Chapter 104
Chapter 104: Old Mud Eel Finally Learns His Nickname, And Tells Jiang Tea Tea She Broke the Law
Chong Ming’s golden eyes narrowed at those words. Before he could even open his mouth, Jiang Tea Tea, standing to the side, kicked Bai Mu Yuan: “What kind of person do you think you are? You want to pursue me and even drag someone else in as a witness. Who are you trying to morally blackmail?”
Bai Mu Yuan was caught off guard by the kick. He almost rolled right out of the warship hatch and tumbled down the stairs.
Luckily, the guard standing at the hatch stuck out a foot to block him, then used that same foot to push him back inside, shoving him back to land at Jiang Tea Tea’s feet.
Jiang Tea Tea swung her leg back and kicked him again. This time she did not kick him toward the hatch, but straight toward the warship wall.
Bai Mu Yuan crashed into the wall with a loud bang. He spat out a big mouthful of fresh blood with a wet sound.
Sui Xuan Chu, Huang Da Zhuang and the others silently raised their thumbs in Jiang Tea Tea’s direction.
Sister Tea really was Sister Tea. Look at how fast she moved. If she could use her feet, she would never bother using her mouth. If she could hit someone, she would never waste time talking. Cool, so cool, so fierce, simply explosive.
“Jiang Tea Tea, I want to pursue you. It’s not some unforgivable crime. How can you just hit me like that?” Bai Mu Yuan endured the pain from the kicks, wiped the blood from his mouth, and questioned Jiang Tea Tea.
Jiang Tea Tea clicked her tongue and said with disdain: “You say you want to pursue me, so you just do it. You want to pursue me, so you just do it. Did you ever ask me?”
“No, you didn’t ask me. And you even asked Commander in Chief Chong Ming to be your witness. What, did you think I was blind and could not see that little plan of yours to have him put pressure on me?”
This little White Dragon brat was trying to play mind games with her. Did he really think she was that fake young miss here, someone who did not know how to speak up and could not lift a hand to hit?
Bai Mu Yuan’s little scheme was poked right through. His guilty face turned green, then white, and he did not dare look toward Commander in Chief Chong Ming at all.
Seeing Bai Mu Yuan’s guilty look, Sui Xuan Chu picked up Jiang Tea Tea’s words and calmly analyzed from the side: “Roommate, he probably did not only want Commander in Chief Chong Ming to be a witness and put pressure on you.”
“He was also thinking this: you are an S3-level plant-type spiritual power healing master, certified by the Imperial Authorities. Before this he asked you to name your price, and you said one billion star credits per person. He was not happy and felt upset about it.”
“So he came up with this dirty little trick. He said he wanted to pursue you, and even asked Commander in Chief Chong Ming to stand as a witness. It is obvious he is leaning on the fact that he is from the White Dragon Clan, has 4S-level supernatural abilities, thinks he is a heaven’s favored child, and with Commander in Chief Chong Ming as a witness, you would feel too embarrassed to reject him.”
“If you did not reject him, you would become his girlfriend and his fiancee. Then he could openly ask you to smooth his supernatural abilities and tidy up his spiritual sea. This kind of scheme almost made my eyeballs pop out.”
“Come on, come on, let’s give him a round of applause. Senior Bai Mu Yuan really deserves to be the youngest and most outstanding male of the White Dragon Clan, the number one branch of the Dragon Clan. Clap, clap, applause for him.”
After Sui Xuan Chu finished, he started clapping hard, his sarcasm turned up to the max.
Huang Da Zhuang, Orange Sparrow, Cheng Lin Yue and the other six followed him and started clapping too. The sharp clapping sounds were filled with cold ridicule and mocking.
“Exactly, exactly. As expected of the White Dragon Clan’s heaven’s favored child. He can’t even handle one kick from our Sister Tea, can’t dodge it, and still wants to pursue Sister Tea. Who gave you that courage?”
“4S-level supernatural ability and spiritual power, yes, to people like us with S-level and 2S-level powers, you are very strong, very amazing. But at least we have not been beaten this badly and lost all dignity like you.”
“Have men really become like this these days?”
“You pursue a S3-level plant-type healing master and even try to bring moral blackmail with you. You even want my idol, my heartthrob idol, to help you morally blackmail her. You have thrown away the face of all men, disgusting and low.”
“If you really dare to do this, then later I will go to your White Dragon Clan and pursue your White Dragon Clan females, pay you back tooth for tooth, and help Sister Tea get her dignity back.”
Chong Ming’s gaze swept over Jiang Tea Tea’s other squad members. These kids did not have high levels of supernatural abilities or spiritual power, but they were unexpectedly harmonious, unexpectedly united, and shared the same enemy.
With people like this on the battlefield, comrades-in-arms could safely hand their backs to them without worrying they would be betrayed.
Bai Mu Yuan did not even dare raise his head. No matter how many things he had thought through, he never imagined Jiang Tea Tea would just beat him without warning and drag his little scheme right out into the open, right in front of Commander in Chief Chong Ming.
