After reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining, A-Wu still could not understand why her cultivation had progressed so smoothly, but at least she finally felt a little more confident.
At the fifth level of Qi Refining, she could use many more spells, and their power was much greater as well. She finally had some ability to protect herself.
At least she would not be casually grabbed by the neck and killed anymore!
A-Wu got out of bed. The hem of her long dress, which just reached the tops of her feet, covered her smooth, round toes.
She slowly walked to the floor-to-ceiling window with one-way vision and looked outside at the flying cars and small spaceships moving between the skyscrapers.
Her heart finally settled down as softly as a feather falling into water.
From this moment on, she was truly a cultivator living in this interstellar world.
A-Wu stepped onto the thick carpet and slowly made her way to the living room.
Every now and then, a faint glimmer flashed across the plain white hem of her dress, sweeping away the dust that triggered the formation.
Ever since Dandan had changed his name to Lin Xu, A-Wu had asked the housekeeping robot to clean up the guest room and turn it into his bedroom.
A-Wu felt that even though Lin Xu was a robot who did not need to sleep, he should still have a room of his own.
After all, he was the true owner of this home.
She had already transferred the house into his name.
It was Lin Xu’s first time having his own private room, so he found everything very interesting.
When A-Wu did not see him in the living room, she guessed that he was probably still in his room.
A-Wu lay on the lounge chair on the balcony, stretching her pale feet into the warm sunlight as she opened the Pill Shop’s comment section out of boredom.
Recently, apart from cultivating, A-Wu had occasionally refined pills whenever she felt like it.
She did not care what type they were.
If she wanted to refine one, she simply did.
As a result, she had greatly increased the shop’s stock.
The vague sense of urgency inside her made her stop producing large quantities of pills that were useless to her.
Instead, she had refined many of the pills she used in the past when she left her sect to complete dangerous missions, especially the ones that helped her escape and save her life.
Only after she had stored enough pills did the tension in her heart finally ease.
Now she finally had the mood to check the latest comments.
The people on the Star Network seemed to have become accustomed to the Pill Shop’s aloof habit of constantly being out of stock, so the comment section had become much calmer.
Most people anonymously shared their problems and then imagined what kind of pill the Pill Shop might release next to deal with their specific conditions.
Everyone knew that the possibility was extremely small, but that did not stop them from imagining it.
There were eight or nine unpleasant things out of every ten in life.
Everyone had problems they could not tell other people about.
Everyone thought they were the most unfortunate person in the world.
But after coming to the Pill Shop and seeing so many people asking for medicine, they realized that there were countless people suffering even more than they were.
The Pill Shop’s comment section had gradually become a place where people could anonymously speak their minds.
People with physical flaws, people suffering from illnesses, and even those who had failed to awaken abilities all came here to share their problems.
A-Wu read through the comments one by one.
She discovered that many of the problems could be treated with pills she already knew how to make.
Whether someone needed one pill or several different pills, she could find a way to solve the problem.
She remembered her plan to offer customized pills.
The market was enormous.
She did not have to worry about being unable to sell her pills.
Of course, she did not intend to refine pills for every single person.
That would waste far too much time.
Before, she had simply had no other choice.
But now that she had recovered and had enough resources, she could no longer waste her time producing large quantities of low-level pills.
A-Wu decided to choose several cases that were relatively difficult, or problems that the interstellar world currently had no way to solve.
That way, she could both sell the pills at the price she wanted and build up her reputation.
She continued scrolling down.
Whenever she found a suitable case, she sent the person a private message and asked them to send her their detailed symptoms and hospital diagnosis.
After carefully choosing, she selected three cases.
The first involved someone who had been seriously injured by an ability user.
A foreign type of energy had remained trapped inside the person’s body and could not be completely removed, causing their internal injuries to remain unhealed.
As a result, their physical condition kept getting worse.
The second person had been infected by a parasite while exploring a wild planet.
Current medicine had no completely effective treatment for this particular parasite.
A specific medicine was reportedly being researched, but no one knew when it would finally be developed.
The last case was different.
He was a Federation soldier who had suffered an injury to his ability core during a battle with the Zerg.
The ability core was what cultivators would call the dantian.
Once the dantian was damaged, spiritual energy could no longer be used, which meant the person’s ability was essentially crippled.
