Chapter 51 : Chapter 51
Chapter 51. Borrowing His Fiancée's Black God Suit to Sell Products on a Livestream?
Points Leaderboard.
First place: Su Linyu — 13,000 points
Second place: Chu Xingchen — 4,600 points
More than ten minutes later, the points leaderboard, which had remained unchanged for two full hours, finally shifted.
With an overwhelming lead, Su Linyu surged to the top of the rankings.
The livestream fell silent for a long moment, and then the comments exploded.
“Damn! Isn’t Goddess Su only at the peak of the Fourth Realm? How is she one-shotting even fifth-rank monsters with a single slash? That’s absurdly strong.”
“Goddess Su has an SSS-rank martial talent, so of course she’s strong, but she’s nowhere near this strong. What’s truly terrifying is that black-and-red battle armor Young Master Jiang gave her.”
“Handsome! It’s unbelievably handsome! On Goddess Su, that armor wiped out half the monsters in the valley region in barely over ten minutes. That’s terrifying!”
“So this is the Jiang family’s unreleased sixth-generation battle armor? I want one! I’m ordering right now!”
“It is not even out yet. What exactly are you ordering?”
“I’ll buy the fifth-generation battle armor first. When the sixth generation comes out, trading up will be a better deal. You know nothing.”
“Damn, that actually makes sense. I’m ordering one too!”
“...”
Countless viewers in the livestream kept praising the terrifying power of the Black God Suit, and hundreds of thousands of them all started clamoring to place orders for the Jiang family’s fifth-generation battle armor.
Professor Ma, who had been sitting on edge the whole time, was stunned.
He had put Jiang Yichen’s martial exam footage on display so the viewers could watch him waste his chance, yet the boy had somehow turned it into a reverse advertisement for his family’s battle armor.
How was he supposed to explain this to Principal Zhou?
Professor Ma let out a sigh, silently took out his phone, and placed an order for the Jiang family’s fifth-generation battle armor.
Then again, the performance of that armor was simply too terrifying.
He had to buy it.
Ring, ring, ring—
At the martial exam site, Shen Qingyue was staring blankly at the livestream when her communications earpiece suddenly rang.
She snapped out of her daze at the sight of the powerful Black God Suit and tapped the earpiece.
“Madam! Good news, major good news! Our fifth-generation battle armor has just broken through 300,000 units in sales, and the numbers are still climbing!”
Shen Qingyue’s eyes widened, and she was so shocked that she could not speak for a moment.
For the past four years, the Su family and the Zhou family had secretly cooperated, seizing a large share of the market for the Jiang family’s battle armor and cultivation pills, causing the Jiang family to suffer losses year after year.
The Zhou family’s battle armor also performed far better than the Jiang family’s fifth-generation model, which made the Jiang family’s armor even harder to sell.
That was exactly why the current Jiang family could not afford to lose the Su family as an ally.
But now, Xiao Chen had actually used the martial exam to help the Jiang family seize back the battle armor market. It was exactly the help the family needed.
Joy flashed across Shen Qingyue’s eyes as she pressed her communications earpiece and gave an order.
“This year, increase the investment in research and development for the sixth-generation battle armor. When I return, I will personally oversee it.”
She knew this was the perfect chance to reclaim the battle armor market, and they absolutely had to make sure the sixth-generation battle armor lived up to consumer expectations.
Shen Qingyue looked up at the black-and-red battle armor on the livestream. The troubled expression that had lingered on her face for so long vanished at once, and a smile curved her lips.
“When the time comes, I’ll borrow Xiao Chen’s armor and study it. I’m sure we’ll be able to develop the sixth-generation battle armor very soon,” she thought happily.
Beside her, Su Zhan stroked his chin. He had heard Shen Qingyue’s words as well, and shock appeared on his face.
“So it really is the Jiang family’s sixth-generation battle armor. It looks like the Jiang family’s battle armor is going to sell explosively this year.”
His heart tightened. He truly had not expected Jiang Yichen to be so shrewd, using a stage like the martial exam to promote battle armor.
With a single move, he had solved the Jiang family’s long-standing problem of poor battle armor sales.
A hint of surprise surfaced in Su Zhan’s eyes, and he thought, Have I underestimated him all this time?
But the moment he recalled Jiang Yichen’s behavior just now, he shook his head again.
His daughter absolutely could not marry a man with no ambition.
“It seems Principal Zhou and the others have already solved the problem of the unkillable monsters. Jiang Yichen will probably have a hard time passing the martial exam now.”
Su Zhan glanced at Shen Qingyue and slowly spoke while gripping his cane.
“Hm?”
The smile on Shen Qingyue’s face gradually disappeared because of that single sentence.
“Brother Su Zhan, do we really have to take things that far?”
Su Zhan let out a cold snort. “You should ask your son that. Even if his martial talent is lacking, he could at least work hard and give Linyu a happy future.”
