Ch. 34
Chapter 34. A Day of Slacking Off Begins with Waking Up Stronger
【Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your realm has reached ‘Fourth Realm, Ninth Level.’ The Void Scripture has reached ‘Mastery,’ and the Chaos Body has reached ‘Mastery.’】
A little after seven in the morning, Jiang Yichen rubbed his sleepy eyes and stretched as he sat up in bed.
Waking up every day to news that his strength had increased really did make for a wonderful day.
Jiang Yichen got out of bed and stood before the mirror, slowly pulling open his silk pajamas.
His eight hard, clearly defined abdominal muscles came into view at once. The strength of his physical body had risen to another level.
Using his spiritual power, he controlled a small dagger on the table and sent it stabbing toward himself at high speed.
Whoosh—
Before it could even touch his skin, the dagger was erased into ashes by the purple-black Chaos qi.
“So this is what it means for all close-range attacks to be reduced to nothingness by the Chaos Body? Does that mean I will not have to worry about sneak attacks anymore?”
Jiang Yichen could not help but feel delighted. Then he used the Starblade he had fished up yesterday to slash at his own arm.
Sizzle!
The Starblade scraped out a shower of sparks and could not break through his defense at all. It only left a faint mark on his skin.
The toughness of this body was comparable to a seventh-rank demonic beast. As expected of the greatest physique of all ages.
Jiang Yichen tried out the teleportation distance of the Void Scripture again and found that it had actually broken through to ten thousand meters, more than triple the previous three thousand.
He had also unlocked the Void Hand Seal and the Void Eye, allowing him to take an enemy’s life and observe their movements from ten thousand meters away.
Holy shit!
If he had possessed this kind of physical strength and such a top-tier cultivation art in his previous life, he would never have died in the beast tide.
Nor would he have been forced to watch helplessly as the Huazhong Region was swallowed by the beast tide, his father dying together with ten ninth-rank Beast Emperors in order to save the city, and Su Linyu perishing in the beast tide so he could escape safely.
Now that I have strength, I can definitely change—
Wait!
Smack!
Jiang Yichen slapped himself across the face and said to his reflection, “Slack off, slack off. I’ve said it so many times. Do not get carried away just because you have some strength. Focus on your own great path of slacking off.”
After properly steadying his Dao heart, Jiang Yichen washed up and went out for breakfast.
But when he reached the living room, he did not see Su Linyu. There was only a lunchbox on the dining table with a heart drawn on it.
Jiang Yichen picked up the lunchbox from the table, a puzzled look appearing on his face.
He called Uncle Feng over and asked, “Where is Su Linyu?”
Uncle Feng answered truthfully, “After Miss Su delivered breakfast, she was taken away by the Su family head, who said Miss Su was not allowed to... fool around with you anymore, Young Master.”
Jiang Yichen rested his chin on his hands and thought for a moment before smiling.
Well now, after helping his daughter break through and improve her martial talent, Su Zhan probably felt even more strongly that Jiang Yichen was not worthy of her.
If his graduation assessment results were terrible tomorrow, then it would not be long before the Su family came to cancel the engagement.
But my current strength simply does not allow that... in the end, things will not go the way they want.
Jiang Yichen smiled and did not think too much about it as he started eating the breakfast Su Linyu had brought him.
It had excellent color, aroma, and taste, and it was even the lightly sweet flavor he liked best.
Su Linyu, you understand me even better than my mom does.
Jiang Yichen ate with a smile, only to notice Uncle Feng wearing an awkward expression, as though he wanted to speak but hesitated.
“Uncle Feng, if there’s something you want to say, just say it. There’s no need to be so restrained.”
After hesitating for a moment, Uncle Feng nodded. “There are rumors online that a chance encounter capable of improving martial talent appeared at the Qinglin River. Yesterday, you seemed to have gone there fishing as well, Young Master. Did you gain anything from it?”
If the young master had seized that opportunity, then with his third-realm strength, passing the assessment should not be difficult.
Jiang Yichen shook his head and said calmly, “Uncle Feng, I told you long ago that I cannot endure the hardship of cultivation at all. It is best to just let things take their natural course.”
A trace of disappointment appeared in Uncle Feng’s eyes. After a moment of silence, he said, “Yesterday, Master, Young Master Chu, and Second Young Master Tang came to visit you, but because of what you did...”
Uncle Feng then told him the purpose of their visit yesterday and the reason the three of them had left.
Jiang Yichen raised an eyebrow. He had not expected Tang Long and Chu Xingchen to still care about him so much.
In his previous life, he had clashed with the two of them more than once because of Lin Wan, yet they were still willing to come help him. That was true loyalty.
