[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve-":3,"chapter-you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-40":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You Stole My S-Rank Talent? Afraid Now That I’ve Become a War God?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},479888,728,"Chapter 40 : Chapter 40","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-40",40,"\u003Cp>Chapter 40: Zhang Zhiwei Comes to Transfer In\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Smack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu clapped his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, brewing liquor. Mom, haven't you always wanted to open a traditional-style tavern?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And didn't you say that if you hadn't ended up with my dad and become a homemaker, you would have dominated the liquor world long ago?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let's brew liquor!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Suying's face immediately turned red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Somewhat embarrassed, she said, \"Actually, I was bragging to you before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's true that I have a brewing talent, but it's only E-Grade...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back then, I almost couldn't even get into university.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If your mother hadn't had a bit of looks and chased after your father first, where would you have come from?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu froze on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That happened too...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Suying seemed to sink into a sweet memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Back in university, your father was the genius campus heartthrob. There were always pretty girls around him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But your mother had skill.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A few homemade breakfasts full of love were all it took for me to win him over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the time, I was so smug. I loved showing off in front of all those pretty girls.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But later, I found out the truth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your father had actually been secretly in love with me all along! He was just too tongue-tied to say it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your father told me that himself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Suying looked proud after saying that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, is it possible... that Dad said that on purpose so you wouldn't lose face?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu poured a timely bucket of cold water on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You little brat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Suying gave Li Mu a sharp smack on the head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But her eyes were full of laughter. Even if that really was the case, it would only prove that Li Qianfeng loved her even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, by his second year of university, your father was already a Sixth Grade Martial Artist. That was when he really began to rise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once he had the means, he spent all his money on me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The direction of my talent was medicinal liquor with active effects. It's a very awkward field.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Developing it requires all kinds of medicinal ingredients, so it's extremely expensive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was only because your father supported me financially back then that I was able to truly begin researching my talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then later I had you. In the Li family, all I did was raise a child and endless chores.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Little by little, I gave it up completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yang Suying sank into her memories and spoke at length.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu understood as he listened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Medicinal liquor really was an awkward field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could not compete with medicine in efficacy, and it could not compete with liquor in flavor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In top-tier brewing companies, brewers with A-Grade and B-Grade talents were everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When all those people were brought together, along with the power of capital, the liquor you spent ages brewing still might not be as good as a commercial product.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on top of that, the cost of training a medicinal liquor brewer was terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a B-Grade talent would probably struggle to support it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An E-Grade talent giving up on it was not a problem at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine, Mom! Go for it boldly. Your son supports this dream of yours!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu encouraged her firmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among his divine abilities was Wine-Borrowed Might. Li Mu had not learned it yet, but he would definitely use it in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he was going to drink, there was nothing more reassuring than liquor brewed by his own mother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides, his mother really had once had this dream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to support it!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But...\" Yang Suying did not understand why her son had suddenly decided he wanted her to brew liquor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This really did require a lot of money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry about the money. Just go do it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Li Mu encouraging her so resolutely, Yang Suying truly could not refuse any longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She decided to pick up her dream again and start by opening a small tavern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, Yang Suying's brewing skills had indeed been properly developed for several years at great expense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even now, she could still produce a few decent medicinal liquors as soon as she set her hand to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if she wanted to continue improving, she would need constant research.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they had talked it through, Yang Suying excitedly went back to write up her plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next day, the First Battle was over, and the party had ended as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Classes were supposed to return to normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu, however, headed straight for... the Abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no helping it. All of his arts were crying out to be fed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Mu had to go earn more Triumph Points as quickly as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Today, he planned to join the Reserve Force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He still had a large amount of Merit Points and Contribution Points that had not yet been settled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Longcheng had promised him that once he joined the Reserve Force, everything would be counted directly into the Military Merit system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The military resources that could be purchased with Contribution Points were far better than anything available up above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the schedule was much more flexible too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he did not want to stay below anymore, he could just say he was coming back to attend class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he did not want to attend class, he could just say he was going below to kill monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, going to school was just a pretext. Li Mu did not want to officially join the Abyss-Suppressing Army and be bound by Abyss-Suppressing Army law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, at Blackwater High School, in the school's conference room, a group of school leaders stared blankly at the large screen showing 《School Resource Ranking Public Notice》.