Chapter 82

Since Wei Shu decided to stay longer, the arrangement of the hall had to be reconsidered. He couldn’t stay in the storage room for the whole month.

Lao Buyu moved his own desk to the corridor. Anyway, he only used it for placing teacups and miscellaneous items. Now with three students, each requiring attention, he hardly had time to sit at his desk and do his own work.

The vacated spot was then furnished with a new desk for Wei Shu.

Wei Shu didn’t specially thank Lao Buyu for this minor matter. It would seem unnatural to keep expressing gratitude, making him look like an outsider.

He instructed the servants from his family to send over various items. These servants were brought from the capital city, not from Wei’s household.

“Both masters are here, and they also have their free time. Occasionally sending some food and necessities over is only appropriate,” Wei Shu discussed with Shen Cui.

At that moment, Shen Cui was staring at the data panel in astonishment—not the ones belonging to the three youths, but Lao Buyu’s. His charisma, which was usually lower compared to other attributes, suddenly soared to 90.

Without the hindrance of low charisma, his overall qualifications became the highest in the entire academy, becoming a warrior second only to Mu Yunchuan!

Although the system had mentioned that their attributes could be improved not only through system-produced items but also through real effort.

But such a leap in improvement was truly surprising.

Unfortunately, 962464 was still in the process of upgrading; otherwise, she would have had a good chat with him about this.

Listening to Wei Shu’s thoughts, Shen Cui knew that he was expressing his gratitude in his own way. She didn’t stop him, but the time gain for the academy couldn’t allow outsiders to come over anytime.

So, they agreed that servants could come during the morning and evening “rest” time before it was time for bed.

The servants from Wei’s family were familiar with that place as they often bought items from there, so Wei Shu’s necessities were taken care of without much concern.

After that, it was the usual routine of classes and studying. By the end of March, Wei Shu began preparing to depart for the provincial capital.

Before leaving, Lao Buyu, Mu Erpang, and Wei Xi all encouraged him.

Shen Cui couldn’t help but remind him, “Take care of yourself when you’re there. Don’t think about anything else, focus on finishing the exam first.”

After exchanging a few words with each of them, although it took some time, Wei Shu didn’t show any impatience. He smiled and promised to bring gifts for everyone before waving goodbye and boarding the carriage.

Amidst the farewells of everyone, Wei Shu set off for the provincial capital.

…

Not long after Wei Shu left, one night, Shen Cui heard a familiar notification sound—

【The system’s second upgrade has been completed, and the update announcement is as follows…】

Instead of immediately reading the announcement, Shen Cui first called out to the system.

The voice of 962464 promptly responded: 【I’m here.】

Shen Cui couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. 【You’re finally back.】

Then she didn’t rush into chatting. Instead, she went on to check the updates.

The first update announcement stated that a new attribute called “Luck” had been added to the system. At the same time, there were some items in the system store that could increase luck.

The term “Luck” was also categorized into the previous graphical data, making it easier to view.

Shen Cui first took a look at Mu Yunchuan’s attributes. Hmm, he had transformed from a pentagon warrior to a hexagon warrior.

Then she checked the attributes of the others in the academy. Luo Buyu, Wei Shu, and Wei Xi all had slightly above-average luck values, but her own chubby son surprisingly had the highest luck value!

Mu Er Pang’s other attributes were around 60, but his luck value was 90!

“Wow, our Second Fatty is actually a hidden lucky star?”

“I thought when the Number 1 cultivation target took the ‘Enlightening Pill’ earlier, the host should have vaguely guessed it.”

“At that time, didn’t you explain to me that it was a system benefit? I thought it was all benefits, never thought about this aspect.”

Shen Cui rubbed her chin and thought for a moment, then asked the system: “This luck value can also be cultivated, right?”

“Yes. And unlike other attributes, luck cannot grow naturally, so it can only be increased through system output items.”

This was definitely a super big update benefit!

You know, there’s a saying: ‘One’s fate, two luck, three feng shui, four accumulated virtues, five education.’ Although it contains some superstition, who can say luck isn’t important?

If luck is boosted, exam luck naturally improves too, isn’t that just predicting the questions and getting them right? All exams will be a breeze, and even casual exams could earn recognition from important people?

The system couldn’t help but smile and say: “What good things is the host thinking about? Even if luck is high, it only ensures that cultivation targets won’t encounter disasters, accidents, and get what should rightfully belong to them. The system’s purpose remains unchanged; it’s just providing assistance from start to finish.”

Shen Cui:

Indeed, system upgrades didn’t mean the system was helping her cheat.

Why did she feel like she was about to be tricked into spending shopping points again?

With this new attribute, although it couldn’t change fate miraculously, it still needed to be improved.

She couldn’t let the youngsters learn everything they needed to, put in all their efforts, and then lose out due to bad luck one day.

