Nine Star Burden

Chapter 259: Upgrade!

Xia Yan’s body was a little stiff. She looked down to see that Jiang Xiao was lying on her chest, and she said in a shaky voice, “Get up, get up.”

Jiang Xiao already knew what she was holding in her hands behind her back. At this moment, he was both excited and awkward.

Question: How do you relieve such feelings?

Which is the most convenient and effective method?

Jiang Xiao chose to use a joke to relieve the feelings of awkwardness by rubbing his face that was buried Xia Yan’s chest left and right…

Wow, rubbing my face against a well-endowed bosom feels really comfortable.

Bang!

“Ah!”

A muffled voice and a loud shriek could be heard.

The facts had proved that the method was convenient and effective, but unsafe.

After dozens of seconds, Jiang Xiao held the Lava Ghoul Witch Star Bead in his hand and looked at Xia Yan with a smile. The toxic healer king had completely become a weakling.

Xia Yan still looked rather exasperated and she was continuously rubbing Jiang Xiao’s head, seemingly trying to use her actions to physically interpret the action of rubbing.

Jiang Xiao began to grow dizzy.

The only thing that supported him and kept him going was the piece of good news that appeared in his internal Star Map.

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Bell, Gold Quality Level 0!

Imprint, Gold Quality Level 0!

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Xia Yan gave Jiang Xiao a total of four Lava Ghoul Witch Star Beads.

The National League was about to begin and the precious present that Xia Yan gave him was just like a godsend.

Fine, you can rub my head on the account that you’re so good to me.

Jiang Xiao continued to bear with Xia Yan venting her anger on him while he absorbed three Lava Ghoul Witch Star Beads that allowed his “Bell” and “Imprint” to upgrade to Gold Quality!

He had one Lava Ghoul Witch Star Bead left and, after some hesitation, decided to absorb it. Jiang Xiao couldn’t sell Xia Yan’s gift anyway, and if he were to hold onto it, he would have to absorb it sooner or later.

In the end, Bell and Imprint became Gold Quality Level 0 (1/10).

Why did Xia Yan call him out secretly?

Of course, it was to avoid Han Jiangxue.

Logically speaking, Jiang Xiao was a supportive player and assistive Star Techniques like “Bell” would ultimately benefit his teammates. They shared common interests. The stronger Jiang Xiao was and the better his healing abilities, the further the team could go.

Although the truth was so, Han Jiangxue was extremely stubborn.

Right from the start, she had always been the arrogant “Goddess Xue”.

Xia Yan and Han Jiangxue had been best friends for a long time. Hence, she obviously knew Han Jiangxue’s temperament. Hence, she had to avoid Han Jiangxue when giving Jiang Xiao such a precious Star Bead.

However, it was different for Jiang Xiao!

I’m going to tell everyone a story in three sentences:

There was a person called Jiang Xiao who was arrogant and didn’t accept any handouts.

Later on, he grew hungry.

Wow, this story is way too exciting, eh?

Even a powerful general was bound to stumble by hunger and poverty.

At this point, heroes are not necessarily heroes.

Jiang Xiao was running out of time and he really had no choice. The small amount of money was peanuts to Xia Yan, but it was a big deal to Jiang Xiao.

Of course, she wasn’t wealthy because of a windfall, and Jiang Xiao couldn’t take her money without any reason.

Jiang Xiao was very clear that he had to return every single cent she had spent on purchasing the Lava Ghoul Witch Star Bead to Xia Yan after he graduated.

Of course, Xia Yan could purchase such a precious Star Bead from Ruifeng Business Firm, not only because she had to money to do so.

The hardest things in the world to repay were personal favors.

Hence… Jiang Xiao was ready to pay for it with his body.

Okay.

The premise would be that Xia Yan agreed.

At this moment, Xia Yan was rubbing Jiang Xiao’s head and having a whale of a time, making him feel an urge to wash his hair and get a haircut. He decided to style his hair like the spikes of a hedgehog and stab Xia Yan with it.

Xia Yan squatted down in front of him and vented her anger, after which she felt much better.

She immediately discovered that Jiang Xiao was unexpectedly silent and sensed that something was wrong. She lowered her voice and asked, “Hey! What’s the matter? How are you feeling? Haven’t you already upgraded the quality of your Star Techniques?”

Jiang Xiao had been keeping his attention fixed on the internal Star Map. There were no changes in the text introductions of Bell and Imprint, thus making Jiang Xiao feel a little uneasy.

He reached out in a bid to touch Xia Yan and prepared to give her an Imprint before releasing Bell to try its effects.

However, before Jiang Xiao touched Xia Yan’s body, he discovered that she had already been marked!

