I'm only one year old, what the heck is a Overturning System?!

"Latest intel from the Four Directions Building, Great Wei Dynasty's grand tournament!"

"In the second round of the tournament, Lin Xueru from the Grand Void Sect once again clinched first place, reaching the 132nd level in the Thousand Mechanism Tower!"

"Second place is Xie Dongan, who reached the 92nd level in the Thousand Mechanism Tower!"

"Third place is the Fifteenth Prince of the Great Wei Dynasty Royal Family, Wei Nantian, who reached the 88th level!"

"Fourth..."

Although the second round of the tournament lasted only two days, due to the Huangshan Taoist's Thousand Mechanism Tower and the entertaining antics of the various prodigies during the challenge, it unexpectedly attracted more attention than the first round.

Especially Jiang Ye, who was the first to take on the challenge, and is now a household name; not only the common folk, Jianghu Guests, and members of the aristocratic family in Kyoto Prefecture are familiar with his name, but thanks to promotion by the Four Directions Building, the government, and the Night Watch Department, he's also known throughout Wei Dynasty's Seventeen Prefectures.

There's no other reason but because, within the two days following the end of the second round of the tournament, whenever people discussed the performance of each prodigy in the tournament, they always begin with "Hey, have you heard about the performance of the second son of the Vice Commander of Black Armor Guard, Jiang Ye?" This has made "Jiang Ye" increasingly famous, even overshadowing Lin Xueru, who ranked first in both rounds, and Xie Dongan, ranked second.

Inside the Jiang Mansion.

"Little Ye, you haven't eaten anything for two days, how can this be okay? Hurry and come out to eat something."

Jiang Ye's biological mother, Madam Xu, the wife of Jiang Ziqi, stood worriedly outside the room with a food box in hand. The maids and house servants behind her kept their heads down, fearing to lift their heads lest they burst into laughter upon seeing the room, each with faces flushed red.

"Mom, just take it back. I intend to starve myself to death!"

"Silly child, what nonsense are you saying? It's just poor performance in the tournament, isn't it? As a man, though this time you didn't perform well, put in some effort next time and strive to do better." Madam Xu said, looking at him with a hint of reproach:

"Good child, come out and eat something. Mom made your favorite crispy roast duck, it smells wonderful."

"Not eating, not eating, not eating..."

Inside, separated by a door, Jiang Ye was huddled under the quilt, kneeling like an ostrich on the bed, covering his ears and shouting outward:

"Mom, please let your child be alone, your child really... really has no face to meet anyone."

At this time, not only was he angry with himself about his performance in the tournament, but he also began to regret that his cultivation was so powerful that he could hear clearly the sounds of laughter coming from outside.

It's crystal clear—

"Brother, have you heard about Jiang Ye from the Kyoto Academy? Yes, yes, the son of the Vice Commander of the Black Armor Guard, Jiang Ziqi."

"I'll tell you, when he rushed into the Thousand Mechanism Tower, I was watching from outside. It amused me to death, hahaha..."

Damn you, how come you didn't die?

"Especially in the first level where he ran around like a headless chicken, and finally, when he got to the second level, he was knocked out by a cup of Knockout Drug hahaha..."

You're the headless chicken, your whole family is!

Almost as soon as he heard something about him, Jiang Ye would mentally curse back.

But the more this happened, the more stifled he felt, totally not wanting to step out the door for fear of being laughed at face to face by his academy classmates.

If that happened, he'd rather just die.

"Ye, winning and losing are everyday affairs in a military family, you mustn't be undone by a few setbacks."

"Mom..."

"Listen to Mom," hearing this, Madam Jiang stopped smiling and earnestly advised:

"Have you heard about the grudges between Heroic Marquis Chen Yi and Duke Jingye's Zhou family?"

Oh?

Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment, then quietly perked up his ears.

He had heard Xie Dongan mention this before; he knew that Chen Yi had once killed Zhou Tiance with a single sword stroke, but he only had a rough idea of the enmity between Chen Yi and the Zhou family.

"Just yesterday your dad told me, when Heroic Marquis was two years old, he was kidnapped by traffickers, arranged by none other than Old Marquis Zhou Tiance himself."

"If it weren't for Heroic Marquis's exceptional talent, able to cultivate Sword Qi at such a young age, he would have been sold to another place along with Lin Xueru that night."

"Furthermore, on that night another matter happened—Old Marquis Zhou was present and even intended to harm Heroic Marquis. If not for Duke Xing's timely arrival, he'd likely have met a gruesome end."

What?

Hearing this, Jiang Ye was both astonished and somewhat enlightened, no wonder Brother Yi would strike Zhou Tiance without considering the Holy Emperor's sentiments, it turns out everything stemmed from this.

"Mom is telling you this to let you know that Heroic Marquis went through countless trials and hardships since childhood, yet he never complained or gave up, persisting all the way till now."

"Though Ye, your talent might not match Heroic Marquis, you've never encountered much adversity from a young age, your fortune is much better than his."

"And the performance in this grand tournament only affects your reputation, it doesn't endanger your life. If you just cave in like this, wouldn't it make people look down on you even more?"

Creaaaak.

Before Madam Jiang finished speaking, the door to the room opened, and Jiang Ye walked out clumsily, took the box directly, and said with a face full of embarrassment:

"Mom, please don't say anymore, your child realizes his mistakes."

Madam Jiang was delighted, and looking at him with relief, said: "Eat well, Mom won't say anymore, she won't talk about it."

Then she turned around to the servants and instructed: "From now on, nobody in the whole mansion is allowed to mention the tournament, understood?"

"Understood, Madam."

"Understood, hehe... the little one deserves to die!"

Unexpectedly, as soon as a servant spoke, he caught a glimpse of Jiang Ye's appearance from the corner of his eye and inadvertently burst into laughter.

It seemed to trigger something, causing the other maids, including Madam Jiang herself, to laugh along.

Jiang Ye: "..."

He looked around in grief and indignation, worn out, might as well die...