Yingxing was a member of a short-life species who had contributed a great deal to the Xianzhou.
Even Xianyu, a slacker who paid no attention to the outside world, had heard of many of his achievements.
Someone like Yingxing fully deserved an exception from the Xianzhou.
In the past, Xianyu certainly would not have passed up a rare genius like Yingxing.
But after repeatedly experiencing the pain longevity brought firsthand, he had changed his mind.
Dying peacefully of old age was good enough.
Besides that, he also liked ways of dying that did not cause too much pain.
Of course, Hua's proposal was not just for Yingxing. It was more for the people from other planets who had come to the Xianzhou drawn by its reputation.
Their motives varied, but the vast majority had come for the Xianzhou's benefits. For that reason, they had left their homes behind and fought tooth and nail, doing everything they could to settle aboard the Xianzhou.
Among them were plenty who had contributed to the Xianzhou. Making exceptions for those people was only reasonable.
Xianyu had no objections.
After receiving his approval, Hua followed their earlier topic and began discussing Yingxing with him.
By rights, the Master Forger should have become the next Master Artificer of the Artisanship Commission, responsible for managing it. Yet for some reason, Yingxing had only received the title of "Master Forger."
Hua was busy with official duties. Besides handling affairs concerning the eight massive ships, she also had to deal with matters involving numerous star systems.
Naturally, the documents that reached her desk were not trivial matters. Most concerned major issues capable of affecting several planets or the development of an entire star system.
And so, after meeting Yingxing, Hua had noticed a problem during their conversation.
Yingxing had