"Tsk, tsk—"
Seeing Su Chen appearing completely uninterested, Ming Lin instead revealed an intensely aningful expression. "It seems that even the 'Chosen Son' of Yuandu can't enter your eyes, huh."
When he first ca into contact with Su Chen, he genuinely believed Su Chen simply possessed a stifled, withdrawn personality, completely uncaring toward things like battles and competitions.
Later on, as his understanding of Su Chen deepened, and especially after the battle with Chu Xuan...
Ming Lin finally gradually tasted the deeper implications. Su Chen wasn't simply uncaring; rather, he fundantally didn't even consider them as opponents! It was an absolute, thorough disregard!
"Stop making up headcanons in your brain—" Su Chen was rendered speechless, changing the topic to ask, "Have you ever heard of things like a Forging-Life Mineral Vein or a Fragnt of the Void Star?"
"Never heard of them." Ming Lin shook his head, his eyes flickering slightly: "Where would I find the free ti to care about such things? Did you manage to dig up so amazing class again?"
"I heard people say you ran over to the Class Decoding Departnt again today."
"Your news certainly travels fast." Seeing that he didn't know, Su Chen instantly completely lost all interest in continuing the conversation.
"What kind of amazing class is it? Tell about it; let your Senior Brother give you so reference," Ming Lin grinned broadly.
Aside from the main classes used to directly climb professional tiers, special classes also played a wildly massive role. They could form synergistic linkages with main classes, drastically enhancing one's combat prowess by a massive margin.
So special classes appeared incredibly formidable on the surface, yet upon successfully acquiring them, they contained nurous hidden pitfalls. Conversely, so seemingly inconspicuous classes could radiate dazzling brilliance when paired with specific other classes.
There were also so classes that were completely solidly powerful, but their acquisition difficulties were absurdly high, wasting an agonizingly long ti. They were completely unsuitable for them to waste their talent on during their youngest, most pri years.
This required highly experienced individuals who understood an absolutely massive number of classes to assist in screening and determining the most optimal, suitable choices.
Such individuals exclusively existed within the Class Decoding Departnt, and furthermore, they had to be at the senior professor level! Even Ming Lin found it incredibly difficult to win their favor.
Yet this guy, Su Chen, was far too skilled at winning the favor of those old n. Only after Sang Hanhai's arrival last ti did he fully realize that Su Chen definitively reaped massive, bountiful harvests within the Class Decoding Departnt!
"Where would I find so many amazing classes?" Su Chen shook his head, laughing heartily. "However, what class are you preparing to bring out to exchange with ?"
"I actually do possess a highly excellent class!" Ming Lin lowered his voice. "This is a class that hasn't even been recorded by the Class Decoding Departnt! I obtained it from a specific settlent a very, very long ti ago."
'He genuinely has good stuff?'
Su Chen was astonished. There were indeed many classes unrecorded by the Class Decoding Departnt. He had even heard that so people in Yingfeng privately decoded Saint Word Stones, hoarding powerful classes to serve as the foundational heritage of their families.
Seeing Su Chen's interest piqued, Ming Lin said: "I'll give you a general rundown. It is called the [Glutton]. It allows one to devour massive quantities of highly nutritious substances in advance, rapidly digesting them during combat to restore stamina and heal injuries."
Su Chen's eyes lit up brightly. This class was incredibly excellent! Paired with the [Origin Reverser], he could also convert that stamina directly into ntal energy! To him, its utility was even more massive!
"Not bad, its universal applicability is very strong." Su Chen nodded.
"So, stop hiding things and keeping secrets." Ming Lin couldn't help but say, "You definitely have stock stashed away! I heard that day when you were intercepted and ambushed by the Priest of Black Buddha, you ran even faster than a 4th-tier professional!"
Aside from main classes, special classes were also a crucial foundational component of one's combat strength. It was just that powerful special classes had exceedingly high requirents, making them utterly impossible to acquire at lower tiers.
"Do you want a lower-tier top-tier class?" Su Chen asked.
Ming Lin refused: "No, no. I'm not a local native of Yingfeng, nor do I have a family that needs to increase its foundational heritage. High-tier classes are still useful to , but I have completely zero need for lower-tier top-tier classes."
"Ah, I see. Then you'll have to wait. The class from the Class Decoding Departnt's side will still take a period of ti before it's handed over to ." Su Chen thought internally. The Armored Bone Adept was actually a fundantally excellent class for trading, but it wasn't appropriate for him to take it out right now; the Class Decoding Departnt hadn't even fully decoded it yet.
