Their commission was suspicious.

Another use of soul strength is that the stronger the soul, the less susceptible it is to the influence of other illusions and mental abilities.

This was completely useless to Chen Luo.

Because the group network acts as a firewall around Chen Luo's soul, it automatically defends against any mental attacks that try to influence him by deducting gold coins. This is a new feature of the Domination Talent after it is upgraded to SSS level.

However, there is a limit to how group network defense works against mental attacks. Once the limit is exceeded, it will encounter Chen Luo's true soul defense mechanism - deducting raw stones.

But at least the number of times it's deducted is less than before, so there's no need to worry about having your gems deducted so often.

Although it still couldn't withstand Aponia.

Because Aponia's mind control is really strong, even with the firewall, it can still affect Chen Luo a little bit, but as long as it affects Chen Luo even a little bit, it will deduct the original stones.

Now it seems that the Crazy Eat Paradise coins are at least a little bit useful, but Chen Luo had actually done experiments before.

The end result was that the Soul Coins had a negligible effect on increasing Chen Luo's soul strength, which was the real reason why Chen Luo was too lazy to consume Paradise Coins.

As for why this is the case... based on long-term analysis of the user-friendly plugin, a relatively reliable conclusion has finally been reached - subordinates are not allowed to contradict their superiors!

The theoretical basis is that, based on experience, Chen Luo's EX-level talent of obtaining dropped items upon killing enemies is added to the group network and then he obtains the next generation of soul energy from the puppets.

In other words, experience is essentially a degraded version of Chen Luo's EX-level talent's inherent ability.

As is well known, the effect of degraded energy when enhancing higher-level energy is always negligible, and this is especially evident in Chen Luo's case.

Because Chen Luo's soul is extremely pure, it instinctively doesn't want to accept these miscellaneous things—who do you think you are? You don't even deserve to know?

This is beyond Chen Luo's control; it belongs to his soul's instinct.

Just like cockroaches have 7 times more protein than beef, but Chen Luo doesn't eat them anyway.

Whoever wants to eat it can eat it.

Chen Luo didn't insist on this. In any case, experience is less effective for people with higher soul strength and purity. Using experience to improve soul strength would be less effective than the boost Chen Luo would get from selling a few drinks at the bar.

"Bang bang."

"Didn't you say you wouldn't use Paradise Coins to increase your soul strength? Then why are you eating them?" Yukari Yakumo looked at Chen Luo in surprise.

"Oh, these experiences aren't for increasing soul strength, so I don't need them. But experiences can be used to increase mental power, although the effect will be significantly reduced, it's still useful. By the way, the gold coins from earlier were worth 1 times more than ordinary gold coins."

"...So you just ate 10,000 gold coins in one bite? That's one-tenth the price of the S-rank ability I just sold?"

"Ah."

"Chen Luo, you really deserve to die!" Yakumo Yukari was almost crying with jealousy.

"Don't be envious yet, there's more to come. Since the Paradise Coins come from my own hands, I won't experience any soul mutation when I use them, so theoretically I can keep eating them."

"...Tsk. Eat up, eat up, you'll eat yourself to death sooner or later." Although Yukari Yakumo was indeed very sour, she didn't want to show it.

"Alright, you've eaten enough Paradise Coins already. Eat less and hurry up and make some more money," Chen Luo said to the group, his hands almost aching from patting their heads.

Chen Luo didn't mind having Chen Luo solve the problem of soul alienation, but he was afraid they would overeat and make him feel stuffed.

"I think I can still eat," Yukari Yakumo said.

“I think so too. I still want to upgrade to an SS-level talent user, so I want to eat more.” Bai Zhi nodded in agreement.

“Indeed,” Yunxia, ​​who had been invited to join in eating gold coins, agreed.

Yun Lian'er? Yun Lian'er is still reading in the underground library of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

The growth of gifted individuals is never instantaneous; it is common for them to spend one or two months acquiring certain knowledge.

[Perhaps for them, the point of being patted on the head by you in order to resolve their soul alienation isn't the soul alienation itself, but rather the desire to be patted.]

"???"

