After a week, the shop began operations.

Mainly selling some tools.

Weapons were not involved.

At most, fruit knives and kitchen knives, and things like hammers and saws.

With Lin Qianxuan's craftsmanship and Peiya's enchantments, these tools were much stronger than others of the same level.

So although the price was higher, they still sold quite well in the city.

However, those people all thought Lin Qianxuan was the owner of the shop and Peiya was just someone he hired to help.

Peiya didn't refute this, and in fact, she thought so in her heart as well.

Some customers would tell Lin Qianxuan that getting involved with Peiya would bring misfortune.

Faced with such customers, Lin Qianxuan had no intention of arguing; he simply charged them double.

Life gradually got on track, and everything seemed to be steadily improving.

However, Lin Qianxuan did not share Peiya's carefree attitude.

The diary he received clearly wrote about the coming event.

The entire Box Kingdom would be destroyed by an Abyss Beast.

No one could save it.

Then Peiya would lose her home.

Even though it wasn't all that warm, having a home was better than being homeless.

And on her journey of wanderlust, Peiya would suffer more torment.

None of this was by accident.

It was destiny shrouded in mystery.

A rule imposed on this cyclical time-space by another powerful being.

Inside the small shop, Lin Qianxuan played with an Abyssal Pearl, pondering how to break the impasse.

The Abyssal Pearl was the essence energy condensed within the lifeforms of the Abyss Ruins of this world.

It could play extraordinary roles in many places.

It could be used as fertilizer in farming, the human body could directly absorb its energy through meditation to strengthen itself, and it could serve as an energy source to drive alchemical creations, etc.

One could say that the most valuable part of an Abyss Beast was this Abyssal Pearl.

The Abyssal Pearl in Lin Qianxuan's hand had already been enhanced by him.

[Abyssal Pearl: An Abyssal Pearl from an Iron-Chewing Raven. [Self-Recovery][Light Energy Conversion][Self-Destruct] (Note: Its danger level is high.)]

[Self-Recovery: The energy within the Abyssal Pearl can slowly recover after being used.]

[Light Energy Conversion: The energy within the Abyssal Pearl can be restored by converting light energy.]

[Self-Destruct: This Abyssal Pearl can be detonated by spirit.]

Lin Qianxuan's first enhancement was with the idea of creating a perpetual motion-like Abyssal Pearl.

Then the term "Self-Recovery" appeared.

Unfortunately, its recovery speed was indeed a bit slow.

After consuming its energy, it would take about a week to fully recover.

Due to its low spontaneous recovery efficiency, Lin Qianxuan added a converter to it.

Then the "Light Energy Conversion" term appeared.

This way, it could fully recover its energy by being exposed to the sun for a day.

The third term was Lin Qianxuan experimenting with a certain possibility.

The appearance of the "Self-Destruct" term made Lin Qianxuan understand the current operation method of [Artifact] Dao Fruit.

Which is to endow artifacts with feature terms roughly aligned with the user's wishes.

This has a certain randomness and doesn't directly produce the desired outcome.

Furthermore, the strength of the terms is closely related to the user.

The strength of the terms granted by Lin Qianxuan was generally lower than those granted by Peiya.

Additionally, an item can only bear three terms.

But as long as an item's shape is modified by more than thirty percent, its information will refresh, becoming a new item, allowing it to bear three more terms again.

In other words, as long as continuous changes to the shape are made, an item can infinitely enhance with terms.

This doesn't seem like a bug; it seems more like a gap in Peiya's understanding.

She believes she can't do it, so the Dao Fruit can't either.

But in her cognition, if the item is modified to that extent, it becomes a new item, and so the Dao Fruit can function again.

Yet Lin Qianxuan felt that even if he granted billions of such low-strength terms, they might not even reach the Great Dao Level.

In this land full of strange artifacts.

It really isn't sufficient.

But for now, this was all he could rely on.

Of course, helping Peiya become more confident and grow quickly was also key.

Her essence was stronger than Lin Qianxuan's.

As long as her cognitive constraints were lifted, she could reach the high heavens in a short time.

.....

The night had come.

Lin Qianxuan did not rest; he continued to tinker inside the shop.

Peiya also didn't go back; for the past two days, she had been staying and resting in the shop with Lin Qianxuan.

Even though the shop was small, it was still much more spacious than her home.

Before long, Lin Qianxuan finished modifying the short sword, adding quite a few new patterns. After refreshing the information, he handed it to Peiya and said: "Apply three enhancements: increase agility, increase the user's strength, and one for energy storage...."

Peiya took it and her hands glowed consecutively as she skillfully applied the three enchantments.

Her vitality quickly recovered even after use.

With the aid of another multi-stat item, the stone that Lin Qianxuan initially picked up by the roadside and gifted to her.

That small stone is now set in a pendant and worn against the skin. Even when Lin Qianxuan wanted to replace it with a new one for her, she refused.

