Chapter 87 : Chapter 87

Chapter 87. Su Zhan Regretted Asking for the Spring of Life, But I Would Not Give It to Him

On the sunlit street, Su Zhan stood leaning on his cane, staring in the direction Jiang Yichen and the others had left, amazement written across his face.

He had never imagined that the useless waste he had once seen as hopelessly beyond saving would suddenly become someone so astonishing.

He sighed inwardly.

As he recalled how his daughter had tried to please Jiang Yichen over the past four years, he suddenly felt ashamed.

He had actually had less foresight than his own daughter.

The only thing he could not understand was why Jiang Yichen had hidden his strength despite being so exceptionally powerful.

Rising from the fifth realm to the sixth in only ten days—was that really something mere hard work could accomplish?

It could only mean that Jiang Yichen had been deliberately concealing his strength.

Reaching the sixth realm Great Grandmaster stage right after graduating from university was even more terrifying than Su Zhan had been back then.

Su Zhan shook his head in self-reproach, then lowered his gaze to the faint traces of blood on the street.

“The thieves of Heavensteal wanted to seize the Spring of Life. It seems some people do not want me to recover my strength.”

His eyes gradually darkened, but he became even more certain that the Spring of Life really could regenerate severed limbs.

Su Zhan’s figure flickered, and before long, he arrived at the Spark Team’s training base.

But the moment he stepped halfway through the base’s gate, he suddenly stopped. He felt as if the Blood Qi throughout his body were boiling.

Hm?

Su Zhan looked around the training base. The instant his eyes flashed, a complex and profound formation came into view.

“This is a formation that can greatly increase cultivation speed... No, it is not just cultivation. It also enhances spiritual power and comprehension...”

His eyes trembled, and he instantly understood why his daughter had been able to break through to the fifth-realm Grandmaster stage in such a short time.

Inside this formation, cultivation speed was more than three times faster than usual. And with Top-grade Pills added on top of that...

This cultivation environment was practically a paradise for martial artists.

Su Zhan sighed in admiration. “Jiang Yichen, you keep bringing me more and more surprises.”

He entered the training base but did not show himself and interrupt their training. Instead, he searched around the base for a while.

At last, on the base’s training grounds, he found Jiang Yichen wearing sunglasses, drinking fruit juice, and enjoying a sunbath.

The contrast between him and the Spark Team on the other side of the training grounds—where Su Linyu was leading everyone in diligently practicing their cultivation arts—could not have been more striking.

If this had happened before, Su Zhan definitely would have lectured Jiang Yichen. Everyone else is working hard on cultivation, yet you are lying here slacking off in the sun. You really are a hopeless waste.

But now...

Su Zhan instead looked at the slacking Jiang Yichen with a kind of appreciation.

“Yichen.”

Hearing the voice, Jiang Yichen slowly lowered his sunglasses. No surprise appeared on his face.

From the moment Su Zhan stepped into the training base, Jiang Yichen had already known he was there.

“Uncle Zhan, what brings you here?” he asked with a smile, sitting up.

Su Zhan’s expression turned awkward. He did not know how to bring up the matter of the Spring of Life.

But it was his only hope of recovering his strength, so he could only grit his teeth and say it.

“Yichen, um... do you still have the Spring of Life? I was muddle-headed at the time and believed some slander. I am very sorry for rejecting the gift you prepared for me.”

So the apology had finally come?

Jiang Yichen was a little surprised. In his previous life, Su Zhan had always been very proud, especially where Su Linyu was concerned.

He had always insisted that Su Linyu obey him and believed that everything he did was for his daughter’s own good.

Even later, when the Zhou family swallowed up the Su family’s businesses after he fell from being a Martial God, Su Zhan had still never apologized.

“Uncle Zhan, I have already given the Spring of Life to someone else, so it would not be appropriate to take it back now.”

Jiang Yichen shook his head. People would not listen when others tried to persuade them. Only actual events would make them remember the lesson.

This was a good chance to make Su Zhan stop forcing Su Linyu.

