Chapter 39 Chapter 39 “Principal, do you miss home too?…

The last thing Jiang Qing saw was Huo Qiushan's cold eyes and slightly tilted head, with the same confusion about her reaction as the Qingbao Spirit Snake behind him.

Then, darkness flooded her consciousness like a tide.

......

She didn't know how long it had been, but she felt as if her consciousness was immersed in the cold and sticky deep sea, with blurry light and intermittent sounds coming from the distant water surface.

"Life..., mental disorder, erosion marks on the right arm..."

The sound gradually became clearer from being intermittent, mixed with the slight ticking of instruments and the low roar of spirit beasts nearby.

"Excessive blood loss, multiple fractures, internal organ concussion... The external injuries have been treated, but the key is the contaminated energy that has invaded the body..."

energy?

Jiang Qing wanted to move, but her body felt like it was filled with lead. She wanted to open her eyes, but her eyelids were too heavy to lift.

As the voices of several people talking reached her ears, she felt a dull pain in her chest, and her limbs felt like blades cutting her body all the time.

Jiang Qing slowly recalled that this was caused by the green minerals she had come into contact with in the cave.

After a long time, Jiang Qing felt his body moving. When his consciousness was blurred, a warm current flowed into his body, soothing the tearing pain in his body, dispelling the coldness and stickiness lingering in his limbs, and the heaviness disappeared. His body seemed to be able to move.

So bright.

Jiang Qing felt something glaring in her eyes, and she struggled to open her eyes a little.

After blinking rapidly and adjusting for a while, she was able to see her surroundings clearly.

White walls, soft ceiling lights, and the air was filled with the smell of disinfectant and some bitter herbs.

She was lying on a large treatment bed with several transparent tubes connected to her body. Next to her was an instrument for detecting her body. The "beeping" sound in her dream was made by this instrument.

This is the college's medical treatment room.

Jiang Qing subconsciously looked to the side. Doctor Xu was not there. Next to him was a middle-aged bald doctor in a white coat.

This doctor is obviously a director-level doctor and has been working for at least ten years.

His shiny Mediterranean hair makes people trust him.

The bald doctor's pet is a duck with a yellow pointed beak, and at this moment, the duck is pecking at her arm.

Under the skin of her arm, several stubborn strands of dark green energy were twisting and struggling like living things, as if something beneath her skin couldn't wait to get out.

Oh my god!!!

Jiang Qing's eyes went dark and she wanted to faint again, but she was in good health and spirits now, unless someone punched her.

"Awake?" The bald doctor noticed her movement and raised his eyelids. "If you're awake, don't move. The Golden-Feathered Duck is cleaning the filth out of your body."

Jiang Qing's throat was so dry that he could hardly utter a word, and he could only blink weakly.

The bald doctor took a glass of water from the side and handed it to her to drink. Jiang Qing immediately felt a little better.

"Doctor, what's wrong with my hand?" Jiang Qing asked anxiously, with a look of disgust and reluctance on his face.

The bald doctor said solemnly, "It can't be kept. Amputation is necessary."

Jiang Qing: "Ah???"

"I think it can still be saved..." Jiang Qing's voice became weaker and weaker, and his tone was full of lack of confidence.

"Don't worry, your hand is fine." The bald doctor looked at Jiang Qing's expression and suddenly smiled. This smile softened his seriousness and made him look much softer. "You came into contact with the contaminated eggs of the giant vine seal. Some of the broken eggs parasitized your body. They are looking for a place with the right temperature and humidity to hatch."

"But don't worry, the golden-feathered duck can catch insects. After eating them, the golden-feathered duck will use its own body to purify the eggs. It also relies on these things to evolve." said the bald doctor.

Jiang Qing quickly grasped the key words in his words: "Are those green minerals actually the eggs left behind by the giant vine king seal?"

"Yes," the bald doctor nodded. "The Vine King Giant Claw mutated after coming into contact with the beast core energy in the Dark Valley. It then severed its tentacles and escaped through the underground river, swimming to the valley of the Iron Thorn Lizards on the outskirts of the Misty Forest. There, it re-established its base, using itself as an energy field to infect the Iron Thorn Lizards in the valley and lay its eggs on the stone walls. Its eggs contain a huge amount of beast core energy mutation, and therefore have become one of the main sources of pollution in the cave."

