A-Wu rested for a while, and soon the results were ready.
The examiner sent the results to A-Wu’s smart ring and congratulated her with a big smile.
“Congratulations! Your mental power has reached A-, and your physical strength has reached B-rank! Most importantly, your potential value is S-rank! Azure Star hasn’t produced an S-rank talent in decades!”
A-Wu wasn’t particularly surprised.
For a high-level cultivator, the spiritual sense of someone at the Foundation Establishment stage wasn’t anything extraordinary.
Her future still had unlimited possibilities, so it wasn’t surprising that her potential value was still so high.
Cultivation could be said to be endless.
There was always a higher realm beyond the current one, and ascending to a higher world didn’t mean the journey was over.
A-Wu glanced at the notification and deleted it.
At least now she officially had the identity of an ability user.
The female examiner was very enthusiastic.
When she saw that A-Wu was only twenty years old, she asked,
“Would you like me to write you a recommendation letter?”
At this age and with this level of talent, she was more than qualified to enter one of the famous universities on Capital Planet.
It would also be a great honor for Azure Star.
A-Wu quickly refused.
After thanking the enthusiastic examiner, she hurried home.
The female examiner watched her leave with some regret.
Then she saved A-Wu’s information into the official records and sent it to the headquarters on Capital Planet after encrypting it with S-rank security.
The information in the citizen system was one of the Federation’s highest-level secrets.
It involved the privacy and security of the entire Federation’s population, so it had always been treated as classified information.
No one had ever questioned the security of the Citizen Center.
After all, if the information here wasn’t safe, it would mean that chaos in the Federation wasn’t far away.
Yet this place that no one had ever doubted was being entered and exited as freely as someone’s own backyard by a certain person.
To him, encrypted files were as easy to browse as his own account book.
That person was Fengshen, one of the members of the Hell Star Pirates.
When the examiner sent A-Wu’s information out, Fengshen happened to intercept it.
An S-rank encrypted file!
He hadn’t encountered one in a long time!
Fengshen excitedly copied the file and opened it.
“Oh!”
“Captain, come quickly! A little genius has appeared!”
The captain of the Hell Star Pirates lazily walked over after hearing Fengshen’s call.
His medium-length hair had been pushed back, exposing his smooth forehead.
It was the same perverted man who had previously held A-Wu hostage aboard the spaceship.
But at this moment, his demeanor was completely different from before.
He looked like a large dog lazily lying in the sun.
He dropped himself onto the sofa beside Fengshen and tilted his head toward the screen.
When he saw the S-rank potential value, his eyes widened slightly.
He nodded.
Only twenty years old.
She really was a little genius.
But when he looked up and saw A-Wu’s image, he suddenly jumped up from the sofa.
“It’s her?! What are the chances?!”
“What is it, Captain? Did you get shocked too?”
Fengshen looked delighted.
How long had it been since he had seen the captain make such an expression?
This little girl really was impressive.
She was young, talented, and clearly worth cultivating.
“What do you think, Captain? Should we bring this little girl into the group?”
Fengshen was eager to recruit her.
The Hell Star Pirates valued quality over quantity.
Even with everyone included, they had fewer than a hundred members.
The core members numbered fewer than ten.
It was probably time to expand.
And this little girl was perfect!
There was only one woman in the group right now, Mi Rou.
Fengshen had almost gone blind from looking at a ship full of rough men every day.
Recruiting a cute young girl would at least be good for his eyes.
Fengshen himself had also been tricked into joining the ship by Nine Fiends later.
He was a brain-domain evolutionist and was highly skilled in intelligent information technology.
The fact that he could enter and exit the Citizen Center’s information database as if there were no security at all showed just how capable he was.
After being tricked onto the ship, he had regretted it so much that his intestines nearly turned green.
If he had known the ship was full of rough men, he would have rather become a Federation civil servant!
He looked at Nine Fiends expectantly, hoping the captain would agree to recruit her.
Nine Fiends rubbed his chin as he looked at A-Wu’s smiling photograph.
For some reason, she seemed different from when he had seen her on the spaceship…
Had she become even prettier?
He remembered the smooth, soft feeling when he had held her hostage on the ship, as well as the faint sweet fragrance on her body.
He gave an ambiguous smile.
