Egg? Divine Blood? Seed?
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Su Chen's eyelids twitched. Subconsciously, he wanted to toss it out; this ghost of a thing looked incredibly disgusting.
"This was sothing ant for Wei Yinshuo. On the surface it extends one's lifespan, but in reality, it covertly conducts corruption to achieve the goal of control?"
He couldn't help but speculate, first tossing it into his storage space.
Even for a Chief Inquisitor, living past two hundred was exceedingly difficult, and lifespan had always been a sharp weapon for the Evil God Cults to corrupt the higher-ups.
The higher one's position, authority, and strength, the more they wished to live longer.
"But this kind of lifespan is laced with poison..." Thinking of the fanatical zeal the Black Buddha believer displayed when facing him earlier, Su Chen couldn't help but shudder.
Longevity devoid of willpower was nothing more than being a puppet.
Sweeping his gaze around to ensure he hadn't left any traces behind, Su Chen departed from the area.
When he returned to the Adjudication Court, the sky was already faintly brightening. Bu Siqi and the rest still hadn't returned, which also allowed Su Chen to breathe a sigh of relief. Otherwise, it would have truly been difficult for him to explain why he left first yet arrived last.
However, the events of last night had already fernted. On the roads, nurous Inquisitors were conversing in low voices.
"The Pang family was eradicated just like that?"
"Yeah. Their ancestors even produced a Chief Inquisitor, and Pang Hui himself was the Deputy Minister of Supervision, yet they're just gone."
"Chief Inquisitor Xia's murderous intent is still as heavy as ever."
"I heard Chief Inquisitor Wei also struck, placing righteousness above family loyalty."
"Placing righteousness above family loyalty? It sounds nice, but who knows what the people under his command are thinking. Even if they committed mistakes, nobody wants to be the 'family' that gets eradicated."
And upon seeing him, the crowd revealed even stranger expressions.
"It is said that this newly advanced Core Seed had private conflicts with Pang Xingwen. The night before last, soone even saw Pang Xingwen crying and sniffling in front of Su Chen's door. Chief Inquisitor Xia couldn't have taken action because of this reason, right?"
"Stop spouting nonsense. It was because the Pang family colluded with the Evil God Cults. Didn't you know about this news?"
"Brother Su..." Soone offered a greeting, looking very fawning. Su Chen found him familiar, seeming to have t him at Chu Xuan's banquet, but he didn't know his exact na.
He nodded in response.
Perhaps because Xia Hanshi's ruthless strike reminded so people of this Chief Inquisitor's majesty, many people greeted him along the way.
Many high-tier Inquisitors displayed an amiable side to themselves.
"As expected, a big fist is still the hardest logic. Who cares about having a good or bad reputation."
Su Chen sighed secretly. Taking a trip to Old Xia's villa to prepare to chat about the 'blood sacrifice' matter, he found it completely empty; the old man still hadn't returned.
"Old Xia's intuition really wasn't wrong. The Evil God Cults are indeed stirring up trouble covertly. A blood sacrifice of ten cities... how long has it been since an incident of this magnitude occurred?"
Returning to his own villa, he ate the breakfast Number Zero had prepared, the at juices churning in his mouth.
Before his eyes was a projected virtual screen, displaying densely packed text. This was the compiled information regarding Evil Gods.
Su Chen scanned through it. Evil Gods and the mutants within the mist were constant threats.
But due to the invention of the Vault Light system, the threat of mutants had temporarily weakened by a notch; those guys extrely disliked appearing in places devoid of mist.
Instead, owing to the population growth, the number of believers in the Evil God Cults also increased, gradually making them the primary threat.
"In the past, when the population was sparse, Evil Gods could barely be considered a threat. Many Evil Gods only appeared after the population grew."
"What exactly is going on with Evil Gods? Are they powerful lifeforms? Their main bodies don't seem to reside on this planet, yet it's unknown where exactly they are either."
He thought of the 'Scarlet Corruption' he witnessed during the Trial of Whispers.
