Their commission was suspicious.

The method of using the Time Source Crystal is very simple. If you want to use this thing to scoop up the Time River water, you don't need to make it into a container to scoop it up, because this thing itself is the source of the Time River water. So if Chen Luo doesn't mind, he can just lick it directly. Licking it once is equivalent to drinking a lot of Time River water.

But a more refined approach would be to soak it in water.

"Speaking of which, Xiao Jiu, do you think if I throw this Time Source Crystal into the river, will three Time Source Crystals appear?" Chen Luo had just finished soaking the Time Source Crystal when he pulled it out with a thread and threw it into his backpack.

The Time Source Crystal is like a tea bag, and it can be brewed repeatedly, with each brew taking less than a second.

No, or rather, when this time source crystal enters the water, the water inside becomes the Time River.

Because time is meaningless in the face of the Time Source Crystal, the length of time it is soaked in water is also meaningless.

Chen Luo decided to put the item in his backpack first, not because he liked using it, but because he felt that the place his mother had put it was too unsafe.

There was just a box, nothing else, and no protective measures whatsoever. Luo Li didn't even put up a lock.

What if it gets stolen?

"You want to create three Time Crystals? You're dreaming!"

Upon hearing Chen Luo's assumption, Xiao Jiu immediately rolled her eyes.

It's one thing for you to copy your random items, but how dare you copy the Time Source Crystal?

This thing is synonymous with the origin of time, the source of the river of time. How could it possibly be copied three times?

"Heh. Is that so?" Chen Luo sneered, but did not make the move to throw the Time Crystal into the river.

Because there's no river in the bar now.

Forget about throwing it into the illusory river of time. Chen Luo had tried throwing water into the river of time before, but it ended up being fruitless; the river of time swallowed even the water.

However, Chen Luo felt that there was a 5% chance that his River God ability could summon gold and silver items, although it might just be an illusion and wouldn't grant them any gold or silver enhancements...

As stated in the description of the River God's abilities, the River God is not very good at copying special conceptual items.

However, the premise of not being good at it is that the conceptual item being copied is of the highest level, SSS grade, and is a top-tier item.

This is not a question Chen Luo should consider. In any case, Chen Luo has no interest in the Time Source Crystal, nor in the Time River Water.

Chen Luo brewed a cup of Time River water purely out of curiosity.

"Would you like some?" Chen Luo asked Xiao Jiu, who looked very eager, as he picked up the glass of Time River Water.

"I won't drink it, and don't give it to Kaguya Houraisan or Izayoi either." Xiao Jiu looked longingly at the glass of water and then shook her head.

"why?"

"I can't drink it because I'm still under the curse of time. If it were potato chips soaked in the River of Time, I could eat some, since the taste of the River of Time in them is relatively mild. But if it's this concentration of River of Time, I'm afraid that if I drink it, I'll extend this curse for hundreds or thousands of years."

The water in the River of Time also varies in quality, and the water produced by the Time Source Crystal is essentially water drawn directly from the source, so its quality is definitely very high.

Xiao Jiu's time curse prevents her from drinking this water.

"The reason why the two of them can't drink it is simply because they are too weak to handle the nourishment. What time river water have they ever drunk? Time river water must be drunk little by little to gradually adapt to it."

Sakuya Izayoi and Kaguya Houraisan, especially the latter, although she has lived for a long time, she has never drunk the water of the River of Time due to her power system, and only recently did she taste it for the first time.

It's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. If Chen Luo were to give the best to Kaguya Houraisan right now, the two of them probably wouldn't want to drink water of lower quality anymore.

"Then it seems I'll have to drink this myself." Chen Luo placed the cup of water in front of Xiao Jiu, let her smell it, and then placed it in front of himself.

"..." by Xiao Jiu

Killing someone is one thing, but to also destroy their spirit is another?

Although Xiao Jiu was very angry, there was nothing she could do.

"Hmm?" However, Chen Luo frowned slightly as he drank the water.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Xiao Jiu asked quickly.

Although Xiao Jiu spoke eloquently about the Time Crystal, she had never actually seen one, let alone drunk water infused with it.

Once Xiao Jiu recovers, she will probably use her savings to buy some Time River water with Chen Luo without hesitation. Now that Chen Luo has problems drinking it, it means that Xiao Jiu may also have problems drinking it in the future.

"I don't feel any physical discomfort, but the taste of the river water seems very familiar at this time of day..." Chen Luo looked down at the water in his cup.

What did it taste like again? Let me think.

"You're familiar with this? You're probably not seeing this for the first time, are you?" Xiao Jiu rolled her eyes at Chen Luo.

