Even though he had observed the emotional reactions of many classes from the panel before, Su Chen still couldn't help but sigh with emotion this ti: It can actually be like this.
Keep up the good work, everyone.
Su Chen thought to himself. This was equivalent to getting a class for free.
"What are you thinking about, so engrossed?" Seeing Su Chen not responding for a long while, Sang Hanhai called out.
"Oh..." Su Chen snapped back to reality. "I was thinking, this kind of class is best used in conjunction with a rapid-recovery type class. Does the Class Decoding Departnt have any?"
"Do you think of our place as a treasure chest?" Sang Hanhai was speechless. "To repair injuries, you need the assistance of a dical Master. As for the extrely fast self-recovery kind you ntioned, if we had it, you would have known long ago."
"Besides, according to what Tang Chen said, the more severe the injuries, the higher the enhancent. If you heal the injuries, wouldn't the enhancent be gone?"
"I’m guessing the best situation to use this class in should be when lightly wounded."
Although Sang Hanhai sounded disdainful, this class wasn't truly garbage, or else the Class Decoding Departnt wouldn't have accepted it.
"Alright then."
Not getting the rapid self-recovery class he wanted, Su Chen was visibly disappointed.
After chatting idly with Sang Hanhai for a bit and asking him to look into whether there were any other decent special classes, he picked up his case and took his leave.
Returning to his residence, Su Chen went to the Gravity Room. His ntal energy drifted, automatically pulling the door shut.
"Spirit Adept..." Su Chen's eyes flashed. Opening the case, he reached out and grabbed a drifting portion of Essence of Spirituality. It darted around in his hand like a swimming fish.
Spirit Adept—Advance!
Su Chen's heart stirred. That wisp of Essence of Spirituality trembled violently at his fingertips. The pale gold energy body began to flow in reverse, spreading upwards along the veins of his finger bones. Wherever it passed, a faint prickling sensation arose.
At the very instant it surged into his skull, Su Chen's pupils suddenly erupted with a pale gold radiance, as though bone-chilling ice had lted into liquid and blended into his mind.
【Spirit Adept advancent successful. Gained professional ability—Spirit Body: Skill proficiency acquisition rate increased by 50%.】
"Another 50%." Su Chen caught his breath. With his current level, the reaction from taking this class wasn't intense, and he quickly adapted to it.
"I wonder if it has reached the Crimson level." After adapting for a mont, Su Chen brought out the talent testing device and placed both hands on it. As before, two rays of inky-black radiance shone, but they were now as deep as ink oil.
"It hasn't reached it... It seems the gap has widened quite a bit. But judging by this color, it should have reached the absolute limit of Ink Jade." Su Chen was already ntally prepared and wasn't disappointed. Talent was different from professional tiers; it was a linear progression, not a sudden leap.
"As for this remaining portion of Essence of Spirituality, I'll hide it for now." Su Chen closed the box and tossed it into his storage space. "Using only one portion to advance might not necessarily be a good thing in the eyes of Old Chong and the others."
……
"The Council of Elders has finished their discussions and finalized an initial plan."
Early the next morning in the central conference room of the Adjudication Court, Chong Jingtian's expression was grave. Xia Hanshi sat on his left, with Jiang Shumo and the others seated in sequence. The opposite side, however, was completely empty.
"According to preliminary intelligence gathered, the scale of the Faceless Ghost believers is abnormally massive. the Evil God statue's height reaches three thousand ters."
An image was projected before them. Within the hazy mist, faceless figures wearing cloaks were slowly advancing. The gargantuan Evil God statue could faintly be seen.
Even without facing it directly with their own eyes, that oppressive feeling rushed right at their faces.
"To be conservative, including myself, we will mobilize four elders, leaving one back to guard Yingfeng," Chong Jingtian said in a deep voice. "At the sa ti, the Security Bureau will also draw out seventy percent of its personnel."
