Interstellar Farming: I Make Potions and Climb to the Top

Faced with this knockout who had presented himself to her, Ning Xuan couldn’t resist reaching out to touch him. She caressed his gorgeous face; it was smooth and delicate.

As bewitching as Yu Mingche’s face was, his muscles were firm. Ning Xuan couldn’t stop stroking him.

Not counting when he was a Companion Spirit in his Little Fox form, Yu Mingche had never been touched like this in his entire life. The moment Ning Xuan’s hand made contact, his heart raced, and a blush quickly crept up his face, making him look surprisingly shy.

If Yu Mingche’s subordinates saw this, they would definitely think he’d been possessed by some malevolent spirit.

"Lord Contract Master, if you want to look, you can look all you want once we’re back on Central Star. I promise you’ll get your fill of this body. It’s just... I can’t hold this form any longer. I’m about to revert." Tightly pressed against Ning Xuan, Yu Mingche had barely finished speaking when he suddenly—POOF—changed back into his Little Fox form.

"Hey, you still haven’t answered my question. How exactly did you get in here?"

"Hmph. You think I can’t punish you just because you turned into this, right?" Ning Xuan said, annoyed, and gave the Little Fox a light smack on the head.

Then, her curiosity piqued, Ning Xuan tugged its tail. "Isn’t Yu Mingche’s Companion Spirit a Nine-tailed Fox? This is only one tail."

"Yip, yip, yip," the Little Fox whimpered, tilting its head back. Suddenly, its form vanished, and it became invisible.

Three seconds later, the Little Fox reappeared.

"So you know the Invisibility Technique, too?" Ning Xuan murmured, lost in thought.

"I told you to go back, but you insisted on following me. I’ll settle this score with you later," Ning Xuan said threateningly, grabbing the Little Fox by the scruff of its neck.

’This is the only Contractor matched with me by the master brain whom I still hadn’t met. I have to admit, I was a little curious about him.’

Ning Xuan had looked into this special situation, which was protected by Federation law. It was typically a special privilege enjoyed by high-ranking military officers on clandestine missions. Once the mission was over, the special protection would end.

Originally, Ning Xuan had planned to wait until Yu Mingche finished his mission before applying again. However, she had checked right before coming to the New Star Body, and at that time, Yu Mingche was still under special protection, making it impossible to apply to dissolve the contract.

But now, he had appeared by her side in such a form.

Ning Xuan felt an indescribable emotion swell within her. She knew about Yu Mingche’s position in the Federation Government. Seventh-level Governors in the entire Federation could be counted on one hand, and Yu Mingche was the youngest among them.

’For such a powerful figure with status and authority to go so far as to possess his Companion Spirit and approach me in the form of an Exotic Beast... I guess you could say he’s truly making an effort for me.’

Ning Xuan bandaged the wound on the Little Fox’s foreleg, then carried it to bed with her to rest.

Cuddling the fluffy ball in her arms, Ning Xuan closed her eyes. An image of Yu Mingche involuntarily flashed through her mind, and a smile touched her lips. ’This final Contractor... maybe he isn’t so unacceptable after all.’

Over the next three days, Yun Han and the others proceeded with their plan. They sold off their goods in batches, accepted missions to earn safe zone points, and purchased necessary supplies. This routine continued for three days and, unexpectedly, began to attract some attention.

As soon as Lin Mo and Yun Han, who were in disguise, had turned in their latest mission, they were blocked by a burly man built like an iron tower. "Little brothers, your mission efficiency is way too high, which shows you’re powerful. But there are only two of you and one vehicle. You’re too short-handed. Look, you completed the mission to clear out the wolf pack, but to turn it in, you only brought back 200 wolf ears. You couldn’t bring back the carcasses. Isn’t that a waste of resources? Why not join our Sky Wolf Team? There’s strength in numbers. With us, not even a single wolf’s paw would be left behind. We’d never let such a waste happen."

Behind this burly man stood a dozen or so equally massive guys.

"You’ve got the wrong idea. We’re just the ones in charge of turning in missions. Besides us, there are plenty of other brothers in our squad." Yun Han could tell just by looking at them what kind of crooked scheme they were hatching. He didn’t hold back, releasing a bit of his aura, which was enough to startle the burly man and make him take two steps back.

Seeing the killing intent in Yun Han’s eyes and his unyielding attitude, and also sensing his powerful aura, the burly man couldn’t help but feel intimidated.

"Oh, I see. Since you already have a team, we won’t insist. I hope we might have a chance to cooperate in the future," the burly man said, cupping his fists.

Yun Han sneered, merely staring at the man without a word. ’In the past, insignificant buffoons like this would have been dealt with by my subordinates long before they ever got near me.’

"Yun Han, we’ve been turning in missions too frequently these past couple of days. It looks like we’ve become a bit conspicuous," Lin Mo said worriedly to Yun Han after the Sky Wolf Team had left.

"So what if we are? We’re not staying here for long anyway," Yun Han replied nonchalantly.

"This is the Mo Family’s territory, after all. If we’re too conspicuous and Young Master Mo investigates us and finds our Contractor, who knows what kind of trouble that will cause." Lin Mo wasn’t as calm as Yun Han and was clearly worried.

"Brother, our Contractor specifically brought Min Wu along this time. Even if we do run into trouble, do you really think we won’t be able to get away? The joint exams are ending soon. We don’t have much time to waste here," Yun Han patiently explained to Lin Mo.

Lin Mo sighed and silently followed Yun Han. They had already taken on three mercenary missions today, and since it was still early, they could take on another. He had to admit, the missions here weren’t very difficult, and the rewards were quite generous. Doing them felt almost like picking up free gear in a game. Seeing their growing stockpile of scarce supplies was quite satisfying.

While Yun Han and Lin Mo were carrying on with their missions, inside the Political Hall at the safe zone’s Military Department garrison, Mo Yu received an investigation report.

The subjects of the investigation were none other than the two brothers, Jiang Han and Jiang Mo—the aliases currently being used by Yun Han and Lin Mo.

"Young Master, these two are highly suspicious. They entered our safe zone under the guise of being candidates for the graduation joint exams, but their strength is immense. Especially that Jiang Han. He released just a tiny bit of his aura, and I knew instantly that I was no match for him," the burly man who had previously stopped Yun Han and Lin Mo reported to Mo Yu.

The so-called Sky Wolf Team was, in fact, Mo Yu’s personal guard. They answered only to him and were also responsible for gathering all sorts of intelligence for him.

Mo Yu, the only son of Mo Changsheng of the Star Sky Council, slowly furrowed his brow as he looked at the report.

"Your strength isn’t that great to begin with. It’s not impossible that you’re no match for him."

"However, your report seems a bit exaggerated. Two people completing the mission to clear out a wolf pack in less than an hour... Is that even possible?"