Chapter 100
Chapter 100: You Treat Me Like the Song “Hypnosis” And Fall Asleep Right In Front Of Me
Jiang Tea Tea finished speaking. Right after her words fell, several heavy thuds sounded as people hit the ground. She did not even need to look to know that the people on the field had gotten distracted, eavesdropping on their conversation, and had lost their composure.
On the training ground, several personal guard soldiers hated that their ears were too sharp and their legs were too weak. At the same time, they admired schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea for being so brave and daring with her words. They themselves had fallen flat on their faces like dogs eating dirt, covering their ears like ostriches and hoping the Commander in Chief would not see.
The military academy students who were being drilled by those personal guards saw them fall and immediately thought of taking this chance to fight back and take them down.
They did not expect that even while falling, the personal guards would still be as agile as water dragons. Just as the military academy students were about to attack, the guards had already predicted their move. Not only did they dodge the attacks, they turned around and beat the students up instead.
Chong Ming gave the training ground a brief glance. His expression and voice did not change, as if Jiang Tea Tea had not been talking about him at all: “Why should I suppress my mating heat cycle? I am from the dragon clan. Having heat two or three times a year is completely normal.”
He added: “I have never used my status or position to bully any female. My private life is not a mess either. This is a normal physical reaction. I do not feel any shame about it, nor do I think I need to suppress it.”
Jiang Tea Tea paused mid-sip of her milk. Her dark eyes flickered with confusion: “Wait. For your dragon clan, having heat two or three times a year is normal? That is not an illness?”
Her maternal grandmother had told her that in ancient times, dragons were the rulers of all scaled beasts. Later, they were subdued by the Heaven Realm and took on positions in the Heaven Realm, becoming lofty dragon gods.
Her maternal grandmother had dated a dragon clan male friend before and had once complained to her that for the dragon clan, their mating heat cycle only came once every three to five years. Once it came, it could last three months, even six. If it showed up once every year or two, that was considered an illness. It meant they were weak and unhealthy.
But this old mud loach Chong Ming was telling her that having heat two or three times a year was normal for them. Did different time and space, different instincts, and different dragon settings all make things different? Was she just ignorant and making a fuss over nothing?
Chong Ming nodded to her: “Yes. For the dragon clan, going into heat two to three times a year, even three to five times a year, is very normal. It is just like how your human race can go into heat at any time in your twelve-month, three-hundred-and-sixty-five-day year.”
“Heaven above, Mother Earth.”
This one dragon at one hundred and fifty years old was wilder than her, a great-demon-stage little monster?
How could he say such shameless words with such a straight face, like a stone, without laughing or being embarrassed at all?
Jiang Tea Tea choked on the milk in her mouth and coughed like crazy.
[She really wanted to tell him that she was not human. She was a demon, a demon, a demon.]
She was supposed to be a plant demon who could control herself, not bloom, not get pollinated. Yeah right, control what? She had flipped her boat in a gutter. She had never imagined that sleeping with one dragon would give her not just one baby but several. It was enough to make a demon die of anger.
Seeing her cough until her face turned red, Chong Ming said coolly from the side: “You took the initiative to expose your plant-type supernatural abilities to prove that your body has no problems.”
“Fine, I believe your body has no problems. But you are very lacking in basic common sense. Do you need me to find someone to tutor you in the basics?”
Jiang Tea Tea finally managed to stop coughing. She took another big gulp of milk to calm down and said: “Thank you for your kind offer. I appreciate it, but there is no need for anyone to tutor me in basics. I embarrass myself like this every day. I am already used to it. I am afraid I will not be happy if there ever comes a day I do not embarrass myself.”
[Smile, my ass. Do not think she could not hear the faint mockery hidden in his words.]
Chong Ming raised an eyebrow: “You really do not need someone to tutor you in basic knowledge? I will pay the tutoring fee. You do not have to spend a cent.”
Jiang Tea Tea said in irritation: “You could even pay me to go, and I still would not have the time. Fine, let us say your mating heat cycle is not a problem. But your supernatural abilities and spiritual power are even more blocked than your deputy general’s. Why do you not find a healer?”
Chong Ming was as open and firm as a stone slab: “In Zhenlin, the Empire does not have any plant-type supernatural ability users above 3S-level.”
