CHAPTER 129: CHAPTER 129: WHAT IS CALLED LUCK

After taking a sip of his iced green tea, Su Yi finally took back her phone. She knew this was just how Xia Liang was, so she wasn’t particularly angry and recovered quickly.

With an expectant look, she asked, "So, where are we going next to make money with our luck?"

"Where to?" Xia Liang didn’t have any good ideas at the moment.

Wait a minute!

Xia Liang’s eyes fell on the wrapper of the iced green tea bottle in his hand.

*Scan the QR code inside the cap for a chance to win a red packet of up to 8,888 mililiters.*

His interest piqued, Xia Liang immediately pulled out his phone to scan the QR code.

Seeing this, the viewers in the livestream chat couldn’t help but pour cold water on the idea.

"Summer God Hao, you’re not actually thinking you’ll win five Yuan from a bottle cap, are you?"

"Forget it. I’ve scanned those a bunch of times, and the most I ever got was eight mililiters."

"Exactly, you’d be better off buying more scratch-offs."

"Spending three mililiters to win 0.08? What a steal!"

...

Of course, their comments had no effect on Xia Liang. He calmly scanned the QR code inside the cap, and the official website for Wang’s Iced Green Tea popped up. In the center of the page was a red packet.

Su Yi couldn’t help but lean in for a closer look. She watched as Xia Liang gently tapped the screen.

The red packet spun around, and an amount appeared.

*8,888 mililiters*

???

"Holy shit!" Su Yi couldn’t hold back the curse this time.

Xia Liang proudly held up his phone for the livestream viewers to see.

"How about that? The trueborn son of the Goddess of Luck. The name fits, doesn’t it?"

Seeing Xia Liang’s smug face and his somewhat punchable tone, the amazed comments in the chat immediately soured.

"That’s it?"

"Only 8,888 mililiters? That’s a long way from five Yuan!"

"Exactly! If you’re so lucky, win another bottle."

"Yeah, win another one, and then we’ll be impressed."

...

"Alright!"

When it came to proving people wrong, Xia Liang was all for it. He immediately waved Su Yi over. "Toss me that bottle cap."

Without hesitation, Su Yi unscrewed her cap and handed it to him. "Here!"

Xia Liang took it. "Watch closely now!"

He scanned the QR code on her cap. As he tapped the red packet, another one appeared.

*Another 8,888 mililiters.*

The viewers in the livestream felt a stinging pain, as if they had just been slapped across the face.

Su Yi’s eyes were wide as she stared at Xia Liang.

This can’t be real, can it? she muttered to herself. After all, not long ago, Xia Liang had won on a twenty-five-cent scratch-off. Now, he’d spent six mililiters on two bottles of tea and won two red packets of 8,888 mililiters each. Even the luckiest person in the world wasn’t this ridiculously fortunate, right?

"66666!"

"Summer God Hao is on fire!"

"I’m convinced! Summer God Hao’s luck is simply heaven-defying."

"I’m so damn jealous! He’s handsome, rich, brave, a good fighter, and now his luck is insane too! Damn it, Fate, did you steal all my good fortune and give it to him?"

"It’s just a blind cat stumbling upon a dead mouse!"

"Exactly! Two bottles is nothing! If you’re so tough, win a whole case!"

"Yeah, you win a whole case, and I’ll livestream myself eating shit!"

...

In the chat, along with the admirers, there were plenty of jealous trolls and contrarians.

"Fine by me!" Xia Liang didn’t mind. He was idle anyway and couldn’t think of any other easy ways to make money at the moment. He immediately turned and went back into the store.

"Boss! A case of iced green tea!"

After paying, Xia Liang started opening the bottles and scanning the caps one by one. The first bottle was another cash red packet of 8,888 mililiters.

Su Yi’s gaze toward Xia Liang was already like that of someone looking at a deity.

This is just too damn fantastical!

Next was the second bottle. This one wasn’t a cash red packet, but a Big Rice smartphone valued at 4,999 mililiters.

Then the third.

The fourth.

...

From the case of twelve bottles of iced green tea, Xia Liang won a total of eight cash red packets of 8,888 mililiters each, two Big Rice smartphones, and two IPDs.

Su Yi, the viewers in the livestream—everyone was completely numb. They began to harbor a deep-seated skepticism about the nature of reality itself.

In just five minutes, adding the prize from Su Yi’s bottle, Xia Liang had earned a total of 88,888 mililiters.

Waving his phone, Xia Liang couldn’t help but taunt the trolls. "I thought you guys were going to eat something? Come on, you can start now. All twelve of my bottles were winners."

Despite Xia Liang’s taunts, the group of contrarians stayed silent. They were truly terrified. They were even starting to believe his claim of being the son of the Goddess of Luck. After all, if they hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, they never would have believed it was possible. Now they were afraid that with just a word from Xia Liang, they might be cursed with bad luck for the rest of their lives. What would they do then?

In contrast, the other viewers became much more lively.

"OHHHHHHHH~"

"Quick, absorb his godly luck!"

"I’m absorbing! I’m absorbing! I’m absorbing!"

"One dose of his luck and I’ll definitely pull three S-ranks today!"

"Anchor, with luck like that, why aren’t you playing video games?"

...

"Hmm? Play video games?" Xia Liang, who had been trying to think of his next money-making scheme, paused. He clapped his hands.

That’s right! This Master’s luck is so good today! How can I not go do some gacha pulls?!

At that thought, Xia Liang quickly pulled out his phone and opened Pet Head Village. He bought twenty high-grade recruitment scrolls.

The livestream viewers grew excited at the sight.

"What? The God of Wealth plays games too?"

"Is this Pet Head Village? But Summer God Hao, your combat power is a bit low. Need a carry through the secret realms?"

"Summer God Hao, you only have forty scrolls. You’ll need to top up some Gold Coins."

"With God Xia’s power, who needs luck? He can just pay to win."

...

"Top up? Why would I top up?" Xia Liang said with a look of disdain. "With just these forty scrolls, I’ll pull the Little Gold Man and the Resurrection Technique: Eternal Sisters for you all to see!"

If he had said this before, the crowd would have mocked him mercilessly. But now, every single one of them was eagerly waiting to see if he could pull it off.

As Xia Liang clicked to start the high-grade summons, he declared, "Watch my ten-pull!" and tapped the screen.

A brilliant light flashed.

"Hiss..."

"Is God Xia playing a hacked version of the game?"

"Incredible! Summer God Hao is incredible (voice cracking)!"

"I’m convinced, totally convinced!"

"Untouchable! The man is untouchable!"

...

Although Su Yi didn’t know what had just happened, seeing the barrage of comments, she could tell Xia Liang had done something outrageous again.

"Who else?" Xia Liang held his phone up to the camera.

From the ten high-grade summons, aside from the one guaranteed character fragment, the other nine pulls had all yielded five fragments each. This meant that in a single ten-pull, Xia Liang had acquired 46 fragments.

"Please, call me Xia. Super. Duper. Awesome. Terminator."

After dropping the cocky one-liner, Xia Liang tapped the ten-pull button again. Just like the first time, another 46 fragments appeared.

The viewers in the live stream had gone numb. The chat feed was filled with nothing but ellipses. They were at a loss for words.

There were still twenty recruitment scrolls left. Xia Liang continued summoning.

This time, apart from the first two single pulls which each yielded five Fourth Generation fragments, the rest were all Golden Naruto fragments.