My profession is too unique.

Chapter 123 The Death of Chu Xuan: An Unpredictable Situation

Gu Bing's hands were trembling slightly. By having the Gu family act as intermediaries to contact other forces, they were already able to reap some benefits.

The disposal of part of the Pang family's assets also represents a kind of trust. Gu Bing did not expect that her investment in Su Chen would yield returns so quickly.

After seeing Gu Bing off, as dusk settled, Su Chen arrived at the potion storage room, which had been completely renovated.

Gu Bing had come to deliver medicine to him.

“Earthly Fiends…” Su Chen picked up a tube of yellowish-brown liquid. This was a physical enhancement drug extracted from a special mineral called copper-iron.

One tube costs 40,000 gold coins on the market. Even if the Gu family buys in bulk, it will cost 30,000 gold coins. He needs to consume at least seven or eight tubes a month. And this is just for the physical enhancement medicine. The Gu family is already struggling to make ends meet.

When you open your mouth and pour it in, it has a gritty, grainy texture, like rusty molten iron, and it feels like your muscles are being pierced by needles.

"Silver Lotus Spirit Water..." is a mental enhancement potion. It looks like mercury, tastes sweet, and gradually activates mental energy.

He finished with a mouthful of Glazed Blood, and he could clearly feel that its effect had been greatly reduced.

Upon entering the gravity chamber, retrieve two documents, each over ten pages long, from the bracelet. One of them features a peculiar posture, either lying down or reclining, and is classified as a D-level "Crouching Tiger Body Tempering Method."

The other document depicts some special symbols and is classified as Grade D [Sanskrit Sound Breaking the Void Meditation Method].

New physical training methods, new meditation techniques, new potions…

The training methods for level D are much more complex, and it took Su Chen some time to get the basics down.

"Hopefully Chu Xuan will be wise; killing a core seed will cause quite a stir," Su Chen couldn't help but think.

……

A group of people were still gathered in front of Chu Xuan's villa. They had been defeated by Su Chen, but that was because Su Chen was too strong, not because Chu Xuan was weak.

Although he still hasn't redeemed himself, Chu Xuan is still a promising talent.

The door was opened, and Chu Yunze walked out with a wry smile. "He won't see anyone."

"What's going on? Is Brother Chu alright?" someone asked as they approached.

"The injury is nothing serious," Chu Yunze replied, but seeing that everyone's expressions didn't change, he realized that they weren't asking about the injury, but rather about Chu Xuan's state of mind.

On the stage, Chu Xuan's mentality had clearly collapsed. If he were to become completely defeated, it would be best to say so sooner rather than later, so that everyone could part ways.

Chu Yunze said unhappily, "If there's nothing else, let's call it a day."

The group looked at each other, but didn't say much, and dispersed.

Only Meng Qi, who was standing in the corner, came up, looking still shaken. "I didn't expect Su Chen to be so powerful."

“Yes…” As the core of the group, Chu Yunze and Meng Qi had a good relationship. Hearing this, he nodded and said, “However, Chu Xuan doesn’t seem to be like last time.”

"What Su Chen said to him should have had a significant effect."

"To be framed and still have such magnanimity, such a broad mind, and not be disturbed by external things." Chu Yunze couldn't help but say, "If I were to say now, the person most likely to become the chief judge would be Su Chen."

“That’s right.” Meng Qi nodded in deep agreement, and then said, “I’ll go in and have a chat with my older brother.”

“He won’t even see me.” Chu Yunze shook his head.

Meng Qi said helplessly, "I'll give it a try. I have to get his fighting spirit going."

"That's true." Chu Yunze agreed wholeheartedly. "Then you go."

Meng Qi pushed open the door and went in, while Chu Yunze couldn't help but recall the scene on the arena earlier.

"His tolerance for others is nothing more than this..."

Meng Qi glanced back at the tightly closed door, went up to the second floor, and knocked on the door. There was silence inside, with no response.

Meng Qi was not surprised. His usually timid face showed an indescribable expression. He whispered, "Big brother, I have a way to deal with Su Chen."

A moment later, a hoarse voice came from inside the room, "Come in."

Meng Qi pushed open the door and went in. She saw Chu Xuan lying on the bed, his whole body wrapped in bandages, rubbing his head with a furrowed brow.

Professionals have incredible resilience. Chu Xuan's injuries were severe, but after basic treatment, thanks to his own recovery ability, he was back to his old self in just a few days.

