Ch. 28
Chapter 28. Feeding the Divine Beast Bai Ze Left Uncle Feng and His Fiancée in Despair
Looking at the three options before him, Jiang Yichen immediately perked up.
He ignored the first two at once, because the third choice was far too correct.
If he was going to slack off, then he should do it properly. Tedious cultivation had nothing to do with him.
Enjoying life was what mattered most.
Jiang Yichen glanced at the top-grade spirit spring water and the Jade Nectar. Even the rich Spiritual Energy radiating from them tugged at his body.
It was obvious that these were extremely valuable treasures.
But since he already had automatic cultivation, there was no need for him to painstakingly refine things like this himself.
Return them... no, wait. Would it not be even better to feed them to the newly hatched divine beast Bai Ze?
With a thought from Jiang Yichen, a seven-colored light flashed in his palm, and both Su Linyu’s and Uncle Feng’s expressions changed as they stared fixedly at it.
The seven-colored light vanished in a blink, and a Bai Ze with snowy white fur appeared on the table. Blinking its brilliant seven-colored eyes, it lay there curiously taking in its surroundings.
“Young Master, what is that?” As a seventh-realm Martial King, Uncle Feng could clearly sense that it was no ordinary creature.
Su Linyu also felt a faint sense of resonance. Her martial talent was 【Vermilion Bird Blaze】, and it was already inextricably linked to the divine beast Vermilion Bird.
So when she faced Bai Ze, she naturally felt an odd sense of familiarity.
“Wow! Brother Yichen, what breed is this little white tiger? It’s so cute!” She could not help reaching out to touch it, but Bai Ze grew a little frightened and leaped into Jiang Yichen’s arms.
“A pet I bought. Cute, isn’t it?”
Jiang Yichen stroked Bai Ze’s soft white fur. He had expected that Su Linyu and Uncle Feng would not recognize it.
After all, only four divine beasts had ever been observed in Huaxia. And Bai Ze was still in its juvenile stage, so it was perfectly normal that it did not match the descriptions in the ancient records.
If not for the system’s prompt, even he would not have recognized it as the divine beast Bai Ze.
“Mhm, mhm. Brother Yichen really has wonderful taste. It’s so white and adorable.” Su Linyu made a playful face at Bai Ze.
Uncle Feng, on the other hand, furrowed his brows as he stared at Bai Ze in the Young Master’s arms, confusion written across his face.
Strange. The Young Master had never had the habit of keeping pets. Where had this fluffy little tiger come from?
And this little thing clearly did not seem simple, yet he could not recall any relevant information about it.
Uncle Feng shook his head and pushed the matter aside. It was just keeping a pet, after all. There was nothing wrong with that.
What mattered now was persuading the Young Master to cultivate. As long as the Young Master refined the Jade Nectar and the top-grade spirit spring water over these two days, he would definitely be able to—
“Here. You like it? Then drink it all.”
But in the very next second, Jiang Yichen picked up the bottle containing the Jade Nectar and poured it straight into Bai Ze’s mouth.
Bai Ze opened its mouth and licked its lips, as though it still wanted more.
Smiling faintly, Jiang Yichen took Su Linyu’s top-grade spirit spring water as well and continued feeding Bai Ze.
【Growth: 9%】
Even a divine treasure like the Jade Nectar only raised it to 9%. Raising a divine beast really was not easy. Then I should keep feeding it.
Like a doting father feeding a child, Jiang Yichen kept pouring the spirit spring water into Bai Ze’s mouth.
That sight left both Uncle Feng and Su Linyu standing rooted to the spot, dumbstruck.
“Young Master, no, absolutely not...” Uncle Feng reacted with lightning speed, but the Jade Nectar had already been drunk dry by Bai Ze.
He immediately collapsed onto the floor and fainted.
One of the bodyguards quickly rushed over and pressed his philtrum. Only then did Uncle Feng slowly wake up, gasping for breath.
“Young Master, the Jade Nectar is a priceless divine treasure. How could you feed it to a pet? Ah!”
