Learn one small skill every day

【Ten Eyes】

[Source: Elysium]

[Description: A part taken from Chime, which remains active even after leaving Chime's body.]

The Thousand Eyes likes to make eye contact with people, and for this reason, it will tear off everyone's eyelids.

But when it saw the empty eye sockets, it realized that its existence was meaningless.

Note: Headwear items cannot be worn after equipping this item.

[Special Effect: You can see what's behind you. Creatures that make eye contact with you will suffer mental damage. This effect refreshes after you move out of their line of sight.]

[Status: Good (87%), can be repaired through absorption of the eyeball]

[Rating: He]

"Boss, we've tested this one-time mental damage, and it's about 10% of the maximum mental strength. It also increases mental strength by 2 points when you wear it, but the downside is that it reduces charm by 2 points."

"Um……"

Bai Miao wondered, with that skull accessory, had he already lost 4 points of charm?

If it weren't for the 2 points of charm added by the dragon vein, my charm would have been reduced to the average person's 5 points.

Fortunately, in reality, I can choose not to equip it and rely on the Dragon Vein to stack my Charm to 11 points.

It doesn't matter if the equipment reduces charm in dungeons, since I don't want to be a universally loved character in dungeons anyway.

Bai Miao thinks it's quite useful to be able to see the underlying effects.

Specifically designed to prevent sneak attacks.

All in all, it's much better than that worthless medicine.

Zhao Wanyang also received the exchange invitation, and immediately after the exchange, she excitedly sent a private message to Bai Miao.

"Boss, you also traded medicine for props, right? Luckily I managed to stay calm and didn't drink the medicine, otherwise I would only have 3 points of energy left now."

Zhao Wanyang's mental limit is 11 points, which isn't too bad.

In the early stages, almost no one will focus on Spirit, which means that her Stamina, Agility, and Strength attributes are all above 11.

Bai Miao looked at her not-so-tall classmate next to her. If she were still an ordinary person, she probably would have punched her to death.

"What good stuff did you get in exchange? I'm a cloak that increases my agility and also reduces my presence!"

"A person who can see what's behind them gains more charisma but loses more charm."

"That must be really ugly... Don't get me wrong, I wasn't talking about you. I meant that some really ugly props are definitely very effective!"

Bai Miao glanced at the Abyss Howling and the Silence. One was white with teardrops, and the other was pure white that turned pure black after absorbing energy. Which one wasn't both good-looking and powerful?

"Boss, with this cape, I won't have to worry about the teacher suddenly pulling me up to answer a question when explaining a problem anymore. I feel like the official team must have studied our characteristics to prepare such a tailor-made prop for us."

Damn it, you're thinking of using a He item to avoid being called on by the teacher?

Bai Miao calmly picked up a cherry seed, flicked it with his finger, and it landed on Zhao Wanyang's arm. Zhao Wanyang jumped and slapped her arm.

As luck would have it, the math teacher was explaining a challenging problem and was just about to ask someone to share their thought process.

"I think someone can share their understanding of this problem... Oh, Zhao Wanyang, you can come here and briefly explain how you would solve this problem."

Zhao Wanyang glared at Bai Miao, gritted her teeth, stood up, and gave the math teacher a bright smile.

"Teacher Wang, Bai Miao was just about to introduce a completely new approach to this problem to me..."

"Oh, Bai Miao's approach might not be suitable for the college entrance exam. You can just tell me yours."

"..."

Chapter Eighty-Six: Hu Muyao Enters the Door

After class, Bai Miao was severely beaten.

Bai Miao could tell that Zhao Wanyang was trying very hard to control her strength in order to prevent accidentally killing him.

"Don't rush, don't rush, didn't you already explain your line of thought correctly?"

"Humph!"

"Then let me explain a simpler approach to you, and you won't lose points if you use it in the college entrance exam, since it's not beyond the syllabus."

"Yeah."

Very easy to coax.

After school in the afternoon, Zhao Wanyang stopped Bai Miao at the school gate.

"Hey, don't you live around here? Why are you going that way?"

"Oh, I'm going to the hospital today to visit an elder. She's been hospitalized these past few days."

"Ok."

Bai Miao hadn't gone more than a few steps when Zhao Wanyang called him back.

"Um, never mind, it's fine, you go ahead and do your thing!"

Zhao Wanyang shook her hand and walked away without looking back.