“But what about now? He has no drive at all and has made idleness a habit. Do you really think I can feel at ease entrusting my daughter to Jiang Yichen?”
“Th-that...” Shen Qingyue had no answer, and worry spread across her face.
Xiao Chen, why can’t you try a little harder?
Su Zhan turned his head away. He had already made himself perfectly clear. What Shen Qingyue chose to think was her own business.
Shen Qingyue let out a sigh and looked at the livestream. Xiao Chen was sipping fruit juice while watching Su Linyu kill monsters, with no intention of making a move himself.
Now that the problem of the unkillable monsters had been solved, Xiao Chen’s exact rank of ten-thousandth was certain to be overtaken.
She could not help shaking her head, her eyes full of helplessness.
...
Monster Battlefield, Gobi Region.
“Principal Zhou, have you seen the livestream? The valley region hasn’t had the problem of unkillable monsters.”
“What!?”
When Zhou Mingyuan heard Professor Ma’s words, puzzlement flickered in his eyes.
He exchanged a glance with Jiang Dongnian, and both of them found it deeply strange.
The two eighth-rank Martial Emperors had spent a full hour investigating here and still had not found a single clue.
And now the monsters in the valley region could be killed?
Zhou Mingyuan frowned. “Send me the livestream footage from the valley.”
“Yes, Principal Zhou.”
The call ended.
Jiang Dongnian pulled up the points ranking. “Old Zhou, look.”
Zhou Mingyuan’s gaze sharpened. “Su Linyu suddenly pulled far ahead. Wasn’t she with Jiang Yichen? What rank is he now?”
Jiang Dongnian scrolled downward. “Exactly ten-thousandth!”
Zhou Mingyuan drew a deep breath, his face grave. “No, that’s not right. If the problem of the unkillable monsters has really been solved, there’s no way he would still be within the passing range.”
“Exactly ten-thousandth. It looks like that boy deliberately pinned himself to the cutoff.”
Jiang Dongnian’s eyes widened in surprise. “You mean the problem of the unkillable monsters was caused by Jiang Yichen?”
Zhou Mingyuan gave a slight nod, his expression dark. “But we found no evidence, so we have no way to move against him.”
“But if Jiang Yichen passes the martial exam, Su Zhan will have no good reason to go to the Jiang family and break off the engagement. Then our plan will fail,” Jiang Dongnian said worriedly.
As long as Su Zhan could dissolve the engagement between the two of them, Jiang Yichen’s hopes of keeping his position as heir would be finished.
The Zhou family could also use that chance to win over the Su family. It would have been a perfect double victory.
But now...
How had this useless man, who had once been willing to live or die for Lin Wan, suddenly become so difficult to deal with?
First came his abrupt change at the graduation ceremony, and now he was deliberately hovering right at the passing line in the martial exam...
None of this fit Jiang Yichen’s personality.
“There’s no helping it. There are only thirty minutes left before the martial exam ends, and many examinees already withdrew early because of the unkillable monsters. What’s done is done.”
Zhou Mingyuan shook his head helplessly and opened the video Professor Ma had sent.
“On top of that, Jiang Yichen’s black-and-red battle armor has actually helped the Jiang family solve its problem of unsold battle armor. Was that an accidental backfire, or did he intend it from the beginning?”
“I’m beginning to think we all underestimated Jiang Yichen.” Zhou Mingyuan narrowed his eyes slightly. He felt that he could no longer see through Jiang Yichen.
Jiang Dongnian could only nod and frown. “He’s only at the fifth level of the Third Realm right now. Even if he barely passes the martial exam, it won’t change much. At most, it will only make Jiang Zhentian postpone stripping him of his status as heir.”
“My son Jiang Feng is not only stronger than he is, but also more diligent, more driven, and far more capable. As long as he takes first place in the Huaxia Team League a month from now, Jiang Yichen’s final results will be completely crushed.”
“When that time comes, the upper ranks of the Jiang family will naturally force Jiang Zhentian to remove Jiang Yichen from the position of heir.”
When Zhou Mingyuan heard that, worry still filled his eyes. “But the Yanhuang Team that Jiang Yichen trained was the number one team in Huaxia. Can Jiang Feng really surpass that?”
Jiang Dongnian laughed. “Old Zhou, have you forgotten? At the graduation ceremony, Jiang Yichen disbanded the Yanhuang Team.”
“I took the opportunity to absorb the Yanhuang Team. Now it’s the team under Jiang Feng’s command.”
Zhou Mingyuan’s eyes lit up, and delight spread across his face.
So he had absorbed the number one team in Huaxia. Jiang Yichen really was a fool, handing something so valuable to someone else for nothing.
If Jiang Feng could replace Jiang Yichen as heir, then Su Zhan would be even less willing to let his daughter marry him.
Another double victory.
“Good, good! We’ll do exactly as you say.”