The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 262: Chapter 262: Mid-level Soul Device

Under Ji You’s envious, jealous, and resentful gaze, Shen Changqing and Yue Qiyuan exchanged half of their snacks for a ’midwife’ job with Chu Jiaojiao and Yue Qiguang, which left Ji You at a loss for words and filled with powerless envy.

Just then, Sheng Qingyan entered the room, cursing under his breath. As soon as he saw Ji You and the others, he immediately started to wail: ”Poor Little Cutie is dead tired... so annoying... I’ve never done this kind of work before...”

Ji You looked up and saw that Sheng Qingyan, who always prided himself on his appearance, was now covered in dirt and dust, his usually neat hair in disarray... In short, he looked very different from his usual self.

Ji You asked curiously, ”What did you do today?”

Sheng Qingyan puffed up with anger: ”Don’t get me started... It makes me furious just thinking about it... I’m really going to die of exhaustion... Teacher Mu is simply inhuman... She actually made poor Little Cutie move bricks!”

”Move bricks!”

”Is that something I should be doing?”

”It’s inhumane!”

”I’ve been working all day without even a moment to drink water...”

Chu Jiaojiao was surprised: ”Moving bricks? There’s still brick-moving work these days?”

Sheng Qingyan clenched his cheeks, nearly jumping with irritation: ”That’s just a general term... What I did was physical labor, moving things like energy mine materials and various supplies...”

Saying so, Sheng Qingyan jumped up and thrust his slim, white fingers in front of Chu Jiaojiao, saying, ”Look, Jiaojiao... My hands are blistered and calloused... They’re not pretty anymore...”

Everyone crowded around for a look and sure enough—there were several blisters on his hands, and two had already burst.

For a moment, everyone felt a bit of sympathy for Sheng Qingyan.

Ji You stroking his chin, said, ”It seems that being responsible for gardening isn’t so bad after all.”

Chu Jiaojiao didn’t specify her job, but knew: ”I think mine was not bad either.”

Shen Changqing didn’t say a word.

Yue Qiguang was ashamed to mention that he had been helping a sow give birth today, so he also stayed silent.

Yue Qiyuan also exceptionally kept silent; as a Combat Department genius, if people found out he went into breeding, wouldn’t that ruin his reputation?

No one spoke, but Sheng Qingyan curiously asked, ”By the way, what did you guys do today? I didn’t see any of you around?”

Shen Changqing: ”Ahem... I’m going to rest first.”

Yue Qiguang: ”Ahem... Dad needs to rest early too.”

Yue Qiyuan: ”Ahem... Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy.”

Sheng Qingyan: ”???”

He turned and stared at Chu Jiaojiao: ”Quick, Jiaojiao, tell me what you did today?”

Chu Jiaojiao turned away and said, ”In short, it was the same as you, manual labor, but ours was different in nature. You suffered physical torment, we suffered mentally.”

Leaving those words behind, Chu Jiaojiao hurried back to her room to sleep.

Ji You also said, ”Time is gold, I won’t waste it, off to sleep.”

Sheng Qingyan was even more puzzled: ”What’s with all the secrecy? Could the tasks they been assigned be even harder than my own?”

The next day.

The whistle sounded, and all the students got up at the first notice, returning to their respective positions within the stipulated time.

This time, apart from Ji You who didn’t switch jobs, Chu Jiaojiao, Yue Qiguang, Shen Changqing, and Yue Qiyuan switched roles among themselves, then everyone started yesterday’s work. Compared to their animal husbandry tasks, Ji You’s plants, despite having a greater variety and quantity, mostly didn’t require hands-on attention. She only needed to constantly monitor the cultivation box’s temperature, humidity, light, and nutrients, which even allowed Ji You some free time to observe the other students’ tasks.

Over here, Shen Changqing, who took over Yue Qiguang’s role in feeding pigs and assisting in their birthing, worked meticulously and with great seriousness.

Yue Qiyuan also took care of the mother rabbits and their babies with utmost earnestness and precision.

After work ended for the day, everyone went back as usual to commence spiritual grooming, but unfortunately, the results were regrettable. Both Shen Changqing and Yue Qiyuan failed to groom even a single Spiritual Silk. What did this imply?

Silence fell upon the group.

After a while, Shen Changqing said, ”The only reason I can think of for this result is because Ayuan and I have high Spirit Levels, which means our Spiritual Worlds contain more abundant and complex spiritual quantities, making it harder to cleanse.”

Yue Qiyuan also frowned, adding, ”I believe so too.”

Chu Jiaojiao agreed, ”It should be.”

Yue Qiguang had no interest in this; he hadn’t managed to cleanse a single thread either today, so he cared even less about others’ progress.

Ji You looked towards Shen Changqing, unable to resist asking: ”Classmate Shen Changqing, is your progress in cleansing really slow? Is there a way to speed it up?”

Shen Changqing replied, ”It’s not just us who are slow, everyone is actually very slow at cleansing Spiritual Silks. Of course, there is one method that can increase the speed, which is to use a Soul Device.”

Oh?

Ji You’s eyes widened: ”Soul Devices have so many uses?”

This made her even more eager to act.

Not only could they elevate Spiritual Levels, increase the spiritual power threshold, and boost the quantity of Spiritual Silks, but they could also speed up the cleansing of Spiritual Silks... No wonder Soul Devices are so expensive and soul artifact makers are held in such high esteem.

Hearing what Ji You said revealed her naivety, and immediately, she received disdainful looks from the brothers Yue Qiguang and Yue Qiyuan. Yue Qiguang sneered, ”Country bumpkin, hick, have you never seen a Soul Device? What do you say? Want daddy to show you one?”

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You was speechless inside, but still bore the insult and asked eagerly, ”You have a Soul Device? You really have one? Show me.”

Yue Qiguang then slightly loosened his collar, revealing a thin red thread, and then he lifted his hand to tug on the thread. Ji You only saw a shimmer of lustrous green light flash by, immediately followed by Yue Qiguang protectively stuffing it back under his neck and meticulously straightening his clothes, covering the Soul Device securely.

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You complained, ”Stingy, you moved too fast, can’t you let me have a clearer look?”

Yue Qiguang responded, ”You poor dead, what good is an extra look for you? You can’t afford it. This one here is a Mid-level Soul Device personally customized for me by Master Kong Zhe. What if you damaged it just by looking? Who’s going to compensate me then?”

This object was priceless, simply beyond simple monetary valuation.

Ji You suddenly gaped:

A Soul Device personally customized by Master Kong Zhe?

And it’s a Mid-level Soul Device?

If it had been just any low-level soul artifact, Ji You wouldn’t have been very interested, but hearing what Yue Qiguang said piqued her curiosity even more. She was almost tempted to snatch it away for a closer look.

What really is the difference between a Mid-level Soul Device and a low-level soul artifact?