Fortunately, his condition was not too severe.
His dantian had not been completely destroyed. It only had several cracks.
Otherwise, with A-Wu’s current amount of spiritual energy, even with the pharmaceutical equipment, she would have no way to refine a suitable pill.
The first two cases were relatively easy.
For ability users below Rank B, which was roughly equivalent to the Qi Refining stage, even those at the later stages of Qi Refining could be treated with the pills A-Wu made.
One Cleansing Pill would be enough.
Whether it was foreign energy or a parasite, anything that did not belong inside the person’s body would naturally be expelled.
Coincidentally, A-Wu had refined quite a few Cleansing Pills recently.
Back in the cultivation world, she had often chewed on one whenever she had nothing else to do.
That was because she had once encountered an insect cultivator and been affected by his techniques.
The feeling of having an unknown insect quietly crawl into her body without realizing it had been absolutely horrifying!
That was why A-Wu had chosen the parasite case among all the requests.
She could truly empathize with that person.
The troublesome one was the soldier.
An injured Rank A ability core could be healed with a Mirror Fate Pill.
The problem was that A-Wu was currently only at the Qi Refining stage.
Although she had the spiritual sense of a Foundation Establishment cultivator to assist her, it was still difficult for her to directly refine a Foundation Establishment-level pill.
There was a huge difference between a third-grade Mirror Fate Pill and one of fourth grade or higher.
The person requesting the medicine said that the soldier was already losing energy at an alarming rate.
If he was not treated soon, then even if he eventually recovered, it would be very difficult for him to regain his Rank A strength.
For a soldier who had fought across countless battlefields, such a blow was simply too devastating.
A-Wu had never witnessed the horrors of the Zerg battlefield herself, but she deeply respected the soldiers who fought and bled on the front lines to protect the peace of the Federation.
So she still took the risk and sent the soldier a private message.
Even if the pill she could make now could not completely heal him, it should at least relieve his symptoms and give him a glimmer of hope.
She did not want him to sink into despair and lose all will to fight.
After receiving his positive reply, A-Wu closed the Star Network.
She raised her head and looked at the blue-and-purple sky outside.
Then she turned sideways, rested her head on her arm, and raised her delicate fingers to block the slightly harsh sunlight.
The warm golden light seemed to pass right through her slender fingers.
She narrowed her beautiful, almond-shaped eyes, while the faint redness at the corners seemed to blend naturally into her skin.
She circulated spiritual energy into her eyes.
Vaguely, she could see impurities within her flesh.
There were slightly fewer than before her breakthrough.
Not only that, her body was now slowly expelling impurities on its own.
A-Wu estimated that she might soon be able to establish her foundation again.
Her expression darkened.
Her spiritual sense unconsciously moved through her body again and again.
Still, she found nothing.
Forget it…
She stopped dwelling on it.
Whatever happened, if it was a blessing, she would accept it.
If it was a disaster, she could not escape it anyway.
If there really was some hidden problem, she would simply wait and see.
A-Wu decisively got up from the lounge chair and quickly headed toward the pharmaceutical room.
On the way, she ran into Lin Xu, who had just come out of his room.
A-Wu smiled and nodded at him.
“I’m going to sell some pills in a couple of days. I’ll be refining medicine today, so you don’t need to worry about me…”
As she said this, she suddenly remembered something.
She opened her smart ring and transferred a large amount of credits into Lin Xu’s account.
Usually, she would jokingly say that she was giving him his salary and transfer him some money, but the amount had never been very much.
“I transferred some credits to you. If you want to go out and have fun, go ahead!”
Lin Xu received the notification that the money had arrived and was startled by the large amount.
He quickly shook his head.
“That’s too much! Way too much! I already have credits! You don’t need to give me this much. I can’t even help you with anything…”
The more he spoke, the lower his head dropped, and his voice became softer and softer.
A-Wu sighed inwardly.
Things really were different now.
He had lost his master, so he no longer had the same sense of security he once had.
He had become cautious in everything he did, no longer the lively little boy who used to jump around all day.
She reached out and rubbed his head, deliberately teasing him with a smile.
“Little Xu is a boy, after all! How can a boy have no money in his pocket? What if you meet a girl you like and don’t even have money to buy her a gift?”
