From the perspective of appearance, Noel has big eyes, a round face, a cute figure with a body of five heads and a chubby fish tail. Everyone who sees him will give him a stamp of "cute" and cheer for him. In fact, this little fish's heart is extremely colorful.
Back then, when Yan Jue poked Noel's tail and made him angry and wanted to appease him, he saw that the mall actually sold familiar toys such as Screaming Chicken and Peppa Pig. His evil taste immediately took over and he bought two of them for Noel without hesitation.
He thought that this game was the same as other games, and gifts were just a way to express different levels of favorability, and anything could be given, but reality gave him a blow.
After receiving the gift, Noel smiled happily on the surface, and said words of thanks and appreciation as if they were free.
Yan Jue was looking at the beautiful girl, but when he took a wrong look at her, Noel deducted four points of his favorability from him without hesitation the moment he received the gift, and did not appear in front of him for two whole days.
Hearing this, Pan Wencheng couldn't help but interrupt and asked, "How could he not show up? Is he staying in the dormitory all the time?"
"No." Yan Jue shook his head. "Besides not being able to enter the dormitory casually, I can't enter the classroom either."
At least the dorm had a "knock on the door" option, but the classroom had no option at all, just a static image of Noel reading a textbook. Now that I think about it, Noel must have been genuinely learning something in class, but the content was beyond the reach of an "alien" like him.
Pan Wencheng took note of this and signaled Yan Jue to continue.
"I must have really pissed him off that time, so he hid from me." He petted her and then gave her a strange gift. He was lucky to have stepped on two landmines. "After that, I also gave him gifts he didn't like when testing Noel's preferences, but it only occasionally reduced his favorability. He didn't hide again. Maybe it's because my favorability has continued to rise, and he's also more receptive?"
Yan Jue frowned. "I really hadn't noticed that game time could be linked to real time. Last time he gave me a gift, I was so scared that I just thanked him hastily, saying I had something to deal with. Then I disappeared for several days. He might have misunderstood that I didn't like it."
He really wanted to tell Noel that this was not a misunderstanding.
"But it's understandable that Noel is angry. Put yourself in his shoes. If I carefully prepared a gift for someone and they disappeared for three days without even a message, I'd feel suffocated too." Yan Jue was a little worried. "The most important thing is that Noel is too hard to appease..."
Pan Wencheng had no other choice but to share his previous findings as a consolation: "Just now I saw that his favorability level is still 60, no deductions. This should mean that he is not really angry, right?"
"I hope so."
Yan Jue responded while knocking on the door. After five times, the door finally opened.
Pan Wencheng, who was staring at the screen, noticed the change of scene at the first time. He was a little surprised because the dormitory environment was completely different from the previous realistic scenes.
The "dormitory" is a complete, small palace built underwater. Scattered throughout the palace are soft, gossamer fabrics, decorative shells, seaweed, and unusual rocks. Occasionally, strings of water droplets emanate from obscure corners. Add to that the swirling, finger-long fish and colorful jellyfish, and the result is a dreamlike "Dragon Palace."
Yet, this was just a bedroom. Its owner lay deep within a giant white shell, his back to the screen.
Yan Jue ignored the embarrassment in his heart, called out the voice button and called Noel's name, then reached out and tapped the other's head.
The little head that used to come close to rub against him now ducked away in disgust. Noel lowered his head and hugged the scales on the tip of his tail, refusing to give Yan Jue the slightest response.
Such a natural and agile reaction made many people watching the broadcast's eyes light up and confirmed their previous guesses.
I called out a few more times, but still no response.
Yan Jue was very helpless. After thinking for a moment, he asked Pan Wencheng hesitantly, "Director Pan, can I tell him about the fish being taken away for research? Let's not talk about the live broadcast. Just explain why I've been away these past few days."
If Noel really existed, then the dormitory might very well be his real living environment. Everything there was very different from the previous scenes like the swimming pool. If Noel was not stupid, he would definitely have some doubts.
However, due to the lack of a system and Yan Jue's scientific knowledge of the current situation, he couldn't be sure whether Noel knew the truth about the game. It was a good opportunity for him to confess to Noel that they were not in the same world, so as to avoid having to make up lies in the future.
In fact, he didn't have to say it, but after just one month of getting along, raising Noel from an egg to this size, Yan Jue had already developed feelings for Noel. Now that he knew that Noel was most likely a living mermaid, this feeling of "kindness" towards the paper man still did not subside.
Noel's affection for him gradually increased, and he didn't want to lie to him.
After hearing Yan Jue's words, Pan Wencheng pondered for a moment and agreed, "Well, you have a point. One lie needs to be covered up with thousands of lies, so it's inevitable that there will be loopholes. And Noel is not a puppet set up by a program. He has his own thoughts and wisdom. Instead of hiding it, it's better to be honest from the beginning. Maybe you can even win Noel's favor."
After saying this, Pan Wencheng suddenly pressed the earphones on his ears, and after a few seconds nodded to Yan Jue: "The expert group also agreed."
