Their Commission Reward Is Not Right Chapter 7

The 600 raw stones were the reward for completing the "Give Little Treasure a Home" quest.

The remaining five raw stones were obtained after snatching a lollipop from a little girl and completing the quest.

Although these five raw stones were very few, their significance was not just that. They represented that there wasn't only one way to complete a commission; a more violent approach was also possible.

Just like in Genshin Impact, each gacha pull requires 160 raw stones, and 1600 raw stones are enough for a 10-pull.

Furthermore, the gacha interface states that a 10-pull is guaranteed to yield a purple item, and 100 cumulative pulls are guaranteed to yield a gold item. Accumulating 200 pulls might even yield a colored item.

Note that the last part is "might."

In short, this gacha interface made Chen Luo feel indescribable. He really wanted to curse the person who designed this system, but he thought about it and held back, realizing it was his own talent.

However, there was good news. The good news was that the first 10-pull was also guaranteed to yield a gold item. This was converted from Chen Luo's excess raw stones into Fortune, which made Chen Luo slightly relieved.

After clicking on the 10-pull, under Chen Luo's expectant gaze, a golden light flashed, accompanied by two purple lights, two blue lights, and five white lights.

Golden light represents a five-star, which is an extremely rare item and has the potential to produce talent pendants, expanding the talent's functionality.

Purple light represents a four-star, which is a precious item and an extremely rare existence, such as a relatively exquisite and precious weapon or auxiliary item, etc. Generally, four-star items will have good special abilities.

Blue light represents a three-star, which is a rare item. It will have some relatively powerful items, and occasionally some special three-star items are even more awesome than four-star items, but they are very few. Blue items are generally unobtainable through normal means and are items with certain special abilities.

White light represents one-star and two-star items, which are things you can obtain in the ordinary world.

And Chen Luo's harvest this time...

Five-star: [Zero Bar] (Talent Pendant) (Item)

Four-star: [Friend of the Non-Human] (Title), [Attribute-less Vision] (Item)

Three-star: [Hong Tailang's Frying Pan] (Item), [The Sole Unfettered Sword] (Weapon)

Two-star: [Barrett M82A1 Sniper Rifle] (Weapon), [Endless Coconut Milk] (Drink)

One-star: [Premium Cat Food] ×10 (Pet Supplies), [Huaxia Coin] ×1000, [Telescope] (Item)

The scene of one gold and two purple items in the 10-pull made Chen Luo feel that his excess raw stones converted into Fortune "died" quite worthily. After all, gold items are the kind of items that can change the game experience.

However, what made Chen Luo a little confused was why that [Unfettered Sword] had a higher rarity than the Barrett.

Not until Chen Luo saw the equipment description of [The Sole Unfettered Sword].

[The Sole Unfettered Sword]:

Equipment Description: The dreams of youth, the excitement of embarking on a journey—if these two precious qualities aren't sharp enough, then make up for it with courage.

Equipment Characteristics: Unique Bind, Untradeable, Undroppable, Unlosable, Indestructible, can continuously improve itself as the owner grows. At the same time, it will grant you the courage to travel and fight.

Equipment Story: This sword has no story, but the moment you hold it, it will record and witness your story.

This thing is actually a growth-type equipment, and it sounds like it's bound to the Traveler.

Is this thing really three-star?

As everyone knows, generally, growth-type weapons are bug-level existences.

In short, this gacha pull was not a loss.

However, the problem now is what is the use of that only five-star item?

"Now the problem is, what can this bar do?" Chen Luo sat on a chair in front of the counter and pondered.

"Bartending... Although I've learned a lot, I've never actually tried bartending."

Chen Luo had done about 1000 good deeds, which meant Chen Luo's practical skills were extremely strong. Moreover, some commissions couldn't be completed with ordinary skills, such as nursing.

Because of this, Chen Luo had learned many skills, such as massage.

But bartending... it could only be said that Chen Luo was too young to be exposed to it.

While Chen Luo was thinking, his hand inadvertently rested on the counter. The moment Chen Luo touched the counter, it was as if some mechanism was triggered, and the talent interface suddenly popped up.