Really? Chen Luo had heard people say that only clueless otaku who only know how to watch anime would think that touching someone's head would make them feel comfortable.

It's worth mentioning that Chen Luo used to think the same way.

I wonder if you still remember the original concept: head pats are addictive.

Is that true?

Yes, it does. But the effect is similar to the allure of golden fried tofu to Yae no Miko. It can be resisted, but there's no need to.

"I see..."

"Speaking of which, can we give our real-world props to our game characters?" Su Yuan asked.

"Sure, but I don't recommend it. Don't blame me if you lose it," Chen Luo said.

"So, cousin, do you have any gift for me? Consider it a birthday present less than a month early," Su Yuan asked eagerly after blinking.

"A birthday present? Your birthday can't be that soon, can it?"

I meant your birthday.

"...Why do I have to give you a birthday present on my birthday?"

"Because I'm going to use my game character to wreak havoc in the game and earn enough Paradise Coins to buy you a birthday present, cousin."

"Hiss, that sounds... reasonable!" Chen Luo looked at Su Yuan with some surprise.

Could this child be a genius?

"If that's the case... you use a sword, right? Then I'll lend you my bladeless sword, shall I?"

"The Sword Without Edge?" Ying was taken aback when she heard the name.

Isn't this the sword I use?

And it's something that's already been phased out.

Ying is now using the Flying Sword.

"It doesn't sound like a very good sword. But I'd like to take a look first." Su Yuan was curious about this bladeless sword because she had never heard of it from Chen Luo before.

Upon hearing Su Yuan's words, Chen Luo summoned the Wufeng Sword and tossed it to Su Yuan.

"What a fine sword!" Su Yuan's eyes lit up as soon as she took the bladeless sword into her hand.

The surface of the bladeless sword is shaped like an octagonal Han sword, but it is extremely light to handle and has excellent energy conductivity.

Although it did not appear sharp and its edge was concealed, Su Yuan could sense an extremely strong sword intent contained within the sword.

"You gave me this sword?" Su Yuan asked excitedly, fiddling with the bladeless sword.

"Dream on. I'm just lending it to you temporarily."

"Sigh, my cousin is so stingy."

"It's already a great favor that I'm lending you this sword, okay? This sword is my beginner weapon, my exclusive equipment as a traveler, and its essence will continuously strengthen as I grow. Right now... this sword is at least an extremely good 4-star weapon, or at least a not-so-good 5-star weapon," Chen Luo said.

This bladeless sword was the first sword Chen Luo obtained, and it can be considered Chen Luo's innate equipment.

The excitement of a young person embarking on a journey of dreams—if these two precious qualities are not sharp enough, then let courage make up for it!

"So exaggerated?" Su Yuan examined the sword again with great interest.

Su Yuan felt that the exaggerated point was not the quality of the sword, but the meaning of the sword to Chen Luo.

"This sword... is my first sword. The reason it hasn't fully reached the five-star level yet is simply because I rarely use it in battle. You are the second person besides me to wield this sword."

The description on the Sword of No Edge is indeed inspiring, but many of Chen Luo's current commissions cannot be completed by force alone, so Chen Luo hasn't used the Sword of No Edge for a long time.

He thought the Edgeless Sword was amazing back then, and he still thinks it is amazing now. Compared to those special items with flashy effects that are actually useful, the Edgeless Sword seems insignificant, but Chen Luo has never ignored its existence.

Fortunately, as long as Chen Luo continues to complete missions to increase his power, the quality of the Edgeless Sword will automatically improve; otherwise, the Edgeless Sword might only be three stars now.

The Unsharp Sword will also grow stronger when wielded while being borrowed and used to kill monsters.

According to Wufengjian, gaining trustworthy partners is also a part of growth.

"Sigh, I'm the second one, so who's the first one?"

"If I remember correctly, it was Raiden Mei. When Chen Luo was adventuring in Changkong City, he gave this sword to Raiden Mei, asking her to help it grow. And Chen Luo... rode on Bronya's head and used the Elf Bow to shoot at her from a distance," Xiao Shi recalled.

What a distant memory it is, yet Xiao Shi feels as if it happened just over two months ago.