“My supernatural abilities and spiritual power level are too high. Anyone at 2S-level and below, or any potion master, cannot help smooth them out.”
“I can only take medicine to suppress the riots and use my own willpower to restrain them. You saw me on the verge of losing control, but in fact, I can still hold it down myself. It is not a big problem.”
Jiang Tea Tea’s dark eyes lit up. She leaned closer and whispered: “Give me ten bottles of dragon blood and I will help you smooth it once.”
Chong Ming asked back: “Should I cut off some meat for you too?”
Jiang Tea Tea gave a dry laugh: “You are so funny.”
[If you do not want to give it, then do not give it. Why the need for cold sarcasm?]
She silently despised him.
Chong Ming shot back: “You started the joke first.”
Jiang Tea Tea rolled her eyes at him and said: “Release some supernatural abilities and spiritual power oppressive aura. Let me feel again if I am immune to you.”
Chong Ming’s voice was low: “I am already targeting you with it.”
“Ah?” Jiang Tea Tea blinked. “Why do I not feel anything?”
Chong Ming summed it up: “Maybe you are immune to me again.”
Immune to him sometimes and not immune other times?
[Was she such a moody, changeable demon?]
[What a joke. She was a good demon.]
Jiang Tea Tea plopped down on the floor, holding her milk carton in one hand and slapping the ground with the other: “Come, come, sit here and release it slowly.”
Deputy Officer Ai’s eyeballs almost fell to the ground.
Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea was going to be disappointed this time.
The Commander in Chief never sat on the ground…
Pah, pah, pah. The Commander in Chief was mighty and domineering, able to fight the insectoid race, invade other countries, and also kindly sit on the floor.
Chong Ming sat down on the ground, keeping a one-person distance between himself and Jiang Tea Tea. He bent one long leg, resting his elbow on his knee, eyes fixed on the people on the training ground as he released his supernatural abilities, spiritual power, and oppressive aura.
This time, his release of supernatural abilities, spiritual power, and oppressive aura was not only aimed at Jiang Tea Tea. It was aimed at all more than two hundred people on the training ground.
The oppressive aura of the strongest beastman in the entire Empire, his supernatural abilities and spiritual power, swept across the whole training ground like a violent storm.
Jiang Tea Tea acted like nothing was wrong as she felt the babies in her belly becoming more and more lively.
On the training ground, the two hundred plus people, especially the thirty or so military academy students, could not last even three minutes under his supernatural abilities, spiritual power, and oppressive aura. They all collapsed to the ground, lying face-down, hugging themselves and rolling like they were dying, in unbearable pain.
As Chong Ming released more and more supernatural power and oppressive aura, the pressure grew heavier. Among the thirty-some military academy students, some were already bleeding from their seven orifices.
Minister Lu of the Healing Department arrived just in time, carrying a spiritual power shielding device. He quickly took those thirty-plus military academy students away from the training ground and over to the Healing Department.
Sui Xuan Chu was left behind. He was gritting his teeth, trying his best to resist his uncle’s spiritual power oppressive aura. His internal organs felt like they were being torn apart. His bones felt like they were being smashed. His head felt like it was about to explode.
Meanwhile, Jiang Tea Tea felt better and better. Her whole demon self felt like it had finally tasted sweet rain after a long drought, her entire body relaxed. It was also like standing in the sun after rain, facing the wind.
Xia Wei Yi’s supernatural abilities had just leveled up. Among these more than two hundred people, she was one of the stronger ones. Even so, facing the high-level supernatural abilities, spiritual power, and oppressive aura from her own Commander in Chief, she still had to grit her molars until they almost broke. Only the strong smell of blood at the doorway kept her from passing out.
Da Ma Zi and the others leaned against each other, sitting while they gathered every bit of their own supernatural abilities and spiritual power to fight against their Commander in Chief’s oppressive aura.
It helped, but not much. Their bodies felt like they were being torn back and forth by countless giant hands. Their skin burned with splitting pain.
Jiang Tea Tea felt so comfortable all over that she could not even finish one box of milk before she felt full. Once she felt full, she finally understood clearly what Cheng Lin Yue had said before: the reason she could not get enough to eat or drink was because she had babies in her belly. They lacked the comfort of their dad’s supernatural abilities and spiritual power, so they were short on nutrients and started to take from everywhere else.