"A blood sacrifice of ten cities... no matter what, I must find a way to inform the Adjudication Court..."
Such a matter couldn't be ignored as if he didn't know, otherwise one day it might inflict a backlash upon him as well.
"The Evil God Cults are making massive moves, but Yingfeng aren't entirely vegetarians either. For a major event like a blood sacrifice of ten cities, they should have noticed sothing at least."
"I'll probe for information when the opportunity arises. If Old Xia already knows, then I won't have to stick my neck out. If not, I'll think of another way."
Su Chen made up his mind. After eating and drinking his fill, he retreated to his bedroom. Closing the door, he opened his panel.
"Power of the Faceless Ghost, let see exactly what function you hold..."
Su Chen took a deep breath, deciding to apply it to the [Gale and Swift Thunder Adept] which hadn't been interfered with by the power of Black Buddha yet.
"Every profession can only be recorded once; if it's crippled, it's crippled. The Mystic Weaver has already been influenced by Black Buddha's power. Should sothing go wrong, the loss would be too imnse."
Having made his decision, the grayish-white, semi-transparent power of the Faceless Ghost instantly morphed into invisible chains, coiling around the [Gale and Swift Thunder Adept].
【Influenced by the power of the Faceless Ghost, the Gale and Swift Thunder Adept descended into chaotic madness, even forgetting who he was. Advancent Requirent 3 was erased.】
"An advancent requirent was directly erased?"
Looking at his panel, Su Chen's expression turned intensely colorful. The 3rd advancent requirent for the [Gale and Swift Thunder Adept] was to beco a 'lightning rod' and survive within a thunderstorm zone for half an hour. Now, it was gone.
"The ability of the Faceless Ghost is actually to randomly erase an inauguration condition? Tsk tsk... Not bad... Not bad..."
Su Chen couldn't help but grin. He had profound personal experience regarding the sheer bizarre variety of inauguration requirents.
Directly erasing an inauguration requirent saved an imasurable amount of ti, resources, and energy.
Even though the requirents for the [Gale and Swift Thunder Adept] had been weakened, it still would have required quite a bit of effort.
"However, the power of the Faceless Ghost actually erased a requirent without needing additional costs, whereas a profession upgrade actually requires extra offerings..." Su Chen also noticed the difference, speculating secretly:
"Perhaps it is because erasing a single requirent is relatively simpler, whereas upgrading a profession is more difficult."
Discovering the upgrade conditions alone had nearly entirely depleted Black Buddha's power.
"Black Buddha, Faceless Ghost... This is only two Evil Gods. I wonder what effects the powers of other Evil Gods have?"
Thinking of this, Su Chen inevitably sprouted a certain sense of anticipation. Other people feared Evil Gods like scorpions and snakes, yet he wanted to make more contact.
However, the mont this thought surfaced, he restrained himself, alerting himself covertly: "Evil Gods are unfathomable. One must be incomparably careful when making contact. Arrogance is equivalent to courting death."
Su Chen steadied his mindset. The events of the past few days were overwhelming: from becoming a Core Seed to the Pang family's eradication, leading up to tonight's harvest. It felt sowhat like a dizzying whirlwind of colors charming the eyes.
"Stability is the true king's path."
Breathing out a long sigh, he shifted his gaze to the other portion of 【Low-Tier Black Buddha Power】.
Fortunately, Evil God Powers could be applied repeatedly to a single profession.
【Steeped by Black Buddha, the Gale and Swift Thunder Adept perceived the path forward through the haze, thirsting for even greater strength.】
【Drain the power of three types of "Lightning Cores" to complete the profession upgrade.】
"Lightning Cores..." Su Chen furrowed his brows. It was yet another plaything he had never heard of before. Only after having Number Zero look it up did he roughly grasp it.
This was an elental core ford from highly condensed lightning elents. Due to the instability of elents, variant lightning cores such as "Fla Lightning" or "Ice Lightning" would be born, which were exceedingly precious and rare.