However, he wasn't in a rush either. He couldn't acquire the two special classes currently on his body in a short period of ti anyway; he simply didn't have the spare stamina and energy for it.
"Alright then—" Seeing Su Chen still refusing to loosen his jaws even after throwing out the [Glutton], Ming Lin was inevitably disappointed, thus he could only repeatedly warn: "Regarding this matter, it's best you don't tell absolutely anyone else! This is my absolute secret; I certainly don't want people blocking my door."
Naturally, Su Chen readily agreed.
Ming Lin was still exceptionally reassured regarding Su Chen's credibility. The two chatted a bit more. Su Chen invited him to stay behind for drinks, but Ming Lin continuously waved his hands, departing with a faintly green complexion manifesting on his face.
"Hmm... these two classes..." Su Chen's gaze unfocused as he opened his system panel, looking at the acquisition requirents displayed upon it.
He needed to plan things out thoroughly, aiming to comprehensively fulfill the requirents consuming the absolute minimum possible ti and effort.
"Firstly, I need to figure out exactly what the hell a Forging-Life Mineral Vein and a Fragnt of the Void Star are." Su Chen sent a ssage to Gu Bing, asking the Tie Family to dispatch soone over, stating he had certain matters he essentially needed to inquire about.
Since the Tie Family rose to prominence relying purely on mineral mining, they should definitely know about such things.
Following Gu Bing's reply, a re two hours later, she arrived at his doorstep bringing a middle-aged man along. The man's face was a grayish-brown color, faintly exuding a tallic texture. Most likely, it was also caused by a certain specific class.
"Your Excellency Su Chen—" This middle-aged man was incredibly restrained and nervous. After offering his greetings, he appeared completely at a loss as to what exactly he ought to say next.
"Tie Feng. He is one of the primary principal persons-in-charge of the Tie Family," Gu Bing introduced.
"Please, take a seat—" Su Chen gestured, instructing Zero to pour two cups of tea. Without indulging in excessive pleasantries, he rapidly cut straight to the core topic, "Asking Your Excellency to co over is precisely because I wanted to ask if you knew about Forging-Life Mineral Veins and Void Stars."
"I know," Tie Feng responded concisely.
"Let's talk about the Forging-Life Mineral Vein first," Su Chen said.
"Forging-Life Mineral... is a type of active living tal. The highly refined Forging-Life Mineral is frequently utilized as an auxiliary, supporting material in creating high-tier weapons." When Tie Feng first started speaking, he was still intermittently stuttering, but the more he spoke, the more fluent he beca:
"It is generally exclusively produced in Yinshuang, Zhuhuo, and several other cities bordering the Bronze Core Mountains."
Su Chen nodded thoughtfully. "Does this kind of mineral vein possess a certain specific core?"
"A core, huh..." Tie Feng's expression changed slightly. "Correct, but they are exclusively birthed uniquely within ultra-massive mineral veins. They fundantally belong to the category of mutated tals, practically possessing innate life characteristics! If used strictly to forge a weapon, they can even bestow the weapon with self-repairing attributes!"
"Is it highly precious?"
"Exceedingly precious!" Tie Feng nodded heavily. "If you thoroughly intend to purchase one, a single core requires roughly fifty million gold."
"That expensive..." Su Chen clicked his tongue lightly. It was vastly more agonizingly expensive than the requirents for advancing to his top-tier main classes.
But this was exactly the unique advantage of special classes! Upon successful acquisition, they almost continuously exerted their effects permanently. Furthermore, the higher the main class tier, the more pronounced and notable an effect they provided.
'I absolutely cannot use classes to sell for money again, right? The 3rd-tier top-tier classes I've currently acquired definitely absolutely cannot be sold; otherwise, it would be far too easy for others to completely discover my weaknesses.'
'Then that exclusively leaves the [Mystic Artificer] and the [Psionic Adept].' He was sowhat hesitant. These two classes were genuinely quite robustly powerful, especially the [Mystic Artificer].
"You can exchange for it—" Gu Bing reminded in a low voice.
"Exchange?" Su Chen looked over.
"Right." Gu Bing nodded. "Didn't you capture a Priest of Black Buddha? This rit isn't small! Since it's produced in the lower-tier cities, the Adjudication Court definitely has stock internally. Exchanging it for this core shouldn't be a major issue."
