariel retorted.

"That's my problem. Besides, you only see on the surface that I haven't done anything. How do you know I haven't done anything behind the scenes?"

"So what did you give in return?" Ariel asked, somewhat curious.

"I didn't pay any price!" Chen Luo said matter-of-factly.

He even gained a bit of the river god's power!

"You didn't pay anything, and you just resold one of the five magical weapons I originally sold to you for 50?!"

"But tell me, is it worth it or not?"

“...Ten at most,” Ariel said through gritted teeth.