Chapter 502: I Can Afford You (1/2)

I felt much better now that I knew the caps of each Famous General Skill. The cap on Lin Yixin’s Bombshell was 80%, while my Martial God was 200%. This meant that my Famous General Skill was in no way inferior to Lin Yixin’s because overwhelming strength could overpower anything. Speaking of which, He Yi’s Royal Road had a cap of 50% stat boost and 30% stats reduction. All things considered, it was still a very broken stratagem.

The cap of most Famous General Skills was only three times the base skill effect or less, but the cap of my Martial God was five times the base. This meant that my Famous General Skill had much higher potential than those Famous General Skills. The same went for Li Chengfeng’s Blitz and Little Piglet’s Vajra.

That being said, the 150% cap on Knight God, Bow God, and Mage Soul didn’t mean these skills weren’t ridiculously powerful. They were even the best Famous General Skills in the game if you ignored the fact that they applied to certain classes only. On another note, Candle Dragon caught up a little in the battle of Famous Generals since it was revealed that Blue Sky Scar’s Frenzy was capped at 150%, and Tempest Shadow’s Resolute at 120%. In Warsky Alliance, Laughing At The Heavens’ Hundred Battles was the best stratagem of the three because it boosted its allies by a maximum of 100% attack power and 30% attack speed.

Excluding me, He Yi, Lin Yixin, Gui Guzi, Beiming Xue, Li Chengfeng, Wang Luo and all other players with ace-level Famous General Skills, the most powerful player of the bunch was undoubtedly Lin Bing Dou Zhe. It was because his Renown was a super offensive and defensive skill that boosted attack power by 120% and defense power by 40%. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to recruit him into Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls. For now, the identity of the guild who got to him first before us was unknown.

There was one more person in the list that we needed to be wary of, and that was Stranger of Three Lifetimes of Blazing Hot Lips, Vanished God City. The mage girl’s Famous General Skill, Repel, could boost her own attack power by 150%, and reduce her enemies’ attack power by 30% max. Her stratagem was best-applied in a war of attrition, and even the effectiveness of my Martial God would be greatly reduced if we had to fight her.

……

We spent a while talking about what we saw on the screen before we finally went back to our rooms.

Anyway, Ancient Sword Dreaming Soul’s next move was to solidify our advantage even further, fight against Warsky Alliance and other rival guilds, and continue to improve Dark Moon City. One step at a time, we would establish a foothold in China and aim to challenge a top guild like Candle Dragon once we had accumulated enough strength!

I fell into a deep sleep very quickly. When I opened my eyes again, it was already late morning.

We left after He Yi gave an excuse claiming that we still had work to do at the company. Before we left, we went to my third uncle’s house and gave the third aunt a bankbook with a hundred thousand RMB in it. The woman was caught completely off-guard. “What are you doing, Lu Chen?”

I replied, “Third aunt, my father lives here alone, and I’m sure he gave you and uncle some trouble from time to time. This is my small compensation to you both. I can’t always stay by my father’s side due to work, so please take care of him while I’m gone. For example, you can spend this money on some good food and liquor so both my father and uncle can enjoy a good time from time to time. The password is 123456. Half of the money in this bank account is for you, and the other half, my father’s living costs.”

“But…” Third aunt wanted to turn me down, but I hurriedly covered her hand with mine.

“Third aunt, all these years I was gone, I wasn’t able to fulfill my responsibilities as a son to my father. My work environment doesn’t allow me to stay with my father, and he doesn’t want to live in Suzhou. So please, don’t deny me the chance to fulfill filial duty to my father. Please accept this!”

Third aunt couldn’t turn me down, so she had no choice but to nod. “I’ll take this, but I won’t accept my half. I promise I’ll make sure that Old Lu and my husband get to enjoy a good meal every day.”

“Haha, I’m glad to hear that!”

……

After bidding my father goodbye, I looked at the back mirror and saw my father trying to make himself taller and look at me from his wheelchair. Guilt and sorrow caused a twinge in my nose, and I nearly burst into tears there and then.

Seemingly noticing my sorrow, He Yi patted me gently on the shoulder and comforted me, “Don’t be sad. We’ll visit uncle as often as we can. The generation gap isn’t as deep as you think, and I’m sure uncle will notice your feelings as long as your heart is true.”

“Mn.”

I sucked in a deep breath before saying self-depreciatingly, “What kind of son would leave their parent all by themselves for such a long time?”

He Yi chuckled. “You say that now, but if you really stayed with uncle, he would spend every waking moment nagging you about your ‘terrible’ gaming habits, I’m sure you’d dive deep into the other end. No one likes a gap separating them and their loved ones, but it’s the inevitable price of moving forward. As long as your heart stays true, the gap between your hearts will shorten eventually.”

I nodded with a smile. “Say, how is your relationship with your parents?”

“My parents?”

He Yi sank into her seat and smiled a little. “My mom gives me a headache for sure. Just a couple of years ago, she literally spent every day trying to arrange me with a ‘worthy’ partner. Of course, she changed her mind after I blew off a couple of men who thought they were elites, but were really nothing…”

“Oh? How did you blow them off exactly?”

“I simply told them that I have a 22.4% share in GGS Asia Region and seven companies in the internet, clothing, electronics and other industries, my monthly expenditure including cosmetics and stuff is over 500k, and my car is worth 15 million RMB. I asked them if they could afford even gas for my car, and you can guess for yourself what their reaction was…”

“...”

He Yi cocked her head and looked at me, eyes playful and teasing. “Hehe, so? Do feel a huge pressure on your shoulders right now?”