Shi Xing was still calm.

The people around him wanted to step forward, but Chi Yao used his mental power to block them by one step.

Then he waved his hand. Fei Chu understood and asked everyone around him to continue to step back a few steps. Shi Xing looked calm, but he was actually competing with himself inside.

Holding Chi Yao, Chi Yao's knuckles were loose, but Shi Xing's finger joints were white because of the force.

Looking closely at the back of his hand and wrist, veins bulged.

Shi Xing's spiritual sea was very turbulent.

Chi Yao could feel it, and so could Er Ya.

But since he had to use this ability, only Shi Xing could master it himself and overcome the difficulty of retracting his mental power.

After a while, Chi Yao felt the strength in his hand loosen, and Chi Yao shook Shi Xing again.

Shi Xing let out a long breath, and his expression was a little dazed.

After another two minutes of slowness, he raised his head from Chi Yao. Facing Chi Yao's caring eyes, Shi Xing just shook his hand, turned his head and asked again about business, "Are those low-level star beasts in the original plan still outside?"

His voice was hoarse and without much strength, but the Third Army, which had witnessed everything, dared not ignore Shi Xing again.

Lu Li said, "Yes, they are still there, being led by the unmanned warship."

Thinking of something, Shi Xing looked at Chi Yao again and got his support, "You said it."

Knowing that Shi Xing had considered it, Chi Yao did not insist on taking people to rest immediately.

Originally, today's star beast hunting was also handed over to Shi Xing for command.

After closing his eyes for a moment, Shi Xing tried to keep his voice level, "It's not a solution to leave them outside, let's bring them in and deal with them." Shi

Xing glanced at Er Ya, who said without hesitation, "Do you want my help? Capture them alive?"

Considering the control issue, Shi Xing said, "Keep at most three, and don't take the others."

Er Ya: "Okay."

Among the several teams under his command, he finally sent Ying Geng's team.

Because Er Ya was training Shi Xing, she would try many of the methods she taught herself first, so she and Shi Xing's team cooperated well.

Relatively low-level star beasts, in line with the principle of gradual progress, the Third Legion did not let in many, but also three.

Er Ya kept two S-level ones, and chopped down the other one of a slightly lower level.

It just so happened that there were mature Blue Star people in the Third Legion. After the First Legion had dealt with them, they handed the star beast with one breath left to Lu Li, asking him to arrange its distribution. Shi

Xing's team was well-trained, and the star beast they were hunting was not of high level. With the addition of Erya, the entire hunt took no more than twenty minutes.

After confirming that Shi Xing had finished his last sentence, Chi Yao led his men away.

In the first few steps, he paid attention to the officers' gazes, and as they approached the spaceship, in Lu Lu's pursuit, Chi Yao directly picked up Shi Xing, let him sit on his forearm, and boarded the spaceship.

During the whole process, Lu Lu did not see the face under the awning, and even the figure was blurry.

The original certainty turned into hesitation at this moment.

The hunt was over, and the First Legion's team was still cleaning up the star beasts and the battlefield in front, while the Third Legion's support team was on standby in case of any unexpected situations.

His mind was empty, and Lu Lu didn't know what he was thinking. He looked up at the sky.

The energy fluctuations between heaven and earth, which had just been affected by the spiritual power of the Time Star, could still be clearly felt. The crushing of that spiritual power level and the wanton flow of energy still left traces in the air.

Lu Lu's heart began to beat, and he doubted the correctness of his judgment.

The level of your majesty's companion should be above the SSS level, right?

Is this really the Time Star?

Lu Lu asked himself, but there was no answer.

The balance in his heart, which he thought had settled, began to tilt again.

He and Shi Xing studied and grew up together. Shi Xing always stood out among the same group of Blue Star people, but was there any sign of surpassing all the Blue Star people, or even so high? Lu Lu felt that the answer was no.

All the information could not be effectively integrated in his mind, and Lu Lu fell into self-doubt again.

Two white figures, one tall and one short, were running in the universe.

After a day of rest, both star beasts recovered their strength.

When they saw six piles of star beast remains, the two star beasts stopped at the same time.

The short star beast stepped forward and sniffed one by one, its breath getting heavier and heavier, and then it bared its teeth, showing an excited voice to the tall star beast, and licked the corner of its mouth with its long tongue, with shiny saliva overflowing.

After receiving the feedback, the tall star beast also sniffed one by one, "Ah!"

"Woo woo!"

The short star beast licked the corner of its mouth again, bared its teeth, and was slapped away by the tall star beast.

When the short star beast flew back again, the tall star beast was ashamed, "Ah woo."

