Chen Luo felt that his Talent Awakening had come at just the right time. It had awakened before summer vacation, allowing him to immerse himself more fully in completing commissions without giving up certain tasks out of fear that he would be unable to get out of bed for school the next day and end up late.
Chen Luo had a feeling that this summer vacation might be the most extraordinary one he had ever experienced.
Including, but not limited to, saving the world.
Probably...
Sure enough, saving the world while still in high school was a man's romance.
"Ugh..."
Just as Chen Luo was wondering how he should tempt Venti into drinking wine brewed by the Anemo Archon tonight, a sigh sounded beside him.
Chen Luo turned and saw his deskmate sighing mournfully.
"What's wrong with you now?" Chen Luo muttered quietly.
Chen Luo's Chinese teacher was a very strange teacher. His teaching ability was excellent, and he had extensive teaching experience. He was one of the school's star teachers, but he had one strange trait: he never cared what students did during class.
This led to a problem. In classes that were already orderly and willing to listen, Chinese grades kept improving. In classes with poor discipline where students disliked listening, Chinese grades kept getting worse.
His teaching ability was more than sufficient, but his awareness of classroom management was lacking.
That was why Chen Luo talking and making little movements during class was not particularly conspicuous in the classroom.
"I'm worrying about life," Yun Xia said with a sigh.
"You worry about life too?" Chen Luo froze for a moment.
Chen Luo had originally thought that being born into a wealthy family yet still having to live a hard life was something unique to him. He had not expected it to apply to Yun Xia as well.
Yun Xia's family was definitely wealthy. She rode to school in an extended car, complete with bodyguards escorting her.
Chen Luo simply did not believe she had no money.
"I'm not like you. I don't need to worry about having enough to eat. It's just family disputes." Seeing Chen Luo sincerely worried about her, Yun Xia could not help sighing again.
"Chen Luo, Chen Luo, why are you always so eager to help others when you have nothing better to do?" Yun Xia was nearly at the point of wanting to strangle Chen Luo.
Why work as a caregiver on Saturdays and Sundays? Wouldn't it be better to stay home every day, play games, watch TV, follow dramas, and watch variety shows?
"Uh... if you ask me that, how am I supposed to answer in a way that satisfies you?" Chen Luo noticed that she was in a bad mood, so he asked.
"Chen Luo, Kang Ning said she wants you to fold a paper pineapple for her. She'll pay for the materials..." Chen Luo's front-row classmate turned around and whispered to him.
Ding! You have a new commission!
Charm Test: Since Chen Luo, who was called Chen the Great Philanthropist yesterday, unprecedentedly refused a request, someone wants to test her own charm. Please help her fold an extremely troublesome paper pineapple.
Reward: 5 Primogems
Difficulty: One-star
"Please tell her that if she only wants to show off her charm for no reason, she can get lost." Chen Luo reached out with one hand and turned his front-row classmate's head back around.
A paper pineapple was the kind of troublesome thing that could take an entire day to make and still might not turn out well.
Even a dog would not earn these 5 Primogems.
Chen Luo was a man who handled big business. How could he possibly care about 5 Primogems?
"Chen Luo, Chen Luo, when it's time to wipe the blackboard later, can you help me? My stomach hurts." Chen Luo's back-row classmate poked him in the back.
Ding! You have a new commission!
Wipe the Blackboard: The other party has a stomachache. Please help wipe the blackboard.
Reward: 5 Primogems
Difficulty: Zero-star
"No problem." Chen Luo nodded.
Fine, Chen Luo took back what he had just said. Five Primogems were actually pretty nice.
After all, wiping a blackboard was something that took half a minute.
And the other party really did have a stomachache. That could be seen from the commission description.
Difficulty Unknown Commission
"Why are you looking at me like that?" After agreeing to the guy behind him, Chen Luo turned around and saw Yun Xia staring blankly at him.
"You've changed. You've really changed. You clearly never used to refuse anyone's requests."
"Umm, maybe getting beaten up by my cousin knocked some sense into me?" Chen Luo thought about it, then shifted the blame onto the Herrscher of Knowledge.
Don't ask. If you ask, it was the Herrscher of Knowledge's fault.
Therefore, no matter the cost, humanity would certainly defeat Honkai.
And now that he thought about it, Chen Luo regretted not introducing the Herrscher of Knowledge as his younger cousin back then.
What a miscalculation. What a miscalculation.
"What, are you disappointed?" Chen Luo asked casually.
"No, no, no. I like the current you better. At least now you won't suffer such huge losses just because you want to help others. Since you've been enlightened, can you agree to one thing for me?" Yun Xia propped her cheek on one hand and stared directly into Chen Luo's eyes.
"What is it?" Chen Luo was somewhat puzzled.
After all, nearly everyone in the class had asked him for help at least ten times, but this was the first request Yun Xia had ever made of him.
Chen Luo decided that as long as Yun Xia's request was not too excessive, he would definitely agree.
