When they heard that Su Yang wanted to add more points for them, Dagger Girl and Gru’s eyes both lit up as they moved closer to Su Yang.
Gru was saying, “Gru! Gru! Gru!”
Dagger Girl said, “Brother Su Yang… You’re the best.”
Su Yang patted the 2 little monsters on their heads and brought them out of the castle courtyard to the place where Little Hus had had its point added.
Due to the previous point added, there was still a hole from the blast.
Su Yang brought the 2 little monsters to the bottom of the pit and said to Gru, “Gru, I’ll add a point for Dagger Girl first. You hang on for a while.”
Gru held its hands out as it danced. “Gru, Gru, GruGru…”
‘I’ll take that as a yes.’
Gru had a confused look on its face. (•.•)?
Then, Su Yang turned on the system. When the semi-transparent [+] symbol appeared on Dagger Girl’s head, he tapped on the [+] symbol and a notification popped up in front of him.
[Are you sure you want to add a point to this monster for the fourth time? The success rate for adding a fourth point is very low. If you fail, the little monster will die. The success rate of adding a fourth point is 41%.]
When Su Yang saw Dagger Girl’s success rate, he was shocked. ‘That’s so high! It’s 41 times more than Little Hus! This is completely off the charts!
Su Yang felt that he could use Little Hus’s 1% success rate as a unit of measurement, 1 Ha
‘In that case, Little Deeny would be 12 Ha, Dagger Girl’s 41 Ha, while myself… Er, 2 Ha?
‘Why does this feel so weird?’
As Su Yang complained, he opened the system shop as per normal procedure and bought 6 [Lucky Stone]. Then, he bought all 3 [Random Point].
In an instant, he had spent 5000+ coins.
After buying the items, Su Yang took out the [Lucky Stone] and placed it on Dagger Girl. When the success rate reached 100%, Su Yang said to Dagger Girl, “Sister Dagger Girl, now that your success rate for the fourth time has reached 100%, I’m going to add a point for you now. You stay here and be good…”
Su Yang patted her head and said, “I hope you will be able to open your eyes and see this beautiful world.”
“Thank you, Brother Su Yang. I’ll do my best.”
With Gru by his side, Su Yang ran for more than a 100 meters according to his previous experience. When he could no longer see Dagger Girl, he clicked on the [Confirm] option to add the point.
After Su Yang confirmed to add the point, a “Buzz” sound came from the pit not far away. Then, with a loud “Boom”, it felt as though another bomb had been thrown into the pit that had already been bombed. Then, the yellow soil exploded and flew into the sky, followed by a blinding light.
When the light and dust dissipated, Su Yang pulled Gru and ran over. Dagger Girl had already turned into a green cocoon of light and was floating in the air. There was a countdown on the cocoon. [8:58:21].
‘9 hours?!
‘Is Dagger Girl trying to violate the laws of nature?
‘This is exactly 9 times longer than Little Hus’s! Even if I used Little Deeny as a standard, that would be equivalent to 3 Little Deenys!
‘This is completely out of my expectations.’
However, when he thought about the changes after Little Deeny and Little Hus had received their points, he could not help but ponder for a moment. Could it be that the changes after a point had been added was relative to the amount of time required for the added point to be complete?
‘The longer the time, the greater the increase in ability?
‘If I think about this carefully, Little Deeny took 3 hours and then her form changed, her functions have increased, even her existing ability has been upgraded into a new ability. In comparison, Little Hus took 1 hour and only had its ability upgraded slightly.
‘So, from the looks of this, is Dagger Girl going to strike it big?
‘Is she really going to be able to open her eyes?’
Su Yang was excited.
Due to the fact that there was still a long time before Dagger Girl would be done with the added point, Su Yang did not wait in front of her. Instead, he brought Gru far away. Then, when they reached another slope, he did the same to Gru.
Gru’s success rate was at 8, neither high nor low. However, it was no different from being 0%. Hence, Su Yang spent another 6,000 coins and bought 10 [Lucky Stones] for it.
Initially, Su Yang thought that since Gru’s success rate was so low, it would take a longer time for the added point to be completed. However, after the point had been added, it actually only required 3.5 hours, a little more than Little Deeny’s.
For a moment, Su Yang felt that he might have been wrong to judge the scale of the change to their abilities based on the amount of time required.
However, Su Yang’s tired body and mind could not be alleviated in such a short time. Hence, he was a little hesitant.
‘What else should I do? Add more points for the little monsters or items?’
However, when he thought about how he had spent 11,000 coins on Gru and Dagger Girl, Su Yang felt that he should not waste so much coins.
‘Even though I still have a lot of coins, I shouldn’t be spending them unnecessarily.’
Therefore, after some thought, he decided not to torture himself anymore. ‘I might as well be a salted fish and take a rest with the amount of time I have.’
With that thought in mind, Su Yang returned to the castle and headed to the study room on the second floor. Then, he opened the safe and retrieved the [Double-Sided Salted Fish Mask] that he had previously used.
The [Double-Sided Salted Fish Mask] was a special item that Su Yang had obtained previously. When worn on the front, the wearer could turn into a salted fish without any ideals. It could speed up the recovery of the wearer’s spirit and they would feel relaxed no matter how tired they were.
On the other hand, if they were to wear the reverse side of it, they would become a real salted fish that could speed up the recovery of their body, allowing their body to quickly recharge their stamina.
Recently, Su Yang’s body and spirit were both a little exhausted. Therefore, after much thought, he decided to put on the reverse side of the mask. Compared to spirit, he felt that his body was even more tired.
Of course, in order to prevent himself from turning into a salted fish permanently, Su Yang even called Little Deeny’s original form over and asked her to guard him.