"I won't have to kill people, but I will have to spend money..." Su Chen shook his head, only able to temporarily note it down in his little notebook.
After eating breakfast, Su Chen headed to the training room to abuse himself for a while. Only halfway through the afternoon did Bu Siqi arrive in a hurry.
"Senior Brother, what happened? Who beat you so viciously?"
Upon opening the door and looking, Su Chen jumped in fright. He only saw Bu Siqi's eyes swollen like lightbulbs, his clothes ragged and torn.
"It's good that you're back." Bu Siqi sighed in relief, complaining: "Who else could it be but Teacher? I was just lying there sucking blood when a kick ca flying over."
"You're such a big person, it's not like anything would happen to you. What was he so anxious about?"
Su Chen understood, also catching the resentnt in Bu Siqi's tone. He imdiately said: "No, I must seek Teacher out to explain this matter. Asking to leave was my own request; it had nothing to do with Senior Brother."
Making a gesture as if about to stand up, he was tugged back by Bu Siqi, "No need to go explain. Teacher is just like that; I've already grown used to it."
But seeing Su Chen acting so solemnly, the resentnt in his heart also lessened slightly. He let out a sigh: "Actually, I also understand. You aren't just Teacher's precious darling, you're also the Adjudication Court's precious darling. It's only natural to worry about you."
Yet ultimately, he still bore a sense of falling out of favor, a ntality akin to "Teacher, you never showed such concern for ".
This kind of ntality could only be resolved through self-adjustnt; Su Chen found it difficult to say anything.
Fortunately, Bu Siqi seed to readjust very quickly. Changing the subject, he brought up: "The cleanup for the Pang family is mostly done. So scattered mbers have also been imprisoned. Your share of the spoils should be delivered very soon."
"However, to think a fish slipped through the net. That young man called Pang Xingwen actually escaped. We found the secret passage, but we couldn't find his traces."
"It is within the city after all, making it difficult for our Adjudication Court to operate freely." Su Chen casually echoed a phrase.
Who'd have thought Bu Siqi would put on an expression of deep resonance, saying angrily: "Exactly! When we were tracking the person along the secret passage, those Supervision Guards obstructed us in every possible way! Saying things like we were disturbing the residents, or that the impact was bad—they pissed off to death!"
"Yes, taking action within the city isn't good on our part, but the problem lies in the fact that Pang Hui was their Deputy Minister! They didn't even know they were rearing ghosts in their own house; how could we possibly trust them?"
To a certain extent, his thoughts also reflected the thoughts of the vast majority within the Adjudication Court—
'Our Adjudication Court helps you weed out ghosts, yet you actually stand around blocking us. You truly do not know what's good for you!'
After complaining for a bit, Bu Siqi left; he still had matters to attend to.
The news of the Pang family's eradication had already spread far and wide, causing quite a substantial commotion.
Not rely because the Pang family had stood tall for hundreds of years, but even more so because it implicated a sitting Deputy Minister of Supervision. Discussions raged furiously within Yingfeng City, and various rumors unceasingly filled the air.
anwhile, certain individuals or factions that had previously been more or less involved with the Pang family were currently severing ties en masse.
......
"Where did the Pang family find the dog guts!?"
Chu Yunze's expression was ashen. This was a gathering centered around Chu Xuan's small faction. "How could they be so insatiable! They actually dared to collude with the Evil God Cults!"
He felt no pity, only anger, because they were also more or less affected by association.
ng Qi shrank his neck, not knowing whether he was afraid of Chu Yunze or the Evil God Cults.
"People below have already tactfully expressed their desire to depart, preparing to join the camps of other Core Seeds," soone nearby whispered.
Their initially high-noon faction had suffered a heavy blow from Su Chen before even entering the Adjudication Court.
And now, with one of their internal mbers, Pang Xingwen, further implicating the Evil God Cults, it had instantly caused people to panic. The ager amount of cohesion they possessed had practically dispersed completely.
