Chapter 30 Chapter 30 "Are you kidding me?"
There are five geniuses in the class, and each of them is almost the topic of conversation among the people after dinner.
Apart from the three from the combat department, the rest are Lin Qingzhou from the healing department and Wen Zhuxi from the auxiliary department.
This name sounds elegant and noble, and is very suitable for Lin Qingzhou.
He named it Zhuxi, implying endless life, but in fact his body was just the opposite.
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On the second day, Jiang Qing walked into the classroom with two firefly cattails. Many classmates had already arrived. Looking at the empty seats, she knew that Lin Qingzhou had not arrived yet.
She also seems to like to arrive on time.
One second before the bell rang, Lin Qingzhou successfully entered the classroom before Teacher Ouyang Qin.
"Yes, you asked me to bring it." Jiang Qing took out another firefly cattail from the drawer and handed it to her.
"Thanks."
The conversation between the two was limited to two sentences, and Lin Qingzhou returned to his usual coldness.
The healing class officially began, and the atmosphere in the class was as usual filled with the bitterness of herbs and the warmth of healing spiritual power.
Teacher Ouyang Qin stood in front of the podium and explained in a gentle voice the advanced techniques of guiding the energy of Firefly Cattail, how to more finely control its "soothing" properties and act on the mental fatigue or emotional agitation of spirit animals.
Jiang Qing followed the instructions, with a faint golden light lingering on his fingertips, carefully guiding the energy of the Firefly Pu.
Her movements were not the most standard, but she was focused.
Occasionally distracted, she caught a glimpse of Lin Qingzhou beside her.
Lin Qingzhou's movements are textbook-level, smooth and flowing, and his control over energy is astonishingly precise.
She had a focused expression, and the lines of her profile were cold, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her. Her eyes were only focused on the plant in her hand, which was emitting a soft glow.
She doesn't look like she was "forced" to choose the healing system.
Jiang Qing suppressed the doubts in his heart and continued to practice.
When the course enters the practical phase, students need to work in pairs to guide each other's firefly energy to perform simulated treatment.
Jiang Qing subconsciously looked in the direction of Lin Qingzhou.
A girl in the class who had good grades came up to her and asked, "Lin Qingzhou, shall we be partners?"
"I'm sorry." Lin Qingzhou said calmly, "I already have a partner."
The girl glanced at her next to Lin Qingzhou and walked away.
Jiang Qing blinked and met Lin Qingzhou's gaze.
Those cold eyes seemed less distant than usual, with a subtle hint of...an invitation for cooperation?
"Are we partners?" Jiang Qing pointed at himself, his tone a little uncertain.
She thought that for a top student of Lin Qingzhou's level, his partner must be the top student in the class with the best healing skills.
"Yeah." Lin Qingzhou nodded slightly, without any extra explanation, he just gently pushed the firefly cattail in his hand to the position between the two desks, indicating that they could start.
Jiang Qing suppressed his surprise and placed his firefly cattail beside him.
Teacher Ouyang Qin has begun to explain the key points of partner practice: one person guides the energy to simulate the restless "lesion" in the spirit beast's body, and the other person needs to accurately guide the energy of the firefly cattail to soothe and relieve it, requiring extremely high coordination and energy perception accuracy.
"You guide the 'lesion' and I will soothe it." Lin Qingzhou assigned the tasks concisely.
"Okay." Jiang Qing nodded without objection.
She gathered her mind, gathered a golden light at her fingertips, and carefully injected it into the animal specimen beside her.
This is an experimental specimen created by artificially simulating the operation of a beast core. It has no thoughts and cannot move, and is only used as a prop in class for students.
What she simulated was not physical damage, but the energy disorder caused by irritability and discomfort similar to what Zhao Peng's Iron Bull had experienced before, an invisible but real "mental illness focus".
As Jiang Qing injected energy into it, the animal specimen in her hand became somewhat restless. The originally soft halo within its translucent body began to flicker and jump irregularly, emitting a disturbing wave.
This simulates the state of energy in the spirit beast's body when it is mentally exhausted or emotionally out of control.
Lin Qingzhou's gaze was as calm as water, falling on the red sea.
