Chapter 135: 【reverse Yuan Practitioner】 Stone Slab?
Moreover, it can only take effect when both the main Professional Rank and level are exactly the same, which means during promotion, it consumes more resources and time.
“The abilities obtained in exchange sound powerful, but they are absolutely not worth such a huge cost.” Sang Hanhai shook his head repeatedly, “Moreover, this is not a job appointment requirement; it must be maintained even after job appointment.”
“Su Chen, don’t bring trouble on yourself.” Sang Hanhai saw Su Chen’s eyes light up, and his brows twitched involuntarily.
If Chong Jingtian found out that he had tricked away his Ink Jade seed, he would probably be torn apart alive.
“Elder Sang, I want to study it…” Su Chen restrained his expression. The difference between his mental and physical talent was not much; if converted to specific data, it was definitely less than 50%, so forcibly balancing the difference wouldn’t be too great.
Moreover, it could indirectly enhance his physical talent.
He had originally planned to pursue dual professions in parallel all the way, and keeping the rank levels consistent was something he needed to do anyway.
These requirements meant nothing to him, but after job appointment, they could significantly boost his strength.
Converting stamina and mental power to each other would be immensely helpful to him, who was accustomed to burst combat and excelled in both attack methods.
Therefore, he wasn’t even planning to wait for the Bone Armor User translation to come out; better to get it first.
“Study… you…” Sang Hanhai couldn’t help looking at Qin Qiyuan, “This mess you created, you clean it up.”
“Because of the huge limitations, this profession is only rated A-grade. Do you want to spend money to buy it?” Qin Qiyuan asked.
“Old Qin!” Sang Hanhai shouted.
“He can try it.” Qin Qiyuan said, “His foundation is exceptionally gifted. Equalizing talents is not a weakening; it’s like two bottles of water, one high and one low, with the high one flowing to the low one.”
“The loss is not as great as imagined.”
“Elder Sang, I’ve made up my mind.” Su Chen also said.
Sang Hanhai was frustrated. Since Su Chen already knew about this profession, there were countless ways for him to obtain it, and he couldn’t stop him.
“If spending money, how much is needed?” Su Chen asked.
Jin Yunxuan said: “For an A-grade profession, with the identity of a Court of Justice core seed, for exclusive use, it would require fifty million gold…”
“Uh…” Su Chen thought for a moment, “Can I trade a profession for it?”
“Yes.” Qin Qiyuan nodded, “What level profession? I’ll rate it for you.”
“Second Order top-tier, roughly what grade?” Su Chen probed.
“Top-tier?” Sang Hanhai suddenly leaned in, “Top Tier Professions below Third Order are all A-grade.”
“So precious?” Su Chen was surprised.
“There aren’t many Top Tier Professions, and the lower the tier, the easier to job appoint, with immeasurable benefits for the future…” Sang Hanhai eyed him, “I knew you were a treasure trove. Where did Xia Hanshi get so many Top Tier Professions from?”
Su Chen decided to take out Wind and Thunder Emissary. Mental professions were inherently more precious, so better to hide it first.
Qin Qiyuan shooed away the eagerly watching Jin Yunxuan, but couldn’t do anything about Sang Hanhai, so he let him stay too, to listen to Su Chen describe the job appointment requirements.
“…First…”
“This profession seems to be an Upper Tier Profession of Void Ripper Warrior, right?” Hearing the end, Sang Hanhai suddenly figured it out,
“Some time ago, the First Order top-tier profession from South Wind City was also on you.”
“Yes…” Su Chen nodded, “It was specially granted to me by Teacher Yuan Chenyang.”
“Yuan Chenyang?” Sang Hanhai chuckled, “Old Qin, tell him.”
Qin Qiyuan nodded, about to speak, but glanced at Sang Hanhai and said displeasedly: “If you want to listen, you pay with an A-grade profession too.”
Sang Hanhai’s face darkened, and he left reluctantly.
Qin Qiyuan cleared his throat lightly, then narrated: “…”
Discovered special profession–Reverse Yuan Practitioner. Can job appoint after completing job appointment requirements.
Job appointment requirement one: Physical and mental professions no lower than Third Order, and both Top Tier Professions.
Job appointment requirement two: Consume stamina and mental power to the limit, no fewer than one thousand times.
Job appointment requirement three: Fuse a Fragment of the Void Star.
The three job appointment conditions didn’t seem too difficult.
After all, the requirements to exert ability after job appointment were even more stringent.
Reverse Yuan Practitioner was impressed by Crimson Flame Thunder Great Venerable, deciding to weaken the job appointment requirements.
Job appointment requirement two weakened: consumption to limit reduced to one hundred times.
