Chapter 83 : Chapter 83

Chapter 83. Lying Flat and Refusing Meaningless Socializing, Reward: Supreme-grade · Golden Crow Blood Essence

[Option One: Faced with the noble family friends you were never that close to in the past, get to know them again and do your best to maintain those relationships. They might come in handy someday. Reward: the “Fair-Weather Friend” title.

Option Two: Refuse exhausting and meaningless socializing. Maintain a relaxed and cheerful mindset, lie flat, and enjoy life. Reward: “Intermediate Lie-Flat Gift Pack.”]

Jiang Yichen froze for a moment. Even this could trigger a lie-flat choice? Nice, very nice.

He had just obtained a “High-level Lie-Flat Gift Pack” when he threw Lin Wan out earlier. He might as well open the intermediate one first as a warm-up. Maybe he would even get a Supreme-grade reward.

He smiled faintly. Having been reborn, one or two brothers who truly knew him, along with a fiancée devoted to pure love, was more than enough.

As for everyone else...

He merely let out a cold chuckle. In his previous life, when the Jiang family had fallen into decline, these people had avoided him like the plague. Some had even insulted him to his face.

Now that they saw his father had comprehended the power of laws, they came wagging their tails again.

“Uncle Feng, drive them away. Looking at them annoys me,” Jiang Yichen said coldly.

Everyone was stunned, and their expressions immediately stiffened.

At a birthday banquet hosted by one’s elders, the reason juniors attended was to build connections and lay the groundwork for their future paths.

That was everyone’s shared understanding, yet they had never expected Young Master Jiang to put on such airs.

“Everyone, please leave,” Uncle Feng said as he ushered the young heirs away.

“Young Master Jiang, aren’t you being a little too arrogant?” someone said unhappily.

Jiang Yichen shrugged. “So what if I am?”

“You...”

Seeing this, the others could only leave in displeasure. After all, the Jiang family was not someone they could afford to offend.

“Young Master, now that you’ve offended these heirs, I’m afraid they’ll set traps for you in the future.”

Uncle Feng looked worried. These people would not dare do anything openly, but in private, each one was more vicious than the last.

“It doesn’t matter. If one comes, I’ll deal with one. If two come, I’ll deal with two.” Jiang Yichen did not care in the slightest. In the face of overwhelming strength, all tricks were paper tigers.

Uncle Feng sighed and said no more.

Behind him, Chu Xingchen rested his left hand on the sword at his waist and nodded faintly.

He also disliked these petty people who acted one way in public and another behind the scenes. What he admired instead was the spirit of a true hero.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making a lie-flat choice. You have received an “Intermediate Lie-Flat Gift Pack.” Would you like to open it?]

After Jiang Yichen sat back down, the system’s voice sounded in his mind.

“Open the intermediate one first, then the high-level one,” he thought to himself.

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: 1 billion in funds, ten Top-grade Origin-Nourishing Pills.]

[Congratulations, Host. You have obtained: Supreme-grade · Golden Crow Blood Essence.]

Holy hell! It really dropped!

Jiang Yichen’s eyes lit up at once, and he quickly opened the description.

[Supreme-grade · Golden Crow Blood Essence: Contains the sun power of the Golden Crow. By consuming and refining this blood essence, one can reconstruct the Sun-Blazing Divine Body, allowing a mortal body to transform into a divine body and gain unimaginable physical strength.]

It could transform a mortal body into a divine body.

Jiang Yichen could not help glancing at his father, who was currently chatting and laughing with others.

The Heaven-Seizing Fortune Pill could only give his father the potential to reach the Emperor Realm.

But if he truly wanted to get there, he first had to overcome the barrier of being trapped in a mortal body.

And that was also the hardest step.

In his previous life, after the Zhou family patriarch had comprehended the power of laws, his mortal body had been unable to withstand that terrifying force, and he had ultimately exploded into a cloud of blood mist.

Jiang Yichen stroked his chin and asked the system, “Which one is stronger, the Chaos Body or the Sun-Blazing Divine Body?”

[The Chaos Body is the number one physique throughout all ages. The Sun-Blazing Divine Body is far beneath it.]

He nodded slightly. Then he would leave this reward for his father. When he obtained another reward in the future that could transform a mortal body into a divine one, he would give that one to his mother as well.

