Chapter 93: Yo, Running Away Pregnant?

Chapter 93: Chapter 93: Yo, Running Away Pregnant?

Zhan Heng frowned. He could immediately guess exactly what kind of tests Xie Jing wanted to run on Gu Weilan, but as an older brother, he still didn’t actually step in to stop him. After all, Xie Jing had the exact same face as him and possessed synesthesia. Zhan Heng also wanted to know if their Female Master would miss Xie Jing. If she did, would she... visit Zhan Heng a few more times?

Xie Jing recalled how Gu Weilan had been sobbing uncontrollably, unable to take any more, yet she still refused to use her spiritual power to brand his Spiritual Sea. Without branding, a totem wouldn’t form.

Indeed, aside from a Priest’s Engraving, a Beastman who hadn’t formed a bond but had engaged in the intimacy reserved for a Female Master and a Beast Husband could still form a type of Engraving—provided they were branded in their Spiritual Sea. Although this kind of totem Engraving would automatically appear on the Female Master’s ankle, if even this didn’t exist, it simply meant the male wasn’t favored by the Female Master at all. He couldn’t even be considered a Beast Husband.

Once a male was claimed by a female, a totem would invariably appear over his heart. Furthermore, a male bearing a female’s totem was essentially ruined, as no other female would ever want him. After all, with sixty billion males across the interstellar space, no female would ever willingly take home an impure male.

Xie Jing saw Zhan Heng looking at him with a trace of pity. Perhaps wanting Zhan Heng to put away such emotions, Xie Jing felt a pang of intense discomfort and couldn’t help but blurt out, "The Female Master called my name—Xie Jing. She knows I am me."

Zhan Heng’s expression visibly turned cold. As twin brothers, Zhan Heng and Xie Jing were far too familiar with each other. Because of this, Xie Jing could generally guess what Zhan Heng was thinking, and Zhan Heng was perfectly clear on exactly why Xie Jing had said those words.

The moment Zhan Heng imagined Gu Weilan in his arms in the future, asking her to call his name, only for her to mistakenly call out the wrong one... he didn’t even want to think about the massive rift it would cause in their relationship! Sure enough, Xie Jing knew exactly how to piss him off!

Zhan Heng turned and walked toward the door. "I will ask the Female Master for the Cultivation Liquid on your behalf."

However, how he went about asking would be entirely up to him. Did Xie Jing really want to pull a runaway-pregnancy stunt just to make the Female Master miss him? The moment Zhan Heng closed the door, the cold sneer playing on his lips bordered on downright sinister.

When it came to protecting his younger brother, Zhan Heng would spare no effort. But as a romantic rival, Zhan Heng would no longer harbor such a protective mindset toward him. It wasn’t that he forbade Gu Weilan from having other Beast Husbands, but he demanded to occupy the most important place in her heart.

As for Xie Jing, he had grown up under Zhan Heng’s protection. Even though they were twins, Xie Jing was the one who was truly sheltered by their Mother, Father, and older brother. Meanwhile, Zhan Heng had always been instructed by their parents to shoulder the responsibilities of being both the older brother and the heir to the Qilin Clan. He had to develop the ability to resolve issues independently. After all, their Mother had many Beast Husbands, and she only agreed to undergo one pregnancy with Zhan Heng and Xie Jing’s Father.

Because of this, the demands placed on Zhan Heng since childhood were vastly more stringent than those placed on Xie Jing. This cultivated his habit of always being the one to shoulder the greatest burdens—or, from another perspective, made him fiercely competitive and determined to always come out on top. As a result, his feelings for Gu Weilan inevitably carried over his personal habits.

The look he had given Xie Jing earlier wasn’t meant to belittle him. He had even thought to himself that, even at the risk of displeasing Gu Weilan, he would try his best to fight for a matching bond for his foolish younger brother. Who would have known that Xie Jing would use the claim that the Female Master held him in her heart to stab Zhan Heng right where it hurt?