The short star beast shook its hair, regrouped, and followed the tall star beast to fly in the direction of the remaining energy.

"Brother!"

After the siege ended and returned to the garrison, Lu Lu still called Lu Li.

Lu Li turned around, slowly took off his gloves and handed them to his subordinates. There were blood stains on them from the dead star beast, and they had to be thrown away.

His Majesty and his entourage have returned to the mother ship, and after arrangements, the mature Blue Star people in the Third Legion just came to absorb the beast core of the star beast.

Lu Li's work is basically done.

Lu Lu naturally saw the opportunity and called him.

"What's the matter?"

Lu Lu glanced at Lu Li's subordinates, and Lu Li waved his hand in understanding. Soon, there were only two brothers left here.

Lu Lu: "Your Majesty's partner, is it a Blue Star person raised by the Tree Nest according to the normal process?"

Lu Li was stunned, and asked back without changing his expression, "Why do you say that?"

Lu Lu: "The Tree Nest belongs to the royal family."

"Yes."

All military officers across the country knew this and there was no objection.

Lu Lu: "Will the Tree Nest specialize in training a companion for your Majesty?"

Lu Li frowned and asked again, "Why do you say that? Is there anything wrong with that?"

"Brother, you saw the ability of the Blue Star man today, the level should be above 3s, right?"

Lu Li stood closer, and felt the mental power released by Shi Xing more clearly and deeply.

After thinking about it, Lu Li did not lie, "Yes, the little prince's mental power level has exceeded 3s. I don't know how it compares to His Highness Bi Zhou's level. Compared with His Majesty, it should not have been reached yet." Faced

with such a high evaluation from Lu Li, Lu Lu was speechless.

After a while, Lu Lu said: "I have never seen a Blue Star man with such a high level of mental power."

Lu Li did not comment.

Before seeing it with his own eyes, he could not believe that Shi Xing would grow to this level today.

Rather than saying he is a healer, it is better to say that he has become a powerful and terrifying existence that surpasses the healer himself.

At the very end, Fei Chu asked them not to get close. What did he mean?

This shows that the Time Star's trick of draining spiritual power is not only useful for star beasts, but also for humans.

The Imperials have strong physical fitness, and can still fight in close combat even when their spiritual power is drained.

But if they face the Time Star... I'm afraid they won't even have the opportunity to play this advantage.

After thinking a lot, but only for a moment, Lu Li said calmly, "Since His Majesty can decide to match him, he must have his own strengths and high level, so it's not surprising."

"So, was it possible that Tree Nest secretly cultivated him for His Majesty from the beginning?"

Lu Lu lowered his voice, "After all, Tree Nest is directly under the jurisdiction of the royal family. It is not impossible that he was educated separately because he is too special."

After being stunned for a few seconds, Lu Li realized what Lu Lu meant, "?"

Lu Li: "???"

"So, you think you haven't seen him in Tree Nest before?"

Lu Lu: "I have never seen a Blue Star person with such talent and potential."

Well, it can be considered a truth.

But this guess matched Shi Xing's face, which made Lu Li feel ridiculous.

He wanted to laugh, but he held it back.

Knowing that he should refute his younger brother's absurd guess, but considering Lu Lu's stubbornness and uncontrollability, Lu Li changed his mind and felt that letting Lu Lu guess wrong was also a solution, at least he and the mother ship could be at peace. His

facial expression changed several times, and Lu Li only replied with three ambiguous words, "Maybe."

"The royal family has its own reasons for doing things, and maybe the situation you said exists."

Later, Lu Li relayed this conversation to Wen Xi, and he was both amused and angry.

"I thought that seeing the difference in knowledge would make him give up, but that's what he thought in his head, plotting against the royal family?"

Lu Li smiled and shook his head, stopping Wen Xi from saying, "Okay, you don't have to speak well of him."

"I know he's still young, twenty-one years old."

After a pause, he added meaningfully, "But Shi Xing is also twenty-one years old."

The gap between people is probably greater than the gap between star beasts and star pigs.

In just a year and a half, one has led three teams of the First Legion and has the momentum to stand on his own, while the other, his younger brother, has not learned to find problems in himself. It's really... ironic.

After laughing, Lu Li's expression turned cold again, and he said seriously, "It's a good thing for him to think this way. Don't remind him, wait for him to get tangled up."

"After dealing with this batch of star beasts outside, I will send him back to the imperial capital and let mom send him to school."

"Then I will give his teacher a good talk. This unrealistic temper must be changed."

