Essential Belongings

Without Xiao Shuang's guidance, Chen Miemie directly locked onto his target.

They were four long, thick needles.

Two yellow, one red, and one white.

'Xiao Shuang, check the status of these four needles.'

[Strange Knitting Needles: Can be used to knit sweaters. The sweaters are proper sweaters, but what materials are used to knit them is completely up to you.]

'Huh? No side effects?'

[None. This is not a Mysterious Item.]

'But why do I feel like this is a treasure perfectly suited for me? Kind of like a Lifebound Artifact?'

[A Lifebound Artifact is the most special, unique, and exclusive item. Its true effects cannot be seen through by scanning. I suggest you acquire it first and slowly uncover its secrets later. It's better to buy the wrong thing than to miss out on it.]

The stall owner this time was an old man.

His stall was not in a good location, situated near the exit of the night market. It was desolate, with no one showing any interest.

Seeing a customer arrive, he became very enthusiastic.

"Young man, what caught your eye? I'll give you a fair price right off the bat."

Chen Miemie pointed to the hat and scarf he was wearing. "Sir, how should I address you? Even if you want to rip me off, there's no fat left to trim. I've spent almost all my time."

"Just call me Old Bao. It's not easy with exams approaching. If you like something, just take it. I won't spin any tales for you."

"What are these four needles for?"

"They should be for knitting sweaters. However, someone tried them before, and they couldn't knit a complete piece of clothing using yarn. Dead knots would always inexplicably form halfway through."

"Can they be used as weapons to stab people?"

"No one has tried, but probably not. The cores of the needles are hollow, so they definitely aren't as handy as a knife."

"They caught my eye, I'll take them. Give me a price, old man."

"6 years of time."

The price Old Bao offered wasn't low; he wanted to make a bit of profit, but it wasn't a scam either. After all, even though this wasn't a Mysterious Item, it still exhibited mystery-related traits and belonged to the category of magical props.

Magical props were a tier below Mysterious Items, with far inferior effects.

The advantage was that they had no side effects; the disadvantage was that their usefulness was too small.

To use human Mystery abilities as an analogy, a Mysterious Item was a true ability starting at Mystery Level 1, while a magical prop was just an ability prototype of Mystery Level 0.99, like what a prospective graduate possessed.

As the saying goes, even a hero can be stumped by a single penny.

Chen Miemie currently only had a little over 2 years on him, which was indeed quite far off.

Fortunately, he was thick-skinned. He picked up his watch and started contacting people to borrow time.

Why say he was thick-skinned?

Because generally, no one was willing to lend to prospective graduates. Everyone understood the reason: the repayment rate was only 5%.

The first person Chen Miemie thought of was his good neighbor, Joker.

He sent a message directly, asking for 6 years right away, and even stated that he would only repay the principal in the future, without any interest.

Chen Miemie felt very justified.

You have to know, in order to protect Joker's identity, he hadn't reported the Chef. According to City Hall, there would have been a massive bounty for reporting him.

Chen Miemie waited for a few minutes.

He knew Joker wouldn't reply quickly; that guy didn't have the habit of constantly checking his watch.

In his backup plan, his second choice was Elder Jiang of the Jiang family.

Since he had already given away stationery worth several hundreds of years, he probably wouldn't care about a mere 6 years.

As for the teachers at school and his classmates around him, he actually didn't want to ask them.

Joker replied to the message at the 7th minute.

He directly transferred 6 years of time to him remotely.

Chen Miemie was very satisfied with the watch's transfer function. It was said that there were no transaction fees as long as it wasn't cross-city.

"Old Bao, sorry to keep you waiting. I borrowed it, let's trade."

Old Bao had been watching Chen Miemie contact people remotely, and seeing that he didn't haggle at all, he actually felt a bit bad.

"Young man, if you see anything else you like on my stall, pick another one. Buy one, get one free."

Having obtained his Lifebound Artifact, Chen Miemie was in a good mood:

"Old Bao, no need. It's a good thing you met me. If you had met some other child of destiny, the freebie you gave away would 100 percent turn out to be an overlooked, peerless treasure, and you'd cry for the rest of your life."

After saying that, Chen Miemie didn't delay and immediately walked out of the night market exit.

He couldn't look anymore; the more he looked, the more he wanted to buy. Spending borrowed time always felt a bit off. After graduation, besides getting stronger, he'd have to find a way to get some time.

He hurried home.

In the living room.

Chen Miemie, Qinghua, Bobo, and the invisible Xiao Shuang stared at the four knitting needles on the small coffee table in front of the sofa, observing them with malicious intent.

Facts proved that looking, touching, knocking, burning, soaking in water, spitting, dripping blood, and so on, all had no effect.

The knitting needles were still knitting needles.

Just encountering a Lifebound Artifact wasn't enough; the destined person had to figure out the correct way to use it themselves. Otherwise, they could only guard a mountain of treasure empty-handed, just staring at it.

Qinghua tapped and knocked carefully. She didn't dare use her porcelainification ability, lest she break Chen Miemie's treasure.

Bobo was also helpless; it only made things worse because when it touched the needles, it left roast chicken grease on them.

[Try using your ability.]

The cowlick on top of Chen Miemie's head stood straight up, turning into an exclamation mark.

'Ability? What ability? Oh! Right, I have a glowing ability called Moonlight.'

To be honest, Chen Miemie had practically completely forgotten about this glowing ability of his.

Because as of right now, it was simply too useless.

Xiao Shuang was truly Xiao Shuang, truly Chen Miemie's golden cheat.

As soon as the Moonlight ability was activated, the moonlight produced by Chen Miemie flowed down the needles in his hand and entered the cores, forming a white thread alternating between ethereal and solid at the needle tips.

[Loom of Fate: The tool used by the Lord of the Eternal Moon to manipulate the world. Using moonlight as thread, it weaves a brand-new era.]

[Originally a mundane object, it seized the fortune and creation of heaven and earth. Grasping a once-in-a-myriad-years opportunity, it was fortunate enough to meet the Lord of the Eternal Moon. As this unique and exclusive artifact, the very first destiny it changed was its own.]

"Good, good! This Lifebound Artifact is awesome just looking at the description. Being able to get my hands on it today is truly my good luck. Haha!" Chen Miemie was so happy he rolled around on the sofa.

[It is also its good luck.]