Chu Xuan remained expressionless and said calmly, "From now on, don't even mention dealing with Su Chen. I have no grudge against him."

"Go to Wei Yufan's place less often. Su Chen is right. I was blinded by my obsession and forgot what was most important."

He was truly at his wit's end. He couldn't beat them, he couldn't compete with them. If he didn't adjust his mindset, was he really going to commit suicide?

He was truly impressed... Meng Qi was astonished, but whispered, "You... misunderstood. I didn't express myself accurately. What I meant was that there's a way for you to surpass Su Chen, to surpass him fair and square."

"Oh?" Chu Xuan couldn't help but look over. "Even top-tier professionals can't help you. Do you have a solution?"

Meng Qi nodded solemnly: "...Yes..."

Before he could finish speaking, Chu Xuan's face contorted in rage, and he suddenly smashed his own head against the ground.

Meng Qi was startled. "Are you alright?"

Chu Xuan took a deep breath, his expression gradually softening. "It's nothing, it's probably a side effect of the mental attack I suffered earlier. You can continue."

.........

"...A way to surpass me?" Su Chen's unfocused gaze gradually sharpened as he pondered deeply.

Just now, he wanted to take the opportunity to spy on Chu Xuan's situation and see what the other party was thinking.

The good news is that Chu Xuan seems to have really let go and is no longer fixated on him.

But Meng Qi was rather strange.

This guy wasn't very noticeable, and Su Chen didn't have any specific impression of him, but now that he's suddenly appeared, it feels strange.

"Unfortunately, Chu Xuan is, after all, a top-tier third-tier professional with extremely high mental resilience. If he spyes for too long, he will be discovered. It's estimated that once he fully recovers, this seed will have to be annihilated..."

Su Chen thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, as long as they don't keep an eye on me and cause trouble."

He put the matter aside for the time being and continued his training.

Over the next few days, Gu Zhengting contacted several factions on his behalf, attended numerous banquets, and finally identified three groups.

"The Wang family made their fortune by reselling medicines and have extensive connections in the medicine industry..."

"The Tie family has branches in many lower-level cities, relying on various mineral resources..."

"These two families can control the distribution channels for medicines and metal materials. More importantly, their family influence isn't particularly strong, making them easy to manage..."

Gu Bing continued to explain: "As for the Zhou family and the Sun family, they are both high-ranking members of the city. The gifts they gave were not much, but the main purpose of contacting them was to show that we did not want to be outside the core circle."

"And those contracts you gave us, we've done a rough estimate, and their theoretical value should be around ten million gold coins. If we want to sell them, we'll probably need to reduce the value by forty percent..."

"No need to sell, you can continue operating." Su Chen waved his hand to interrupt. He consumes about five million gold coins a month just for auxiliary potions, so this is only two months' worth of consumption.

He was determined to be a hands-off manager and leave the work to the Gu family.

"I don't really need the money. Oh, by the way, could you help me pay the 100,000 gold coins for logistics?"

"Okay." Gu Bing nodded, noting it down. "Oh, by the way..." Her eyes darted around, a hint of hesitation in her gaze, "My grandfather asked me to ask you if you have time to come over for a meal..."

Before she could finish speaking, she saw Su Chen's expression change, a loud gust of wind howled, arcs of electricity crackled, and he suddenly darted into the basement.

"Wow, wow, such speed..." Gu Bing even forgot what she was going to say, speechless with astonishment.

As he closed the gravity chamber door, Su Chen's expression changed; he sensed that his spiritual seed was about to be annihilated.

"They found out? How could it be so fast? Did he know I planted it?"

Su Chen needed to figure this out, so he dispersed his mental energy and tried to connect with it.

The scene before my eyes blurred, and I heard a series of fierce shouts: "Meng Qi, you're asking for death!"

"I am a core member of the Tribunal, what do you want to do!"

"Where am I?" Su Chen looked around and was filled with surprise and doubt.

This was a dark room. Chu Xuan seemed to be fixed to an iron frame, with several figures shrouded in black robes standing in front of him. Meng Qi was standing in front of him.

But unlike his timid demeanor during the assessment, Meng Qi's face now showed only suppressed excitement.

“Chu Xuan, Chu Xuan, I’ve waited for this opportunity for more than half a year.” Meng Qi paced back and forth. “You almost never leave the courtroom, and even when you do, you’re always surrounded by many people.”

"I've been playing the fool around you for six months, and I'm sick of it."

