Chapter 85 : Chapter 85

Chapter 85. Su Zhan Panicked and Hurried Off to Find Jiang Yichen

“Old Su, what’s wrong with you?”

Seeing Su Zhan sitting there in a daze, Jiang Zhentian asked in confusion.

Su Zhan snapped back to his senses, picked up the cane from the floor, and hurried outside with a limp.

Jiang Zhentian and Shen Qingyue were both baffled.

“What’s wrong with Brother Su Zhan?” Shen Qingyue asked in puzzlement.

Jiang Zhentian shook his head. “He probably just doesn’t believe it. Back then, we didn’t believe that the pill Xiao Chen gave us would really work either.”

A smile tugged at Shen Qingyue’s lips. “Husband, I’ve realized that our Xiao Chen is becoming more and more impressive.”

Jiang Zhentian wrapped an arm around his wife’s shoulders. “That’s right. Now that I’ve comprehended the power of laws, Su Zhan definitely won’t bring up breaking off the engagement again. It’s the best of both worlds.”

“Hmph. That’s because of who gave birth to him. You should just be secretly enjoying yourself.”

Jiang Zhentian nodded repeatedly. “Yes, yes, yes. It’s all thanks to my wife.”

“Master, the Second Master is here,” Uncle Feng said as he followed behind Jiang Dongnian.

Jiang Zhentian slowly released Shen Qingyue. His eyes turned frighteningly cold, as if the surrounding temperature had dropped in an instant.

Jiang Dongnian’s heart trembled. “Big Brother, you... wanted to see me?”

“Yes, I did.” Jiang Zhentian picked up a belt and slowly walked toward him.

Jiang Dongnian’s pupils contracted. “Big Brother, what are you doing?”

“Raise your backside. You’ll find out soon enough. Don’t think I don’t know what you’ve been plotting.”

Jiang Zhentian barked sharply, “Raise it!”

Jiang Dongnian stiffened all over, panic flashing in his eyes. “Big Brother, I didn’t even do anything. How can you—”

“Didn’t do anything? When your nephew was in danger during the martial exam, you sided with outsiders.”

“Didn’t do anything? Then how did Zhou Mingyuan find out that the Jiang family was reselecting its heir today?”

“I...” Jiang Dongnian was left speechless for a moment and was just about to come up with an excuse.

But the next second, smack, the belt lashed across his backside.

A burst of intense pain hit him, and Jiang Dongnian’s face twisted instantly. “Big Brother! You really hit me? I’m your own younger brother!”

“Hmph. If I don’t teach you a lesson today, you’ll never know where you went wrong.”

Jiang Zhentian struck him again with the belt, this time even harder. The repeated smacks echoed throughout the main hall.

“Ow!” Jiang Dongnian let out a string of miserable cries.

Seeing this, Shen Qingyue immediately felt a bit better.

Even Uncle Feng, standing to the side, had trouble suppressing the smile tugging at his lips.

Jiang Dongnian was held by the arm as Jiang Zhentian kept whipping his backside. The searing pain made him howl endlessly.

Humiliation and resentment surfaced in his eyes, but for now, all he could do was endure it.

Still, the good thing was that he had achieved his goal.

After the banquet, the news that the Jiang family would determine its heir by the Team League championship would surely spread throughout all of Huaxia.

With Feng’er having absorbed the Yanhuang Team, the number one team in Huaxia, winning the championship would be effortless.

When that time came, even Jiang Zhentian would have no choice but to let Feng’er take the position of heir.

Even amid his painful wails, Jiang Dongnian carried a trace of smugness.

Inside the banquet hall.

Su Zhan, limping anxiously back into the venue, searched the crowd with his eyes.

But he could not find him. After asking around, he finally learned the truth.

Jiang Yichen had already left the banquet.

Su Zhan leaned weakly against a flower bed, lowered his head, and sighed again and again.

“I really am an old fool!”

He tapped the ground with his cane in frustration, savoring the bitterness of regret. It felt awful.

But what could he do? Back then, he had been the one unwilling to drink the Spring of Life.

“Li Ming!” Su Zhan frowned. As he recalled Li Ming’s expression and tone from the previous night, the more he thought about it, the more something felt wrong.

