Master of Kaidan
Chapter 79 Great Fortune and Good Luck

Chapter 79: Chapter 79 Great Fortune and Good Luck

Under the wary supervision of the prison guard, Feng Xue picked up the plate of fried chicken and started crunching away.

In the real world, the "Identity" of True Objects is fixed, and although there are subtle differences in the way they actually exist, for someone like Feng Xue who comes from the Infinite realm, eating real food is no different from drinking Pseudo Artifact water or eating Pseudo Artifact food in Infinite City. (Old Li had even drunk tea.)

But the reason he was eating wasn’t to satisfy the hunger from not having eaten in a long time, but rather...

For the crumbs.

Yes, for the crumbs.

As he ate in his bold and carefree manner, bits of breading continually fell onto the dictionary, something he didn’t care about and the prison guard outside the cell didn’t find strange at all.

After all, who doesn’t make a mess while eating fried chicken?

The plate of fried chicken was soon in his stomach. Although he wanted to keep even the chicken bones as a base for a Phantom Object, bones were a bit too conspicuous compared to food scraps.

Moreover, intentionally saving them would also be somewhat suspicious.

He pushed the finished bones toward the edge of the iron bars on the plate, then retreated back to the corner of his room onto the plank bed, rubbed his greasy hands on his prison uniform, and then, wrapped up in the blanket again, began the process of flipping through the dictionary and copying vocabulary cards.

Everything appeared so calm, but nobody knew that in the space propped up by Feng Xue’s elbows, the dictionary, and his knees, within this blind spot concealed by the blanket, he was reshaping those tiny scraps of fried chicken.

...

"Damn, the first one turned into a Black Ball!" Feng Xue looked at the stuff that had collapsed into a black spot on the dictionary and instantly became nervous, worried that it might explode unexpectedly. However, perhaps due to a rule difference, the ball, seemingly made of a mosaic substance, evaporated quickly after collapsing.

"Tsk..." Watching this scene, Feng Xue’s first reaction was not relief that he didn’t have to deal with the Black Ball, but a slight disappointment because his escape plan included using an Omen Seed to turn the Pseudo Artifact next door into an Omen, thereby causing chaos.

Unfortunately, it seemed that the Omen Seed couldn’t exist on its own in this world, rendering the plan moot.

"Whatever, you guys are lucky," Feng Xue muttered to himself, then stopped paying attention to the completely dissipated Black Ball, instead refocusing on a piece of residue.

Bang, the residue suddenly expanded, but Feng Xue was prepared. The dictionary tilted slightly, allowing the triangular red candy, the size of a little fingernail, to fall without drawing any attention—if the Phantom Object created was too big, Feng Xue only needed to adjust the angle slightly to let it directly fall into his lap.

And if it was too big for the blanket to hide?

What else could he do? Just kill himself! After all, he had already earned a label, it wasn’t a loss.

...

Name: Phantom Object·Power Candy

Elements: [Food], [Tool], [Candy], [Energy]

Description: Energy-filled candy that can slightly increase a Pokémon’s attack.

Note: What, invalid? Are you a Pokémon?

...

Even though this thing was useless to him, Feng Xue still picked up the candy as if he were picking up a piece of fried chicken scrap from the dictionary, popped it into his mouth, but didn’t swallow. Instead, he chewed it up and exaggeratedly "ptui" spat it into his hand.

It wasn’t that he was disgusted, in fact, this was precisely the process he went through to "destroy" Phantom Objects.

After all, Phantom Objects could only be Refining after being destroyed.

Yes, Refining remnants of food to obtain items was not Feng Xue’s goal in itself, his goal was to Recycle the "Food" element.

In Infinite City, food that could also be eaten was an absolute luxury; to this day, Feng Xue still did not know where Old Li’s tea leaves came from, and naturally had never obtained elements of food.

But now, those greasy fried chicken scraps on the dictionary page were, in his eyes, treasures filled with Rare elements, which he was quietly excavating for their secrets.

However, his actions...

Hmm, had quite the feeling of sneaking snacks in a classroom.

Whether it was because the fried chicken scrap base itself was too small, or because Feng Xue’s luck was good today, aside from the Black Ball, the food he Reforged wasn’t very large. The largest was only a green ball the size of a ping pong ball, and its Name, was the exceedingly plain "Spinach Ball."

Despite how plain this thing seemed, Feng Xue barely dared to eat it, spending almost half an hour to crumble it without leaving any trace.

If you’re asking why—

This thing could instantly triple a person’s Power.

Sounds great?

But the costs were burning fat, intense pain, and significant side effects.

Indeed, it was a secret medicine from a rather rotund family.

With Feng Xue’s physique, eating one would probably knock him out.

Nevertheless, a night of Refining wasn’t fruitless, at least Feng Xue’s Element Pool had gained quite a few new entries.

"Next is the key part! I wonder if my idea will work." Feng Xue, wrapped in a blanket, stood up again, which perked up the sleepily rotating prison guard immediately. But soon, he noticed Feng Xue adjusting the towel-wrapped handcuffs, occasionally shaking his slightly swollen wrists.

Seeing this, the prison guard relaxed, leaning on the wall with a languid stance, unaware that with these movements, Feng Xue had already silently torn off three previously deemed "useless" pages from the dictionary.

After adding the Food element to the pages, Feng Xue pondered for a moment, then added a [Learning] element.

"There are plenty of opportunities, no need to rush." Feng Xue buoyed himself up, pouring in about 500 Tars of [Identity], then pressed the Refining button.

It seemed the cheerleading really worked; as the [Identity] poured in, the paper on his lap began to twist rapidly. Feng Xue felt the weight on his leg increasing, yet not to the extent of being unbearable.

"It shouldn’t be too big." Feng Xue thought to himself, waiting for the final outcome. He said this, but in truth, the whole process didn’t last very long. Soon, something square, soft, chilly, and pale pink materialized on his knee.

"Success!" Feng Xue’s joy almost burst within him, and the information about the item unfolded before his eyes—

Name: Phantom Object·Translation Konjac

Elements: [Food], [Tool], [Translation], [Knowledge], [Learning], [Language]

Description: Though it looks like konjac, it’s actually a super high-tech product from the future; just by eating it, one can understand and use all languages encountered.

Remarks: Portable and Fragrance-free~~