Chapter 55 : Chapter 55
Chapter 55. A Sichuan-Chongqing Mom, Fierce Yet Gentle
I killed it?
The moment Shen Qingyue heard her son’s words, a strange expression immediately appeared on her face.
She swept out with her perception and found that, sure enough, pieces of the Ink Venom Octopus’s body were floating in the stream-like black ink, as though it had been hacked into minced flesh by sheer force.
That was the Ink Venom Octopus, one of the most troublesome monsters to deal with, with terrifying regenerative abilities.
If the difference in strength was not great, then trying to kill an Ink Venom Octopus inside a domain filled with black ink was pure fantasy.
And Xiao Chen was only...
Wait!
Shen Qingyue reacted at once. Grabbing her son by the shoulders, she sent a strand of Spiritual Energy into his body.
Since Jiang Yichen had deactivated the Void Mirror, she was able to sense his cultivation with ease.
“A Fifth-Realm Grandmaster?!” Shen Qingyue’s eyes widened in shock. “Xiao Chen, when did you reach the Fifth-Realm Grandmaster level?”
A month ago, Xiao Chen had only been in the Second Realm. Even when he broke through to the fifth level of the Third Realm during the martial exam test, she had already thought that was heaven-defying.
So how had he suddenly become a Fifth-Realm Grandmaster too?
One had to know that before graduation, reaching the Fifth-Realm Grandmaster level was something only a handful of elite schools across the five major regions could produce. Anyone who achieved that much before graduating would usually go on to become a Martial God.
“Mom, I was actually hiding it all along. Saying nothing and pretending to be a master.”
Jiang Yichen had just started to clasp his hands behind his back and prepare to face the world with his back turned when Shen Qingyue smacked him on the head.
“You’re still hiding things from your mother? Do you think I don’t worry enough about you already?”
Shen Qingyue grabbed Jiang Yichen by the ear and said unhappily, “I must not have hit you hard enough, huh? Talk. How did you break through to the Fifth-Realm Grandmaster level?”
Jiang Yichen hurriedly covered his ear. She was still the same Sichuan-Chongqing mother as ever, fierce as could be.
But in his previous life, his mother had also been the softest-hearted of all. Faced with the bottomless pit that was his effort to train his teams, she had still given him money even when it pushed the family group into a financial crisis.
Later, after his status as heir had been revoked and the family had abandoned him, his mother still helped him often and made sure he never lacked food or clothing.
“Mom, Mom, let go first. That hurts!” he said quickly.
Shen Qingyue hesitated for a moment before slowly releasing him. Crossing her arms over her chest, she said, “Go on.”
“I broke through while lying down,” Jiang Yichen said with complete sincerity.
Shen Qingyue frowned, a sense of danger rising in her expression as she pointed at herself. “Do you think your mother is that easy to fool? I’m counting to three. If you still refuse to talk, you know what happens next.”
Did she not know her own son? An A-rank martial talent, supposedly hiding his strength, and breaking through just by lying down? Only a fool would believe that.
The moment he heard I’m counting to three, Jiang Yichen shuddered all over. Even his Martial God father had feared those words.
But he really was telling the truth. He could level up while lying down. He could break through while lying down.
Why was it that no one believed him whenever he told the truth?
Jiang Yichen glanced behind him and saw Su Zhan and Su Linyu walking over. He immediately said, “Mom, I’ll explain it to you later. There are still people watching.”
Shen Qingyue turned her head, saw Su Zhan and Su Linyu, and hesitated briefly before reluctantly nodding.
“I’ll deal with you when we get back.”
Jiang Yichen nodded at once.
“Hello, Auntie.” The moment Su Linyu walked over, she greeted Shen Qingyue and took her arm, looking as though she were Shen Qingyue’s own daughter.
Shen Qingyue smiled and stroked Su Linyu’s head. “Linyu is such a good girl, unlike my foolish son.”
Seriously? He had not even said anything, and he still got hit by a stray shot.
Jiang Yichen let out a sigh. Seeing how close his mother and Su Linyu were, he truly had to admire Su Linyu.
