After the Breakup I Took It Easy and Became Invincible Chapter 166 : Chapter 166

Chapter 166. I’m Just Slacking Off—Why Do You All Have So Much to Say?

“What is that golden palace?”

Above the Rift Valley Town Border Watchtower, Su Zhan stood in the air with a cane in hand, staring down at the resplendent golden palace below with astonishnt written across his face.

Chu Ningfeng narrowed his eyes and fixed his gaze on the runes flowing across the palace’s surface. “There are runes circulating on it. This should be the power of a talisman.”

A talisman?

Su Zhan and Tang Wuji were even more shocked.

What rank of talisman could possibly withstand an SS-rank Beast Tide?

And the palace covered an area vast enough to rival an ancient imperial palace from before the Great Cataclysm. What kind of talisman could create sothing like this?

Even the three Martial Gods were utterly baffled. They had never seen anything like it before.

“An eighth-rank talisman could never possess this kind of power. There is only one possibility...” Tang Wuji said in horror. “This is a ninth-rank talisman!”

Chu Ningfeng’s and Su Zhan’s pupils contracted.

“Ninth-rank? How is that possible? Huaxia’s only ninth-rank talisman is still in the museum. That one embodied the lifelong knowledge of the Profound Talisman Master.”

“Exactly. Every Talisman Maker since then has been chasing after the Profound Talisman Master’s footsteps, trying to recreate a ninth-rank talisman, but no one has succeeded even now.”

Tang Wuji frowned slightly. That was indeed the truth. But if it was not a ninth-rank talisman, then it was impossible for it to have held back an SS-rank Beast Tide.

He lowered his gaze toward the golden palace below and saw mbers of the Divine Battle Departnt, the soldiers defending the watchtower, Tang Long, and the others slaughtering Demonic Beasts inside. A trace of confusion appeared in his eyes.

Wasn’t the Divine Battle Departnt’s mission to escort Jiang Yichen and the others to safety?

Just as Tang Wuji was about to look away, Su Zhan suddenly pointed downward with his cane. “Look. That pure white Demonic Beast down there... does it not look very much like the divine beast Bai Ze described in the ancient records?”

The other two froze for a mont, then imdiately followed Su Zhan’s gaze. Their pupils shrank abruptly.

Its body was immaculate white, and its pair of antlers radiated a sacred pale golden light. Every surrounding Demonic Beast prostrated itself the mont it saw it.

It looked exactly like the divine beast Bai Ze described in the ancient records.

What?

The three of them stood there in a daze for quite a while before Chu Ningfeng finally offered a reluctant guess. “Could it be that the divine beast summoned this golden palace to stop the SS-rank Beast Tide?”

Tang Wuji and Su Zhan thought about it. It made a little sense, but not much.

“Let’s go down and take a look first,” Tang Wuji suggested.

The three of them swept their gazes across the area and soon noticed Jiang Yichen on top of the watchtower, leisurely drinking juice as he watched the show. Their eyes focused, and they landed atop the tower.

“Yichen, everyone else is fighting Demonic Beasts, so why are you sitting here drinking a beverage?” Tang Wuji asked with so displeasure.

Chu Ningfeng frowned as well. “You are a soldier now, no matter what, and you are even Chu Xingchen and the others’ group leader. Is this really how you set an example?”

Only Su Zhan said nothing. He was already ntally prepared for Jiang Yichen’s slacking behavior.

Still, with a crisis at hand and everyone else risking their lives in battle, it truly was a little inappropriate for him alone to be sitting here enjoying juice and watching the spectacle.

Jiang Yichen, who had sensed the arrival of the three n long ago, twitched the corner of his mouth in speechless exasperation.

[Ding! Slacking Choice triggered.]

[Option 1: Patiently explain things to them and hope to earn their understanding. Reward: the title “Mr. Explainer.”

Option 2: Explain nothing. If they misunderstand, then they misunderstand. They can think whatever they like; you do not care anyway. Reward: “Low-level Slacker Gift Pack.”

Option 3: Slack off openly without explaining a thing. Use your strength to silence all doubt and keep yourself in a good mood. Reward: “High-level Slacker Gift Pack.”]

When Jiang Yichen saw the three options displayed by the system, the corners of his lips lifted slightly.

He did not answer Tang Wuji’s or Chu Ningfeng’s accusations. Instead, he looked toward the shimring golden palace below.

