Ch. 20
Chapter 20. He Disbanded Huaxia’s Number One Battle Team, Shocking the Entire Venue
“No! Impossible! Jiang Yichen, and all of you, must be putting on an act to trick me!”
“Brother Chengyu told me that you, Jiang Yichen, were nothing more than an ordinary rich second-generation heir. How could you possibly be a young master of the Jiang family?”
Wearing her snow-white swan gown, Lin Wan staggered to her feet from the ground, though the pure dress was now covered in dust.
Like a madwoman, she rushed forward, but at that moment, the previously vanished host and security personnel suddenly charged onto the stage and seized her.
“Let go of me, let go! Jiang Yichen, you have to explain everything to me clearly today! Otherwise, I will never forgive you again!”
Lin Wan struggled and screamed, even going so far as to activate her Spiritual Energy to shake off the security guards. But Jiang Feng of the Yanhuang Team struck out with a palm and hit Lin Wan’s Dantian, directly sealing her meridians.
The security staff immediately dragged Lin Wan off the stage as she was sent flying backward, blood spilling from the corner of her mouth.
The audience below was cursing nonstop as well, chasing after Lin Wan with every vulgar insult they could think of.
Jiang Yichen merely watched in silence, without the slightest trace of sympathy in his eyes.
Lin Wan deserved everything that had happened to her today.
In his previous life, he had given everything for her, exhausting his family’s resources to nurture her, only to become a stepping stone on her path through life.
Now that he had a second chance, there was no way in hell he was doing that again. And she still wanted him to work hard to fawn over her, kneel down, and beg for her forgiveness? She could keep dreaming.
Slacking off felt far better than making an effort.
Right, he still had not opened the system reward.
A Supreme-grade reward had finally arrived.
“System, open the gift pack,” he thought.
【Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: Supreme-grade · Divine Beast Embryo, ten billion in funds, and a Surprise Blind Box.】
A Divine Beast Embryo?
Jiang Yichen’s eyes lit up, and he quickly checked its description.
【Supreme-grade · Divine Beast Embryo: Place it in a top-grade spirit spring, and it can randomly hatch an ancient Divine Beast.
To provide the Host with a better slacking-off experience, the system will automatically incubate it for you. Required time: ‘24 hours.’】
It could hatch an ancient Divine Beast, and it even came with automatic incubation, so he did not have to work hard gathering materials himself.
System, you really are a national treasure of a system.
Jiang Yichen could not help feeling excited. A Divine Beast!
From the time of the Great Cataclysm until now, over more than two hundred years, Huaxia had only ever observed traces of the four Divine Beasts: Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, Azure Dragon, and Black Tortoise.
Each one possessed power capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Jiang Yichen could not help but look forward to what kind of Divine Beast this embryo would hatch.
The incubation would take one day, so all he could do was wait.
He looked at the other rewards he had obtained. There was no need to say anything about ten billion in funds. He could not possibly spend it all.
But what the hell was this “Surprise Blind Box”?
【Surprise Blind Box: A slacking-off life needs a few surprises to be truly perfect. Based on the wish in the heart of the person who opens it, the blind box will grant a surprise.】
A wish from the heart?
Jiang Yichen thought about it and felt that he did not really need it. He had been born into the highest echelon already, and now he had a system as well.
His wish was simply to coast through life like a lazy freeloader, slacking off and drifting along, and the system was already helping him realize that wish.
Maybe he could save it and give it to someone else?
A flash of inspiration struck Jiang Yichen, and he turned to look at Su Linyu, who was holding his arm.
In his previous life, Su Linyu had brought him breakfast every day and kept it up for four years.
On his birthday and during the New Year, she had always prepared carefully made gifts for him.
Although he had thrown them away every single time without appreciating them, now that he thought about it, over those four years he had never once given Su Linyu any gift at all.
Jiang Yichen took the Surprise Blind Box out of the system space. It was a small, ancient-looking, exquisitely crafted box.
Just as he was about to speak, the Yanhuang Team beat him to it.
“Boss, um... why did you cut off the Yanhuang Team’s funding?”
Jiang Feng spoke in a low voice. Just now, they had helped the boss deal with that bitch Lin Wan, so surely the boss would be pleased enough to restore the Yanhuang Team’s financial support.
The other team members also revealed hopeful expressions.
Jiang Yichen frowned, looked at the five members of the Yanhuang Team, and sneered. “Why the hell should I keep supporting a battle team that loafs around doing nothing and curses me behind my back?”
Jiang Feng froze, while the other team members lowered their heads somewhat guiltily.
“Boss, it isn’t like that. I’ve already punished Leng Zhenghan. Don’t worry, we absolutely won’t make the same mistake again.”
