Chapter 136: Golden Skill Book

The next day.

"What the heck, why did I sleep for so long?" Chen Yun opened his eyes groggily, looked at the clock on the wall, and saw it was 1:30 PM, leaving him quite puzzled.

"Could it be that using mental control causes exhaustion? That shouldn't be the case." Chen Yun muttered as he climbed out of bed.

After washing up, he went downstairs. Following a hearty lunch, Chen Yun drove to the supermarket.

Chen Yun was not someone lacking in money, and he bought whatever looked good at the supermarket. His shopping carts were stuffed to the brim. As long as he felt he might use it, he didn't even look at the price—he bought it all!

"These things should be enough. Time to pay."

When he reached the checkout counter, the cashier was also startled by the cartload of goods. With her years of experience in cashier work, a single glance was enough for her to roughly calculate the total value of the items in those two shopping carts.

"Your total for this purchase comes to 127 gold coins, 6 silver coins, and 54 copper coins. Would you prefer to pay with cash or card?" the cashier asked, swallowing hard.

"Card payment." Finding it tedious to dig out physical cash, Chen Yun moved a portion of the funds from his virtual currency column directly into his bank card with a single thought.

"Alright, please enter your PIN." The moment Chen Yun finished entering his password and pressed the confirm button, the cashier looked at the long string of digits displayed on the screen and instantly felt her heartbeat stop.

Current account available balance: 871 purple gold coins and 725 gold coins!!!

"Beauty, hurry it up." Seeing the cashier standing there in a daze after waiting a moment, Chen Yun urged her.

"Oh, oh, I'll process the payment for you right now." Flustered, the cashier completed the transaction and watched as the young man pushed his cart away. The shock in her heart was simply beyond description. Stealing a moment of leisure, she whispered to her colleague nearby, "I really saw something new today. Guess how much money that kid who just left has in his bank card? If I told you, it would scare you to death!"

"Tens of thousands of copper coins?"

"What tens of thousands of copper coins? If it were just tens of thousands, I wouldn't be this surprised. Guess again!"

"Could it be hundreds of thousands? That kid is way too rich."

"Hundreds of thousands? Let me tell you, that kid's bank card has 871 billion copper coins in it!"

"What?! Really? You've got to be kidding me!" The surrounding colleague was dumbfounded.

"Why would I kid you? My heart literally stopped beating when I first saw it."

"I wonder whose kid that is. His parents must be out of their minds, letting a child walk around shopping with a bank card holding that much money."

"I'd bet nine times out of ten he's the son of the city's richest man. Probably only the wealthiest family could have that kind of nerve. That kid just bought over a hundred thousand worth of goods in one go."

"We'll never understand the rich. Back to work."

"Sigh, if I were born into a family like that, how wonderful would that be? I wouldn't have to come here and work every single day. I could do whatever I wanted and go wherever I pleased."

"Oh, get over it and stop dreaming."

Chen Yun pushed his fully loaded shopping cart to the supermarket checkout area, paid the bill, and carried his numerous bags straight to the restroom.

Entering a private stall and locking the door, Chen Yun directly transferred everything from the bags into his inventory pouch. A frown crossed his face as he looked at the messy clutter of items inside.

Chen Yun had never bothered to organize his inventory, leaving him entirely clueless about what was actually in there.

"Open inventory!" Following Chen Yun's mental command, the entire contents of his inventory appeared in his mind.

"A kitchen knife, 596 pounds of premium beef, a crystal pendant, a thousand-year-old turtle shell... what the hell, why is there even a thousand-year-old turtle egg?" The more Chen Yun looked, the more surprised he became. Then he remembered—weren't these the loot drops from killing the Turtle Prime Minister, the boss of the Crystal Palace dungeon?

"Let's keep looking down... A piece of millennium snake meat, a millennium snake pellet, huh? Heavenly Snake Staff, Heavenly Capital Divine Robe? Holy crap, why are there even golden skill books and golden items!" Chen Yun checked the attributes of the two pieces of equipment.

Heavenly Snake Staff: Level 65 Legendary Weapon. Class requirement: Mage, Sorcerer, Prophet. Unidentified.

Heavenly Capital Divine Robe: Level 65 Legendary Armor. Class requirement: None. Unidentified.

Holy crap! Chen Yun widened his eyes in disbelief. Legendary equipment! He never expected that the Snake King he defeated back then would actually drop legendary gear for him!

But what on earth was this "unidentified" status? Could it be that appraisers actually existed in this world?

Blood Bull Skill Book: Golden passive skill. Upon use, the player's health increases by 50 * level, and physical defense increases by 10 * level. Required level: None.

Glazed Umbrella: Golden item, consumable. When the glazed umbrella is opened, the charm of same-sex NPCs within the umbrella's coverage area increases by +50, and the charm of opposite-sex NPCs increases by +100. Durability 10 hours / 10 hours.

Gazing at the Blood Bull skill book, Chen Yun's eyes lit up brightly. This skill was simply too awesome; what he lacked most right now were health points and physical defense!

Without hesitation, he used it immediately!

"Player Ye Ming uses the Blood Bull skill book. Health points increased by 1000, physical defense increased by 200."

"The rest are just the guns and ammunition I looted from the gun store, nothing much to look at here."

Chen Yun closed the inventory interface. Seeing his health and physical defense soar by such a massive margin, the joy in his heart was simply indescribable.

Previously, whenever he encountered powerful bosses, he had to rely entirely on his mount to fight, never daring to engage in direct combat himself simply because his health was too low and his defense too weak. A single hit from a boss's terrifying attacks could instantly snuff out his little life. Now, having a skill that boosted health and defense while continuing to scale with his level was an absolute shot of adrenaline for him.

"I really should check my inventory more often. I had such a great item all this time and only just discovered it. If I'd used it earlier, would I have been in such a pathetic state?" Chen Yun muttered to himself as he walked out of the supermarket.

Back at the hotel, just as Chen Yun was about to search the internet for magical tricks in this world, Secretary Wang stopped him.

"Master Chen, President Zhang said he'd like you to visit his office as soon as you got back."

"Oh, alright, I'll go right now." Chen Yun nodded and headed to President Zhang's office.

"Ah, Little Chen is here. Have a seat." Zhang Lang felt a mild headache coming on as he looked at Chen Yun. Ever since this Master Chen arrived at the hotel, he had only cooked twice, and both times resulted in major incidents.

The first time, a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes conjured up a catfish spirit that forced the back kitchen into a complete overhaul. The second time was even more outrageous—it actually attracted members of the royal family. Consequently, Zhang Lang was extremely conflicted about whether or not to let Chen Yun cook again. Moreover, Chen Yun rarely spent time at the hotel, coming and going like a mythical dragon. Every time Zhang Lang considered asking him to cook, a quick inquiry would reveal he wasn't even in the hotel, so the idea would naturally be dropped.

However, today was different. Early this morning, he received a message from Chairman Jiang stating that he would be attending the birthday banquet of his old friend Wang Hong tonight along with Chen Yun, and specifically instructing Zhang Lang to ask Chen Yun to prepare a few dishes as a birthday gift.

Although he found it strange why Chairman Jiang hadn't discussed this directly with Chen Yun instead of relaying it through him, as a smart subordinate, Zhang Lang understood one golden rule: ask fewer questions and do more work.

"Little Chen, there's something I need to tell you. Today is August 30th, which marks the 65th birthday of Elder Wang Hong. Chairman Jiang hopes you can prepare a few dishes as a birthday gift for Elder Wang," Zhang Lang said as he poured Chen Yun a cup of tea.