Chapter 182  : Earn Money Based On Looks

While his strength was growing rapidly, Lin Yao clearly felt that the most important factor that contributed to the rapid strength increase was not the Heavenly Thunder talent, but the Armored Body Of Light, which seemed to have nothing to do with thunder and lightning.

Among Lin Yao’s many talents, the Heavenly Thunder talent was the stepping stone. Light Adjustment allowed Lin Yao to evolve faster, and Project Thunder God was a bright future for him, as it would allow him to reach the end without fumbling.

However, without the Armored Body Of Light, Lin Yao’s efficiency would be greatly reduced even if all of the above were available. Lin Yao would only be able to persist for around 10 minutes a day, and he would have to rest for 10 days after each development. It was difficult to tell how long it would take him to reach the end.

It was the healing effect of the Armored Body Of Light that allowed Lin Yao to lie in the laboratory for a day and undergo strong electric current stimulation every day. In fact, Light Adjustment was an additional ability of Armored Body Of Light.

‘Armored Body Of Light is my foundation to get stronger.’

Of course, other skills were also good. Thanks to the combination of several talents and Project Thunder God, Lin Yao’s advancement speed had exceeded ordinary people’s imagination. More importantly, he only needed electricity and sunlight to achieve such rapid advancement. He did not have a high demand for resources.

‘Light talent and thunder talent are indeed better than other talents. Other rich and powerful children might have talent, but if they want to make huge progress like me, they will have to spend millions or even tens of millions every month. It’s cool to advance quickly without spending money.’

Lin Yao had fought an easy match that day. Afterward, he spent time undergoing endless electric current stimulation, watching as his strength increased little by little. He did not see Qin Ya at all that day. She seemed to be interviewing members for the foundation, establishing the organizational framework.

The next day, three out of the six teams would advance in the team competition. There were four powerful teams in the team battle, including Lin Yao’s team, the Ultimate Boxing Dojo, Xiao Shi from No. 1 High School, and another team led by an ordinary warlord. The remaining two teams were led by potential warlords.

Among the six teams, Lin Yao initially thought that he would go up against the Ultimate Boxing Dojo or a team led by an ordinary warlord. However, in the end, Lin Yao was surprised to find out that he would go up against a team led by a potential warlord. This team led by a potential warlord was not even the strongest one.

No. 1 High School had not done it on purpose. It was because they were overly confident, and their slightly stronger martial arts team had been defeated in the early stage of the competition when they’d tried to take down the Ultimate Boxing Dojo. Since the remaining teams ranked in the middle, they’d managed to survive until now.

Their abilities were too far behind Lin Yao’s, and the outcome was expected. Lin Yao did not need to use an ultimate strike. He merely unlocked the gene lock to enter the extreme state and defeated five people single-handedly.

Next, the Ultimate Boxing Dojo went up against an ordinary team. As expected, the opponents suffered an overwhelming defeat.

In the last battle, Xiao Shi’s team and the other team from No. 1 High School did not fight against each other, as both teams had suffered injuries. Since they were from the same school, they reorganized their teams according to the rules of the team competition. Hence, the two warlords from No. 1 High School were put in the same team.

‘Is team reorganizing the strategy of No. 1 High School? Actually, if they were not so arrogant and formed a team with four warlords, it would be really troublesome for me.’

If one could become a warlord at a young age, one should definitely be very powerful. Although Wu Sheng had provoked Lin Yao, when Lin Yao had turned into an angel, Wu Sheng had not backed down. Instead, he had charged forward. At the same time, it might be immoral to use others as stepping stones to advance, but he had to admit that Wu Sheng was ambitious.

The new team was still led by Xiao Shi, and there was one more warlord on it. The remaining two teams were naturally the team from No. 4 High School, which was led by Lin Yao, and the team from the Ultimate Boxing Dojo.

So far, there were only nine individuals in the individual competition and three teams in the team competition.

Lin Yao felt uneasy when he first saw this team allocation.

‘Why is it not a whole number but an odd number? It would not be easy to team up for a duel, right?’

Lin Yao felt perplexed. The random selection on the third day made Lin Yao understand the tricky part behind this.

Four out of nine individuals would advance in the individual competition. Since there was an odd number of players, someone would win by default.

Needless to say, when Lin Yao heard the rules, he understood the possible outcome.

‘Is this a way for people to advance directly?’

He had guessed right. This was indeed a way for people to advance directly. In the past, people used to spend a lot of money to buy this slot, but this situation was different. Due to Qin Ya’s encouragement online, everyone felt that the competition was being manipulated, and this resulted in dissatisfaction among the public.

In addition, No. 1 High School was powerless to defend itself, so it did not dare go overboard. Lin Yao was left a little speechless by the final result of the draw. He was allowed to advance by default.

‘What is this?’

Lin Yao shook his head in silence. He did not need to fight or even watch the subsequent matches, so he went directly to the research institute to undergo in-depth electric current stimulation.

More than two hours of continuous physical development with a strong electric current later, Lin Yao barely recovered some energy after resting for an hour. Then, Qin Ya finally showed up in front of him.

“You advanced by default today.”

“Yes, I got pretty lucky.”

“This is not luck. This is No. 1 High School’s strategy. They have retaliated.”

