Ch. 23
Chapter 23. Another Supreme-grade Reward—This Pull Was Incredibly Lucky!
Here it came again.
Jiang Yichen looked at the three choices before him, and one brow lifted slightly.
There was no need to even consider the first one. He went straight to the second and third.
The second option, slacking off and skipping the graduation assessment, was actually viable. Staying at home and lazing around in comfort did sound nice.
But a low-level gift pack...
Jiang Yichen recalled the kind of things he had gotten from low-level gift packs before and decisively shook his head.
His gaze finally settled on the third option. It did not restrict whether he could attend the graduation assessment or not. It only required him to enjoy life during the next three days.
Jiang Yichen's eyes lit up. Perfect. Aside from letting Su Linyu use the funds from the gift pack to help him build his team, he had not really done much with the money yet.
In his previous life, in order to support his team and Lin Wan's entire family, he had borrowed money everywhere. On top of that, he had even sold off the valuable things in the villa, and the cooks and maids he hired had all been the cheapest ones available.
It had been worlds apart from the life that should have belonged to the eldest young master of the number one family in Huaxia.
He absolutely had to make up for all the suffering he had endured in his previous life. Even a slacker's life had to be lived with quality.
Jiang Yichen decisively chose the third option.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making a slacker choice. Reward: 'High-Level Slacker Gift Pack.' Would you like to open it?】
A high-level gift pack had a fifty percent chance of producing a Supreme-grade reward. Better use the intermediate gift pack to cushion the odds first and take a gamble.
Jiang Yichen simply could not hold himself back any longer. "System, open the intermediate gift pack first."
【Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: ten billion in funds, Encyclopedia of Demonic Beasts, Encyclopedia of Martial Cultivation】
Hm? Encyclopedias?
Jiang Yichen immediately checked them.
【Encyclopedia of Demonic Beasts: Covers all divine beasts and demonic beast illustrated records in the Host's world, documenting the weaknesses, habits, customs, and other traits of every race of demonic beast...】
【Encyclopedia of Martial Cultivation: Covers the cultivation system of the Host's world, providing a complete guide from ordinary mortal all the way to Martial God.】
【For the Host's better slacker experience, once used, the encyclopedias will be permanently memorized by the Host.】
Jiang Yichen gave a slight nod. The graduation assessment three days later was divided into two stages.
The first stage tested the "seven subjects": demonic beast illustrated records, demonic beast weakness analysis, racial regional distribution, cultivation systems, Blood Qi cultivation, spiritual power cultivation, and martial talent application. Only by passing all seven subjects could one enter the second stage.
As for the second stage, it was simple enough—the same old routine of killing demonic beasts to earn points.
In his previous life, all of his energy had been poured into managing the team. How could he possibly have had time to study any of this?
Now that gap had finally been filled, and the system had even thoughtfully included automatic memory.
This really... moved me to tears.
Jiang Yichen immediately chose to use them.
In an instant, a palace slowly appeared within his sea of consciousness. Once he entered, he found rows upon rows of neatly arranged books inside, like a massive library.
All he had to do was think of something, and the corresponding book would fly out from the shelves and flip directly to the page containing the answer.
As for some of the more obscure and difficult questions, they were automatically read and comprehended, and he grasped them in an instant.
Jiang Yichen gave a thumbs-up. Incredible.
With this thing, would not the graduation assessment be enough to make the Su family and his parents see him in a whole new light? And then there was the broken engagement...
No, no, no. What did any of that have to do with me? I just need to slack off in peace.
As long as slacking off gave him strength, money, and everything else he needed, what was there to be afraid of?
Jiang Yichen tossed all those messy concerns out of his mind and fixed his gaze on the high-level slacker gift pack.
Whether it can produce a Supreme-grade reward or not depends entirely on you!
"System, open the high-level gift pack too!"
【Congratulations, Host, you have obtained: Supreme-grade · Spirit Gathering Array.】
It came out! It really came out!
A smile spread across Jiang Yichen's face, and he immediately checked the description.
【Supreme-grade · Spirit Gathering Array: Can raise automatic cultivation speed to its maximum value! The current maximum automatic cultivation speed can reach '24% per day' (Already automatically activated. Please note that this type of array and amplification skill cannot stack.)】
Maximum automatic cultivation speed!
Twenty-four percent a day meant one percent per hour. Five hours meant five percent progress.
That was more than twice the effect of the Ancient Spirit Gathering Array and the amplification card he had received earlier!
Jiang Yichen hurriedly pulled up his personal status panel.
【Host: Jiang Yichen
Realm: Fourth Realm, Third Layer (Automatic cultivation progress: 37%)
Blood Qi: 14770
Spiritual Power: 6610
Talent: Divine Sense Amplification, Chaos Body (Automatic cultivation progress: 6.8%, minor mastery at 20%)
Cultivation Method: Void Scripture (Automatic cultivation progress: 12.2%, beginner level at 20%)
Weapon: Void Mirror (Currently amplifying the Void Scripture)
Pet: Supreme-grade · Divine Beast Embryo (Currently incubating...)
