145: Take stock of the spoils! (5000 words)

Chapter 144: Counting the Harvest! (5000 words)

Yan Mengmeng's dorm.

When the Hundred Transformations Technique of the man in front of her was broken, revealing Jiang Chen's handsome face… the entire dorm fell silent!

Yan Mengmeng's peach blossom eyes widened, and her delicate pupils froze!

"Jiang Chen!!!"

"Jiang Chen… Jiang Chen, why is it you?"

That's right, it was him, it was him, it was our adorable Little Nezha Jiang Chen… With the identity of the man in front revealed, Little Loli stopped the Magic Array in her hand.

Jiang Chen awkwardly climbed back up from the ground. He looked at the fierce Little Loli in front of him and didn't know how to answer for a moment: "Cough cough… Why can't it be me?"

"Why do you have so many betting slips for your championship win?"

"Were all those people yours?"

"No… no, this is impossible!"

Yan Mengmeng's brain was about to crash!

She stood rooted to the spot, thinking for a long time, but couldn't figure out what had happened.

The betting slips Jiang Chen had brought to redeem the prize just now numbered several hundred. Although they weren't registered under real names, they indicated the betting time, place, and odds. She had hired dozens of people to collect them from other students.

These hundreds of slips absolutely could not have been placed by Jiang Chen himself, creating hundreds of clones at different times and different places… There was no need for that at all, and no reason!

She's crazy!

The fierce Little Loli was going crazy!

"What exactly is going on with you? Why do you have so many slips? Why are other people willing to give you their slips?" Yan Mengmeng asked three questions in a row.

Jiang Chen looked at the Little Loli, whose chest was heaving violently, and whose pretty face was bewildered and angry, and could only softly reply: "Guess?"

Yan Mengmeng: "..."

Guess my big head, Yan Mengmeng wanted to hit someone!

The slips in Jiang Chen's hand were naturally bought back at a discount by Nangong Yan, who had disguised himself as a cross-dressing big shot, from other people… Nangong Yan bought them back during the Freshman Hegemony Tournament, specifically in front of the underwater Magic Array. Yan Mengmeng naturally didn't see it or notice it, as everyone's attention at the time was on the bonus questions.

As soon as the competition ended and the results were out, she immediately returned to her dorm to prepare the prize redemption materials.

As for those students who were tricked by Nangong Yan underwater, besides complaining, they didn't dare to speak out. They were like a mute eating bitter coptis, with suffering they couldn't express… The school originally prohibited underground gambling, and their participation was illegal. So now that they were blackmailed, they truly couldn't find help anywhere.

This led to Yan Mengmeng, to this day, still not knowing what happened during the Freshman Hegemony Tournament, looking completely bewildered.

"Boss Yan, since the prize redemption is complete, I'll be leaving now."

"After all, it's already past midnight, and with us, a single man and a single woman, in the same room, it wouldn't be good for my reputation if word got out…"

As Jiang Chen spoke, he retreated towards the door, opened it, turned around, and ran.

800 million!

800 million in hand, how exciting!

The Little Loli saw Jiang Chen's spiritual power flickering and his whole body's image quality deteriorating, and immediately knew that he had used the Hundred Transformations Technique to leave again.

And this time it was even more outrageous; he directly transformed into a woman wearing a hip-hugging skirt and black stockings!

A man entered, a woman left, Jiang Chen, you really know how to play!

As soon as Jiang Chen left, the Little Loli could no longer hold back. She quickly pulled out her communication shell and dialed one video call after another.

20 minutes later, the Little Loli finally uncovered the truth!

Someone was frantically buying up Jiang Chen's championship betting slips at a discount when Zhao Ziyi was displaying his might.

Undoubtedly, that person was definitely Jiang Chen's accomplice!

When this truth came out, the Little Loli wished she hadn't known it!

Because this meant that the 800 million Jiang Chen had just redeemed entirely belonged to him personally.

In other words, she had been busy with the gambling table all day today, working herself to death, hiring dozens of young women, having slips printed, and constantly adjusting the odds. After a whole day of hard work, she had only managed to earn a meager 400 million.

And Jiang Chen was even more exaggerated, directly earning 800 million!

Originally, Yan Mengmeng could accept earning 400 million, but compared to Jiang Chen, her 400 million was too humble, too humble!