"Oh, I remember now! I used to play house with my mom, and this was the stuff I drank. I remember the taste of this water very clearly because it would give me a stomachache!" Chen Luo slapped his thigh and remembered.

"You drank this stuff like water when you were little? How come it didn't poison you? How did you survive this long?" Xiao Jiu looked at Chen Luo in surprise.

Xiao Jiu wasn't surprised that Chen Luo could drink this stuff like water, since the Time Source Crystal was in his house and he could get as much Time River water as he wanted at will.

What puzzled Xiao Jiu was why Chen Luo hadn't been poisoned after drinking all that water.

Even Kaguya Houraisan and Sakuya Izayoi, two excellent time-manipulation users, suffered from the effects of drinking the Time River water. Why is it that Chen Luo only had a stomachache?

What kind of constitution is this?

Moreover, if Chen Luo had drunk water infused with Time Source Crystals when he was a child, and his physique had been improved by the Time River Water, wouldn't Chen Luo be very suitable for time abilities?

Emmm...

But considering Chen Luo's talent for turning wishes into tangible things, it seems quite unheard of.

"Sigh, I really want to be a contemporary traveler more and more. The things that the World Consciousness gives are really expensive." Xiao Jiu is becoming more and more envious of Chen Luo's parents.

Since one can escape the trajectory of fate and potentially become an agent, why haven't I received a job offer?

Could it be... that I haven't escaped the trajectory of fate yet?

Xiao Jiu fell into deep thought.

"Hmm, Chen Luo, what are you putting into the River of Time?" The splashing sound woke Xiao Jiu from her reverie.

Then, Xiao Jiu saw Chen Luo seemingly cutting something and putting it into the Time River water in the cup.

"Hmm?" Chen Luo, who was using the "Whoever Gives a Gift Gets Stabbed" sword to cut energy blocks from the star core and throw them into the River of Time, heard Xiao Jiu's question, put away the star core, and then raised his specially made drink to Xiao Jiu.

"Want some? Star Core flavored Time River Water. It tastes a bit like lemonade."

"..." Xiao Jiu glanced at the two things gradually mixing in Chen Luo's cup, and after roughly seeing the ingredients, she gradually showed a look of disgust.

This stuff, let alone ordinary people, would kill even Yukari Yakumo on the spot if she drank it.

Xiao Jiu couldn't tell for a moment whether the Time River water or the Star Core was more poisonous in this "drink".

Chapter 1429 Eightfold Divine Child: Divine Child Brand Hand Warmer, You Deserve to Have One!

"Get up, the sun's already high in the sky." Chen Luo slapped Shenzi's bottom.

"Waaah!" The little fox was woken up by Chen Luo and jumped out of its den.

"Chen Luo, if you don't give me a proper reason today, I'm not finished with you. How could you do such a vulgar thing to a gentle and kind fox lady?" The transformed divine child said to Chen Luo in a vicious voice.

"Ah, it seems you've completely forgotten what day it is today."

"What day is it? I only remember having something to do this afternoon," the goddess said after stretching.

"What? You're finally willing to come back to work at Narukami Shrine with me today? Don't worry, I'll do my best to be a good host. I'll take care of you, and you can help me with my official duties, how about that?" Yae no Miko winked at Chen Luo.

"Please persuade the servant carefully..."

"Whatever kind of service you want, you'll get that kind of service." In the end, the Divine Child chose the easier option between being taken advantage of by Chen Luo and having to handle official duties that were three times her own.

Serving? Does the divine child only need to be pleasing to the eye?

This is a feast for the eyes!

[Ding! You have a new request!]

“Okay! Let’s go to Narukami Shrine. I’ll handle your official business.” Chen Luo agreed immediately upon seeing the request.

"Really?" Seeing Chen Luo agree so readily, the Divine Child felt something was off, but couldn't quite put his finger on it.

"Really." Chen Luo nodded.

"But if I go to Narukami Shrine, I want both the faith power of the Thousand-Armed Hundred-Eyed God Statue and the faith power of Narukami Shrine itself. Lord Yae-miya, you wouldn't mind, would you?"

"Oh? Call me the beautiful and wise Lady Yae no Miyaji! As for the power of faith, that depends on your performance." Although Yae no Miyaji doesn't need the power of faith, that doesn't stop her from teasing Chen Luo.

Do you want the power of faith? Do you want the power of faith? If you do, then beg me.

"Yes, yes, please, please, Mr. Yae no Miko, who possesses both beauty and wisdom." Chen Luo reached out and grabbed Yae no Miko's hand, then held it in his palm.

