Chapter 109
Chapter 109: Hyped Up To Study Little Brat’s Dad’s Famous Battle
Jiang Tea Tea’s mouth twitched as she asked from the depths of her soul: “On the Study Plan Sheet, does it say we still have to memorize the Criminal Code while eating and resting?”
“It does, right? Did you read it wrong, or did your uncle add that later?”
Sui Xuan Chu’s red-black eyes, hidden under his disguise, blinked: “It does. There are 858 articles in the Empire’s Criminal Code. My uncle wants us to memorize an average of 60 articles a day. In a month of 30 days, that means we will recite the Criminal Code two and a half times.”
“But he told me you are smarter than I am. In a month you might be able to recite the Criminal Code three and a half times or four and a half times. He believes in you, and I believe in you too.”
Jiang Tea Tea let out a bitter, sarcastic comment: “Thank you for believing in me, and thank your uncle for believing in me. Long live the Commander in Chief, long live, long, long live.”
[Fine, let him pile on the work. She refused to believe that a great demon stage like her could be ground to death by him.]
Sui Xuan Chu gave a light cough: “Roommate, be normal. I have not even blamed you for dragging me down with you, so why are you being so sarcastic?”
Jiang Tea Tea snorted twice, her face all twisted: “Who is being sarcastic? I am thanking your uncle for letting me get into bed at ten.”
Sui Xuan Chu immediately reminded her: “No, no, my darling roommate, you cannot get into bed at ten. Specifically, after the supernatural ability manipulation and attack practice ends at 9:30 at night, you have to go back and do the homework the teachers assign, write summaries and reflections, and also preview tomorrow’s courses. After that whole process, it will be at least 12:30 or 1:00 at night!”
“Add in the time for you to shower, brush your teeth, and get ready, and I am guessing the earliest you can get into bed is 1:30. Tomorrow’s courses are not the same as today’s.”
“Tomorrow there are four classes. From 8:00 to 12:00 in the morning, you go to the Healing Department and the Pacification Division, and I go to the Emergency Trauma Division. From 12:00 to 1:00 we rest, eat, and memorize the Criminal Code. From 1:00 to 5:00…”
Jiang Tea Tea raised her hand to cut him off: “Alright, alright, you do not need to say it, you do not need to remind me. Let us live one day at a time. Can we get through today first before talking about tomorrow?”
[The first day was not even over and he was already thinking about tomorrow. She was a tea tree, not a bitter melon vine full of bitter melons.]
Sui Xuan Chu nodded: “Alright. Hurry up and go brush your teeth and wash your face. I will wait for you here. Get your spirits up and make your speed-type ability a bit faster.”
Jiang Tea Tea answered him with a loud bang as she shut the door.
[For dragon blood, for her babies, for the sake of restoring her spiritual power, she would endure.]
Jiang Tea Tea used her fastest speed-type ability to wash up, change into her combat suit, put on her combat boots, and leave the dorm with Sui Xuan Chu, running toward the Grand Parade Ground.
There were more people going to the Grand Parade Ground for running and physical ability training than just the two of them. On the way, they also met Cheng Xiao Ting, Huang Da Zhuang, and Cheng Lin Yue, making six of them in total.
The six of them were as excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, happy and bouncing: “Sister Tea, Sui Xuan Chu, good morning. Starting today, the eight of us will study together and transfer departments together.”
“Sister Tea, thank you. Yesterday I talked to my parents. My parents said when we are on break they will invite you to our house as a guest, make good food for you, and juice delicious drinks for you.”
“And me, and me, Sister Tea. My parents, my grandparents, my maternal grandfather and maternal grandmother have all heard your great name. Their admiration for you is as bright as the stars of the universe. They are thinking that during the holidays they will definitely come to see you.”
“Yes, yes, Sister Tea, my parents told me to learn from you. If I do not learn well, you can beat me and scold me as you like. It does not matter even if you beat me half disabled. Just throw me into a Healing pod, and they will pay the bill.”