And on that talent panel, a special shop appeared.

[Raw Stone Shop]—[Zero Bar]

Currently, this shop, limited to the bar, only has one product.

[Void Wine]: 5 raw stones

[Void Wine]: A wine with no fixed taste, but it can become any wine, though it won't restore the wine's special buffs.

"..." Chen Luo silently looked at his remaining 5 raw stones.

Damn it!

Is this broken system doing this on purpose?

Okay, don't get angry, don't get angry. This system is his own talent, so it's not worth getting angry.

Chapter 11: The Correct Use of Household Item Mastery

"No way, I opened this bar and I'm losing money before I even make any? Five raw stones? Why don't you just rob me?" Although Chen Luo knew this system was his own talent, he couldn't help but get angry with it.

Chen Luo had always felt that this thing, while called a talent, was more like a system, but it truly was a talent.

If this thing were a system, Chen Luo could have cursed it, calling it heartless, stingy with the beginner's gift package, and a black-hearted scammer! But who could he blame when it was his own talent?

[Would you like to master Bartender Mastery and receive 10 sets of corresponding bartending equipment and materials?]

Just as Chen Luo was getting angry with himself, another line of text popped up on his talent panel.

"Hmm?" Chen Luo raised an eyebrow.

This seemed a bit more reliable.

"But this isn't going to cost money, is it?" Chen Luo felt he should ask about this beforehand.

[5 raw stones plus 1000 Huaxia Coins]

"...Damn it!" Although Chen Luo still wanted to curse, he had to admit it was much better than that ridiculously unconscionable offer of one bottle of wine for five raw stones.

It's just...

"Why does a stupid talent like you need cash?" Chen Luo couldn't understand, he really couldn't understand, and he couldn't accept losing the thousand Huaxia Coins he just got.

Chen Luo's talent still didn't answer him, acting as if it were dead.

"Fine, fine, if you want it, take it. Here, here." Seeing the talent panel acting dead, Chen Luo couldn't help but sigh.

Although Chen Luo was reluctant to part with the cash, after all, with an extra mouth to feed, expenses would definitely increase.

Fortunately, Chen Luo had always made it a habit to save up, and since the Herrscher of Knowledge had gone out to do good deeds, he shouldn't have to worry about funding issues during this time.

Besides, even if there were funding issues, at most Chen Luo could ask his parents again, saying he wanted to buy figurines and get more pocket money, which would be fine.

As for where the figurines were?

They were accidentally broken.

Although Chen Luo was short on money, he wasn't so desperate that he would exchange raw stones for cash.

After Chen Luo nodded, he found that the 1000 yuan in his backpack had instantly disappeared. Plus his remaining 5 raw stones.

Oh no, he'd really become a pauper now.

He wondered if he could sell that Barrett to get some money.

That thing should be quite valuable, right?

But speaking of which, Chen Luo really couldn't do the business of selling firearms.

[Bartending equipment has been placed under the counter.]

After seeing the prompt from the talent panel, Chen Luo jumped onto the bar counter and directly flipped over it. Since there was nothing on the counter, Chen Luo wasn't worried about knocking anything over.

Chen Luo glanced at the compartment under the counter and found that a set of bartending equipment had indeed been added.

However, Chen Luo wasn't sure if this bartending equipment had been there all along and the talent panel was just trying to trick him out of money, or if the talent panel had actually spent money to buy it.

[Ten sets of materials have been placed in the shop interface and can be selected and matched according to your bartending needs.]

After hearing the prompt from the talent panel, when Chen Luo opened the bar's shop interface, he found that various kinds of wine were already listed. These could be used as bartending materials or sold directly as complete drinks.

The so-called ten sets of materials meant that before Chen Luo could mix and sell ordinary quality wine, no matter how many types of wine he used to make the drink, it would count as one set of materials.

Overall, it was at least cheaper and more suitable than that 5-raw-stone wine.

Although he knew that the 5-raw-stone wine must be amazing, he didn't have enough startup capital for the materials.

