Chapter 37 : Chapter 37
Chapter 37. Supreme-grade Reward, the Black God Suit
【Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: ten billion in funds, and 10,000 Starfruits.】
It seemed that drawing a Supreme-grade reward was not all that easy after all.
Jiang Yichen shook his head helplessly and checked the Starfruit's description.
【Starfruit: Contains stellar energy. It can strengthen a martial artist's physique and aptitude, and raise their realm.】
It is useless to me, and compared to the Purple Zenith Spirit Marrow, this Starfruit is far more ordinary. Its market price is only around a little over a hundred thousand per fruit.
I might as well use it to feed Bai Ze. It just so happens that I only need 2% more to unlock its divine beast skill.
Jiang Yichen dragged all 10,000 Starfruits into the pet space.
When Bai Ze saw the fruits falling from the sky, it immediately began eating them in excitement, hopping around as it did.
After being fed over the past two days, Bai Ze had already grown from a tiny little thing into something as large as an adult dog.
Raising a pet from time to time and watching Bai Ze slowly grow up gave him an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.
Tap, tap, tap...
The sound of high heels rang out. Jiang Yichen closed the system space and looked toward the podium.
There, he saw a female teacher in gold-rimmed glasses knocking sternly on the podium.
"Before the exam starts, I will first go over the important rules."
The proctor raised her hand with a wave, and a virtual window appeared in front of each examinee.
"The written exam will be conducted online and graded by AI. As soon as you finish, you will be able to see your score. Draft paper has been prepared on your desks for your calculations..."
"Even if you do not do well on the written exam, it does not matter too much. After all, the written exam only accounts for 30% of your graduation assessment score. If your martial exam performance is outstanding, you can still graduate."
As soon as she finished speaking, the proctor glanced in his direction and spoke sternly, "Also, cheating is strictly prohibited during the exam. If anyone is caught, disciplinary action will be taken depending on the circumstances. In serious cases, expulsion will be immediate!"
"Now then, the written exam begins!"
As soon as she said that, the test questions appeared in the students' virtual windows, and the rustling sound of writing echoed through the examination hall.
Jiang Yichen glanced at the female proctor who kept staring at him, and inwardly exclaimed in disbelief. Well, damn. She really looked straight at me when talking about cheating, huh?
It seemed the Zhou family was truly willing to use every possible method just to win over the Su family.
Zhou Mingyuan knew Su Linyu would definitely help him get a passing score, so he had deliberately arranged for her to sit beside him.
The moment they discovered him cheating, they would probably expel him on the spot.
Then Su Zhan would use that as an excuse to come to the Jiang family, break off the engagement, and sever ties with them.
Jiang Feng would also use the matter to persuade his father to strip him of his status as heir and let him take the position instead.
Jiang Yichen smiled and shook his head. If it had been his past self, he probably would have fallen right into the trap.
But now...
He looked at the questions in the virtual window, and the palace within his mind instantly supplied the answers. Even the most complicated questions could be solved with ease.
With questions this easy, am I not about to score full marks outright...?
【Ding! A Taking-It-Easy choice has been triggered.】
【Choice One: Compete desperately with tens of thousands of graduates from Huazhong University and strive for the highest score possible by getting full marks. Reward: the title 'Study Maniac.'
Choice Two: Do not take the exam at all. An exam is not the only path in life. Hand in a blank paper and go straight home to sleep. Reward: 'Intermediate Taking-It-Easy Gift Pack.'
Choice Three: Exams are not the purpose of taking it easy; abandoning pointless competition is. Having lived a second life, you no longer seek your family's approval or other people's opinions. You only need to pass—nothing too good, nothing too bad—while focusing on your own path of taking it easy. Reward: 'Supreme-grade Taking-It-Easy Gift Pack.'】
Jiang Yichen's eyes widened at once as he stared at the reward for the third choice.
A Supreme-grade Taking-It-Easy Gift Pack!! Damn, it is here.
Jiang Yichen stroked his chin. The second choice was not bad either. Why bother with the exam? Hand in a blank paper and go home to sleep. How great would that be?
So he chose the third option without the slightest hesitation.
There was no way he was letting a Supreme-grade gift pack slip away for nothing. He only had to pass the exam. Easy. He just had to control his score.
Jiang Yichen began answering the questions in the virtual window. There were seven papers in total, and he had to finish them within three hours.
That might have been difficult for an ordinary person, but for a martial artist, the time was already more than sufficient.
Each paper's multiple-choice section was worth forty points, and Jiang Yichen skipped those outright. He only needed the remaining sixty points before leaving.
With the system-rewarded complete compendium of martial knowledge and complete compendium of demon beast knowledge, Jiang Yichen was like a god of exams incarnate. He only had to glance over the questions, and the answers would appear.