After saying that, Qin Ya opened the laptop she had brought with her. Then, Lin Yao found out that the opinion of the netizens had changed. The public had initially been angry at No. 1 High School. However, due to the strong criticism of the public a few days ago and the fact that Lin Yao had advanced by default, someone commented that Lin Yao had to be afraid of the Ultimate Boxing Dojo and had hence influenced the public to slander No. 1 High School.

Some people even commented that the reason he had been allowed to advance in the competition by default without fighting in a match was because he had influenced public opinion a few days ago.

In fact, what they said was true. If they had not influenced public opinion in the past few days, No. 1 High School would definitely have allowed its contestant to advance by default.

“Since you advanced by default, No. 1 High School has the final say now. No. 1 High School has arranged for you to go up against the Ultimate Boxing Dojo in tomorrow’s team battle, and the netizens will not say anything about it.”

Qin Ya frowned because of the situation, but Lin Yao seemed indifferent.

“I see.”

“Aren’t you worried?”

“I am worried.” Lin Yao smiled at Qin Ya, who was frowning. “Your strategy is very good, but you put too much focus on strategy. As long as I am powerful enough, all scheming strategies are just akin to a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

“I will crush everyone with my capabilities.”

Lin Yao could not be bothered to use various tricks. He was prepared to defeat them with his absolute strength.

While watching Lin Yao’s confident expression and listening to his arrogant words, Qin Ya was stunned for a moment. She only recovered moments later.

“I have been thinking too much. Since it is inevitable, let’s fight. Qin Xue, log in to Lin Yao’s social media account and post a declaration of war.”

Qin Ya was good at packaging things. After confirming that Lin Yao was confident about the match, Qin Ya responded directly to the doubts that netizens had about Lin Yao by posting on his social media account. She also included a photo of a topless Lin Yao punching with all his might on the Internet.

“A martial artist fights. I don’t care who the opponent is. All I care about is if you are powerful enough!”

The direct response was very effective. At least, this silenced the doubts that netizens had been having. Many people were even excited about the statement that he only cared if the opponent was powerful enough. In a very short time, tens of thousands of people followed Lin Yao’s post, and there were thousands of comments below it.

However, when some hot-blooded teenagers who liked to fight followed this post due to Lin Yao’s statement, they were dumbfounded upon seeing the thousands of comments.

They were not the only people who were shocked. Lin Yao was stunned as well. After posing for the photo, he lay on the bed again and underwent shallow electric current stimulation. This stimulation was not strong. He had time to browse the Internet and he discovered that there were thousands of comments under his post. He clicked on the post curiously, wanting to see what these people were saying.

However, after reading a few of the comments, Lin Yao covered his face with one hand and felt thoroughly ashamed.

He could not be blamed. Among the countless comments, not even one was about fighting. Instead, all the comments were about Lin Yao’s figure.

“What a perfect body. I really want to have that.”

“Does anyone know this young man’s phone number? I am willing to pay a high price.”

“Young man, do you give lessons?”

“His Excellency One Sword is so dashing.”

“Are you recruiting assistants? I will work for free. I will also provide my meals and lodging, as well as sexual favors.”

“You’re too vulgar if you’re offering sexual favors. I… have good looks.”

The stylist that Qin Ya had hired had already arrived. While he was posing for the photo, the stylist had not only made Lin Yao contract his muscles to reveal his perfect figure but had also poured some water on Lin Yao to create a wet, tempting look.

Lin Yao looked cold and indifferent, as he did not like this. However, this indifferent expression made his features look even more chiseled and dashing. Thanks to his punching movement and contracted muscles, Lin Yao himself also thought it was a perfect photo.

‘Why am I so handsome?’

These were extremely shameless words, but they were Lin Yao’s true thoughts when he saw his photo. Since he could not help exclaiming himself, how could those girls not do so? Attraction to good looks was not limited to men.

Many young girls went crazy because of this one photo. The people who followed his posts were all girls. All of them were talking about Lin Yao’s features and were not paying any attention to the battles.

However, Lin Yao, who was extremely ashamed, felt like deleting the photo.

“Delete it.”

“Give me a reason.”

“This is simply selling my charm. Is this necessary?”

Qin Ya did not respond directly to his question. Instead, she talked about him being the spokesperson of a dojo.

“A dojo took the initiative to discuss a contract with us a few days before you became famous. The amount they quoted this morning was one million yuan a year. After your photo was posted, the amount was immediately increased to three million yuan.”

“…”

Lin Yao gaped in shock. After a long while, he sighed.

“So, the money I earn based on my looks is three times the money I earn with my combat power?”

Qin Ya observed Lin Yao intently. When she was sure that he would not go crazy, she spoke up. “Your potential aside, half of the one-million-yuan offer is because of your looks. After all, you are participating in a small city competition. Even a champion would normally only receive 500,000 to 600,000 yuan annually for being the spokesperson of a dojo.”

It was easy for stars to earn money, but that applied to top stars that were well-known in the country. There were hundreds of cities in China, and almost every city had its own competitions. This was a way for the country to screen and train talented teenagers. Therefore, there were hundreds of champions a year. As a result, a champion was not very valuable.

Seeing that Lin Yao looked even more depressed, Qin Ya did not console him. “Are you giving up on earning money?”

“Of course not. We will do as you say.”