(Current automatic cultivation speed: '1% per 1 hour.' Maximum speed reached. Cannot be increased further. Automatic cultivation speed will decrease reasonably according to cultivation difficulty!)】
Holy hell!
At a rate of one percent per hour, that meant the Void Scripture would reach beginner level in seven or eight hours.
If he lay around for ten hours, he could break through an entire minor realm.
Good grief!
Even a genius like Su Linyu, if she did not rely on resources, would need anywhere from one month to three months to break through a single minor realm.
As for him, he only needed to slack off for ten hours.
This was heaven-defying idle cultivation.
Slacking off for a moment felt great, but slacking off forever felt even better.
Jiang Yichen stretched lazily, made a phone call, and soon a car arrived.
He got in, and with the low rumble of the luxury car's engine, he was back at the villa in no time.
Jiang Yichen poured himself a glass of wine and stood on the balcony. Looking at the disorderly layout around the villa, he saw that even the outdoor exercise equipment had started to rust a little.
Some of the unoccupied rooms had dust settled on the windows.
It was not that they had never hired cleaners. The main issue was limited funds. In order to reduce the villa's expenses, Uncle Feng had no choice but to save wherever he could.
Before Jiang Yichen had started supporting the team, the number of maids and bodyguards in the villa had been nearly ten times what it was now.
"It looks like I need to have this villa properly refurbished tomorrow. A slacker's life should not be this shabby."
After finishing his wine, Jiang Yichen went back inside and started scrolling through his phone.
He contacted a customized ecological residence team, purchased top-tier bedding and daily necessities, and invited the top private chef team in Huazhong.
He even arranged to buy an exclusive ingredient supply chain while he was at it...
In any case, whatever was the best, Jiang Yichen bought it. He felt absolutely no pain at spending the money.
After busying himself for an hour, he finally tossed his phone aside, lay down on the bed, and drifted off to sleep.
Just thinking about how he would wake up to a higher realm and a breakthrough in his cultivation method felt unbelievably satisfying.
He truly loved slacking off.
...
At the Su residence, inside the study,
Su Linyu, still dressed in her pure white wedding gown, held her bouquet and stood with lowered head before a stern-faced Su Zhan.
"Why are you still wearing that? Go change out of it!"
"No! This is a gift from Brother Yichen. I'm going to wear it to sleep."
Su Linyu quickly grabbed hold of her father's cane. "Dad, Brother Yichen promised me that as long as I help him manage the team, he'll consider the marriage alliance."
The moment he heard that, Su Zhan directly flung her hand away. "Consider it? Since when did my daughter, Su Zhan's daughter, need him to consider whether he wants to marry her?!"
"And have you gone mad? Back in your first year, you spent your own money helping him manage his team. What did you get in return?"
"He called you a shameless bitch who ruined someone else's relationship, and now you still want to help him? Are you trying to anger me to death?!"
Su Linyu lowered her head and muttered softly, "Dad, Brother Yichen really does seem different this time. He definitely won't lie to me."
"Look, he even gave me a gift. And when I gave Brother Yichen a gift, he even thanked me for it!"
"Dad, do you know how happy I was today?" Su Linyu showed off her wedding dress to Su Zhan, her smile dazzlingly bright.
Hearing this, Su Zhan became so anxious that he kept striking the floor with his cane.
"He was acting. Do you know why Jiang Yichen was being so abnormal today? Because he knew I would be there..."
Su Zhan explained why he had gone to watch the graduation ceremony that day, as well as how Jiang Zhentian had instructed Jiang Yichen to put on an act for him in order to prevent the Su and Jiang families from completely falling out.
"The way he suddenly treated you well today was all just to keep the Su family steady. He wants you to help him manage his team. Jiang Yichen is using you, my foolish daughter!"
The more Su Zhan spoke, the more worked up he became, so angry that he was nearly out of breath.
"Is Brother Yichen using me?"
After listening, Su Linyu was initially a little disappointed. She gradually understood why Brother Yichen had treated her so well today.
But then...
"Dad, are you telling the truth?"
Thinking that his daughter had finally come to her senses, Su Zhan immediately nodded. "Of course. Jiang Yichen is not worth your—"
"Wow! That's amazing! Brother Yichen is actually willing to use me now. Before, he could not even be bothered to acknowledge me."
"I've decided! From now on, I'm going to treat Brother Yichen twice as well!" Su Linyu threw up both hands and started jumping excitedly.
Clatter!
The cane in Su Zhan's hand fell to the floor, and his face stiffened.
This daughter of his...
She was beyond saving.