...At Yingtian Beast Taming Academy, another person was also wearing a painful expression at this moment.

Yan Yulong, impeccably dressed in a suit, shiny crocodile leather shoes, and every strand of hair neatly combed back, was now looking at a table full of betting slips, and the veins at the corners of his eyes twitched incessantly!

"Brother, I am the president of the Sihai Chamber of Commerce, and I have some influence in Lingnan Province. Is what you're doing appropriate?" Yan Yulong took a deep breath and slowly said to the man in front of him.

The man in front of him was completely enveloped in a black trench coat, and the brim of his hat was very wide, covering his face completely, making it impossible to see his features.

Moreover, looking through the gap in the brim, the other person's face seemed to be wearing a mask!

Of course, what made Yan Yulong sweat profusely and his hair stand on end was that the man was currently exuding a terrifying aura of majesty, as vast as the sea!

This aura was extremely terrifying, enveloping Yan Yulong in a huge fear!

It was as if if he moved even a little, he would be directly crushed to death by the other party!

What made Yan Yulong's face turn ashen was that his bodyguards were currently in the living room outside, yet those bodyguards didn't sense anything unusual in the room!

This was a super expert!

"Boss Yan, your rules have always been to recognize the ticket, not the person," a hoarse and unpleasant voice slowly emerged from under the black trench coat: "What, Boss Yan, are you going to renege on your debt today?"

"If you really want to do that, I think you'd better think it through carefully."

Yan Yulong was almost in tears!

He had naturally thought it through long ago, it was just that his heart was too distressed!

As early as evening, when he noticed someone frantically buying up Jiang Chen's championship betting slips at a discount, Yan Yulong had already calculated the gambling game clearly!

Today, the gambling game he set up at Yingtian Academy, he could probably earn around 4 billion.

4 billion was the profit from the gambling table, but in fact, he still had to give half of it to Yingtian Academy!

In other words, his profit was only 2 billion!

Why give half to Yingtian Academy?

Because this was Yingtian Academy's territory!

When he set up a gambling table at Yingtian Academy, Yingtian Academy naturally had to participate in the rake, which was equivalent to rent for Yingtian Academy. This was an agreed-upon result with Yingtian Academy.

This was also why Yan Yulong had been able to set up gambling tables during the "Typhoon Training" for so many years, and not anyone else.

However… this unidentified man in front of him, after buying back a large number of Jiang Chen's championship betting slips at a discount, actually earned a whopping 8 billion!

8 billion!

This was completely four times his amount!

Yan Yulong was really going crazy!

Why?

Why!!!

I worked hard all day today, busying myself back and forth on the spectator stand, being sociable, using flowery language, managing various connections, constantly pulling people to bet, tired like a Grandson.

As a result, this man in front of me earned 8 billion so easily through just one method!

Yan Yulong was dumbfounded!

Finally, Yan Yulong still paid the other party, giving him 8 billion… The reason was simple: the other party's fist was harder than his, and he couldn't beat them.

If he upset the other party, not only would he not get the remaining 2 billion profit, but he might even be plundered.

Yan Yulong was a shrewd businessman and understood the need for give and take.

It's just that today's give and take made his face turn green… "Haha!"

"Hahahahaha, we're rich, we're rich!"

In Jiang Chen's dorm, looking at the advanced sea spirit pearl, which was as big as a human head and exuded an extremely rich spiritual energy, Jiang Chen and Nangong Yan both laughed until their stomachs hurt, clutching their bellies!

Nangong Yan laughed until he choked, laughing and repeatedly hitting the ground with his right hand.

The thought of tricking those people out of their betting slips in the afternoon, and then Jiang Chen suddenly winning the championship, leaving that group of people bewildered like penguins, made Nangong Yan almost die laughing!

"Damn, Jiang Chen, you are truly too devious, too cunning!"

"Nonsense," Jiang Chen lay on the sofa, also laughing with tears in his eyes: "You cross-dressing to collect the slips, that's truly cunning!"

"I'm telling you, when I took a whole bag of slips to Yan Mengmeng just now, she was completely stunned!"

"I can confirm that we earned more money than her, the bookmaker!"

"Haha, awesome, so awesome!"

