"Fu Hua, do you need to eat?" Chen Luo asked after a moment of silence once Miss Yun had left.
"Look at the way you ask this question. Who doesn't need to eat?" The Herrscher of Knowledge rolled her eyes at Chen Luo.
"…"
"Huh? No way, your home looks so luxurious, but you're worried about food money?" After hearing Chen Luo's concerns, the Herrscher of Knowledge was stunned.
"You don't understand. To prevent me from spending recklessly, my parents have strictly calculated all the money they give me, ensuring my expenses are the same as those of ordinary people. But with you here, we may have to live on dirt next month. I still have some savings for this month," Chen Luo said helplessly.
Because Chen Luo had always been helping others since entering high school, his parents strictly controlled his spending before they left, fearing he would be cheated out of money by those taking advantage of his kindness. Otherwise, Chen Luo wouldn't have given up games that required in-game purchases after starting high school.
"It sounds a bit pathetic, but don't panic. It's just money, isn't it? It's nothing."
"Oh, you have money?"
"No, I don't have any money."
"What do you want to do? Don't do anything rash. Robbery is illegal," Chen Luo suddenly realized something.
"Hey, what is robbery? That's called chivalry. Tonight, when my wound is almost healed, I'll take you to do chivalry and rob the rich to help the poor!"
"What? I have to go too?"
"Why? You don't want to go? We're doing this for your living expenses."
"No... Okay, I'll go. Remember to call me when you want to have dinner. I'll go back to my room and tidy up the bedding first," Chen Luo said, suddenly thinking of something.
If I do good deeds, will you give me the raw stones?
Of course, the most important thing now is not to be a hero or have dinner but to collect the reward quickly!
"Okay, go ahead." After Chen Luo left, the Herrscher of Consciousness took the remote control and started watching TV.
After returning to his room, Chen Luo tore off the dirty pillowcase and sheets while looking at his backpack. There were three things inside.
One was a note with 600 raw stones written on it.
Another was a bead.
The last one was a card with a question mark on it.
The first one was easy to understand. As soon as Chen Luo thought about it, the stones were used, and 600 more raw stones were added to his account, successfully reaching the 1,600 mark, which meant he could do ten consecutive draws.
But there was no need to panic; there was the second item. This seemed to strengthen his physical fitness. He would receive one of these beads every time he completed a commission. The degree of strengthening varied depending on the task's importance, difficulty, and duration.
Chen Luo decided to use this first and talk about it later. As he silently recited, a warm current started from his dantian and spread throughout his body. If the reward for snatching the little loli's lollipop was a small flame, then this time it was a big... flame. It felt like not as much as he imagined. But moving the bedside table felt much lighter than before, and his body felt lighter too. This made Chen Luo very satisfied.
"Next is the random mastery skill card." Chen Luo looked at the last item in his backpack with excitement. Was this the random weapon proficiency mentioned in the reward?
What could it be? A sword? Chen Luo thought again of the several strange long swords of the Ruler of Consciousness. Until now, he still didn't know where those feathers came from and how they turned into swords.
"I'll be able to do ten consecutive draws in a while, so let's try a single draw first and see how my luck works." Chen Luo decided to test the waters with the weapon card.
As Chen Luo silently recited the card, it expanded from its palm size to a roulette wheel and began to spin rapidly. Mastery of firearms, swordsmanship, boxing, knife skills, blasting, finger techniques, tank driving, star destroyer driving...
"They all look so awesome!" Chen Luo couldn't help drooling as he looked at the various proficient abilities filling the screen. But then again, if he acquired Star Destroyer Piloting Mastery, would he be given a Star Destroyer as a gift? If he was good at knife skills, where could he get a knife? Was a kitchen knife okay? As for guns, those were contraband, right?
Chen Luo was deep in thought when the roulette wheel stopped at a certain position, and he realized his worries were completely unnecessary.
[Ding! Congratulations on obtaining (Furniture Mastery)]
"Damn it!!!"
What good is being an expert on broken furniture?
Are you planning to let me pick up the refrigerator and fight with it?
...
The knife flashed, and the onion thrown into the air by Chen Luo was instantly sliced into several pieces, then caught by the frying pan in his right hand.
Very good, Chen Luo had misunderstood the furniture expert. This guy was actually an expert in cooking, right?
"Wow, Luo, your knife skills are really great. You can use a small kitchen knife with such perfection," the Herrscher of Consciousness, watching Chen Luo cook, exclaimed in amazement.
"Thank you for the compliment, but I only know how to use a kitchen knife," Chen Luo said coldly.
[Furniture Mastery]: You can perfectly control and use all household appliances. In the furniture store, you are invincible!
If you think about it carefully, this furniture mastery isn't a useless ability. Although it's unclear why kitchen utensils are included in furniture. In fact, Chen Luo thought this [Furniture Mastery] should be changed to [Household Appliances Mastery].
Anyway...
Well, at least he was great at cooking.
Maybe he could carry a little more furniture in his backpack.
Chen Luo looked at the boning knife at the edge of the kitchen. That thing seemed to be considered a household appliance. Then, he looked at the frying pan in his hand again.
Frying pan proficiency? Red Wolf?
All the pots return to their roots?
During the meal, Chen Luo received praise from the Herrscher of Consciousness, which even surprised him.
His cooking skills, which were just enough to feed himself and not starve, could actually produce such delicious dishes.
"But where should I put that newly released store pendant?" Chen Luo thought while eating.
In fact, he didn't expect that his ten consecutive draws would actually result in a store. The function seemed to help him expand his business scope, business from outside the world.
But why a midnight bar?
Where would he buy wine? Could he bottle beer?