Chapter 88 : Chapter 88

Chapter 88. Twenty Days Passed, and I Reached the Seventh-Realm Martial King

Inside the Su family estate, the dining table in the living room was so quiet that even a pin drop could have been heard.

Su Linyu blinked her bright, innocent eyes and stared straight at her father.

“Dad, what is wrong with you today? Ever since I was little, have you not always made me decide everything according to your wishes? You always said it was for my own good.”

She asked in confusion, wanting to know why her father had suddenly changed.

Su Zhan picked up the chopsticks on the table, placed a piece of meat into his daughter’s bowl, and sighed.

“I went to watch your training today and spoke with Jiang Yichen for a bit. Looking back, I really did go too far in the past.”

Brother Yichen?

When Su Linyu heard that, she blinked and smiled, then quickly asked, “What did Brother Yichen say?”

“He said that he does not want me forcing you to do things you do not like, and that you should have the right to make your own choices,” Su Zhan said slowly.

Su Linyu froze, and her little heart began pounding wildly.

Brother Yichen actually persuaded her father so that she could have the right to choose for herself. How much effort and persuasion must he have spent to convince someone as stubborn as her father?

For more than twenty years, she had tried to communicate with her father countless times, yet he had always believed that his decisions were what suited her best.

She had never once managed to persuade him into letting her choose for herself.

But Brother Yichen had actually done it. He was simply amazing.

So Brother Yichen had always been thinking of her. In order to persuade her father, he must have spent so much time and energy.

Wuwuwu, I am really so touched~

Su Linyu immediately felt a little ashamed. Compared with Brother Yichen, her own little efforts seemed utterly insignificant.

Seeing the constantly changing expressions on his daughter’s face, Su Zhan could not help frowning. “What are you thinking about?”

“Dad, Brother Yichen has done so much for me. I have to repay him.”

Su Linyu cupped her cheeks in both hands. Though she was grinning foolishly, her tone was firm. “From now on, I am going to work even harder to improve my strength so that Brother Yichen will not have a single worry. I will also become a good wife and loving mother and give him twins, one boy and one girl. Hehe.”

“...” Su Zhan’s mouth twitched. The words of a lecture rose to his lips, but in the end, he did not say them.

Given the overwhelming strength of the Jiang family, along with Jiang Yichen’s various heaven-defying displays, it would not be a bad thing for his daughter to marry into that family.

As for how his daughter had ended up becoming like this... he could only blame himself.

From the time she was little, he had restrained and strictly controlled her, insisting that she follow his wishes in everything. The slightest deviation would make him angry.

Little by little, his daughter had started trying to please him, using obedience in exchange for a better attitude from him.

Now that he thought about it, perhaps he himself had shaped this aspect of her personality.

Su Zhan shook his head and looked out at the night view beyond the window, a deep, indescribable melancholy rising in his heart.

Su Linyu, however, was the complete opposite. Sitting there, her mind had already started wandering to trivial matters from the life she would have after marrying Brother Yichen.

...

Inside the office of the Huaxia Commander-in-Chief.

Knock, knock, knock!

“Come in.”

A young major general in military uniform entered, carrying a file in his hand. “Commander, at the Jiang family banquet this time, the head of the Jiang family, Jiang Zhentian, touched upon a realm above the Martial God.”

As he spoke, he placed the detailed report on the desk.

When the Huaxia Commander-in-Chief, Hong Wu, heard this, faint lines slowly appeared on his forehead, and he asked with a stern expression, “Are you certain this intelligence is accurate?”

Family banquets among the great houses were private affairs. Other than the guests who attended, it was not easy for outsiders to obtain information about what had happened inside.

“I investigated the guests who attended the banquet. Jiang Zhentian really did comprehend the power of Laws. He is the first person in all of Huaxia to have touched the Laws.”

No joy appeared on Hong Wu’s face. Instead, he rubbed the corner of his eyes. “These great families really are troublesome.”

“It seems unlikely that we can use the Zhou family’s hand to suppress the Jiang family anymore.”

Hong Wu sighed. The stronger these great families became, the more they would interfere in Huaxia’s internal affairs and increase the risk of civil strife.

If the state wanted these great families to obey national directives and protect the safety of Huaxia’s countless citizens, then it could not allow them to grow too strong and slip out of control.

“Issue the order. Increase the resource allocation to the Jiang family tenfold this year, and have Jiang Zhentian prepare to explore the Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor Sacrificial Ruins.”

“But Commander... that place is extraordinarily dangerous. Will Jiang Zhentian agree?” the major general asked.