Little Deeny was confused when Su Yang called her to the sky garden on the third floor. “Master, why did you call me here?”
Su Yang held onto the [Double-Sided Salted Fish Mask] and looked at Little Deeny as though he was looking at death calmly. “Little Deeny, I’m going to become a salted fish. I’m going to need you to take good care of me!”
Little Deeny was confused.
Then, her mind was filled with… Questions.
She did not know what her master was trying to do with his accent as though he were a character in a drama who was about to die. However, she, who had always listened to her master, could only play along. “Master! Don’t become a salted fish! I can’t leave you!”
“No!” Su Yang reached out and stopped her. His expression was exaggerated as if he was acting in a drama. “I’ve made up my mind! Don’t try to persuade me against it!”
As he said that, he put on the salted fish mask without any hesitation. After a while, the smoke dissipated and Su Yang disappeared. A salted fish with dead fish eyes and a tail that could only move twice fell to the ground.
Little Deeny was confused.
That time, Little Deeny was really shocked!
‘Master’s serious! He has really become a salted fish!
‘What’s Master doing?
‘Self-torture?
‘Are humans that strange?
‘That’s so terrifying!’
In an instant, many questions lingered in Little Deeny’s mind, and her 10 core processors almost stopped working because she was thinking about so many profound questions.
Then… She saw a note beside Su Yang.
Puzzled, Little Deeny bent down to pick up the note. It read, “Little Deeny, I’m a little tired. I’m going to be a salted fish for 1 hour. Remember to help me take off my mask after 1 hour.”
With a “Pfft”(´థ౪థ)σ~, Little Deeny could no longer hold it in and laughed out loud.
She felt like she was going to die from laughter. ‘Master is so funny, he could’ve just explained it to me with just 1 sentence, yet he chose to make a huge show out of it. I was so scared that this phone spirit almost shut down, what a drama queen.’
Then, Little Deeny picked up the salted fish from the ground and placed it on the swing in the sky garden. Little Deeny sat beside Su Yang and shook the swing gently while chatting with Su Yang. “Master, do you think we will be together forever?”
Su Yang was trapped in Salted Fish’s body and could neither speak nor move, let alone move his tail. All he could do was move his eyes slowly towards Little Deeny and look at her.
Little Deeny took a glance at Su Yang’s big fish eyes and covered her mouth as she giggled. “Master, don’t look at me like that. You look like you have died with some grievances left behind.”
Su Yang was speechless.
As a salted fish, Su Yang felt that he had lost his dignity.
Just as the 2 of them were enjoying each other’s company, suddenly, there was a notification above the garden. A WeChat message had arrived.
Little Deeny’s eyes lit up. Then, she looked at Salted Fish beside her with a strange expression. “Master, I’ll help you check your WeChat.”
Su Yang rolled his eyes.
As she said that, she swiped her hand across the air in front of her. Instantly, a virtual interface appeared in front of her. Little Deeny tapped her finger lightly and opened WeChat. There was a message from Tan Mei on WeChat. ‘Mr. Su, over the past half a month, many film companies in the entertainment industry have sent projects that they want Han Yi to take on. I’ve followed your instructions and have asked them to at least attach a project proposal with a partial script, here are the lists.’
Attached with the message was a Word document.
Little Deeny looked at Su Yang and said, “I’ll open it, Master…”
Su Yang rolled his eyes and was speechless. He could not say anything even if he wanted to!
After opening the document, Little Deeny tapped on it and the document turned into a paper book that fell into her hands.
She held the book in her hands and shook the swing as she read to Su Yang. “‘Legend of Wu Zetian’. Hmm… This show is about the power struggle that a young girl, Wu Ruyi experienced when she first entered the palace, followed by the story of her wearing a royal robe and a crown before finally ascending to the throne. The production team hopes that Han Yi can play the second female lead, Xu Hui.”
Su Yang bounced twice on the swing.
“‘I Like You Only’. Yeap, this is a story of how Qian Baobao, a commoner, accidentally entered the military academy and became a female instructor for a group of hot-blooded men. She’s also involved in a love dispute and is faced with various challenges of identity crisis. The production team hopes that Han Yi can be the female lead, Qian Baobao.”
Su Yang continued jumping around.
“‘The Imperial Doctress’ is based on the history of the Ming dynasty’s orthodox and Jingtai’s 2 emperors replacing the imperial power. It tells the story of a female doctor, Tan Yunxian, helping the world overcome many difficulties, breaking through the taboo to publicly practice medicine, establishing a medical system and finally becoming a female national doctor. The production team hopes that Han Yi can play the female lead, Tan Yunxian…”
“‘Decoded…’”
“‘Diamond Lover…’”
Su Yang continued to listen to all those weird projects. Although he did not know any of them, he felt…’As expected of an ranked celebrity. The momentum she brings is amazing.
‘In the past, whether it was my film company or my management agency, we wouldn’t receive a single project in a month. Even that useless Lin Jiali needed the agency to actively look for projects for her.
‘In the end, not even half a month after Han Yi joined the agency, there were already so many projects knocking on my door.
‘No matter what these projects are, at least this proves that my agency has caught the eyes of the others within the industry and have become a partner that they could work with.
‘This is a good sign.
‘If someone is willing to collaborate with me, I could try to choose a successful project and invest in it.’
However, everything said was useless at that moment. No matter how good Su Yang’s thoughts were, he was still a salted fish at that moment. Even if he wanted to reply to Tan Mei’s WeChat message, he could not do so.
Therefore, the 1 hour of Salted Fish was spent on the swing with Little Deeny and Su Yang, the master and servant…
Soon, an hour had passed and Su Yang could finally return to his true self…