Their commission was suspicious.

“My bar is a little different from normal shops. When you make a purchase, you don’t spend money, but rather something like faith power. In short, it only counts as a purchase when you actually want something and successfully buy it in the bar. And we keep records, so there’s no way to fake it.”

Of course, you'll receive an IOU for each completed commission.

"Here are 50 IOUs..." Chen Luo looked at the IOUs in his hand, hesitated for a moment, then snapped his fingers, and the IOUs in his hand doubled in size.

“Very good, now there are 100. However, since I have my own ideas about the 100th IOU, this one will be void.” Chen Luo said after picking out one of the IOUs copied from the Void Treasury and burning it.

"...I have a question. Is your copying ability only usable once?" Keqing asked after a moment of silence.

"No, what's wrong?"

"Then why did you make me copy 99 IOUs? You could have just made me copy one and then made 98 copies, wouldn't that have been better?!" Ke Qing yelled at Chen Luo.

"That's because it's interesting, of course."

"What did you say?" Ke Qing's voice rose a little.

"Ahem, I mean, of course it's because I accidentally forgot about it. I'm sorry." Chen Luo apologized immediately.

Chapter 816 Little Fox: You even target the little fox?!

“I will finish making this statue today and deliver it to you tomorrow. I can then throw it off the Qunyu Pavilion for a grand entrance, adding to its mystique,” ​​Chen Luo said.

“Okay, but you must remember to throw it in the designated location, and you must not cause excessive damage to the area,” Keqing said.

Even if Keqing hadn't studied physics, she would know what kind of impact a large object falling from a great height would have on a region.

"Don't worry, there won't be any problems. Besides, I'll cast a blessing on the statue. If it truly provides faith power to this stone statue, it will indeed return some healing light points to heal the recipient. So it won't be considered freeloading of the Liyue people's faith," Chen Luo said.

Effort should naturally be rewarded accordingly.

Since the other party provided faith power, it was natural for Chen Luo to give some feedback.

No one owes anyone anything except their parents. (Except in very rare cases.)

The principle behind such statues is not difficult: either the power of metamorphosis is infused into the statue over a long period, or a mechanism for feedback of faith power is established. Half of the faith power received from others is transformed into tangible benefits and returned to the person who provided the faith power.

For example, treating injuries, slightly strengthening the body, and being free from illness and disaster.

We'll have to wait until Chen Luo is making the statue tonight to see if he has any inspiration.

"It's actually possible to achieve this level of sophistication? Hmm, if worshipping the statue really does yield rewards, the people of Liyue would probably really like it," Keqing remarked.

Keqing is a very pragmatic person. In Keqing's view, the statue is less a god and more a hardworking and conscientious shop owner.

You submit your faith power to him as a transaction fee, and he will give you healing as a product.

Moreover, it's open 24 hours a day.

He is the perfect worker template.

If only the people of Liyue could learn from this spirit.

Therefore, Keqing is definitely not suitable to be a boss.

Although she won't exploit you or deduct your overtime pay, you can't slack off at work.

"As a reward for these three Jade Pavilions, I will handle the balancing of the other forces. I guarantee it won't affect the statue's matter," Ningguang said.

"Thank you very much then. But speaking of which, what do you plan to do with these three Jade Pavilions? Will you merge them together or what?" Chen Luo asked.

“If I hadn’t seen the headquarters of Destiny, I might have considered this suggestion, but now that I have, I want to try connecting them into floating islands first,” Ningguang said after thinking for a moment.

"Which Jade Pavilion is the center?" Chen Luo continued to ask.

"Of course, it's the one right here on our feet."

Although Qunyu Pavilion seems to be able to mass-produce now, that is, on the premise of asking Chen Luo for help.

But Ningguang has never forgotten her original aspirations.

"I understand. Well... I'll give you a surprise tomorrow," Chen Luo said after thinking for a moment.

A gift in return for a gift in return; today's harvest far exceeds what Chen Luo has gained.