She did not act immediately, but instead focused on observing the flow of irregular light, as if she was deciphering some silent language.
A few minutes later, she slowly stretched out her slender fingers, and her fingertips were lingering with colorful light that was more condensed and purer than Jiang Qing's, flowing like the finest jade.
It is a kind of mental power close to the power of taming beasts, which every beast tamer has after signing the contract.
Lin Qingzhou did not touch the animal specimen directly, but guided the energy of his firefly cattail from a short distance, like the most dexterous Weaver Girl, pulling strands of soft light and accurately exploring those restless and jumping red light nodes.
Jiang Qing held her breath and concentrated. She could clearly feel that Lin Qingzhou's energy was gentle but carried an irresistible guiding force, interfering with her mental power.
When those fluorescent threads came into contact with the "lesion" energy she simulated, a strange, indescribable sense of transparency was transmitted along the weak connection between the two people's energies.
This feeling is very subtle. It is different from the direct impact of "listening to the voice of the heart" when she touches the spirit beast. It is more like someone accurately lights up one guiding lamp after another for you in a chaotic fog.
She could "feel" the flow path of Lin Qingzhou's energy, extremely clearly, as if the other party had presented her operating ideas to her without reservation.
"Here, the energy is blocked. We need to clear it and guide it instead of suppressing it."
"The fluctuations here are too intense and need to be covered with a softer, more sustained soothing energy."
"The core of the disorder lies here. You need to concentrate your strength and strike with one blow, but the force must be just right. Too much will cause injury, and too little will be ineffective."
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Although there was no sound or text, Jiang Qing's mind naturally "understood" the intention and subtlety of every move made by Lin Qingzhou.
This is a purer energy "demonstration" and "teaching" than the theoretical level.
Jiang Qing could even clearly "see" how Lin Qingzhou gathered his strength and defeated it with one blow in the chaotic energy he had simulated, calming the restlessness bit by bit.
The whole process took only a few minutes, but Jiang Qing couldn't take his eyes off it.
She used to think that Lin Qingzhou was very strong, with full marks in theoretical exams and textbook-level practical operations. But it was not until this moment that she truly realized how profound the theoretical foundation, the ultimate subtle energy control, and the almost instinctive healing intuition of this "strength" were based on.
Lin Qingzhou was born to be a master of this trade.
Jiang Qing seemed to recall what Li Xiu had said last night, and she asked, "Are you volunteering to study therapy?"
"Of course." Lin Qingzhou withdrew his hand, the light from his fingertips faded, and his face showed a hint of confusion. "Why do you ask this?"
"Most people say that you gave up the popular combat major and chose the healing major for your fiancé," Jiang Qing said.
Lin Qingzhou's face, which had been calm and cool for thousands of years, suddenly cracked, as if struck by lightning. The veins on her hands bulged from her unconscious clenching of her fists. She practically gritted her teeth as she spoke, "Would I do that for Wen Zhuxi? That bastard? That rumor must have been spread by that bastard!"
Jiang Qing narrowed her eyes, sensing something unusual in these words.
This was a far cry from the version she had heard about: "childhood sweethearts" and "deep affection."
Lin Qingzhou took a deep breath. She seemed to realize that she had lost her composure and forced herself to suppress her surging emotions.
"It's not entirely possible that he spread it..." Jiang Qing tried to analyze objectively, even though the flames of gossip were already burning in his heart. "Maybe... people just like this kind of dramatic story. After all, you two have similar family backgrounds and are both gifted. Giving up combat for healing sounds like a lot of 'sacrifice'..."
People like to imagine things, especially relationships like that of Lin Qingzhou and Wen Zhuxi, where they are loyal and righteous, and the man never leaves the woman. It just so happens that Lin Qingzhou gave up the battle that most people would choose, and rushed to treatment, which also adds a strong touch to this "epic and touching" love.
Lin Qingzhou snorted coldly, interrupting Jiang Qing's analysis: "Sacrifice and dedication? Who do I, Lin Qingzhou, need to sacrifice and dedicate myself to when I do things? I chose the healing system because Liuguang's characteristics have a higher upper limit in the field of healing, and also because I have a natural interest in the research of energy guidance and the origin of life. As for Wen Zhuxi..."
