Chapter 4.1 - Mecha (2/2)

He frowned even more. The average imperial citizen earned less than 50 million credits in their whole lifetime. What was his nominal wife doing with that amount of money?

As a former spendthrift, Xi Zhao Yue used a lot of money to buy two-month worth of vital medicines. After paying that large sum, she didn’t feel like that she did something wrong. What she didn’t know was that this incident caught Mr. Kamochi’s [2] attention.

At this moment, she was soaking in the medicinal bath she concocted, enduring the pain as her body transformed.

Hu—

Xi Zhao Yue felt comfortable as she lied on her soft big bed. Her body felt warm from soaking in the medicinal bath. While relaxing herself she suddenly realized a harsh reality: There was no spiritual aura in this world.

Of the thousands of herbs bought, not a single one contained spiritual aura. Not even a wisp.

The medicinal properties of common medicine were not comparable to an elixir. Xi Zhao Yue was disappointed by these result after decoction.

It seemed like the only way was to directly absorb a soul and to practice cultivation as soon as possible!

In the following days, Xi Zhao Yue soaked in the medicinal bath everyday, exercised, studied online at Star Web, and prepared for her incoming examination for her compulsory course.

A month later.

“Madam you are really amazing. You finished the 18 courses and passed the exam in such a short period of time! You are the fastest learner that I know.” Adoration and worship could be found in February’s sparkling eyes at the moment.

Although it was only the 18 basic compulsory course and it was not difficult at all, a guide usually needed six years inside a guide school to finish them all.

T/N:

[1] A character from the film entitled Return of the Sentimental Swordsman or also known as The Flying Blade.

[2] From the name of a certain shrine in Japan which literally means auspicious and where devotees prayed for luck in money. This was referring the ML as the MC’s patron or money bank.