Wen Xi didn't know what to say about the Lu family's affairs, so he just listened and said nothing more.

After returning to the mother ship, Shi Xing let out a sigh of relief and let himself go limp.

Erya immediately went forward to check, and after checking, she laughed, "I'm a little uncomfortable with your good condition."

Erya turned to everyone and said, "It's nothing, it's just that the mental energy is too much, and there may be some psychological pressure to control the ability. His spiritual sea is... I think it is much more stable than this morning."

He said without any evidence, and asked the doctor to use the instrument.

After two checks, the frequency of fluctuations in the spiritual sea confirmed what Erya said.

Knowing that Shi Xing needed to rest, Erya was curious, "Did you make any changes when you used your ability for the last time?"

It was the first time that Erya saw that kind of energy flow in Shi Xing.

Shi Xing hadn't realized that he was different yet. When Er Ya asked him, he said truthfully, "I felt that my spiritual sea was stronger with the last one, so I used the outer layer to absorb it."

Er Ya was surprised and widened her eyes. Shi Xing looked at him affirmatively.

Er Ya: "So... how do you feel now?"

Shi Xing told the truth, "No feeling."

Er Ya: "..."

Er Ya: "You're lucky."

After saying that, she turned on her communicator and recorded the data.

Er Ya wanted to scold him one second, but turned back into a cold and ruthless teacher the next second. She said, "Then try it with two star beasts next time. See how many star beasts you absorb with the outer layer before you feel uncomfortable."

Shi Xing agreed.

Erya was too lazy to scold or complain. She was very tired after a day of hard work. After giving the order, she left with a look.

Fei Chu and Fu Qing stayed at the hunting scene. After waiting for Bi Zhou and the medical staff to leave, Chi Yao reached out to Shi Xing.

Shi Xing was puzzled.

Chi Yao: "Battle cape, isn't it uncomfortable? Take it off."

"Oh oh."

Chi Yao helped Shi Xing take off the battle cape. In the process, he touched the back of Shi Xing's neck, which was covered with cold sweat.

After realizing something, Chi Yao reached out and touched the back of Shi Xing's neck. Sure enough, he broke out in sweat on his back.

Shi Xing said softly, "It happened when I used my ability for the last time. It should be too exhausting and I can't adapt."

"A few more times, it should be fine."

Chi Yao was relieved.

Chi Yao did not express any opinion on this. He only asked Shi Xing if he wanted to wash up. After getting the answer of yes, he asked Yan Changyue to set up the robot and stare at Shi Xing who was completely exhausted.

Actually, Chi Yao could also replace the robot, but it was not dark yet, and Shi Xing might not be willing to do so with his thick skin.

After washing up, Shi Xing was a little sleepless, but he still had something on his mind, so he pulled Chi Yao and wanted to say something.

Chi Yao originally wanted to wait for Shi Xing to finish speaking, but after listening to two sentences and the unclear syllables, he estimated that his mind was already confused, so he just said, "I will not leave the mothership again today. There is no rush to say anything now. We can talk after you wake up, okay?"

Shi Xing's mind was indeed a mess, but thinking about the critical moment, Chi Yao holding his hand, he still felt a lingering fear.

After trying several times, it was true that willpower could not overcome the fatigue of the body. Shi Xing muttered, "Are you sure?"

Chi Yao put his long fingers on Shi Xing's hands that were grabbing his clothes, and said helplessly, "Do I need to lie to you?"

It's not a big deal.

Shi Xing blinked, turned his hand back to hold Chi Yao's fingers, and as soon as he closed his eyes, his breathing immediately became regular.

He finally fell asleep.

Chi Yao was amused, touched Shi Xing's forehead, observed carefully, and confirmed that Shi Xing's complexion was indeed much better. He covered Shi Xing with the quilt and went to the study to handle official business.

Shi Xing was woken up at dinner.

After waking up, he was pushed to do another examination on the spiritual sea.

The result was good.

Shi Xing, who was not awake yet, was pushed to the dining table in a daze.

When eating, he still looked silly. Chi Yao picked up the dishes that Shi Xing liked, and Shi Xing ate them. He picked up the dishes that Shi Xing didn't like, and Shi Xing also ate them. Chi Yao wondered if he had tasted the different flavors.

Fei Chu thought it was fun, so he picked up a dish that Shi Xing didn't like with his chopsticks. The second chopsticks were for a dish that Shi Xing didn't like much. The third chopsticks... there was no third chopsticks. He picked up the dish, but before he could put it in Shi Xing's bowl, Chi was quick to catch the chopsticks and broke the dish into Fei Chu's mouth.