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackwater High School's position at Number 17 was especially glaring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Changming and the others did not look very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere at Blackwater High School was unlike that of other schools, where the hierarchy was strict.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blackwater High School had been built up bit by bit by everyone banding together, so meetings were also fairly united and relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is too much! Someone is clearly targeting us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One school leader slammed his fist onto the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now our school is really going to lose face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, fortunately, our school isn't afraid of losing face anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone tried to comfort the others a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But how is this the same as before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ever since the First Battle, the media has been hyping up our school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this were in the past, fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now Blackwater High School has been pushed right into the spotlight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quite a few media outlets are already making a huge fuss over it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was true. Many of the school leaders had already seen the latest news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had taken Blackwater High School's grand celebration and placed it alongside this ranking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Phrases like \"popping champagne at halftime\" and \"getting carried away\" had all been thrown around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some people even said Blackwater High School was the type to start swaggering before it had the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, they said whatever sounded the most humiliating. That was how they generated attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It looks like the incident at the school gate really had a deep impact.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The principal of Saint Dragon Martial Academy's brother-in-law has deep roots in the Department of Resources.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yin Changming let out a sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But on the day of the First Battle, didn't the Deputy Minister of Resources seem pretty favorable toward Li Mu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone sounded puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That was all just surface courtesy. What leader doesn't say a few encouraging words to the champion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And even if he likes someone, he likes Li Mu the student. That doesn't mean he likes our school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure, the school's ranking being affected would also affect Li Mu to some extent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But do you really think he would oppose an official from his own department because of Li Mu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how you think about it, that doesn't make sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Vice Principal finished speaking, everyone fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, they had no way to change anything. They could only accept reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, they should have jumped from T4 to at least T2, maybe even T1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, they had only risen from T4 to the bare threshold of T3.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the T0 level, there were only four in all of Ironhand City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One in each district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone's eyes turned toward Saint Dragon Martial Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saint Dragon Martial Academy was still, beyond all doubt, the only T0 school in the Eastern District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from having the highest First Battle score, it was also the only school in the entire Eastern District with two S-Grade aptitude holders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter how much we talk about it, we'd be better off taking it in stride.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Li Mu hadn't appeared, we wouldn't even have made it into T3, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So what's the point of dwelling on this now? Just keep working. There's still a chance!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At last, one teacher finally gave everyone a much-needed pep talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just a pity.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All the upper management at Soaring Dragon Martial Academy has been investigated, and the school is currently undergoing rectification.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A lot of students are looking for opportunities to transfer out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We were perfectly positioned. As long as our school had made it into the top ten of the resource ranking this time, we definitely could have taken in quite a few Soaring Dragon students.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But now...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone sighed inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the First Battle, there had only been two things the school had truly looked forward to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was obtaining a higher ranking and more resources, so they could raise the overall strength of the student body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was using that ranking to attract more outstanding students and raise the school's standing once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That way, they could fall into a positive cycle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Blackwater High School would finally escape the vicious cycle of being stuck at the bottom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was why Blackwater High School had held the party, and why the school leaders had been so excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This had been Blackwater High School's hope for so many years!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the end, no one had expected it to turn out like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several hours had already passed since the ranking had been announced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If anyone from Soaring Dragon wanted to transfer, there should already have been movement by now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the school was right across from them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as everyone was at a complete loss, knock, knock, knock!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone knocked on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A teacher pulled it open, and standing outside was none other than the Student Council President, Lin Yuya.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Yuya was breathing lightly, excitement all over her face, as she said,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teachers, someone has come to transfer in!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teacher asked in delight, \"From Soaring Dragon Martial Academy? How many came?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just one person!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"From Saint Dragon Martial Academy. Zhang... Zhang Zhiwei!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1817,"2026-05-30T10:59:06.454Z","2026-06-01T04:31:04.028Z",1,"novelbin.me","a74d62baf3b58c99b1377f5580d9e0f1c8319c805937d315798159b2d5f17ce7","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-41","you-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--chapter-39",99,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-stole-my-s-rank-talent-afraid-now-that-i-ve--cover.jpg"]