Chapter 10 Deep Blue, Add Points!
“Jiji Jiji~ (Sparkle, this name seems barely acceptable).”
“Jiji Jiji! (However, I feel my name could be more imposing).”
“Ying~ (Be content with what you have).”
“Ying Ying~ (If you say another word, be careful Master renames you Little Yellow or Little Gold!).”
Silver glared at the little golden snub-nosed monkey.
As Shaya’s earliest companion, Silver was deeply impressed by Shaya’s naming skills.
After all, the candidate names Shaya had initially proposed for it were abominable, abstract things like “Wang Cai,” “Big White,” and “Mei Diao Diao.”
Being able to select “Silver” from a pile of color-related nouns, a name that was somewhat passable, was already the best outcome it had fought for, even resorting to threats of household destruction.
“Jiji! (Don’t do that!)”
The little golden snub-nosed monkey nodded in fear.
Fortunately, Big Sister Silver reminded it, otherwise, it would have truly suffered.
It was a member of the rare and powerful Sealed Stone Monkey tribe. If it were to bear the name Little Yellow or Little Gold, how could it ever face anyone again.
On the other side, although Shaya sensed something, he didn’t pay much attention to the two little things whispering about him behind his back.
He was a Transmigrator.
His aesthetic sense in naming was ahead of its time, so it was naturally normal for it not to be understood by the world or even his own familiars.
As the saying goes, those who lead half a step ahead of their time are geniuses, and those who lead a step ahead are madmen.
Being misunderstood due to being ahead of the curve might be a unique helplessness for a Transmigrator.
Compared to his previous tension, Shaya’s mood had become much more pleasant.
This was not only because the little golden snub-nosed monkey’s appearance, like Silver’s, suited his taste, but also because of the new line of text that had appeared on the light screen in his mind.
[Name: Sparkle]
[Race Name: Sealed Stone Monkey (Un-named Evolution Type)]
[Soul Pact Status: Second Soul Pact (Master-Subordinate Contract: Shaya Egut)]
[Combat Level: 11 (Tier 1)]
[Racial Level: Lower Monarch]
[Familiar Skills: Rockfall (Beginner), Blink (Beginner), Spatial Pocket (Beginner)]
First, the racial level had directly increased by two major tiers from the previous Lower Extraordinary, skipping the “Commander” tier and directly reaching “Lower Monarch.”
Sparkle’s combat level also lived up to the racial value of a Lower Monarch, reaching Tier 1 upon completing its evolution.
Of course, these changes were within Shaya’s expectations.
The value of the materials alone that Shaya had absorbed for Sparkle, due to the rarity of the space attribute, was enough to purchase a young cub of a Middle Monarch racial type.
Moreover, Shaya had spent a considerable portion of the Free Experience Points rewarded for completing stage missions to raise Sparkle’s “Gestation” skill to the “Perfect” stage.
Due to its status as a young Sealed Stone Monkey, it was extremely difficult to increase skill proficiency in its nascent stage. To be able to raise “Gestation” to Perfect, even for powerful cultivators, would likely be an incredibly difficult feat.
Therefore, the increase in pure tier during Sparkle’s evolution was, in itself, within reason.
What surprised and delighted Shaya the most, however, was Sparkle’s completely new skill list.
The disappearance of “Gestation” was normal, and “Rockfall” was not worth mentioning, as the Sealed Stone Monkey race inherently possessed some affinity with the earth attribute, and the Vast majority of its evolved forms would learn this somewhat useless earth-type skill.
Most Important were the seemingly unremarkable “Blink” and “Spatial Pocket.”
When Shaya focused his attention on the names in this skill list, lines of new information appeared.
[Spatial Pocket]
[Attribute: Space]
[Tier: High]
[Proficiency: Beginner (0/100)]
[Skill Description: Opens a miniature Sub-dimension, allowing items to be extracted from or stored within the Sub-dimension from the Prime Material Plane.]
…
[Blink]
[Attribute: Space, Time]
[Tier: High]
[Proficiency: Beginner (0/100)]
[Skill Description: Instantaneous movement.]
The function of “Spatial Pocket” was easy to understand, roughly equivalent to the classic “storage rings” or “spatial soul tools” in Shaya’s previous life’s web novels.