The two quickly finalized the distribution plan: out of 800 million yuan, Jiang Chen would get 700 million, and Nangong Yan would get 100 million.

"No, 100 million is too much!" Looking at the advanced sea spirit pearl Jiang Chen gave him, Nangong Yan hesitated and didn't take it with both hands.

He hadn't done much in today's Freshman Hegemony Tournament.

It was just disguising himself to buy up other people's slips, a very simple task that anyone else could have done.

Therefore, Nangong Yan immediately rejected Jiang Chen's distribution plan.

"Take it, this is what you deserve!" Jiang Chen said with a solemn expression, firmly pushing a sea spirit pearl the size of a human head into Nangong Yan's arms.

"Today's plan, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have succeeded!"

"And we've always been brothers, so don't think that just because you got 100 million, it's easy. No matter what happens in the future, you have to keep this secret to yourself, understand?"

"If it were anyone else, I wouldn't trust them, but if it's you, I'm 100% at ease!"

Three years ago, after his father became a vegetative state, he had always been looked after by Nangong Yan's family.

When he hadn't awakened the sea creature illustration compendium, he was also an unknown in school, while Nangong Yan was a top student, but Nangong Yan never distanced himself from him.

Although Jiang Chen was stingy, he was a grateful person.

It couldn't be that now that he was successful, he would ignore Nangong Yan, right?

He couldn't do that.

"But... but this is 100 million, it's too much..." Nangong Yan looked at the crystal clear, high-grade sea spirit pearl emitting a beautiful glow in front of him, and swallowed his saliva uncontrollably, refusing.

He felt that he had contributed too little but received too much.

"Take it," Jiang Chen said, "With this money, upgrading your Tentacle Shrimp to Commander Rank should be no problem, and you can also choose a very good second pet to cultivate well!"

"You're my brother, your strength can't be too low, right? If we go out, people will laugh at me!" Jiang Chen scolded.

"Thank you, brother!" Nangong Yan held the high-grade sea spirit pearl in his hands, deeply moved.

"Alright, if you're a man, don't be sentimental. If you're brothers, then cultivate well!"

"We're going to venture into the Barren Sea together in the future. If it's just me, it would be too lonely!"

"No problem," Nangong Yan's face showed a sincere smile, "I've already prepared many little yellow books; I can lend them to you to pass the time then!"

...Jiang Chen almost fell!

...After seeing Nangong Yan off, Jiang Chen closed the doors and windows, locked the main door, activated the Magic Array, and then went into the basement to count today's harvest!

One: Seven high-grade sea spirit pearls, 700 million yuan!

Two: Typhoon Freshman Hegemony Tournament champion, 500 points, 5 million yuan.

Three: A large number of sea beasts killed in the typhoon today. These sea beasts all belong to the students; the school does not take a single cent.

Jiang Chen opened the fuhe shell and took out all the sea beasts from the shell's internal space, filling the entire basement in a short while!

"I didn't expect the fuhe shell to be insufficient all of a sudden..."

The fuhe shell has an area of 100 cubic meters, which is generally completely sufficient for Second-level Beastmaster and Third-level Beast Tamer to use. Jiang Chen is only a Primary Professional Beast Tamer.

However, after a whole day of killing today, the entire fuhe shell was packed full!

He made a fortune today, and he also had to start replacing it with a lake-containing shell of 1000 cubic meters.

Well, although I am just a small Second-level Beastmaster, only a lake-containing shell can match my handsome temperament!

Jiang Chen quickly categorized them in the basement: transcendent level, elite level.

Soon, all kinds of sea beasts were categorized. Upon closer inspection, the number of late-transcendent sea beasts was surprisingly the highest, with a total of 59!

When other freshmen found it difficult to kill even 1 late-transcendent sea beast, Xiao Jiu and Chuyun, cooperating with each other, killed them easily.

Market price for sea beasts: early-awakening 1,000 yuan, mid-awakening 3,000 yuan, late-awakening 6,000 yuan.

Elite early 10,000, mid 30,000, late 60,000.

Transcendent early 100,000, mid 300,000, late 600,000!

The two sea beasts with Commander Rank bloodline that Jiang Chen finally killed were more expensive, each selling for 900,000!

