Chapter 93: Secrets Of The Sage And Scholar
“Evolved?” Su Chen scanned the large amount of information in front of him. Not only had it evolved, but it was a double jump, reaching the Priest level.
Special Professions are not like Sequence Professions, which have clear division standards such as First Order, Second Order, Third Order, etc., because most do not involve strength amplification.
But some Special Professions can also be promoted, demonstrating an increase in profession intensity.
Ordinary Followers are cannon fodder, but Fanatic Followers are different. In the Cult of the Strange God, they not only have a certain status but can even borrow the power of the Ghost God to additionally strengthen themselves.
Priests go without saying; their status is even more revered, and they even hold the power of life and death over subordinate Followers.
“Eh… why am I here?” Zhao Hong suddenly reacted and only then noticed Su Chen in front of him.
“Su… Section Chief Su?” He hesitantly called out.
“I was about to ask you the same thing?” Su Chen came back to his senses, also with a puzzled look on his face.
“Oh no, it’s that thing!” Zhao Hong’s expression changed drastically. He didn’t even have time to explain before hurriedly heading to the upper level.
“Becoming a Priest all at once, that’s also considered mid-to-high level among Heituo Followers…” Su Chen closed the door, speculating: “Corrupted Consciousness… probably the thing hidden in that Heituo Statue.”
“This is really creepy.” Su Chen reminded himself inwardly that from now on, he needed to stay highly vigilant about everything related to the Strange God.
This kind of sneaky erosion couldn’t do anything to him, but Heituo and its subordinate Followers definitely had the ability to kill him head-on.
“This Heituo has probably set its sights on me. Let’s see if there’s anything left inside that statue.” Su Chen hesitated slightly, locked the room door, and tried transforming into a Heituo Priest.
His hair receded, his eyes gradually turned pitch black, the pupils faintly splitting into a vertical slit, black patterns spreading across his cheeks, and even a black vertical pupil condensing at the top of his head.
His entire person exuded a sinister and eerie aura, with ripples appearing in the surrounding air.
“If Old Xia saw this, he’d probably come up and righteously kill his kin.” Su Chen looked at himself in the mirror, carefully sensing: “The perception range has expanded, but no knowledge has emerged in my mind…”
It was probably because it was ultimately “disguise”; Su Chen had not obtained the ability to communicate with Heituo.
And in the spaceship, that feeling of attraction was gone.
“Now the Heituo Statue is truly clean.”
He was certain that the Corrupted Consciousness was the remnant thing inside it. Noisy voices came from outside. Su Chen dispelled the disguise, opened the door, and saw that the corridor was full of people.
“What’s going on?” Su Chen spotted Du Yu and pulled him over to ask.
“I don’t know. The two Special Envoys issued an order for everyone not to stay in their rooms and to be able to see each other.” Du Yu didn’t understand either.
It was probably the Inspector Guard’s report that made Yang Yan and Gu Bing vigilant. Su Chen understood in his heart.
“Are you okay…” Yang Yan and Gu Bing hurriedly came over, showing concern for Su Chen.
From Zhao Hong’s report, they learned that he had inexplicably appeared at Su Chen’s door, which startled them.
If something happened to Su Chen, Xia Hanshi would skin them alive when they got back.
After confirming that Zhao Hong had no problems, they came to check on Su Chen.
They carefully inspected for several hours and only let him go back after confirming there were no issues.
This interlude caused panic among the people, but Su Chen was completely at ease. He took out the small metal box that Yuan Chenyang had stuffed to him before boarding from the luggage compartment.
Beep–
After simple fingerprint verification, cold white mist leaked from the opened gap in all directions, with neatly arranged Mist Fiend Potions and Illusion Essences.
Su Chen roughly counted; there were a total of fifty tubes, enough for him to use until Ying Feng. He couldn’t help but sigh: “Old Yuan, you’re so generous.”
Unfortunately, Glazed Blood had a fixed monthly quota. Even Old Yuan couldn’t squeeze out too much at once; he had already consumed more than ten tubes before.
Even at Second Order, it could increase his development efficiency by 25%-30%. He licked his lips, feeling a bit nostalgic.
He stored these private goods in the storage space. Although there was no gravity training room on the ship, he still needed to train; it was just that the efficiency would be somewhat reduced.
……
Boom!
A few days later, the spaceship shook, and Gu Bing’s soft voice came from the broadcast: “Everyone, the ruins have arrived. We will stay here for no more than half an hour. If you want to go out and take a look, please do so quickly.”
“Ruins?” Su Chen was also very curious. After a quick tidying up, he left the room and saw others moving in the corridor, discussing animatedly; they obviously wanted to go out and see too.
“Old Su…” Du Yu greeted him.
“Su…” Zhang Hengyu also walked over. Before “bro” could come out, he saw the smiling old father ahead and could only change it to an awkward “Martial Uncle Su”.
Zhang Yunqing lagged a few steps behind, really not wanting to run into Su Chen.
“Ruins, I’ve never seen them with my own eyes.” Du Yu was quite excited, constantly rubbing his palms.
As soon as the crowd arrived at the gangway, Su Chen heard exclamations rising and falling from ahead.
Looking up, his expression also changed. In the distance, a huge Mechanical Fortress was clearly visible, in a dome shape, its metal shell gleaming with cold reflections under the surrounding floodlights.