The light golden illusory Imprint in the shape of an inverted triangle suddenly appeared on Xia Yan’s body.

The light golden and translucent imprint had a slight vibration effect which pulsated on Xia Yan’s body.

The imprint turned from translucent to light gold. What does that mean? Has the quality been upgraded, so the color intensified too?

What’s the point of so many fancy techniques?

However, it’s really quite pretty…

There was no need to touch the target’s body and removing the mark would result in a huge change, giving Jiang Xiao more room for manipulation.

Especially in chaotic battlefields, Jiang Xiao would be able to adjust the imprint and use his Medical light to heal those who should be taken care of.

Since this is the case for the quality of Imprint, what about Bell?

Jiang Xiao also gave himself an Imprint and threw out a shot of Bell immediately.

Oh~

Gold Quality Bell consumes plenty of Star Power.

Does it still ring melodiously for six times? There are no changes in the number of times it jumps? What’s going on?

Besides, why has Bell become more and more intense?

The crisp and melodious sound that resembles the bell for class has suddenly become “thicker” now.

Bell is pretty good. Are you trying to advance and evolve into the bells in the ancient temples?

I want it to sound like a school bell so that it can be less suspicious and others might mistake it as a dismissal bell. Why are you making it sound like the bell of an ancient temple now? Who am I supposed to ring it for?

Do you think I’m a little monk?

Currently, the sound only had a slight tendency to change in that direction. It was less sharp and sounded mellower and more melodious, making Xia Yan a little addicted.

Jiang Xiao thought about it and reckoned that after Bell and Imprint were upgraded to the Platinum Quality or Diamond Quality, it might really become a morning bell…

From then on, won’t a shot of my Bell be able to heal others physically and emotionally?

When it’s at the extreme, will it have invigoration effects?

Didn’t the poor monk pick up the purple-gold bowl and headed straight to the West to teach those infatuated beauties and make them convert into Buddhists?

Let’s put aside the matters of the Daughter Nation. Jiang Xiao looked at Xia Yan, who was enjoying it, and threw another Bell at her.

Wait a minute, Bell seems to really have the effects of comforting and nourishing one’s soul?

Jiang Xiao tried to feel it quietly, but his shaky hands were already much more stable. At this moment, Xia Yan had also become much quieter.

Jiang Xiao carefully tried to look at the introduction of Bell again.

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Bell: Releases Medical light, heals the target, can be linked to multiple targets (Gold Quality, Upgradeable).

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!!!

Jiang Xiao finally discovered that the word “body” was gone. The description was initially “Releases Medical light, heals the body of the target, can be linked to multiple targets”.

Why has “body” disappeared?

What did that mean?

Does the upgraded Bell no longer target the body? Has it begun treating every part of the target in all aspects?

Doesn’t this seem to overlap with the effects of my Blessing?

Everyone knew that Blessing would break everything.

A simple example would be: If you get attacked by a shot of Roar of Fear, Jiang Xiao would be able to forcibly dispel the panic in your heart with a shot of Blessing. However, there were some side effects.

However, if one were to really study carefully, they would realize that Blessing and Bell were different in essence.

After all, Blessing was a magical Star Technique that could restore the all-encompassing “vitality”. However, Blessing could only heal the body and mind.

Bell would increase the effects of soothing and nourishing of the soul. However, the light would still bounce six times. That did not satisfy Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao wondered if the Star Technique would be the same as when he upgraded the “Counter-current Light”. Since the Counter-current Light was still a ray of light and couldn’t connect to multiple targets, the light would definitely become a large water pipe.

In comparison, Jiang Xiao’s brain had also begun moving continuously. Since it could bounce six times, would the healing effects of the ray of medical light become more obvious?

If a person was hacked and injured and usually required ten Bells to be healed completely, would they need just five now?

At this thought, Jiang Xiao decided to experiment. He raised his head, looked at Xia Yan, and asked cautiously, “Can I hack you?”

Xia Yan pursed her lips, wondering if she didn’t get angry because of Bell’s effect.

She just looked at him quietly, pondered for a while, and suddenly said, “Let me slash you.”

Jiang Xiao said, “Let me do it, I’ll be gentle. I promise you’ll be fine.”

Xia Yan said, “Let me chop you, I’ll cut you and ensure that everything is fine.”

Jiang Xiao was dumbfounded.

What did she just say?

At this moment, Han Jiangxue walked out of the training room and looked around, only to see two students sneaking around in the corridor.

She frowned slightly and asked, “What are you two doing? Xiaopi, have you released Bell? Is someone injured?”

Xia Yan and Jiang Xiao exchanged glances. The two of them knew they had to cooperate well from now on. Otherwise, someone would get injured…