Lin Qianxuan had to enhance it by adding additional stats through a second modification.

The effects were identical.

Now, Peiya's energy consumption can almost fully recover within ten minutes when using her abilities.

So in a sense, claiming there's still consumption when she uses the Dao Fruit is somewhat self-deceptive.

Obviously, the Dao Fruit itself doesn't obey energy conservation, but she feels there should be a price to pay for its use, so she pays with her stamina.

And yet, the created artifact can replenish her stamina out of thin air...

Her cognitive gaps are practically endless.

However, thinking it through, it's possible that these are constraints imposed by the enemy, and those gaps are deliberately crafted by her as a way out.

Taking the dagger from Peiya's hand, Lin Qianxuan gave it a slight swing, feeling the air being easily sliced open, and even faintly detecting the presence of Sword Qi. Satisfied, he nodded, preparing for further enhancement.

"Mr. Lin..."

Suddenly, Peiya spoke up.

"What is it?" asked Lin Qianxuan.

"Will you leave me?" Peiya asked seriously, staring into the firelight at Lin Qianxuan.

Lin Qianxuan turned his head, raising his eyebrows slightly.

When one has free time, they tend to become apprehensive.

Clearly, her work intensity isn't saturated enough if she still has time to overthink. How can this be considered as productive as a workhorse?

But despite thinking this, Lin Qianxuan's actual actions were different.

He looked at Peiya gently, softly stroking her head, saying, "As long as you don't drive me away, I'll always stay by your side."

How should he say it?

In the past, he could say anything without hesitation, but why does saying such things now feel a bit awkward?

Too long without use; skills have gotten rusty?

Although Lin Qianxuan felt that his skills were rusty, the pink-haired girl found them quite pleasing.

Her face turned red instantly, but it was not visible in the firelight anyway.

"I... I'll never drive you away..." Peiya said, bowing her head.

Faced with Lin Qianxuan's straightforward words, this kind of shy and introverted girl simply couldn't resist.

Lin Qianxuan felt slightly guilty, but then brushed it aside.

In this incident, he was the one being baited as the victim, wasn't he?

Don't be fooled by the girl's current seemingly weak and helpless posture; her powerful form at her peak is the true hard-hitting aspect.

If you really think about it, who's really devouring whom is uncertain!

....

The calm and warm daily life continued.

The girl's diary transformed from enduring hardships and praying for happiness, into hope and anticipation for each new day.

During this process, Lin Qianxuan was also gaining the girl's favor, with the connection of destiny nearly reaching the first Sound Talisman node.

Yet, he clearly understood that everything now was an illusion, ready to shatter at any moment.

Therefore, he actively prepared his countermeasures.

Peiya's dagger had been enhanced thousands of times, transformed from a short sword into a longsword.

At the same time, he crafted a set of light armor for Peiya, which, when worn, could allow an average person to withstand a Celestial Rank attack.

Lin Qianxuan wasn't sure if these items would cope with the upcoming calamity.

He was only preparing as much as possible.

......

Inside the Box Kingdom royal palace.

In the council hall, Vera presided over, and appointed upper management sat along both sides of the long table.

"Is it confirmed?" Vera asked sternly towards the Kingdom Knight Commander, Anthony.

"It's confirmed. The chief hunter of the Hunter's Guild, Edwin Cook, has been killed," Anthony said. "Along the way, they tried various methods, none of which could harm it or change its direction. It's currently steadily heading towards the Box Kingdom... To sum up, this Abyss Beast seemingly possesses artifact-like traits."

"What are your thoughts?" Vera tapped the armrest and asked aloud.

"Mobilize the Kingdom Army, use the royal palace's artifacts, and combat it!"

"Temporarily withdraw..."

"Release a mission; let the Hunter's Guild probe it again, and decide based on the circumstances..."

Listening to these words, Vera didn't answer but silently pondered.

This country was a mess from the start.

Long ago, their ancestors weren't even in this world, and the kingdom extended far beyond the scope of this box.

But one day, the world shattered, and everyone got sent to this place called the Abyss Ruins.

The Box Kingdom was established later.

A group led by ancestors from over a thousand years ago built civilization here, developed and flourished, creating the culture seen today.

Vera is the previous king's illegitimate child.

The previous king succumbed to temptation, recklessly used artifacts, leaving many hidden dangers in the kingdom, not only causing his demise and that of his family, but almost leading to the destruction of the Box Kingdom.

After taking over, she actively governed, confiscated artifacts from the populace, and stabilized the kingdom.

Now, finally, with a glimpse of prosperity on the horizon, such a crisis arises.

"Only artifacts can face artifacts..." Vera murmured.

It's an iron law laid down by the ancestors.

No matter how strong you are, even existing at a Legendary Level, you can't contend with the rules of artifacts.

The rules of artifacts are absolute, even preceding the rules of the world itself.

Fortunately, artifacts can affect one another, so with proper use, they can be used to counter other artifacts.

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