Chapter 260: Bai Rao’s Spiritual Power Change
After offering one last sincere blessing, Leo ended the chat.
He sat in a self-piloting Teleportation Spaceship, gazing out at the vast, endless space. Suddenly, he heaved a long sigh. "Crap. The Eldest Prince has a wife, and I’m two years older than him."
He’d always figured that if someone as noble and outstanding as the Eldest Prince wasn’t married, then an ordinary male like himself had no reason to be anxious.
But now, the Prince had proposed and gotten his marriage license in one fell swoop. It was as if his life had hit the fast-forward button, while Leo was still running in place. For once, he felt a pang of anxiety.
As for Shi Lan, Leo wasn’t heartbroken to the point of tears. Rejection was a common experience for males in the interstellar era. He had pursued two other females before to no avail, so he was mentally prepared for this outcome.
The only thing that surprised him was that the Eldest Prince would actually choose to marry an F-level female, one who couldn’t even provide basic soothing.
Still, as long as there wasn’t a repeat of the incident from the Insect Clan war three years ago, the Eldest Prince would mostly be staying on the Capital Star. He wouldn’t have contact with the Insect Clan, so his spiritual power should remain relatively stable. With proactive medical intervention, it wouldn’t matter much even if Shi Lan was unable to help.
His mind was racing, anxiously mulling things over while scrolling through news of the Eldest Prince’s proposal on the Star Network. Suddenly, his eyes locked onto something.
What? Shi Lan is an S-level female???
Leo swallowed hard, clicking on the link in utter shock. The article identifying Shi Lan as an S-level female cited its source: her student profile at the Imperial Capital University.
The spiritual power requirement for male admission to the Imperial Capital University was A-level. Leo hadn’t been qualified to get in, but as the most prestigious school in the galaxy, he knew what that name meant.
Therefore, this news couldn’t possibly be fake.
It could only mean that Shi Lan’s spiritual power had undergone an upgrade.
He dazedly closed his terminal and leaned back blankly in his seat. ’No wonder... No wonder the Monarch had no objections. An S-level female... setting aside her Fertility Value, just based on the therapeutic effects of her spiritual power, she’s the perfect match for a male with 3S Spiritual Power like the Eldest Prince.’
He patted his cheeks in relief. ’Thank goodness, thank goodness Miss Shi Lan wasn’t interested in me.’
’How could a B-level male like me ever be worthy of her? I wouldn’t even be fit to carry her shoes.’
’If I actually became her Beast Husband, I’d probably be ruthlessly targeted by all the other males who are A-level and above.’
Leo had always been self-aware. He let out a long sigh of relief and clasped his hands together, offering a distant prayer of thanks to the Eldest Prince for his "assistance."
Meanwhile, in the right wing of the palace, Ye Yan, who had just learned the latest news online, furiously kicked a robot that was busy sweeping up porcelain shards from the floor. He gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with bitter jealousy. "Why? Why is his luck so damn good?"
"S-level females have been unheard of for decades, and he just stumbles upon one so easily."
The robot couldn’t understand his words, but it could sense its master’s rage. It cautiously rolled its body sideways and scurried away.
Under the circumstances, not even a robot dared to get in his line of fire. The guards at the door pretended they hadn’t heard a thing.
After a moment, Ye Yan seemed to think of something and abruptly laughed out loud.
"Shi Lan..."
He murmured the name softly. He had a vague recollection. ’This female... she used to like me. She liked me so much that I even wondered what was wrong with me to attract such a useless female.’
He was with Bai Rao now, and their engagement couldn’t be easily canceled. And Ye Ming had already registered his marriage with Shi Lan. ’But,’ he thought, ’I can still stir up some trouble between them.’
’If that female is still as infatuated with me as she used to be, then her love for me will surely make her despise my rival. She’ll have to hate Ye Ming.’
’And what’s the use of a male who isn’t loved by his wife? She won’t even be willing to grant him her soothing.’
At this thought, Ye Yan’s mood brightened considerably.
...
The news that Shi Lan was an S-level female who had been proposed to by multiple power players remained a hot topic on the Star Network. They were called "power players" because, in addition to Admiral He and the Eldest Prince, someone had dug up the identities of the men behind the three other proposal ads. Each one was a 2S-level male: two were from the Four Great Families, and the third was a top instructor at the Imperial Capital School.
Among Shi Lan’s five Beast Husbands were two 3S-level and three 2S-level males. Any single one of them was powerful enough to do as he pleased on any planet in the Empire.
Plenty of other males had been eager to pursue Shi Lan, but after learning about the caliber of her partners, they all backed off.
There were still a few foolhardy exceptions, but most males knew their limits.
But while the Star Network was in an uproar, some people remained oblivious—for instance, the Bai Family.
Just as the online drama reached its peak, the Pet Servant had presented Mr. Bai with a paternity test. Shortly after, the recently-exposed fake daughter fell into a coma, and then the Insect Clan descended upon the Bai residence, wreaking havoc.
Reeling from this series of blows, the atmosphere in the Bai Family was somber. They had no inclination to browse the web. The family temporarily moved to another villa, as their grand estate would require a massive sum of money to renovate.
Just as they were finally getting settled, Bai Rao awoke.
The family immediately gathered around, fussing over her. Knowing Bai Rao’s spiritual power had been unstable during her coma, Mrs. Bai was worried about the aftereffects and had her run a diagnostic on her terminal.
The test revealed something incredible.
Bai Rao’s spiritual power, originally A-level, had suddenly become S-level.
Everyone in the Bai Family, with the exception of the Pet Servant, was ecstatic.
An S-level female! There hadn’t been one in decades, and now their Bai Family had produced one.
Mrs. Bai was so excited she almost cried. Even if Bai Rao wasn’t her biological daughter, as long as they kept quiet, who would ever know? In public, this would bring immense honor to their family.
She immediately declared, "Ruoru’s spiritual power has just undergone a change; it might still be unstable. We’ll keep this a secret for a few days, then find the right moment to announce it to the entire Star Network."
Mr. Bai, his face beaming with joy, nodded in agreement.
Bai Rao was also quite pleased that her spiritual power could still advance after she had come of age.
Her premonition had been correct. That mass of energy had indeed been immensely useful. That was why, after they landed on the Deserted Star and Ye Yan told her to wait on the spaceship, she had uncharacteristically disobeyed. She followed a strange sensation, found the energy, and swallowed it without a second thought.
However, the initial integration had been rough. The spiritual powers inside her body had seemed to run wild, clashing with each other, which is what caused her to fall into a coma.
She subconsciously pursed her lips, sensing the changes in her spirit body.
Her spirit body had transformed into a lotus flower. It was originally a long-haired rabbit, but that seemed to have been consumed during the internal battle of spiritual power, with the lotus taking its place as her new spirit body.
But regardless, the result was a good one, and she was very satisfied.
As she imagined the sensation her S-level status would create when it was announced, a look of smug satisfaction crossed her face.
...
Shi Lan was still unaware that while she and He Hanshi had been busy at home all day, the outside world had been in an uproar.
She awoke in the Treatment Pod, and it was already almost ten o’clock.
The physical exhaustion had vanished, but when a certain thought occurred to her, her legs suddenly began to tremble, and a deep weariness set in.
’It’s over,’ she thought. ’According to the drawing, tonight it’s Mu Tangfeng’s turn.’