“Why are you smiling like that, Captain?”
A beautiful woman with a curvy figure and an extremely striking body walked over.
She wore a tight red combat suit and had long wine-red hair.
She shook her hair before sitting across from Fengshen with a playful smile.
Fengshen’s eyes went straight.
He stared at the beautiful woman in front of him.
If he hadn’t known how strong she was and how explosive her temper could be, he might have already rushed over to her.
He swallowed.
“Mi Rou, you’re getting prettier and prettier lately! You’ve really raised the attractiveness of our whole group!”
Mi Rou grabbed the end of her high ponytail and gave Fengshen a flirtatious look.
She smiled proudly.
“I have you to thank for that~ You worked so hard to help me get those medicines~”
“Huh? The medicine worked that well?”
Fengshen was surprised.
The effect was almost like a complete transformation.
Even someone as tough and masculine as Mi Rou had turned into such a stunning beauty!
“Of course! Didn’t you see how difficult it was to get them when you helped me buy them?”
Mi Rou was almost out of medicine.
She was one of the group’s main fighters, so she participated in all kinds of battles, big and small.
Getting injured was unavoidable.
But they were pirates, so they couldn’t simply go to a hospital whenever they wanted.
Before discovering the Jade Body Pills, Mi Rou had accumulated quite a few scars of all sizes.
There was no woman who didn’t want flawless skin.
Mi Rou was no different.
She had endured her scars before because she had no choice.
But now that she had the Jade Body Pills, one pill could easily remove all the scars!
Unfortunately, she was almost out of pills, and the shop owner still hadn’t restocked.
Mi Rou bit her lip thoughtfully.
Suddenly, her eyes lit up.
“Captain! Let’s kidnap the alchemist from that Pill Shop and bring them back! The medicines they make are all incredibly effective, and aren’t we missing a pharmacist anyway?”
Nine Fiends glanced at Mi Rou.
After comparing her current appearance with how she had looked before, he nodded.
The medicines made by this pharmacist really were impressive.
Nine Fiends didn’t say anything.
Fengshen took over the conversation.
“Actually, the captain and I were just talking about kidnapping—cough, I mean, recruiting someone!”
“Look.”
He turned the screen around so Mi Rou could see.
Mi Rou glanced at it.
“Oh, you finally agreed to recruit a woman~ Her strength isn’t bad either. Once we bring her back, I’ll train her myself~”
“Forget it.”
Fengshen rolled his eyes.
“How can we hand such a delicate girl over to you? Wouldn’t she have to lose several layers of skin first…”
Mi Rou shot him a sideways glance.
“Do you think I randomly attack people whenever I feel like it? A girl this pretty—do you really want to leave her with you bunch of stinky men? Hmph~”
Nine Fiends was already used to his crew constantly bickering.
He thought for a moment.
It had indeed been a long time since they had recruited anyone.
But bringing in two people at once wouldn’t be ideal.
Between the two, the pharmacist was clearly more suitable…
Nine Fiends looked at Fengshen’s screen again.
After only one second of hesitation, he instructed him,
“Investigate the information about that alchemist.”
“Excellent decision, Captain~”
Mi Rou was delighted that her suggestion had been accepted.
She looked so happy that she seemed to be glowing.
She could already imagine how wonderful her future life would be with a steady supply of beauty pills.
The group definitely wouldn’t recruit two people at once.
Since the captain had given this order, he was obviously leaning toward recruiting the pharmacist.
A pharmacist this skilled was usually some old man.
Fengshen’s dream was shattered.
The cute little girl had just slipped away from him!
He muttered unhappily,
“Searching for someone through the Star Network is so difficult, you know? It’s so easy for the Star Network’s central intelligence to detect you! You people do nothing but order me around…”
Although he complained, his fingers moved incredibly quickly.
In less than fifteen minutes, he had quietly infiltrated the address of the Pill Shop on the Star Network.
When he saw several complicated layers of security walls surrounding the shop, Fengshen let out a surprised sound.
His interest was immediately aroused.
He carefully climbed over the security walls without alerting the Star Network’s central intelligence.
An hour gradually passed.
Nine Fiends and Mi Rou looked at Fengshen in surprise as he remained completely focused on the screen.
Why was it taking so long?
The two exchanged a glance.