"..." Yae no Miko's heartbeat almost slowed down by half a beat.

"Ahem, considering how much I've eaten your fried tofu these past few days, I'll take the power of faith. I don't need it anyway," Yae no Miko said somewhat guiltily.

"Then I won't stand on ceremony. By the way, have you seen Xiao Qi?" Chen Luo looked around.

I've gone home to be with my younger sister.

"He probably went out to play, or... went home. Anyway, I didn't see him. After you left him outside the room yesterday, he stayed up all night working on official business until 5 a.m.," Yae Shinji yawned.

During the time that Yae no Miko was away, quite a few things happened, including but not limited to the riot on Haiki Island caused by the Eye Hunting Order and the Seclusion Order, and certain schemers among the three great magistrate families who were eager to make their move.

In addition, as the chief priest, Yae no Miko also needs to handle matters concerning Narukami Taisha.

"Speaking of which, it seems I once owed you something, and I need to repay that debt with the power of faith, right?" The Yae no Miko, who had just woken up, was a beat slow to process what she was saying.

"You still remember?" Chen Luo rolled his eyes at the Eightfold Divine Child.

"Oh, right, it's because you stayed by Lord Foxmonger's side for over a month that I owe you some gold coins, right?" Yae no Miko gradually remembered.

"Speaking of which, when was it that we saved Lord Fox-Sai-no-miya?" Yae no Miko tilted her head.

"Today, to be precise, this afternoon, or more precisely, 3 PM today, which is half an hour from now," Chen Luo said, glancing at the schedule on his talent panel.

"This afternoon?! Time flies so fast?" Yae no Miko was surprised, but then she breathed a sigh of relief, remembering that Chen Luo had never disappointed anyone.

"Let's go, let's get to work," Chen Luo said, grabbing Yae no Miko's wrist.

“Yes, it’s time to go and rescue Lord Foxmonger.” Yae nods.

"Hmm, what are you talking about, Divine Child? Of course, we need to attend to official business now!"

"What official business? You still have time to deal with official business?"

"Divine Child, have you forgotten? You just gave me this commission two minutes ago," Chen Luo reminded him.

"But there are priorities. Why are you only thinking about your commission... Chen Luo, don't tell me that you chose to handle official business over saving Lord Fox Palace?" The Divine Child stared at Chen Luo with wide eyes, as if she had realized something.

"...Divine Child, you know me. Although the Fox-Saving Palace might give more points, helping you with official business will increase your favorability. Besides, this wish must be completed this afternoon." Chen Luo looked somewhat troubled.

"What's the point of increasing favorability? My favorability with you is already maxed out. Alright, let's hurry up and save Fox Palace. What if something happens if we're late?" Yae no Miko was completely exasperated.

What use is my favorability rating to you?

It's like you're saying, "If you really want something, come and get it yourself. I can't stop you."

"I don't believe it. Lady Yae no Kami, who possesses both beauty and wisdom."

“…My benefactor, I beg you.”

Yae no Miko realized that Chen Luo was a vengeful guy! Especially after saying that sentence.

I don't know who she learned it from.

"Hmph, I said, can you two stay away from each other?" The Herrscher of Knowledge appeared beside them at some point, then crossed her arms and looked at Chen Luo and Yae no Kamiko with an unfriendly expression.

"Ahem, acting cute won't work, and whether or not you get a high level of favorability isn't up to you. But you have to promise me one thing," Chen Luo said.

"Speak, what is it?" Yae no Miko sighed.

Yae no Miko knew that Chen Luo was waiting for her here.

A cunning "benefactor".

"You'll have to be my hand warmer all day tomorrow," Chen Luo said.

"Sure, but it's only the end of summer vacation. You want me to be your hand warmer? Aren't you afraid you'll die of heatstroke?" Yae Shinko complained after recalling the current date.

It's one thing for you to use me as a hand warmer in winter, but how dare you do that in summer?

Yae no Miko has done the job of being a hand warmer before, after all, she became a member of the Thunder God's familiar because she did a good job as a hand warmer at the beginning.

However, the hand warmer was for Raiden Shin, the first Thor.

Unfortunately, Yae no Miko hadn't developed much intelligence at the time, and although she had some cultivation, it wasn't much. So she wasn't very close to Raiden Shin. Although she served as his hand warmer for a while, she can't remember it clearly now. But if we're talking about relationships, she was definitely closer to Raiden Shin.

"Of course not. It's so hot in this world during the summer, what would I need a hand warmer for? I want you to be my hand warmer in the dream world tomorrow... the day after tomorrow... tomorrow... when was it again? Oh, anyway, in a couple of days."