The exposed metal structures occasionally sparked with electric arcs, surrounded by smoke and metal debris rising up.
“So these are the ruins…” Su Chen murmured. Could such a large Mechanical Fortress really have been built by this planet?
“This is a mechanical-side ruins. There are also mysterious-side, biological-side, and such…” Zhang Hongbo appeared at some point and explained to him.
“Mechanical-side ruins will produce some rare technology, hot weapons, and possibly formulas for advanced potions…”
“I see.” Su Chen’s gaze was fixed on the metal building exposed on the ground.
“Why are you only arriving now?”
A familiar voice sounded. Su Chen instinctively turned his head and was stunned: “Teacher, why are you here?”
The people around made way, forming an uninhabited area around Xia Hanshi.
“On the way, discovered that it had erupted again here, so I came to suppress it.” Xia Hanshi said indifferently.
“Why aren’t you exploring it? It shouldn’t be difficult for you, right?” Su Chen asked curiously.
Xia Hanshi shook his head: “It’s not that simple. Exploration isn’t destruction. For a formal exploration, you’d need to send a large number of people to advance layer by layer. Without three to six months, you can’t figure it out at all.”
Zhang Hongbo had already gone down and rendezvoused with Feng Chang, who had been stationed here.
He was the Patrol Department Minister and should have rotated out long ago by rights, but with Yuan Chenyang urgently transferred away, he could only stay here.
The moment he saw Zhang Hongbo, he was clearly a bit surprised.
The two didn’t know what they were talking about, but this seemingly steady Patrol Department Minister looked startled one moment and stunned the next, finally staring blankly in this direction.
“Teacher, wait…” Su Chen saw that Xia Hanshi was also about to leave and hurriedly called out to him. Last time Old Xia had left too decisively, and there were still some things he hadn’t asked.
“What’s wrong?” Xia Hanshi looked over.
Su Chen pondered: “In Ying Feng, are there professions similar to Scholar or Sage?”
“Scholar? Sage?”
Xia Hanshi’s originally somewhat casual expression suddenly froze. He abruptly turned around, his eyes gleaming, his slightly muffled voice suppressing some kind of expectation.
“Why are you suddenly asking about this?”
Su Chen only felt that Old Xia was a bit strange now but didn’t think much of it and said matter-of-factly: “This kind of Special Profession can increase training method efficiency improvement, so I wanted to ask if there are any similar ones…”
Boom!
As soon as the words fell, blazing aura suddenly erupted from Old Xia. The people nearby who hadn’t left the gangway yet swayed left and right, nearly falling over.
Before Su Chen could react, his vision blurred, and he was already back in his room. Xia Hanshi looked at him with burning eyes: “You… have already job-appointed these two professions?”
“Mm.” Su Chen nodded cautiously, also sensing something was off.
“I should have thought of it earlier… I didn’t even ask you.” Xia Hanshi murmured. As early as when he first arrived in South Wind City, he knew Su Chen had accessed information on Scholar.
But he knew full well the job appointment difficulty of this profession. Given Su Chen’s age, it was almost impossible, so he had put it out of mind later.
“What’s wrong?” Su Chen asked, puzzled.
“Forced Job Appointment? Or Normal Job Appointment? Or Perfect Job Appointment?” Xia Hanshi didn’t answer and instead pressed.
“Uh…” Su Chen’s words reached his mouth but took a turn: “All Forced Job Appointments, just that I was pretty lucky.”
“Forced Job Appointment… that’s still pretty good.” Xia Hanshi wasn’t surprised, his expression complex: “No wonder no one discovered your talent before; it improved again, didn’t it? You’re quite lucky.”
“These two professions have secrets?” Su Chen asked again.
“Indeed…” Xia Hanshi nodded and said gravely: “These professions can improve talent acquired later, which is extremely rare. Almost everyone tries to job-appoint them, but the difficulty is extremely high.”
“Moreover, they seem to be a series, even prerequisites for some profession.” Xia Hanshi finally said, “Ying Feng has been researching them, but there’s not much information obtained so far.”
Series? Prerequisite? Su Chen’s heart stirred slightly.
Xia Hanshi pondered: “Scholar was the first discovered, with quite harsh job appointment conditions. Sage has higher talent requirements. A few months ago, the Translation Department deciphered Saint… but I don’t know the specific information.”
“You don’t know either?” Su Chen was inevitably disappointed.
“I’m not omnipotent.” Xia Hanshi said coldly, “After the Translation Department deciphered it, it was shelved. Quite a few people were curious and wanted to view it, but all were rejected.”
“The Translation Department… is that powerful?” Su Chen said in surprise.
“No one wants to easily offend the Translation Department.” Xia Hanshi explained to him, and Su Chen gradually understood.
The Translation Department was another important institution in Ying Feng, with few personnel, directly under the Elder Council, and holding extremely revered status.
It specialized in deciphering Holy Word Stones excavated from ruins and translating ancient languages.
Over 70% of the professions mastered by Ying Feng were deciphered by the Translation Department.
One wrong word could lead to a series of problems.
Moreover, they held the most original texts of professions, and some promotion requirements even needed special adaptation to the current era.
Even when Old Xia promoted back then, he had specifically gone to the Translation Department for detailed research on the profession he was promoting.
He discovered quite a few hidden details, greatly increasing his promotion success rate.
“There’s actually such a place…” Su Chen’s expression was very strange.
