Chapter 201: Chapter 142: The Agricultural College’s Special Admission Questions

Back in her old life, Shu Yao was quite the prepper. She often used herbs when making medicinal meals, so she had stuffed her storage space full of all kinds of them.

Qin Shiwei drank the last of it in one go. He felt full, and a pleasant warmth spread through his body.

Now that they were full, it was time for other things.

"I’m going to take a bath."

"I’ve already had one, but I don’t mind taking another. Hehe~"

Qin Shiwei raised an eyebrow. ’A couple’s bath? He didn’t mind in the slightest.’

Shu Yao pressed herself against him, and they entered the bathroom together.

In the bath.

Qin Shiwei brought something up with the woman in his arms. "First Generation said that Xiao Juzi once mentioned... an older sister?"

"That must be Xiao Feng." She was family to her and her son back in the Ninth District. Shu Yao turned on her side to face him, a playful look in her eyes. "Are you suspecting that I gave you fraternal twins?"

The thought had indeed crossed Qin Shiwei’s mind when he heard it from First Generation, but he knew it was impossible.

Shu Yao had come to the Upper Star District specifically to get their child registered. If she really had two children, she wouldn’t have brought only Xiao Juzi with her.

Qin Shiwei spoke slowly. "Great families like the Imperial Family and the Austins have always placed great importance on bloodline succession. Although the Austin Family Master’s first wife bore him two sons, that wasn’t enough to satisfy him.

"Women with the Hyena Beastman bloodline have very high fertility rates. In the short five years after the Austin Family Master’s new wife was officially recognized, she bore him two sons and a daughter. All three children are grown, and she has another one in her belly now."

"Unfortunately, none of those three grown children inherited the superior Austin bloodline; they all have the hyena bloodline. Now the old Family Master is pinning all his hopes on the child in his wife’s belly being a little tiger."

Shu Yao’s lip twitched in a sneer. "So Asher’s daughter, the one with the Hyena Beastman bloodline, is just a walking womb they’ve prepared for your brother, isn’t she."

It was an accurate assessment.

"Before, there was a great deal of support for the Austin family’s daughter, but many people were also opposed. Those who objected weren’t necessarily all supporters of the Empress; the majority had doubts about whether Asher’s daughter could successfully carry on the Imperial Family’s bloodline."

Although women with the Hyena Beastman bloodline have high fertility, their genetic traits are also overwhelmingly dominant. When combined with a nobler Beastial Bloodline, the selective inheritance of superior traits doesn’t seem to work.

In fact, the Austin Family Master, his new wife, and the children they’ve produced are a living testament to this.

The Austin Family Master is so desperate for the child in his wife’s belly to inherit the family’s powerful and noble tiger bloodline because he wants to shut certain people up and rally more support for his daughter’s bid to become the Empress.

But after today, not only did he fail to win over the opposition, but most of his existing supporters are now wavering in their convictions.

No one wants to live in fear under the tyrannical dictatorship of the Austin family.

Shu Yao suddenly had a question. "You know, from what I understand, leopards are no match for tigers, no matter how you slice it. So, my dear leopard, how did your family climb to the top of the Federation’s food chain?"

’So my wife is underestimating me.’

Qin Shiwei explained with a helpless but fond sigh, "A Beastman who looks ferocious isn’t necessarily the strongest. A Beastman’s strength depends on whether they can control their bloodline’s power and wield it freely. And that has to do with spiritual power."

"Take you, for example. You’re a Purebred, but your spiritual power is exceptionally strong. The abilities you can manifest can even surpass those of an average Beastman. But your physical body—"

Qin Shiwei lightly touched the marks on Shu Yao’s body that still hadn’t faded, his dark green eyes swirling with honeyed affection.

"It’s still far from being as strong and sturdy as a Beastman’s." There was a faint note of regret in his voice.

Shu Yao gave him a theatrical shove. "Hey, I’m supposed to be a delicate flower!"

Qin Shiwei splashed a handful of water on his face, forcing himself to cool down. "The strength of the Imperial Family’s Beastial Bloodline lies in our spiritual power. To this day, no other bloodline has surpassed it."

"That’s very impressive," Shu Yao said, gazing at him. "But it’s also terrible, isn’t it?"

"Exactly." Qin Shiwei gave her small, pert nose an appreciative pinch. "Often, if we unleash even a little of our spiritual power, we can completely dominate another person, both spiritually and through our bloodline—sometimes even causing them to have a complete breakdown."

"It doesn’t distinguish between friend or foe, nor between Purebreds or Beastmen. Especially during our manic periods—if our spiritual power gets out of control, the consequences are unimaginable."

Shu Yao asked worriedly, "Have you been having that problem recently?"

"I was," Qin Shiwei said, pulling her closer and sighing in contentment. "But I’m much better now."

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