Their Commission Reward Isn't Right

Other people's protective talismans are strings of beads or strange triangular paper talismans. Yun Xia's family's protective talismans are necklaces, seemingly made of jade.

And there were at least 20 of these seemingly expensive necklaces in the bodyguard's hands.

"Miss said that the more protective talismans, the better. If possible, she hopes Young Master Chen Luo can wear all of them," the bodyguard said, his expression unchanged.

"??? Who has 20-something protective talismans on them for no reason? Isn't it heavy?" Chen Luo didn't understand, he really didn't understand.

"Miss also said that if Young Master Chen Luo doesn't want to wear them all, he should at least wear more than three at a time."

Yun Xia seemed to have expected this.

"Alright, I'll take them," Chen Luo said after a moment of thought, accepting the 20 protective talismans.

"Then if there's nothing else, I'll take my leave." After nodding to Chen Luo, the bodyguard turned and left.

Chen Luo accepted the protective talismans and, seeing the other party turn to leave, decisively closed the door.

Then Chen Luo looked at the protective talismans in his hand, counting them to be as many as 24.

[Protective Jade] (Item): Can dispel evil spirits. The more there are, the better the effect, with a maximum of 12.

Grade: One Star (12 combined become Two Stars)

Price: 10 raw stones (each)

"...Holy crap, Yun Xia is so generous. These things are ten raw stones each, so 24 of them are 240 raw stones," Chen Luo exclaimed in surprise.

According to the talent panel's settings, one-star items could be bought with money, and two-star items could possibly be bought with money, but not necessarily.

For example, Chen Luo's two-star item, the Barrett sniper rifle, could indeed be bought in reality, but that Endless Coconut Milk might not be obtainable.

Although the effect of Endless Coconut Milk was just a daily output of 10 gourds of coconut milk.

Chen Luo currently only had 585 raw stones, meaning a string of these things was worth half of Chen Luo.

"Heh, a mere 240 raw stones. If this were our world, I'd go snatch the Skyfire Greatsword for you right now," the Herrscher of Knowledge said disdainfully from the side.

"What is this strange competitive spirit of yours?" Chen Luo gave the Herrscher of Knowledge a helpless look.

Chapter 40: Inner Demon and the Inner Demon's Inner Demon

"Alright, let's not talk about this. I read something interesting in that person's mind just now, want me to enlighten you?" the Herrscher of Knowledge said as she led Chen Luo back to the basement.

It was normal for the Herrscher of Knowledge to be able to read people's minds, right?

Especially when the other party's strength was truly average.

With that level of strength, the Herrscher of Knowledge really doubted who was protecting whom between him and Yun Xia, as Chen Luo called her.

Although the Herrscher of Knowledge considered herself second to none in her life, she would still give due respect to someone whose single item or talent price was only one raw stone less than hers.

"Come on, stop being coy. Who are we to each other?"

"Tsk. Fine, that bodyguard's strength is limited, and he doesn't know much, but he happened to know what this thing is." Hearing Chen Luo's overture, even the Herrscher of Knowledge couldn't continue to be unreasonable.

"This world is not peaceful, and you understand that more or less now. That bodyguard doesn't know much, but he understands some basic things. For example, this thing is a monster called an Inner Demon, which can be generated under extremely rare circumstances due to someone's immense negative emotions." The Herrscher of Knowledge pointed at Blondie.

"Inner Demon? Sounds awesome," Chen Luo exclaimed.

"Yes, it does sound powerful. After all, Inner Demons have always been a great taboo for cultivators. However, this thing is currently in its lowest state."

"The so-called Inner Demon is one of the evil spirits that generates from negative emotions and can devour negative emotions to strengthen itself. People possessed by an Inner Demon initially gain a boost in negative energy, their physical fitness soars, and they have extremely strong concealment, making them very difficult to detect. Only when in a state of anger will their pupils turn completely black, leaving only a hint of red light, like this."

"And after an Inner Demon is generated, it will go to eliminate the Inner Demon that generated it."

"Wait a minute, what you said is a bit convoluted. Isn't he an Inner Demon? Why would he eliminate an Inner Demon?" Chen Luo interrupted the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"How should I put it? Inner Demons often have a strong sense of revenge, and they represent the host's dark side. Only by avenging the host's grievances can the Inner Demon completely control the host's actions, and even be able to parasitize another body after the host's death."

