"Evolved?" Su Chen swept his gaze over the massive amount of information before him. Not only did it evolve, but it was a double leap, directly reaching the level of Priest.
Special professions were unlike sequence professions, which had clear classification standards such as 1st-tier, 2nd-tier, and 3rd-tier, because the vast majority of them did not involve an amplification in strength.
However, so special professions could also advance, showcasing an increase in professional intensity.
Ordinary believers were considered cannon fodder, but Fanatics were different. Not only did they hold a certain status within the Evil God Cults, but they could even rely on the power of the Evil God to additionally strengthen themselves.
There was even less need to ntion a Priest; their status was far more revered, and they even possessed the power of life and death over lower-ranking believers.
"Why am I here?" Zhao Hong suddenly reacted, only to discover Su Chen in front of him.
"S-Section Chief Su?" he called out hesitantly.
"I was just about to ask you that," Su Chen snapped out of his daze, also wearing a strange expression.
"Crap, it's that thing!" Zhao Hong's expression changed drastically. Not even having the ti to explain, he hurriedly rushed toward the upper level.
"Becoming a Priest all at once, I suppose I can be considered a high-level figure among the followers of Black Buddha—" Su Chen closed the door and speculated, "That corrupting consciousness is probably the entity hiding within the statue of Black Buddha."
"Truly wicked enough." Su Chen silently reminded himself to raise his vigilance regarding anything related to Evil Gods in the future.
This sort of covert erosion couldn't do anything to him, but the capability to kill him head-on definitely existed within Black Buddha and the believers under its command.
"This Black Buddha has probably set its sights on . Let's see if there's still anything left inside that statue." Expressing slight hesitation, Su Chen locked his door tightly and attempted to transform into a Priest of Black Buddha.
His hair receded, and his eyes gradually turned pitch-black. A vertical slit faintly cracked open in his pupils, while black patterns spread across his cheeks, further coalescing into a black vertical pupil at the top of his head.
His entire person exuded an aura of eerie malevolence, and the surrounding air rippled continuously.
"If Old Xia saw this, he'd probably step right up and place righteousness above family loyalty." Looking at himself in the mirror, Su Chen comprehended it carefully. "My perception range has indeed expanded, but no knowledge whatsoever has surfaced in my mind—"
Perhaps because it was ultimately just a "Disguise," Su Chen didn't obtain the ability to converse with Black Buddha.
As for the spaceship, it no longer contained that sensation which attracted him.
"The statue of Black Buddha is truly clean now."
He was certain that the corrupting consciousness was the remaining entity. The sound of a commotion ca from outside. Releasing his disguise, Su Chen opened the door and found that the corridor was full of people.
"What's going on?" Spotting Du Yu, Su Chen pulled him over and asked.
"I don't know. The two special envoys issued an order effectively asking everyone to not stay in their rooms and ensure they can see each other."
Du Yu didn't understand either.
It must have been the supervision guard's report that put Yang Yan and Gu Bing on high alert. Su Chen understood this clearly in his heart.
"Are you alright?" Yang Yan and Gu Bing ca rushing over, warmly inquiring about Su Chen's well-being.
Having learned from Zhao Hong's report that he had inexplicably appeared in front of Su Chen's door, they were startled.
If anything happened to Su Chen, Xia Hanshi would skin them alive upon returning. Upon finding out that Zhao Hong had no issues, they ca to examine Su Chen.
Having inspected him ticulously for a few hours and seemingly confird that there were no problems, the two finally allowed him to go back.
This small interlude caused people to be anxious, but Su Chen was thoroughly relieved. From the luggage compartnt, he retrieved the small tal box that Yuan Chenyang had stuffed into his hands prior to boarding.
Beep—Following a simple fingerprint verification, a cold white fog spilled out from the opening gap in all directions. Neatly arrayed inside were the Mist Fiend Potions and Illusion Essence.
Su Chen roughly counted them; there was a total of fifty tubes, likely enough for him to use until they arrived at Yingfeng. He couldn't help sighing: "Old Yuan is very generous."