"My dear student, you are so unlucky that you just happened to run into this incident." The bald doctor sighed, "However, this incident was caused by the inadequate cleanup by the investigation team we sent last time. The college will compensate you for your losses, and you don't have to pay for the medical expenses."

Jiang Qing finally heard some pretty good news.

"My spirit pet..." Jiang Qing suddenly remembered that Zhu Tianba was still in her contract seal, and it was also seriously injured.

While she was in a coma, no external force could get Zhu Tianba out of her contract seal.

"Part of the energy injected into your body will flow into your contract seal. The external injuries on your spirit beast's skin should have mostly healed. As for any internal injuries, we need to release it for examination." The bald doctor put his hands behind his back.

After a few more hours, the green mucus on her hands was completely cleaned, and there was finally no more surging under her skin.

The golden-feathered duck raised its head and let out a satisfied "quack", and the feathers on its chest seemed to be brighter.

The bald doctor carefully examined Jiang Qing's arm. The green marks that were wriggling under the skin had completely disappeared, leaving only faint bruises on the surface of the skin that were fading rapidly.

"Okay," he said.

The terrifying feeling of something moving under the skin and tearing at the nerves disappeared without a trace, and Jiang Qing breathed a sigh of relief.

Next it’s Zhu Tianba’s turn to be treated.

She remembered the low voice of "Jiang Qing" she heard in the cave, and her heart was moved.

It is not uncommon for a pet to talk, but that is Zhu Tianba, her pet!

Jiang Qing concentrated his mind and summoned Zhu Tianba.

Just as the bald doctor said, the horrific wounds on its body disappeared, as if someone had cleaned it, and its clothes were all clean.

The bald doctor carried it to the treatment table specially for spirit pets, moved the instruments next to it, dragged it in front of himself, connected the power, and began to scan Zhu Tianba.

Ten minutes passed.

The bald doctor raised his head and gave Jiang Qing a strange look: "...There's nothing wrong with your spirit pet. It's just sleeping soundly."

Sleeps like a pig, well...it's a pig.

Jiang Qing couldn't believe it and walked forward to look it over, but the bald doctor's authority overcame the seeds of doubt in his heart.

She tentatively patted Zhu Tianba's body and gave it a slap.

"Kang?" Zhu Tianba slowly woke up with a confused look in his eyes, glanced around, and finally fixed his eyes on Jiang Qing's face that was crying with joy.

Zhu Tianba originally stroked his face with his front paws feeling a little aggrieved, but was immediately embraced in a warm embrace.

"Okay, stop acting like a master and pet in front of me. If you have nothing else to do, go to the principal's office. The principal wants to see you." said the bald doctor.

"What does the principal want me to do?" Jiang Qing looked confused.

The doctor shrugged. "Who knows?"

Jiang Qing glanced at the name on the doctor's coat, Zheng Zhiyun.

After thanking Dr. Zheng, Jiang Qing took Zhu Tianba to the principal's office.

Along the way, Jiang Qing tried to tempt Zhu Tianba to speak, but the sound was like her auditory hallucination, and Zhu Tianba refused to say anything.

Arriving at the college's administrative building, Jiang Qing walked skillfully to the principal's office and knocked gently on the door.

"Come in." A cold voice came from inside.

Jiang Qing pushed the door open and walked in.

Ji Changsu had her long black hair loose, falling naturally like a waterfall. She was wearing a doctor's black shirt and white trousers today. Unlike the oppression brought by the military uniform, she looked more business-like.

When Jiang Qing came in, she was sitting at her desk with a file on it. She was leaning sideways in her chair, teasing her spirit pet.

Ji Changsu's spiritual pet is a white ball with a lion's body and a dragon's head. It is snow-white all over and has a single horn on its forehead. It looks to be about the same size as Zhu Tianba is now.

The moment Zhu Tianba saw it, his hair stood up and he looked alert.

"Baibai, don't scare my students." Ji Changsu patted Baidandez's head.

She is the principal of the Beast Taming Academy, and her students include not only humans but also beasts.