“He will agree.” Hong Wu’s eyes turned cold. “At present, he still cannot openly oppose Huaxia. Besides, Jiang Zhentian cares deeply for his family. If he were to publicly defy Huaxia, he would be pushing his clan into the center of the storm.”

“Understood, Commander.”

“Mm. Also, the new round of military district internships is about to begin. No matter what, every child of the great families must be brought into the military districts. Not a single one may be missed.”

Hong Wu said sternly, “Huaxia is surrounded by demonic beasts on all sides, and cities are always at risk of being attacked. The brief peace bought by the blood of frontline soldiers is not there for them to indulge themselves.”

The major general brought his feet together and saluted. “Yes, Commander!”

...

Day by day, time passed. Busy days and enjoyable ones always seemed so short.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the final day before the Huaxia Team League.

As usual, Jiang Yichen woke up with sleepy eyes and let the household automation calmly take care of his washing and grooming.

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. Your realm has reached the seventh realm, second layer. Your Chaos Body has reached Absolute Perfection. Your Void Scripture has reached Absolute Perfection. Your Divine Beast Bai Ze has reached 40% growth progress and can now unlock its second Divine Beast skill. ]

After more than half a month of auto-cultivation, the system’s notification came again.

Jiang Yichen could not help smiling as he listened. For other people, a breakthrough was a difficult struggle against the heavens.

But for him, breakthroughs amounted to nothing more than spending time doing things he enjoyed, traveling here and there, tasting the local food, living a pleasant life, and then waiting for the breakthrough to happen automatically.

If this method of breakthrough ever got out, martial artists all over the world would probably suffer a complete mental collapse.

With a smile at the corner of his lips, Jiang Yichen opened his personal panel.

[ Host: Jiang Yichen

Realm: Seventh Realm, Second Layer (Auto-Cultivation Progress: 20.125%; Auto-Cultivation Speed: 0.125% per hour)

Blood Qi: 550823

Spiritual Power: ∞

Talent: Mind Wielder (Max Level), Chaos Body (Absolute Perfection)

Cultivation Art: Void Scripture (Absolute Perfection)

Weapon: Void Realm (currently amplifying the Void Scripture)

Pet: Divine Beast · Bai Ze (Current Growth Progress: 40% (second Divine Beast skill available for unlock))

(Current Auto-Cultivation Speed: 0.125% per hour. Maximum value reached; cannot be increased further. Auto-Cultivation Speed will decrease reasonably according to cultivation difficulty!) ]

In the span of barely a month, he had risen from a second-realm martial artist to the level of a seventh-realm Martial King.

With strength like that, he could already enter the family’s Council of Elders, and getting himself a position as a senior instructor at a martial arts university would be effortless.

Moreover, a seventh-realm Martial King in his twenties would probably alarm even Huaxia’s upper ranks and get him recruited into service for the nation.

What others could not achieve even after exhausting their entire lives, he had already accomplished in a single month of taking it easy.

All one could say was that the system was truly absurdly powerful.

After washing up, Jiang Yichen stepped onto the balcony. Wisps of white threads swirled around him. They were manifestations of the Law of Space.

Very good. After the Void Scripture reached Absolute Perfection, he had heard the call of the Law of Space and reached the level of comprehending Laws beyond the Martial God realm.

Just how heaven-defying was that? One only had to remember the stunned expressions at the last banquet after his father comprehended a Law to understand.

However, Jiang Yichen was still somewhat different. With the Chaos Body, he had no need to worry whether his body could withstand the overwhelming power of Laws.

Now that his Chaos Body had reached Absolute Perfection, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the strength of his body surpassed even that of gods.

A satisfied look appeared on Jiang Yichen’s face. With a single thought, his figure vanished from where he stood.

He crossed the atmosphere in an instant and appeared directly in the vast starry sky.

Looking at the blue planet before him, even he was a little shocked by his own strength.

He had teleported straight into outer space. Good heavens! By the time he reached the Martial God realm, would he not be able to blow up a star with a single punch?

That was simply outrageous!

His figure flashed again, and he returned to the villa. Looking at the morning light, he was in an excellent mood.

After being reborn, he found that he no longer carried the lifeless gloom and confusion of his previous life. Instead, he had become more optimistic and far more in love with life.

Jiang Yichen looked toward the second Divine Beast skill that remained to be unlocked. The first Divine Beast skill, Auspicious Domain, could make demonic beasts immortal and indestructible, while causing heavenly treasures and earthly wonders to spring up all around it.

He wondered whether this second skill would be even more heaven-defying.

“System, unlock Xiao Bai’s second skill.”

[ Divine Beast · Bai Ze has reached 40% growth progress. Unlocking second Divine Beast skill... ]