Early in the morning, Ganyu woke up peacefully like a small animal.
"Ha~"
She stretched lazily.
"I slept really well last night."
The exhaustion from last night's "extraction," ahem… gathering essence, had completely disappeared.
Today, she felt full of energy.
"But I didn't expect to dream about Ze all grown up."
"I must really be looking forward to what that child will be like when he grows up."
As Ganyu recalled last night's "dream," the corners of her lips couldn't help but rise.
Seeing her disciple grow up healthy and become so handsome made her sincerely happy.
"But in the end, that child will still be with someone else… hm? Wait!"
Ganyu suddenly froze.
Her mind replayed what Junze had whispered in her ear.
The person he liked most was his master…
The one he married was also his master…
"Ah!!!"
Her face instantly flushed red, delicate and radiant.
She covered her head and curled up on the bed, wishing she could bury her face into her chest.
She had no face left to face anyone!
"So shameless!"
"How could I have such a dream!"
Ze was just joking like a child. Why did she take it seriously and even dream about it so vividly?
Now that she was fully awake, Ganyu suddenly realized something was very wrong with that dream.
Why would Ze, already grown up, still be on her bed?
Why was he lying beside her?
"!!!"
The embarrassment surged uncontrollably.
"I… I'm such a terrible master!"
She half-covered her flushed face with the blanket, completely flustered.
She had actually dreamed of something so improper.
She wasn't a qualified master at all.
A deep sense of guilt welled up in her heart.
"Ze, I'm sorry~"
"Wuu~"
Ganyu whimpered softly, her eyes almost watery.
"But… grown-up Ze really was quite attractive…"
She murmured unconsciously, recalling the dream with a slightly dazed, silly smile.
But she quickly snapped out of it.
"Ah! Why am I still thinking about it!"
She pulled the blanket over her head.
Yet after a moment, she quietly peeked out again.
Holding the blanket, she didn't know what to do.
"Ze's scent…"
Her blue hair was slightly messy, making her look like a puffed-up little kitten. Very cute.
"Master! You're awake!"
Junze, who had been changing clothes in the side room, hurried over.
When he woke up earlier and saw his torn sleepwear, he had immediately rushed to change.
If his master saw it, even if she thought last night was a dream, she would instantly realize something was wrong.
Just as he finished dealing with it, Ganyu's soft, heart-tugging voice called out.
"Ze…"
Seeing her concerned disciple, Ganyu felt even more guilty.
"What's wrong, Master?"
Did she notice something?
Ganyu said guiltily,
"Master… I'm sorry, Ze~"
"Huh?"
Junze looked completely confused.
What was his master talking about?
If anything, he should be the one apologizing.
And just like that, carrying guilt toward her disciple, Ganyu began her day's work.
Throughout the day, whenever she looked at Ze, it was a bit sneaky.
She felt guilty.
Meanwhile, Junze opened the system, preparing to check the updates from last night.
Aside from the most important Primogem compensation, many things had changed.
The first change was the [Status].
A new status bar had appeared beneath Junze's name.
[Growth Value]
[Description: This represents the host's current physical growth progress. Once it is filled, the body will undergo growth.]
"This is good."
Junze nodded in satisfaction.
With this, he could clearly know how much more he needed to eat before his body could grow.
Although even without it, he would still keep eating anyway.
After all, for a creature like Taotie, the concept of truly being full simply doesn't exist.
"But why did it say yesterday that I exceeded the growth limit and caused an abnormality?"
[Growth value is not permanently fixed. The host absorbs large amounts of qilin essence daily, increasing the body's upper limit]
[At 13:14 yesterday afternoon, the host absorbed a large amount of energy in a short time, surpassing the unupdated limit and prematurely entering the next stage of life]
[After the upgrade, the system will update the growth limit daily based on the host's condition]
"Uh… so the reason I couldn't grow was actually Master?"
Junze glanced at Ganyu, who was busy working, his expression turning subtle.
Of course he knew what "qilin essence" referred to.
Coconut milk.
That stuff was seriously effective.
It filled him up, provided energy, and even cleared negative emotions.
And now it could even raise his growth limit.
Ganyu-brand coconut milk, forever the best.
Junze felt that in this lifetime, aside from coconut milk, he would never fall in love with any other drink.
"But the boost it gives me is actually this huge!"
Looking at the growth bar, it was only halfway filled.
According to the system, he had grown yesterday because he exceeded the unupdated limit.
Which meant that Ganyu's coconut milk had effectively doubled his potential.
"One more sip."
Junze took another drink of coconut milk.
After digesting it, the progress bar moved forward a bit, and the upper limit also increased slightly.
"At this rate, when will I actually grow up?"
Junze sighed in a very self-satisfied, almost bragging way.
After all, the more energy required for growth, the higher his future potential would be.
Aside from that, the [Wish] interface had also received new changes.
It was basically similar to an exchange shop, allowing direct redemption of items.
The currency used was the number of times he pulled four-star or five-star cards.
Four-star gave 1 point, five-star gave 5 points.
Most items in the exchange shop were one-star to three-star, with occasional limited four-star items.
One-star and two-star items cost around 1 to 5 points.
Three-star items cost around 10 points.
Four-star items started at around 20 points.
"Wow… this is so obvious it hurts."
Junze clicked his tongue.
Wasn't the purpose of this system update just to make him pull more and stop hoarding resources?
"As if I'd fall for that."
Junze sneered.
But when he actually looked at the items in the exchange shop, his expression slowly changed.
"Well… pulling more, in a way, is also an investment. Keeping Primogems doesn't make them multiply anyway."
Mainly because the items in the exchange shop were actually pretty tempting.
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