Opening the Chest

Since Di Qiu'er's attitude in admitting her mistake was sincere, Chen Ming didn't pursue the matter further; after all, an attitude was all he had wanted.

If you commit a wrong and still arrogantly refute it or even resort to verbal abuse, you would definitely be beaten to death.

Chen Ming was very good to Di Qiu'er, basically favoring her in everything, so naturally, Di Qiu'er would be good to Chen Ming as well.

To her, Chen Ming was as close as her own family, as intimate as Uncle Di Tian and Aunt Bi Ji, and as close as a friend.

"Alright, we've been tossing and turning all night, and it's already dawn."

Chen Ming looked at the brightening scenery outside the window and figured he wouldn't be able to sleep anyway, so he decided to just find something to do.

"Qiu'er, help me check the loot chests; there are four of them."

He handed a loot chest to her, letting this lucky charm open the boxes. Hearing this, Di Qiu'er felt her chance to make amends had arrived and immediately took the chest.

"Watch me!"

As she clicked to open it, rows of weapons flashed before them: wooden swords, gold swords, stone swords, iron swords, Diamond Swords, Netherite swords, warhammers, spears, bows, crossbows, greatswords, scythes, and a whole heap more.

Under their watchful eyes, the red bar in the middle stopped just a hair's breadth away from the gold.

A warhammer appeared in her hand. Di Qiu'er stiffened for a moment—oh no! This luck is going to be the death of me!

"Did your luck fail?"

Hearing this, Chen Ming chuckled softly; it seemed the Auspicious Beast favored by fortune wasn't all that great after all.

"But a warhammer isn't bad either. At least we don't have to go farm for a Heavy Core to get one of these."

He patted Di Qiu'er on the shoulder to comfort her, but after she inspected the warhammer, she handed it to Chen Ming and said:

"You take this. I'm fine with just using the Silver Dragon Spear."

Chen Ming had given the Silver Dragon Spear to Di Qiu'er because the divine artifact could mask the user's aura, which was why he had entrusted it to her.

"Alright, then I'll accept... wait?"

Just as Chen Ming took it, intending to use it as a weapon, his expression stiffened the moment he saw the stats.

[Divine Artifact][Warhammer]

Quality: "Mythic"

Base Damage Bonus: +20

Durability: Indestructible

Seeing these stats, Chen Ming was completely stunned. Seriously, man? How the hell did you pull a Mythic quality warhammer?

He had to keep in mind that he had only ever pulled a Legendary quality gold sword, and this left him completely at a loss for words.

Twenty points of base damage—and that was just the base stat! It was the kind that could benefit from buffs, and it was already this fierce without any enchantments. What would it be like later on?

So, Di Qiu'er's luck hadn't failed; it had just been applied elsewhere.

"...Keep opening them. I don't believe your luck can stay this good forever."

Chen Ming was being stubborn about the luck; he refused to believe the Auspicious Beast's luck could really be this insane.

"Fine, fine, I'll open them."

"Open!"

As Di Qiu'er opened another weapon box, the silhouettes of numerous weapons flashed by, and finally, the red bar stopped on gold—it was a gold pull!

[Divine Artifact][Golden Dragon Spear]

Quality: "Mythic"

Base Damage: +50

Enchantment: Gain 25% Damage Lifesteal

Durability: Indestructible

"Whoo! My signature weapon!"

Di Qiu'er looked at the Golden Dragon Spear in her hand and swung it around; a sense of familiarity washed over her. She remembered that she seemed to be the first owner of this spear.

"There are two more chests, keep going!"

Chen Ming pointed to the two remaining weapon boxes, urging her to continue. Di Qiu'er was clearly enjoying herself and immediately opened another box.

[Super Divine Artifact][Sky Saint Rift Halberd]

Quality: "Mythic"

Base Damage: +125

Enchantment: Ignore Defense

Negative Enchantment: Spirit Devour

(Contains the sleeping remnant soul of a First-Class God, which will devour the wielder's body to undergo rebirth)

Durability: Indestructible

"Holy crap!"

Di Qiu'er was startled the moment she saw that negative enchantment effect; she had actually pulled the Sky Saint Rift Halberd that contained the sleeping Abyss Sage Monarch!

"Chen Ming, how do we handle this?"

Di Qiu'er held the Sky Saint Rift Halberd gingerly, clearly at a loss for what to do.

"Wait a moment. Use the Disenchantment Table and Grindstone. We'll use the Advanced Disenchantment Table to remove the specific enchantment."

As Chen Ming spoke, he began crafting the Advanced Grindstone. With a thought, the mod finished loading instantly.

[Advanced Enchantment Table Mod loaded successfully!]

He flipped through the crafting recipes, quickly found the one for the Advanced Grindstone, and crafted it.

As Chen Ming placed the Sky Saint Rift Halberd inside, the negative enchantment effect was removed immediately, and the Abyss Sage Monarch vanished in a burst of green experience orbs.

Being a Tier 1 God, the amount of experience orbs released was naturally massive, instantly boosting both Chen Ming and Di Qiu'er's experience bars to over level sixty.

It was their experience bars, not their Soul Power Level. With that, the Abyss Sage Monarch was rendered powerless; he was likely the most confused Tier 1 God to ever die, perishing due to a special game mechanic.

"Alright, done."

Chen Ming took the Sky Saint Rift Halberd back out, swung the divine artifact a few times, and then put it away. Di Qiu'er also let out a sigh of relief; she was still quite afraid of facing a deity.

After all, she was currently all alone, with only Chen Ming to rely on.

She hadn't even seen her Uncle Di Tian yet, so she was naturally afraid of death. Fear of death was human nature—no, beast nature.

"There's one more. Should we open it now?"

Di Qiu'er pointed to the last weapon box on the table and asked. Hearing this, Chen Ming nodded and said:

"Open it!"

As the box opened, numerous weapons flashed before the two of them, finally stopping on a fishing rod.

[Divine Artifact][Fishing Rod]

Quality: "Mythical"

Durability: Indestructible

The two stared at this divine-artifact-level fishing rod, speechless. What on earth was this thing they had ended up with...

Just as they were dumbfounded, another announcement appeared in the chat box. The two looked over, and a message caught their eyes.

[Lucky Block Mod loaded successfully!]

"Lucky Block... This seems to be your exclusive mod..."

Seeing yet another mod related to luck, Chen Ming looked at Di Qiu'er suspiciously. She wasn't even trying to hide it anymore.

"Mm-hmm, it should be my exclusive mod. After all, when it comes to luck, I've never lost to anyone."

Speaking of luck, the little Auspicious Beast immediately put her hands on her hips, looking proud. She was the Beast of Luck, the Emperor Auspicious Beast; as long as it involved luck, she had never lost.

She probably only lost at Tencent events—for example, events with a 99% drop rate—but Di Qiu'er could win at everything else through sheer luck.

After all, as everyone knows, in Tencent events, if it isn't one hundred percent, it's zero percent.

"Right, Chen Ming, since I've got the Golden Dragon Spear, I'll give the Silver Dragon Spear back to you."

Di Qiu'er returned the Silver Dragon Spear to him. She didn't possess the bloodline of the Silver Dragon King and couldn't activate the second form of the Silver Dragon Spear, which was the staff mode, so Chen Ming took the Silver Dragon Spear back.

"Alright..."

ps: The third update for February 25th, totaling six thousand words.