"And think about who it was that caused him to have an Inner Demon?" The Herrscher of Knowledge glanced meaningfully at Chen Luo.

"Wait, are you saying that I am the Inner Demon?" Chen Luo pointed at himself in disbelief.

"No, to be precise, you are the Inner Demon's Inner Demon."

"..." Chen Luo suddenly didn't know what to say.

Chen Luo originally thought he was a good person.

"After an Inner Demon appears, taking revenge on its own Inner Demon is the primary task. And after the revenge is successful, the Inner Demon will enter an unlimited development mode, potentially growing into a powerful demon capable of threatening S-rank talent holders," the Herrscher of Knowledge continued to explain.

"Erm, so, after beating me up, he might break through his limits and become a true Inner Demon, then go on a rampage, and I'll have killed the future of a powerful demon?"

Hearing the Herrscher of Knowledge say this, Chen Luo felt increasingly unlucky.

Two of his friends in this world, Yun Xia and Yun Lian'er, were both S-rank talent holders. And the first enemy he provoked was an Inner Demon who could potentially become an extremely troublesome powerhouse, with a threat level of S-rank.

This was too ridiculous.

"No, you might have misunderstood something. Inner Demons are not kind beings who only beat you up. According to the memories of that person just now, 90% of Inner Demons' revenge targets died tragically." The Herrscher of Knowledge shook her head.

"Huh? Then what about the remaining 10%?" Chen Luo asked, looking at Blondie in surprise.

Chen Luo didn't remember offending this Blondie that badly.

What did he do?

He bullied a classmate and shoved the classmate's head into the toilet. Chen Luo had that classmate use a mop dipped in feces to stuff his mouth, returning the favor in kind. That was perfectly normal.

Blondie incited his classmates to ostracize those who dared to resist his "tyranny," pushing them to the point of depression and even dropping out of school. Chen Luo personally wrote a letter of complaint and submitted it directly to the Public Security Bureau, resulting in a detention of no more than 5 days and a fine of 500. Actually, Chen Luo felt that was letting him off easy.

A couple of days ago, the other party attempted to rob him at his home and inflict intentional harm. Chen Luo had merely buried him in the yard to let him experience solitude for a while.

Why is this guy so petty?

"The remaining 10%, a fate worse than death..." The Herrscher of Knowledge glanced with some complexity at Blondie, who lay on the ground, still glaring fiercely at Chen Luo.

"Moreover, almost all inner demons will implicate their families," the Herrscher of Knowledge added.

"..."

"What are you thinking about? If you can't bring yourself to do it, I can help you. Letting a tiger return to the mountains—even if you're willing, I won't agree," the Herrscher of Knowledge asked Chen Luo with some worry as he observed his contemplation.

After all, Chen Luo had never seen blood before. Although he had chopped down death gods, killed Honkai beasts, and stabbed bandits in the consciousness space, that was only within the consciousness space.

The Herrscher of Knowledge felt it was necessary to correct her younger brother's flawed thinking as an older sister.

After all, in the other party's memories, inner demons could not be eliminated by any normal means. Even if they were eliminated by special means, if the host was not killed, new inner demons might arise after a period of time.

This was what they called "familiarity breeds contempt."

"I was thinking, if we kill him now, will we be listed as criminal suspects? After all, you shouldn't underestimate this world's investigative methods, especially since he followed me into the residential complex..."

To the Herrscher of Knowledge's surprise, Chen Luo's line of thought was completely different from what she had imagined.

"What's there to worry about? At worst, we can just run away to the Honkai world!" Seeing that Chen Luo wasn't being indecisive, the Herrscher of Knowledge was very pleased.

He hadn't disgraced the devilish training she had given him in the consciousness space.

It's just that the things he was thinking about were a bit much.

"You idiot." Chen Luo shot the Herrscher of Knowledge a glare.

Your parents aren't in this world, but mine are.

And living well in this world, then suddenly being forced to leave home—who could handle that?

"You dare to curse at me? I... fine, then tell me, tell me what to do. If you have the guts, come up with a better method," the Herrscher of Knowledge said somewhat indignantly.

You're the idiot, your whole family are idiots.

To think that I, the dignified Herrscher of Knowledge, who controls consciousness, could possibly be stupid?

I'm very smart!

Chapter 41 Chen Luo: This is how it's written in novels

"Little Shi, if I asked you to control his body to leave our residential complex and return to his home, could you do it? Or, as long as you can get him away from the complex, that's fine," Chen Luo asked.