Fei Chu: "..."

"Cough cough cough cough!" It was too sudden, and Fei Chu choked.

Erya commented with one word, "Serves you right!"

After that, she picked up some of Shi Xing's favorite dishes and knocked on Shi Xing's bowl, "Wake up, be careful not to choke."

As soon as she finished speaking, Shi Xing really choked himself.

Erya: "..."

After a moment of silence, everyone at the table laughed.

The atmosphere was good.

After dinner, after staying in the living room for a while, the spirit in Shi Xing's eyes gradually recovered.

The body temperature dropped a lot again, and remained within an abnormal, but very small range.

Erya said, "I guess we won't be able to leave the border for a while."

Chi Yao brought the fruit plate in front of Shi Xing, which was full of crystal fruits that Chang Yue had peeled for him.

"Well, there are a lot of star beasts outside, and the protective barrier is open. If needed, just catch a few and bring them in. There is no need to look for them elsewhere."

Chi Yao and Er Ya thought of the same thing, and both felt that the energy Shi Xing needed this time should be more than the amount he has absorbed so far.

Fei Chu: "Good guy, this is the first time I heard the feeling of preparing food when I heard about hunting."

Shi Xing yawned on the side, concentrating on destroying the crystal fruit.

After returning to the room, Shi Xing finally felt his mind clear.

Chi Yao was on the sofa dealing with the Forestry Bureau documents that Shi Xing hated. Just after reading the beginning, the projection was brushed away by a hand.

His eyes passed through the projection screen and saw Shi Xing, and Chi Yao was a little surprised.

In principle, Shi Xing usually wouldn't interrupt him while he was working, and would always ask first, right now...

Chi Yao was a little confused about what Shi Xing meant.

Shi Xing's next move was beyond Chi Yao's expectations. He moved closer, sat on his lap, and looked down at him. In his light blue eyes, there was a rare bit of righteous accusation.

Chi Yao: "?"

Shi Xing stretched out his hand and grabbed Chi Yao's collar, a provocative move.

Chi Yao leaned back with Shi Xing's force, lying on the back of the sofa, his eyebrows raised intriguingly.

Shi Xing's question quickly solved Chi Yao's confusion, and he asked him angrily, "Why did you come to arrest me again!"

"Do you know that I was in danger at that time?"

"What if your mental strength is also drained?!"

He didn't call him "Your Highness" or "you", and it seemed that he was a little angry.

Under Shi Xing's questioning, Chi Yao's expression did not change. He looked at Shi Xing for a moment, without struggling or resisting, and did not answer, which made Shi Xing a little confused.

"Is this what you wanted to say to me this afternoon?"

Shi Xing nodded.

Chi Yao reached out and stroked Shi Xing's wrist that was grabbing his collar, and said leisurely, "Are you here to settle the score?" Shi

Xing was uncomfortable with Chi Yao's slow and steady approach, and he rarely frowned and said with a slight rebuke, "Let's talk about business, be serious."

Chi Yao nodded and moved his hand away in front of Shi Xing.

It was the faint smile on his face that didn't look serious at all.

Shi Xing: "..."

Shi Xing's cheeks puffed up, and he said bluntly: "I'm a little angry."

Chi Yao: "I can see that."

Chi Yao: "I'm a little happy."

Shi Xing: "?"

Shi Xing: "You..."

Chi Yao seemed to be able to see through his thoughts and replied, "Well, you heard it right, I said I was a little happy."

Chi Yao said pretentiously, "Quick, let me see how the little prince looks when he is angry."

Shi Xing: "…………"

There was no way to chat that day.

After a long pause, Shi Xing was so angry that he couldn't even breathe after hearing Chi Yao's words. He finally said, "You shouldn't have come to arrest me."

He thought of something and emphasized, "This is the second time."

He was not in a good condition last time and didn't have time to say anything. He was at fault again on the airship, so it was even harder to bring it up.

Now, it was time to settle the accounts.

Chi Yao thought about it and nodded. It was so easy for him to admit his mistakes that Shi Xing was surprised. "Well, I was wrong."

"But next time, I should still catch you." Shi

Xing choked.

Chi Yao finally said seriously, "I don't mind having my mental power sucked out. It's uncomfortable for the Imperials to have their mental power sucked out for two days. Compared to your condition, I think this is a risk within the tolerable range."

Chi Yao: "But I'm still sorry for making you worry."

Shi Xing: "..."

Chi Yao suddenly said, "Do you feel it?"

"That feeling of being angry and helpless?"

"Uncomfortable?"