He nodded. “Then after my dad stormed off, what else did he say?”
Uncle Feng hesitated for a moment. “He said that after your graduation assessment, he would announce at the family council that your status as heir would be revoked.”
Jiang Yichen was not surprised. “He is trying to threaten me with that? Fine by me. Nobody is going to stop me from slacking off.”
“Uncle Feng, since there is nothing going on today, send people to invite a few famous singers over. I want to listen to some music.”
Uncle Feng’s face immediately darkened, and he let out a sigh.
He had thought the young master would at least feel nervous after hearing that the master intended to strip him of his position as heir. But now it seemed the young master truly was hopeless mud that could not be plastered onto a wall.
Forget it. He would just let the young master indulge himself.
Turning around, he left and summoned the person in charge to pass on the young master’s order.
Before long, on the newly built concert stage outside the villa, more than a dozen pretty young women in matching outfits were singing and dancing as part of an idol group.
Jiang Yichen listened to the energetic music while eating premium desserts made by a top private chef, all while having his feet massaged by a specialist whose techniques were unrivaled throughout Huazhong.
Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!
In his previous life, he had carried the burden of inheriting the Jiang family ever since he was young. He had either been studying or on the way to studying, with endless master classes that never seemed to end.
When he got to university, he had thought things would finally become easier, only to end up bewitched by that shallow woman Lin Wan.
He would wait bitterly by his phone when she did not reply, scratching at himself in frustration.
For the sake of her dreams, he had worn himself out tirelessly, building a team for her and training that team for her.
He had spent his entire life living for his family and for other people. Now that he had been reborn, he was done with that. He was going to slack off.
He would live for himself and spend money on himself.
As Jiang Yichen ate his Strawberry Arnault, he bobbed his head to the rhythm of the music, his mood extraordinarily cheerful.
Whenever he got tired of one style, he simply had the person managing the idol group swap in another batch so he could try out different styles one after another.
Time passed without him even realizing it, and Su Linyu did not send him a single message all day.
She was probably being kept under Su Zhan’s watch.
Jiang Yichen did not care much. After all, he would see her tomorrow during the graduation assessment.
Now that he had chosen to slack off, was he supposed to fall into mental exhaustion over something like this?
Of course not.
...
That night, at the Jiang family estate.
“Father, I broke through to the third level of the fourth realm. It is only a pity that I did not encounter the martial opportunity at the Qinglin River yesterday. Otherwise, I definitely would have reached the fourth level of the fourth realm.”
In the main hall, Jiang Feng stood before Jiang Dongnian, his face full of frustration. In the past, whenever he set his sights on something, there had never been anything he could not obtain.
Even a top female celebrity could have all her information dug up within three minutes if he wanted it.
“Feng’er, there is no need to regret it.” Jiang Dongnian placed both hands on his son’s shoulders and smiled. “Your strength has already far surpassed Jiang Yichen’s. Tomorrow’s graduation assessment will definitely end with you crushing him.”
“Besides, Jiang Yichen no longer has any means left to compete with you.”
Jiang Feng looked puzzled. “Doesn’t that man still have his team?”
“Hahaha. Feng’er, do you know what Jiang Yichen has been doing these past three days?”
Jiang Feng froze. “What has he been doing?”
“On the first day, he spent a fortune building a custom residence and purchasing pleasure services. On the second day, he took the Su family’s young lady fishing in leisure, which made Jiang Zhentian and Su Zhan furious. And today, he invited quite a few singers to hold a concert at his villa. He has not cultivated at all.”
Upon hearing that, Jiang Feng’s lips immediately curled upward. “That man has actually given up on himself to this extent? Then the position of Jiang family heir is as good as mine.”
“Exactly.” Jiang Dongnian was delighted for his son as well. “For tomorrow’s assessment, the Zhou family has also invited Zhou Mingyuan, the principal of Huazhong University, as well as Su Zhan and Jiang Zhentian.”
“When the time comes, Jiang Yichen will certainly fail to even achieve a passing result. Su Zhan will definitely go to the Jiang family to cancel the engagement, and Jiang Zhentian will strip him of his status as heir.”
“From then on, you will be the heir of Huaxia’s number one family.”
Gripping his son’s shoulders, Jiang Dongnian laughed loudly. “Go get some rest early and gather your energy for the graduation assessment.”
Jiang Feng nodded heavily and turned to leave the hall.
He raised his head and looked at the moon in the night sky, the corners of his lips curving up.
“Jiang Yichen, do you think you are worthy of touching what belongs to me? After tomorrow, I will personally take it back.”