"Sit down." Ji Changsu raised his hand to gesture.

Jiang Qing sat in the seat in front of her. This was her second time in the principal's office.

Ji Changsu was obviously not good at being polite. She went straight to the point and handed the information on the table to Jiang Qing.

It was a transcript, or to be more precise, one of her old transcripts.

"I'm very curious about what made a student who used to be a poor student improve so much in his grades in just one month." Ji Changsu supported his chin and looked at Jiang Qing with interest.

Ji Changsu changed into a comfortable position and continued, "Delivering sows can be considered a family farm, but what about the knowledge of spiritual beast medical treatment, the sudden surge in mental power, and the two times he was in desperate danger...?"

Jiang Qing only felt her heart pounding in her chest, and her mouth was a little dry, forcing her to swallow saliva constantly to relieve the pain.

The thought that Chen Ming said Ji Changsu was also a stranger from another world kept flashing through her mind.

She opened her mouth, but before she could speak.

Ji Changsu sat up straight and leaned back in his chair. "I understand your situation very well. As long as you are in the Fifth Beastmaster Academy, you are my student. I will protect you no matter what happens."

"I actually..." Jiang Qing lowered her head, her hands unconsciously rubbing her clothes. Seeing her like this, Zhu Tianba bared his teeth at Ji Changsu who bullied her.

The office was silent for a long time.

Jiang Qing finally looked out the window and said meaningfully, "Whenever I look up at the sky, I can't help but think of my home, my parents, my school, and my friends. But in this vast universe, I don't know where the way home is."

She turned around and looked directly into Ji Changsu's eyes: "Principal, what about you? Do you miss your home too?"

"Yes."

Yes, all the time.

Ji Changsu's voice was so soft that it was impossible to tell the emotion in it.

Her words instantly pierced through Jiang Qing's forced calmness. Jiang Qing's heart suddenly shrank and almost jumped out of his throat.

She subconsciously clenched the corner of her clothes again, and her fingertips turned slightly white due to the force.

Zhu Tianba seemed to have sensed his master's violent emotional fluctuations. He stopped baring his teeth and looked up at Jiang Qing in confusion, then looked warily at the woman with an unfathomable aura behind the desk.

Ji Changsu did not look away. Her deep eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, and she saw clearly Jiang Qing's shock, uneasiness, and even a secret hope of finding someone like him.

Her slender fingers tapped the smooth table unconsciously, making a subtle "tapping" sound that was particularly clear in the quiet office.

"Especially... on certain nights, or when I see something familiar, something that seems real but isn't." Ji Changsu's tone was filled with a vague reminiscence, and his gaze seemed to penetrate Jiang Qing and land on a place even more distant. "That feeling is like a thorn, stuck in my heart, unable to be pulled out, nor can it be integrated."

"People like us are destined to find a balance between the two worlds." She paused slightly and refocused her gaze on Jiang Qing. The majesty of a superior seemed to soften a little, with a hint of understanding.

"I've read the report on the Misty Forest incident. You did a great job. In other words, you and your spirit pet far exceeded our assessment of you." Ji Changsu's gaze fell on Zhu Tianba, who was still a little confused at Jiang Qing's feet, with scrutiny and a hint of imperceptible inquiry.

"Especially this one," Ji Changsu said, "Even for the strongest dragon-type spirit beast in its infancy, it's extremely rare to master this bloodline pressure skill.

Jiang Qing blinked and listened to Ji Changsu carefully.

"Our initial evaluation of it was that it was an ordinary pig-like spirit beast from another world. Perhaps the abilities it displayed were stronger than many of the spirit beasts in this world. At first, we just thought that this strength was due to the difference between the two worlds, but now it seems... we may have seriously underestimated it. Zhu Tianba's own bloodline power is quite special." Ji Changsu's mouth curled up almost imperceptibly.

Jiang Qing became nervous again after hearing this.

This routine always feels like a prelude to taking Zhu Tianba away for sliced ​​slices of research?

Fortunately, Ji Changsu was not what she thought.

