Chapter 76 : Chapter 76
Chapter 76. The Moment a Divine-grade Cultivation Art Appeared, Su Zhan Fell Silent
“He gave you a Heaven-grade cultivation art? And Top-grade Pills?”
Su Zhan’s expression turned exceedingly strange. Even a top family would never give away a Heaven-grade cultivation art for free.
To obtain one, a person would have to pay an enormous price.
Top-grade Pills were somewhat different. As long as pills were refined continuously, there was always a chance of producing them.
What Su Zhan could not believe, however, was this: two thousand Top-grade Pills every single day? Could he produce more than the Huazhong Alchemists Association?
If you were going to fool someone, at least come up with a reasonable excuse. Words this absurd...
“Yes, Dad. Look.” Su Linyu took out a jade bottle of pills and the ‘Sacred Art of Radiant Flame’ from her Spatial Bag. “Brother Yichen gave me all of these, and everyone on the Spark Team has them too.”
Leaning on his cane, Su Zhan lowered his gaze, picked up the ‘Sacred Art of Radiant Flame,’ and a flicker of astonishment appeared in his eyes.
This cultivation art... did not look like a Heaven-grade one.
As a Martial God, his eye was viciously sharp. At a glance, he could tell that the rank of the ‘Sacred Art of Radiant Flame’ was extraordinarily high.
He opened to the first page, and the introduction to the cultivation art appeared before him.
In an instant, Su Zhan’s pupils contracted sharply.
“This is not a Heaven-grade cultivation art!”
Su Linyu puffed out her cheeks. “That’s impossible. This cultivation art is incredibly powerful. It’s even stronger than the Heaven-grade Blazing Flame Art I cultivated before. How could it not be Heaven-grade?”
“Silly girl, this is a Divine-grade cultivation art that surpasses Heaven-grade. It can cultivate the Vermilion Bird’s natal true flame. Its power is immense.”
Su Zhan’s breathing turned heavy as he stared at the ‘Sacred Art of Radiant Flame’ in utter shock.
Su Linyu parted her lips slightly and turned her dazed expression toward Jiang Yichen behind her.
A Divine-grade cultivation art?
That was the sort of thing only someone at the level of a Martial God might have a chance of encountering after entering Ancient Ruins.
Ten years ago, after the Shennongjia Ruins opened, Uncle Jiang Zhentian had chanced upon a Divine-grade cultivation art.
In just a few short years, it had made him the strongest fighting force among Huaxia’s Martial Gods and led the Jiang family into prosperity.
But as for what kind of cultivation art it was, no one knew.
Later, Divine-grade cultivation arts had appeared in other ruins as well, and the Five Great Families had seized them one after another, but they never revealed anything about them.
Su Linyu was so shocked that she could not speak. How could Brother Yichen possibly have a Divine-grade cultivation art?
And that box full of cultivation arts... there had been so many of them. Could there be more?
“Brother Yichen, this is too valuable. I’m not going to cultivate it. Take it back.”
Su Linyu snatched the ‘Sacred Art of Radiant Flame’ back from Su Zhan’s hand and stuffed it into Jiang Yichen’s hands.
Su Zhan: “...”
He sighed and did not blame his daughter.
Divine-grade cultivation arts were unimaginably rare. Back then, when he had fought over the Divine-grade cultivation art in the Mount Tai Fengshan Ruins, his right leg had been bitten off by a guardian demon beast.
Things like this had to be traded for with one’s life. It truly was too precious—so precious that not even the entire Su family could afford to buy it.
But what he could not understand was how Jiang Yichen had come to possess a Divine-grade cultivation art.
There was no way Jiang Zhentian would hand something like a Divine-grade cultivation art over to Jiang Yichen.
“If you won’t cultivate it, then what about the team league?”
Jiang Yichen pushed the cultivation art back toward her. “Relax. This cultivation art is nothing. I still have plenty more.”
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Su Zhan and Su Linyu both widened their eyes, and three question marks seemed to pop up over their heads at the same time.
Plenty more?!
Seeing their expressions, Jiang Yichen smiled. “Uncle Su, how about I get you one too?”
The corner of Su Zhan’s mouth twitched. A Divine-grade cultivation art, something unimaginably rare—yet when it came out of this brat’s mouth, it sounded as common as cabbage.
He said he had one, and he really had one?
“No need.” He shook his head. He was not so shameless as to ask a junior for something.
“Remember this. Do not let anyone else know about this Divine-grade cultivation art. Otherwise, it will bring a deadly calamity upon you. Understood?”
Hearing Su Zhan’s solemn warning, Jiang Yichen and Su Linyu both smiled and nodded.
Su Zhan had still wanted to say something about the team league, but then he remembered that his daughter was now cultivating a Divine-grade cultivation art. What was left for him to say?
To his astonishment, ever since the graduation ceremony, his daughter had followed Jiang Yichen around without her cultivation being delayed in the slightest. On the contrary, her speed of improvement had become so fast it was jaw-dropping.