"We have already ordered the lower-tier cities to draw out fifty percent of their manpower to co in support and form an allied force."
"Xia Hanshi and Lei Tieyan will guard the Adjudication Court. The rest of you will set out with in a few days. The remaining Inquisitors are already on their way back after being recalled."
Naturally, no one had any opinions regarding these standard orders. Jiang Shumo pondered for a mont and then asked, "Then how do we deal with Wu Chenpei?"
Even if Yingfeng wasn't sending out its entire force, it was pretty close. Leaving only one elder behind to guard, Wu Chenpei was a ticking ti bomb. They didn't trust this person.
"Wu Chenpei..." Chong Jingtian's eyes narrowed into slits. Seeming to sense sothing, he swallowed back the words he was about to say and stated indifferently, "He's here."
The others also sensed it. They retracted their expressions one by one and looked toward the door.
Not long after, a knock echoed, and Wu Chenpei pushed the door open and entered. His gaze swept over everyone, pausing on Xia Hanshi's body, before looking toward Chong Jingtian: "Chief, for what matter have you sought ?"
"Please, have a seat." Chong Jingtian gestured with his hand. Only then did it suddenly dawn on Jiang Shumo that the opposite side had been left for Wu Chenpei.
Wu Chenpei sat down, exchanging greetings with the others. His gaze slowly fell upon Xia Hanshi. "Long ti no see, Chief Inquisitor Xia. Your elegant deanor remains the sa."
"It cannot compare to yours," Xia Hanshi replied indifferently.
The atmosphere between the two was faintly amiss. Chong Jingtian broke it at the right mont, saying mildly, "Holy Envoy, inviting you here this ti is to request Your Excellency to lend a hand."
"Oh?" Wu Chenpei looked utterly surprised. "Are there still matters that require my help?"
Seeing him playing dumb, Chong Jingtian didn't get angry either. He slowly stated, "The Faceless Ghost believers' massive army is bearing down on the border. Yingfeng has no choice but to treat this with caution. Your Excellency is a 7th-tier professional, so we hope you can fully assist us."
"This..." Wu Chenpei put on a troubled face. "Although we share a bitter hatred of the enemy, logically speaking, I ought to lend a hand, but—!"
"Old geezer..." Before he could finish, Xia Hanshi interrupted him coldly, completely devoid of politeness. "We have no ti to talk nonsense with you here. Moving forward, we must focus all our attention on the enemy and have no ti to deal with you. Two choices: either lend a hand and help, or we join forces first and kill you."
Wu Chenpei's face turned rigid. Chong Jingtian didn't even look at Xia Hanshi, as if he had long anticipated he would say this, and just stared quietly at Wu Chenpei.
Wu Chenpei withdrew his expression. "Since everyone has spoken so plainly, I can lend a hand and help, but I have one request. First, let Hong Xuan lay eyes on the spirituality."
Chong Jingtian subconsciously frowned.
"The Chief should already understand in his heart that no matter what, Hong Xuan will eventually lay his eyes on the spirituality. Must we really wait until that Su Chen advances to the 4th tier?" Having long prepared his script, Wu Chenpei continued to patiently guide him.
"He still has to wait at least half a year. Furthermore, even if Hong Xuan obtains recognition first, it's not like Su Chen completely lacks an opportunity either."
Although Chong Jingtian resisted inwardly, not wanting Hong Xuan to see the stone slab before Su Chen, it was currently rather troubleso.
With Yingfeng's higher-ups heading out to face the enemy, leaving Wu Chenpei behind was fundantally impossible. Yet naturally, doing as Xia Hanshi said and killing him was also impossible.
This matter had to find an early resolution.
"If we let Hong Xuan view the stone slab, then you are willing to follow us out?" Xia Hanshi suddenly spoke up.
"Correct." Wu Chenpei's tone was resolute. No matter what, this first step must be completed as quickly as possible. The present was precisely the best opportunity.
Given so much ti had passed, the resistance in Chong Jingtian's heart had also declined quite a bit.