Currently, the miniature Sub-dimension opened by Sparkle’s “Spatial Pocket” was less than half a cubic meter in size. However, it was clear that the size of the Sub-dimension would increase with Sparkle’s “Spatial Pocket” skill proficiency.
As for the other new skill—
“Sparkle, try out your newly learned Blink.”
“Jiji!”
The little golden snub-nosed monkey, connected to Shaya’s mind, had already gracefully descended from Shaya’s shoulder and staggered to the other side of the secret room.
Then, in a certain instant.
Sparkle’s figure suddenly disappeared from its original position and then rapidly reappeared three meters away on the other side.
Although the manifestation was very similar, it was not an acceleration-type dash skill but a true instantaneous teleportation.
“Although I can’t throw kunai, this skill really seems a bit like the Flying Thunder God Technique?”
Shaya couldn’t help but be slightly stunned, followed by joy.
He could feel that Sparkle’s current “Blink” still had quite a few limitations.
For example, the maximum distance for each Blink was no more than three meters, there was a cooldown period between each Blink, and it required a certain casting time before activation, etc.
However, this was merely the effect of “Beginner” skill proficiency.
Moreover, Blink was, without a doubt, a space-time attribute skill.
For Shaya at this moment, if he wanted to increase his Spatial Affinity to enter the “Historical Echo,” this was the only possibility.
“Add all remaining Free Experience Points to ‘Blink’.”
Fortunately, he had saved the last bit of Free Experience Points.
As for “Spatial Pocket,” it was a purely auxiliary skill. The current half-cubic meter size was already sufficient for Shaya’s use, so the priority for adding points naturally had to be set aside for now.
[About to allocate the remaining 12103 Free Experience Points to the skill ‘Blink’, do you confirm?]
“Confirm.”
[12103 Free Experience Points have been consumed. Current remaining Free Experience Pool is 0 points.]
[Sparkle’s space-attribute skill ‘Blink’ proficiency has broken through, advancing from ‘Beginner’ to ‘Adept’.]
[. Advanced from ‘Adept’ to ‘Proficient’.]
[. Advanced from ‘Proficient’ to ‘Master’.]
[Sparkle’s space-attribute skill ‘Blink’ current proficiency is ‘Master (8503/10000)’.]
[Sparkle’s combat level has increased, current combat level is 23 (Extraordinary Tier).]
Without any superfluous special effects.
Sparkle, who was trying out its new skills all over the secret room, suddenly paused.
Immediately after, Shaya felt a weight on his shoulder. The little golden snub-nosed monkey traversed the dozens of meters between the two ends of the secret room and appeared by his side with a single Blink.
“Jiji Jiji!”
Sparkle appeared on Shaya’s shoulder, looking surprised and disbelieving itself.
“Jiji! (Is this the power of Deep Blue’s adding points?)”
Sparkle had already heard rumors about its Master’s ability to add points.
Before, when Shaya privately added points to Silver, Sparkle had been watching from inside the big rock, feeling envious.
After all, it was just a rock back then. Although Shaya had added points to its “Gestation,” it couldn’t feel any substantial changes.
And today, it was the first time it had truly experienced the magical power of adding points that Big Sister Silver talked about.
For a moment, Sparkle recalled its time in Shaya’s Soul Pet space, witnessing the miserable states of other people’s familiars training their skills.
Those familiars were all drenched in sweat, even injured all over.
There was even a bovine-type familiar that, in order to train a physical skill called “Charge,” had to continuously bang its head against a meter-thick granite rock, one strike after another, for an entire afternoon. The sight would make one weep.
And its skill proficiency could be increased so easily, without solidifying its foundation or training step by step.
Compared to those familiars who had truly shed sweat and blood, itself using cheats like this was—
So cool!
“Jiji Jiji! (Master, I want to add more points!)”
“That’s enough. Although proficiency can be directly increased, the actual usage experience and timing control still need to be familiarized and mastered by yourself.”
Shaya looked at the excited Sparkle, a smile appearing on his lips.
Because he could clearly sense.
The moment Sparkle completed the addition of points.
On the stone platform not far away, the original rejection and sense of estrangement from the distorted door had completely disappeared.
The Spatial Affinity requirement for “Historical Echo” had finally been met.
