Chapter 50 : Chapter 50
Chapter 50. Since Someone Has to Be the Good-for-Nothing, Why Can't It Be Me?
The Monster Battlefield, oasis region.
By the stream, Jiang Yichen had set up a parasol, put on a pair of sunglasses, and was lying back in comfort.
Because he had placed the Void Eye across the Monster Battlefield, he was aware of everything happening within it.
As he sipped the fruit juice Su Linyu had made for him and watched the examinees lose their minds over being unable to kill the monsters, the smile at the corner of his mouth never faded.
However, he had also instructed Xiao Bai to order all the demonic beasts within the domain not to kill the examinees. It was enough that the examinees could not kill the beasts or earn any points.
That way, not only could he hold on to his barely passing rank, but no major safety incident would occur either.
"Brother Yichen, there are only a little over two hours left before the martial exam ends. Let us go kill some demonic beasts first. Your current ranking is only barely within the passing range..."
As she spoke, Su Linyu checked the rankings. Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she leaned closer to the virtual screen, her lips parting slightly.
"Brother Yichen! Look at the rankings. You're still in 9,999th place. That's so strange!"
Hearing the delight in Su Linyu's voice, Jiang Yichen stopped using the Void Eye's perception and smiled faintly.
"Since I'm still within the passing range, then let us continue relaxing and enjoying ourselves."
A conflicted look appeared on Su Linyu's little face, and she said pitifully, "But 9,999th place is very easy to overtake. Brother Yichen, how about we put in a little effort?"
"If we can make it into the top thousand, then no one will dare call my Brother Yichen a good-for-nothing anymore."
Jiang Yichen waved a hand and sighed. "Since someone has to be the good-for-nothing anyway, why can't that person be me?"
As long as taking it easy gave him everything, why bother working hard? Keep slacking off.
"Huh?"
Su Linyu froze, then slowly lowered her head with a sigh, her eyes full of worry.
She had already come to understand Brother Yichen's slacker behavior during the three days before the graduation assessment.
But the Brother Yichen of the past had worked so hard for Lin Wan. Relying on himself alone, he had built several top-tier teams.
Yet ever since breaking up with Lin Wan, Brother Yichen had changed. He no longer wanted to care about anything. All he wanted was to slack off.
Su Linyu's gaze settled on Jiang Yichen's face, and a touch of melancholy rose in her heart.
Lin Wan's breakup must have hurt Brother Yichen deeply. That was probably why he had changed.
She clenched her hand, and a look of determination slowly appeared in her eyes.
"Brother Yichen, let us stop thinking about the sad things from before. From now on, I will always, always stay by your side and heal the wounds in your heart."
"I've decided. When we get married in the future, Brother Yichen, you can be in charge of taking it easy and enjoying life, and I'll be in charge of earning money and supporting the family so you can be happy."
Su Linyu smiled sweetly as she looked at Jiang Yichen. There was none of the lecturing one would expect from parents in her words, only endless indulgence.
Jiang Yichen felt a little bewildered as he listened. What was this girl thinking about now?
He smiled and asked, "Wouldn't that be tiring?"
"Not at all! Whenever I get tired, as long as I see Brother Yichen smile at me, I'll immediately be full of energy again." Su Linyu raised her little fists to show off her strength.
Jiang Yichen sighed. There was no reasoning with someone like this. Unable to stop himself, he reached out and pinched her soft, tender cheek, then nodded. "All right."
Su Linyu immediately jumped up in delight. Touching the cheek he had pinched, she said sweetly, "Wow! Brother Yichen is being so good to me~"
"Brother Yichen, I promise you that from now on, I will treat you super, super well." She was so excited that it was as though a Saiyan spirit had possessed her.
Jiang Yichen gave a soft grunt of acknowledgment, a pleased smile appearing on his lips.
That scene utterly shattered the viewers in the livestream.
"My goddess! Why?!"
"Host, host! I came here to watch the martial exam, not to watch the two of them flirt. How are single people like us supposed to survive this?"
"Host, change the feed already. I can't take it! Wuwuwu, my goddess!"
"..."
The comments section was filled with wails, just one step short of spelling out envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Watching the livestream, Su Zhan covered his face and wanted nothing more than to find a crack in the ground and crawl into it.
How had he ended up raising a daughter like this? She was devoted to a truly shameless degree.
Seeing Jiang Yichen slacking off, not only was she not scolding him, she was even encouraging him to keep slacking off and saying she would support him. What kind of nonsense was that?
No. I absolutely cannot let my daughter marry Jiang Yichen.
A man this unreliable would only make his daughter suffer endless grievances in the future.
Although Su Zhan was very satisfied with Su Linyu, she was still his own flesh and blood. Wanting her to be happy was only natural for a father.
"Principal Zhou, has the issue of the demonic beasts being impossible to kill still not been resolved?" He glanced at the rankings, which remained completely motionless.
Another half hour had passed, and Jiang Yichen was still in 9,999th place.