Ji Changsu said slowly, "Based on my experience, in the early stages of Zhu Tianba's bloodline awakening, his spiritual power will be extremely unstable. Especially for someone like Zhu Tianba, whose power seems to be passively stimulated by extreme anger and the instinct to protect his master, his spiritual connection and energy circulation are extremely unstable."

"Like a child with a nuclear bomb button but no idea how to turn it on." She found an analogy.

This is also the reason why she asked her to come over for a talk today.

Ji Changsu's expression became extremely serious. "Next time, if it erupts due to some kind of stimulation and its power goes out of control and backfires, the first person to bear the devastating blow will undoubtedly be you, whose soul is connected to it. At the very least, you will suffer mental trauma and your contract will be damaged."

"In serious cases..." She paused, "You might both be torn apart by the violent power of your bloodline."

Jiang Qing's heart trembled, and he immediately understood what Ji Changsu meant: "Then what should I do?"

"You need guidance and control training that is more systematic, professional, and more in line with its bloodline characteristics. Ordinary courses and training grounds are far from enough for it and you." Ji Changsu stood up, walked around the large desk, walked in front of Jiang Qing, looked down at her and Zhu Tianba.

The lion-bodied, dragon-headed beast named Baibai jumped lightly off the table and followed closely at its owner's feet. Its snow-white horn shone with a warm luster under the light.

Jiang Qing opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

"The faster you grow, the more disadvantageous it will be for you." Ji Changsu seemed to see through her thoughts in an instant.

"Starting next week, every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon during public classes, and all day Saturday, you will bring Zhu Tianba to the Broken Star Valley in the mountains behind the academy." Ji Changsu's voice was unquestionable. "I will personally guide you, help you organize your spiritual power, and establish a more stable and resilient contractual connection. More importantly, I will guide Zhu Tianba to gradually understand and control the power that is awakening within him, and learn how to send and receive from his heart, rather than being driven by the power itself."

"Before that, let's put aside the matter of finding the beast core power to upgrade it for the time being," she said.

"Personally...personally guide?" Jiang Qing was shocked.

Ji Changsu raised an eyebrow, his tone hinting at amusement: "Why? Do you think I'm not qualified?"

Jiang Qing quickly shook his head: "No, not at all."

Ji Changsu is already the strongest existence in Yuncang Continent. If even she is not qualified, who else is qualified?

Jiang Qing is very self-aware and knows that he does not have that much face.

What's more, Ji Changsu is the idol of the beastmaster.

She suppressed her excitement and smiled foolishly.

Zhu Tianba seemed to have sensed his master's excitement as well. He looked up and said "kang" twice to Ji Changsu, as if to express his gratitude and to declare that he would work hard.

Ji Changsu nodded slightly. "The Broken Star Valley has a unique environment. Its energy field is relatively closed and stable, making it suitable for high-intensity, and potentially risky, training. Remember," she glanced at Jiang Qing deeply, her eyes sharp as a knife, "the training will be very difficult and may even be dangerous. Zhu Tianba's bloodline power is extraordinary, and the induction process will definitely not be smooth sailing. Are you mentally prepared?"

"Of course!" Jiang Qing straightened his back and met Ji Changsu's gaze with a firm and bright look.

"Very good." Ji Changsu's eyes finally flickered with genuine approval. "I'll have my assistant send the specific arrangements and requirements to your student terminal later. Take it home today and rest well. Recover completely. Starting next week, you'll have no excuses for slacking off."

Jiang Qing didn't move for a long time.

Ji Changsu raised his eyelids: "Anything else?"

Jiang Qing: "The matter of the guard team..."

Ji Changsu stroked his chin and thought for a moment, then seemed to remember this organization in the academy. "I remember the official selection starts tomorrow? Just participate normally. Do you want to give you a backdoor?"

Jiang Qing blinked, as if he felt that it was not impossible.

The next second, she was hit on the head.

Ji Changsu: "What are you thinking? I am the most fair and strict principal. I would never help students do such a thing of favoritism and fraud!"

Jiang Qing touched his forehead which was a little painful from being hit, and said "Oh" nonchalantly.

When she reached the heavy wooden door, Jiang Qing suddenly stopped and looked back inside.

The sunlight outside came through the window, some of it falling on Zhui, and some of it sprinkled on Principal Ji Changsu, which was a bit dazzling.

