Chapter 1040: Chapter 244: Money Tree (Part 2)

[Mythical Ability 4: Lucky Divine Punishment: The recipient can summon a Divine Punishment Thunder to deliver a devastating blow to the enemy, which cannot be avoided or defended against. After suffering great damage from the opponent, the divine punishment effect is automatically triggered. This ability deals damage to a single enemy, amounting to the highest attack power of this world *500%, ignoring defenses and traits below mythical level. This ability can only be used once per battle.]

[Mythical Ability 5: Lucky Guardian Spirit: A powerful guardian spirit will surround the recipient, absorbing damage and counterattacking the enemy. A strong celestial kingdom armed warrior will become your guardian spirit, absorbing 70% of the damage for the divine chosen one and converting the received damage into divine damage reflected to the opponent.] 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

This mythical trait, the first three strengthen oneself, while abilities four and five are judged based on the extreme value of combat power in this world.

If in the divine realm, it’s equivalent to gaining the strongest strike from the realm’s most powerful being in a short time.

After Lin Rui initiated the priest rituals, the first words spoken by the Goddess of Fortune were identical to what her priestess said when he visited the holy temple hall: "Hey, you stinky man, you actually remembered to come see me?"

He heard these words again within a span of less than an hour, and Lin Rui just felt an ache in his waist. Could this woman be secretly possessing Yuyu and monitoring him?

As far as Lin Rui knows, many goddesses have this penchant, taking over the body of priestesses to enjoy earthly pleasures.

This way she neither has to endure hardships nor face consequences, gaining physical and mental joys.

The goddess from the elf side is quite notorious for such acts; most priestesses have been corrupted by them one way or another.

Due to the longevity species in the elf world, they see this very openly, making such acts extremely common.

But considering the Goddess of Fortune demands her priestess maintain a pure body, Lin Rui couldn’t make such assumptions.

He could only roll his eyes at her, saying amidst the golden light: "It’s only been three or four days since we last met, and you’re speaking as if I have no conscience."

"Nonsense!" The Goddess of Fortune replied. "Do you know how hard it has been for me waiting?"

Lin Rui’s eyes widened. You’re waiting hard?

"Are you about to say ’Absence for a day feels like three autumns’?"

This statement Lin Rui couldn’t believe at all. She isn’t a divine spirit with nothing to do, waiting there like a little girl for him to seek her out.

The Goddess of Fortune lazily replied, "You certainly have an active imagination. I’m waiting for you to quickly claim your reward and then I can go vacationing to bask in the sun. My best friend and I just found a plane location that’s very scenic and plan to travel there! But you kept delaying claiming your reward, and I’m anxiously waiting inside the divine hall!"

Lin Rui chuckled; he knew it was impossible.

But he also jokingly said, "You’re truly enjoying yourself, while I’m fighting fiercely to compete for the elemental keystone, and you’re just living leisurely, traveling and vacationing everywhere?"

"Haven’t you heard ’A woman is a girl until death’?"

"No! I’ve only heard ’A man is a boy until death.’ Don’t tell me a fifty-year-old unmarried girl keeps a childlike heart until death."

"You’re prejudiced, that’s prejudice, you know?" The Goddess of Fortune said grumpily, "Men can keep their childlike hearts, why can’t women? I’m telling you, essentially both men’s and women’s psychological ages remain at six or seven years old."

"Men remain boys because, at six or seven, they liked playing more. But who says a woman being a girl until death means she likes playing too? At six or seven, we girls liked sweets, desserts, big brothers, new clothes, and beautiful scenery. We’ve always been like this, okay? Why should we like a broken stick like you?"

Lin Rui’s eyes widened instantly: "What do you mean by broken stick? This is our most beautiful memory! I remember during the battle against the rapeseed blossoms when I was young, wielding this stick, I fought alone against tens of thousands of rapeseed soldiers, nearly cutting them all down. Alas, my father intervened, tied me to the old tree outside the courtyard, and whipped dozens of times. After this battle, my path was broken, no longer willing to fight."