The acquisition price is 70% of the market price, so Jiang Chen calculated the price of all the sea beasts, reaching a terrifying 36.26 million!

The 10% buyback of tickets cost more than 10 million.

At this point, Jiang Chen's total assets were calculated: a total of 730 million!

Jiang Chen looked at the notebook in front of him, his hands trembling... Damn, it's too exaggerated!

Before today's Typhoon Freshman Hegemony Tournament, he was just a penniless teenager.

However, after one battle, he immediately became a billionaire!

However... although Jiang Chen's current net worth is 730 million, the bulk of it, 700 million, came from Yan Mengmeng.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chen suddenly felt a mix of happiness and worry.

He was happy that he had made so much money.

The worry was that he had worked tirelessly all day today, cutting in the water for most of the day, and Xiao Jiu and Chuyun had used almost all their strength, yet the three of them (one person, two beasts) only earned over 30 million.

But with a slight trick, he earned 700 million from Yan Mengmeng!

The disparity was simply too great!

"A horse cannot grow fat without night grass; a man cannot become rich without unexpected wealth." This saying is absolutely true!

After several sips of cold water, Jiang Chen finally calmed his thoughts.

First, the 700 million he earned today was a one-time gain, a one-off wool-shearing.

It won't be possible next time; Yan Mengmeng will definitely be on guard.

So Jiang Chen could only treat this 700 million as unexpected wealth and not get lost in it. The most important thing was to improve his own strength.

As his strength grew, he would easily earn another 700 million later on.

If he became complacent because he earned 700 million today and neglected his cultivation, then he would be ruined!

Jiang Chen, who quickly sorted out his thoughts, nodded slightly. His subsequent cultivation still could not be neglected.

However, with this 700 million, he wouldn't have to worry about money for a while and could develop freely.

"Ring ring..."

After Jiang Chen finished thinking, the communication shell in his arms suddenly rang.

Jiang Chen took out the communication shell; the caller ID showed "Jian Qingqiu."

Seeing this number, Jiang Chen was stunned for a moment, scratched his head, and suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something... Jiang Chen chose to answer, and immediately, the elegant and beautiful image of Jian Qingqiu, like a banished immortal, appeared before him.

"Hey, Teacher, why are you looking for me in the middle of the night? Are you looking for me to discuss life and ideals?" Jiang Chen asked curiously.

Jian Qingqiu in the video curved her lips and chuckled, "My filial son, did you leave something with me?"

"Ah? Did I?"

"My filial son, your poor father just woke up two days ago, and you've already forgotten?"

"Holy crap!"

Jiang Chen's shoes flew off, and he jumped up from the ground, quickly rushed to the surface, opened the door, and frantically ran towards Jian Qingqiu!

Holy crap, he really forgot!

As soon as the championship ended today, he quickly left to avoid suspicion and returned to the dormitory.

Later, Nangong Yan returned, and the two immediately started counting the betting tickets, calculating the odds, and the amount.

With hundreds of tickets, they calculated for most of the night.

After confirming everything was correct, Jiang Chen immediately rushed to Yan Mengmeng's place to exchange the money!

He was busy all night, hardly touching the ground, and he really did forget his old father for a while... Today, he was going to participate in the Typhoon Freshman Hegemony Tournament. Before leaving, he entrusted Jiang Tao to Jian Qingqiu, precisely so that Jian Qingqiu could bring his father to the stands to watch his heroic performance, give him face, and make his son proud!

It's just that his father had only woken up two days ago, and he himself had been mentally tense all day, salvaging bodies in the water, counting money... so he really did forget his old father for a while!

Successfully arriving at Jian Qingqiu's dormitory and successfully picking up Jiang Tao, Jiang Chen breathed a huge sigh of relief.

However, when the father and son reunited after not seeing each other for a day, Jiang Tao's gaze at Jiang Chen was a bit off; he kept staring at him intensely!

He kept staring!

"Dad, why do you keep looking at me?" Walking on the road, Jiang Chen was a little confused. Was Dad really angry?

"Jiang Chen!"

"Hmm?"

"Let's go to the hospital for a paternity test tomorrow!"

"Ah???" Jiang Chen froze in place!

Dad... Dad, you can't be serious, right?

I just forgot about you for a moment, and you're not going to recognize me as your son anymore?

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