Chapter 62 : Chapter 62
Chapter 62. The Girl Who Stayed Up All Night Practicing Her Aim Just to Play Games with Him
[Option One: To ensure victory in the Huaxia Team League, humbly go and bring back the players Jiang Feng poached, offering them even higher prices. Reward: the “Wimp” title.
Option Two: If they can be poached away so easily, what is the point of keeping them? Let them go. You do not care about the heir position anyway, so it makes no difference whether you win the league. Reward: a “Low-level Slacker Gift Pack.”
Option Three: You cannot keep people who want to leave. The ones who stay are the truly loyal ones. Slack off and ignore Jiang Feng’s poaching. Leave them hanging for a few days.
At worst, once they are gone, you can just build a new team from scratch. There is no need to beg a bunch of disloyal people to come back. As long as the system is here, what is there to fear about losing? Reward: a “High-level Slacker Gift Pack.”]
The three options that appeared before him made Jiang Yichen sink into thought.
In his previous life, he had emptied out his resources and exhausted himself raising those teams. And what had he ended up with?
As the one who fed and supported them, not only had they failed to show gratitude, they had repeatedly questioned him and cursed their boss behind his back.
Why the hell would he keep people like that?
The Huaxia Team League only allowed competitors whose strength ranged from fifth-realm Grandmaster at the lowest to sixth-realm Great Grandmaster at the highest.
Once they were gone, he could just use the Rapid Cultivation Array the system had given him to cobble together a temporary team.
And if they still could not win, then he would just cheat. Once he put on the Dark God Set, he would steamroll everyone.
A pack of ungrateful wretches. If Jiang Feng wanted them, then Jiang Feng could have them.
Did they really think he would go beg them to come back?
Dream on.
Jiang Yichen shook his head. “No need to worry about it, Uncle Feng. Let Jiang Feng keep poaching. Leave them hanging for a few days.”
“But... there is only one month left before the league starts. If all the teams get poached away, how will you compete, Young Master?” Uncle Feng asked anxiously.
“It is fine. If they all leave, I will just build another team. It is not a big deal,” Jiang Yichen said lightly.
Uncle Feng was stunned.
There was only one month left before the competition began. If Jiang Yichen threw together a brand-new team at the last minute, even basic coordination would be a problem, let alone actually competing in the league.
Besides, the young master had spent four years of heart and soul building three powerhouse teams: Yanhuang Team, Thunder Team, and Phoenix Team. If Jiang Feng ended up stealing the fruits of all that labor, would those four years not have been wasted for nothing?
Uncle Feng was deeply anxious. The young master had only just managed to temporarily suppress the clan elders by breaking through to the Grandmaster realm.
But at such a critical point in the struggle for the heir position, instead of preparing for the league, he was playing games with Miss Su...
Uncle Feng let out a sigh. “Understood, Young Master.”
“Brother Yichen, are you really not going to do anything about the teams? If you talked to them properly, maybe they would change their minds and come back to work for you.”
Su Linyu watched Uncle Feng’s departing figure, worry lingering in her eyes.
If Brother Yichen failed to win the Huaxia Team League and lost his status as heir to the Jiang family...
Her father already had a poor opinion of him to begin with. If he lost his heir status too, then her father would definitely force her to break off the engagement and marry into the Zhou family instead.
Ever since she was little, she had only been able to obey her parents in order to make them happy.
Now that she had finally chosen something for herself with unwavering determination, why did it have to be met with obstacle after obstacle?
“It is fine.” Jiang Yichen reached out and rubbed her head. “I do not raise ingrates. If they want to leave, let them leave. Trust me, all right?”
Su Linyu hid her worry in the depths of her eyes and smiled as she nodded. “Mm. I trust Brother Yichen the most.”
“Oh, right, Brother Yichen, I still do not know how you broke through to Grandmaster.”
“Recently, I feel like I have hit a bottleneck. Ever since I reached the peak of the fourth realm, becoming a Grandmaster still feels impossibly far away.”
Jiang Yichen was caught off guard by the question. He glanced at the gaming pod, then raised an eyebrow and said, “When you hit a bottleneck, do not panic. You need to steady your heart and gain a deeper understanding of life, so...”
“So what?”
“Relax your mind and body. Lie down and play some games for a while. Balance work and rest, and let things take their natural course.”
Su Linyu tilted her head, thought it over, and asked, “Brother Yichen, is that how you broke through to Grandmaster too?”
Jiang Yichen smiled faintly. “Yes. Let go of the burdens in your heart and actively enjoy happiness. Once your state of mind improves, your realm will naturally break through.”
Even though he was talking nonsense with a perfectly straight face, using himself as an example meant that, technically, it was still the truth.
“Wow! That makes so much sense. Then I’ll keep Brother Yichen company while we play games (◍＞◡＜◍).”
“Log in!”
Jiang Yichen put on his headset, lay down inside the gaming pod, and began logging into the game.
At that moment, the system reward arrived.
[ Ding! Congratulations, Host, for making a slacker choice. You have been rewarded with a “High-level Slacker Gift Pack.” Would you like to open it? ]
“Open it right away,” Jiang Yichen said inwardly.
[ Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: Chest of Ten Thousand Cultivation Manuals, Dao-Comprehension Array, Qi-Blood Array, Mind-Nourishing Array. ]
So there was no money this time, only three more arrays.
Jiang Yichen opened the descriptions.
[Chest of Ten Thousand Cultivation Manuals: Contains ten thousand cultivation manuals, none lower than High Earth-tier.]