At that point, both of his parents would be gods, and he could simply lie flat and enjoy life in peace.

Perfect.

“Brother Yichen, what are you thinking about? Why are you so happy?” Su Linyu walked over carrying a fruit platter, trying to strike up a conversation.

“I’m thinking about you,” Jiang Yichen replied casually.

Unexpectedly, Su Linyu froze on the spot, her bright, lively eyes filling with delight.

Brother Yichen is thinking about me! Oh my God, he’s actually thinking about me. I’m so happy I could die.

Before, just being able to see Brother Yichen had already been the greatest luxury imaginable. But now, he was actually thinking of her without even realizing it.

Sure enough, as long as she kept treating Brother Yichen well, he would remember her kindness sooner or later. Hehe.

Su Linyu beamed. She picked up a piece of apple with a fruit fork and held it to Jiang Yichen’s lips.

“Brother Yichen, ah~”

Jiang Yichen glanced at her cheerful expression and sighed inwardly.

In his previous life, he had bought Lin Wan countless gifts and said who knew how many sweet words to her, yet he had never once seen her this happy.

And now, he had only said three words to Su Linyu, and that alone was enough to make her happy for an entire day.

This feeling of being loved really was comforting.

Jiang Yichen opened his mouth and ate the fruit Su Linyu fed him.

While he was here enjoying her affection, a situation had arisen over at his parents’ side.

Zhou Mingyuan interrupted the conversation among the four family heads and asked, “Patriarch Jiang, I heard the Jiang family is going to choose its heir again, and that the heir will be decided by whoever wins the upcoming Team League championship. Is that true?”

The moment those words were spoken, Jiang Zhentian and Shen Qingyue’s expressions changed at once.

By bringing this up in front of everyone, Zhou Mingyuan’s intention was painfully obvious.

He wanted to make the matter public. Then, once Jiang Feng won the league championship, if Jiang Feng was not made heir, the Jiang family would become the laughingstock of the other four great families and all the other clans.

A cold light flashed in Jiang Zhentian’s eyes as he looked toward his younger brother, Jiang Dongnian.

The latter immediately broke out in a cold sweat, feeling as though that gaze wanted to devour him alive.

“So there really is such a matter? Brother Jiang, I heard the championship team from the previous league was built by Yichen. If you use this to choose the heir, isn’t that terribly unfair?”

Tang Wuji said with a grin.

Zhou Mingyuan shook his head and pretended to look disappointed. “It is unfair, but for some reason, that child Yichen disbanded the champion team himself.”

At those words, Tang Wuji and Chu Ningfeng both froze and gradually realized that something about this matter was not right.

This Zhou Mingyuan seemed to be plotting something.

“That is indeed the case.” At the very end of the hall, the white-haired Chief Clan Elder, Jiang Qisheng, rose to his feet. His demeanor was refined and scholarly as he said, “The Jiang family’s heir will be decided by the upcoming Team League.”

He seemed to have deliberately raised his voice, and the venue immediately fell silent.

Everyone turned in unison to look at Jiang Zhentian in the seat of honor, all waiting for him to speak.

A smile tugged at the corner of Jiang Dongnian’s lips. His elder brother cared most about preserving face in public. He would never act arbitrarily before the crowd and directly cancel the heir reselection.

“Zhentian, Xiao Chen even gave you a divine treasure like the Heaven-Seizing Fortune Pill. If he loses his position as heir, I’m not letting you off,” Shen Qingyue transmitted to her husband.

Jiang Zhentian rubbed his forehead, looking rather troubled.

“Qingyue, don’t worry. That boy could even bring out something capable of helping someone break through beyond the Martial God realm. He must have his own opportunities. As his parents, let’s trust him this once.”

After hearing her husband’s voice transmission, Shen Qingyue frowned. After thinking for a moment, she nodded.

Only then did Jiang Zhentian finally let out a long breath of relief. Looking at the crowd in the venue, he said, “That’s right. The Jiang family’s heir will indeed be decided by the upcoming Team League.”

Joy flashed across Zhou Mingyuan’s and Jiang Dongnian’s faces.

Jiang Feng also suddenly raised his head, his eyes blazing with excitement.

Man, you’re finished!

Only Su Zhan gave a cold laugh and shook his head. Jiang Yichen could even produce a god-tier cultivation art. Who here could possibly compete with him?

Your little tricks are truly laughable.