44: Jellyfish Hat

As Yang Dian expected, yet not entirely as he thought.

After the sublimation, the panel indeed changed.

But it wasn't an upgrade.

Instead, the energy required to learn the two Cultivation Techniques, "Heaven and Man Unity Skill" and "Hun Yuan Strength," decreased.

Among them, "Heaven and Man Unity Skill" saw a reduction of 7 energy points, and "Hun Yuan Strength" decreased by 3 points.

In addition, the progress bars for the three Martial Arts, "Dragon Claw Hand," "Iron Shirt," and "Grass Tread Flight," all increased to varying degrees.

But besides this, there were no other changes, and the cheat system didn't gain any new functions.

Squinting his eyes, Yang Dian pondered for a while, then a sudden realization struck him.

When he was digesting the stardust before, what he felt was the sublimation of his Physique, an elevation of his life essence.

In the context of Xuanhuan or Xianxia, it should be the Awakening of some special Physique.

With improved talent, Cultivation Aptitude would naturally get better, the speed of learning Secret Manuals would naturally accelerate, and the pace of increasing his strength would also be naturally faster.

He shifted his gaze to the Cultivation Techniques he had already mastered.

As expected, the energy required to max out their experience bars had decreased.

Before last night, maxing out the second entry for Dragon Claw Hand required 125 energy points.

But now, the energy cost to max out the second entry had dropped to 88 points, a reduction of nearly 30%.

Iron Shirt and Grass Tread Flight also saw a similar reduction of about 30% in the required progression.

"If the Physique sublimated by digesting stardust reduces energy consumption..."

"Then what benefit did I gain from spending 30 energy points to eliminate fatigue last night?"

After much thought, Yang Dian couldn't figure out the reason, so he stopped dwelling on it.

Cause: Wanting to acquire the Starlight Jellyfish's talent almost caused the cheat system, or rather, his talent, to crash again.

Process: Consuming energy to eliminate fatigue ≈ Consuming energy to repair the damage caused to his talent and himself by his fanciful idea.

Result: The Starlight Jellyfish absorbed the energy gathered by his talent, causing it to leave its two-finger-sized infancy and enter its growth stage.

And upon entering its growth stage, it gave Yang Dian stardust in return, which had the effect of sublimating his Physique.

Ignoring the cause and process, and focusing solely on the result.

As long as the outcome is good, then the world is perfect.

He scratched the Starlight Jellyfish perched on his head again, then Yang Dian got out of bed and walked to the window, looking at the faint morning light of dawn, and chuckled, mimicking an online meme:

"I guess things worked out, I got picked up by a jellyfish."

"From now on, I'm no longer someone no jellyfish wants..."

Just as he mumbled a few words, Yang Dian heard the sound of tiptoeing outside the door again.

In a short while, a knocking sound echoed outside Yang Dian's bedroom.

"Knock knock knock ~"

"Brother ~ Are you awake?"

"Wake up, you stinky old brother."

"You didn't even check what time it is now!"

"The sun's already shining on your butt!"

He raised his hand to wake his phone.

Seeing the large 05:17 on his phone, Yang Dian's face darkened, and he opened the door:

"Yang Lele, you'd better point out the sun, or I'll make you regret it!"

Yang Lele, wearing dinosaur pajamas, didn't even look at Yang Dian, directly raising the phone in her hand to show a picture of General Fatty.

"Look, it's right here."

"Bright, isn't it?"

"No need to thank me for showing you the sun, because the General's grace shines upon the land."

As she spoke, she had already pushed past Yang Dian and walked into the bedroom.

After wandering around the bedroom for a bit and not finding what she wanted, she turned back to Yang Dian:

"Brother, the little jellyfish..."

"Huh?"

Her voice grew softer and softer.

By the end, she was pointing at Yang Dian's head, already starting to question reality:

"The little jellyfish?"

"How did it get on your head?"

"And grow so big?"

Saying this, she bounced up and down, trying to grab the Starlight Jellyfish on Yang Dian's head:

"Give it to me!"

"I want to wear it too!"

"Brother ~ ~ ~"

"Just let me wear it for a little while ~ ~ ~"

After pouting for a bit and seeing Yang Dian ignore her, she bounced again, clinging to Yang Dian like a koala:

"If you don't let me play with it, I won't come down."

Yang Dian had no choice but to sigh helplessly:

"I'll try."

With that, he tried to convey the thought of 'go perch on Yang Lele's head for a while' to the Starlight Jellyfish.

What Yang Dian didn't expect was that although the Starlight Jellyfish conveyed reluctance to him...

It eventually floated up and landed on Yang Lele's head.

Feeling the cool sensation on her head, Yang Lele subconsciously let go of Yang Dian's neck, which she had been tightly gripping, and after landing on the ground, she touched the Starlight Jellyfish on her head again:

"So amazing ~"

Hearing that soft sigh, Yang Dian's eyelids twitched.

This was only in China.

If he were in Japan, and she said something like that in Japanese, and their parents heard it, wouldn't he have to go to Germany for orthopedics?

He reached out and flicked his Silly Younger Sister's forehead, then Yang Dian turned and walked towards the toilet:

"I'll let you play with it for one hour."

"After an hour, I have to go to the city for work, and I'll have to take it with me then."

Yang Lele followed Yang Dian like a shadow:

"Brother, when you go back to the city, can you please not hand over the little jellyfish?"

"The little jellyfish is so beautiful, I really love it."

Casually squeezing toothpaste onto his toothbrush, Yang Dian nodded with his back to Yang Lele:

"I won't hand it over."

"I'll just take it to the city to register it."

"We'll keep it ourselves."

Yang Lele and the Starlight Jellyfish simultaneously conveyed feelings of joy:

"Then, brother."

"Can you let me raise the little jellyfish ~"

"It's inconvenient for you to live in the city, and if the little jellyfish gets stolen, our loss would be huge."

Yang Dian was speechless:

"Don't even think about it."

With that, Yang Dian waved to Yang Lele again.

The next moment, the Starlight Jellyfish left Yang Lele's head and landed on Yang Dian's head.

Looking in the mirror, seeing a starry sky appear on his head, Yang Dian couldn't help but laugh:

"Hey, it's quite fun."

Yang Lele took a step forward, bumping Yang Dian's back with her forehead repeatedly.

With each bump, she mumbled something.

"Let me play, I want to play, I need to play..."

Yang Dian eventually let Yang Lele play with the little jellyfish for two hours.

Two hours later, the sky was bright.

Calculating the time and feeling it was about right, Yang Dian stood up and turned to look at Yang Lele, who was still admiring herself with a 'jellyfish hat' on:

"It's past 7 o'clock, I have to go."

"Otherwise, I'll be late for work."

Yang Lele paused at his words, put down the phone she was taking selfies with, and hugged the Starlight Jellyfish on her head, which wanted to leave, looking reluctant:

"Then, brother, are you coming back tonight?"

Seeing her pitiful expression, Yang Dian's heart softened:

"If there's nothing going on tonight, I'll come home to sleep."

Saying that, he patted the fish tank in his hand:

"Alright, it's not like you'll never see it again."

"Hurry and let it go."

"Okay ~" Yang Lele released her hands as instructed.

The next moment, the Starlight Jellyfish fled from Yang Lele's head as if escaping, and with a gurgle, it flew onto Yang Dian's head.

Just as he was about to reach out and grab the jellyfish to throw it into the fish tank...

Yang Dian heard Yang Lele exclaim again:

"Brother, little jellyfish!"

In her exclamation, she also picked up the mirror from the table and held it in front of Yang Dian.