She glanced at the items that could increase luck and sure enough, the prices were not cheap, starting at several hundred points.

There were some slightly cheaper ones, requiring a Level 2 in needlework, which she hadn’t reached yet. She had only done some needlework for Wei Shu before, and upgrading was still very far away.

Looking at the shopping points about to leave her account, Shen Cui muttered quietly, “It’s better not to let me know.”

If she didn’t know, she wouldn’t want to improve it, and if she didn’t want to improve it, she wouldn’t spend money!

After finishing this, she continued reading the following updates.

The second update was about the academy system.

Previously, tasks were assigned to the headmaster to manage the academy’s affairs. If someone wasn’t present, they had to be moved out and then back in, which required manual intervention from Shen Cui.

Now that students had passed the county exam and would continue to participate in further exams, they would naturally leave the academy.

If cultivation targets went outside to participate in exams, they would temporarily be excluded from the scope of “academy affairs,” simplifying Shen Cui’s manual operations.

The academy could also change location, just like the simulated dormitory. Shen Cui, as the headmaster, could plan classrooms, dormitories, and activity areas anywhere, making that place Cuiwei Academy.

This was also for convenience in the future. If Mu Er Pang, the irreplaceable number one cultivation target, passed and left the local area, Shen Cui could move the academy anywhere to accompany him on his journey.

This update, like the first one, was definitely useful, but it also surprised Shen Cui—after all, she had guessed that the system was going to make a big move!

She then saw the last update, where the system said that because the third cultivation target entered the top three, there would be additional rewards—a sufficient amount of energy collected by the system, activating not only the voice function but also the transformation function.

This was just as Shen Cui had thought: 942464 went offline during the update period, meaning he was also part of the update content!

But… what was the use of this transformation function?

Although she had indeed thought about it before, in some online novels or comics, systems could transform into cute little rabbits or hamsters.

If her system could have this function, it would be great, of course.

But putting this part into rewards, she couldn’t help but feel like she was losing out!

“Such a loss, such a loss…” Shen Cui muttered quietly as she lay back on the kang.

“Don’t think like that, host. The fact that I can appear in this world means you have an extra helper, right? Like before, when you needed a new identity to participate in the academy’s grand competition, you had to spend shopping points, work hard to learn from scratch, and sneak around, which was very inconvenient. With this function, I can help you with that.”

“Huh?” Shen Cui suddenly sat up. “So it’s not like what I thought, you can turn into some cute pet, but you can become a person? A person just like a real one?”

“Yes.”

“Then turn into ‘Zhang Sheng’ for me to see.”

“Then I’ll deduct some points from the host…”

“Stop it, you still charge money?”

“‘Zhang Sheng’ is a virtual object with very little collectible data and requires a large amount of energy, so the host needs to pay 500 shopping points…” The system’s voice lowered, “…to maintain it for one day.”

Shen Cui couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “The ‘Transformation Pill’ also costs 500 shopping points to maintain for one day. You’re quite something, not losing out at all!”

The system coughed slightly with a hint of embarrassment.

Later, Shen Cui carefully examined the charging rules for this transformation function in the announcement. If it was a fabricated object that didn’t exist in this plane, it would cost 500 shopping points per day.

If it existed in this world, the more collectible data and the closer the relationship with her, the fewer shopping points would be needed.

The least expensive was only 10 shopping points per day, which was for those with a blood relation, that is, the few people who had existed on her personal panel since the beginning.

Of course, if the system transformed into a real person, there would be more restrictions. For example, two people couldn’t appear simultaneously, and if the other person was detected within a hundred meters, the system’s transformation would immediately fail.

Moreover, she couldn’t ask the system to use someone else’s identity to do something illegal. The list of ‘illegal activities’ was much longer than the previous list of banned words.

Shen Cui skimmed through the information, not knowing when she had reached the end.

But she could understand; otherwise, if Mu Yunchuan really came to settle scores with her one day, and she turned to the system to do something under Mu Yunchuan’s identity, it would really be no different from cheating.

Ten shopping points weren’t expensive at all, and Shen Cui was indeed curious. She got off the kang, closed the doors and windows, and said, “Deduct 10 points from me, and transform into… hmm. Never mind, just do whatever.”

If it transformed into Mu Er Pang, she would carefully observe if the system’s version of him was identical to the real one.

If it transformed into Mu Yunchuan… she wasn’t familiar with him anyway. She wouldn’t be able to tell if he looked exactly the same, but she could take the opportunity to throw a few punches and take revenge for scaring her while she slept last time. Would System Brother not feel pain, or perhaps not retaliate?

With 10 shopping points deducted, there was no change in the room, except that there was suddenly a person sitting on the kang edge.

It wasn’t abrupt at all, as if he had been there all along.