Their commission was suspicious.

"jingle!"

Before five seconds had even passed, Chen Luo's bar door was suddenly kicked open, and Yakumo Yukari rushed in.

"Chen Luo, why did you unplug my internet cable!" Yakumo Yukari said angrily.

"Do you know I was fighting monsters at the time? Do you know how difficult it was for a weak, pitiful, and helpless level one newbie like me to fight monsters? Do you know..."

"100 amusement park coins, shut up."

"Okay." Yukari Yakumo immediately shut up.

Even in bars, Paradise Coins are actually quite expensive. In the past, Abyss Coins could only be used as items to make wishes with Chen Luo, so no one paid much attention to them.

However, Paradise Coins, as a collection of experience points, do have the effect of strengthening oneself, so everyone is interested in Paradise Coins.

However, not everyone has a way to earn Paradise Coins...

Yukari Yakumo is a capable person, but unfortunately, Chen Luo has not distributed any form of gold coins since that Abyss Passage commission event that only a few people participated in, so Yukari Yakumo has no gold coin income.

It's like a max-level 60 player who can easily dominate Sky Island and Abyss, but has no stamina left. What can they do? They can't even defeat the Leyline Flower!

We can only obediently enter the off-season, right?

“Help me with something, and I’ll give you 500 Paradise Coins,” Chen Luo said.

"No, you have to pay more!"

"...You didn't even listen to what I was talking about."

"Oh, you go first."

"Help me arrange a shikigami ritual of the highest standard."

"No, you have to pay more!"

"..."

Chapter 1639 Yukari Yakumo: Little Lolo, let your big sister give you a kiss!

"What can I do? At least other people can use their talents to exchange for Paradise Coins, but I don't even have the right to do that!"

"There are only two ways to get more Paradise Coins: either increase income or reduce expenditure. However, since you basically don't post commissions to others, the method of obtaining Paradise Coins by completing tasks is almost unusable."

"It's even harder to get Paradise Coins by fighting monsters in another world using player accounts, since everyone is a level one newbie and it's very troublesome to level up."

"We're fighting monsters ourselves, but we can't get any Paradise Coins. What can we do?"

"Although one can earn coins by uploading their knowledge to a network, the knowledge and skills an individual possesses are limited."

"So that's your reason for asking for such an exorbitant amount?" Chen Luo raised an eyebrow.

“That’s right! Either you give me 1000 Paradise Coins, or you grant me the permission to upload my talents to the group network!” Yakumo Yukari said confidently.

Well, to put it simply, Yakumo Yukari is probably the unluckiest of all the SS-rank talent users Chen Luo knows.

Because Chen Luo has never bought anyone else's SS-level talent except for Xiao Shi, and if Xiao Shi wants Paradise Coins, how could Chen Luo refuse to give them to her?

But Yukari Yakumo is different. Yukari Yakumo's SS-rank talent, the power of the realm, was directly bestowed upon Chen Luo as a reward for creating the Golden Gensokyo. In other words, Chen Luo already possessed a conceptualized power of the realm, which means that Yukari Yakumo's talent was already dispensable.

In a social network, if one person possesses a talent, then everyone else may also possess it. Therefore, if one person uploads a talent, then no one else will receive a reward for uploading the same talent.

Therefore, Yukari Yakumo can be said to have the lowest Paradise Coin acquisition ability among all SS-rank talents.

He has an extremely high SS-level talent, but they won't accept him!

Who can stand this?

"Tch, it's not like if I gave you that permission, you'd upload your talents to the entire network." Chen Luo curled his lip.

Even though Chen Luo explained the method of earning Paradise Coins to everyone, the people in the bar weren't very interested.

This is mainly because a person's talent basically represents the foundation of their life.

However... the people in the bar weren't actually against uploading all their talents to the entire network, and they didn't object to Chen Luo having the same talents as them.

They simply cannot accept that strangers (the puppets) possess almost the same talents as themselves.

However, because Chen Luo's price for talent is really high, they are not entirely opposed to lowering their talent level by one grade and then entering it into the group network.

Every highly gifted individual is arrogant, and therefore believes that their talent is unique.

They can't accept someone else possessing the same talent as them, but they'd be much more comfortable with someone possessing a lesser version of their own talent.

This is actually a normal mindset.

Whether Chen Luo would use the River God's power to enhance the puppet's talent was not within their consideration.

Because if the puppets use the River God's power with A-level talent, they still can't compare to the potential of the puppets to evolve through the River God's power with S-level talent.

Actually... the main reason is that most of these guests don't have anything urgent to do, so their desire for amusement park coins isn't at its peak.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be thinking about these random things.

Chen Luo did not insist on this.

In any case, Chen Luo's network now contains over a thousand different talents.

Furthermore, Chen Luo's random talent can randomly transform all of his talents into other talents of the same level. Therefore, theoretically speaking, as long as Chen Luo perseveres, there will be countless SS-level and S-level talents in Chen Luo's group network.

The premise is that the group network can accommodate it.

Although Chen Luo now has more puppets, thus increasing the upper limit of the group network's capacity, the SS-level talent still occupies a very large volume.

Returning to the issue of Yukari Yakumo, Chen Luo is capable of fulfilling her requests...

"If I grant you access, are you planning to upload S-level or SS-level abilities?" Chen Luo asked.

"Of course it's SS-rank! Anyway, you have the same level of talent as me, but you only have one chance, so why not choose the higher-ranked wheat?" Yakumo Yukari said.