Unfortunately, Glazed Blood had a monthly quota, so even Old Yuan found it difficult to squeeze out too much on short notice. He had already drunk more than ten vials previously.
Even at the 2nd-tier, it could raise his developntal efficiency by twenty-five to thirty percent. Licking his lips, he felt sowhat nostalgic.
He deposited this private stash into his Storage Space. Although there wasn't a Gravity Room on board the ship, he still had to train; it rely ant the efficiency would decay sowhat.
Boom!
A few days later, the spaceship experienced a bout of tremors, and Gu Bing's gentle voice traveled over the broadcast: "Everyone, we have arrived at the Ruins. We won't stay here for more than half an hour. If you'd like to step out and take a look, please do so quickly."
"The Ruins?" Su Chen felt highly curious in his heart as well. After packing up slightly, he stepped out of his room and noticed the others also walking around the corridor and discussing enthusiastically, evidently wanting to go out and see too.
"Old Su—" Du Yu greeted.
"Su—" Zhang Hengyu also walked over. Before the word 'Brother' could leave his mouth, he spotted his beaming old father in front of him, and it could only turn into an awkward "Martial Uncle Su."
Zhang Yunqing fell back a few steps, truly not wanting to bump into Su Chen.
"The Ruins, huh. I haven't seen them with my own eyes yet." Du Yu was quite excited, continuously rubbing his palms together.
The mont the crowd arrived at the gangway area, Su Chen heard continuous exclamations of amazent coming from the front.
Raising his eyes to look, his expression couldn't help shifting either. In the distance, a massive chanical fortress was clearly visible, taking the form of a do. Under the illumination of the surrounding high-beam spotlights, its tal exterior glead with a cold reflection.
The exposed tal structure occasionally sparked with electrical arcs, while smoke from gunpowder and tal wreckage rose up in the surroundings.
"So these are the Ruins," Su Chen murmured. A chanical fortress of such magnitude—was it truly sothing this planet could build?
"This is a chanical-side ruin. There are also the mystic side, the biological side, and so on," Zhang Hongbo explained, appearing at an unknown ti.
"chanical-side ruins roughly produce so rare items of technology, firearms and the like, and possibly even formulas for high-level potions."
"Is that so." Su Chen's gaze stared fixedly at the tal construct exposed on the ground.
"What took you so long."
A familiar voice echoed out. Subconsciously turning his head, Su Chen was inevitably stunned: "Teacher, why are you here?"
The crowd avoided him, forming an empty zone around Xia Hanshi's periter.
"I was rely passing by. Finding out that a riot broke out here again, I took action to suppress it," Xia Hanshi said plainly.
"Why don't you explore it then? It shouldn't be difficult for you, right?" Su Chen asked curiously.
Xia Hanshi shook his head, "It's not that simple; exploration is not destruction. If it were a formal exploration, we would need to dispatch a massive amount of personnel to advance layer by layer. Without three months to half a year, this ruin simply wouldn't be figured out."
Zhang Hongbo had already headed down to et up with Feng Chang, who had been constantly stationed here.
He was the minister of the City Patrol Departnt. Ideally, he should have been rotated a long ti ago, but with Yuan Chenyang being urgently dispatched away, he could only remain stationed here.
At the very first glance of Zhang Hongbo, he was visibly sowhat shocked.
No one knew what the two were talking about. This seemingly steady City Patrol Minister acting jumpy and startled eventually beca completely dumbfounded, staring blankly toward this side.
"Teacher, wait," Seeing that Xia Hanshi was also preparing to leave, Su Chen hurriedly called out to stop him. The last ti, Old Xia left far too decisively; there were still so matters he hadn't asked about.
"What's the matter?" Xia Hanshi looked over.
Pondering, Su Chen asked: "Over in Yingfeng, to your knowledge, is there any professional sequence similar to the 【Scholar】 or the 【Sage】?"
"Scholar? Sage?"
