ISMW Chapter 6

Every word in this comment had been carefully considered by Yun Xunlan, even the color of the heart emoji at the end was meticulously selected.

 

Green represented life, tranquility, and nature—a color symbolizing peace.

 

Back when he was in the realm of immortal cultivation, the ceremonial robe he wore was cyan-green. Those who came to him for healing would say that seeing Xilan Immortal Lord was like seeing a green bamboo, and his cyan-green appearance made them feel reassured and healed. They praised the cyan-green color as exceptionally beautiful.

 

Since the heart emoji was only available in green, Yun Xunlan figured green wasn’t too different from cyan-green. Unlike the red heart that appeared bright and passionate, potentially suggesting romantic love, the green heart would be perfect for showing goodwill. And since Fu Yanxi had called Yu Chen’s Comet-S7 an “unremarkable two-wheeled motorcycle,” Yun Xunlan would take the opposite approach, praising the Comet-S7 as a wonderful “baby” that he also particularly liked, showing that he was on Yu Chen’s side.

 

—With such a thorough and perfect comment that resembled a flawless exam paper, Yun Xunlan couldn’t believe Yu Chen would read it and remain unmoved, ignoring him.

 

However, since the royal guard selection interviews hadn’t ended yet, Yun Xunlan didn’t expect to receive a reply from Yu Chen quickly. So after posting this comment, he continued browsing through Yu Chen’s past public posts.

 

But Yu Chen had set a time limit on visible posts. Yun Xunlan could only see three posts from the past month; anything earlier was inaccessible. He had no choice but to read these three posts over and over again.

 

Just as he finished reading them for the seventh time, Yun Xunguang called via video communication, asking Yun Xunlan: “My dear brother, how’s your selection of those nine alpha guards who will take turns protecting you daily?”

 

To avoid provoking an alpha in his susceptibility period by talking too much, Yun Xunguang got straight to the point, asking her most pressing question as soon as the video connected.

 

“I’ve selected them,” Yun Xunlan answered. “I chose the nine alphas who ranked highest in the combat assessment.”

 

Hearing this result, Yun Xunguang raised an eyebrow suspiciously: “Did you watch the selection livestream?”

 

Yun Xunlan answered truthfully: “Yes, but I didn’t finish it.”

 

“Why not?”

 

“After Yu Chen appeared, I couldn’t focus on anyone else.”

 

“Oh, Yu Chen~”

 

Yun Xunguang drew out the sound, her lips curving upward: “You’re very interested in him?”

 

Yun Xunlan looked directly into Yun Xunguang’s golden eyes, identical to his own, his gaze determined as he said calmly: “Yes, I must have him. The others don’t matter.”

 

This was the first time Yun Xunlan had shown such strong, stubborn interest in an alpha, yet Yun Xunguang seemed to have anticipated this situation, showing no surprise: “Fine, anyway I think as long as he’s there, you won’t pay much attention to the others. Someone who could score perfectly in War Psychology—I’m curious about him myself, let alone you.”

 

Yun Xunguang assumed this was Yun Xunlan’s reason for keeping Yu Chen.

 

And in fact, it was true—no matter who that person was, as long as they could score perfectly in War Psychology, Yun Xunlan would definitely choose to keep them.

 

However, Yun Xunlan’s reason for keeping Yu Chen wasn’t limited to this one factor, but he didn’t want to waste words explaining the truth. At this moment, Yun Xunlan just wanted to end the call quickly, unwilling to see the face of any alpha other than Yu Chen during his susceptibility period.

 

But Yun Xunguang continued speaking: “His combat performance is indeed excellent, but it’s a pity he’s only an SS-level alpha.”

 

Yun Xunlan lowered his eyelashes, his gaze falling on the small fish tea pet in his hand as he defended his precious tool-person Yu Chen: “He’s still young. He has the opportunity to grow to SSS level.”

 

“Later efforts can hardly compare to innate talent.” Yun Xunguang noticed he wouldn’t even look at her anymore, so she brought this conversation to a close. “Alright, alright, I won’t bother you with more talk. Since you’ve already decided on your alpha guards, go meet them after your susceptibility period ends.”

 

“Mm.”

 

Yun Xunlan ended the call with Yun Xunguang and opened his light brain to check Yu Chen’s web profile again. Seeing that he hadn’t replied to his comment yet, Yun Xunlan switched to messaging Jian Wenxi, sharing his joy with his childhood friend: [Wenxi, I watched the royal guard selection livestream, and I want to tell you something: there really are alphas who can find other alphas pleasing to the eye during a susceptibility period, and not just moderately pleasing.]

 

[Jian Wenxi: ?]

 

[Jian Wenxi: You found an alpha pleasing to the eye while watching the selection livestream???]

 

Jian Wenxi replied almost instantly, using three question marks after his second message to express his level of confusion.

 

[Yun Xunlan: Yes, his name is Yu Chen. I’ll tell you the details when I return to the laboratory.]

 

Yun Xunlan didn’t chat with Jian Wenxi for long because his light brain alerted him that Yu Chen had replied to his comment. The most urgent thing now was to see what Yu Chen had written—

 

[Blue: ?]

 

Huh?

 

Why did Yu Chen, like Jian Wenxi, only reply with a question mark?

 

Was there something wrong with his comment?

 

Yun Xunlan “humbly” asked Yu Chen for clarification, not forgetting to use the green heart emoji again to show his friendliness, this time tripling the quantity to intensify his goodwill—

 

[Novice Fish Keeper: What’s wrong? Am I not allowed to like your baby? [Green Heart][Green Heart][Green Heart]]

 

Shortly after, Yu Chen replied a second time: [Blue: You get lost too.]

 

Yun Xunlan: !!!

 

So fierce!