"Don't go work as a caregiver at the hospital on Saturdays and Sundays anymore. Hospitals are dirty and messy, and there could be all kinds of diseases. What if some disgusting woman infects you with something? It would be bad for your health. Especially stay away from certain women surnamed Yun." Yun Xia pleaded earnestly and sincerely.
Holy shit, that request was way too excessive.
If I stop working at the hospital, will you give me 100 Primogems?
Ding! You have a new commission!
Stay Away from Hospitals: Do not work as a caregiver at a hospital on Saturdays and Sundays, and stay away from every woman surnamed Yun in this world except Yun Xia.
Reward: 1,500 Primogems + Random Special Card (two-star to four-star item)
Difficulty: Unknown (Extremely likely to cause some uncontrollable and enormously significant consequences!!!)
"..." Chen Luo admitted that the red-highlighted unknown difficulty scared him.
What the hell was this? It was above four-star difficulty?
Four-star commissions rewarded 1,000 Primogems. Then 1,500 was definitely above four stars, perhaps even five stars.
"May I ask, do you know a woman named Yun Lian'er?" After holding it in for a while, Chen Heng suddenly asked.
"...I don't." An unhappy expression appeared on Yun Xia's face.
"..." You definitely know her, right? You definitely do!
"Then... let's shake hands." Chen Luo extended his right hand.
"Huh?" Yun Xia was unusually stunned by Chen Luo's abrupt action. For some reason, her face also turned a little red.
"Um, what are you doing? I think we, we should... d-do we really have to be so intense right from the start?"
"I just wanted us to shake hands like friends. What are you thinking?" Chen Luo suspected that she was imagining things, but he had no idea what exactly she was imagining.
At that moment, Chen Luo suddenly realized just how perfect the Herrscher of Knowledge's authority was.
"Oh." Hearing Chen Luo's words, Yun Xia sighed in relief, but beneath that relief was a trace of disappointment.
Yun Xia perfunctorily shook Chen Luo's right hand, then lay back down on her desk.
Chen Luo had not responded to her request just now, which meant there was an eighty percent chance that her proposal would not be accepted.
That handshake might have been a way of changing the subject.
If Chen Luo could hear her thoughts, he could assure her that the handshake was absolutely not a way of changing the subject.
It was a way of becoming friends.
Yun Xia Clow Card Master (S-rank Talent): An immensely powerful magician capable of commanding 53 Clow Cards. Once she creates her own 54th Clow Card, she will change class into the Sealing Witch. All things, even skills and spells, can be sealed within cards. Price: 6,500 Primogems (Original Price: 10,000 Primogems) Linguistics Mastery:...
Good grief, this world's S-rank Talents were this common?
Chen Luo currently had Little Senti in his family list.
His friends list included Venti, Yun Lian'er, Yun Xia, Theresa, and Himeko Murata.
Among those six people, four possessed items or Talents priced at 10,000 Primogems or more.
Chen Luo was beginning to wonder whether the average combat strength of his world was a little too high.
Could he really pick someone at random and have them match the Herrscher of Knowledge's worth?
Or was he simply too unlucky, with nothing but heavyweights around him?
10,000 Primogems... 10,000 Primogems...
That was enough for Chen Luo to pull another companion or a five-star item.
That was assuming Chen Luo's luck was not bad enough to hit pity.
Chen Luo had originally thought that if he caused trouble or offended someone in another world in the future, he could at least return home, back to the peace of this ordinary world.
Now it seemed even that hellhole Honkai Impact 3rd was safer than this world.
"My Lady Yun, do you really not know someone named Yun Lian'er?" Chen Luo covered his head with a book, turned toward her, and whispered.
"I don't know her. I said I don't know her. I just don't know her."
"You really don't know her?"
"Chen Luo, what exactly are you trying to do?" Yun Xia glared at Chen Luo angrily.
This guy had refused her request, and he still had the nerve to come bother her?
"It's just that I couldn't agree to your request earlier, so I want to make it up to you. Is there anything you want from me right now?" Chen Luo asked cautiously.
Chen Luo's intuition told him that now was the perfect time to trigger a commission.
"My request is for you to shut up. Don't bother me until I come talk to you." Yun Xia rolled her eyes at Chen Luo.
Ding! You have a new commission!
Don't Bother Me: Do not say anything to Yun Xia before she speaks to you.
Reward: 10 Primogems per hour. (Maximum limit: 10 hours)
Difficulty: Zero-star
Hmm, this commission showed that Yun Xia and Yun Lian'er probably did not have a very good relationship.
Chen Luo thought to himself.
Why Did They Become Connected?
"Hey, Chen Luo, what do you mean by this? Just because I snapped at you during first period, you refuse to talk to me? Fine, then don't ever talk to me again!"
During the final class on Monday, Yun Xia looked at Chen Luo, who had not spoken to her all day, and nearly wanted to strangle him.
Why was a grown man being so petty?
"..." Chen Luo glanced at the timer on his Talent panel.
9 hours and 5 minutes.
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