Chapter 84 : Chapter 84

Chapter 84. After Learning About the Spring of Life, Su Zhan Regretted It!

“The Jiang family is choosing its heir again? Could it be that Young Master Jiang did something that harmed the family?”

“You can tell at a glance that you do not keep up with this sort of news. Do you know who caused the Jiang Group’s financial crisis some time ago?”

“You mean...”

“That’s right, it was Young Master Jiang! And for the sake of a woman, he wasted four whole years. The only worthwhile achievement he had was training the Yanhuang Team, the number one team in Huaxia. A lot of people in the Jiang family had long since become dissatisfied with this heir.”

“What is even more absurd is that he disbanded the Yanhuang Team in public at the graduation ceremony. Four years of effort went down the drain. I really do not know what Young Master Jiang was thinking.”

“...”

Everyone at the venue could not help shaking their heads and laughing. Now that Jiang Yichen had disbanded the Yanhuang Team, it was naturally impossible for him to win the Huaxia Team League championship.

As for Jiang Feng, the most outstanding member of the Jiang family’s younger generation, rumors said that he had also been secretly building a team in private. He had likely prepared everything long ago.

That position of heir was bound to belong to Jiang Feng.

The young heirs who had just been driven away by Jiang Yichen immediately turned in unison toward Jiang Feng, wearing smiles warmer than the ones they gave their own mothers.

“Young Master Jiang Feng, would you like to share a drink with us? We are all looking forward to your victory in the upcoming Team League.”

They raised their glasses, their tone exceptionally cordial.

Jiang Feng adjusted his custom-tailored suit, picked up a glass from a nearby tray, and stood ramrod straight. The confidence radiating from him was imposing.

“Man, your expectations please me greatly. Cheers!”

A faint smile lifted the corners of his lips as crisp clinking sounds rang out.

The young heirs from the great families smiled slightly, then turned back and shot disdainful glances at Jiang Yichen, who remained seated and was enjoying Su Linyu’s attentive care.

Just wait. Once you lose your status as heir, let’s see how arrogant you can still be.

“Brother Yichen, why does it feel like they do not think much of us?” Tang Long glanced over and asked.

Chu Xingchen gave a cold snort. “A pack of petty people chasing fame and profit. Once the league begins, I will use the sword in my hand to make them recognize the true strength of the Spark Team.”

“Hero Chu, that’s awesome! I’ll be your front-line tank,” Tang Long said, giving him a thumbs-up.

Jiang Yichen cast him a sidelong glance. That sounded a little too over-the-top.

“That’s right, Brother Yichen. Our Spark Team is no worse than anyone else’s. We cannot boost other people’s morale while crushing our own spirit,” Su Linyu said, lifting her little face, completely without worry.

Over the past seven days, they had all been astonished by the explosive speed of their own progress, so naturally they felt no fear.

Jiang Yichen nodded slightly. Confidence was a good thing.

As for him, the boss...

Now that he was already the boss, they could work hard for him.

He would just lie back and enjoy the win.

The atmosphere on their side was light and cheerful, but Jiang Zhentian and Shen Qingyue, at the center of the venue, looked somewhat worried.

Both of them knew that Xiao Chen had disbanded the Yanhuang Team, and that the two teams, Phoenix Team and Thunder Team, had also been poached away by Jiang Feng.

Winning the Team League under those circumstances would be far from easy.

But Zhou Mingyuan had publicly brought up the matter at a banquet attended by the entire upper echelon of Huaxia. If Jiang Zhentian acted too arbitrarily now, it would damage the Jiang family’s reputation.

These days, a single piece of information online could be twisted in thousands upon thousands of ways.

Still, that was only one part of it.

Jiang Zhentian had seen for himself just how thoroughly his son embraced the lie-flat lifestyle. In a world where martial strength was revered above all else, his son could spend an entire day playing games.

He could tell that his son did not want to shoulder the responsibility of being the heir.

If Xiao Chen truly had no such desire, then perhaps it would be better to let someone more capable take the position.

Yet as a father, he still hoped that his son would take on the burden of the Jiang family.

Jiang Zhentian raised his hand and looked at the bloody cracks across his palm, where the skin had split open. He frowned slightly.

A mortal body could not bear the power of laws.

If he continued cultivating like this, then one day he would inevitably explode and die.

If he handed the Jiang family over to his ungrateful, self-serving younger brother, the family would likely decline even faster than it would under Xiao Chen.

He sighed. After chatting with the three family heads for a little while longer, he left the venue together with his wife.

“Uncle Feng, has Xiao Chen brought back the Yanhuang Team, the Phoenix Team, and the Thunder Team yet?”

In the main hall of the manor, Jiang Zhentian asked with a frown.