"Fine, I promise you." Xia Hanshi made the final decision on Chong Jingtian's behalf.
Hmm? Chong Jingtian's eyebrow twitched. Xia Hanshi certainly hadn't discussed this with him beforehand, but he didn't say anything either.
A look of astonishnt flitted across the eyes of Jiang Shumo and the others.
Agreed?
Wu Chenpei was slightly stunned. The resistance was much less than he had imagined. Chong Jingtian's agreent was within expectations, but he originally thought there would at least be so back-and-forth haggling.
Right after, he began to praise, "Chief Inquisitor Xia is still as decisive as ever."
"Then it's settled," Chong Jingtian said faintly.
Both sides having reached an agreent, Wu Chenpei left in a rather delightful mood.
Only after he had gone far did Jiang Shumo look toward Xia Hanshi, hesitating, "This matter..."
"Is already the best solution available," Chong Jingtian replied with a shake of his head. "As Wu Chenpei said, it's nothing more than the difference of a few days earlier or a few days later."
With Xia Hanshi making the decision for him, it actually saved him from agonizing over it further.
Having said that, he sighed helplessly. "As for Su Chen, he can only wait a bit longer."
"This incident ca up too abruptly, what a pity," Jiang Shumo sighed.
Only then did Xia Hanshi say unhurriedly, "Su Chen has already advanced to the 4th tier."
"Mhm... hm?" Having already gone to think about the next step, Chong Jingtian didn't react imdiately. Only after a beat did he look toward Xia Hanshi and ask in disbelief, "4th tier? Su Chen?"
Jiang Shumo asked in astonishnt, "How could it be so fast? An upper-tier class? Surely it isn't a lower-tier class? But even if it was a lower-tier class, wouldn't that still be a bit too fast?"
You Shan's eyes revealed shock, and a strange color appeared on Lei Tieyan's ordinarily tough, unyielding face.
"A lower-tier class? You all look down on too much." Xia Hanshi scoffed. "I can't tell you the specifics, but it is a class highly compatible with Su Chen. I spent a lot of effort on it, and its intensity isn't low."
Thinking about how Su Chen would from ti to ti give him a surprise, Xia Hanshi deliberately left himself so leeway.
"Then it shouldn't be this fast, either?" Jiang Shumo still found it sowhat unimaginable.
"You don't believe ?" Xia Hanshi's face turned cold. "Or do you think I don't have this capability?"
"Who said I don't believe you." Rebuked, Jiang Shumo felt irritated and snorted coldly. "You do, you're amazing."
"4th tier, if so, then the timing is just right." Chong Jingtian breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, this was good news.
"If that's the case, he's only missing the Spirit Adept," You Shan said.
"Yesterday, Su Chen had already retrieved the two portions of Essence of Spirituality. Later in the evening, he inford Sang Hanhai that he had successfully taken on the Spirit Adept class," Chong Jingtian said. "His luck is pretty good. He completed the advancent without much trouble."
"Oh? How is his talent?" You Shan grew interested.
"Externally it still manifests as Ink Jade, but it's already a double Ink Jade." Chong Jingtian said, his expression rather invigorated. "Hong Xuan's physical side is Crimson, and his ntal side is also Ink Jade. The gap between him and Hong Xuan isn't considered huge."
"Double Ink Jade..." Everyone spaced out for a mont. Had it not been for Hong Xuan's appearance, this would already have been completely unheard of.
Chong Jingtian stood up at once. "There's no ti to lose. Let's finish this matter as quickly as possible. That way, I can also quickly take Wu Chenpei to resist the Faceless Ghost believers."
………
"It's finally my turn."
By mid-afternoon, Ming Lin's expression was invigorated. Having waited in the Adjudication Court's grand hall, he had rushed over imdiately upon receiving the notification.
He already had a premonition that this ti he was being taken to see that stone slab.