Chen Luo originally just wanted to farm some raw gems, but he didn't expect to gain a long-term source of faith.

The only regrettable thing is that Ningguang's desire for the Jade Pavilion has been weakened because the Jade Pavilion has not been destroyed yet.

Otherwise, seeing the Jade Pavilion destroyed and then having to build a new Jade Pavilion, Ningguang would have to spend at least 800 raw stones.

The reason I didn't reach the 1000 Primogems level for a four-star mission is because Ningguang can also rebuild the Jade Pavilion on her own.

"Thank you very much then." Ningguang nodded.

Ke Qing sat next to him and suddenly felt like an outsider, or rather, a tool for providing land approval.

"Ke Qing, what do you want?" Chen Luo suddenly asked as Ke Qing was thinking this.

"Sigh, what do you want?" Ke Qing was stunned for a few seconds.

Why do you ask that?

"Of course, I'm grateful for your help."

"Then you should return all the IOUs to me," Ke Qing said irritably.

"..."

"Say something!"

"So you'd rather give me godlike power than return the IOU to me?"

"Or rather, how about you increase your existing assets by at least three times?" Chen Luo asked tentatively.

"No, I want the IOU. Are you willing to let my assets triple rather than give me back the IOU?"

"Then... there could be piles of golden shrimp balls as delicious as those from before, enough to fill the whole room?"

“…I want an IOU.” Ke Qing was tempted, but it wouldn’t work.

"Then I'll give you the potential to have power comparable to a god. You really can't raise the price any further. This is the limit I can go," Chen Luo said with a bitter face.

"I already said I wanted an IOU!"

Ke Qing felt that Chen Luo's words at the beginning seemed quite genuine, but later they became increasingly fake.

Power comparable to that of a god? Do you think I'd believe your nonsense?

[Ding! You have a new request!]

【IOUs, IOUs!】: Return all the IOUs that Keqing has signed to Keqing. Keqing will also pay off all the debts.

IOU progress: 0/100 (1st IOU + 99 newly signed IOUs)

Reward: 300 Primogems + 20 Affinity

Difficulty: 3 stars

"Give me the Eye of God." After hesitating for a moment, Chen Luo reached out to Ke Qing after looking at the quest.

"Hmm?" Ke Qing didn't know what Chen Luo was planning to do.

However, seeing Chen Luo's confident expression, Keqing still handed over the Eye of God she was carrying to Chen Luo.

After receiving the Eye of God, Chen Luo threw it directly into the River of Time that suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Young Keqing, did you drop this golden eye of God, or this silver eye of God, or this seemingly ordinary god's eye?" Chen Luo emerged from the river.

"This works?" Ke Qing looked at Chen Luo in surprise.

No way, the Eye of God can also create two more copies.

"Don't be surprised yet, the surprise is yet to come," Chen Luo said after tossing the three ordinary and golden Eyes of God to Ke Qing.

As for the silver one, that was naturally for Chen Luo to collect.

Ke Qing didn't pay attention to the silver Eye of God left behind by Chen Luo, but was more amazed by the wonderful experience that the golden Eye of God brought her.

"This..." Ke Qing couldn't describe the feeling, but she felt a strange tremor when she held the golden eye of the god in her hand.

"If the ordinary God's Eye is the gaze cast by the gods, then the silver God's Eye is the eyes of the gods, and the golden God's Eye is the gods themselves."

"The Golden Eye of God is of the same level as the Heart of God. But it doesn't mean that you will have power comparable to a god after you possess the Golden Eye of God. It only gives you the potential to be comparable to a god."

Okay, to be precise, it has the potential to rival the Heart of God.

Even if Keqing could fully utilize the Golden Eye of God and unleash its full power, she still wouldn't be able to defeat Thor.

However, the quality of the Golden Eye of God far surpasses that of the ordinary Eye of God. Keqing's strength will increase significantly the moment she obtains the Golden Eye of God.

