Journey to the West: Starting by taking Sun Wukong as my disciple!-Chapter 158: Deceiving Everyone, Even Haotian
Not only does the meal cost the most but also yields the least, better to visit less often in the future.
Zhao Gongming was calculating in his heart.
Getting no benefits at all, paying thousands of gold taels each time, no one can bear it!
It’s better to come over every once in a while to satisfy the cravings, even though he knew the dishes at Chaos Residence were extremely unfriendly to him, Zhao Gongming couldn’t heart to give them up.
Because they were simply... too delicious!
Zhao Gongming’s heart was painfully delighted.
However, just as Zhao Gongming finished eating the last piece of braised pork, an unexpected transformation occurred!
Damn, Shopkeeper Chen is awesome!
Zhao Gongming only felt his mind go blurry for a moment, then overjoyed.
All his thoughts turned into this description of Chen Nuo before the sudden enlightenment.
"Senior brother has awakened too!!!" Bixiao said with a face full of astonishment.
We agreed to be losers together, how come you soared high all of a sudden?
Although she also had a premonition that Zhao Gongming would awake, after all, he has eaten so many dishes; not even the unluckiest person could have it this bad.
But now, she felt even worse, only able to rely on her eldest sister.
Compared to Bixiao’s distress, Chen Nuo felt very comfortable.
Four Successive Awakenings of Divine Skills, those aren’t common at all, battle power, definitely a huge increase.
The more Bixiao thought about it, the more unbalanced she felt, even though she only ate a piece of Crispy Fried Chicken made by Golden Spirit senior sister just now.
Senior brother, on the other hand, not only awakened his Divine Skill but also ate all the dishes, and he ate everything!
If some of those dishes had been given to her, she might also have awakened her second Divine Skill. Senior brother is just too hateful!
Bixiao grabbed her chopsticks angrily, started dipping Zhao Gongming’s leftover ingredients into the hot pot, vowing to eat everything without leaving a single plate!
Bixiao ate furiously, seething inside.
Zhao Gongming, now awakened, I wonder what kind of Divine Skill could he have awakened?
Chen Nuo stroked his chin in ponderance, Zhao Gongming, though sealed as the God of Wealth, was no ordinary character in the Divine Enthronement epic, overpowering the Chan School’s twelve Golden Immortals all by himself.
If it weren’t for his last moment being underhanded by Taoist Lu Ya, probably only a Saint could subdue him.
Awakened Divine Skills are likely related to one’s desires, personality, and suitability to some extent.
Someone like Zhao Gongming will probably awaken a powerful Divine Skill.
Chen Nuo nodded, a hint of expectation in his heart.
At this moment, Zhao Gongming felt as if he was in a world of splendid gold, everything around him, without exception, was golden.
The world brimming with the aura of wealth even overwhelmed Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth, with a sense of lavishness; squatting down, he scooped up a handful of dirt, and even the dirt was golden sand.
But Zhao Gongming noticed something off; this doesn’t seem to be gold!
It was something that resembled gold quite a bit but was lighter when picked up, intriguing.
Zhao Gongming nodded interestedly.
However, the entire world being only gold was a bit monotonous.
Zhao Gongming lowered his head, then was surprised to find that even his clothes were gradually turning into a solid golden metallic color, which was quite magical.
Watching the process of turning gold, Zhao Gongming’s heart inevitably gained some insight.
"Ding! Zhao Gongming, after eating Sweet and Sour Pork, has awakened the Divine Skill Splendid Gold, would you like to synchronize the awakening?"
The system’s voice rang out.
Splendid Gold? What the hell is that?
Chen Nuo was a bit dumbfounded; this didn’t look like a combat-capable Divine Skill at all, he carefully read the description.
Splendid Gold: Use mana to turn objects into a gold-colored metal, similar in color and weight to gold, lasting permanently.
Chen Nuo: "..."
What is up with this bizarre thing?