“To whom? I can buy it with money!” The moment Su Zhan heard that the Spring of Life had been given away, he became anxious at once.

Jiang Yichen sighed. “Uncle Zhan, some things cannot be bought with money.”

Su Zhan froze, then slowly lowered his head, understanding the meaning behind those words.

The chance to recover his strength had clearly been right in front of him, yet he himself had thrown it away. How could he blame anyone else?

He sighed. “All right, then. I will be leaving first.”

Leaning on his cane, he slowly turned around.

Then Jiang Yichen said, “Uncle Zhan, if you stop forcing Linyu to do things she does not like, then recovering your right leg may not be impossible.”

Hearing this, Su Zhan’s footsteps came to an abrupt halt, and his eyes trembled slightly.

That meant Jiang Yichen still had a way to restore his right leg?

He stood there for a moment, then slowly nodded. “I understand.”

With that, Su Zhan vanished from the training base and disappeared to who knew where.

Jiang Yichen put his sunglasses back on and looked toward Su Linyu, who was cultivating diligently under the sunlight. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

You have done so much for me. I should do something for you too.

From now on, you can do the things you truly like. You will not have to keep walking down the path Su Zhan arranged for you.

Jiang Yichen yawned. He had indeed gotten up early today, so he might as well catch up on some sleep first.

The sun sank in the west, and Su Linyu cultivated all the way until late at night before finally leaving the training base.

She was the last one to go home, and even then, she still looked rather reluctant to leave.

It seemed she wanted to train a little longer.

“Brother Yichen, can I cultivate a bit more?” Su Linyu asked pleadingly as she wiped the sweat from her forehead.

Jiang Yichen shook his head. “Go home and rest. It is already eleven o’clock. Come back tomorrow.”

Now that he had revealed a bit of his strength today, this girl only wanted to improve even more.

“But...”

“I am going to get angry.”

The moment Su Linyu heard that, she immediately behaved herself and hurriedly waved her hands. “Brother Yichen, do not be angry. I will stop training. I will stop.”

Jiang Yichen smiled. It was a little hard to imagine, really. That sort of line for keeping someone in check was supposed to be something girls said.

But with him, it had somehow become the opposite.

“Come on. I will walk you home.”

“All right.”

Su Linyu’s eyes lit up. She walked over in quick little steps, took his hand on her own initiative, and giggled.

“Brother Yichen said that this way I would not get lost.”

Jiang Yichen: (☉_☉)

What an excellent example of learning something and putting it to good use.

After escorting Su Linyu all the way to the Su family estate, Jiang Yichen used spatial teleportation and left.

Su Linyu tiptoed over and glanced at the main gate. She definitely did not dare go in openly.

Her father had previously ordered her to be home before ten o’clock, but now it was already eleven.

“Oh no, I am definitely going to get scolded again. I cannot use the front gate. I will go through the dog hole.”

Su Linyu carefully made her way over to the dog hole, but in the very next second, her expression froze.

The dog hole had been sealed with cement.

“Forget it, forget it. If I get scolded, then I get scolded. If it is for the sake of catching up to Brother Yichen, then it is all worth it.”

Summoning her courage, Su Linyu entered the estate through the front gate. She moved as lightly as a thief, terrified that her father might suddenly appear.

“Linyu.”

But a familiar voice came from behind her. Su Linyu shuddered all over, bit her lower lip, and turned around with her head lowered.

“Dad, I should not have come home this late...”

“Have you eaten? Come have a meal with your dad.”

Hm?

Su Linyu froze and lifted her head in surprise.

Why had her father not scolded her today? Before this, if she came home even one minute late, he would shower her with a harsh lecture.

“I ate a little. Training was too busy,” she replied cautiously.

Then she followed Su Zhan to the dining table and sat down.

“Linyu, I have reflected on many things lately. I should not have controlled your life so much.”

Su Zhan rubbed his cane and said with lowered eyes, “Your life should be an open wilderness, not a frame arranged by me.”

“From now on, go do what you want to do. Your dad will not force you anymore.”

What?!

Hearing this, Su Linyu sat there in utter disbelief.