“Yes, yes, Sister Tea, you must supervise us. Whoever misbehaves, does not study, or backs out, you can just grab a stick and beat us.”
Their dads and mothers, their grandpas and grandmas, their maternal grandfathers and maternal grandmothers, and the brothers and sisters at home, once they knew that their Study Plan Sheet was personally drawn up by Commander in Chief Chong Ming, were all even more excited and happy than they were. Not only did they urge them to study hard and improve every day, they even went overnight to pile fresh earth on their ancestors’ graves and to the Beast God Hall to offer offerings and kowtow.
Looking at them, Jiang Tea Tea thought that they really were young Little Brats who had never seen top tier seductive demons and beautiful immortal gods. They only crazily idolized that Old Mud Loach Chong Ming.
Seeing their excited faces and happy eyes, Jiang Tea Tea could not bear to dampen their spirits. She smiled at them: “Work hard, keep it up. I think highly of you. You will definitely become the pride of your families and the pillars that support your heartthrob idol, your idol, your future husband.”
Huang Da Zhuang and the others nodded heavily and said in unison: “Sister Tea, rest assured, we will definitely work hard and keep striving. We will not let you supervise us for nothing, and we will not let our heartthrob idol be disappointed in us.”
The six of them were so loud that the other military academy students going to the Grand Parade Ground to exercise and run all turned to look.
Only after Jiang Tea Tea reached the Grand Parade Ground did she realize there were so many people running, spread out everywhere.
What was more, not everyone was running in light gear. Some were running with weights, strapping stone slabs to their legs or carrying something weighing twenty or thirty, forty or fifty jin on their backs.
They really were strong beastmen. Even while carrying weight, they still ran with fierce vigor, leaving everyone else in the dust without a trace.
Huang Da Zhuang, Cheng Xiao Ting, Sui Xuan Chu and the other males also ran fast, as if they were competing to see who could run more.
Cheng Lin Yue ran along with Jiang Tea Tea, unable to hide the worry in her eyes: “Sister Tea, you…”
“I am fine. Proper exercise is good for me. You run your own pace, do not worry about me.” Jiang Tea Tea knew what she was concerned about, what she was worried about, what she wanted to ask.
She was triple level S in variant plant-type supernatural ability and spiritual power. She understood her own body better than anyone.
Cheng Lin Yue believed her, believing her blindly and without conditions: “Alright, I will jog slowly with you. If you feel any discomfort, call me right away.”
Jiang Tea Tea refused again: “You do not need to stay with me. You have to run 30 kilometers in an hour and a half if you want to reach the excellent standard.”
“I… only need 20 kilometers in an hour and a half. I am just exercising my body. My main focus is other departments.”
Cheng Lin Yue thought about it and realized that was indeed the case. Her excellence did not need running to add color. In the Supremacy Tournament, no one had been able to run faster than her.
Cheng Lin Yue nodded: “Alright, I will work hard and aim for 30 kilometers in an hour and a half so I do not let my heartthrob idol down.”
Jiang Tea Tea urged her: “Go, go.”
Cheng Lin Yue sped up her speed-type ability, and in no time at all she had left Jiang Tea Tea far, far behind.
Jiang Tea Tea formed a hand seal and silently chanted a spell incantation in her heart. She turned her running into a way to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as she ran.
Plus, in the previous two days she had been soothed by Chong Ming’s supernatural ability, spiritual power, and oppressive aura, so the babies in her belly were exceptionally calm. Running a bit was a piece of cake for her.
As the Crown Prince, Sui Xuan Chu had to set an example for the other six. According to the Study Plan Sheet, the minimum was 20 to 30 kilometers in an hour and a half. He ran 40 kilometers.
Cheng Xiao Ting, Huang Da Zhuang, Orange Sparrow, and Yan Yu, those four, one dog, one wolf, one big cat, and one fox, were very fast on four legs and had thick fur. Even on two legs, each of them ran 50 kilometers in one go.
