That idiot from the Sword Sect turned out to be a lucky charm.

Chapter 88 End of Part-Time Job

Upon hearing this, everyone said, "Please take care, senior. We'll wait for you in the stairwell. Just let us know if you need anything!" and quickly retreated outside the stairwell.

Lin Zhifeng thoughtfully closed the tower door, just to give Chiwen a private space.

After waiting outside for about half an hour, a sound of "aoe" (pronounced in pinyin) came from inside, along with a strange, sour smell.

It seemed the mint had taken effect, as the dragon-like creature inside began to vomit.

After waiting for a long time, the vomiting gradually stopped.

But there was no call from inside, and no one dared to go in. They could only look at each other and continue to wait in silence.

They waited until the vomiting stopped for a long time, but there was still no sound of them being called in.

Lin Zhifeng thought to himself: Oh no! I hope nothing goes wrong! If Chiwen loses his life, all of us will be in deep trouble.

So Lin Zhifeng mustered his courage and asked loudly, "Senior Chiwen, are you alright?"

After a long pause, a weak voice came: "I'm fine! Please come in!"

Lin Zhifeng cautiously opened the door first and poked his head in to look inside.

Chiwen, a dragon, lay weakly on the ground. Not far from his dragon head, a fist-sized black dragon scale quietly shimmered with a dazzling dark red light.

The vomit had already been cleaned up, so if it weren't for the pungent smell, no one would have known what had happened there.

Lin Zhifeng exaggeratedly rushed to Chiwen's side, repeatedly asking, "Senior, are you alright?"

Chiwen slowly opened its large eyes, gesturing for him to put away its dragon scales. It seemed as if it didn't even have the strength to speak.

Lin Zhifeng said with concern, "You've worked so hard, senior! Is there anything we can do for you? How about you drink some hot water to warm your stomach? That might make you feel better!"

Chiwen closed its eyes again without speaking, only waving one claw out.

Ding Mo pulled Lin Zhifeng back from continuing to pester him and said, "Senior means that we should take the sacred object and leave as soon as possible."

Lin Zhifeng hesitated and said, "Huh? Is that what you mean? But the senior looks very weak. Will something happen if we leave him here alone? Should I go downstairs and call his other brothers to come and look after him?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Chiwen, who had been looking like a dead fish, sprang to his feet with a bang, and shouted energetically, "Mind your own business! I'm perfectly fine. You all take the sacred object and get out of here!"

Lin Zhifeng smiled and said, "In that case, we can rest assured! Take care, senior, until we meet again!"

Chiwen kept saying, "Go! Go!"

Longquan carefully picked up the sacred object, placed it in a brocade box, and stored it away.

The group bid farewell to Chiwen and left through the exit.

The exit of the nine-story pagoda leads directly to the outside of the pagoda.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they emerged from the tower.

They're finally out! No casualties, and they successfully retrieved the sacred relic—perfect!

Everyone retraced their steps. Since they had already traveled this route before and didn't need to look for the way like they had come, the return trip was much faster.

Once they were back on the aircraft and began their return flight, everyone felt a huge weight lifted off their shoulders. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they would be home in a few more days.

Longquan extended a warm invitation to Lin Zhifeng and Ding Mo to visit the capital of the Divine Dragon Dynasty, but the two politely declined.

Longquan settled the remaining payment for the two men on the boat. He also gave each of them a Divine Dragon Token, saying that if they ever needed him in the future, they only needed to ask someone to bring the token to them, and the Divine Dragon Dynasty would definitely provide full assistance.

Lin Zhifeng was overjoyed at this unexpected gain. He knew that the Divine Dragon Dynasty was a very powerful force in the cultivation world. Even without considering future requests for their help, maintaining a good relationship with them would be of great benefit to the Sword Sect and even to the sect itself.

So this mission was totally worth it!

When only Lin Zhifeng and Ding Mo were present, Lin Zhifeng transferred 250,000 high-grade spirit stones to Ding Mo.

Ding Mo also valued this huge sum of money, so he didn't pretend to be polite and accepted it directly.

Another major gain for Ding Mo was that the Dragon Roar Sword had been enchanted by Ya Zi, increasing its attack power by 100%. Ding Mo was overjoyed.