Jiang Tea Tea was not going to let him off so easily. She grabbed his collar, yanked him up from the floor, dragged him to stand in front of Chong Ming, and launched a non-differentiated attack: “Commander in Chief Chong Ming, your Dragon Clan really is all over the place in quality.”
Chong Ming’s face did not change. His golden eyes were calm, but an invisible oppressive aura rushed straight at Bai Mu Yuan: “You are right, Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea.”
Jiang Tea Tea asked again: “What about this thing? Should your deputy officer take him down, or should I?”
Chong Ming handed the choice to her: “What do you think?”
Jiang Tea Tea flung Bai Mu Yuan toward Ai, the deputy officer: “Let your deputy officer take him down. And have your deputy officer tell their headmaster and his classmates this: some people want to calm their supernatural ability riots and have their spiritual sea smoothed, but they don’t want to pay. They want to use ‘pursuing’ as a trick to freeload.”
“This kind of vile method is an insult to women. Their academy must set out clear rules and tell all the female students to take it as a warning. They must not let shameless men trick them.”
Chong Ming nodded: “Do as you said.”
Bai Mu Yuan felt as if he had taken a heavy blow. His voice trembled: “Commander in Chief Chong Ming…”
Chong Ming waved his hand. Ai, the deputy officer, twisted both of Bai Mu Yuan’s arms behind his back and pressed him down, pushing him across the warship hatch and onto the stairs.
The cadets from Sky Command Imperial Academy had been sent back twenty minutes earlier. The school leaders there had already received Ai’s message that the members of their academy’s second-place squad would be personally sent back by the Commander in Chief.
The school leaders joined with a group of cadets to wait on the grand parade ground. When the Commander in Chief’s warship finally hovered overhead, everyone was excited, happy, and felt honored.
They saw members of their academy’s second-place squad come down one after another. But they did not see the squad’s captain, Bai Mu Yuan, the best fourth-year student in the combat command department, come down.
They thought maybe it was because he was too outstanding, so Commander in Chief Chong Ming was giving him extra instructions and advice.
They waited patiently and cheerfully. What they never expected was that what they finally saw was Ai, the deputy officer, pressing Bai Mu Yuan down from the Commander in Chief’s warship like a criminal.
Bai Mu Yuan’s face was pale. There was blood on his mouth. His hair was messy, and his dragon horns were injured and bleeding. The whole dragon looked like he had been violently beaten and abused.
The headmaster of Sky Command Imperial Academy stepped forward the moment they came down and asked what had happened.
Ai, the deputy officer, repeated the whole story word for word. After he finished, he turned and went straight back onto the warship, and the warship’s stairs folded back up.
The warship had originally planned to circle once over Sky Command Imperial Academy, but now it did not circle at all. It rose straight up and flew toward the Royal Military Imperial Academy.
The highlight moment that should have belonged to Sky Command Imperial Academy, to Bai Mu Yuan and the rest of his teammates, vanished completely. It was gone.
On top of that, Ai, the deputy officer, had not lowered his voice on purpose when he spoke to the headmaster. What Bai Mu Yuan had done on the warship spread through the entire academy like the wind.
The students inside the academy whispered nonstop. The discussion did not stop, and the contempt did not stop:
“I really never saw this before. Bai Mu Yuan, our top student, looks so proper and respectable, but he actually tried to morally blackmail Commander in Chief Chong Ming, wanted him to be a witness and pressure that S3 plant-type healing master, so he could chase her.”
“Oh my dear dad, that’s a S3 plant-type healing master, personally certified by Commander in Chief Chong Ming, the only one in the whole M31 Star System. He tried to morally blackmail Commander in Chief Chong Ming into being his witness to chase her. How is that any different from star pirates?”
“There is a difference, there is a difference. Star pirates at least check things first before they grab someone. They ask about the ship’s firepower and whether it is a disguised warship. He did not ask anything at all and just rushed straight at a S3 healing master.”
“Great, great, he has completely thrown away the face of all the men in our academy. This really proves that saying: all the plans in a smart brain can’t beat one sudden idea from a fool. He is ‘outstanding’ like nobody else. He even wanted to take advantage of my idol, my heartthrob idol, my husband. Really amazing, huh.”
“I used to think Bai Mu Yuan, our top student, was so handsome, full of manly hormones. I thought that being his partner would be happiness. I need to apologize to my own eyes. What kind of taste did I have?”
“No, that’s not even the main point. I remember that Bai Mu Yuan already has a S-level healing master girlfriend, right? Or did I remember wrong?”
“Hey, hey, hey, what kind of huge gossip is this? Hurry up and explain it in detail. Let us all hear it.”
“Look, look, hurry and get on StarNet. The S3 healing master that Bai Mu Yuan wants to pursue is a pure human first-year female from the Pacification Division of the Royal Military Imperial Academy. She is eighteen this year!”
“Her plant-type spiritual power is a variant. Compared to normal plant-type spiritual power users, she is even better at calming supernatural ability riots and smoothing the spiritual sea.”