The setting sun cast long shadows of the two, with Zhao Wanyang's dark shadow stretching towards Bai Miao.

……

Hu Muyao realized that he had been too naive at first.

I had absolutely no time to study while I was in the hospital.

Not to mention that the ward was shared by many patients, the noisy family members of other patients made it impossible to calm down. At noon, Hu Muyao had to rush home as quickly as possible to prepare lunch and bring it back to the hospital to eat. The same thing happened in the evening. The round trip took up a lot of time.

The patient in the ward was an elderly man who had just undergone heart stent surgery. His three children were gathered around his bedside, chattering away.

One of the women, heavily made up, looked at the other patients with disdain: "I said we should be given a single room. Staying in a place like this will make you sick even if you're not."

"Do you think we don't want to? All the single rooms are full, and if you don't have a good relationship with the hospital, you can't get a spot at all."

Another middle-aged man sighed and patted his expensive suit: "I have a meeting later, you guys take care of Mom first."

"Mu Yao, I'm fine, I'm perfectly fine now. You can go home now, you don't need to stay with me all this time."

Hu Muyao looked at the book in his hand and shook his head.

Why are you so stubborn?

The old man knew he couldn't go against his granddaughter's wishes, so he lay helplessly in bed, looking at the old man next to him with envy in his eyes.

"The Second Municipal Hospital...this is it."

Bai Miao carried a bag of fruit and arrived at the inpatient department of the Second Municipal Hospital.

Now, as Bai Miao walks into the hospital, all he can think about are the scenes from those thirty days he spent there. He feels an irresistible urge to reach into his pocket and touch the checkpoints on the wall.

I've developed occupational hazards from this.

And when I see a nurse, I instinctively want to avoid her.

Finally, Bai Miao went to the nurses' station, asked for the location of Grandma Hu Muyao's ward, and then went there.

Grandma Hu Muyao was somewhat surprised to see Bai Miao.

"Xiao Miao, what brings you here?"

"I heard from Hu Muyao that you were sick, so I thought I'd come and see you."

Bai Miao placed the fruit on the bedside table, glanced at the ward, and looked at the other people in the ward.

"Just come, what should I bring?"

Hu Muyao looked up at Bai Miao, then pulled out a chair from the side: "Would you like to sit?"

"I'll sit for a while."

Bai Miao sat down. The Qi Observation Technique was being used to its fullest potential in a place like a hospital.

In the dungeon, the Qi Observation skill only reveals a fog, which is probably a form of suppression in the world of ghost stories.

I never want to go to that awful place again.

Bai Miao was very good at finding topics to talk about, and he got along very well with Grandma Hu Muyao. Grandma Hu Muyao was also an intellectual in her early years and had read a lot of books. Bai Miao also happened to have read all the books from that era.

Hu Muyao could no longer continue learning.

Why do you read so many books by older generations?

Hu Muyao looked at Bai Miao with some oddness, realizing that he knew absolutely nothing about this handsome classmate from the same grade.

He's supposed to be good at math... so why is he reading so many books...?

"Mu Yao, you've read quite a few books, but your knowledge of different eras isn't broad enough. Modern writers rarely capture the feeling of the past."

What kind of books do you usually read?

Bai Miao turned his head and asked.

Hu Muyao suddenly saw Bai Miao turn his head, and was somewhat at a loss. After stammering for a while, he said, "Read some... foreign books."

The three of them talked a lot about literature. Hu Muyao glanced at the time and told Bai Miao to continue talking while she went back to cook.

"Xiao Miao, you should go back too. I'll be fine on my own."

"Okay, I'll come back to chat with you again tomorrow."

"No need, no need. I'm not the kind of person who feels uncomfortable when no one is talking to me. I'm perfectly fine on my own."

There were no seats left on the bus in the afternoon, so the two of them had to hold onto the handrails and sway along with the vehicle.

Where are you planning to take the exam?

Bai Miao didn't remember whether he had asked Hu Muyao this question, but he felt that the only topic he could come up with now was studying.

"Take the exam at Jiangcheng University..."

Hu Muyao bit her lip: "But after the mock exam, I was still more than twenty points lower than in previous years..."

It's much easier for locals to get into Jiangcheng University than for those from other places. Jiangcheng University is considered a Double First-Class University, but it's ranked at the bottom.