Food. Her spiritual power. All of it was key nutrition for the babies to swallow and grow. Luckily, her spiritual power kept increasing, so she could keep feeding them. Otherwise, they probably would have already died.
Jiang Tea Tea felt so good that she could not help yawning. And it was not just one yawn, but two or three in a row. Her eyelids were heavy.
She looked at Chong Ming sitting beside her and said: “Keep releasing your oppressive aura. I am going to sleep for a bit. Wake me when the warship reaches the Capital Planet.”
Chong Ming frowned slightly: “You are sleepy, and you are treating my supernatural abilities, spiritual power, and oppressive aura like the song ‘Hypnosis’?”
Jiang Tea Tea lay down on the floor, head toward Chong Ming, body stretched sideways, one hand resting on her belly: “Almost the same, almost the same. You keep going. Do not stop.”
She had already wrapped her belly layer after layer with her spiritual power. Even if the babies leaked any aura, it would be pushed down by her spiritual power, and Chong Ming would not feel it.
Chong Ming lowered his eyes and looked at her. Her palm-sized face was white as snow. He could not see any pores, and the tiny soft hairs on her cheeks were clearly visible.
During the three months of the Supremacy Tournament, other people had either lost weight or gotten tanned. Only she had not changed at all. She easily took first place in personal points by a huge margin, led everyone into the top eight, and took first place in the squad ranking.
Chong Ming withdrew the spiritual power and oppressive aura aimed at everyone else. On the large training ground, the more than two hundred people all felt like a giant mountain pressing on their heads had been removed. They lay there like they had just been pulled out of water, clothes soaked through with sweat. Some slumped flat on the ground, gasping for breath; others coughed out mouthfuls of blood.
Sui Xuan Chu did not allow the blood in his mouth to spill out. He swallowed it back down with his saliva, wiped the sweat off his forehead, then looked at his uncle and Jiang Tea Tea beside him. Jealousy. He was truly jealous.
How come she was not afraid of his uncle’s spiritual power oppressive aura at all? She just lay down on the ground, closed her eyes, and went to sleep. Who was the real golden-dragon imperial clan heir here? It had to be her. She must be. He had to be the one picked up from somewhere!
Jiang Tea Tea slept very deeply and very soundly. When she woke up, there was no one left on the huge training ground except Sui Xuan Chu.
He was sitting cross-legged in front of her. His disguised red-black eyes were full of resentment as he stared at her, like she had dug up his family’s ancestral grave.
Jiang Tea Tea pushed herself up from the floor and sat up. Only then did she notice a thin blanket covering her. She yawned and met Sui Xuan Chu’s eyes: “What is that look in your eyes supposed to mean?”
Sui Xuan Chu drew back his resentful gaze and looked her up and down: “What kind of monster are you really?”
Jiang Tea Tea’s heart tightened a little. She felt guilty: “What monster? What are you talking about? Who is a monster?”
[Did her monster spirit identity get exposed?]
[Impossible, right? She had layered multiple spiritual power defenses around herself.]
Sui Xuan Chu snorted twice: “If you are not a monster, then what are you? None of us could withstand my uncle’s spiritual power oppressive aura. But you slept like nothing was happening. That is not normal. It is way too abnormal.”
He was going to scare her to death.
Jiang Tea Tea secretly let out a breath of relief and knocked her hand against his forehead: “Use your brain for once. I have 3S-level plant-type spiritual power. I can sort out any supernatural ability’s mental field.”
“When your uncle released his supernatural abilities, spiritual power, and oppressive aura on me, I also released my plant-type spiritual power. I dissolved his spiritual power and offset it. Of course I would be fine.”
Sui Xuan Chu tilted his head, confused: “Is that so?”
Jiang Tea Tea nodded very seriously: “Of course. If you do not believe me, you can ask your uncle.”
If she had any problem, his uncle would tell him for sure.
The fact that she could speak so confidently proved there was nothing wrong with her.
Sui Xuan Chu was convinced: “Fine, I will believe you this once. Hurry and get up. My uncle invited us to eat in the school cafeteria.”
Jiang Tea Tea was surprised: “I slept so long and five hours still have not passed?”
Sui Xuan Chu shook his head: “No. There are still about forty-five minutes left. It is just enough time to eat a meal on the warship. Then we will arrive at the Sixth Star System, Hundred Claws Star, to let the third-place squad of the Supremacy Tournament disembark.”