“The main thing is, besides calming supernatural ability riots and smoothing the spiritual sea, she can also effectively raise a person’s supernatural ability level.”
“Oh my Beast God above, what an amazing pure human female. Who gave Bai Mu Yuan the courage to say he would chase her right in front of my heartthrob idol husband? Is his brain filled with water or with pee? Why doesn’t he take a good look at himself? Is he worthy?”
“Ahhh, no, no, I have to go leave a message for this pure human female. I hope I can catch her eye. I am willing to pay one million star credits to have her smooth my spiritual sea.”
“One million is nothing. As long as she can calm my supernatural ability riot, smooth my spiritual sea, and even raise my supernatural ability to the next level, I am willing to pay ten million.”
“Your one million and ten million are nothing. Did you not see my husband forward her account’s verification info?”
“What do you mean your husband? Commander in Chief Chong Ming is my husband. If he forwards it, it is the same as me forwarding it. If he certifies it, it is the same as me certifying it.”
Jiang Tea Tea did not know her account on the net had already been verified. She also did not know that she was now on fire not only inside the Zhenlin Empire of vibrating scales, but all through Interstellar Space.
Across all Interstellar Space, ability users, male and female, old, middle-aged, and young, and even bugs from the Insectoid Race, all wanted to have their supernatural abilities and spiritual sea smoothed by her and to feel her variant plant-type spiritual power.
Only when the warship stopped above the Royal Military Imperial Academy, and Chong Ming was sending them down from the warship, did he say to her: “Schoolmate Jiang Tea Tea, your healer identity has already been verified. It was forwarded by me and by the Imperial Authorities.”
“Now everyone in Interstellar Space knows you are the Zhenlin Empire’s S3-level variant plant-type ability healing master. When you go back to the academy, study according to the study schedule I gave you. If anyone disturbs your studies and tries to force you to heal them, no matter who it is, as long as you are not willing or they are not offering enough money, you can send a message to Secretary Wen or to Deputy Officer Ai.”
“Secretary Wen and Deputy Officer Ai’s contact numbers are at the very bottom of your study schedule. When you see them, add them. If anything happens, you can contact them at once. They will help you solve all unnecessary trouble.”
Jiang Tea Tea had not yet received this month’s dragon blood. While she nodded and agreed, she did not forget to say to Sui Xuan Chu: “Roommate, you take them down first. I have something I want to say to Commander in Chief Chong Ming.”
Sui Xuan Chu did not want to go down first. He wanted to hear what his roommate and his uncle were hiding from him, but… he did not dare.
After the seven of them left the warship first, Jiang Tea Tea boldly took out her empty blood bottles: “Commander in Chief Chong Ming, we said before, if I did well, you would give me two bottles of dragon blood each month.”
“In the Supremacy Tournament, my personal points were far in first place, and the squad I led was also far in first place. So, add one bottle of dragon blood to make up what you owe me, and then give me another two months’ worth. Three bottles in total, thank you.”
Chong Ming was at a loss for words: “If you put the energy you use thinking about my dragon blood into studying, your future would be limitless.”
Jiang Tea Tea’s eyebrows curved as she smiled and answered: “Even if I don’t use the energy I spend thinking about your dragon blood on studying, my future is still limitless.”
“Hurry up, come on. We are all waiting for you.”
Chong Ming took the three bottles from her hand and put them into his own space knob storage device. Then he took out three bottles of already filled dragon blood from his space knob storage device.
Jiang Tea Tea’s dark eyes shone brightly. Before he even handed them over, she reached out to grab them. Her voice was clear and bright, filled with pride: “So you already prepared them. Thank you, Old Mud Eel.”
Chong Ming lifted the hand holding the dragon blood, moving it out of her reach. A dangerous light flashed in his golden eyes: “Old Mud Eel? Are you calling me that?”
Jiang Tea Tea’s hand met empty air. Her eyes followed his hand upward, her gaze glued to the dragon blood in his hand. She pushed the blame away very quickly: “Your good nephew calls you that. I learned it from your good nephew. If you have a problem, go find him.”
Standing on the academy grounds after getting off the warship, Sui Xuan Chu suddenly let out a heavy sneeze. He felt like somebody was cursing him behind his back, jealous of how outstanding he was.
“Oh?” Chong Ming sounded thoughtful. “My good nephew gave me a nickname, Old Mud Eel. That is quite a special name. When you go down later, tell him to copy the Empire’s criminal code once for me.”
Jiang Tea Tea nodded quickly: “Okay, okay. I will definitely pass on your words to him and watch him, so he does not slack off. About that dragon blood…”
Chong Ming lowered his eyes to look at her, pretending he did not hear her thinking about the dragon blood in his hand: “I will also have all kinds of law codes of the Empire sorted out one by one and sent to you. When you have time, read them, flip through them, memorize them.”
“In the future, if anyone does something in front of you, you can pull out the law code and point to the articles one by one, and with reason and strength tell them they have broken the law. For example, giving someone a random nickname like this already counts as infringing on another person’s right to reputation, and might be the crime of public insult and fabricated defamation.”