Mi Rou shook her head, indicating that she had no idea either.
So they could only continue waiting.
After a while, the two became bored.
One opened a screen and started playing games.
The other browsed shops.
Suddenly, Fengshen’s scream startled them both.
“What?!”
Fengshen jumped up from the sofa, his face filled with disbelief as he stared at the screen in front of him.
Nine Fiends and Mi Rou stood up in confusion and leaned toward the screen.
The large screen displayed the owner information of the Pill Shop.
It was the exact same A-Wu they had just been discussing!
Both of them couldn’t help widening their eyes.
The incredibly talented pharmacist was actually that twenty-year-old girl who had only just reached adulthood?!
“Impossible!”
Mi Rou immediately frowned and objected.
“How could such a young child possibly be a master pharmacist?! At this age, she should still be in secondary school, right? Old Feng, did you make a mistake?”
“You can doubt whether she’s the pharmacist, but you cannot doubt my skills!”
Fengshen was completely confident in his abilities.
This was how he made his living!
Mi Rou suddenly realized something.
“Oh, right! Maybe that pharmacist is a family member of this little girl~”
“Probably not.”
Fengshen pulled up A-Wu’s information for them to see.
“This little girl is an orphan!”
Nine Fiends glanced at the section stating that both of her parents were deceased.
His brows moved slightly.
His eyes darkened.
“Isn’t that even better~? She would fit our group perfectly.”
“Get everything ready.”
“Whether it’s one person or two people, we’ll bring them both into our group. Once they’re here, we’ll all be family~”
Mi Rou and Fengshen both got what they wanted.
They happily answered, “Yes!”
Then they went to relay the captain’s orders and prepare to leave for Azure Star.
They were currently far away, so it would take quite some time to get there.
Fengshen tracked A-Wu’s location to make sure they could monitor her in real time.
That way, they wouldn’t arrive only to find that she had already left.
A-Wu had no idea that the pirates had their eyes on her.
She was currently trying to break through to the third level of Qi Refining.
With enough energy stones, increasing her cultivation was only a matter of time.
Fortunately, she had refined Fasting Pills, so she didn’t have to worry about waking up hungry halfway through cultivation.
Several days passed.
After consuming an entire large bag of energy stones, her cultivation naturally broke through to the third level of Qi Refining.
After the breakthrough, her body once again expelled some impurities.
A-Wu happily soaked in a comfortable massage bath, once again marveling at the luxury and convenience of the interstellar world.
After getting dressed, A-Wu stood in front of the full-length mirror and looked at herself.
Ever since she had been wearing only a bathrobe when she was kidnapped last time and had nearly exposed herself, she never casually went without proper underclothes anymore.
She looked at herself in the mirror.
After removing more impurities, her skin had become even clearer and purer, making her look increasingly otherworldly.
There was also a faint hint of charm around the corners of her eyes and brows, just enough to enhance her beauty without ruining her overall pure aura.
A-Wu admired herself for a while before sitting on the balcony and enjoying the sunlight.
One advantage of the Bixue Palace cultivation technique was that no matter how much she sunbathed, she would never get darker!
Instead, the more sunlight she absorbed, the fairer and more beautiful she became.
It could almost be considered a different kind of absorbing yang energy to nourish yin~
A-Wu looked at the seven-digit balance in her credit account.
Her eyes immediately lit up!
She had become rich overnight!
Having mountains of energy stones was no longer just a dream!
She squinted happily for a long while before opening her shopping cart.
She found the artificial body she had planned to buy for Dandan.
Just before placing the order, her slender finger stopped above the purchase button.
The next moment, she nearly pressed her face against the screen.
She silently counted.
One, two, three, four, five!
Five zeros!
The artificial body actually cost 2.5 million credits!
What the heck?!
Why was it so expensive?
She had only glanced at the price before and had always thought it was 250,000 credits!
A-Wu bit the tip of her pink finger.
Thinking about her savings shrinking by one-third in an instant, her heart ached terribly!
While silently crying inside, she completed the payment.
I’m so poor! I’m really so poor! How can I be satisfied after earning only a few million?
I have to keep working hard! The supreme-grade spirit stones are still waiting for me!
With renewed determination, A-Wu rushed into the pharmaceutical room.
She was ready to work hard and make another fortune.