Chapter 147
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Chapter 147: Enhancement Points
After Ye Xiao hung up the phone, although Li Mengyue was a bit reluctant, she knew she had no choice but to return.
Old Master Lu’s birthday banquet was considered a top-tier event in the eyes of all the elite in Binhai City.
Even someone like Gu Tingyuan would have to think twice before offending him.
As for Ye Xiao, after hanging up the call, she sat at the edge of the bed, deep in thought.
These grand birthday banquets held by the patriarchs of powerful families were, in all Dragon King-type web novels filled with face-slapping and flexing, always the best stage for the Dragon King to make a dazzling appearance.
Who knew how many other Dragon Kings or “Children of Destiny” would be hiding in the banquet she hadn’t encountered yet?
After all, with just a smile from a Dragon King, life and death could be decided. To be honest, just thinking about it was enough to give her goosebumps.
She was no match for them at her current level.
If it weren’t for her good looks and her cute, innocent charm, even if she offended one of the Children of Destiny, they might just want to turn her into a literal hot weapon.
Otherwise, crashing an event like that recklessly would be suicide. Even with 800 lives, she wouldn’t survive the wrath of a Dragon King.
So, she had to be thoroughly prepared if she was going to attend this so-called birthday banquet.
She also had to prepare a proper gift in advance.
Otherwise, even if no one said it out loud, people would definitely think of her as just another flashy, nouveau riche gamer with no real qualifications to attend such an event.
While Ye Xiao was still deep in thought, her phone rang again.
“My grandfather’s birthday is on the 18th. I’ve already had the invitation delivered to your place—Yun-Xiao. Shen Yunchu should have received it already.”
It was a message from Lu Shiqing.
Right after that came another from Su Ruoxue:
“Didn’t you say you wanted me to divorce and take down Gu Tingyuan? Old Master Lu’s birthday is your chance to get in with the Binhai elite. I got you an invitation. Come by tonight and pick it up.”
Ye Xiao: “…”
It would’ve been fine if she didn’t accept any invites, but now she’d suddenly received three.
She couldn’t help but feel a bit smug. It looked like she’d started to build some real connections in Binhai City.
She was even qualified to attend one of the most exclusive high-end events in the city.
Originally, she had planned to spend the next few days stabilizing the relationships with her big sisters, exploring new markets, winning over Sister Feng Yin, and helping Li Mengyue with her issues. But now it seemed that had to be postponed.
“Xiao Xiao, it looks like I won’t be able to stay with you anymore. I have to go home now.”
Li Mengyue, after nibbling on some breakfast, looked a bit dejected.
She had hoped to cling to Ye Xiao and spend another whole day together, but clearly, that wasn’t realistic anymore.
Old Master Lu’s 70th birthday had been the talk of the town for a while, with word spreading that it would be a grand event.
Many people had already started scrambling to prepare gifts.
Some gifts weren’t things money alone could buy—they required special connections.
Seeing Li Mengyue off, the “small fry” looked like she was holding back tears, reluctantly bidding Ye Xiao farewell.
She even pouted and asked Ye Xiao for a kiss before she left, which left Ye Xiao both amused and speechless.
This wasn’t the same Li Mengyue she used to know at all.
It wasn’t until the system notification sounded that Ye Xiao realized what was going on.
“Ding! Congratulations, small-fry host! You’ve successfully captured the affection of a non-main heroine. Current affection level: 95.
Since the target is not part of the main capture roster but has high attractiveness and is still a supporting character, a first-time capture reward is granted:
Enhancement Points ×10, Capture Points ×2000.
This reward is only for the first successful capture. Future rewards will depend on the target’s status.
Once the affection level reaches 100, the target will never betray the host, and affection will never decrease.”
So it turned out Li Mengyue’s affection for her had mysteriously reached 95, making her Ye Xiao’s first successful capture.
Apparently, the system sister meant that different capture targets offered different rewards.
Ye Xiao had thought capture required 100 affection points, but it seemed 95 was already enough to count.
“System Sister, what do these Enhancement Points do?”
“Enhancement Points can be freely allocated to boost your own attributes or unlock known or unknown skills. Depending on what type of boost you want, the system will deduct the appropriate amount.”
Ye Xiao was shocked—these Enhancement Points were way more overpowered than Capture Points.
Using Capture Points to get a skill was ridiculously expensive, but with Enhancement Points, you could freely boost stats or unlock new abilities—it felt like they weren’t even in the same league.
She realized Enhancement Points were likely incredibly rare and could only be obtained by reaching high affection with others.
With them, she could now stand a better chance against the Children of Destiny.
At the very least, she had enough power to protect herself and didn’t have to worry about getting knocked out and tossed in a basement to be turned into a hot weapon.
Now it was really time to go Deep Blue—time to start allocating points!
To think that Li Mengyue, after a night of passion, had gifted her such an amazing reward.
Ye Xiao was over the moon. Even the view of Li Mengyue walking away looked more elegant than before.
Previously, her goal in capturing heroines was just to weaken the Children of Destiny and protect herself.
But now, she had a bit more motivation—and personal interest.
She had originally planned to head back to her company first to pick up Lu Shiqing’s invitation, then visit Su Ruoxue.
But now, she decided to first investigate the wonders of Enhancement Points.
After some experimentation, Ye Xiao discovered that all of her attributes could be improved with them.
Each attribute increase cost one Enhancement Point. Unlocking a new skill required 2 points, while improving an existing one only needed 1.
After some careful consideration, Ye Xiao decided to first put some points into her base stats.
She opened up her system panel—which she usually found annoying to look at:
Name: Ye Xiao
Gender: Female
Luck Value: 9.5%
Aura: [Mesugaki]
Height: 142 cm
Weight: 38 kg
Measurements: B:67.5 W:46 H:72
Enhanceable Attributes:
Strength: 3
Spirit: 9
Constitution: 6
Agility: 8
Perception: 10
(Note: Peak values for a normal adult male are around 10)
Looking at her petite body, Ye Xiao was tempted to dump points into Strength, but she worried about turning into some muscle-bound monster.
So she cautiously tested it out.
She ended up boosting Strength 4 times and Constitution once, saving the remaining 5 points for later.
Each time she added a point, she could feel a tingling warmth flowing through her body.
Thankfully, her body didn’t visually change too much—her arms and legs still looked soft and delicate.
Ye Xiao felt that if Lu Shiyu tried to pin her down again, this time she’d be the one on top. She wouldn’t end up being helplessly toyed with in an elevator by Su Ruoxue again.
Capturing heroines… what a long and winding road!