Chen Nuo was a bit speechless, how much does Zhao Gongming like money? The God of Wealth is spot on, even his Divine Skill has to awaken to something like this.
"No awakening," Chen Nuo declined directly.
Completely useless.
Chen Nuo felt a sense of strong aversion in his heart. He originally thought that even the worst awakening of a Quasi-Saint could be somewhat decent, but he had been too hasty.
Zhao Gongming opened his eyes, not with the shock and joy of others, but with a face full of confusion. What on earth had he awakened?
Zhao Gongming was also very perplexed as to why his junior sisters all had various practical Divine Skills, while his own was such a bizarre thing!
"Junior brother, what have you awakened?" Golden Spirit was very curious.
"Er..." Zhao Gongming’s face colored with embarrassment, and after a moment’s hesitation, he still came clean.
Listening, the group of women were left speechless.
"This Divine Skill seems like..." Wudang couldn’t help but speak up, starting the sentence.
But what she was about to say next, everyone knew all too well, it was utterly useless!
"If only it were real gold, then I could casually come to Xian Xian Residence to eat!" Bixiao felt genuinely regretful on behalf of Zhao Gongming.
If he could endlessly produce gold, wouldn’t that mean she could also spend freely on her meals?
Unfortunately, the Crystal Ball at Chaos Residence could even recognize the method to turn stone into gold, let alone this.
Chicken ribs!
False gold, real gold, Treasure Basin...
Zhao Gongming didn’t get disheartened but instead furrowed his brows in thought.
Suddenly, inspiration struck, and excitement shone on his face.
With a wave of his large hand, he summoned the Treasure Basin.
Then he used his Divine Skill to turn the chopsticks in his hand golden.
"Collect!" With a light shout from Zhao Gongming, the golden chopsticks were absorbed into it.
"Release!"
The chopsticks reappeared unscathed.
"I’ve got it!!!" Zhao Gongming slapped the table, shouting with excitement.
"All I need to do is melt these pseudo-gilded items into the regular shape of gold ingots, and then exchange them with the real gold in the Treasure Basin; wouldn’t that mean I can use them as I please?"
Upon these words, the entire restaurant fell silent for a moment.
A twitch appeared at the corner of Chen Nuo’s mouth. This chap indeed had some tricks up his sleeve.
This lousy Divine Skill could actually be played up by you!
The more Zhao Gongming thought about it, the more excited he became, the more he admired his own cleverness.
Being the God of Wealth, he was all too familiar with gold.
Thus, with just a look, a touch, he could discern its authenticity. And how could ordinary people possibly recognize it?
"Isn’t there a risk in this?" Yunxiao was somewhat worried.
After all, these were the Heavenly Court’s expenses. Although the Heavenly Court is of the Immortal Clans, there were still many things that required the gold and silver from the Earth Realm.
The standard for senior brother’s meals was tens of thousands of taels of gold at a time; if he recklessly followed through and something went wrong, it would be a huge deal!
"No worries!"
Zhao Gongming was full of vigor, having thought he awakened something useless, only to find it was tremendous luck!
Today, Zhao Gongming was blessed by heaven and earth!
Grinning from ear to ear, were it not for the fact that he knew he was in Chaos Residence, he would have probably burst into loud laughter.
He had thought that with his meals costing tens of thousands of taels of gold each time, he wouldn’t be able to afford many days of dining. But now, with a turn of fate, he could just switch them out seamlessly. Who could compete with that?
As for the possibility of trouble?
As long as he made the melted gold ingots indistinguishable from the real ones, it would be as steady as an old dog. It was truly a miraculous turnaround!
This Divine Skill, Divine Skill!
Watching such a Zhao Gongming, envy filled the hearts of the women.
With this Divine Skill, there was no need to worry about future meal expenses at all, even if they ate every day without restraint.
The happiest among them was Bixiao, as her senior brother had already promised she could ask for money anytime she liked.
Initially, she had to consider whether asking for too much would be a problem.
But now, why not just move the entire Treasure Basin away?
