Chapter 5: The Celestial Officer on Duty

“Welcome, you have entered trial interface number 73,248 to participate in the destiny trial.”

“This interface is currently overseen by the celestial officer.”

“Since the trial objective is the God of Wealth, adjustments are being made to the destiny trial.”

“The destiny trial task has been canceled!”

“The destiny trial rating has been canceled!”

“The destiny trial standards have been canceled!”

“The God of Wealth is free to explore and choose his trial method as he wishes.”

“All gains from the trial interface may be freely taken out by the God of Wealth.”

A series of messages popped up on Su Wen’s attribute panel. As he read through the information, he finally understood what the Star God had meant.

The blue booklet seemed completely useless to him now.

It had been filled with details about trial tasks, how to manage the trial rating and standards, and how to use one’s talents to earn higher rewards.

It even included some rules about the destiny trial, along with a few hidden points that the blue booklet had partially explained.

But now, as soon as he entered, everything the blue booklet had described was canceled.

What was the point of the blue booklet now?

“Thud!”

“Thud!”

“Thud!”

“……”

Not far away, a series of thumping sounds echoed.

Su Wen paused for a moment, then quietly made his way toward the source of the noise.

After a short while, he found himself facing a large cave.

At the entrance, a group of long-armed monkeys with copper coin marks on their faces were pacing back and forth, carrying digging tools.

“Ooh!”

“Ooh-ooh!”

Suddenly, one of the nearby copper coin monkeys spotted Su Wen peeking around and began waving its arms and calling out.

Soon, two more copper coin monkeys joined in, and the three of them started chasing after Su Wen.

As Su Wen backed away, he noticed that the copper coin monkeys were running surprisingly slowly—even slower than an ordinary person.

So he grabbed a few stones from the ground, and once he had put some distance between himself and the monkeys, he took aim and hurled a stone at the leader of the group.

“Whoosh!”

The stone flew through the air and hit the leading copper coin monkey right on the head.

Even though Su Wen had never trained in throwing or learned any skill techniques for applying force.

But with the power he currently possessed, combined with the hardness of the stone, the destructive force he could unleash was enough to break down a wall!

As a result, the head of the leading copper coin monkey was smashed to pieces, and it collapsed to the ground, lifeless.

“Whoosh!”

“Whoosh!”

Su Wen didn’t give the other two copper coin monkeys a chance to react and immediately hurled two more stones at them.

Even worried that he might miss, he threw two additional stones at the remaining copper coin monkeys.

“Bang!”

“Bang!”

The two copper coin monkeys dropped to the ground, motionless and silent.

This marked the official end of Su Wen’s first battle.

“Three copper coin monkeys, experience points increased by 0.3 percent.”

Su Wen opened his attribute panel and frowned slightly.

This meant that if he wanted to level up by killing copper coin monkeys, he would need to eliminate at least a thousand of them.

A thousand copper coin monkeys—how long would that take?

And were there even a thousand copper coin monkeys in the mine?

“Hmm?”

As Su Wen approached the corpse of the copper coin monkey, he noticed a copper coin appearing on its head.

“Detected Destiny Copper Coin, can be converted to 0.01 Wealth Source Value. Would you like to convert?”

“……”

Staring at the prompt before him, Su Wen was momentarily stunned.

In the next moment, a wave of excitement washed over him, and a wide grin spread across his face.

One coin, equivalent to a hundred thousand?

Is that what it means?

There were at least dozens of copper coin monkeys gathered at the mine entrance, right?

And there should be a dozen or so more inside the mine—that’s not too much, is it?

In fact, the copper coin monkeys outside the mine were likely just a small fraction; the number inside the mine would be far greater.

If there were a few hundred, he’d hit the jackpot!

This could amount to tens of millions!

At that moment, in Su Wen’s eyes, the copper coin monkeys wandering outside the mine were no longer enemies—they were walking sources of wealth!

And as long as he had Wealth Source Value, he could grow stronger quickly.

Once he became stronger, he could hunt copper coin monkeys more efficiently.

Thinking about it this way, it was a perfect cycle!

"These few copper coin monkeys aren’t enough!"

"But since the copper coin monkeys are mining here, there must be a larger group nearby that’s making them do it."

"This group could also be copper coin monkeys, or even higher-level creatures."

"First, I need to gather Wealth Source Value and boost my strength. At the very least, I should strip this side of the mine bare before considering the other. Even with the protection of the white chess piece, I need to play it safe."

"After all, who knows if I’ll get another chance like this after leaving the Arrow Realm?"

Su Wen thought to himself and quickly converted the other two Destiny Copper Coins into Wealth Source Value.

Without hesitation, he started picking up stones from the nearby pile.

Sharp, intact stones were his priority—they were the most convenient weapons he had at the moment.

Honestly, he had no idea what his current strength level was or where he stood in this Arrow Realm.

But he figured he wasn’t the weakest, and he couldn’t be too far off.

Otherwise, the Star God wouldn’t have given him the white chess piece and said those things to him.

Once he used the white chess piece, powerful beings in the Arrow Realm would surely come after him to stop his cheating.

"Next, I’ll lure five copper coin monkeys over."

Su Wen glanced toward the mine. "If I have the energy, I’ll gradually increase the number."

"The trial has no time limit, so there’s no need to rush."

Once he made up his mind, Su Wen got to work.

The copper coin monkeys weren’t the brightest. Any unfamiliar presence nearby seemed to grab their attention and stir up their hostility.

But the second batch he lured was still just three. After quickly and brutally taking them down, Su Wen decided to switch tactics.

He timed it right and started shouting loudly near the mine. When the copper coin monkeys at the entrance looked over, Su Wen made a silly face and stuck out his tongue to provoke them.

He hoped this would attract a few more copper coin monkeys.

After all, the copper coin monkeys were much slower runners than him, and if things got dicey, he could always bolt.

Yet again, only three copper coin monkeys charged at him.

The others just stared at him, their eyes glowing with copper coin light, filled with confusion—like they were watching some idiot put on a ridiculous show.

Su Wen’s mouth twitched. He could read that expression well enough.

So, he was being looked down on by a bunch of not-so-bright copper coin monkeys?

Taking a deep breath, Su Wen hurled three stones, killing the three attackers in one go.

He quickly scooped up the three copper coins that had fallen nearby and made a swift retreat.

Outside the mine, the copper coin monkeys fell into an eerie silence after seeing their kin get taken down.