"Oh right, I almost forgot about that completely." Su Chen was suddenly enlightened. Although Chief Inquisitor You was technically the one who caught him, a figure of that level lacked any need for such trivial rits, and had long stated it would be entirely credited to him.
Having resolved one requirent, Su Chen's mood improved significantly. He continued asking, "What about the Fragnt of the Void Star? Exactly what kind of item is this?"
"The Fragnt of the Void Star is the core of an extraterrestrial teorite," Tie Feng explained.
"teorite core..." Su Chen was sowhat astonished. "Does the Adjudication Court have any?"
"Yingfeng has it, but the Adjudication Court does not," Tie Feng clarified. "One piece was discovered four years ago and is currently stored within the Resource Depository. It's continuously being slowly fragnted; roughly every three or four months, a single fragnt flows out."
"Its universal applicability is exceedingly broad. It can be used to forge weapons, concoct potions, and even act as a substitute material for certain specific class requirents. Every ti a piece flows out, while I wouldn't call it a crazed frenzy, the number of people bidding on it absolutely isn't small."
'It's not easy to acquire...' Su Chen practically only extracted these few words. Slightly puzzled, he asked, "What does bidding an in this context?"
"This is a specific allocation thod employed by the Resource Depository," Tie Feng explained. "The absolute vast majority of conventional resources are allocated directly to the major assorted institutions according to set regulations. However, for certain exceedingly scarce materials that all factions desire, the Resource Depository doesn't want to offend anyone, so they simply bring it out for open bidding."
"Oh—" Su Chen was instantly enlightened. He repeatedly warned Tie Feng to pay close attention as to when exactly the next Fragnt of the Void Star would flow out.
The sky had already grown dark. Su Chen originally intended to invite the two to stay for a al, but Tie Feng repeatedly declined. Thus, Gu Bing—who had wanted to stay—also had no choice but to see him out first.
"The place to exchange rits is the Internal Affairs Departnt..." Su Chen checked the ti and simply headed down into the basent, preparing to go take a look tomorrow morning instead.
"...These few requirents... it would be absolutely best to mash them all together, so I don't have to extract dedicated specific ti exclusively to complete them..." Su Chen continuously pondered over this matter.
Early the next morning, he imdiately headed toward the Internal Affairs Departnt. It was specifically responsible for dispensing and assigning active duty missions, practically capable of mobilizing every single mber of the entire Adjudication Court. Its authority was imnsely massive.
Early in the morning, a massive crowd had already gathered inside. So had returned from the lower-tier cities to report on their duties, while others were preparing to head toward the lower-tier cities to execute missions.
"To surprisingly dispatch us to a city suspected of harboring Evil God Cult activities..." Several Inquisitors walked out with bitterly sullen faces. "Why couldn't they assign us so lucrative missions like investigating smuggling rings or sothing..."
"Your Excellency Su Chen—" Spotting Su Chen, the few of them hurriedly stood straight.
Su Chen nodded slightly, stepping into the Internal Affairs Departnt. A low, rumbling cacophony of noise flooded into his ears. The main hall here was easily several tis larger than the Class Analysis Departnt's, and the volu of personnel traversing back and forth was exceedingly high.
Su Chen found a staff mber, who similarly led him up to the second floor to wait for specialized service personnel.
This fundantally was precisely the place where High-level Inquisitors accepted missions. Everyone's expressions were exceptionally solemn and stern; so returning to report their duties were even still entirely wrapped in specially manufactured bandages.
It didn't take long before the door was opened. A man with a broad body, chubby build, and an amiable, genial smile walked in.
"Apologies for the long wait." He walked forward, smiling as he said: "I am the active Deputy Director of the Internal Affairs Departnt, Xue Fei."
'It's him...' Su Chen naturally firmly rembered this uniquely specific person. Back when they were interrogating Teng Liang at the Judgnt Departnt, this guy uniquely had not spared any sarcastic remarks.
Not only was he an active Deputy Director, but he was also an Honorary Director, and fundantally a 5th-tier professional!
"I didn't expect Deputy Director Xue to personally arrive here," Su Chen said, registering his astonishnt.
"A Core Seed... and furthermore, it is specifically Your Excellency! Naturally, absolute importance must be attached." Xue Fei fully smiled genially. "If you have absolutely any requirents, feel free to tell !"
"It's nothing, just feeling bored and ca over simply to have a look." Su Chen shook his head. "I'm leaving right now."
