LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 62 - Advancement
Having gradually figured out a body-strengthening technique suitable for her cultivation, Mai Dongzi has been utterly engrossed in her training over the past ten days, unable to pull herself away.
Apart from browsing the Star Network for a bit of news before going to bed each night, she has temporarily blocked out everything else.
As a result, even though they’re about to arrive at the Imperial Capital Star, Mai Dongzi still doesn’t know that Prince Arthur’s room is right next to hers—they’ve been neighbors for more than ten days.
She also doesn’t know that her room was specially arranged by Deputy Chen, nor does she know that when Lieutenant Fu mentioned that Prince Arthur’s room was on the same floor, it wasn’t said offhandedly but was something Deputy Chen specifically instructed him to mention.
And the reason Deputy Chen did this was to test her.
If Mai Dongzi had any intention of climbing up by associating with Prince Arthur, with her spiritual power, she would definitely be able to “see” Prince Arthur’s daily schedule.
As the commander-in-chief of the flagship, Prince Arthur couldn’t possibly stay in his room every day. Even when he trains, he does so with the guards.
Normally, the members of the Prince’s Guard serve as his protectors, but in an emergency combat situation, they become his comrades-in-arms. Thus, in most cases, Prince Arthur would train alongside them.
Under such circumstances, if Mai Dongzi had any intention, it would be very easy for her to “accidentally” run into Prince Arthur.
Seeing that little Lucy had no such intention, Deputy Chen was undoubtedly pleased.
After Little Lucy boarded the command ship, Deputy Chen did not arrange for her to test her true cultivation potential and level. However, after more than fifty days of observation, they had all determined that she was a genius worth fully nurturing.
On the Water Blue Star, he and Lieutenant Fu had already given Little Lucy several tests, and each time, she passed perfectly. Prince Arthur would be the final test that Deputy Chen set for Little Lucy.
If Little Lucy were like those shallow women who developed inappropriate feelings for Prince Arthur because of his status, position, and appearance, and then acted on them, Deputy Chen would cancel the plan to fully nurture her.
After all, even a peerless genius does not easily become successful. Only those who are pure-hearted, single-minded, and dedicated to hard work can grow quickly.
Deputy Chen, who wanted to test Mai Dongzi through Prince Arthur, did not know that his instruction for Lieutenant Fu to avoid mentioning this would backfire. Upon hearing that Prince Arthur was also staying on this floor, Mai Dongzi immediately decided she wouldn’t leave her room until they reached their destination.
Mai Dongzi was only interested in Prince Arthur’s strong thighs, not his eligible bachelor status.
After realizing she had transmigrated into a book, she became utterly averse to Lucy Xi’s role as the female lead. To avoid any clichéd main-character drama, she was determined to keep her distance from Prince Arthur as much as possible.
Fortunately, Prince Arthur’s status was so elevated that she only needed to show his deputy that she had intentions of clinging to a powerful figure; she didn’t need to run up to him directly.
On the contrary, the more well-behaved she was, the more favorable the impression she made on Prince Arthur and those around him.
What Deputy Chen and the others didn’t know was that while they were discussing Mai Dongzi staying in her room all the time without stepping out, Mai Dongzi was lying on the floor of the training room, drenched in sweat. Although she looked extremely exhausted, the smile on her face was incredibly bright.
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Two days later, Prince Arthur’s command ship docked at the Imperial Star Military Space Station, and Lieutenant Fu once again knocked on the door of Mai Dongzi’s room.
When the girl walked out, the usually stern-faced Lieutenant Fu, who had been specifically instructed by Deputy Chen to speak as little as possible, immediately broke his demeanor.
“You… you… you advanced,” Lieutenant Fu stuttered in surprise.
All of Prince Arthur’s personal guards were aware of the incident where Lucy Xi, under someone’s instigation, tried to buy a psychic potential enhancement potion online at half the price, only to be deceived and end up with a physical potential enhancement potion mixed with impurities.
Prince Arthur’s personal healer analyzed Lucy Xi’s situation and concluded that taking the impure physical potential enhancement potion unexpectedly caused her martial arts cultivation to advance rapidly.
However, such a physical potential enhancement potion likely has severe side effects, which could easily harm a martial artist’s cultivation potential and prevent further advancement in their martial arts skills.
Therefore, they had always valued her for her psychic abilities.
Deputy Admiral Chen had already planned to have her undergo an extremely detailed physical examination by the center’s healer after she reported to the talent cultivation center.
This is also why Lieutenant Fu was so surprised when he discovered that Mai Dongzi’s martial cultivation had advanced to the early stage of Level 6—because it meant things weren’t as the healer had estimated.
Lieutenant Fu’s astonishment also came from another reason: this girl, who had just turned eighteen, had broken the record for the youngest Level 6 martial artist in the entire Dagula Star System’s history.
Lieutenant Fu remembered that the previous record for the youngest Level 6 martial artist was nineteen years old.
Although on the surface, a difference of just one year doesn’t seem that shocking, Lieutenant Fu knew that this eighteen-year-old girl was also a Level 5 psychic ability user and a Level 3 wood ability user.
If this isn’t a genius, it’s a monster.
When Deputy Admiral Chen and several members of the Prince’s Guard saw Mai Dongzi, they couldn’t hide their expressions of surprise either.
Deputy Admiral Chen couldn’t help but ask, “Little Lucy, how’s your psychic ability?”
“I advanced to Level 6 near the end of the survival game,” Mai Dongzi replied without hiding anything.
After all, once she returned to the Imperial Capital Star, she definitely wouldn’t be able to conceal her psychic ability level.
Although non-psychic ability users can’t discern the level of psychic ability users, the Imperial Capital Star is a different matter—most of the high-level psychic ability users of the Blue-Black Empire are concentrated there. They would immediately see through Mai Dongzi’s psychic ability level.
Moreover, since Prince Arthur and Deputy Admiral Chen had made it clear they intended to fully cultivate her, it wouldn’t make sense for her to hide anything.
An eighteen-year-old dual cultivator with both Level 6 martial cultivation and Level 6 psychic ability cultivation—this wasn’t just rare in the Blue-Black Empire; even across the entire Dagula Star System civilization, there seemed to be no such precedent in history.
“How did you manage to advance to Level 6 in both so quickly?” Deputy Admiral Chen felt this was highly unusual.
At this point, Deputy Admiral Chen even forgot that Mai Dongzi also had a Level 3 wood-based ability.
Mai Dongzi pretended not to notice the probing tone of his question. She understood that her rapid advancement in cultivation would surely raise suspicions.
However, thinking about the interstellar apocalypse crisis that would occur in two years, she didn’t want to slow down her cultivation progress just to avoid others’ doubts.
So, she changed the subject, saying, “The training room is excellent, and with the aid of the energy potions, I trained diligently, and advancing naturally came as a result.”
After Lieutenant Fu brought Mai Dongzi onto the command ship, he provided her with the energy potions she was entitled to. Over the past ten days, she had indeed consumed quite a bit while practicing body techniques, so she spoke with confidence.