Zhang Ting Zhou, this giant deep sea octopus who lived on land, also gritted his teeth and ran 35 kilometers, constantly brainwashing himself that he could not let his idol, his heartthrob idol, his Commander in Chief, be disappointed.
Cheng Lin Yue, this rabbit beastman girl, did not run according to the minimum 20 kilometers, but ran according to 30 kilometers.
Jiang Tea Tea ran according to the minimum 20 kilometers in an hour and a half. When she finished, her face was not red, her breathing was steady, and there was not a drop of sweat on her head.
Sui Xuan Chu and the other seven looked like they had just been fished out of water, their faces covered with sweat. Fortunately, the combat training uniforms had good sweat absorption, so they still looked alright.
After that they each returned to the dorm, washed and changed into their school uniforms, then met up at the school cafeteria, wolfed down their food at lightning speed, entered the classroom early, found seats, and started reviewing before class.
In the large tiered classroom, only the eight of them were so proactive, reviewing ahead of time.
For the 8:00 class, the others did not start coming in until 7:50. Especially in the last two or three minutes, the most people arrived, with some even slipping in right at 7:59.
After they entered the classroom, they all unconsciously looked at the eight people in the first row in front and felt it was unbelievable. How had those eight come to attend Campaign Analysis and Dissection?
By rights, those eight had all won individual first place and squad first place in the Supremacy Tournament among 30 military academies. They should have been studying in their own departments. Why had they come to this department?
And not only did they come, all eight of them came at once and sat in the very first row. You had to know, that first row was only for those with good grades, strong stress tolerance, or very thick skin.
In this class, before the Supremacy Tournament among those 30 schools, there had been only one or two outstanding students. Most had been at the bottom of the rankings. Now all of them were bunched in the front row, which was really something.
At exactly 8:00, the teacher appeared at the podium. She was not a young teacher, but a 195 year old one.
Her back was perfectly straight, her hair slightly grizzled, and her spirit vigorous. The moment she stepped into the classroom, her bright eyes swept over everyone.
After the students all stood up and saluted her, she stood on the podium and said in a full, strong voice: “Schoolmates, before class I want to say a few words. You will have eight more schoolmates.”
“They come from the first year Pacification Division, the Healing Department, the Reconnaissance Specialization, the Intelligence Division, the Camouflage Department, the Information Systems Division, and the Combat Department. As for their names, I will not call them out one by one. If you do not know them, you can look at the academy bulletin board or the academy intranet.”
“In the days ahead, these eight people will study together with you. If their learning surpasses yours and their grades are excellent, they can apply to skip a grade.”
“Of course, I hope you will work hard as well. No matter how your grades are, do not show up right at the last minute to class with no books, no light-brain wrist terminals, and no scratch paper, just waiting for me to remind you or pretending I cannot see you.”
All the students besides Jiang Tea Tea and the others were scolded until they could barely straighten their backs. They felt guilty and did not dare look at the teacher.
Jiang Tea Tea laughed silently in her heart. [So that was it. That Old Mud Loach Chong Ming had thrown the eight of them in like stimulants, like catfish tossed into a school of fish, to stir up the fish and make the little fish lively.]
“Alright, back to the topic. Now class begins. Today we will analyze the famous Juxi Star Campaign.”
After the teacher finished speaking, her gaze swept over them again. She picked up a small remote on the podium and pressed the button. A huge holo projection screen appeared behind her.
“The Juxi Star Campaign took place 130 years ago in modern times. Commander in Chief Chong Ming led a fleet of ships numbering 3,582 people and, in 28 days, wiped out and suppressed the Juxi Nation, bringing all the star systems governed by the Juxi Nation into the territory of our Zhenlin Empire.”
“It is also one of Commander in Chief Chong Ming’s most famous battles, one of his classic campaigns that so far no one has been able to surpass.”