Zhan Heng felt that ever since their Father died in battle, he had protected Xie Jing far too well. It had given him the capital to act as recklessly as a blazing little sun. Since Xie Jing wanted to run his mouth, Zhan Heng decided he simply wouldn’t interfere anymore. He would just sit back and see exactly how much space his younger brother really occupied in the Female Master’s heart! Heh...

When the morning light was just beginning to break, Xie Jing grabbed the Incubation Pod and ran away.

The display on the Incubation Pod already showed that three zygotes had successfully combined. However, among the three embryos, only one had a thirty-six percent chance of being a female cub. Xie Jing couldn’t care less about the details now. He simply sent a Light Brain message to his Mother, hopped into an automated hover-cab, and rushed to the Starship airport.

Meanwhile, Gu Weilan resumed her classes, though her curriculum had undergone drastic adjustments. Many professors were more than willing to accommodate her, because the patent she had applied for was no ordinary one—it was a breakthrough that would greatly benefit the entire nation.

In the Beastman World, cubs were the foundation of society. No matter how advanced their technology or how booming their economy, without cubs, everything was nothing more than a castle in the air. Of the seventy billion Beastmen, over half suffered from genetic breakdown symptoms, and a third of the remaining half carried latent genes for the affliction.

Gu Weilan had applied for a Cultivation Liquid patent. At first glance, it seemed like a minor accomplishment—after all, countless corporations were developing and patenting various cultivation liquids. But her Cultivation Liquid had undergone strict evaluation by the precision instruments at the Central Beastman Academy, confirming the absolute absence of any latent contaminating toxins that could trigger a genetic breakdown.

Of course, definitively proving its safety still required a massive amount of clinical testing for corroboration. But after the news spread, the first to take action was a Pharmacy Professor. His son was currently using an Incubation Pod, and the cub was due to be born in just a month or two. He didn’t wait for any clinical tests; he directly bought a batch of Cultivation Liquid personally prepared by Gu Weilan and swapped it into the pod.

After the swap, he witnessed a miracle with his own eyes—the aptitude data of the cub inside the Incubation Pod refreshed every single day, improving at an astounding speed! He immediately submitted the records to the academy’s dean.

Once the news exploded, the other professors couldn’t sit still either. Many of them had younger male relatives in their families who either couldn’t match with a Female Master at all, or who had successfully matched but struggled to conceive for the longest time. They rushed to Gu Weilan one after another to order freshly prepared Cultivation Liquid.

After all, the sampling methods for an Incubation Pod were highly flexible. They could either use a collection sleeve to directly gather sperm and eggs during intercourse, or they could visit a hospital to extract genetic chains from both parties’ bone marrow fluid. Regardless of whether their younger relatives had found matches or not, the professors all flocked to Gu Weilan to order a few bottles.

At that moment, they truly realized that their Central Beastman Academy had nurtured an exceptional talent. A Cultivation Liquid capable of eliminating the hidden dangers of genetic breakdown—how could this not be considered a groundbreaking patent for the nation?

Just as Gu Weilan’s schedule settled into attending classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, while dedicating Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays to independent study and personally preparing Cultivation Liquid, an uninvited guest finally tracked her down.

He stood in front of Gu Weilan. With long, ink-black hair, slightly prominent brow bones, and a narrow distance between his brows and eyes, he should have looked fierce, but his oppressive aura was softened by a pair of narrow, captivating peach-blossom eyes. His golden-green pupils were deep and aloof, complementing a high, straight nose and a sharp, clean jawline. His features perfectly balanced masculine ruggedness with just the right amount of softness. His thin lips held a faint, pale pink hue, adding a touch of warmth to a face that might otherwise have appeared too exquisitely detached.

Gu Weilan looked at him in confusion. "Excuse me, who are you looking for?"

"I’m looking for you, my Female Master." As Mo Jincuan spoke, the rims of his eyes reddened.