Chapter 100 : Chapter 100

Chapter 100. Spark Works Very Hard. What Is Wrong with Working Hard at Sunbathing?

【Option One: Take the advice and seriously put on an act, making yourselves look extremely hardworking so that Mother, Tang Wuji, and Chu Ningfeng will approve. Reward: the title ‘Master of Putting on a Show’.

Option Two: Putting on a performance is too exhausting. It is better to slack off and let them see Spark Team’s real training routine, and even have them join in. Reward: ‘Mid-grade Slacking Gift Pack’.】

Jiang Yichen looked at the two choices floating before him and nodded slightly.

Had the Yanhuang Team in his previous life not done the same? They put on a show of training hard, yet spent their private time indulging in luxury, women, and extravagant food.

He preferred things to be genuine. Besides, Spark Team’s record over the past half month has been outstanding. They had already advanced to the quarterfinals.

If they defeated the Thunder Team tomorrow, they would enter the finals.

With a team this strong, what was there to hide about their training? Why bother pretending?

“There is no need. The final result will prove everything.”

Jiang Yichen stood up and patted Su Linyu on the head. “Just train as usual.”

Su Linyu pursed her lips adorably, thought for a moment, then nodded.

“All right. I’ll listen to you, Brother Yichen.”

【Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making a slacking choice. You have received a ‘Mid-grade Slacking Gift Pack’. Would you like to open it?】

Jiang Yichen chose not to open it. The drop rate for the mid-grade gift pack was still too low. It was more cost-effective to save it and open it together with a high-grade gift pack.

“Go train. When your sunbathing session is over, I’ll hand out Foundation-Nourishing Pills to all of you.”

“Ah?” The moment Su Linyu heard that, her face fell. “Brother Yichen, can I please stop taking them? I’m getting tired of eating them.”

“Tired of them” was the elegant way to put it. To say it less elegantly, she was genuinely sick of them.

Seven hundred Top-grade Foundation-Nourishing Pills every day had left her completely numb.

“That is not a good habit. They are very helpful for consolidating the realms you gained so quickly,” Jiang Yichen said, shaking his head.

Su Linyu put on a coquettish expression.

In ordinary teams, even a single Top-grade Foundation-Nourishing Pill was something people had to fight over. Yet in Spark Team, they were worried every day about how they were supposed to swallow seven hundred of them.

Jiang Yichen sighed. “I’ll reduce your share by a hundred.”

Joy immediately appeared on Su Linyu’s face. “Brother Yichen is the best. Then I’m going to train.”

Jiang Yichen watched her cheerful retreating figure and smiled knowingly.

…

By noon, the sun was at its brightest.

Outside the training base, three people appeared slowly.

“Madam Shen, I heard Huaxia’s higher-ups have once again increased their resource support for the Jiang family. The sixth-generation battle armor sold out in just one minute of presale. The Jiang family is doing better and better,” Tang Wuji said with a flattering smile, though inwardly he was deeply shocked.

As the son-in-law of Huaxia’s Commander-in-Chief, he naturally knew some inside information.

Jiang Zhentian, who had been sent by the Commander-in-Chief to secretly explore the Heaven-Sacrifice Ruins, had broken through yet again.

Not only had the Commander-in-Chief’s attitude toward the Jiang family taken a complete one-hundred-eighty-degree turn, he was even treating them with special favor.

A few days ago, when the Jiang family’s sixth-generation battle armor went up for presale, Huaxia’s officials had directly promoted it for free. In just one minute, all three million suits had sold out.

The Jiang family was probably going to completely dominate the battle armor market.

Who knew what kind of outrageous luck Jiang Zhentian had stumbled into, breaking through again and again lately?

It had gotten Tang Wuji scolded by the Commander-in-Chief repeatedly these past few days.

“The Tang family is doing quite well too. With Huaxia’s Commander-in-Chief behind you, even Patriarch Chu and I have to give you some face,” Shen Qingyue replied, flattering him in return.

Tang Wuji waved his hand with a smile and sighed. “I’m just a live-in son-in-law. I’m not that impressive.”

“All right, enough flattering each other. I heard the team league is about to change its rules, and the new rules will be applied directly in tomorrow’s semifinal. Spark Team might be in a bit of trouble.”

A little impatient with their mutual flattery, Chu Ningfeng changed the subject.

When Shen Qingyue heard that, worry appeared in her eyes as well.

That was one of the reasons she had come to see Xiao Chen.

The league’s sudden mid-tournament rule change came from pressure generated by online public opinion. It was obvious at a glance that someone had been steering the narrative and forcing the league to revise the rules on weapon usage.

Spark Team had relied on the strength of their ninth-rank Magical Artifacts to rack up continuous victories. If those were banned—

Then winning the championship against Thunder Team and Yanhuang Team would likely become extremely difficult.

“It’s fine, it’s fine. As long as the children are working hard, that is enough.”

Tang Wuji smiled calmly. “Ever since Xiaolong joined Spark Team, he has been getting up at six every day and heading to the base to train. He does not come home until nearly eleven at night.”

“That alone shows how hard they have been training. With that kind of perseverance, what can’t they accomplish?”

“If they cannot win the championship this time, then they can come back and try again next year.”

Chu Ningfeng nodded slightly as well. Thinking of how his son left early and returned late every day, only to continue practicing swordsmanship at home, he felt deeply gratified.

“Come on, let’s go in. We’ll quietly take a look at the children. They have been cultivating so hard, so we should encourage them a little.”

Shen Qingyue, however, was different from the other two. Whether or not Spark Team won the championship would determine the choice of the Jiang family’s heir.

Now that Zhentian had gone to the Heaven-Sacrifice Ruins on a secret exploration mission, she could not even contact him.

Sigh.

With a sigh, she entered the training base together with the other two.

Hm?

The moment they stepped into the training base, all three of them abruptly lifted their heads, shock appearing on their faces at the layout of the formation surrounding the base.

“What a profound formation. Cultivating inside it is more than three times faster than normal, and it is even a layered composite formation. It must have been set up by a true formation master,” Tang Wuji said, amazement filling his eyes.

Chu Ningfeng nodded slightly. “No wonder Xingchen has improved so quickly. With bitter training from morning to night and the support of this formation, it is even better than the cultivation sanctuary at Huaxia headquarters.”

“Madam Shen, since when has the Jiang family had a formation master capable of laying down something this profound?”

Tang Wuji sounded excited. “Could you introduce me to him?”

If the Tang family could set up a formation like this as well, it would be of great benefit to his breakthrough beyond the Martial God realm.

Shen Qingyue’s face stiffened. How would she know? She had not been involved in training Spark Team at all.

“Well… I’m not too sure either.”

Tang Wuji froze, then nodded in understanding. Who would willingly share something that valuable with others?

That was only human nature.

“The training ground is just ahead. Xingchen is probably there training hard with his sword…”

Still talking among themselves, the three of them stepped into the training ground, already picturing the children practicing their swords with tireless dedication.

But in the very next second, they stopped in their tracks, stunned by the five lounge chairs on the training field.

Under the brilliant noon sun, all five members of Spark Team were reclining there in sunglasses, basking in the sunlight.

From time to time, they even grabbed little snacks.

They looked utterly content.

???

Shen Qingyue and the other two were instantly filled with question marks. They hurried back to the entrance of the training ground to make sure they had not come to the wrong place.

But no, this was definitely the training ground.

Then what exactly were they doing?

Training?

Or just sunbathing?