Under such a densely packed Beast Tide, even a ninth-rank talisman had been worn down after holding out for half an hour.

Might as well replenish it a bit.

Jiang Yichen rose to his feet and once again took out a Nine-Palace Heavenly Qian Talisman. As he recited the incantation, he flicked two fingers forward like a sword.

?

Tang Wuji and the other two watched Jiang Yichen’s actions in complete confusion.

They were just about to lecture him again when the talisman he had thrown out ignited in midair, and a surging wave of energy began to roil madly.

Countless golden runes spiraled through the sky before sinking into the golden palace below.

The palace, which had already been gleaming with runes, instantly grew firr and even more impregnable.

That sight left Tang Wuji and the other two rooted to the spot in stunned silence. The words at the tips of their tongues were swallowed back down at once.

This... the formation released by the talisman had been created by Jiang Yichen?

Shock flooded their eyes. Just monts ago, they had already concluded that nothing less than a ninth-rank talisman could produce such an effect.

Which ant that Jiang Yichen had just used another ninth-rank talisman.

What?

In an instant, the sa thought flashed through all three of their minds: the Jiang family had definitely produced an unparalleled Talisman Maker capable of refining ninth-rank talismans!

No wonder the SS-rank Beast Tide had still failed to break through the Rift Valley Town Border Defense. So that was the reason.

Just how deep had the Jiang family’s foundations beco? They had actually handed Jiang Yichen two ninth-rank talismans for self-defense, only for him to squander them here on the Beast Tide.

It was simply a reckless waste of priceless treasure.

Tang Wuji and Chu Ningfeng had nothing left to say. All that remained in their hearts was profound shock at the Jiang family’s hidden strength.

They had both underestimated the power of this foremost family.

Jiang Zhentian was truly unfathomably shrewd. Not only had he hidden away his peerless genius of a son for four years, he had also concealed the existence of a Talisman Maker capable of refining ninth-rank talismans.

No, this would not do. They had to strengthen their business cooperation with the Jiang family and improve their relationship with them.

Even if it ant taking losses, it would still be worth it. The Jiang family’s strength alone justified it.

Tang Wuji and Chu Ningfeng made up their minds on the spot.

Only Su Zhan could barely suppress the smile tugging at his lips. He sighed inwardly over how muddle-headed he had been before, listening to that old man Zhou Mingyuan’s malicious advice.

Fortunately, fortunately... the marriage alliance between the Su family and the Jiang family was still intact.

He felt incomparably thankful in his heart.

“Well...” Jiang Yichen slowly rose from his seat. “Uncle Tang, Uncle Chu, you were quite right. I really should go help...”

“No, no, no. Yichen, just sit down properly!”

Tang Wuji hurried forward to stop him, pressing Jiang Yichen’s shoulder and making him sit back down.

“In this Beast Tide crisis, you have rendered a trendous service. Once we have dealt with the Beast Tide, we will definitely report this to the Commander-in-Chief and make sure you receive a major comndation!”

When it ca to handling people and reading the room, the Tang family truly knew what it was doing.

Jiang Yichen smiled. “Ah, it was everyone’s effort.”

“Without your ninth-rank talismans, the Beast Tide would probably have reached the East China Military District by now, so there is no need to decline,” Chu Ningfeng said, his lecturing expression from before completely gone.

Hearing that, Jiang Yichen took a sip of his drink. “In that case, I shall accept.”

After saying that, he crossed his legs again, settled into a comfortable posture, and continued watching the battle below between humans and Demonic Beasts.

Tang Wuji and Chu Ningfeng twitched at the corners of their mouths, but they had no idea what they could possibly say now.

If not for Jiang Yichen’s ninth-rank talisman, the people below, even the Divine Battle Departnt, would not have been able to hold back an SS-rank Beast Tide.

They had just co up here and given Jiang Yichen a stern lecture, and now both of them felt too embarrassed to show their faces.

Su Zhan, leaning on his cane, could not help but smile when he saw the two of them at a loss.

Good thing he had kept quiet just now.

Besides, the more he looked at his future son-in-law, the more pleased he found him.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, on making a Slacking Choice. Reward: “High-level Slacker Gift Pack.” Open it?]

At that mont, the system’s reward notification appeared before Jiang Yichen’s eyes.