After all, with Chen Luo possessing the same level of SS-grade talent, Yakumo Yukari didn't even have the qualification to upload her talent.

However, if Chen Luo didn't have the same talent as Yakumo Yukari, Yakumo Yukari might only have uploaded an S-rank version of her realm ability.

"Alright, alright, stop looking at me with that resentful look. If you want to upload it, then upload it," Chen Luo said helplessly.

"Really?"

"Of course it's true."

“That’s great, but let me make it clear first, I have no grudge.”

"Yes, I believe you."

"Really do not have."

"I really believe it."

"..."

In fact, Yukari Yakumo wasn't really resentful, because the reason Chen Luo possessed the same level and type of talent as her was because Chen Luo helped her create the Golden Gensokyo.

For Yukari Yakumo, Gensokyo holds a place in her heart more than anything else.

Therefore, Yukari Yakumo is not opposed to using her talent as a reward to thank Chen Luo, especially since she doesn't actually feel like she has given anything in return.

However... Yukari Yakumo doesn't mind that Chen Luo has the same talent as her, but she does mind other people's talents.

Who do you think you are, daring to possess the same talent as me?

As a sage youkai who has lived for over a thousand years, Yakumo Yukari certainly has this much pride.

Yukari Yakumo never objected, but she did feel awkward about it.

Emotions are something that are very difficult to control.

It's like encountering an elderly person trying to scam a middle school student. You know they don't deserve to die, but you still want to punch them to death.

Yukari Yakumo has never openly opposed this, nor has she ever held a grudge against Chen Luo because of it, but can't Yukari Yakumo even think about it?

"You can upload either SS-level or S-level talent; SS-level will cost more, and S-level will cost less," Chen Luo said.

"Then it must be SS-rank."

"No problem." Chen Luo did not object.

"but……"

"But what?"

"However, none of my SS-level talents were actually recorded in the group network; they were all automatically downgraded by one level before being transferred to the group network. In other words..."

"So, your network only has S-rank abilities?" Yukari Yakumo's eyes lit up.

“That’s right, and even S-rank abilities I haven’t actually opened up to the puppets, since you haven’t given your consent yet. But if you insist on recording your SS-rank abilities, I can’t stop you.”

The claim that Yakumo Yukari doesn't have the authority to upload her talents is Yakumo Yukari's own opinion; Chen Luoke never said that.

In fact, the same applies to other people's talents. Even if Chen Luo himself possessed such a talent, he would not reveal it without permission.

"I've changed my mind. Let's register the S-rank instead?" Yukari Yakumo changed her mind.

"Aren't you short on Paradise Coins?"

“Paradise coins can be obtained by defeating monsters, so it doesn’t matter,” Yukari Yakumo said.

"That's not what you just said."

"That was just now."

Chen Luo actually lied, because there really were SS-level talents in the group network, but those were SS-level talents that Chen Luo had previously obtained using random talents. However, that's not the point.

Yakumo Yukari's highest level of ability is only S-rank.

Or rather, the talents of everyone in the bar are automatically downgraded by one level within the social network.

Because as long as Chen Luo refreshes his talents frequently enough, he will eventually collect many useful S-level talents, instead of just relying on his friends in the bar to exploit him.

Besides, what would the puppets need such a high level of talent for?

Even with a downgraded A-rank talent, if luck is on your side and the three talents (gold, silver, and black) are fused together, it's not impossible to break through to SS-rank.

After strengthening the main body with an S-rank talent, it is almost certain that it can break through to SS-rank.

In fact, there are indeed SS-level talents in the group network, but Chen Luo only grants S-level talents to puppets at most.

In other words, Chen Luo would only allow them to possess SS-level power at most.

When the puppeteer taught Chen Luo puppetry, he also warned him to be very careful about the puppets' rebellion.

The puppeteer himself doesn't mind because he possesses the power to completely suppress all puppets.

When Chen Luo asked if there were any examples, the puppeteer gave him a vivid example—the mercury lamp.

It's not that Mercury Lamp would betray Chen Luo, but rather—she's a rebellious daughter against her father.

Chen Luo had no way to refute this.

The puppeteer makes a lot of sense!

Therefore, even if Yakumo Yukari really uploaded her SS-rank talent, Chen Luo would not grant it to the puppet.

However, it is clear that Yukari Yakumo misunderstood Chen Luo's intentions... or at least part of them.

"Little Luo Luo, you're so considerate, could it be that you have feelings for your older sister?" Yakumo Yukari moved closer to Chen Luo and gently poked Chen Luo's shoulder.

As intelligent as Yakumo Yukari is, she can naturally see why Chen Luo only unlocked S-rank abilities and talents for his puppets.

Naturally, this was done with Yakumo Yukari's feelings in mind.

And this is indeed part of the reason why Chen Luo did this.

But Chen Luo not only took care of Yakumo Yukari's feelings, but also the feelings of everyone in the bar.

"You're overthinking it," Chen Luo said coldly.

"Oh dear, don't be so cold. Your little brother is so good to his older sister, I'm really touched. How about a loving kiss?" Yakumo Yukari asked rather provocatively.

"Old hag, watch your attitude," Chen Luo said disdainfully.

Why is this elderly woman, over a thousand years old, putting on such a pretentious act?

"You f***..." Chen Luo's words broke Yakumo Yukari's defenses.

"Are you still selling your talent? And hurry up and help me with that shikigami ritual!"

"Of course I'll sell! Why wouldn't I make money? It's practically free!"