Uncle Feng shook his head. “No. Young Master has formed a new team called the Spark Team and plans to have them compete...”

As Jiang Zhentian listened to Xiao Chen’s absurd arrangements, his expression immediately darkened.

There was only one month left before the league began, and he had chosen to rebuild a team from scratch. Three of the team members were only at the Fourth Realm.

In the Team League, that would place them at the very bottom.

“Qingyue, you already knew about this?”

Shen Qingyue rubbed her temples and snapped irritably, “Otherwise, why do you think I transmitted my voice to you earlier? If you dare hand the heir’s position to that ungrateful traitor, then you can live on your own.”

She turned her head away, looking exactly like someone who was angry and impossible to placate.

At once, Jiang Zhentian, who had been awe-inspiring in the venue just moments ago, immediately caved. “Qingyue, I was wrong, all right? I’ll deal with my brother right now!”

As he spoke, he pulled out his belt with the ease of long practice and had Uncle Feng bring Jiang Dongnian over.

Shen Qingyue crossed her arms over her chest. Even with a way out right in front of her, she refused to take it.

This completely threw Jiang Zhentian into a panic. “Wife, I promise from now on I will never ignore your words again just to save face. Please forgive me, all right?”

“Besides, even after all three main teams were poached away, Xiao Chen still did not give up. He is even rebuilding a team to make one last push. He already has plans of his own.”

“The child is grown now. Let him choose his own path. As for the path of heir, let the capable take it.”

Shen Qingyue turned back and glared at him, then sighed. “But you are the number one Martial God in Huaxia. If your son cannot even become the heir, what kind of image does that leave?”

“Qingyue, there is no need to worry. The team Yichen rebuilt is no simple one.”

Knock, knock, knock!

The sound of a cane tapping against the floor rang out as Su Zhan, dressed in a dark Zhongshan suit, slowly walked into the main hall.

“Old Su.” Jiang Zhentian’s brows relaxed. He quickly adjusted his posture and regained the imposing dignity of a Martial God. “Sit. But what do you mean by that?”

Su Zhan sat down and said with a smile, “Do I really need to spell it out? You even gave Yichen a god-tier cultivation art to use as he pleased. What is there for you to worry about?”

What?

Jiang Zhentian and Shen Qingyue were both stunned. What was he talking about?

Shen Qingyue looked at her husband in shock. “You gave Xiao Chen a god-tier cultivation art? You would not even let me look at it.”

Jiang Zhentian’s face stiffened, and he shook his head. “I did not. Old Su, you cannot say such things carelessly.”

If word got out that Xiao Chen had a god-tier cultivation art on him, he would surely become a target for assassins.

...?

Su Zhan was stunned as well, and his brows slowly drew together.

If Jiang Zhentian had not given it to him, then could it be Jiang Yichen’s own?

The more he thought about it, the more shocked he became. He could no longer see through this Jiang family young master who had wasted four years of his life.

Jiang Yichen seemed to be hiding quite a few secrets.

But that was also a good thing. If his daughter married into the family, her future path in martial arts would become even smoother.

“In that case, perhaps I was mistaken.”

Su Zhan did not continue probing. Instead, his gaze settled on Jiang Zhentian. “Old Jiang, for the sake of the fact that I once saved your life, can you tell me how you comprehended the laws?”

He lowered his head and glanced at the prosthetic right leg beneath him, sorrow flickering in his eyes.

Jiang Zhentian fell silent at those words.

Back then, when the Mount Tai Fengshan Ruins had opened, he and Su Zhan had ventured deep inside together, only to encounter the king among Ninth-rank Beast Emperors, the Azure Flood Dragon.

Even with the two of them joining forces, they had still been at a disadvantage. If Su Zhan had not pushed him away at the critical moment, Jiang Zhentian would have been bitten to death by the Azure Flood Dragon on the spot.

But the price of that act was that Su Zhan lost his right leg.

After that, not only had his strength declined drastically, but his cultivation level had continued to fall as well.

After thinking for a while, Jiang Zhentian gave a slight nod. “The reason I was able to comprehend the laws and reach the level of a demigod was because of Xiao Chen.”

Su Zhan froze. “What do you mean?”

“Xiao Chen gave me a Heaven-Seizing Fortune Pill. After taking it, I heard the call of the laws,” Jiang Zhentian said truthfully.

The cane in Su Zhan’s hand fell to the floor, and his entire body went rigid.

If it really was Jiang Yichen who had helped Jiang Zhentian comprehend the laws, then the Spring of Life truly could regenerate severed limbs.

A look of deep regret flickered in Su Zhan’s eyes. His chance to restore his right leg had been right in front of him, yet he had failed to seize it.

He could not help recalling what his daughter had once said.

“Dad, you will regret this.”

Su Zhan stood there, completely dazed.