What?
None lower than High Earth-tier?
Cultivation techniques were ranked Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow, and above Heaven-tier were Divine-tier techniques.
Only people at the level of Martial God could come into contact with Divine-tier techniques. Even the Jiang family’s martial vault only held a few dozen Heaven-tier manuals.
A High Earth-tier manual was already considered above average anywhere in Huaxia. Any single one of them would cause countless martial artists to fight over it, and you could not buy something like that even at an auction.
Yet the lowest grade in this chest was already High Earth-tier, and it had not even stated the upper limit. That meant there could even be Divine-tier techniques inside.
Jiang Yichen inwardly cried that this was heaven-defying, though compared to the Void Scripture, it was still a little lacking.
He continued reading the descriptions of the three arrays.
[Dao-Comprehension Array: With a Dao Comprehension Stone as its array core, this formation increases the speed at which martial artists cultivate techniques by 100% while inside it.
Qi-Blood Array: Increases the speed at which martial artists cultivate Blood Qi by 100% while inside it.
Mind-Nourishing Array: Increases the speed at which martial artists cultivate mental power by 100% while inside it.]
Holy shit!
“System, can these stack with the Rapid Cultivation Array?”
[Yes, but only if the martial artist is in an active cultivation state. Only then will the amplification take effect.]
That meant his cultivation speed could reach 200 percent?
Jiang Yichen was astonished. With something like this, what was there to fear if Thunder Team and Phoenix Team ran off?
If they left, he would just build another team, and that team would be even stronger than theirs.
This cheat really did feel incredible.
Jiang Yichen smiled. Slacking off really crushed everything.
He would keep slacking off and enjoying life. And today, that enjoyment would begin with the pleasure of gaming.
In an excellent mood, Jiang Yichen logged into Delta.
Beside him, Su Linyu bit her lower lip and carefully lay down next to him, sneaking glances at his profile from time to time.
I’m actually lying beside Brother Yichen. I’m so excited.
While Jiang Yichen was entering the game, she secretly took a picture of his profile and posted it to her Moments.
Caption: Wow! Even my heartthrob’s profile is this handsome!
“Why haven’t you logged in yet?”
Su Linyu’s hand trembled. She quickly put away her phone and put on her headset. “I’m coming, Brother Yichen. What are you playing?”
“If you’re playing Stinger, then I’ll use Vyron.”
“Okay! I’ll play Stinger and heal you. I practiced my shooting for a long time last night. I absolutely cannot drag you down, Brother Yichen.”
Jiang Yichen paused slightly when he heard that. Just to play with him, she was willing to practice even though she did not enjoy gaming?
I really was blind in my previous life.
He shook his head and accepted Su Linyu’s team invitation. Both of their accounts were max level and loaded with plenty of currency. The experience was practically perfect.
“Brother Yichen, what map are we playing?”
“Top-Secret Space Base. Let’s go.”
“I heard people go broke once they get hooked on this. Is that true?”
Jiang Yichen hesitated for a moment. “As long as we’re having fun, who cares whether it makes us go broke... full Tier-Six kits!”
After finishing their loadouts, Su Linyu clicked matchmaking, and the match began.
She rushed ahead at the front, even more familiar with the map than Jiang Yichen, who had only just returned to the game. She knew every position by heart.
She had clearly put in a lot of effort.
Jiang Yichen followed behind her. Whenever they ran into enemies, Su Linyu immediately showed off her excellent marksmanship and shot them to the brink of death.
“Brother Yichen, they’re low! They’re low! Hurry and finish them!”
Jiang Yichen put them down with two shots, and Su Linyu immediately began praising him. “Wow, Brother Yichen, your aim is amazing. You’re incredible.”
“Brother Yichen, use a medkit. I’ll cover you.”
“...”
Damn.
Why did Jiang Yichen feel so good about this?
Someone else softened up the enemies for him, fed him kills, and then showered him with praise.
Even if they failed to extract, she would look for reasons on her own side and comfort him, saying it was fine and they could do better next round.
Other people complained that the girls they carried were bad at the game. He, on the other hand, was not only being carried by a girl, but she even pushed all the credit onto him.
Damn, this was great.
“Brother Yichen, the map is clear. Have you looted enough?”
“I have, I have. Let’s extract loaded!”
“Hehe, Brother Yichen is amazing. All the kills were yours.”
Jiang Yichen: ૮₍ˊᗜˋ₎ა
Time slipped away unnoticed, and the two of them played all the way into the afternoon without stopping.
The afterglow of dusk fell over the top-tier villa, giving it a breathtaking beauty.
Suddenly, the villa’s main doors opened, and Jiang Zhentian slowly strode in, wearing a black overcoat whose cuffs swayed in the wind.
“Old Feng, where is Jiang Yichen?”
Uncle Feng lowered his head and hesitated.
Jiang Zhentian frowned. “Where is he? Did he go out fooling around again? Has he still not come back?”
“Master, that is not...” Uncle Feng said slowly. “Young Master is still inside playing games with Miss Su. He has been at it all day...”
That was how he answered.
The moment Jiang Zhentian heard it, his face turned cold, and veins bulged on his forehead.
That brat... the Huaxia Team League was just around the corner, many of the teams he had cultivated had already been poached away, and he still had the mood to play games!?
Jiang Zhentian let out a breath of anger, flung his coat aside, and unbuckled the Seven Wolves belt at his waist.
“Take me to that brat. If I do not beat some sense into him today, he really will never learn his place.”