"Feeling bored." Xue Fei's amiable smile deepened. "Why the severe rush? How about having a solid stroll around the Internal Affairs Departnt alongside ?"
"I won't delay your busy work anymore. I'm leaving, no need to see out." Su Chen walked out directly.
Xue Fei tenaciously escorted him strictly to the main entrance. Watching Su Chen leave, his smile gradually withdrew. Letting out a cold snort, he finally turned around and headed back.
'To actually run into this guy.' Su Chen secretly shook his head. The man harbored hostility toward Teng Liang, so nine tis out of ten, he wouldn't hold any good attitude toward Su Chen either. Exposing his specific requirents to him might just unnecessarily cause trouble out of nothing.
"I'll directly seek out the higher-ups—this will save from dealing with unexpected problems." Su Chen turned and headed toward the deeper recesses of the Adjudication Court.
Chong Jingtian wasn't in the Adjudication Court, so he found Jiang Shumo.
"Exchanging for a Core of the Forging-Life Mineral Vein? Let check—"
Jiang Shumo sat behind his office desk, swiping across the projected virtual screen. He quickly located the target, feeling sowhat astonished. "This item is quite rare. We uniquely only have a single piece in stock... to think it actually requires 120,000 contribution points."
"You captured the Priest of Black Buddha, which can be converted to 100,000 contribution points. You're still short 20,000, but you also have the rit of reporting the Divine Blood, so it's roughly enough." Jiang Shumo's tone was casual. "I'll have the people from the Internal Affairs Departnt deliver it to you."
For the middle and lower-tier mbers, the contribution system was extrely strict. If you lacked contribution points, you couldn't exchange for it; there simply was no way around it.
But for a Chief Inquisitor, erasing a shortfall simply required a single word.
"There shouldn't be any problems coming from the Internal Affairs Departnt's side, right?" Su Chen hinted.
"Are you referring to Xue Fei?" Jiang Shumo chuckled. "You're genuinely far too overly cautious. Xue Fei and Teng Liang have so conflicts, but not to the extent of deliberately targeting you."
"Even if you directly went to him to perform the exchange, he would still give you whatever he ought to give you."
Su Chen smiled without speaking. Whether he would or wouldn't, being slightly more cautious was never a mistake.
Just as he was preparing to stand up and take his leave, Jiang Shumo suddenly asked: "Right, do you know your own origins?"
Su Chen's heart skipped a beat, completely uncomprehending. "What origins?"
"Your origins before becoming a refugee—" Jiang Shumo spoke casually, but his gaze was deathly fixed upon Su Chen's face. "I investigated out of curiosity these past few days and discovered you were originally soone from 'Yashan City'."
"Yashan City?" Su Chen was blank.
"A completely annihilated and destroyed city," Jiang Shumo said offhandedly. "Don't you rember? That is precisely the place where you were born."
"I don't rember." Su Chen shook his head. The previous owner's mories completely lacked any details regarding his origins, and he cared even less.
"Mm, it's not a major issue anyway, go on back." Jiang Shumo waved his hand.
"Sorry for troubling you." Su Chen stood up, offered his greetings, and imdiately departed from the office.
...
"Beep, beep—"
Inside the Internal Affairs Departnt, Xue Fei's wristband vibrated, indicating a temporary ssage. He pulled up the virtual screen; it was a direct order stemming from a Chief Inquisitor.
"...Core of the Forging-Life Mineral Vein, so that's how it is..." Xue Fei swept a glance over it, his expression sinking slightly.
"Director Xue, what happened?" Wei Yufan, sitting exactly opposite him, asked.
"It's nothing." Xue Fei extinguished the virtual screen, laughing genially. "Earlier today, an interesting matter happened. Teng Liang's little junior brother—Su Chen—ca to the Internal Affairs Departnt. He didn't ntion having any business, and instantly turned around and left the very mont he saw ."
"So it turns out he wanted to manually exchange for an item. He was probably terrified I would deliberately create obstacles for him. The youngsters nowadays truly are—" He shook his head.
"Su Chen?" Hearing this na, Wei Yufan's brows explicitly furrowed. He asked, "What exactly is he trying to exchange for?"
"Core of the Forging-Life Mineral Vein..." Xue Fei instantly replied. "This item possesses highly significant value. Our Adjudication Court currently only has exactly a single piece in stock."
"Is that so..." Wei Yufan spoke with profoundly deep implications: "What if I were to exchange for it a single step ahead of him?"
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