24 Designated Driving

At last, Chen Chuan casually picked a black A6L before he turned around and left the store.

He ended up buying a cheaper car not without reason. Since he would not always travel to Chongqing City, it would not be worthwhile to buy an apartment and a car here and leave them as they were. It would be better to buy a good car back in Haiqin City. Anyway, he could easily get a scooter over here. 

The black A6L in front of him came with a 3.0T V6 engine and was considered a top car model. The list price of the car was 700,000 yuan, whereas its on-road costs, including insurance, totaled 820,000 yuan.

After getting their work done, the salespeople enthusiastically assisted Chen Chuan to take photos of his car. Everything was settled within three hours.

[You have spent 820,000 yuan. You have earned double cashback totaling 1,640,000 yuan. The amount has been transferred to your account.]

As soon as he had finished paying, Chen Chuan went on a road trip around Chongqing City with his new car.

He was unfamiliar with the place, and his driving skills had deteriorated. Therefore, he set a location in the navigation system which took him to a less populated area.

After a while, he got into the mood of enjoying the surrounding scenery. He commented on everything he saw from the car and was delighted to spot a beautiful girl in a mini skirt who passed by his car.

Being in one of the Four Furnaces, the girls here were dressed even more lightly than those from the northern part.

The navigation showed the area as Chunyu Road. The wide road was suitable for a novice like him to drive as there were not many cars on it. The scenery along the way was also lovely. 

Chen Chuan decided to drive further along this part of the road.

Who knew that he would come all the way from a coastal city to one of the Four Furnaces here to practice his driving skills during the October break?

He was lucky that the car had a good air conditioning system where he could enjoy the cool air. It was relaxing listening to music while gazing at the beautiful girls on the street outside.

After some time, Chen Chuan drove to the side of the road and parked his car to have a short break.

He browsed through his phone to view gossips and so on.

His right hand touched the Storage Ring on his left hand. Suddenly, he caught sight of the item from the fifth slot in the ring. The fog that shrouded the item had disappeared. 

'The item from the fifth slot can now be taken out?'

Chen Chuan was filled with joy and surprise. After giving it a thought, he figured out what was going on. He had just spent 1,000,000 yuan earlier and consequently had the item [White Heaven and Earth Bag] from the fourth slot unlocked. He then spent 10,000,000-plus yuan on the apartment the day before, and sure enough, he could already unlock the fifth slot.

It was really easy to unlock the slots based on such a pattern. To unlock the sixth slot, he would probably need to spend 100,000,000 yuan.

At that moment, Chen Chuan took out the item from the fifth slot immediately without bothering about the sixth slot. 

[Four Dreams of Linchuan]: This is an ordinary-looking wooden sword. 

Characteristic: Practice the sword each day for at least 12 hours. After 100 days, you will get to evolve once. If you place the sword back in the ring or stop practicing it, the number of days for practice will be reset.

Chen Chuan found it heavy to carry the wood-colored sword, or simply put, a wooden sword. 

The sword was long with the width of two fingers. It had a slight curve that resembled the kind of sword made during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

It contained high wood density and was cool to the touch. However, it was heavy to lift by hand.

'Indeed, the sword looks ordinary from the outside…' Chen Chuan raised the sword to weigh it. 'In fact, there seems to be nothing special about it. It just appears to be a skillfully made wooden sword. Isn't this a deceit?'

The item [White Heaven and Earth Bag] from the fourth slot allowed Du Hao's special tools to be transferred to Chen Chuan's bag for his own use.

What marvelous stuff.

It was merely a wooden sword in the fifth slot. How unreasonable.

Just as Chen Chuan was holding the sword with both hands, he felt the message from the sword. [This item has been soul-bound to Chen Chuan. 20 charm points have been added.] 

'Wow. 20 additional charm points? Sounds great.'

Chen Chuan checked the interface.

Name: Chen Chuan

Age: 19

Skill: Magical Makeup Skill with Unlimited Double Expenditure Cash Return

Tools: [White Heaven and Earth Bag], [Four Dreams of Linchuan]

Money: 16,640,000 yuan

Charm: 120

Ringwraith level: Fifth Slot

Next level to be unlocked: Sixth Slot

"Sure enough, the charm component has been added to the interface," he murmured. According to the novel he had set, the charm points for ordinary people was 80. 

Chen Chuan had been reshaped through [Body Refining Vermillion Fruit]. Consequently, his charm points had risen by 20 and totaled to 100. He had gained 20 additional points with the wooden sword. His total points were 120 which was good enough.

It was important to note that Du Hao's charm was worth only 180 points as stated in the later part of his novel.

How then can the sword be used to increase one's charm?

Chen Chuan turned on his phone camera to take a selfie as he held the wooden sword in front of his chest. The beauty effects on the camera created some sort of charisma in him which was indescribable. He seemed like a metrosexual man in ancient times.

'I need to carry the sword along for 12 hours… Just carry it during the eight hours of sleep, plus another four hours during the day. That's it.'

Chen Chuan raised his head and gazed at the roof of the car. It would be great if he could fix a long-hidden box onto the roof.

When he returned to Haiqin City, he planned to fix a long box onto the roof of his Maserati. 

The young man played with the sword in his car for some time and eventually, its novelty had worn off.

He then placed the sword on the passenger seat. 

The road at the front was full of cars and people. Considering that Chongqing was a mountain city where driving was not easy, Chen Chuan felt the need to have an experienced driver to take him around. Moreover, he thought about his intention of enjoying himself here. After some consideration, he decided to use the designated driver app on his phone and requested a driver.

Soon, a driver arrived with a small foldable electric bike. She was dressed in black and wore a helmet.

The bike was parked beside the A6L.

Chen Chuan wound down the window. A blast of heat then drifted in from outside.

"Hey, man. You're fast." Chen Chuan greeted.

The designated driver took down her helmet and whipped her hair.

Her long hair spread as if it was dancing in the heat.

"Our university is just somewhere here," the designated driver said in a gentle voice.

"Ah, a female driver." Chen Chuan took a look at the designated driver and realized it was a female driver.

She had an aura of heroism as she held her helmet, and seemed more like a pilot than a designated driver.

"Open the trunk. I'm going to put this bike into the car," the designated driver shouted. She then added, "This car looks new. Did you just pick it up?"

"Yeah." Chen Chuan pressed the car logo on the remote control key for three seconds. After that, he got down from the car and opened the trunk.

The designated driver put the foldable electric bike into the car. Gazing at the back of the brand new car, she suddenly said, "You've got to be really careful when driving this car. Don't damage its back."

"Huh?"

"Nothing. Are we getting in the car now?" The designated driver asked.

Chen Chuan hopped onto the passenger seat, then he tossed [Four Dreams of Linchuan] onto the back seat. The designated driver had already gotten into the car and fastened her seatbelt.