She paused, her tone complex, a mixture of disdain and a hint of helplessness. "He just happens to be... the troublesome neighbor I've been unable to get rid of since childhood. It's true that he's in poor health, and I do want to find a cure for similar birth defects, but this has nothing to do with him!"
The last few words were almost uttered through gritted teeth.
Jiang Qing keenly noticed that when Lin Qingzhou mentioned Wen Zhuxi's name, although his tone was bad, there was no real disgust in his eyes. Instead, there was a kind of... habitual, familiarity with a bit of gnashing of teeth?
It's like mentioning a rival you've had since childhood.
"So... your relationship is actually... not that good?" Jiang Qing tested cautiously.
Lin Qingzhou glanced at her and seemed to realize that he had lost his composure in front of a classmate he had just met.
She quickly suppressed her outward emotions and returned to her usual calm demeanor. "It's not about good or bad. We've known each other for too long, and we understand each other's... bad habits too well. He appears gentle and kind on the surface, but he's actually a mean-spirited person at heart. He enjoys watching others misunderstand him, then hiding behind the scenes and pretending to be innocent. Nine out of ten times, he condoned or even fueled this rumor. He just enjoys seeing me get so annoyed."
Jiang Qing suddenly understood.
It turns out that they are not lovers, but enemies?
Or was it Wen Zhuxi who unilaterally "tease" Lin Qingzhou?
This plot line is quite interesting.
Lin Qingzhou hummed, and refocused his attention on the animal specimen in front of him. However, the energy lingering at his fingertips seemed to be a little sharper than before, as if he was venting all his dissatisfaction with Wen Zhuxi on the simulated "lesion".
In the second half of the class, the two of them still cooperated well, and Jiang Qing benefited a lot from Lin Qingzhou's silent "energy teaching".
However, Jiang Qing clearly felt that the air pressure around Lin Qingzhou was several degrees lower than before. It was obvious that she was very angry about the rumor about her "fiancé".
After class, Lin Qingzhou packed up his things quickly and neatly, obviously rushing back to "deal with" some things, or "some people."
Jiang Qing also packed up and prepared to leave.
Over the next few days, Jiang Qing attended classes as usual. As Friday's quiz and the match with senior Xu Weiran were getting closer, Zhu Tianba showed no signs of waking up.
Jiang Qing could only go to Chen Ming again to ask about the situation.
Chen Ming was annoyed by her. Now, whenever she went in, Director Bird would peck her madly at the door to prevent her from disturbing her "master".
Jiang Qing had no choice but to leave with Zhu Tianba in his arms.
Finally, on Thursday night, Zhu Tianba finally woke up.
At that time, she and Li Xiu had just returned from the cafeteria after having dinner. They were shocked to see the dormitory in a mess.
"A thief broke in?"
"I think you owed a lot of debts outside, and the creditor came to your door. After looking around, he found that there was nothing in our dormitory, so he spat and left." Li Xiu said seriously.
Jiang Qing rolled his eyes: "Go to hell."
She turned her head and looked towards Zhu Tianba's pet dormitory. The glass door was wide open and there was nothing inside.
Jiang Qing was so anxious that he dropped the things in his hands. "Where's Zhu Tianba?"
"Bunny, what's wrong with you?" Li Xiu also walked into Bunny's dormitory. The door of Xuerong Bunny's dormitory was also wide open. It was not missing, but the whole rabbit was huddled in the corner, shaking uncontrollably.
Angry, scared, a variety of emotions intertwined.
The red pupils of the Snow Melt Rabbit stared at its rice bowl without blinking.
The two followed her gaze and saw that all the food in the bowl had been eaten up, with some food residue on the ground.
"Oh shit! Is there really a thief? And it's just a starving ghost?" Li Xiu raised her head and looked at Jiang Qing in horror.
Jiang Qing calmed down and intuitively felt that this matter must be related to Zhu Tianba.
It is said that the owner knows his or her pet best.
But, Zhu Tianba... shouldn't be so hungry that he would steal the rabbit's food, right?
After all, what pigs eat is different from what rabbits eat!
The last bit of hope in Jiang Qing's heart completely disappeared after hearing a few "bang" sounds coming from the cabinet.
