Chapter 326 - 326 210 The Story of Baozi

326: Chapter 210: The Story of Baozi 326: Chapter 210: The Story of Baozi Just because of that 5% speed increase, it was really too low.

If Zhang Xiaoman were a fully leveled high-level account with thousands of attributes, then this 5% boost would indeed be a lot.

But although he currently possesses the realm of an Extraordinary Level, unfortunately, his own attributes aren’t that great.

A 5% increase in attack speed was negligible for him, and it even wasted 10 precious points, which was the real reason he felt depressed.

“I still have over 70 points left, I’ll give it another try by upgrading…”

Zhang Xiaoman was not satisfied with the result of the upgrade and decided to try his luck with another random one.

“Random upgrade in progress, please wait…”

“Upgrade complete!

Blue Skill — Leap of Faith has successfully been upgraded to Blue Skill — Faith Leap.”

“Faith Leap?”

Zhang Xiaoman raised an eyebrow, not expecting the skill upgraded to be this one.

He quickly opened his attribute panel to check its details.

[Faith Leap]

Passive

Make you immune to damage from high falls.

Effect: (30) → 60 meters

——With this, Mom won’t worry anymore when I go bungee jumping.

Zhang Xiaoman held his forehead, feeling quite helpless.

This ability was similar to the previous one, looking impressive but actually of little practical use.

Though falling from a height of 60 meters without getting injured sounded cool, being cool was useless.

He needed abilities that would genuinely enhance his strength.

This unreasonable immunity to injury, although impressive, didn’t help him with leveling up by fighting monsters, since he wasn’t likely to keep falling from the sky, nor did he have a technique that involved descending from above.

Looking at the shop, the previous level of this item wasn’t cheap either; being a Blue Item, it required 100 points to purchase.

“Tsk tsk, buying this is simply a waste…” Zhang Xiaoman shook his head and sighed.

Unsatisfied with this upgrade as well, he decided to try again.

“Random upgrade in progress, please wait…”

“Upgrade complete!

Green Prop — Jade Treasure Exquisite Bun has successfully been upgraded to Green Prop — Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea.”

Zhang Xiaoman was a bit dumbfounded when he saw the system notification that appeared.

Jade Treasure Exquisite Bun?

He had almost forgotten about it.

He immediately used his teleportation ability to return home, then found an exquisite green box in an old trunk in his bedroom.

“Is this the new upgraded baozi?

I can’t believe this thing has been preserved till now, and even upgraded.”

Zhang Xiaoman murmured.

He remembered after the last upgrade, he just left the baozi in this trunk, unsure if it had gone bad after all this time.

Now that he had moved, the trunk had come along, and the Jade Treasure Exquisite Bun inside had actually been upgraded to something called Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, which gave him an ominous feeling just from the name.

Sure enough, when Zhang Xiaoman opened the fancy green box, what appeared before his eyes were eight incredibly large baozi, even bigger than the previous Jade Treasure Exquisite Buns.

“It started with six, then there were seven, and now there are eight.

What is going on here?

I think I’ll get stuffed to death before it even cures anything.”

He said that, but he still couldn’t help but swallow, driven by no other reason than the fact that the baozi smelled too delicious, just the scent alone was enough to make anyone want to devour it eagerly.

Zhang Xiaoman looked at the attribute panel again, his face showing disappointment once more.

[Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea]

Effect: Restores 300 Life Value.

——Eight kinds of buns with different flavors that leave a lasting aftertaste after eating.

“Well, still eight soup buns, but sadly they’re not very useful.

300 Life Value is simply overkill.”

Zhang Xiaoman shook his head, deciding to try an upgrade again.

“Random Upgrade in progress, please wait…”

“Upgrade complete!

Green Prop—Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea, has been successfully upgraded to Blue Prop—Nine Dragons Facing the Sun.”

As the System’s prompt appeared, in front of Zhang Xiaoman, the emerald green exquisite box that had contained eight soup buns immediately changed, its size increased significantly, and even the color turned into a luxurious gold.

Zhang Xiaoman was stunned; he felt he was extremely unlucky today, just wanting to enhance his abilities a bit, yet why were all the upgrades focused on these bizarre things, wasting the points he had saved up—it was infuriating.

“Sigh, at this rate, I might just turn into a bun myself.

So this is why I’ve always been reluctant to upgrade.

The word ‘random’ is just too tricky!”

He muttered in his mind and opened the attribute panel again.

[Nine Dragons Facing the Sun]

Effect: Restores 500 Life Value, increases Constitution by 3 for 1 hour after consumption.

——There once was a divine chef who was fortunate enough to witness the Nine Dragons Facing the Sun, and he created a legendary dish passed down through generations.

Initially, Zhang Xiaoman was somewhat indifferent, after all, whether it was 300 Life Value or 500 Life Value, with his current condition, it was overkill and didn’t mean much.

But when he saw the additional attribute that followed, he became slightly agitated; the buns he thought were only for restoration even had the function of enhancing attributes.

“Huh?

I didn’t expect that these cookings could increase Constitution after being upgraded.

It seems upgrading from green to blue indeed involves a qualitative leap… In that case, couldn’t I just eat a meal and add a BUFF before fighting monsters in the future?”

Although he said this, this item indeed had potential, but Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t eat it yet.

It was best to wait until he upgraded it again in the future, obtained purchase authorization from the virtual store, and bought it from there to eat.

“Well, finally encountered something a bit useful, but why do I feel a bit off… It seems like the 40 points I spent just went out, but without much effect.”

Zhang Xiaoman looked at his remaining points, only 46 left, feeling the urge to continue upgrading, but his previous decision hadn’t been completed yet, which made him very conflicted.

“Or, should I just forget about it?

After all, as a life-saving prop, the Starry Stone is very important.

I barely managed to fool people, and if they were to die before growing, wouldn’t that be a major loss…”

He was contemplating this when he suddenly noticed a problem he had been ignoring—the shield.

“The Starry Stone can help them escape when they face danger, but the prerequisite is that I need to disable the shield.

If I don’t turn off the shield, given their current ‘inactive’ status, they still can’t use the Starry Stone…”

“So, since I can contact and open the shield, I might as well teleport directly there, and also collect some points by slaying monsters.”

Zhang Xiaoman rubbed his temples, feeling that he needn’t be conflicted anymore.

He’d use the points for upgrades; as for the Starry Stone, that would wait until he achieved the necessary amount of Star Dust and opened up new member limits.