Xia Hanshi's previously sowhat casual expression abruptly stagnated. Turning around suddenly, brilliant light overflowed from his eyes, harboring a certain type of expectation suppressed beneath his slightly muffled voice.
"Why would you suddenly ask about this?"
Su Chen rely felt that Old Xia was being a little weird right now, but he didn't dwell on it and said matter-of-factly, 'These sorts of special professions can augnt training thods and increase efficiency, which is why I was wanting to ask whether there are any similar ones.'
Boom!
As his voice trailed off, a blazing aura suddenly exploded from Old Xia's body. The nearby crowd who had yet to get off the gangway swayed from side to side, practically stumbling to the ground.
Before Su Chen could react, his vision blurred, and he had already returned to his room. Xia Hanshi was staring at him with a burning gaze: "You have already advanced into these two professions?"
"Mhm." Su Chen gave an exceedingly cautious nod, deducing that sothing wasn't quite right.
"I should have thought of this earlier—to think I actually didn't ask you." Xia Hanshi mumbled. From the very beginning when he had arrived in Nanfeng City, he knew that Su Chen had pulled up related information on the 【Scholar】.
But the difficulty of advancing into this profession—he understood it intimately in his heart. Given Su Chen's age, it was nearly impossible to achieve. As a result, he eventually threw that thought to the back of his mind.
"What's wrong?" Su Chen was perplexed.
"Was it a Forced Advancent? Or a normal advancent? Or a Perfect Advancent?" Xia Hanshi didn't answer and pressed him with questions instead.
"Hear—" The words were right at Su Chen's lips, yet swerved once more: "They were both Forced Advancents. It's just that my luck was slightly better."
"Even a Forced Advancent is extrely outstanding." Xia Hanshi wasn't overly surprised, bearing a complex expression: "No wonder your talent remained undiscovered previously; it must have elevated again. Your luck isn't bad."
"Do these two professions hold a secret?" Su Chen asked once more.
"Correct." Xia Hanshi nodded, speaking in a low voice: "These professions are capable of increasing talent postnatally. They're exceedingly rare. Nearly everyone would attempt the advancent, but the difficulty is astronomically high."
"Furthermore, they seem to be a series, perhaps even the prerequisite requirent for a certain profession." It was only then that Xia Hanshi revealed, "Yingfeng has been continuously researching them, but the information currently obtained isn't much."
A series? A prerequisite requirent? Su Chen trembled slightly in his heart.
Xia Hanshi carefully pondered: "The Scholar was the very first to be discovered. Its advancent conditions are also exceptionally stringent. The Sage demands a taller requirent regarding talent. A few months ago, the Class Decoding Departnt over there managed to decipher the Saint. However, I have no idea about the specifics."
"Even you don't know?" Su Chen inevitably felt disappointed.
"It's not like I am omnipotent." Xia Hanshi said coldly. "After the Class Decoding Departnt deciphered it, it was shelved and put away on a high pedestal. There are no lack of people who are extrely curious and want to investigate, but all of them were rebuffed and rejected."
"The Class Decoding Departnt is that powerful?" Su Chen asked in astonishnt.
"No one is willing to inadvertently offend the Class Decoding Departnt." As Xia Hanshi provided an explanation, Su Chen gradually grew to understand.
The Class Decoding Departnt is another extrely important organization within Yingfeng. Its personnel are sparse, falling under the direct jurisdiction of the Council of Elders, giving them a highly venerated status.
They specialize in deciphering the Saint Word Stones excavated from ruins, as well as translating ancient languages.
As for the professions controlled by Yingfeng, more than seventy percent were deciphered by the Class Decoding Departnt.
A single mistaken character could cause the appearance of a whole array of problems.
In addition, they wield the most primitive text regarding professions. So advancent requirents even demand specialized adaptations for the current era.
Even during Old Xia's initial advancent, he had made a special trip to the Class Decoding Departnt to conduct detailed research on the profession he was advancing into.
Uncovering nurous hidden micro paraters greatly amplified his success rate in advancent.
"To think there's actually a place like this." Su Chen's expression was incredibly odd.
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