Although he had heard from the few who went previously that they would be injured to varying degrees, he had a certain asure of confidence in himself. How many people possessed Ink Jade talent?
And soon, he saw Wei Yufan walking briskly over as well. He seed to have realized it too; as he approached, his face was colored with a few hints of anticipation.
But upon seeing Ming Lin, he swiftly retracted it, returning to an expression as placid as an ancient well.
With him?
Ming Lin pondered inwardly. Based on the people the Chief had summoned recently, there was likely a specific requirent.
The oldest among them was no more than twenty-nine years old, and Wei Yufan had already exceeded this age.
Could his estimation be wrong?
"You're here..." Chong Jingtian descended from upstairs, followed by Xia Hanshi, Jiang Shumo, and the others.
"Chief..."
Ming Lin greeted them one by one, but couldn't help feeling amazed inwardly. Such a grand lineup?
The previous few tis, hadn't the Chief personally taken them alone? No Chief Inquisitor had ever accompanied him.
Wei Yufan also greeted them, but when he t Xia Hanshi's deeply sunken eyes, an involuntary shiver ran through his heart.
He was well aware of Xue Fei's fate. He'd heard that the small squad sent to gather intelligence hadn't made a sound in several days, their survival unknown.
"Teacher, why haven't you returned yet," he couldn't help but think.
Are there more people?
Seeing that there were no more people coming out right after Chong Jingtian and the others responded, Ming Lin waited to the side, speculating inwardly.
"The Inner Court Seeds of the Adjudication Court with Red Gold talent and younger 4th-tier professionals have basically all gone already. Is there anyone else I don't know about?"
After waiting a mont, two figures approached.
"It's them?"
Ming Lin was internally astonished. The newcors were none other than Yuandu's Holy Envoy Wu Chenpei, and Hong Xuan.
Hong Xuan is going too?
He knit his brows. He suddenly connected all the recent events together, and a speculation arose in his mind:
"Could the purpose of the people coming from Yuandu also be for the class recorded on the stone slab?"
"No wonder Hong Xuan had to suppress us in the challenge arena. It was to prove himself."
Thinking up to here, Ming Lin felt intimidated. He understood Hong Xuan's strength clearly; the other party's talent was higher than his own, and he was even two years younger.
Taking it all into account, there was no way he could compete with him.
How could the Chief agree to let this guy go? Then how could anyone else possibly compete? Ming Lin complained inwardly, but he also understood that there must have been things happening that he was unaware of.
"Everyone..." Wu Chenpei greeted them with a smile.
Hong Xuan also spoke up, "Chief, Chief Inquisitors."
Ever since his defeat at Su Chen's hands last ti, he hadn't shown his face for a long ti. Coming here this ti, he had recovered his tranquil and indifferent deanor, greeting Chong Jingtian and the others ticulously.
So this is Hong Xuan... Xia Hanshi swept a glance over him, his eyes flickering with an unknown thought.
"Is there soone else who hasn't arrived?"
Wu Chenpei asked when they would depart, only to be told by Chong Jingtian to wait a bit longer.
"It seems this person has a lot of face, to have everyone wait here for him," Wu Chenpei bantered in a rare mont of levity, adequately showing his cheerful mood.
Chong Jingtian chuckled, but remained silent.
"Who in the world is it?" Ming Lin muttered to himself. Looking outside, he imdiately caught sight of a figure rushing over. His brow initially furrowed as if trying to identify them, and then a look of astonishnt washed over his face. "Su Chen?"
He unintentionally voiced his thought, suspecting sothing was amiss. Why would Su Chen be here? Could it be he had already advanced to the 4th tier?
Wei Yufan's face darkened, but noticing Xia Hanshi's gaze, he hastily lowered his head.
"Teacher, Chief, Chief Inquisitors... My apologies. I was delayed by a sudden matter for a bit." Su Chen darted inside, and seeing the massive crowd before him, he imdiately offered an explanation.
(End of this chapter)
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