He took out his phone and dialed a number. “Investigate Li Ming. If there’s a problem with him, deal with him immediately.”

“The Team League is coming up soon. Jiang Yichen and the others should have returned to the training base. I need to go there.”

Though it was somewhat shameless, he was willing to admit even that much for the sake of restoring his right leg.

Using his cane for support, Su Zhan walked out of the Jiang family estate.

Zhou Mingyuan, who had been observing his every move, narrowed his eyes slightly.

“I just hope those people can get the Spring of Life before Su Zhan arrives.”

He knew the chances were slim, but this was all he could do now.

Since Su Zhan’s side could no longer be used, the only option left was to make Jiang Dongnian’s son the Jiang family heir, then proceed step by step afterward.

Jiang Zhentian had only comprehended the laws. According to the records of the Cultivation System Research Institute, without a physical body capable of bearing the laws, one would inevitably die and vanish.

When that time came, Jiang Feng, the heir, would become useful.

A faint smile appeared on Zhou Mingyuan’s face as he swirled the red wine in his glass, as though everything were still under his control.

...

On the road back to the training base, the sunlight was bright and cheerful.

Jiang Yichen and the other three strolled down the street, watching the bustling flow of people around them.

“Brother Yichen, it feels like it’s been four years since we last walked the streets together like this,” Tang Long said with an honest smile.

Jiang Yichen nodded slightly. Back in high school, they walked home together every day after classes.

At that time, there had always been endless things to talk about.

Now all that remained were their separate memories.

“That just means the old Brother Yichen is back. He won’t deliberately distance himself from us anymore~” Su Linyu said, lifting her heels, clasping her hands behind her back, and tilting her head as she looked at him.

Chu Xingchen, meanwhile, wore a righteous expression. He lightly brushed the sword at his waist and answered in his usual cool manner, “This is... acceptable.”

Jiang Yichen smiled with emotion. Having lived a second life and chosen a different way of living, everything felt more and more beautiful compared to his previous life.

The four of them kept walking. As the crowd around them gradually thinned, Jiang Yichen’s eyes narrowed slightly.

With the powerful spiritual perception of a Supreme-grade Telekinetic, he sensed seven peak Sixth Realm experts lurking nearby.

Hm?

Looks like someone’s got their eyes on us.

Jiang Yichen laughed inwardly and quietly set up Eyes of the Void.

After observing carefully for a moment, he discovered that they were people from Stealing the Secrets of Heaven.

Stealing the Secrets of Heaven was founded by a “Saint of Thieves” who had awakened an SSS-rank martial talent. It was said that the cultivation art he created, also called Stealing the Secrets of Heaven, allowed one to steal any item from afar. At its highest level, it could even steal another person’s cultivation.

So, just a bunch of thieves.

Jiang Yichen smiled slightly, suddenly in the mood for some entertainment.

With a casual wave of his hand, the surrounding space appeared perfectly normal, though in reality it had already been thrown into disorder.

Stealing the Secrets of Heaven was, in fact, also a space-type cultivation art. It allowed one to seize desired objects from a distance and even bypass restrictions.

But unfortunately for them, my command of space surpasses yours.

Once the setup was complete, Jiang Yichen continued strolling leisurely with Su Linyu and the others.

Meanwhile, hidden in a corner, one of the thieves, with long hair and a ridiculous emo delinquent hairstyle, stared at them intently.

“When I give the signal, everyone use Stealing the Secrets of Heaven together. We’ll directly steal... I mean, take everything in Young Master Jiang’s Spatial Bag.”

“Boss, aren’t we stealing? Why did it suddenly become taking?”

“What the hell do you know? If we get it through skill, how can that be called stealing?”

“Holy crap! Boss, that actually makes sense.”

The man flicked his side-swept bangs and grinned.

“Listen to my command. Get ready... move your hands!”

All seven of them activated Stealing the Secrets of Heaven at the same time. Space rippled around them, and in the next instant, each of them found a pair of underwear in their hands.

They were SpongeBob-patterned, no less.

The side-bangs boss suddenly felt a chill in his crotch, as if something had gone missing.

But when he looked at the underwear in his hand, he froze.

How the hell did I steal my own underwear?