Time flows like a river, never ceasing day or night...

and many more!

Xiao Shi was stunned for a moment.

This seems to have really happened more than two months ago!

"So this sword has such a history... Chen Luo, could you explain in detail why you were riding on Bronya's head?" Bai Zhi was marveling a second ago, but her expression changed the next second.

Chapter 1643 Isamara: I will help Chen Luo become a real adult!

"Oh, so it was just sitting on the palm of the Heavy Bunny." Bai Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.

Bai Zhiyun, Xia, and even Xiao Shi were all quite envious of the Wufeng Sword, Chen Luo's innate item that Su Yuan had obtained. However, Su Yuan was the only sword cultivator present, and she was the one who brought it up first, so the Wufeng Sword naturally ended up in Su Yuan's hands.

There was nothing we could do about it. Who knew that if we asked Chen Luo for a gift, he would give us something so valuable?

However, since Su Yuan has set a precedent, the others certainly won't be polite either.

Not to mention Su Yuanyunxia and the others, even Yakumo Yukari wanted a tool that suited her.

Since Yakumo Yukari had already given them all, Chen Luo casually distributed an item to everyone present, even Bai Qiqi, who had somehow returned to Chen Luo's home, received a necklace.

However, every gift from fate comes with a price tag attached.

Chen Luo was different from Fate; Chen Luo had agreed on the price beforehand.

They must use what they obtain through this item to give Chen Luo a birthday present.

It's reasonable to have to give up some things and give up others, right?

"Coo coo coo?" Bai Qiqi tilted her head in confusion, as if she didn't understand what Chen Luo was saying.

I'm just a little fox, do you even have to give me away?

"Oh, don't worry. Since you don't know anything, you can use yourself as a birthday present."

"!!!"

Bai Qiqi didn't understand, but she was greatly shocked.

It wasn't until Bai Qiqi watched Chen Luo pluck a tuft of hair from her body, and then the ring Chen Luo had given her came into play and replaced the tuft, that a terrifying possibility vaguely appeared in Bai Qiqi's mind.

"Then let's make a white fox plush toy using the fox fur that fell off your body." Chen Luo said, plucking another tuft of fur from Bai Qiqi's body.

"!!!"

You're not using my shed feathers, you're just plucking them!

And just to take advantage of me, you actually gave me an A-grade healing item (equivalent to an A-grade talent, or a four-star item). Are you crazy?

"Even Xiao Qi has made such a huge sacrifice, you all know that if I don't give you a satisfactory birthday present, I might do something outrageous, right?" Chen Luo squinted at everyone in the living room.

"..." The people in the living room fell silent, trembling with fear.

Suddenly, Yukari Yakumo didn't want the Heavenly Judgment in her hand anymore.

Chen Luo has become so ruthless that he doesn't even spare ordinary white foxes—but it seems to be an unusual white fox, something interesting. But Chen Luo should be able to tell the difference himself, so Yukari Yakumo didn't say much. Yukari Yakumo couldn't even imagine what she would suffer after Chen Luo's birthday if she gave him a scary box.

"Yakumo Yukari".

"Yes!" Yukari Yakumo sat up straight instantly.

"Have you run out of Paradise Coins?"

"No, I only ate 1500... but I'm full now. So, what's up?" Yakumo Yukari wisely refrained from arguing with Chen Luo.

"I admit you are indeed very strong, but you still have to eat three meals a day, right? You can eat gold coins at the bar tonight, right? Now come with me for a bit."

"There are so many people in the bar, I'd feel so embarrassed."

"Huh? Zi Ma, you actually feel embarrassed?"

"Yuk...Yuk..." Yukari Yakumo suddenly wanted to press Chen Luo's face onto the keyboard and roll it around a few times.

"Zi Mei, is that alright? You're only 17, and I'm almost 18. Can I call you 'Little Sister'?"

"No way! How could you call a young girl like me that? How am I supposed to face others after this?"

"I'll give you a 5% discount on dinner with gold coins."

"Darling, what's up?" Yakumo Yukari's expression, which had been on the verge of tears, instantly changed.