The Great Venerable’s influence at work; Su Chen was already used to it.
“The job appointment difficulty isn’t low. Consuming mental power and stamina to the limit and recovering takes at least one or two days; this alone requires three years.” Qin Qiyuan cautioned:
“Also, the Void Star isn’t easy to find; don’t waste too much time.”
After speaking, Qin Qiyuan called Sang Hanhai back in.
Old Sang said discontentedly: “If Chong Jingtian comes killing later, I’m not blocking for you.”
“I know the result and the difficulty; this is my own choice. No need for you two to take responsibility.” Su Chen said.
“Sigh, youth is great.” Sang Hanhai sighed involuntarily.
Having agreed with Qin Qiyuan, Su Chen would come here from time to time in the next period to help decipher this Holy Word Stone.
Going downstairs with Sang Hanhai, Su Chen finally asked about the unfinished matter, “Elder Sang, I heard this defensive spirit ring was also built by Elder Pu?”
“For such a huge project, my Senior Brother was just the person in charge.” Sang Hanhai looked suspicious, “Kid, why are you so curious about my Senior Brother? Did Xia Hanshi give you some task?”
“No.” Su Chen shook his head and explained: “Last time you went to the Court of Justice, I heard Ming Lin mention it. This defensive spirit ring can actually keep Mutants thousands of miles away; why not popularize it?”
“That way, lower tier cities wouldn’t need to consume so many resources organizing defenses on the periphery.”
What he said made sense, and Sang Hanhai didn’t probe further; it wasn’t a big secret anyway.
“Can’t promote it. Actually, the important thing isn’t the spirit ring, but what’s on it.” Sang Hanhai lowered his voice mysteriously.
Su Chen cooperatively showed curiosity, “What’s on it?”
“Symbols taken from a Stone Slab, also from that ruins.” Sang Hanhai’s eyes flickered slightly, not hiding it.
Stone Slab!
Su Chen finally got accurate information, but it didn’t seem to be a Holy Word Stone.
Moreover, when Meng Qi devoured Chu Xuan, those Faceless Ghost Followers seemed to have mentioned a Stone Slab too. Was it the same thing?
Suppressing his excitement, he asked: “Can I take a look?”
“You?” Sang Hanhai wasn’t surprised by Su Chen’s idea, pointing to his own gray-white eyeball: “See this? I just glanced at it once, and I was already a Fourth Order Professional then.”
“Before Fourth Order, you don’t even qualify to look.”
Fourth Order, again Fourth Order… Su Chen thought, at that time Xia Hanshi also said, below Fourth Order… no need to think about saving him.
“Don’t overthink it. Honestly improve your Profession Development Degree, promote step by step; that’s what you should do now.” Sang Hanhai patted his shoulder, “I have things to do; won’t see you off.”
He headed deeper into the Translation Department, and Su Chen stood there for a long time, watching Sang Hanhai disappear before leaving.
…
Sang Hanhai went all the way to the small wooden hut deep in the Translation Department. Upon seeing Pu Zhenghong, his first words were, “Verified; this is the third time. Su Chen can probably resonate with all Holy Word Stones.”
Pu Zhenghong was still carving nonstop on the blank Holy Word Stone. Hearing this, he paused, silent for a moment before saying: “Did he show curiosity about Divine Language?”
“Uh…” Sang Hanhai faltered, a bit embarrassed: “He seems purely curious about the professions recorded on the Holy Word Stone; didn’t mention Divine Language at all.”
Pu Zhenghong frowned tightly, “Not curious about why he resonates, only about professions. What has Xia Hanshi taught him?”
“But he seems quite curious about you, asked a lot, even about the defensive spirit ring.” Sang Hanhai added, pondering inwardly.
Still can’t confirm if on the Holy Word Stone is the so-called Divine Language; his Senior Brother was really obsessed.
But understandable, just like his own teacher, desperately trying to prove his theory correct.
“You told him about the Stone Slab?” Pu Zhenghong’s tone turned colder, “Still can’t let go.”
“Sigh, Senior Brother.” Sang Hanhai sighed, “Who can forget? Can you?”
“What’s recorded on that damaged Stone Slab is most likely the profession those people are seeking. Even the Papal Court covets it; a row of symbols that can deter Mutants.”
“Papal Court…” Pu Zhenghong fell silent, while Sang Hanhai continued, “Yuan Du has been looking for opportunities. They seem to know more, constantly cultivating high-talent individuals, hoping to gain recognition from that ruins.”
“We’ve fallen behind a lot. They came this time saying it’s to explain, but the visitors likely mean trouble.”