Throughout the process, he simply wrote on the virtual window from start to finish. The draft paper on the desk was completely useless to him.
Even the most complicated calculations took only a few seconds, no different from copying down ready-made answers.
Thinking back to his previous life, he had constantly skipped class in order to support the team and help Lin Wan realize her dream. Sometimes he would not even come to school for an entire month.
Every time the final assessments came around, they were his greatest torment. Those exam papers had seemed like heavenly scriptures to him. He had not known how to answer a single question from the very first one.
But now, with the system in hand, this felt unbelievably good.
About half an hour later, Jiang Yichen had already finished every question except the multiple-choice ones. After checking everything once more and confirming there were no problems, he clicked to submit the exam.
The virtual window displayed that the AI was grading... and that the score would be released after the exam time ended.
"Ah, this is the first time I've finished and submitted in just half an hour," Jiang Yichen thought, a smile rising on his lips.
The days when he used to scratch his head in misery over exams in his previous life were gone forever.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host. You have made a Taking-It-Easy choice and obtained the 'Supreme-grade Taking-It-Easy Gift Pack.' Would you like to open it?】
The moment Jiang Yichen heard that sound, he became even happier.
The Supreme-grade reward had arrived.
"Open it."
【Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: Supreme-grade · Black God Suit, ten billion in funds, 100,000 Supreme Solid Foundation Pills, and 100,000 Third-rank Blazing Explosion Talismans.】
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There was this much? That was definitely a critical hit.
There was no need to mention the money. That was a basic item.
As for the 100,000 Supreme Solid Foundation Pills and the Third-rank Blazing Explosion Talismans, those were practical items.
Solid Foundation Pills could stabilize an unstable realm and prevent future bottlenecks from appearing. They were the kind of thing any martial artist could afford.
As the name implied, Third-rank Blazing Explosion Talismans could trigger explosions within a certain area, with flames that continued to damage enemy targets.
They were quite useful indeed.
After all, this was not just one talisman. There were one hundred thousand of them.
If he threw all of those out at once, who could withstand it?
Jiang Yichen could not help sighing at just how extravagantly inhuman the gift pack was.
But the most precious thing was still the Supreme-grade reward.
【Supreme-grade · Black God Suit: The strongest defensive equipment on Earth. Even Emperor-class monsters cannot tear it apart completely, and it can weaken ninety percent of the damage from any attack.
After being worn, the Black God Suit automatically seeps into the skin, absorbs part of the owner's blood, fuses with the owner's body, and possesses powerful recovery abilities. When damaged, it can repair itself immediately.】
Protective equipment that even a ninth-rank Beast Emperor cannot tear apart completely? Dear God.
A look of astonishment appeared on Jiang Yichen's face. A ninth-rank Beast Emperor was equivalent to a human Martial God-level martial artist.
If I wear this, wouldn't I be able to run wild across the wilderness overrun by demon beasts? Incredible!
If he had possessed something like this in his previous life, he would not have been severely wounded by a third-rank demon beast during his border military district internship after the graduation assessment, nor would he have been forced to cut the internship short and return home to recover.
Perfect timing. The martial exam venue that afternoon would be the Monster Battlefield, a place specially designed by the school to train martial artists. It recreated a wilderness environment on a one-to-one scale and captured large numbers of demon beasts to test a martial artist's real combat ability.
In his previous life, he had only been at the Second Realm, while the Monster Battlefield required at least a Third Realm martial artist to enter, so he had not been qualified to participate in the martial exam.
In the end, all he got were the points from the written exam, and the family's elders harshly criticized him during a meeting. That only made Jiang Feng's hold on the heir's position even more secure.
But now, he was already a Fifth Realm Grandmaster, so none of that mattered anymore.
Family infighting? Once I keep taking it easy and lie my way up to becoming a Martial God, they can speak to my fist.
Jiang Yichen smiled faintly as he looked at the Black God Suit in the system space, eager to try it out.
That afternoon, in the Monster Battlefield, he would have the perfect chance to test the power of the Black God Suit.
Jiang Yichen propped up his face and idly twirled his pen as he watched the examinees writing furiously.
Su Linyu was also answering seriously. He yawned, then rested his head on the desk to catch up on some sleep.
There was still half an hour left before examinees were allowed to leave the hall, so he could only pass the time like this.
That scene happened to be seen by the female proctor Zhou Mingyuan had sent, and a trace of disdain appeared at the corner of her lips.
"So this is the Jiang family's eldest young master. Truly, mud can never be molded into a wall. It has only been half an hour, and he is already sleeping on the desk.
Principal Zhou told me to investigate whether he was cheating and expel him if I found an opening. It seems that was unnecessary."
She shook her head and stopped looking at Jiang Yichen.