Jiang Yichen paused in the middle of feeding Bai Ze and smiled. “Uncle Feng, do not be anxious. Cultivation is not something I need to do. Isn’t it much better to let this little fellow drink it? It can grow up faster that way.”
Since automatic cultivation was already running, there was no reason for him to cultivate personally.
“Young Master, you... ah!” With an expression of bitter disappointment, Uncle Feng slapped his thigh hard and lowered his head, sighing again and again.
In a world where martial strength was supreme, cultivation was what every martial artist had to do. It was the only path toward the Martial Dao.
Yet the Young Master was so lazy that he could actually say cultivation was not something he needed to do. If that was not what he ought to be doing, then what was?
Could it be slacking off, squandering money, and indulging in pleasure?
Young Master! A martial artist’s true path in life was to cultivate day and night with unwavering effort.
The hope Uncle Feng had just kindled when the Young Master broke through to the third realm was now extinguished completely.
“Uncle Feng, are you all right?” Jiang Yichen asked hesitantly.
Uncle Feng rose from the ground with a look of utter hopelessness and shook his head. “Young Master, from now on, this old servant will follow all your arrangements and will not speak any more useless words.”
He had no choice anymore. The Young Master was already beyond saving. It would be better to just let him live out his life as he pleased.
Hearing that, Jiang Yichen could not help smiling. “Uncle Feng, you should have been like this from the beginning. Do not worry so much.”
Uncle Feng felt as though a bone were lodged in his throat, but he still nodded. “Yes, Young Master. Then I will take my leave first.”
Jiang Yichen watched Uncle Feng’s retreating figure and shook his head slightly.
He could naturally see the disappointment in Uncle Feng’s eyes, but everyone had their own way of living.
If he chose to slack off, plenty of people were bound to look down on him. So what?
Praise always belonged to the one who laughed last. When that day came, there would naturally be people to speak in his defense.
“Brother Yichen, actually, Uncle Feng really did mean well.” Sitting to one side, Su Linyu spoke with a troubled expression.
Jiang Yichen stroked Bai Ze and turned to ask, “Are you going to persuade me too?”
Su Linyu shook her head and revealed a smile. “Whatever Brother Yichen wants to do, I will support it. As long as Brother Yichen is happy, I will be extremely happy too.”
Jiang Yichen smiled. “You are not afraid that if I fail the graduation assessment, your father will break off our engagement?”
Su Linyu twisted her dress in both hands and hesitated for a long while.
Of course she was afraid. But she would never do anything that made Brother Yichen unhappy.
Even if her father really did marry her off to the young master of the Zhou family in the end, she had legs, did she not? She could just run away from the marriage.
That would make things very ugly for the Su family, and her parents and older brother would scold her to death for it, but for Brother Yichen, she was willing.
“I’m not afraid. I believe that even if love is separated by mountains and seas, mountains and seas can still be crossed.” Su Linyu forced a smile.
Jiang Yichen propped up his cheek and smiled. “Where did you learn that line?”
“Online. I memorized lots and lots of confession lines too. They’re all so beautiful. Do you want me to recite them to you?”
Su Linyu took out her phone and cleared her throat. “Brother Yichen, you are the love poem hidden in the depths of my heart, the one I recite over and over. You are the joy that makes the corners of my lips rise every time I think of you...”
Without caring whether Jiang Yichen wanted to hear it or not, Su Linyu began reciting with incomparable affection.
Jiang Yichen looked helpless, but he did not interrupt her.
He had done plenty of embarrassing things like this himself in his previous life.
Confessing beneath the dormitory building, standing on stage and reciting love poems, he had done all of it.
And now it was his turn. Being read heartfelt confessions by the dignified daughter of the Su family felt rather novel.
It gave him the feeling of being cherished.
Jiang Yichen listened, but then an ill-timed voice suddenly rang out.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making a Slacker Choice. Reward: ‘Advanced Slacker Gift Pack.’ Open it now?】
The advanced gift pack had arrived.
There was a fifty percent chance of getting a Supreme-grade item. He would open the low-level one first, then take a gamble on the advanced pack.
Jiang Yichen immediately slipped into a gambler’s mindset, filled with longing for a Supreme-grade reward.
“System, open the low-level gift pack.”