Zhou Mingyuan stiffened all over and shook his head. "I sent a squad in, but even they were unable to find the reason the demonic beasts cannot be killed."
He rose to his feet. "Patriarch Su, Madam Shen, excuse me. The martial exam concerns Huazhong University's reputation, so I need to go and see for myself."
Zhou Mingyuan's gaze swept across the three of them before stopping on Jiang Dongnian. "I have heard that Brother Jiang is very knowledgeable when it comes to researching demonic beasts. I would like to ask for your help."
Jiang Dongnian immediately understood the meaning behind Zhou Mingyuan's look. "All right, let us go."
Watching the two of them leave, Shen Qingyue sneered inwardly.
With those two walking off together, they were probably plotting something bad again.
Looking at the livestream feed, she had already grown numb to her son's self-indulgent decline.
Now she only hoped that Zhou Mingyuan and Jiang Dongnian would fail to find the cause of the demonic beasts' undying state.
But the odds of that were slim. Both of them were eighth-rank Martial Emperors. Investigating a minor issue like this should have been easy.
Shen Qingyue shook her head in disappointment.
Time continued to pass slowly. There was only one hour left until the martial exam ended, yet the ranking board still had not changed in the slightest.
As the sun slowly began to set, Jiang Yichen stretched lazily and absently patted Xiao Bai, who was lying beside him.
Su Linyu, however, was worried sick, but there was nothing she could do.
Persuade Brother Yichen? That would make him unhappy, and that was absolutely unacceptable.
But then how could she get Brother Yichen to go kill demonic beasts and earn points?
Su Linyu glanced at the rankings. Brother Yichen was still in 9,999th place. "Even the ranking system has glitched. What are we supposed to do now?"
An hour had passed without the slightest change in the rankings. There was no need to think too hard about it. The ranking system had obviously bugged out.
If they could not see the movement in the rankings, then they would have no idea how many points were needed to pass, making things even harder.
Sigh!
Su Linyu's little face was full of worry. Her gaze drifted down unintentionally to her own rank.
29,999th place: Su Linyu — 0 points
Hm?
A flash of inspiration suddenly struck Su Linyu. She had not killed any demonic beasts to earn points yet.
In that case, she could say that she wanted to strive for a good ranking, then quietly carry Brother Yichen to victory.
She smiled and jumped in front of Jiang Yichen. "Brother Yichen, my score is still zero. You can come kill demonic beasts with me, otherwise I won't pass the martial exam."
Jiang Yichen lowered his sunglasses and thought about it. That was true.
It did not matter if he himself wanted to slack off, but he could not drag Su Linyu down with him.
He nodded and took the Black God Suit out of the system space, setting it in front of Su Linyu.
"Take this battle armor. It kills demonic beasts ridiculously fast."
"Wow!" Su Linyu circled the Black God Suit twice in delight. "Brother Yichen, you're really giving this to me?"
Ahhh, I got another gift from Brother Yichen. I'm so happy.
"I am giving... lending it to you," Jiang Yichen corrected after a brief pause.
The Black God Suit was a Supreme-grade battle armor. If anyone discovered the true extent of its heaven-defying capabilities, the government would probably step in and confiscate it.
This would hardly be the first time the government had done something like that. Whenever precious items appeared in major ruins, the first thing required was always for them to be turned over.
"Oh... all right." Su Linyu was a little disappointed, but if Brother Yichen was willing to lend her something, that meant he trusted her.
Being able to gain Brother Yichen's trust was wonderful enough on its own.
"Let's go. I'll take you to the valley where demonic beasts gather."
Jiang Yichen casually threw out six sixth-rank Teleportation Talismans, and in an instant the two of them appeared in a valley formed by black stone, with a river of black water running through the middle.
Because the sun was setting, many high-rank demonic beasts had begun moving, letting out wave after wave of roars.
Jiang Yichen deactivated the Void Eye in the valley, and the Auspicious Domain gradually receded.
Su Linyu put on the Black God Suit and left her face exposed, saying excitedly, "Brother Yichen, this battle armor is amazing. It can actually change shape according to your thoughts."
Jiang Yichen nodded. "Go kill them. Let me see your strength."
"All right. Just watch, Brother Yichen. I'm very strong, you know."
Vermilion flames rose from Su Linyu's palms, and the Black God Suit charged into the valley like a ferocious flood beast.
Boom!
Just her landing alone caused the ground to cave in several inches, filling it with fine cracks.
Su Linyu took out a seventh-rank fire-element longsaber, moving so fast that only afterimages could be seen.
The flaming saber cut through everything in its path as easily as slicing melons and vegetables. Even fifth-rank demonic beasts could not withstand a single blow from Su Linyu.
Two and a half minutes later, the valley was left with nothing but a field of demonic beast corpses.
The moment that scene appeared in the livestream, everyone was stunned senseless.
Holy hell! What kind of battle armor is that? That thing is unbelievably overpowered!