“Oh,” Jiang Tea Tea answered. She got up from the ground, rolled the thin blanket that covered her into a bundle, and handed it back to Sui Xuan Chu: “Here.”
Sui Xuan Chu pushed it back: “My uncle told Deputy General Xia to cover you with it. Do not give it to me. Give it back to Deputy General Xia.”
Jiang Tea Tea shrugged: “Fine. I did not expect your uncle to be so kind. That is really rare.”
Sui Xuan Chu reached out, wanting to sling an arm around her shoulders: “The more outstanding you are, the more you will find that my uncle is kind.”
Jiang Tea Tea dodged his arm and walked out: “Is that so? I remember your uncle said that whoever takes first place in the Supremacy Tournament will get a one-million star credit reward. When will he give me the money?”
Sui Xuan Chu hurried to keep up with her: “I just realized you are not like other females at all. Right now, should you not be thinking about how to act even more outstanding in front of my uncle?”
Jiang Tea Tea turned her head and gave him a very idiotic look: “We really cannot talk. Every extra sentence is too much. I will not ask you. I will ask your uncle later.”
Sui Xuan Chu walked beside her: “I do not know either, even if you ask me. Besides the one million, there is also a custom skeletal mecha armor. I guess the one million will probably arrive in your account within a week. As for the custom skeletal mecha armor, they need to collect your full-body data samples and design it according to your entire body.”
“Normally, the custom process takes from six months to fifteen months. That means you will only receive your custom skeletal mecha armor within a year.”
Jiang Tea Tea’s heart skipped a beat. Luckily she asked in advance. What if someone tricked her into giving them her full-body data?
With her twig-like body, once they collected all her body data, she would not be getting a custom mecha armor. She would be getting a dissecting lab table instead. That was enough to scare a demon to death.
“But do not worry.” Sui Xuan Chu saw that she was silent and thought she was happy: “My uncle will have your custom skeletal mecha armor made entirely by military factories. Just the cost of one mecha armor will not be less than tens of millions of star credits.”
Jiang Tea Tea asked without any interest: “Can I sell this custom skeletal mecha armor slot?”
Sui Xuan Chu’s pupils narrowed vertically: “Roommate, are you crazy or just broke crazy? You want to sell this slot?”
“This is your honor, your glory. It will be written in your future records. How can you sell it? No. Absolutely not.”
Jiang Tea Tea showed her teeth in a grin: “It is my thing. I decide. If I say I can sell it, then I can sell it. Come on, hurry up, let us go eat.”
Sui Xuan Chu sped up: “Hey, hey, no. Really no. Let us talk about it. Do not sell it. If you are short on money, I will lend you some.”
Jiang Tea Tea replied: “I am not short on money. I simply do not want it.”
“This is glory. How can you sell glory?” Sui Xuan Chu protested.
“There will be more glory later. One more, one less, it does not matter,” Jiang Tea Tea said.
“I still object,” Sui Xuan Chu insisted.
“Your objection is invalid,” Jiang Tea Tea said.
Sui Xuan Chu kept trying to persuade her.
Jiang Tea Tea was completely unmoved.
The two of them went back and forth, talking nonstop.
Chong Ming was on his way to the school cafeteria. As soon as he left the command room, Minister Lu rushed over holding Xia Wei Yi’s full-body examination report, unable to hide the joy on his face: “Reporting to the Commander in Chief, Deputy General Xia’s full-body examination report is out. Her supernatural abilities level has risen to 7S!”
Chong Ming took the report from his hands, quickly scanned it, then looked at Minister Lu: “Her level rose to 7S. That alone is not enough to make you this happy. What else is there to be happy about?”
Minister Lu pointed at one item on the report: “Commander in Chief, when I examined Deputy General Xia’s body, I found a lingering plant-type healing spiritual power inside her that has never appeared before. It is a variant strain.”
“This variant strain is not at 3S-level. It may be 5S-level, or even 10S-level. Which means schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea’s plant-type spiritual power can fully smooth your Spiritual Sea and calm your supernatural ability riots.”
“As long as she clears your blocked Spiritual Sea and calms your supernatural abilities, your ability level will rise to an even higher level. Your lifespan will break through five hundred years, even eight hundred years. You could become the longest-lived and oldest beastman in history!”