Before returning to his room, Lin Zhifeng smiled and tried to get information out of Ding Mo: "Uncle-Master, you just broke through to the Nascent Soul Realm not long ago, so it should still be some time before you break through to the Void Refinement Realm, right?"

Ding Mo had no idea what tricks he was up to this time, so he simply said, "Hmm! Just say what you're thinking."

Lin Zhifeng grinned and said, "Hehe, that's great! Martial Uncle, your strength is extraordinary, and you're not in a hurry to go into seclusion for cultivation. If we have any outings, would you be willing to come along?"

After saying that, he quickly added, "Although we may not always have such a great harvest as this time, I promise that I will definitely not let my uncle come for nothing."

Ding Mo knew perfectly well that Lin Zhifeng was using him as a bodyguard. However, he found Lin Zhifeng quite interesting and surprisingly reliable. As an elder of the sect, Ding Mo felt it was his duty to look after these juniors. Therefore, Ding Mo readily agreed: "As long as I happen to be free, I can travel with you!"

"That's great!" Lin Zhifeng exclaimed happily.

With Ding Mo joining them, their strength has greatly increased, and they can now cause even bigger trouble without fear!

Moreover, with Ding Mo involved, the elders of the Sword Sect wouldn't restrict their outings too much, since they had such a genius bodyguard.

Thinking about the wonderful life ahead, Lin Zhifeng couldn't stop smiling as he said goodbye and went back.

Lin Zhifeng returned to his room and finally opened the system control panel, which he hadn't dared to open for many days.

As soon as he opened it, a bunch of tasks with completed buttons lit up appeared all at once.

The sheer number of tasks and rewards nearly crashed the system.

Lin Zhifeng waited quietly for a while until the task notifications finally finished refreshing.

He glanced through it briefly and found that, in addition to the main quest of helping Longquan find the sacred artifact, there were nine side quests: clearing the nine-story pagoda and defeating the guardians on each floor.

The rewards from the main quest and the nine side quests are very generous. In addition, there are rewards for enchanting his two spirit swords; finding treasure also grants rewards…

All things considered, this trip yielded a total of several hundred thousand lucky points.

Without hesitation, Lin Zhifeng upgraded his Koi skill by one level. Now it's a high-level Koi, with a 50% luck bonus.

Although the next upgrade requires one million luck points, which is somewhat disheartening, Lin Zhifeng counted them repeatedly with his finger, his heart growing colder with each count—following this pattern, the next one would probably require ten million points, right?

Well, a 50% bonus is already quite high, isn't it? One shouldn't be too greedy.

Lin Zhifeng realized that upgrading again would require one million luck points, so he decided not to save up the luck points he already had. Instead, he would spend 10,000 points to upgrade the system shop to an advanced shop.

The premium shop updates with one hundred new types of pills every day, and it also has a new search function.

If the shop hasn't refreshed its inventory, you can use this search function to find the medicine you need. However, what you'll find isn't the ready-made medicine, but rather the prescription.

"As long as I have the prescription, that's fine. After all, the system can refine medicine on its own," Lin Zhifeng thought.

At this moment, the long-absent system popped up and said, "Master, that's not how it is. Our alchemy furnace is a basic one, which can only refine some ordinary pills. Many high-level pills cannot be refined even if you have the recipe."

Lin Zhifeng hadn't dared touch the system while inside the pagoda, fearing discovery by the celestial beings. So why hadn't he heard the system's electronic voice for days, and was actually missing it?

Lin Zhifeng laughed and said, "It's been a long time, everyone!"

The system replied earnestly: "My master has always been here!"

Lin Zhifeng then said, "Then tell me, what should we do next?"

The system said, "Master can spend 10,000 luck points to upgrade the alchemy furnace from the beginner level to the intermediate level. This way, the pills in the cultivation world will be no problem for us."

Lin Zhifeng thought to himself, "That makes sense." The previous beginner-level alchemy furnace could already easily refine high-level pills like the Exorcism Pill, so it seemed the system's furnace was no ordinary item. If he could accumulate enough luck points in the future and upgrade it to a higher level, he might even be able to refine the Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pill.

So Lin Zhifeng upgraded the alchemy furnace again.

Thus, the luck points he had just acquired and hadn't even had a chance to warm up were almost completely used up.