"Principal." Jiang Qing took a deep breath.

Ji Changsu looked up and looked at her calmly.

Jiang Qing asked hopefully, "Can I still go home?"

go home.

This was the dream she had always had, even though she knew there was no hope.

Her body in that world must have come loose from the pigpen roof, and she must have died completely the moment it fell.

Ji Changsu did not answer her.

Jiang Qing, holding the heavy Zhu Tianba, disappeared into the bright corridor outside the door.

The door closed, blocking out the light from outside and seeming to separate the two worlds.

The office instantly became quiet, with only a slight hum and the sound of a white-dough kid leisurely licking its paws.

"Damn system!" A roar filled with suppressed anger, completely different from the cold and majestic roar just now, suddenly exploded in the empty office.

Ji Changsu stood up suddenly and slammed his hands on the smooth table, shaking Jiang Qing's report card so much that it jumped.

Her flawless image of a business elite was gone, her waterfall-like black hair swayed slightly with her excited movements, and her deep eyes were burning with raging anxiety.

"We agreed that after I collect enough reputation points, you can open the time tunnel to send me home." She questioned the white dough on the ground almost gritting her teeth.

"Now I've become the top beastmaster in this broken continent, and I've established a premier academy. My reputation has already skyrocketed! Where's the time tunnel? Where's the door back home?!"

"And now you're giving me another ultimate mission?! Are you kidding me?!"

In the office, Ji Changsu grabbed the fur on the white dough boy's chest and roared.

Baibai stopped licking its paws and finally broke free from Ji Changsu's hands. It slowly raised its head, and the warm horn on its forehead seemed to flash. A clear, calm, and even mechanical voice sounded.

[Host, calm down! Excessive energy fluctuations will attract the attention of space monitoring equipment. Task list updates are the result of dynamic calculations by the core program based on the current worldline's development, and they conform to the highest priority logic chain. 'Gathering sufficient reputation points' is a prerequisite for unlocking 'Spacetime Coordinate Positioning and Stable Anchoring', and has been completed. However, opening the 'Spacetime Gate' itself requires an additional, specific 'key' to activate.]

Ji Changsu took a deep breath, trying to suppress the anxiety that was almost tearing her apart.

She placed her hands on her hips and looked down at the system's carrier on the ground. "Key? What key? You never mentioned needing a damn key before! Don't tell me it's buried in some corner of this world, waiting for me to dig it up for ten or eight years!"

She wanted to grab the fluffy white dough that looked so easy to knead and shake it hard.

There seemed to be a trace of extremely human helplessness in Baibai's eyes. It shook its tail, and its voice remained steady.

The key is not a physical object; it is a highly concentrated manifestation of source energy, possessing the properties of "trans-dimensional resonance." Its existence is unique, often deeply bound to powerful life forms with a "space" or "dimensional" affinity, and is activated and manifested under specific conditions.

Ji Changsu frowned, keenly grasping the key point: "Are you talking about that pig?"

The white-dough boy nodded.

[Yes, host. The unknown bloodline awakening within Zhu Tianba, its 'regional suppression' ability, exhibits spatial suppression and rule-distorting properties beyond conventional cognition. After in-depth scanning and analysis, the core energy fluctuations match the 'interdimensional resonance' properties required for the 'Space-Time Portal Key' with a 99.87% accuracy. It is the key to unlocking the path home.]

"So, you asked me to help this student..." Ji Changsu's voice deepened, carrying a hint of heaviness after enlightenment. "It's not just to prevent Zhu Tianba from losing control of his power and harming innocent people, but also because the process of guiding Zhu Tianba to control his power is essentially forging the key that can send me home? Making it go from being extremely unstable to being able to send and receive freely, making it... useful to me?"

【Smart, host! 】

Ji Changsu leaned back in his chair, looked up at the soft ceiling light, and ended the conversation with the system.

The irritation and anger in her eyes slowly subsided, replaced by a complex, fatalistic fatigue, and... a rekindled "hope" that had been distorted by reality.

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Author's words: Principal Ji's script: "I Open a School in the Beast World"

I have to go out these two days, so the update time will be a little late.