Shi Xing had made Chi Yao feel this way before.

Shi Xing: "…………"

Chi Yao laughed, sizing up Shi Xing's expression, and counted carefully, "If you count by number, it was once in the tree nest, once on the battleship to the north, and the most recent time. I've been there twice, you've been there three times, and you still owe me one."

Shi Xing wanted to be angry, but Chi Yao's smile made him unable to put on a straight face.

Mainly because he knew in his heart that Chi Yao was right. When it comes to this kind of mistake, he usually makes it.

"Your Highness, I'm questioning you."

Chi Yao: "I apologized just now."

Shi Xing: "..."

Unable to hold it back any longer, Shi Xing lost his temper. In fact, he wasn't too angry at first, but His Highness's response was so irresistible that every word he said didn't have a focus. In the end, Shi Xing was unwilling to give in and deliberately said, "I'm going to punish you, too."

Chi Yao's move made Shi Xing's teeth itch. He spread out his hands and made a "please" gesture.

Shi Xing showed no mercy, grabbed Chi Yao by the collar, and bit his lower lip.

Naturally, all the subsequent contacts changed their meanings, but Chi Yao kept giving in to Shi Xing, letting him do whatever he wanted as if he was really justifying the injustice. At first, Shi Xing was still unruly, but later... he was coaxed by this tolerance, the helplessness in his heart disappeared, and he hugged Chi Yao tightly, enjoying the so-called "service".

Afterwards, Chi Yao suddenly said, "You reminded me of a famous saying of a woman."

"She said that partners torture each other."

"I thought she was talking nonsense before, but today I think she is a little right."

Shi Xing's helplessness towards him, his helplessness towards Shi Xing, these are essentially not reconcilable, nor can they be completely resolved. As long as they are still in this position, there will always be moments when they are helpless.

Shi Xing was curious: "Who?"

Chi Yao turned his head and looked at Shi Xing, and uttered three words, "My mother."

Shi Xing was stunned, and then realized that Chi Yao's eyes and eyebrows were full of warmth. Although the words were disgusting, it was not a bad memory.

Chi Yao rarely mentioned his parents, and everyone felt that he was reluctant to mention them.

Shi Xing said carefully, "Then, can you tell me about her?"

"Do you want to hear?"

Shi Xing nodded.

The people of Blue Star have no concept of family, and he has always been very... curious about family.

At some point, he even had some aspirations.

Chi Yao turned around and embraced Shi Xing, resting his chin on his forehead, and said with a smile, "Then where should we start? Let's start from her origin..."

His voice was not loud, and his words were casual and he talked about whatever came to his mind. However, Shi Xing felt that Chi Yao was especially close to him tonight. He could clearly see through His Highness's heart and understand the joy, anger, sorrow and happiness in every word without having to make an effort to distinguish.

Because Chi Yao had already cut himself open and allowed him to examine.

Strangely, after the mutant beasts' raid, all the monsters that subsequently came to the main planet of the Third Legion were normal monsters.

In satellite monitoring, the mutant beasts were all on their original planets, and stayed there for unknown reasons.

This phenomenon was not normal, and everyone knew it.

But I don't understand the secret, and there is no other way except to wait and see.

And as Erya and Chi Yao expected, Shi Xing's demand for star beast cores in the later stage became very large. About two or three days, a batch of star beasts would be released to supply Shi Xing.

There is no need to worry about releasing too many star beasts. Shi Xing can kill the extra star beasts by absorbing their spiritual power with the spiritual outer layer.

After countless trainings, the current upper limit of the number of star beasts that the spiritual outer layer can absorb is 56.

If there are more, Shi Xing will always feel something different. He can't tell, and he hasn't detected any side effects. But for safety reasons, once he feels that his feelings have changed, Erya will not let him absorb star beasts anymore. Five or six is ​​a reference data obtained in this case.

After finishing the training that day, Shi Xing was inspecting his team's garrison. He

had just finished handing over his work and was sitting on a battleship to rest after a meeting. Suddenly, a ripple like water waves appeared in front of him.

Shi Xing felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, but before he could use his mental power to target the ripple, another ripple appeared behind him. A tall white star beast emerged from the ripple behind him and slammed him, who only had time to open the barrier, into the ripple in front of him, and then disappeared into the ripple.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye.

The next moment, the door was opened, and Fei Chu's voice came, "Hey, Xingxing, by the way, your..."

Before he could finish his words, Fei Chu looked at the empty main cabin and was stunned.

Shi Xing...wasn't he still here just now?

He returned the same way and didn't see anyone leaving!

So, where is the person? !