Chapter 230

Not only does he demand the most meal money, but he also gets the least in return; from now on, it's better to come less often.

Zhao Gongming was calculating in his heart.

Not a single benefit, each time yielding ten thousand taels of gold—who could bear this?

Just coming by occasionally to satisfy a craving would be fine; even knowing the food at Chaos Residence is extremely unfriendly to him, Zhao Gongming still couldn't bring himself to give it up.

Because it's simply… too delicious!

Zhao Gongming's heart aches with joy.

However, as Zhao Gongming finished the last piece of braised pork, an unexpected change occurred!

Holy shit, Boss Chen is awesome!

Zhao Gongming only felt his mind blur for a moment, then immediately burst into wild joy.

All his thoughts had, before enlightenment, condensed into this statement about Chen Nuo.

"Senior Brother actually awakened too!"

Bixiao wore a look of surprise.

We agreed to be unlucky eggs together—how did you just shoot up to heaven? Although she had a premonition Zhao Gongming could awaken, after all he's eaten so many dishes, even if he's extraordinarily unlucky, it shouldn't be this extreme.

But this makes her feel even worse; she can only rely on her elder sister.

Compared to Bixiao's distress, Chen Nuo feels quite at ease.

Fourfold divine ability awakening—this isn't just somewhat strong; combat power will absolutely increase greatly.

The more Bixiao thought, the more unbalanced she felt inside; even herself, just now, had only eaten a dish of fragrant crispy fried chicken from Senior Sister Jin Ling.

Senior Brother, on the other hand, not only awakened his divine ability, but basically ate all the dishes, and finished them all!

If these dishes were shared with her, she might even awaken a second divine ability.

Senior Brother is simply too hateful!

Bixiao, fuming, picked up her chopsticks again, grabbed Zhao Gongming's remaining ingredients, and began to swish them in the hot pot, determined not to leave a single bite, not even a full plate!

Bixiao's heart filled with resentment, she ate at flying speed.

I don't know what divine ability Zhao Gongming would awaken if he did awaken—Chen Nuo propped his chin, pondering. Although Zhao Gongming was ennobled as a Wealth God, in the Investiture of the Gods he's no ordinary bull, single-handedly suppressing the Twelve Golden Immortals of Chan Jiao.

If not for being secretly killed by the Daoist Lu Ya, he'd probably have caused such a ruckus that even a Sage would have to appear to subdue him.

Awakening divine abilities usually relates somewhat to one's inner thoughts, personality, and suitability.

For someone like Zhao Gongming, he's likely to awaken a powerful divine ability.

Chen Nuo nodded, a hint of anticipation stirring in his heart.

At this moment, Zhao Gongming felt his entire being placed within a golden realm of the underworld, everything around him undeniably golden.

The aura of wealth filling the world made even this Wealth God feel a sense of extravagance; he crouched down, lifted a handful of soil, and even the soil was golden sand.

Yet Zhao Gongming faintly sensed something off—this, it seemed, wasn't actually gold!

But something that looked especially like gold, yet felt lighter in hand when picked up—interesting.

Zhao Gongming nodded thoughtfully.

But the whole world was only golden yellow—somewhat monotonous.

Zhao Gongming lowered his head, only to astonishedly discover that even his own clothes were gradually transforming into golden metallic solids, truly miraculous.

Watching the process of turning golden, Zhao Gongming couldn't help but feel a hint of sudden enlightenment in his heart.

"Ding!

Zhao Gongming, having consumed sweet and sour pork tenderloin, awakened the divine ability Golden Splendor; synchronize awakening?"

The system's voice sounded.

Golden Splendor? What kind of nonsense is this? Chen Nuo felt a bit dazed—this doesn't look like a combat divine ability at all, he carefully read the description.

Golden Splendor: Using magic power to turn objects into golden metal, color and weight similar to gold, can be permanently maintained.

Chen Nuo: "..."

What kind of bizarre thing is this? Chen Nuo felt a bit speechless—how much does Zhao Gongming love money, that even as a Wealth God his divine ability awakens to this?

"Not awakening"

Chen Nuo directly refused.

It's utterly useless.

Chen Nuo felt deep disdain—originally he thought even a quasi-sage powerhouse's awakening, no matter how bad, could be tolerated; he had been hasty.

Zhao Gongming opened his eyes, not like others' shock and joy, but with a dazed expression—what exactly did he awaken? Zhao Gongming was also utterly confused as to why his junior sisters all awakened various practical divine abilities, while his turned out to be such a bizarre thing!

"Junior Brother, what did you awaken?"

Jin Ling was very curious.

"Um..."

Zhao Gongming's face showed some embarrassment; after a moment's hesitation, he still honestly confessed.

Hearing this, all the women fell into a moment of speechlessness.

"This divine ability seems like..."

Wu Chen Ren couldn't help but interject,

saying half a sentence.

But what came after, everyone already understood—it's utterly useless!

"If it were real gold, that'd be great—then we could freely come to Xianxianju to eat."

Bixiao deeply regretted for Zhao Gongming.

If he could endlessly produce gold, wouldn't my meal money also be freely spendable? Too bad, the crystal ball at Chaos Residence can already identify the Point Stone to Gold method, let alone this.

Useless item!

False gold, true gold, the Treasure Basin… Zhao Gongming did not lose heart; instead, he furrowed his brow and began to think.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck, and his face lit up with excitement.

With a wave of his hand, he summoned the Treasure Basin.

He then activated his divine power, turning the chopsticks in his hand golden.

"Collect"

Zhao Gongming softly called out, and the golden chopsticks were instantly drawn in.

"Release"

The chopsticks emerged again, unharmed.

"I've got it"

Zhao Gongming slammed the table, shouting excitedly.

"As long as I melt these transmuted false gold pieces into standard golden ingot shapes and then exchange them with the real gold inside the Treasure Basin, wouldn't I be able to use them freely?"

Upon saying this, the entire restaurant fell into silence for a moment.

Chen Nuo's mouth twitched. Good partner, you really do have it.

Even such a ridiculous divine power can be played with by you!

The more Zhao Gongming thought about it, the more excited he became, and the more he admired his own cleverness.

As the God of Wealth, he is extremely familiar with gold.

So, upon seeing it, upon touching it, he immediately knows its authenticity.

And where could ordinary people possibly tell the difference? "Wouldn't there be any risk?"

Yunxiao expressed some concern.

After all, these are all expenses of the Heavenly Court; although the Heavenly Court consists of immortals, many things still require mortal silver and gold.

The Senior Brother's dining standard alone is ten thousand taels of gold at a time—if neglected, any mishap would cause a major uproar!

"No problem"

Zhao Gongming radiated high spirits, having thought he had awakened some useless ability, never expecting it to be such great fortune!

He, Zhao Gongming, today, has been blessed by Heaven and Earth!

Grinning from ear to ear, if he didn't know he was currently in Chaos Residence, he would surely burst out laughing.

Originally, he thought his meal of ten thousand taels of gold would be gone in just a few days, never expecting such a turn of events—directly pulling off a beam-switching theft with one hand—just ask, who else could do this!

As for whether anything would go wrong, as long as he makes the cast gold ingots identical to real gold, it will be as stable as an old dog—this truly is a desperate counterkill!

This divine power, this divine skill!

Seeing Zhao Gongming like this, all the women felt deeply envious in their hearts.

With this divine power, there's no need to worry about future meal expenses at all—even if eating every day, it would not be a burden.

Among them, the happiest is Bixiao, after all, the Senior Brother has already agreed she can freely request money.

Originally, she still had to consider whether it would cause too many problems.

And now, directly moving the Treasure Basin—would that be okay?