Chapter 18: Nothing to Do with Them

"Ye Moxi said indifferently.

All her knowledge about Guides came from the Interstellar Network, and she had no idea what this 'imprint' they were discussing actually entailed.

Feng Yanting was the very person who had tasted the sting of her whip. After returning to the Imperial Star and recuperating for a time, he had regained all his memories regarding his first encounter with Ye Moxi.

In his beast-transformed state, he had hunted her as prey, only for her to retaliate and nearly hack him to pieces with her whip!

At the time, her whip had been imbued with her psychic energy—an energy capable of effortlessly dispersing and obliterating the black energy within his psychic sea, the very culprit behind the berserk states and genetic collapse of Sentinels.

Judging by her manner, she truly did not know how to wield her psychic energy, which was likely how she had left an imprint on his psychic sea. Or perhaps it was also because he had consumed her blood; regardless, once he regained some sanity, he began to cling to her. By a twist of fate, their blood had simultaneously dripped onto that silk scroll depicting a Vermillion Bird beast soul, which was how he came to possess the beast soul!

Moreover, he had been branded with her psychic imprint!

The Vermillion Bird belongs to the fire element, and his previously suppressed fire-type ability had found a host, achieving a perfect balance with his metal-type ability.

"If you don't want to do it, then don't! Being a Planter is quite good for you!"

Level five! One must realize she was only twenty years old! When he was twenty, he hadn't even reached level four.

Feng Xun felt a sense of relief, as if he had finally found a worthy successor! Or perhaps, a sense of vindication! His student would rather choose planting than become a Guide!

"This psychic imprint you mentioned—it can be removed, right? I can pay you less in interstellar credits if I have to!"

Feng Xun turned his head away to hide a smirk.

They truly were a match made in heaven!

He had originally agreed to conduct Ye Moxi’s entrance assessment as a favor to his nephew, never expecting to stumble upon a treasure. And before he could even celebrate, he discovered his brilliant student was the very girl who had helped his nephew recover on the Desert Star and break through to become the Empire's first 3S-class Sentinel!

Feng Yanting frowned. "Why would you want to remove it?"

"I'm just worried about causing you unnecessary trouble."

"Do you already have another Sentinel bound to you through a psychic link?" Feng Yanting felt a wave of disappointment.

*Huh? What is that?*

"No! I don't even know how I gave you that psychic imprint, so how could I possibly establish a psychic link with anyone else?" Except for her younger brother, of course!

"I am currently the captain of the First Combat Team of the First Legion. The salary and benefits are decent, but I also have some private assets. All my property will be yours in the future..."

"Wait! Girl, do you have absolutely no idea what a psychic imprint is?" Feng Xun glared at his nephew.

Ye Moxi offered an awkward smile.

"As everyone knows, Guides soothe the turbulent psychic seas of Sentinels. A psychic link is a deeper relationship between a Guide and a Sentinel, and the step beyond that is the psychic imprint. In other words, only a Sentinel who has been marked with a psychic imprint can be considered the Guide’s life partner..."

"Cough, cough..." Ye Moxi choked on her own saliva.

What did he mean by "life partner"? Was it what she thought it meant?

"Although I cannot deny that my current feelings for you are partly influenced by the psychic imprint, I believe that if you give me some time, I will not let you down!"

"Sentinels crave strength! Especially S-class Sentinels and above. If they are not sincerely recognized by a Guide, it is impossible to establish a psychic link, let alone a psychic imprint! Only when the psychic compatibility reaches a certain level is it possible to establish such an imprint. Basically, when a Guide marks a Sentinel with a psychic imprint, it signifies that they will become life partners."

Ye Moxi glanced at Feng Yanting. He had been beaten so badly by her back then! Had he developed a crush on her because she gave him a thrashing? Or was he a masochist? Ye Moxi couldn't help but shudder.

Feng Xun took an instrument out of his drawer. "Would you be willing to test your psychic compatibility? Don't worry, I haven't connected it to the network, so it won't be uploaded."

*Huh! What kind of fancy gadget is this?*

"Just a test. It won't cause any harm."

Ye Moxi, half-doubting, placed her hand on the device along with Feng Yanting.

*Beep, beep, beep.*

Less than a minute later, the device started sounding an alarm.

"Ninety-seven percent... Good heavens!"

"What does this mean?" Ye Moxi looked up at Feng Yanting, whose eyes were filled with unconcealed excitement.

"The higher the psychic compatibility, the more irresistibly the two parties are drawn to each other. In the last hundred years, the highest psychic compatibility in the Moyun Galaxy was only eighty-one percent..."

That was his mother and the Legion Commander Ye Tianjiao!

So, was that why she had been infatuated with the person on the screen? She had thought it was just the "mating instinct" that came with awakening her beast soul!

"When a Guide gives a Sentinel a psychic imprint, it is effectively an acknowledgement of the Sentinel as their fiancé! Many students at the Talent Academy already have fiancés or even husbands! Girl, it’s not that I’m biased toward my nephew, but in terms of appearance and family background, he is second to none! And believe me, with him by your side, your path through the Talent Academy will be much smoother."

Ye Moxi remained skeptical! Even though she came from a fringe galaxy with limited knowledge, that didn't mean she was a fool easily led astray!

The First Legion! Even she, coming from a remote galaxy, knew what the Ten Great Legions represented! And the First Legion stood at the pinnacle of combat power! As the leader of the First Combat Team of that pinnacle, what kind of weight did he carry?

"Smoother"? Wouldn't she just be isolated and sabotaged by all the other students at the Talent Academy?

Feng Xun smiled mysteriously. "I saw your enrollment documents. You come from a fringe galaxy. Your household registration and guardianship should have been under me, your mentor. However, this has its pros and cons. If you were exiled to a fringe galaxy, your assessment results will soon be posted on the Interstellar Network. When that happens, your original family will inevitably try to reclaim your guardianship..."

"What?"

"That won't happen! They cast us aside like trash back then; today, everything we have has nothing to do with them!" She hadn't spent all this effort raising Ye Ximo just to let the Rhodes family swoop in and reap the rewards.

Feng Xun sighed. "But interstellar law states that if your family wishes to reclaim your guardianship, the academy cannot stop them."

Ye Moxi frowned. *How could they?* They abandoned her when they pleased, and now they wanted her back? Did they take her for a fool?

"Naturally, there is one other way: if your guardianship falls to someone who is already an adult and possesses a certain social status. However, this person must have a familial relationship with you. For example, this lad—what he wanted to say just now was to become your guardian, or better yet, your fiancé!"

Feng Yanting frowned."