With support, Yan Jue happily organized his words, clicked on the voice chat and said to Nuoer, "Nuoer, the teacher didn't deliberately abandon you these days, but the gift you gave me was really shocking."
"There's no such fish in my world..."
Yan Jue slowed down his voice and deliberately split his words into two parts. As expected, after the first sentence, Noel, who had been counting the scales, stopped and tilted his head to the side, as if he was secretly eavesdropping.
With a silent laugh, Yan Jue continued, "I know Noel's gift was well-intentioned. I was just too timid and was startled for a moment. Also, in order to understand the purpose of that fish I'd never seen before and why it came to my world, I sent it to the laboratory for research, which is why I was delayed for a few days."
He was a little cautious and didn't say that he was just an ordinary person in this world, so that Noel, who was also in the "game", would be a little afraid of him.
The words were vague, but contained a lot of information. Yan Jue waited for Noel's answer.
Noel let go of his tail, turned over and sat up, staring at the screen and blinking. Yan Jue's heart was pounding, and then a bubble box slowly appeared above his head.
"real?"
"Of course!" Yan Jue was sincere. "I have no reason to lie to you. But for the sake of research, I haven't eaten the fish yet... Sorry, Noel, you took the trouble to make special notes."
"Hmph." Noel puffed up his cheeks, folded his short arms across his chest, and said reluctantly, "For the sake of the teacher's apology, I'll forgive you."
His actions and words were so forced, as if it was just a helpless act because he was moved by Yan Jue's sincerity. In fact, when Noel "hummed", a golden prompt of [Noel Favorability +10] was floating at the top of the screen, clearly showing its existence.
The little mermaid who says one thing and does another.
Although he didn't know if it was the confession that had increased his favorability, Yan Jue was ecstatic and continued, "Thank you, Noel. I will definitely say hello to you first when I need to leave for something in the future."
"You have to do what the teacher says, otherwise I will be very angry." Noel narrowed his eyes and threatened seriously: "Super angry!"
"Teacher will definitely do it!" Yan Jue answered without hesitation.
What a joke. He is no longer the same person he used to be. There are so many people in the country who are responsible for him. There is no reason for him to encounter a situation where he doesn't have time to leave a message to Noel, so he will definitely not go back on his word.
This is definitely not a flag.
Perhaps it was Yan Jue's honesty and assurance that pleased Noel, and Noel did not deliberately embarrass him anymore. Instead, he quickly put the matter behind him and impatiently pulled out a book from under the cushion of the shell bed and held it to his chest.
"I've finished reading the book the teacher gave me. I have a few questions I want to ask the teacher. Is that okay?"
Yan Jue's heart skipped a beat, and he gritted his teeth and said "OK", and looked at Pan Wencheng opposite him for help.
Pan Wencheng didn't understand at first, but when Yan Jue indicated to enlarge the book that Noel was holding and saw the name on the cover, he was speechless.
The Immortal Cultivator: Long Aotian
What is it, a novel?
So the question is, what is the reason that would make Yan Jue, a "teacher", give novels to his students to read?
It's a long story, so Yan Jue cut to the chase and explained quickly, "After my experiments, I discovered that Noel's favorite thing is 'strength'. Whether it's enhancing his intelligence or his body, as long as it can make him stronger, he likes it. A few days ago, I saw some novels for sale in the mall, so I tentatively bought one for him. His favorability increased by ten points, reaching the passing grade."
Everything in the mall exists in the real world (except controlled items). After figuring out Noel's preferences, Yan Jue also tried to give him a square kitchen knife used by Chinese chefs and "Thirty-Six Strategies". Both of these items eventually increased his favorability, but the latter increased it much more than the former.
So he made a bold guess and took an unconventional approach, buying an old immortal cultivation novel that had long been famous in the real world and gave it to Noel as a biography.
Who can say that cultivating immortals is not considered power?
"The problem is, I haven't read this immortal cultivation novel that's been popular for years." Yan Jue held his forehead with his hand. "If Nuoer asks questions about the novel later, could you please help me search it on Baidu?"
Pan Wencheng suddenly understood and agreed without hesitation.
With the preparation, Yan Jue felt a little more confident and looked at Noel, waiting for him to ask questions.
Nuoer tilted his head in thought, then tilted his head back slightly while holding the book. The bubble frame above his head gradually took shape. "Teacher, the book says that the first step in cultivating immortality is to draw the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into the meridians, that is, to draw the energy into the body. Only then can one be qualified to embark on the path of cultivation."
"But no matter how hard I try, I can't sense the presence of any spiritual energy from heaven and earth. I have no idea what meridians are. Teacher, can you teach me how to cultivate immortality?"
Yan Jue: “…”
Pan Wencheng: “…”
Seeing Pan Wencheng hesitant to speak, Yan Jue covered his face with trembling hands.
Ask a modern person living in a technological world how to cultivate immortality in a place without spiritual energy and teach it to a fish?
Waiting online, it's urgent.
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Yan Jue: If you are tired, destroy it quickly.
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