Besides, Chen Luo didn't know anything about bartending. How could a bar owner run a business without knowing how to mix drinks?

Although Chen Luo hadn't yet enjoyed the benefits this bar brought him, he could roughly guess.

This bar was a bar that connected different worlds. Since he could meet people from different worlds, it meant there was a possibility of taking on commissions from them.

"Oh right, and that bartending skill, that's the main event, isn't it?" Chen Luo asked the talent panel when he didn't receive the reward he expected.

[As long as you treat the Zero Bar as your home, the bartending tools will naturally be considered household items. Therefore, you will naturally obtain Bartender Mastery.]

"...That's it?" Chen Luo was stunned for 5 seconds before asking foolishly.

The talent panel continued to act dead.

"You f**king... for just those few words, you want four raw stones from me? What use does a talent panel have for raw stones? Get out here, I'll beat you to death!" Chen Luo's anger meter was about to explode.

Yes, those few words were worth 4 raw stones. Chen Luo glanced at the material cost, which could be exchanged for ten sets of materials with one raw stone.

After spending a great deal of effort convincing himself not to get angry with himself, Chen Luo calmed down.

Although he had been tricked by the talent panel, Chen Luo felt like a new world had opened up to him.

The Zero Bar was a derivative of his talent, so it was his shop. If it was his shop, then everything inside it belonged to household items. Therefore, bartending supplies and tools were also household items.

After working hard to sort out this logic, as Chen Luo touched those bartending tools, he suddenly felt as if he could completely control them and mix all sorts of drinks.

"This is outrageous. I thought Household Item Mastery was just a skill for cooking, but I didn't expect it to be a causal skill." Chen Luo was amazed that using this logic actually achieved results.

Before he thought this way, Chen Luo didn't even know how to handle those bartending tools, nor did he know what those items were scientifically called. He only knew they were cups, all sorts of cups.

But now, after clarifying the logic, he had suddenly mastered it.

What is Household Item Mastery? This is Household Item Mastery!

If that's the case, extending it further, if he were to learn martial arts, then from now on he would be a martial arts family. Wouldn't the knives, spears, and staffs in a martial arts family also be considered household items?

Wouldn't that mean he could also master the use of knives, spears, and staffs?

For example, doesn't Theresa have a cross called Oath of Judah? Crosses are also things families might keep at home, right? So does that count as a household item?

And also, even though Chen Luo quit the game, he vaguely remembers that Raiden Shogun and Raiden Ei are two different people.

If that's the case, can that Raiden Shogun puppet be considered a body pillow? Body pillows are household items, right?

This is incredible, truly incredible.

This Household Item Mastery seems to be truly amazing.

Chapter 12: The Commission of Barbatos, the Anemo Archon

Although his imagination was vivid, reality was harsh. Even though Chen Luo had already started envisioning himself controlling the heavens, the earth, and the air, the talent panel dealt him a fatal blow.

[Oath of Judah weighs 152 kilograms. Raiden Shogun can cleave islands with a single strike. Furthermore, for items with strong autonomy and those that are owned, the greater the difference in strength between the item and the user, the more it will affect the effectiveness of Household Item Mastery.]

"So, you're saying that the Household Item Mastery ability can indeed control Oath of Judah and Raiden Shogun, but my strength is too low, right?" Chen Luo gradually understood the specific application of the Household Item Mastery ability.

He hadn't expected this to be not only a skill related to causality but also a growth-oriented skill.

"Ding-a-ling!" Just as Chen Luo was pondering how to further expand the usage of his Household Item Mastery ability, the wind chime hanging by the door rang out.

Chen Luo turned his head and saw a bard-like figure holding a seven-stringed zither, dressed in cyan, walk into the bar and look around.

"Zero Bar? Never heard of this bar before, but why does the interior decoration look so much like Angel's Share? Won't Master Diluc get angry if he sees this?" the bard muttered to himself.

Actually, Chen Luo felt the same way.

This bar had a medieval ambiance, very much like Angel's Share, Diluc's tavern from Genshin Impact, but it also possessed some modern characteristics.