"Let them go." Chu Xuan's expression was indifferent. "Since we don't walk the sa path, they would have scattered sooner or later."
Chu Yunze cald his emotions, sighing. "Now, those Core Seeds in the Inner Court will probably intensify their operations against us."
Speaking up to this point, he couldn't help but think of Su Chen. Back then, he appeared to be a lone wolf, yet now he actually possessed a unique advantage: only needing to look out for himself, uncaring even if floods surged to the heavens.
"I feel like there's sothing fishy about all this in the background," ng Qi whispered softly.
"Oh?" Chu Yunze looked over.
As streams of gazes congregated upon him, ng Qi felt even more flustered and at a loss for what to do.
"If you have thoughts, speak them out. Right now is exactly the ti to brainstorm," Chu Yunze consoled him.
ng Qi spoke cautiously: "Big Brother Chu and Su... Su Chen..."
Upon hearing this na, the expressions of the crowd present turned sowhat unnatural, yet nobody took ng Qi's slip-up to heart.
"...Were both recruited as exceptions by the Chief Inquisitor. The clamoring from the other Core Seeds is essentially rooted in dissatisfaction toward the Chief Inquisitor. Yet, the Chief Inquisitor hasn't made a single move up until now. I feel like he is intentionally letting them run wild..." As ng Qi spoke, his words grew smoother and faster:
"Furthermore, as the previously sole Ink Jade-tier, Ming Lin hasn't made a single move either. He hasn't participated in the attacks against us..."
Chu Xuan's expression shifted slightly. "You an to say, the Chief Inquisitor still holds cards up his sleeve?"
ng Qi whispered softly: "I am only guessing... purely a guess..."
Contemplating, Chu Xuan issued the final order: "Since that is the case, then let us steady ourselves first. Let them clamor. When necessary, we can endure so losses."
......
"So this is the place..." Stepping out of the customized hover car, Su Chen looked at the small manor before his eyes. The location couldn't be considered the core of Yingfeng, yet it was sufficient to demonstrate the forr glory of the Gu family.
"Grandpa said we wouldn't go to those noisy places this ti." Beside him, Gu Bing spoke carefully and nervously. She seed to have purposely dressed up; her black hair cascaded over her shoulders, and her lips, coated in plain lipstick, were slightly pursed.
The Su Chen before her eyes was no longer that little guy from Nanfeng.
He was a Core Seed of the Adjudication Court, the student of a Chief Inquisitor, and a figure who had just participated in eradicating the Pang family.
The Pang family... was vastly more glorious and prosperous than the declining Gu family.
"A family banquet is also quite nice." Before Su Chen could take two steps, he saw the main gates of the manor swing open. An entire large family was waiting behind the doors.
Leading them was an elder with snow-white hair and a white beard, his face covered in age spots. He stepped forward tremblingly, seemingly intending to bow: "Gu Zhengyang of the Gu family, welcos Your Excellency Su Chen."
"Old Master, you are overly flattering ." Su Chen grabbed the elder's arm, not letting him bow fully.
"This is what ought to be done..." Gu Zhengting grasped Su Chen's hands in reverse, sighing with emotion: "For you to arrive is the honor of my Gu family..."
Leading the way at the very front with Su Chen, the other mbers of the Gu family followed closely behind. There were elders as well as youngsters, all of their gazes filled with curiosity as they fell upon Su Chen.
The banquet was already prepared. Su Chen sat to the old master's right, while Gu Bing sat to his left, appearing rather restless.
"Taste this..." The old master pointed to the platter in the center, presenting a small suckling pig entirely roasted scarlet red.
Upon tasting it, the flavor was indeed absolutely exquisite. A warmth surged from his stomach, gradually perating his entire body.
This was indeed a family banquet. Gu Zhengting rely introduced the main mbers of the Gu family to him, then urged him to eat, bringing up so amusing anecdotes. As for vulgar matters such as seeking protection or proposing transactions, not a single word was ntioned.