“Please give us one more chance, Boss.”
Jiang Feng and the team members bowed together in apology, leaving the audience below utterly dumbstruck.
Jiang Yichen, however, looked disgusted. In his previous life, if it had not been for fulfilling Lin Wan’s dream, he would never have poured insane amounts of money into the Yanhuang Team, and the Jiang Group would never have been pushed into a financial crisis.
And what had the Yanhuang Team done in return? They had used the money he gave them to buy villas and luxury cars, and to frequent all sorts of high-end clubs.
They were even better at sucking blood than Lin Wan, that leech.
【Ding! A slacking-off choice has been triggered.】
【Choice One: Just like in your previous life, forgive the Yanhuang Team and continue cultivating them. Reward: the title ‘Peerless Sucker.’
Choice Two: In your previous life, you already knew that the Yanhuang Team was a pack of lazy parasites. No matter how much you strengthened management, they would never change. Now that you have started over, you no longer hold out hope. Simply slack off and stop bothering with them. Publicly announce the disbandment of the Yanhuang Team. Reward: ‘Mid-level Slacking-off Gift Pack.’】
Looking at the choices before him, Jiang Yichen chuckled. “Jiang Feng, chances are reserved for people who are capable of changing. As for you... heh, you are not worth giving another chance.”
“I am now announcing, as your boss, that the Yanhuang Team is disbanded effective immediately!”
Boom!
The moment those words came out, the entire venue erupted in shock.
Su Linyu’s eyes widened as well, and she looked at Jiang Yichen in disbelief.
Brother Yichen had founded the Yanhuang Team for the sole purpose of fulfilling Lin Wan’s dream.
And now he was declaring it disbanded. Did that mean Brother Yichen no longer loved Lin Wan?
Su Linyu felt a little uncertain inside. Was this still the same Brother Yichen as before?
Meanwhile, Jiang Feng and the others’ pupils contracted as they slowly clenched their fists, their expressions turning incomparably dark.
They had originally thought that Butler Feng’s notice had not truly reflected the boss’s wishes. But now the boss had directly announced the disbandment of the Yanhuang Team in front of everyone!
Was Jiang Yichen not supposed to be a lovesick fool? How had he suddenly become smart?
Suspicion flashed in Jiang Feng’s eyes, and he ground out, “Boss, think carefully. We’re currently Huaxia’s number one—”
“You think you deserve that title? The Yanhuang Team is disbanded. You may get lost now.” Jiang Yichen’s voice held no warmth at all. He was utterly cold and unyielding.
Jiang Feng’s fists clenched so tightly that they cracked audibly, his gaze turning ice-cold.
He had never expected Jiang Yichen’s attitude to be this firm. After all, they were currently Huaxia’s number one battle team. Even if Jiang Yichen did not want them, other factions would still fight to recruit them.
The only difference would be that those other forces would give them fewer resources. Since you are being heartless, then do not blame us for abandoning all old ties as well.
“Jiang Yichen, without us, you’ll regret this when the Battle Team League begins in one month!”
After throwing out that threat, Jiang Feng turned and left with the team members.
The audience below was even more anxious than Jiang Yichen himself.
“Young Master Jiang has gone mad. That was Huaxia’s number one battle team, and he just disbanded it so easily? This is utter folly!”
“Exactly. The Huaxia Battle Team League is only one month away. Disbanding the number one team at a time like this means the Jiang family’s ranking is definitely going to fall.”
“The rankings in the Battle Team League directly affect how the nation allocates resources among the great families. Young Master Jiang, this was far too irrational.”
“...”
Hearing the doubts all around him, Jiang Yichen did not care in the slightest.
In the battle team rankings, both Thunder Team and Phoenix Team, which stood in second and third place, had also been cultivated by him.
Those two teams had fought their way out of forbidden zones crawling with demonic beasts, and their strength was terrifying.
In his previous life, if Lin Wan had not been in the Yanhuang Team, he never would have allowed the Yanhuang Team to take first place in the Battle Team League three months later.
It could be said that whoever he wanted to be number one would become number one.
It was just that later on, this kind of rigging had left Thunder Team and Phoenix Team deeply dissatisfied, and they had switched sides to Jiang Feng.
That had allowed Jiang Feng to surpass him in battle team development in one leap.
Now that I’ve been reborn, then I’m sorry, but I’ll just wait for all of you to regret it.
Watching the Yanhuang Team’s departing figures, Jiang Yichen shook his head and smiled.
And just then, the system’s voice rang out.
【Ding! The Host has made a slacking-off choice and obtained a ‘Mid-level Slacking-off Gift Pack.’ Would you like to open it?】