 

Yun Xunlan stared unblinkingly at Yu Chen’s reply, his golden eyes gleaming like candle flames stirred by wind, feeling both delighted and troubled.

 

He was delighted because Yu Chen was truly skilled at insulting people!

 

But troubled because his attempt at showing goodwill seemed to have failed.

 

The system watched with great interest: “If such a fierce warrior had been by your side since birth, we would have unified the galaxy by now.”

 

Yun Xunlan was about to speak when he heard the light brain’s AI butler issue another warning: “Your light brain has detected your heart rate exceeding normal limits twice within 12 hours. Do you need me to call a doctor? If no response is received within ten seconds, this will be taken as confirmation. Ten, nine…”

 

He initially wanted to refuse, but after thinking for two seconds, he said before the countdown ended: “Yes, I do.”

 

AI Butler: “Calling tonight’s on-duty doctor: Pei Xingting.”

 

The system asked: “Why is your heart racing again?”

 

Yun Xunlan replied: “Because seeing Yu Chen tell me to get lost, I’m a bit worried we won’t be able to become brothers.”

 

Such a useful tool-person—in his two thousand years across two lifetimes, he had only encountered someone like Yu Chen once.

 

The system consoled him: “Don’t panic. You’re using an alternate account, so he doesn’t know who you are. Worst case, you can create a new account and start over. You can still become brothers.”

 

Yun Xunlan thought about it and realized the system was right, immediately feeling reassured.

 

At that moment, Ni Chun knocked on the door, his voice tinged with anxiety and concern: “Third Prince, Doctor Pei has arrived. Are you feeling unwell?”

 

Hearing Ni Chun’s inquiry, Yun Xunlan temporarily closed his light brain screen: “I’m not unwell. I just want to ask about something. Please come in.”

 

Upon hearing this, Ni Chun pushed open the door. Seeing Yun Xunlan sitting on the carpet looking normal, with no wounds or bleeding, he sighed in relief and stepped aside to allow the man carrying a medical kit behind him to approach Yun Xunlan.

 

The man Ni Chun addressed as “Doctor Pei” was named Pei Xingting. At thirty-five years old, he was originally an excellent clinical pharmacist at the Imperial Military Medical Research Institute and now served as a pharmaceutical doctor for the royal medical team. Like Ni Chun, he was also a beta.

 

However, he was tall and slender, much taller than the average beta. Wearing silver-rimmed frameless glasses, he appeared somewhat gloomy, though his manner of speaking was refined and elegant. After half-kneeling before Yun Xunlan, he smiled and greeted the young man: “Good evening, Third Prince.”

 

“Good evening, Doctor Pei.”

 

Yun Xunlan raised his eyes to look at the black-haired man half-kneeling before him, returning his greeting while rolling up his sleeve and extending his left arm to allow Pei Xingting to draw blood.

 

As the needle pierced his skin and entered the vein, Yun Xunlan felt no pain at all. Pei Xingting, with lowered eyelashes, casually asked as if making small talk: “You seem to be in a good mood today. Did something pleasant happen?”

 

“Yes,” Yun Xunlan said. “That’s why my heart rate spiked twice today.”

 

“I see.”

 

Though Pei Xingting responded this way, it wasn’t until Yun Xunlan’s latest test results came out that he said: “Indeed, your blood test results don’t differ much from your previous test. There’s nothing to worry about.”

 

After saying this, he quietly looked at Yun Xunlan, waiting for the young man to speak.

 

Pei Xingting had been serving as Yun Xunlan’s pharmacist in the royal medical team for three years. He knew well that Yun Xunlan had neither physical discomfort nor was unaware of the reason for his elevated heart rate, yet still chose to call for the on-duty doctor. That meant he definitely had something else to discuss.

 

As Pei Xingting expected, Yun Xunlan soon revealed his true purpose: “Doctor Pei, can you disable the heart rate warning system on my light brain?”

 

A person’s heartbeat isn’t constant; emotions like happiness, fear, and anger all affect heart rate. Although Yun Xunlan understood that Yun Xunguang wanted him to wear this device at all times out of concern for his health, its constant alarms, which required verbal responses to deactivate, were truly annoying.

 

Most importantly, this light brain had issued warnings twice, both precisely when Yu Chen was insulting him.

 

So Yun Xunlan wasn’t sure if this heart rate warning system would also issue alerts in the future when he was face-to-face listening to Yu Chen’s motto of “turning people into dogs.”

 

If it did…

 

Yun Xunlan didn’t want to imagine how awkward that scene would be.

 

To prevent Pei Xingting from refusing his request, Yun Xunlan specifically added a statement to make Pei Xingting understand that his request was entirely reasonable and should be approved: “If it also alarms while I’m having sex, it would greatly affect my mood.”

 

In response, Doctor Pei’s smile didn’t change in the slightest as he replied with a perfectly composed expression: “Third Prince, please rest assured, the medical team already considered this issue when designing this light brain for you. It has a silent mode that can be activated once daily for a duration of three hours. You can activate it before addressing your physiological needs. In silent mode, if your increased heart rate falls within the normal range expected during sexual activity, it won’t issue any alerts.”

 

Yun Xunlan: “…”

 

What a remarkably user-friendly design, however—

 

“Only once per day?” Yun Xunlan asked.

 

And only for three hours at that?

 

Ordinary alphas could continuously “accompany” an omega in heat for seven days. He was an alpha too—why was he limited to just three hours once a day?

 

Pei Xingting further explained: “This is just the initial frequency setting. We can make fine adjustments based on your specific needs and specific capabilities.”

 

“Specific capabilities,” indeed.

 

This time, Yun Xunlan understood the doctor’s implication and raised an eyebrow: “Oh, so you think I’m only capable of three hours.”

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