“Su Chen’s appearance might be our opportunity. Not to mention else, if we can fully decipher the Stone Slab, the other three cities would probably have to submit.”
“Recognition…” Pu Zhenghong shook his head, “Not that easy. Professions of that level have divinity; gaining acknowledgment requires far more than just talent.”
Pu Zhenghong didn’t pick up Sang Hanhai’s thread, instead saying: “Confirmed, among Yuan Du’s people this time, there’s Tang Chen.”
“Tang Chen, I knew it!” Sang Hanhai shot to his feet excitedly, “Last time, when you weren’t here, he took a Holy Word Stone to show off, claiming no one in Ying Feng could decipher it. For half a year, he blocked the Translation Department entrance, mocking us.”
“This time, he brought another Holy Word Stone.” Pu Zhenghong said flatly.
“Too much!” Sang Hanhai’s face changed with anger, but then he laughed, “Then he’s asking for trouble this time. Not to mention you, Su Chen alone can make him swallow his own spit.”
“Don’t let too many people know about Su Chen.” Pu Zhenghong mused, “Yuan Du’s people… have drifted further from us.”
…
“Bone Armor User, Reverse Yuan Practitioner; good thing there’s the Great Venerable…”
On the way back, Su Chen looked at the Panel; he had obtained two professions this time.
After weakening, Reverse Yuan Practitioner’s difficulty wasn’t high. It was just passive tanking, plus some core, but should be completable soon.
“Even without defense, I can tank quite a few hits.”
Reverse Yuan Practitioner was somewhat troublesome; consuming to limit and recovering indeed required hard time. Without weakening, it would take three years or even longer.
“Need to plan carefully…”
Just back at the Court of Justice, Su Chen learned something quite unexpected.
“Wei Yufan successfully promoted to Fifth Order profession?”
Ming Lin, waiting at his door, nodded, “Yeah, this guy accumulated for a long time. He wanted Fifth Order Top Tier, but now it’s only Fifth Order Upper Tier; really not worth it.”
Following Su Chen inside, looking at his back, Ming Lin couldn’t help sighing. Ever since Su Chen fought Chu Xuan, the so-called chief seed was no longer in doubt.
Originally, combats between their core seeds were frequent, but now they had stalled for a long time.
But Wei Yufan refused to accept this reality, forcibly promoting to Fifth Order, exceeding the arena suppression limit, blocking the “chief seed.”
Using this indirect self-weakening to stop Su Chen; Ming Lin couldn’t understand.
“He’s pretty impressive.” Su Chen said casually, not taking it too seriously.
If Wei Yufan knew Su Chen’s current performance, he’d probably explode with anger. Ming Lin smiled bitterly inside.
Wei Yufan would rather give up some prospects to block Su Chen from chief seed, but in reality, Su Chen had no strong thoughts on it.
“Don’t know who the two vacated core seed spots will go to.” Ming Lin mentioned.
With Chu Xuan and Meng Qi dying in succession, the two exceptionally recruited core seed quotas were vacant again.
Chong Jingtian hadn’t reclaimed them; instead, preparing an internal selection competition to decide two winners as substitutes for core seeds.
Recently, everyone in the Inner Court was paying attention, all raring to fill the spots; much easier than challenging existing core seeds.
“When does it start?” Su Chen asked; he knew Old Bai also aimed for core seed and would likely participate.
“Soon, probably before Yuan Du’s people arrive, to settle it.” Ming Lin guessed.
“You know Yuan Du’s people are coming?” Su Chen was surprised.
“Not a secret anymore.” Ming Lin was speechless at Su Chen’s surprise, “Probably another round of overt and covert struggles. Last time they came, I had just entered the Court of Justice and sparred with a few they brought.”
“How’d it go?” Su Chen was curious.
“Wins and losses, but overall quality stronger than our Court of Justice seeds.” Ming Lin recalled, “Yuan Du isn’t like our Ying Feng, split into Court of Justice, Security Department Three Divisions, and various institutions; they all fall under Papal Court jurisdiction, resources more concentrated.”
“Comparing just Court of Justice, we’re a step behind. Heard this time, their ‘sons of teaching’ will come too.”
“Sons of teaching”; Su Chen heard the term second time, noticing Ming Lin staring fixedly, feeling a chill, “What look is that?”
Ming Lin explained: “Just curious who’s stronger between you two?”
“Sons of teaching are the Papal Court’s most special people. Their selection is strange, not by strength, nor seemingly by talent.”
“Boring.” Su Chen shook his head. Yuan Du’s people coming this time, only thing he cared about was Spirit User, and the god they enshrined.
Though, good news: since this son of teaching was so special, likely mastered Spirit User profession; his chances of obtaining it increased a lot.
