Chapter 26: What a down-to-earth name.

At that moment, the door was kicked open.

“We are from the Disciplinary Department. Someone here has reached a frenzy level of—”

Ye Moxi had already retracted her abilities. Feng Yanxi shielded her behind him, while Madam Feng Xi and the siblings Feng Xun wore expressions of astonishment, still unable to step back. Ye Tianjiao held the swelling on his forehead, half laughing, half grimacing, his expression growing increasingly stern.

“The data just now must have been an error! You can run the test again now—current reading is seventy-nine percent!”

Though still high, it was not enough to warrant being taken into custody by the Disciplinary Department.

Sure enough, they scrutinized the data carefully, compared it, and eventually left.

“Commander Ye, you should be extra cautious recently; this value is very dangerous.”

Mainly, it was unstable—it could spike suddenly at any moment!

Ye Tianjiao nodded.

He understood that the Disciplinary Department’s intentions were not necessarily benevolent, but they were concerned: if all the advanced sentinels in the Mo Yun star system collapsed into frenzy beasts due to their frenzy values, the war against the star beasts and the insectoid species would become extremely perilous.

“Moxi, just now you struck once with your staff and reduced the frenzy value by ten points…”

Madam Feng Xi excitedly grasped Ye Moxi’s hand.

It had been decades since Ye Tianjiao’s frenzy value dropped below eighty!

“Is that… very difficult?” Ye Moxi asked, not trying to boast, but genuinely puzzled.

Fortunately, Madam Feng Xi knew of her upbringing and did not find it inappropriate.

“Very difficult! Really difficult! You don’t know, he hasn’t had a proper sleep of more than three hours for many years…”

That was quite a revelation! One had to admire the physical resilience of interstellar humans.

“Moxi, you mentioned earlier there was another solution?”

Right! The real matter at hand.

“I just glimpsed a bit of the commander’s mental sea…”

To be honest, it was in a dire state—a nearly dissipating energy tiger crouched atop roaring golden flames, surrounded by black energy clusters. It barely had room to turn.

“I have two plans. You have seen Feng Yanxi’s Vermilion Bird beast soul; I can help the commander awaken the White Tiger beast soul… You should know your mental energy body is on the brink of collapse…”

Once the mental energy body collapses, Ye Tianjiao’s mental strength would suffer a severe blow, potentially falling from level 2S to S or even lower.

This decline would affect not only his mental strength but also his combat abilities.

Ye Tianjiao’s expression darkened.

He was fully aware of the consequences. Feng Yanxi was already capable of handling things independently with his assistance nearby…

“Yanxi never awakened a mental energy body, but mine has accompanied me since birth…”

If preserving his current strength meant losing his mental energy body, he...

“You need not worry! The beast soul will completely merge with you.”

If it hadn’t been for her recent stroke of luck embroidering the White Tiger beast soul and the timely occurrence today, she wouldn’t have dared to suggest it.

“However, I still need to plant a fire lotus in your mental sea, like the one in Feng Yanxi’s. It will generate red energy clusters to eliminate the black ones, gradually stabilizing the condition into a controllable range. But there is a drawback: the beast soul and fire lotus might cause a mental restraint. From then on, even if I commit grave misdeeds, others may kill me, but you cannot. You might even be compelled to attack others under my commands…”

She was always protective of her own matters, not giving anything away for free.

As for why she hadn’t told Feng Yanxi—because Feng Yanxi additionally bore a mental imprint. She had checked on the star network; with the imprint, even if she wanted Feng Yanxi dead, he could not resist.

Feng Yanxi squeezed her hand.

“What bad things would you do?”

Ye Moxi smiled faintly.

“You know I have some personal grudges with the Xiong family…”

The Xiong family?

Xiong Sheng?

Ye Tianjiao snorted coldly.

“What did that old man do?”

“I appeared on the Desert Star because of him. But I was knocked out and taken the place of a girl named Dili.”

“Dili?” Madam Feng Xi, a guide instructor, had heard the name before.

“This year, the Xiong family indeed used their privileges to send a girl named Dili into the guide program. If she colluded with others to get you sent to Desert Star, and the Xiong family still protects her, that would be their mistake!”

Ye Tianjiao and Feng Yanxi exchanged a glance.

The Xiong family probably misunderstood the situation!

They posted a hefty bounty on the military’s exclusive website.

Combined with the high-profile placement of Dili into the guide program, it seemed they wanted the “Yuan Xi” to voluntarily come forward.

Perhaps they thought guides couldn’t tolerate others claiming their achievements.

They never expected the information was mistaken; Ye Moxi had no idea of the Xiong family’s true motives, nor did she imagine that the Xiong family took her as Dili’s protector.

However, they would never clarify this misunderstanding for the Xiong family!

“The second plan is that I teach you how to eliminate the black energy!”

“Eliminate? You mean the way I think it is?”

Madam Feng Xi asked, puzzled.

“Yes!” Ye Moxi nodded.

“What I understand and have encountered is elimination, annihilation! You know we live on the fringe star systems. Though there are no advanced sentinels, that doesn’t mean we’re free from black energy intrusion. My younger brother Xi Mo was born without mental strength. When he finally grew a bit and his mental sea took shape, it was filled with black energy. I realized only by eradicating the black energy in his mental sea could he be free from interference and the mental sea remain stable…”

This was partly true; Ye Xi Mo’s mental strength was nurtured bit by bit by her own energy over more than a decade—but that was something she would never admit.

Next came the decision of Ye Tianjiao and the others.

“Moxi, can I be a bit greedy and ask for both?”

“Feng Xi!”

Ye Tianjiao actually resisted the first method—it was tantamount to having a mental imprint set by Ye Moxi!

“Moxi is a good child! When Yanxi asked what bad things she might do, the first thing she mentioned was a private grudge with that Dili. Besides, she saved Yanxi’s life. Even if she asks us to do something, it’s something we should do,” said Madam Feng Xi.

Having grown up learning to guide mental energy and expel black energy from the mental sea, she was unsure if she could learn Ye Moxi’s method to eliminate black energy.

Ye Tianjiao’s frenzy value was a sword hanging over his head, ready to explode at any time. Madam Feng Xi didn’t want to gamble.

The most important person in Ye Tianjiao’s life was Madam Feng Xi; naturally, he would heed her words.

“How do I awaken the White Tiger beast soul?”

Madam Feng Xi grew a bit nervous.

“Very simple!”

Ye Moxi took out her embroidery pattern.

She concealed part of it, revealing only the White Tiger beast soul.

“You just need two people’s heartfelt blood to drip onto this embroidery at the same time.”

Simple—too simple, in fact. But since it required heartfelt blood, it felt solemn and serious.

When the two drops of blood were absorbed by the embroidery, Ye Tianjiao felt a sudden jolt in his mental sea and soul, then...

“Roar!”

A majestic, imposing giant tiger appeared before everyone.

“Little White? Is that you?”

Madam Feng Xi excitedly stepped forward to stroke the tiger.

Little… White?

Ye Moxi furrowed her brows. What a down-to-earth and fitting name!

“Awooo…”