[Li Hanyi's Skirt][Iron Man's Discarded Titanium Alloy Shoes][Freshly Steamed Meat Bun Wrapped by Huang Rong][Arrow of Ninth-Grade Arrow God Yan Xiaoyi]...
Looking at this pile of junk in front of him, Su Mu felt speechless, familiar with the ten consecutive draws, familiar with the bald outcome.
He opened the steaming steaming basket in front of him, took out a white bun, took a bite, and his eyes immediately lit up.
The taste is not bad!
Consider it a bit of gain, Su Mu quickly consumed all eight buns in the basket, leaned back on the chair, and patted his stomach contentedly.
The recent string of bald outcomes had left Su Mu without much temper.
[Do you wish to consume 300 River Favor Points to improve River Affinity?]
"Yes."
[Enhancement in progress!]
[Affinity: 0.01%]→[Affinity: 0.013%]
Even though it was only a 0.003% increase, Su Mu could feel his affinity with the river had increased just a little bit more.
....
Su Mu walked to the riverbank, casting the [Water Control] Divine Technique, his face turning red, yet he could only manage to control one drop of water away from the surface.
At this time, he thought of something, and opened the details panel for [Water Control].
[Water Control: Stripping, Static, Acceleration, Retreat]
[Stripping: Level 0 (0/10)]
[Static: Level 0 (0/10)]
[Acceleration: Level 0 (0/10)]
[Retreat: Level 0 (0/10)]
He discovered that his [Water Control] Divine Technique was divided into four sub-techniques: Stripping, Static, Acceleration, and Retreat.
Controlling the droplet away from the surface seemed to belong to [Stripping]
With the remaining 84 River Favor Points, he embraced the spirit of experimentation and allocated points.
Max out directly!!
[Stripping +10]
[Stripping: Level 1 (Can continue to allocate points to enhance after River Affinity reaches "0.1%")]
Seeing the progress bar move, joy filled his heart.
Standing at the riverbank, waving his hand, he could control a small cluster of river water to leave the surface, about 10 drops.
[Static +10]
[Static: Level 1 (Can continue to allocate points to enhance after River Affinity reaches "0.1%")]
He advanced from being able to control "one square meter" of water to making "ten square meters" Static
[Acceleration +10]
[Retreat +10]
[Acceleration: Level 1 (Can continue to allocate points to enhance after River Affinity reaches "0.1%")]
[Retreat: Level 1 (Can continue to allocate points to enhance after River Affinity reaches "0.1%")]
After maxing out these four sub-techniques, Su Mu could control 10 drops of water to strip from the surface, and perform operations like "Static", "Acceleration", and "Retreat" within "ten square meters" of water.
"Can't improve anymore?"
Looking at the river and these ten drops of water before him, Su Mu pondered, what's ten drops and ten square meters???
Apparently, the primary goal now is to raise the River Affinity to "0.1%" to continue allocating points.
.....
He then checked [Swimming]
[Swimming: Level 0 (0/10)]
[Description: Able to swim in any water body.]
After reading it, he allocated points, maxing it out first.
[Swimming +10]
[Swimming: Level 1 (Can continue to allocate points to enhance after River Affinity reaches "0.1%")]
[Description: Able to swim in any water body, able to walk on water, speed increased tenfold, endurance increased tenfold.]
...
Su Mu spent 50 River Favor Points to elevate all these Divine Techniques to Level 1.
After maxing out all divine techniques that could currently be developed, Su Mu was left with only 34 Favor Points.
He became quite tight, needing to find ways to earn more Favor Points.
....
[You cleared the riverbank of debris, Favor Points +5]
.....
[You removed weeds from the riverbank, Favor Points +5]
....
[Today was another peaceful and quiet day, you were successful in your watch, Favor Points +10]
....
[You fed the fish in the river, Favor Points +1]
....
[You fed the fish in the river, Favor Points +1]
....
Over the next few days, Su Mu rolled up his sleeves and worked hard, transforming into a diligent river caretaker, maintaining river order.
He saved up quite a few Favor Points, and within just a few days, his Favor Points hit over three hundred again!
[River Favor Points: 397]
Su Mu didn't plan on wasting his Favor Points on the lottery anymore; recently, he had been losing miserably.
Enhancing River Affinity first is a guaranteed profit business.
[Do you wish to consume 300 River Favor Points to improve River Affinity?]
"Yes."
[Enhancement in progress!]
[Affinity: 0.013%]→[Affinity: 0.016%]
Su Mu calculated; a hundred Favor Points could roughly increase affinity by 0.001%.
His current goal is to raise the affinity to "0.1%"
Hence, he still needed 0.084%, translating to roughly needing eight thousand four hundred Favor Points.
A long road ahead indeed.
.....
"Another peaceful and quiet day."
Su Mu lay back in a grandpa chair, leisurely eating exotic fruits from various Great Worlds. Despite the lack of things here, Su Mu lacked nothing in daily necessities.
Spending a few Favor Points for an ordinary lottery, while the chance of getting something big was low, obtaining food and daily necessities was simple.
For example, the grandpa chair Su Mu was lying in wasn't just any grandpa chair; it was the chair Emperor Yongzheng sat in, made from high-quality Golden Nan Wood, embedded with gold and jade, understated yet luxurious and grand.
As long as nothing went wrong with the river, and if the day passed peacefully, you'd get an extra ten Favor Points.
After enjoying a delicious meal, Su Mu got up, rolled up his sleeves, and began patrolling along the riverbank.
This little broken river might seem unimpressive and narrow, but it was quite long; even after guarding it for three months, Su Mu had only explored a corner of it.
For his convenience in guarding the river, whenever Su Mu had free time, he would construct a duty room every few kilometers, then patrol along the river, lending a helping hand whenever encountering stranded little fish or shrimps.
...
"Eh?"
"Another little guy stranded."
Su Mu walked to the riverbank and found a dark green Little Turtle, flipped on its back on the shore, unable to turn over despite its efforts.
Squatting down, he picked up the Little Turtle.
The moment the Little Turtle was grabbed, it instantly froze, its deep eyes gazing at Su Mu; maybe it was Su Mu's illusion, but he thought he saw fear in those eyes.
Su Mu petted the turtle's head soothingly, saying, "Little guy, don't be afraid, I'm a good person."
"Off you go!"
"Be careful next time, don't wander around again; you're lucky I was patrolling this area today, or else you'd be in trouble."
With that, Su Mu tossed the Little Turtle into the river with a skip, sending it home.
[Favor Points +5]
After sending the Little Turtle back into the river and obtaining Favor Points, Su Mu smiled satisfactorily, dusted his hands, and continued walking along the riverbank.
"Hmm??"
Soon, Su Mu discovered another stranded Little Turtle. Upon closer inspection, it was entirely dark green, especially with a little black spot on its head – wasn't it identical to the Little Turtle just now?