The most important issue now was that this guy, while following Chen Luo, hadn't paid any attention to the surveillance cameras. He was definitely caught on camera following Chen Luo. If he died or disappeared, Chen Luo would be the prime suspect.

As long as he could be made to leave this residential complex, Chen Luo would have countless ways to make him disappear from this world.

He could chop him up and throw him directly into the Backpack, so he'd never see the sun again.

Or he could drag him to the tavern and wait for Venti to arrive, asking him to help dispose of the body in the wilderness.

If the police in this world had the guts to go to another world to find the body, I'll get guaranteed pity pulls for the rest of my life!

"No, I already tried just now. It seems that because of the presence of the inner demon, the opponent is immune to mental manipulation skills, especially since I'm still injured and haven't recovered. He might break free from my consciousness cage at any moment," the Herrscher of Knowledge shook her head under Chen Luo's expectant gaze.

"Wait, you're still injured?" Chen Luo looked at the Herrscher of Knowledge in surprise.

"What do you think? Did you really think that 'severely injured' in the mission description was just a prefix? My current strength has only recovered to thirty percent. But luckily, the spiritual energy in this world has a great healing effect on injuries. So, I'll be fine in no time," the Herrscher of Knowledge glanced at Chen Luo with disdain.

"Spiritual energy? What's that?"

"According to the knowledge in that bodyguard's mind, spiritual energy is the unique power of this world, just like the Honkai energy in our world. It's all a type of magic. I don't know much else, but at least in terms of recovering from injuries, spiritual energy is much more useful than Honkai energy. So, have you thought of a solution yet? We can't keep him tied up in the basement forever, can we?"

"This... I do have a method."

"What method?"

"You said since Yun Xia gave me a protective charm, would she have a way to monitor if the charm is working? Or something similar?" Chen Luo said as he threw a string of protective charms onto Blondie.

When the protective charm touched Blondie, it suddenly lit up, which it hadn't done when it was in Chen Luo's hand. It looked quite beautiful.

"Ah!!!" The moment the protective charm lit up, Blondie let out a scream, and wisps of black gas rose from his body.

Blondie's scream was full of vigor. If it weren't for the basement, someone would have heard it and called the police long ago.

"Crack..." As Blondie screamed, Chen Luo also heard a cracking sound from the protective charm.

Hearing this sound, Chen Luo quickly took the protective charm off Blondie and looked at it with heartache.

"Fortunately, only two protective charms cracked a little, and they can still be recycled." Seeing the condition of these 24 protective charms, Chen Luo breathed a sigh of relief.

"This thing can be recycled?" the Herrscher of Knowledge asked.

"Yes, of course, it can be recycled. It's just that the recycling price is a bit of a rip-off, half price, meaning 5 raw stones each."

Chen Luo strongly protested this, but his protests were useless.

"But, will your method really work?"

"If it works or not, we'll know by trying, won't we?" Chen Luo took out his phone.

If Chen Luo's guess was correct, he would receive a call within two minutes.

"Sigh, I wonder if Chen Luo will be able to awaken his talent. I heard that people who are about to awaken their talent but haven't yet are like desserts to those demons. Thankfully, I'm smart and sent him a Protective Jade. But I hope he doesn't need it..."

Lying on her big bed, Yun Xia idly played with a dragon-shaped jade pendant.

This dragon-shaped jade pendant was a matching item to the Protective Jade, serving as a remote monitoring tool.

If the dragon-shaped jade pendant lit up, it meant the other party's protective charm had taken effect.

And if the dragon-shaped jade pendant shattered, it meant all the Protective Jades had been used up, signifying that the user was in danger.

When the user of a Protective Jade encountered different dangers, the pendant's brightness would vary.

The current faint glow of the pendant indicated that the other party was in danger, but it wasn't life-threatening.

Wait, faint glow?

Yun Xia looked at the now-lit pendant and shot up from the bed.

"Number 2 just called to say he received the protective charm, and now it's already glowing?" Yun Xia found it hard to believe.

Despite her disbelief, she immediately grabbed the phone beside her and urgently dialed the number she had pinned to the top of her contacts.

At the same time, a staff about a meter long appeared in Yun Xia's hand. Yun Xia, who had been in her pajamas, was instantly enveloped in a glow and clad in a cute pink outfit.

"Hello, A'Luo, are you alright?" Yun Xia asked anxiously after the call took a while to connect.