Zhu Tianba dragged his body, which was twice as big as before, out of the cabinet. He ate up all her favorite snacks stored in the cabinet, and the packaging bags and food residues were scattered all over the floor.
"Kang." The moment Zhu Tianba saw Jiang Qing, he let out a satisfied and coquettish cry.
"Zhu Tianba!" Jiang Qing's eyes turned black and he couldn't bear it anymore.
She stepped forward and angrily grabbed the pig's round neck!
What happened next is self-evident.
The sounds of "pa, pa, pa." echoed throughout the dormitory.
New hatreds added to old grudges.
Jiang Qing was completely overcome by anger.
Even Li Xiu, who was originally angry about Tutu's food being eaten, couldn't stand it anymore and ran forward to stop the fight.
"Pig...Zhu Tianba has slept for so many days, it's normal for him to be hungry when he wakes up. Don't hit him anymore." Li Xiu persuaded.
Zhu Tianba has grown and evolved a lot this time. He can now fully understand the meaning of all human words and straighten out the relationship between humans.
Li Xiu said Jiang Qing was hitting it.
In human terms, "打" means "attack" or "punishment".
Is Jiang Qing attacking it and punishing it?
It thought it was a loving caress.
It doesn't hurt, just a little itchy, and it's quite comfortable.
"I'm so angry!" Jiang Qing sat down and took a deep breath, but still stopped.
The palm of her hand was beaten red, but she didn't feel any pain at the moment.
Zhu Tianba looked at Jiang Qing's red palm, thoughtfully.
It walked to the balcony, bit an iron clothes hanger in its mouth, and handed it to Jiang Qing.
Although it felt comfortable to touch, Jiang Qing's hands turned red, and it didn't want to hurt Jiang Qing.
Looking at the clothes hanger handed to him, Jiang Qing was so angry that he laughed.
What does it mean? Is it mocking her that the beating didn't hurt?!
Oh shit!
The next second, Jiang Qing stood up, and his Kirin arm appeared immediately. He picked up Zhu Tianba with one hand and threw him back into his dormitory.
Jiang Qing ignored Zhu Tianba's intentions until he had cleaned up the mess in the dormitory.
The small creature squatted at the glass door, looking at her eagerly.
After Jiang Qing sincerely apologized to Li Xiu and gave her a week's supply of food for Tutu, Li Xiu said "I'm so sorry" but honestly took his hand back.
Zhu Tianba seemed to see that Jiang Qing was really angry, so he finally turned his back and returned to his nest with something in his mouth.
Jiang Qing finished washing up and was sitting at his desk, concentrating on reading a book. The next second, he heard a "dong dong dong" sound coming from the glass.
She tilted her head and glanced.
I saw Zhu Tianba bit a piece of paper from somewhere and folded it into a small flower.
It bit the end of the floret with its mouth and stood up with its whole body lying on the glass.
The pig's head and little ears were squeezed, and its claws danced comically in the air.
"Are you kidding me?" Jiang Qing recognized its meaning from its actions.
The piglet nodded vigorously.
Jiang Qing moved to the glass door and unlocked it. Zhu Tianba immediately walked out of the glass door and handed the paper flowers in his hand to Jiang Qing.
The paper flower was wet and stained with Zhu Tianba's saliva. Its two claws were not as flexible as human hands, and no one knew how it folded the paper into a flower.
Jiang Qing looked at the flowers in her hand and suddenly smiled softly.
When Zhu Tianba saw her smile, he also jumped for joy.
Jiang Qing then remembered to listen to Zhu Tianba's inner thoughts, and she slowly placed her hand close to Zhu Tianba's head.
This skill does not mean that she can hear the thoughts of the spirit pets by touching them. It is only useful if she actively touches the light spots emitted by the spirit pets.
She asked Chen Ming, and Chen Ming said that this was a unique ability of those with a mental strength of over 90.
Natural animal affinity.
As long as the spirit pets she encounters are of a lower level than the ones she has contracted, she can hear their voices.
Although Zhu Tianba's spiritual beast certification level is not high, it has been officially determined by Chen Minggai to be a higher-level spiritual beast that exceeds the level of "immortal-level spiritual beasts", so theoretically, it can hear the voices of all the spiritual beasts on this continent.