"Power comparable to that of gods..." Ke Qing muttered.

"To be precise, it possesses the foundation of power comparable to that of a god. Strictly speaking, the value of this Eye of God is definitely no less than that of the three Jade Pavilions," Chen Luo said.

The problem is that if Ningguang also wants the Golden Eye of God, Chen Luo will give it to her.

Therefore, Chen Luo always felt that he should give Ke Qing something more.

Chen Luo never loses out by summoning the Golden Eye of God for others; he not only gains the corresponding River God's power but also a Silver Eye of God that he can collect.

"So you're not planning to pay back the IOU?" Keqing said helplessly, stroking the golden eye of God.

They're even willing to give me this golden divine eye, yet they're unwilling to return the IOU.

Sigh, Ke Qing really can't handle Chen Luo.

"Of course I'll pay you back, slowly, no rush," Chen Luo said.

Although Chen Luo accepted the task, he was not told to complete it immediately.

For every commission Keqing makes at the bar, she gets a card back, since the commissions don't expire anyway.

If I ever need the money urgently, I can return all the IOUs to her and get the reward in full.

This is called reserve energy.

"It's almost time, I should head back. I've shown you enough about the otherworldly civilization. I don't need to go into the specifics of the cooperation projects; I'm not very business-savvy. Bishop Otto, who has traveled all over Liyue, can discuss it with you then." Chen Luo glanced at the time, then stood up and said to Ningguang and Keqing.

"Are you leaving?" Ningguang understood the meaning behind Chen Luo's words.

"Yes, I have things to take care of when I get home," Chen Luo said.

"Hmm, can I finally go home?" The Herrscher of Knowledge, who had already started playing with the red rope with Shen He, suddenly felt better.

Where did the red rope come from? It was taken from Shen He, of course.

With a knowledgeable law-abiding person here, it can be guaranteed that even if Shen He's soul-binding red rope is missing a few red ropes, there won't be any problems.

"I wonder what kind of person Bishop Otto is, that he was able to build such a huge organization," Ningguang said, frowning in thought.

Compared to her pleasant conversation with Chen Luo, where they could even share a knowing smile, Ningguang felt that Otto was definitely a difficult person to deal with.

"An extremely persistent person who can dedicate 500 years to one thing, and an absolute schemer who manipulates the entire world, only now he's become an archbishop trying to slack off more efficiently," Chen Luo said after thinking for a moment.

Thinking about it carefully, Otto and Zhongli seem quite similar. Both were absolute leaders of a country or a power, and both had thoughts of retiring.

The difference is that Zhongli has retired, while Otto can only continue to serve as archbishop because Theresa is not yet mature enough.

Upon hearing Chen Luo's account, Ke Qing and Ning Guang's expressions turned serious.

I always felt that Otto would be a very tough opponent, whether in business or in other areas.

"Remember to come to the bar tonight, maybe you'll even get a sneak peek at Otto slacking off," Chen Luo said to the two.

Keqing and Ningguang both nodded, and Ganyu also finished tidying up the conversation they had just had.

Gan Yu subconsciously resumed her role as a secretary, taking notes on the key points of their conversation.

Of course, things like IOUs weren't included.

"Shen He, Xiao Shi is gone," Chen Luo said to the two of them, then pushed open the bar door.

At the same time, he immediately retrieved the Staff of Limitless, and then instantly replaced it with a Staff of Limitless created by the Void Treasury that was only an outer shell, which floated in the air.

"Oh, by the way, these three Jade Pavilions are yours now. You don't need to wait until the transaction ends tomorrow," Chen Luo said to Ningguang.

“Okay.” Ningguang nodded.

[Ding! Mission complete]

[Ding! Your favorability rating has reached its maximum. Remaining favorability will be converted into favorability crystals.]

After hearing this notification, Chen Luo, who had already entered the bar, took one last look at Ning Guang and then closed the bar door.