Lin Xu immediately blushed and looked up to argue.
“Robots don’t have genders!”
“Huh…?”
A-Wu had only been teasing him.
She never expected him to answer like that!
But he was right.
A robot could become male or female simply by changing its body…
Besides, there were countless species in the universe now, and quite a few species did not have genders at all.
So it was nothing unusual.
“Then you still need money to hang out with friends! Do you have any friends you go out with?”
A-Wu had never really known much about his social circle.
“Yes! Luther is my best friend!”
The moment Lin Xu mentioned Luther, his eyes lit up.
“Oh…”
A-Wu had not expected that.
Still, she was happy to see it.
“Then you should go see him more often. Otherwise, he’ll make other friends and forget about you! Go on, go on~”
A-Wu gently pushed him toward the door and reminded him to have fun.
Then she waved at him and went straight into the pharmaceutical room.
Lin Xu hesitated for a moment before finally leaving.
He still did not know how he should interact with A-Wu.
But he could not tell anyone about what had happened.
Maybe he could go out and play with his friend for a while.
Perhaps after coming back, he would forget about all these sad things…
A-Wu carefully operated the equipment and extracted the required medicinal essences.
To improve the quality of the pills, she did everything she could to purify the essences to the highest possible purity.
The machine saved her a great deal of spiritual energy during this step.
In the past, purification consumed a huge amount of her energy and spiritual power.
Now that the machine could handle part of the process, she had a much better chance of refining high-quality pills.
Even if she could not reach fourth grade, she could at least make top-quality third-grade pills!
While A-Wu was completely focused on refining pills, the Star Network forum had already exploded.
After A-Wu closed the Star Network, the comment section of the Pill Shop immediately went wild.
“Ahhh!!! The shop owner replied to me! She agreed to make a customized pill for my family member!”
“What?! The person above is lying, right?”
“Liar +1! Why would the shop owner choose you? She hasn’t chosen me!”
“No picture, no proof. I don’t believe it either.”
“There’s proof! Look! [Picture] [Picture]”
The account that A-Wu had chosen for a customized pill was called “My Brother Is an Idiot.”
The user immediately posted screenshots of their conversation with A-Wu, instantly attracting everyone’s attention.
“Tell us! What did you bribe the shop owner with? I want to try bribing her too~”
“Wow~ You’re so lucky! Let me borrow some of your luck. Maybe I’ll be the next one she chooses!”
“Same! By the way, what kind of pill did you order?”
“I want to know too! If it’s the kind I need, could the shop owner sell me one too?”
“Lucky person! Sell me one! I don’t care what kind it is. I’ll pay a high price!”
“High price! Very high price! Message me privately!”
“My Brother Is an Idiot” explained their family member’s condition and then described the effects of the pill the shop owner had promised to make.
“……”
“To be honest, I don’t believe it, but we’ve already been proven wrong before…”
“Same here. I’ve been proven wrong too. I’m not saying anything this time. I’ll just wait for the results!”
“Waiting! I really hope it’s true! I have a friend who needs this kind of medicine too!”
“Me too! I’m looking forward to it! I really, really hope it works!”
“My Brother Is an Idiot” was the person whose family member had been injured by an ability user.
The injured person was her biological older brother.
She had watched the brother who had once been the pride of their family become bedridden year-round.
His will seemed to be collapsing even faster than his body.
She was terribly worried about him.
She still insisted on visiting him every day, talking to him and making him laugh.
Afterward, she would secretly hide somewhere and cry.
Every day, when she went to the Pill Shop to ask for medicine, it was almost more about venting her emotions than actually begging for a cure.
Now, A-Wu had suddenly told her that her brother could still be saved!
The tightly stretched string inside her heart instantly snapped.
She desperately wanted to tell the whole world that her brother was going to get better!
Of course, the price of the pill was also extremely high.
That was something she had expected.
She did not dare tell her parents or her brother.
She was afraid that if something went wrong, they would have to suffer another disappointment.
She secretly gathered all the movable funds she had.
She even secretly sold several sets of jewelry before finally collecting enough money.
After transferring all the money to A-Wu, she silently prayed in her heart.
Money was only something outside the body.
Even the more expensive Level 9 medicines had been tried by her parents, yet they still could not save her brother.
Now, all her hopes were placed on A-Wu.