Chapter 431: Chapter 431

After Lin Rui handed over the territorial affairs to Caroline, he went to the Saint Hall of the Goddess of Fortune.

The Saint Hall of the Goddess of Fortune is one of the monumental buildings of the territory, a magnificent palace at the top of grand stairs, with the palace doors alone reaching dozens of meters high.

The heavy armor knights guarding both sides of the entrance saw Lin Rui and immediately snapped their heels together, saluting solemnly.

Lin Rui nodded to acknowledge them, then asked, "Is the Goddess Priestess inside?"

The Knight Commander of the guards immediately turned, facing Lin Rui, and replied solemnly, "Chosen One, the Priestess has been inside all along, and Miss Audrey is there too."

Lin Rui nodded and said, "Now temporarily close the temple to visitors."

"As you wish." The Knight Commander complied without any hesitation and immediately proceeded to execute the order.

Three squads of knights formed a line, nearly a hundred meters long, standing orderly beneath the palace, their heavy armor shining in the sunlight, sealing off the temple entrance instantly. Follow current novels on Novᴇl_Fire(.)net

The might of the Tier Five Heroic Spirit Knights’ guard was such that no one dared to act recklessly in their presence.

Once Lin Rui entered, he saw Yuyu clutching her chest warily, hiding behind the divine statue, only poking her head out cautiously to watch him.

Lin Rui was baffled and asked, "What are you doing hiding behind the goddess statue? Is this really loyal?"

Seeing he was behaving normally, Yuyu emerged from behind the statue, though she still carefully adjusted her high-slit skirt, asking, "Why did you have the Guard Knights seal the temple? I’m telling you, even if your mind is in the gutter, you can’t mess around in the Saint Hall of the Goddess! The goddess might be watching you through the statue."

"I’m a Goddess Priestess, you can’t desecrate the sanctity!"

Lin Rui just felt the corners of his mouth twitching, shooting her a glare: "It’s my lowered willpower that got my mind wandering. You’re constantly thinking dirty thoughts! How did you get rated as the purest maiden in the world? Because you’re all bark and no bite?"

After glaring at her, Lin Rui sat down at the discussion table and slapped out a pile of treasure chests.

"I blocked the temple only because I was afraid of the commotion from opening the treasure chests! What are you imagining? Hurry up and give me your blessing."

"Huh? Just for opening treasure chests?" Yuyu finally let down her guard and lazily sat beside him, though her tone carried a hint of disappointment.

"What else!" Lin Rui retorted irritably: "Otherwise, go wild in the Saint Hall of the Goddess and tear your clothes off?"

"Wouldn’t that be more thrilling?" Yuyu deliberately glanced at her exposed fair shoulders, so smooth and soft, surely causing a man to go wild would be natural.

Lin Rui realized it, she really had the makings of a priestess, flirting all she could with words, but collapsing into cowardice when it came to real action.

"Stop babbling! Get on with the blessing." Lin Rui directly slapped down forty Spirit Crystal Coins.

"Alright, blessing, blessing! Blessing you, even in the darkest places, you can shine!"

[Ding, you received the Divine Blessing: a blessing personally granted by the world’s purest maiden, bringing good fortune and success to the blessed. Charm +10, Luck +10, and if any probability mechanism outcome isn’t favorable, you can trigger a luck override by temporarily sacrificing 10 luck points for a re-evaluation, lasting 24 hours.]

Audrey was fiddling with the treasure chests and got interested when Lin Rui began opening them, pulling out forty Spirit Crystal Coins to give to Yuyu, "Sister, I want a blessing too. I’m opening treasure chests today as well."

Yuyu waved her hand and pocketed all the Spirit Crystal Coins, saying casually, "Blessings, blessings! Bless us both with great luck, and a chicken dinner tonight."

Lin Rui glanced at her, "You can dream about it."

Then Lin Rui stopped paying attention to her and focused on the treasure chests before him.

Honestly, it had been a long time since Lin Rui last opened any treasure chests.

The last time was on the eve of the Dark Strike’s coming when two gilded treasure chests were opened at once.

Since then, there wasn’t much opening, mainly because the territorial specialties started having a significant impact!

[Qingyu Divine Light (High-quality Level): In a home where good deeds accumulate, there will be blessings. A Prayer Ring of Divine Protection woven with the heart of the pure, unblemished maiden. Placing it in a room will deposit fruit through accumulated member’s benevolent actions. (Note: Current quality Qingyu Divine Light can convert to a bronze treasure chest due to accumulated good deeds.)]

Lin Rui had been waiting for this specialty to successfully convert.

A little over a cycle later, Lin Rui finally received the results of the accumulation. A total of 1487 bronze treasure chests filled the warehouse.

Lin Rui brought all these chests at once, along with 89 Silver Treasure Chests recently acquired, 23 Golden Treasure Chests, and 4 gilded treasure chests.

As Lin Rui laid out all the treasure chests, Yuyu also focused, sitting beside him, "With this many treasure chests, are you planning to empty one of the goddess’s treasure vaults?"

Lin Rui replied calmly, "The goddess is a little rich lady, she won’t mind. Wanna open them together?"

"I feel like you’re tempting me to join you in making a mistake, but I can’t help it." Yuyu said as she opened a bronze treasure chest.

[Ding, you opened a bronze treasure chest, acquiring 2 Experience Books]

[Ding, you acquired 1 Book of Wisdom]

[Ding, you acquired 530 Realm Coins]

[Ding, you acquired 1 Resource Pack (Small)]

[Ding, you acquired 2 Crossbows (Ordinary Level)]

[Ding, you acquired 3 Cowhide Shields (Ordinary Level)]

[Ding, you acquired 1 Enhanced-level Weapon (Green) Famished Battleaxe]