The Goddess of Fortune couldn’t help but laugh and said, "Oh, you have such interesting past? What’s next, what happened afterward? Keep going. We girls’ childlike hearts love hearing stories. If you tell me stories before bed, I won’t accuse you of infidelity anymore."

Lin Rui shrugged regretfully and said, "Apologies, I have many more entertaining things to do than storytelling. Let’s hurry up with the reward. What semi-divine artifact can I choose?"

The Goddess of Fortune was upset but with her soft and lazy nature, there wasn’t much she could do to Lin Rui. So she could only say, "Choose, choose, choose! Hurry up and choose, I need to go on vacation. What semi-divine artifact do you want?"

Lin Rui said without hesitation: "Something like a strengthened version of the Crystal Scroll."

After all, semi-divine artifacts aren’t divine artifacts, their power is limited.

A single semi-divine artifact, no matter how strong, doesn’t compare to two that can mutually influence and enhance each other.

Moreover, if two semi-divine artifacts can perfectly foster harmony, achieving a 1+1>2 effect isn’t impossible.

It ultimately allows the combined effects of two semi-divine artifacts to reach the level of a divine artifact.

The Crystal Scroll, the one the Goddess of Fortune gave him previously, has shown excellent results.

Its strength is approximately at the epic-level, but if those spiritual gems are invested into the Semi-Divine Artifact: Radiant Hourglass, its value compares to legendary-level.

Especially recently as the Territory [Historically Significant] trait continually triggers, spawning a multitude of monsters, the territorial soldiers as long as they fight will continuously trigger the effect of the Crystal Scroll.

This has provided the territory with a continuous supply of spiritual gems.

The spiritual gems Lin Rui collected himself account for two-thirds of the activation of the Radiant Hourglass, the remaining third almost entirely relies on the effect of the Crystal Scroll.

And the Crystal Scroll, which the Goddess of Fortune fortified, shows she has such capabilities.

Perhaps the Goddess of Fortune might have similar divine artifacts or semi-divine artifacts.

And indeed, without thinking, the Goddess of Fortune retrieved a treasure from her divine kingdom, saying, "Then you don’t need to choose; this is definitely most suitable for you."

[Praying Maiden Statue]

[Territorial Semi-Divine Artifact]

[May your heart be as pure as a maiden’s, may your future be filled with hope and light. The statue quietly listens, the maiden’s prayers transform into whispers in the wind, delivering to every soul that needs blessings.]

[Trait 1: Confession Acquisition: In the territory, all inhabitants and creatures, upon killing monsters of elite-level and above, will cause the spiritual gems of the corresponding level to condense underneath the statue.]

[Trait 2: Praying Blessings: For every soldier that dies in battle within the territory, the blessed soul will express gratitude; once the count reaches 100,000, the blessed souls will crystallize, transforming into Crystal Scroll.]

[Trait 3: Divine Shelter: When inhabitants carry spiritual gems, they can be immune to damage. Tier One Spiritual Gem provides a fixed reduction of 10, Tier Two Spiritual Gem provides a fixed reduction of 50, Tier Three Spiritual Gem provides a fixed reduction of 100, Tier Four Spiritual Gem provides a fixed reduction of 300, Tier Five Spiritual Gem provides a fixed reduction of 500, Super-Tier Spiritual Gem provides additional corresponding tier *100 points of divine resistance.]

[Trait 4: Divine Statue Growth: As the territory develops and residents’ faith deepens, the Praying Maiden Statue will gradually grow, not only becoming more magnificent in appearance but also providing more powerful blessings and shelters. Trait 1, Trait 2, Trait 3 will receive corresponding enhancements.]

Territorial Semi-Divine Artifact!

Lin Rui finally obtained a semi-divine artifact similar in positioning to the one the divine spirit behind the Golden Treasure Hall once owned.

But this ability, how to put it.

It’s downright what Lin Rui has dreamt of; though the name might be somewhat pretentious, leading to misunderstandings about its essence.

To put it plainly, it’s a money tree, a treasure bowl! Lin Rui loves this semi-divine artifact.