As soon as her hand touched Zhu Tianba, she felt a gentle and thick force enveloping her spirit in her sea of consciousness.
A bright spot, more intense than any spirit beast she had ever treated, filled her mind.
As soon as she moved forward a little, all the ideas conveyed by those points of light flooded into her mind.
"I like Jiang Qing so much. I like Jiang Qing so much. I like Jiang Qing so much. I like Jiang Qing so much. Jiang Qing is so stupid. I like Jiang Qing so much. I like Jiang Qing."
"You're not angry anymore, are you? You're not angry anymore, are you?"
"Stick, stick, stick, stick."
So noisy.
"It smells so good, so good, so good."
"Gu~"
"I'm still a little hungry. I haven't eaten enough."
"I'm so hungry."
Jiang Qing finally found a few useful words among the pile of nonsense.
When they are exposed to mind reading, as long as Jiang Qing does not actively communicate with them, they, as the passive party, will not be aware of Jiang Qing's existence.
They didn't even know when Jiang Qing captured those thoughts.
Zhu Tianba didn't know that all his thoughts were captured by Jiang Qing. If he knew, he would definitely express his thoughts more crazily in his sea of consciousness.
In its opinion, humans are a little stupid and cannot understand the cues of animals.
Although the animals cannot speak, they can easily master human language and understand what humans say.
Jiang Qing is considered one of the smarter human beastmasters.
As long as it guides him well, it believes that Jiang Qing will be able to understand what it says one day.
Little did it know that all of its thoughts were known to Jiang Qing.
Knowing what Zhu Tianba was thinking, Jiang Qing was no longer in a hurry to tell him what he could sense in his mind.
She also wanted to hear what Zhu Tianba was thinking about her.
Tell it, if this pig doesn't reveal its true thoughts, it will be over.
Jiang Qing took out Zhu Tianba's food from the locked spirit beast cabinet, tore open the packaging bag, and put it into Zhu Tianba's exclusive bowl.
"Eat." She placed her hand on Zhu Tianba's back, and stroked the fur through his clothes. The originally pinkish-green fur gradually became denser as Zhu Tianba grew, and the pink color completely disappeared, replaced by a bluish-green mane with a hint of black.
The stretch coat fits perfectly on it, and the combination of gold and white gives it a majestic feel!
Jiang Qing felt the undulations and warmth of the strong muscles under his palms.
Zhu Tianba gobbled up the special spirit beast food in the bowl, making satisfied "grunts". Its current size almost occupied a large area at the entrance of the spirit pet dormitory.
Jiang Qing's heart moved, and she asked in a seductive voice, "Why did you make such a mess in the dormitory and destroy everything?"
The hand once again covered its head, actively trying to connect with the familiar and more powerful light point of consciousness.
"Because my claws are itchy, I want to scratch things and destroy things."
Zhu Tianba didn't actually expect Jiang Qing to understand, but he still answered Jiang Qing's question honestly in his heart.
After hearing the words "itchy paws", Jiang Qing's eyes fell on Zhu Tianba's feet, and a question arose in her mind.
Do pigs need their claws sharpened?
Pigs' claws are different from those of cats and dogs. Their claws are mainly used to support the body and walk and move on the ground.
When she was confused, the Zhu Tianba light spot in her sea of consciousness spoke again.
"The energy in the body wants to rush out, so its claws are itching to destroy things, and want to... hit people." Zhu Tianba learned and applied it immediately. In its cognition, "hit" is equal to the word "attack", and the two have the same meaning.
Jiang Qing understood its meaning from the chaotic word order.
Zhu Tianba must be affected by the beast core power and wants to show off his skills.
"It's okay, don't worry, tomorrow you'll have a chance to show your talents!"
Jiang Qing disconnected the connection and said in his heart.
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The author has something to say: The feeling Jiang Qing had after pushing open the dormitory door and seeing the scene inside was equivalent to: finally working a full day, returning home exhausted, and finding that the "master" of the house was tearing the house apart.
Jiang Qing: My waist, which had been bent for a whole day, finally broke (died).
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