The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 67: Chapter 67: All Kinds of Speculation

Receiving the admission notification from Lanyue Star Military Academy, Ji You was so thrilled that she immersed herself in her Conscious Sea, chatting happily with Xiao You. They envisioned countless beautiful possibilities for their future school life.

Then...

As they were talking, Ji You suddenly heard Xiao You yell out:

[Ah—]

[It’s no use...]

[The light is fading...]

Then—

Ji You could no longer hear Xiao You’s voice. At the same time, a deep fatigue suddenly crept up on Ji You. She raised her hand and pinched the philtrum hard, but still couldn’t fight off the feeling of exhaustion.

Eh?

Was it a huge consumption of spiritual power?

This feeling was very similar to the exhaustion she felt after crafting a Soul Device.

Could it be—

Almost an epiphany, a guess popped into her mind:

Was the successful communication with Xiao You actually using her own spiritual power?

If that’s the case—

As long as her spiritual power was strong enough, would she be able to communicate with Xiao You without any barriers in the future?

Not just communicating with Xiao You, which required spiritual power, crafting Soul Devices also needed a continuous supply of spiritual power.

...

Ji You’s eyes sparkled, feeling she was very close to the truth.

So—

Her current most important task, which would also be an ongoing effort in the future, was:

To improve her Physical Strength and spiritual power!

With the direction clear, Ji You’s original confusion and puzzlement vanished as if clouds had been scattered, and everything became crystal clear.

”I’m going to strive...” Before she could finish saying the word ”strive,” her head tilted suddenly, and she fell asleep.

The next day.

The warm sunshine filtered through the roof and into the room. Ji You had just completed a set of bone exercises and was climbing out on all fours. After a short rest, she climbed back in again—

Climbed out.

Climbed in.

...

The training was relentless. Set on being fierce, Ji You went beyond the training system’s recommendation, which was to train no more than three times a day, each time no more than one hour. Exceeding this limit could cause injury to the trainer’s body, and the system did not advise exceeding the body’s capacity. Nevertheless, Ji You found a loophole. She kept track of the time, exiting the training room just before the system could issue a warning.

After a brief recovery, she climbed back in.

This cycle repeated throughout the day, and Ji You did it eight times until the evening, when she could no longer move her limbs and finally stopped this crazy behavior.

To increase the number of daily trainings, Ji You spent 20,000 credit points to buy a simple version of a Repairing Chamber. After each workout, she would quickly lie down in the Repairing Chamber, which promptly repaired muscle strains, soreness, and other symptoms of discomfort.

The result of such intensive training was: Ji You went from being able to enter the training room up to 8 times a day, with each session lasting a maximum of half an hour before feeling overwhelmed, to being able to train up to 10 times a day, with each session extended to 40 minutes.

The direct effect was: Ji You’s specific numbers for Bone Strength were: Bone Density 75%, Bone Strength 55%, both of which had increased by 5%... truly a cause for celebration.

Ji You was nearly moved to tears when she saw the check-up results.

Continuing.

Not wanting to neglect any area, Ji You set aside training to increase Bone Strength to focus on enhancing her Blood Vessel Strength; otherwise, the flesh and meridians would be unable to adapt to the enhanced bones, leading to various problems in the body.

In the following days, Ji You’s hard work wasn’t in vain as her Blood Vessel Strength also saw notable improvements, with muscle strength increasing to 56% and meridian strength to 33%.

Soon, Ji You discovered a problem:

The meridian strength was proving to be the toughest nut to crack.

With the same training intensity, the numbers for increasing Bone Density, Bone Strength, and muscle strength were almost identical, but meridian strength had only increased by 3%. This wasn’t scientific at all!

What was the reason?

Ji You racked her brains, flipping through Sister Liya’s notes and a variety of books freely available on the Star Network to all citizens, and still could find no explanation.

Unable to find it, Ji You simply tossed it aside.

Following that,

Ji You checked her spiritual power threshold once more. Before the test, she was filled with boundless expectation, thinking that her physical strength had improved and logically her spiritual power should have increased as well.

However—

The result was a cold slap in the face.

The result was as follows:

[Spiritual power threshold: 121.]

It had neither increased nor decreased.

Ji You violently grabbed her own hair, annoyed: ”Could it be that this thing can only be improved by eating Butterfly Honey?”

Who could afford that?

**

In the distant stars, Cheng Yu packed a pile of luggage and sent it to the teaching staff dormitory at Lanyue Star. Then he opened his mailbox again and found no letters from any masters.

Cheng Yu was very disappointed.

It had been several days since he had sent many letters to the Master, but not a single reply had come from the Master. Cheng Yu stared at the last letter from Green Glaze Master: [The Grass Seed Fruit has been sent, the account is cleared.]

Sent.

Cleared.

...

Did this mean that the connection between him and the Master was cut off?

Master—

Did he no longer need me?

Could it be—

The doubts I had about Master initially were noticed by him, and he became angry, no longer wishing to contact me?

Cheng Yu’s bun-like face wrinkled into a ball.

”This is not what I wanted.”

”What I need is to become friends, family with the Master...”

”And the loving care from the Master...”

”Yingyingying...”

After his sorrow, Cheng Yu closed the email and once again gazed at the two Grass Seed Fruit Pendants in his hands. In fact, in the last few days, he had looked at them countless times, but each time he was still amazed by the craftsmanship displayed by the Master.

What brilliant craftsmanship.

...

Among these two Grass Seed Fruits, after identification, only one was a Soul Device, while the other was a pure art piece.

This new Soul Device had a more complex Array Diagram, its circulation system was more stable than the last one, and upon a close look, one could see the crystal-clear kernel constantly emitting a delicate luminescence.

—This was the manifestation of spiritual power slowly circulating.

Wearing these two Soul Devices, Cheng Yu had almost never felt tired these past days, and moreover, more than ten days had passed, and there were no signs of collapse in either the old or the new Grass Seed Fruit Soul Device.

What did this imply?

It suggested that their longevity far exceeded his estimate of one month.

It was very likely that their lifespan could reach more than three months.

Typical short-term consumable Soul Devices have a lifespan of about 10 days to 6 months. If the materials used are poor, they would definitely collapse after about ten days. Those made with slightly better materials could last about 2-3 months. The ones crafted from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures have records of lasting up to 6 months. But Grass Seed Fruit—

Such inferior material could last more than 3 months...

This was a huge difference compared to the analysis data of the Grass Seed Fruit Soul Device that Cheng Yu had published on the Star Network.

Slap in the face.

Such a slap in the face.

He really knew nothing about this mysterious Master.