Master of Kaidan
Chapter 77: Lucky Break

Chapter 77: Chapter 77: Lucky Break

Compared to Jeston’s excitement, Feng Xue remained as calm as still water at this moment, even picking out the most useless things possible from his Element Pool—he certainly didn’t want to create anything good that might hinder his escape.

However, his Element Pool mostly contained items he had selected with care. Except for a batch of Death Elements he had obtained from corpses and omens, most of the items were useful, to some extent.

After a very short deliberation, Feng Xue casually tossed in a Furniture element, symbolically added a bit of Identity, and selected the recast button.

The iron ore twisted rapidly as if an invisible hand were flattening and rounding it. Sequestered by the transparent wall, Jeston was nearly plastered against the wall at this point, his eyes seeming almost ready to pierce through it.

Unfortunately, Feng Xue’s Golden Finger lacked any light and shadow effects; otherwise, this scene would have been even more perfect.

Nevertheless, it didn’t matter because, after just a few seconds, the lump of iron ore underwent a complete transformation. What now appeared in the center of the Array was a fist-sized, semi-transparent Crystal.

It looked somewhat like a crystal, but also slightly different. Solely by its appearance, it was difficult to ascertain exactly what it was.

However, once Feng Xue aimed the crosshair of his Golden Finger at it, its information finally emerged—

Name: Phantom Item·Lighting Crystal

Elements: [Furniture], [Mineral], [Lighting], [Storage] (Extraction results were [Lighting], [Storage], Black Ball)

Description: A crystal storing special power that emits a bright light when placed in water.

Note: No radiation, healthier.

...

"Nice!" Feng Xue cheered inwardly, but swiftly feigned an exhausted and weak demeanor. He displayed the skill of playing dead that he had learned from the assassin label and plopped down onto the ground with a slap. Then, with an expectant look towards the crystal, he slowly furrowed his brows, his expression turning slightly grave, and he even shook his head in dissatisfaction.

Seeing the transformation of the iron ore into a crystal and originally feeling happy, Jeston hesitated after noticing Feng Xue’s appearance. He then quickly pulled out his phone and opened the translation app:

"Failure?"

"No, no good," Feng Xue said with difficulty, shaking his head while muttering a response in loosely assembled Victoria language that he wasn’t sure the other party could understand. Then he searched through his flashcards and showed a few words to the bodyguard not far away.

"Boss, it says ’no,’ ’perfect,’ ’function,’ ’useless.’"

The loyal bodyguard repeated the words to Jeston, who then realized Feng Xue probably meant that the item he had created wasn’t very useful. However, Jeston didn’t care about that; as long as it was a real Phantom Item, no matter how useless it was, it would be valuable!

So he promptly tinkered with his phone and sent out a machine-translated question in Chinese:

"What’s the use of this crystal?"

"Crap!" Feng Xue blurted out a word he finally remembered. But after some thought and fearing a single uttered sound might be too hard to guess, he added in quite stiff Victoria language:

"Can I have a glass of water?"

"Water, he wants water? Give him water!"

Jeston, now completely blindsided by the potential profit, nearly shouted at the bodyguard across from him.

Hearing this, Fran couldn’t help but speak out:

"Be careful, that might be an explosive that detonates upon contact with water."

"That would blow him up too, wouldn’t it?" Jeston was not convinced while the bodyguard, who after all was brought by Jeston from home and whose loyalty was undeniable, quickly fetched a glass of water and handed it to Feng Xue.

Seeing this, Fran’s expression darkened even more, and he slowly started the motor of his wheelchair, retreating to the position by the door—regarding these demons, he always expected the worst. In case something did happen, he’d be able to flee immediately. Yes, with the outcome of this time, even without Jeston, he could find another easy mark—

It would just be slightly more troublesome.

...

Although Jeston was somewhat blinded by the prospect of profit, he had not let his guard down. As Feng Xue reached out to take the water glass, the bodyguards in the corners of the room also raised their firearms, ready to shoot at any sign of his making a move.

Feng Xue slightly spread his arms to indicate he posed no danger and slowly approached the center of the Magic Array. He carefully poured the water over the crystal, and as the liquid cascaded over it, a gentle, bright, yet not dazzling, light emanated from the crystal, softening the originally harsh white light of the room.

"Is that it? Just this?" Fran, already prepared to make a run for it at the door, was somewhat disappointed by the briefly illuminated crystal. However, Jeston was completely overjoyed.

What kind of useless Magic Item was this? This was the most valuable kind among Magic Items!

After all, who are the biggest buyers of Magic Items?

Perhaps some wealthy mercenaries count, but they certainly are not the main customers. The real buyers are wealthy people like his own father, with more money than they know what to do with.

They don’t want Magic Items for battle. Aside from apparel that can act as Bullet-Proof Vests, it’s the type that can be taken out and played with in everyday life that is the most valuable. Especially those that are a little useful but not too useful are capital for showing off—because in a sense, it is their lack of utility that makes them even harder to collect. After all, most Magic Items are brought by ghosts, and ghosts rarely bring useless things. Only by killing ghosts is there a small chance to produce such insignificant items.

And this crystal that lights up upon touching water is undoubtedly one of the most practical among useless items. Just make a hanging transparent Container and put it in the ballroom, and you have a top-tier chandelier; all those crystal chandeliers costing tens of millions would have to step aside!

"Good! Very good! You’re very good!"

The phone emitted a clunky translation in Chinese. If it wasn’t for the underlying tone of excitement in Jeston’s voice, Feng Xue might have thought it was sarcasm.

However, the label he had been waiting for... ah, it came!

Just as Feng Xue was starting to feel disappointed, a change suddenly began within his body. It wasn’t as noticeable as the labels granted by Infinite City, but it had a completely different "presence."

Perhaps due to his body structure being different from that of Infinite City, Feng Xue could easily sense something being extracted from his flesh and blood, then recomposed into various terms, which finally converged to create another label next to [Chef].

Only, this label wasn’t the craftsman he had been hoping for, but rather...

[Money Printer].

"F*ck! A Money Printer, seriously?"