Xia Hanshi had just eradicated the Pang family. For Su Chen to be able to attend was a stance in itself. Those families eyeing them covetously would likely have to weigh the consequences.
After three rounds of drinks, quite a few people had already left the table. Yet, Old Master Gu abruptly brought up a matter. "A drastic change is approaching the Inner Court."
"Oh?" Su Chen looked over in surprise.
"I am, at any rate, a person from the sa era as the Chief Inquisitor. I more or less still possess so connections." Gu Zhengyang's cloudy eyes cleared up considerably.
"Compared to several decades ago where even a single Red Gold Seed had to be cradled in their palms, there are relatively far too many Red Golds now. Yet no matter how outstanding you are, upon entering the Inner Court, you still have to pick a side and choose a faction."
"The four-core structure of the Inner Court has already grown incapable of complying with the developnt of the tis. However, the factions swirling around those Core Seeds are intricately intertwined; even the Chief Inquisitor must deliberate carefully. And Your Excellency and that Chu Xuan are precisely the era-breaking spearheads he was waiting for."
Su Chen was deeply thoughtful. Ming Lin had also ntioned this matter, and Gu Zhengyang had perceived it as well.
Gu Zhengyang added: "Your Excellency must also make preparations. For future Core Seeds, things will probably not be as stable anymore."
"However, no matter what, my Gu family will definitely assist with our utmost efforts."
Saying this much was to express his sincerity: even if unexpected accidents befell Su Chen in the future, displacing him from being a Core Seed, his Gu family would not pull any petty tricks behind his back.
.........
Early the next morning, Su Chen awoke from his large bed. Massaging his faintly throbbing head, he checked the ti: it was already nine o'clock. He couldn't help but complain: "Exactly what kind of wine was that? It made dizzy all the way till now."
Number Zero had already fetched a hangover soup prepared by the cafeteria in advance. The bright green liquid didn't look very appetizing.
After gulping it down his stomach, Su Chen very quickly felt his head beco much more comfortable.
"Whew..." Setting down the bowl, Su Chen looked at Number Zero standing to the side. "I don't think I instructed you to prepare this thing last night."
"That is correct." Number Zero nodded, folding her hands elegantly over her lower abdon. "This is the optimal choice I deduced based on my data."
"To what extent are your administrative privileges over my daily life elevated?" Su Chen's expression shifted slightly.
"According to my guidelines, they are restricted strictly to clothing, food, housing, and transportation. Furthermore, I will only formulate the optimal deductions based on data when you have not issued specific instructions." Number Zero obligingly provided an example:
"If you had issued specific instructions last night, then I would have operated strictly according to your demands."
"The intelligence level isn't low at all." Su Chen nodded, continuing to listen to Number Zero's compiled information.
"...Today at 6:00 AM, the Chief Inquisitor issued the latest announcent regarding adjustnts to the Core Seeds. Claiming that due to certain recent internal public opinions, a decision has been made to adjust the Core Seeds. The quota of six Core Seeds is no longer fixed, and a challenge system has been activated..."
Number Zero's voice was gentle and beautiful, evoking a strong desire to continue listening, but consequently lacking any emotional fluctuations.
She herself probably found it very difficult to comprehend just exactly how impactful these contents truly were.
Even Su Chen froze for a few seconds before instructing Number Zero to project the specific details. The text was exceptionally long. As he read it line by line, character by character, the expression on his face turned exceedingly strange.
The vast majority of it was garbage talk. The general aning was: since you guys are dissatisfied with making an exception to recruit two Core Seeds, then I shall give you a chance to pull the two of them down.
But don't you guys expect to have an easy ti either.
He opened his smart bracelet and pulled up the virtual screen. Sure enough, while he was asleep, the background ssages had already drowned him.
Not just the contacts he had added in the Inner Court; even Du Yu was inquiring about the situation.
The Core Seed system was one of the foundational systems of the Adjudication Court. This adjustnt would inevitably touch the interests of an unknown number of people, its effects radiating across every aspect of Yingfeng.
(End of this chapter)
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