She really had lived out the phrase love me, love all that is mine. To make his parents like her, she remembered every single one of their birthdays, wedding anniversaries, and everything else with perfect clarity.
Every holiday, she prepared surprises for them, chatted with them, and handled the relationship beautifully.
But in his previous life, when his parents had birthdays, he had been busy thinking about what gift he should buy Lin Wan for Valentine’s Day the next month.
“Auntie, Brother Yichen is super, super outstanding. Look, he already surpassed me and broke through to the Fifth-Realm Grandmaster level!”
Su Linyu spoke up for him, her eyes filled with admiration.
She did not know how Brother Yichen had broken through to the Fifth-Realm Grandmaster level, but seeing the man she loved grow stronger filled her with joy.
That way, her father would hesitate over canceling the engagement, and as Brother Yichen gradually improved, she would eventually be able to marry into the Jiang family.
Sure enough, as long as she kept treating the person she loved well, he would one day notice how good she had been to him.
The time and effort she had poured in over the past four years had finally begun to bear fruit. Thankfully, she had not given up halfway.
“She really is a good girl. You got lucky, you brat. You’d better treat Linyu well from now on. Understood?” Shen Qingyue pinched Su Linyu’s cheek, then turned back and shot Jiang Yichen a fierce glare.
“...” Jiang Yichen nodded.
All right. On that point, he truly could not deny it.
A girl who, back in high school, would run more than ten kilometers in the middle of the night just because he had sent a single message saying he was hungry was someone he honestly did not know how to repay.
“It’s still too early to say that.”
At that moment, Su Zhan suddenly spoke, his face stern. “Jiang Yichen, your current strength has indeed surprised me, but the man my daughter is going to marry must be the future heir of the Jiang family.”
“I’ve heard that the Jiang family has already begun selecting a new heir. If you can firmly hold on to your position as heir, then I won’t interfere in the matter between the two of you anymore.”
“Jiang Yichen, I want to hear what your plans are from here on.”
Su Zhan stood with both hands resting on his cane, his sharp gaze fixed on Jiang Yichen.
Jiang Yichen’s current strength truly had exceeded all expectations. It could even be called miraculous.
But to be a good husband, the most important things were responsibility and a sense of duty. Strength came second.
He wanted to see whether Jiang Yichen had those qualities. Otherwise, he could not entrust his daughter to him.
As for whether his daughter agreed or not, she had no choice. In a family marriage alliance, children were supposed to listen to their parents.
Would parents ever really harm their own child?
“My plans from here on...” Hearing those words, Jiang Yichen fell into thought.
Shen Qingyue, meanwhile, immediately saw through what Su Zhan meant and reminded him, “The Huaxia Team League is in one month.”
“The family elders are deeply prejudiced against you. If you want to sit securely as heir, you need to produce results.”
Su Linyu nodded as well and raised her little fist. “Go, Brother Yichen. I’ll help you.”
The Huaxia Team League?
Jiang Yichen froze for a moment. In his previous life, to stop Jiang Feng from stealing the heir’s position from him, he had spent that entire month before the Huaxia Team League rushing around like a servant.
He had handled every matter personally and had been so busy that he had not even had time to eat.
He had even given himself stomach problems from hunger and ended up on an IV drip in the hospital for several days.
But in the end, the Thunder Team and the Phoenix Team, the two teams with real strength that he had personally trained, had left him because he had asked them to give this season’s championship to the Yanhuang Team.
Meanwhile, the Yanhuang Team, where Lin Wan was, used the resources he had given them to spend every night reveling and indulging in a luxurious life.
Jiang Feng had then seized the chance to absorb the Thunder Team and the Phoenix Team, win the Huaxia Team League championship, and take the position of heir for himself.
Jiang Yichen sighed inwardly. He had only brought all of that on himself.
Fortunately, this time, the Thunder Team and the Phoenix Team were still here, while the parasites in the Yanhuang Team had already been disbanded. Taking the league championship would be effortless.
Jiang Yichen was just about to speak to Su Zhan when the system’s voice rang out.
【Ding! A Take-It-Easy Choice has been triggered...】