There seemed to be quite a few secrets hidden on Jiang Yichen’s person.
Su Zhan stroked his cane, swept his gaze over the two of them, and sighed.
The martial exam had shown him the hidden strength Jiang Yichen possessed. Today, this Divine-grade cultivation art and the frightening quantity of Top-grade Pills had shown him that the Jiang family’s foundations were impossible to shake.
The fact that Jiang Zhentian was willing to give such things to Jiang Yichen and let him dispose of them as he pleased showed just how much he valued him.
Hmph! Jiang Zhentian, you really are something, hiding your monstrously gifted son this deeply.
“You two... get along properly. But you still must not underestimate the team league. Any team that can make it into the top ten will have a full lineup of sixth-realm Great Grandmasters!”
“Linyu can make up for the gap in realm with the Radiant Flame, but Chu Xingchen and Tang Long are only at the fourth realm. Winning the championship will be very difficult.”
Hearing her father’s tone soften, Su Linyu blinked and smiled. “Dad, don’t worry. I’ll work super hard. I’ll definitely let Brother Yichen see the Spark Team standing on the podium.”
Jiang Yichen let out a laugh and pinched her soft, tender cheek with indulgent affection in his eyes.
Watching the two of them gaze at each other, Su Zhan suddenly felt like a glowing lightbulb, illuminating the feelings between them.
And in that instant, Jiang Yichen seemed much more pleasing to the eye.
He said nothing more, because in truth, there was nothing left to say.
His daughter had cultivated the Vermilion Bird’s natal true flame. Her future achievements would inevitably surpass his own.
That point alone was enough to make him lose all face if he kept blaming Jiang Yichen for the absurdity of forming a new team with only one month left before the league.
Leaning on his cane, Su Zhan stepped out of the room and left the two of them some space to be alone.
【Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making a laid-back choice. You have obtained the ‘Advanced Laid-back Gift Pack.’ Would you like to open it?】
There it was, just as expected.
A lot of the time, the more he explained, the darker things became.
It was better not to explain at all and simply let things be. Once they saw the results, they would convince themselves.
Jiang Yichen smiled and said inwardly, “System, open the gift pack.”
【Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: Fountain of Life, ten billion in funds, and one hundred thousand Second-tier Defensive Talismans.】
Jiang Yichen glanced at the rewards and checked the description of the Fountain of Life.
【Fountain of Life: Contains incomparably powerful life force. It can instantly restore a dying person, and it can allow a crippled or defective person to regenerate severed limbs.】
Regenerate severed limbs?
Jiang Yichen could not help turning his head toward the direction Su Zhan had left in.
In his previous life, Su Zhan had lost his right leg in the Mount Tai Fengshan Ruins. Current medical technology still could not make a severed limb regrow.
Only in Ancient Ruins might there perhaps be some divine object capable of allowing limb regeneration.
But how difficult would it be to find such a thing?
“Brother Yichen, your method really worked. Dad really isn’t lecturing us anymore.”
Su Linyu took a beautifully packaged, uniquely designed box out of her Spatial Bag. “This is the gift I prepared for Uncle Jiang. Brother Yichen, take a look and see if there’s anything that needs improving.”
Uh...
Jiang Yichen’s expression turned awkward at once. He did not even know his parents’ preferences. In his previous life, all his attention had been on Lin Wan, and he had long neglected things like this.
“There’s no need to look. I trust your judgment. My dad will definitely like it.”
Su Linyu not only understood his tastes and preferences like the back of her hand—even during the four years when he had kept her at a distance, she had also come to understand his parents extremely well.
She had even secretly investigated Uncle Feng, the butler, hoping to win him over so she could bring him breakfast in the future without being stopped.
“Ah! Brother Yichen, you trust me now.”
Su Linyu revealed an expression even more shocking than before. “That’s wonderful. I’m finally worthy of Brother Yichen’s trust! Wuwuwu, I have to record this.”
She opened the calendar on her phone and kept flipping through the monthly pages.
Jiang Yichen swept it with his Spiritual Perception and could not help freezing.
Every single day on the calendar had been marked.
June 23: I made heart-shaped soup dumplings for Brother Yichen today. Sadly, he didn’t eat them. He even suspected I was using them to drive a wedge between him and Lin Wan.
June 24: I made normal-shaped soup dumplings for Brother Yichen today, but he still didn’t eat them. He threw them into the trash and suspected I had tampered with them.
June 25: Today I ran all over Huazhong and bought the most delicious soup dumplings I could find, but Brother Yichen still didn’t eat them. He thought I was deliberately disturbing the time he spent with Lin Wan.
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Today: Ahhh! I’m super, super happy today! Brother Yichen finally doesn’t suspect me anymore. He said he trusts me! Just as I thought, as long as I keep treating Brother Yichen well, one day he’ll notice. I finally waited for this day.