"You...you..." Chu Xuan was filled with shock and anger. "If you kill me, the court will definitely investigate Ying Feng thoroughly."

“Of course, of course…” Meng Qi said nonchalantly, “Killing people like you isn’t very cost-effective. We only need to kill you at certain specific times.”

"Besides, who said I was going to kill you?" Meng Qi revealed a sinister smile.

Su Chen felt a chill run down his spine. Through Chu Xuan's peripheral vision, he noticed that someone was bending over and drawing something on his body.

Beneath the black robe, slender fingernails were stained with a small amount of transparent, whitish liquid from the bronze container.

There was only a tiny amount of liquid, but no matter how much you clung to it, it never seemed to diminish.

"It was this thing that nearly annihilated my spiritual seed." Su Chen realized that the closer the other party got to the end of the drawing, the more violently his spiritual seed trembled.

Amidst Chu Xuan's roar, the drawing was finally completed.

The surrounding scenery became extremely blurry, his spiritual seed was almost annihilated, and Su Chen could not see what the other party had drawn.

But one could see that the black-robed man who slowly stood up had no facial features.

"The Faceless Man is indeed a follower of the Ghost God!" Su Chen was shocked. Only a follower of the Ghost God could create such a bizarre scene.

“We can begin,” the faceless ghost follower said in a low voice as he stepped aside.

"The believer is very respectful, so this guy must be of high status. How did he get into the court?" Su Chen wondered.

Meng Qi took a deep breath and began to chant, but Su Chen couldn't understand the lyrics.

But as the lyrics grew louder, gray-white chains gradually appeared on Meng Qi and Chu Xuan's bodies, as if they were rooted in their bodies, with some kind of substance faintly flowing between them.

Meng Qi's body began to twist, and a large number of symbols appeared on the surface of her skin. Her entire body seemed to be made up of symbols, while Chu Xuan let out a painful wail.

"This is...!"

Under Su Chen's horrified gaze, Meng Qi's melted facial features were reshaped and gradually became like Chu Xuan, with her height, hair color, and skin color all converging.

"Is this the Faceless Demon's ability?" Su Chen felt a chill run down his spine; this change was clearly not a simple disguise.

"call…"

The transformation finally ended, the gray chains between them disappeared, and "Chu Xuan" exhaled, stretched his limbs, and let out a comfortable groan, "As expected of the Black Jade talent, top-tier third rank..."

“The God of Deception…you actually…” Chu Xuan’s voice became extremely weak, “you actually colluded with the God of Deception.”

Following Chu Xuan's gaze and looking down, Su Chen noticed that Chu Xuan's body was emaciated, as if it had been drained dry.

“...Truly worthy of being a top-tier profession…” Meng Qi exclaimed, his body gradually changing as it was enveloped in blood flames.

"Can it even replace a profession?" Su Chen was increasingly surprised.

Chu Xuan's expression froze, clearly shocked as well; such a method was simply unheard of.

He shouted angrily, "Who are you? A follower of the Faceless Demon, you could never do something like this!"

“Unfortunately, the spiritual body cannot be disguised yet…” Meng Qi shook his head and transformed back into his own appearance.

He pondered, "Hmm, who's next? Su Chen... He seems very powerful, and Hei Tuo covets him. I'm also curious to know what secrets he holds."

"Unfortunately, he's also a recluse; you can't even predict when he'll go out. That's a bit of a hassle."

“This guy has his eye on me…” Su Chen felt a chill in his heart.

"You want to deal with Su Chen?" Chu Xuan sneered repeatedly, already foreseeing his own end. Although his heart was filled with sorrow, he still gritted his teeth.
"Wishful thinking! His cunning far surpasses mine. You will die with nowhere to hide!"

It seemed that only with Su Chen could he dispel his resentment and fear of death.

"How am I scheming..." Su Chen muttered, while Chu Xuan seemed to be bravely facing death and did not beg for mercy.

Unperturbed by these words, Meng Qi turned to the believer beside her and asked, "Has the blood of the Black Tortoise been found?"

The Faceless Ghost follower shook his head: "No, because of Liu Chen's death, we're not letting them move around. The Black Pagoda followers are going crazy lately."

Meng Qi nodded: "After I go back, I will also challenge a core seed to improve my status. It should be easier for me to act than the Black Tuo believers."

With almost nothing in sight, Su Chen struggled to maintain his mental connection, only able to hear Meng Qi's last words.

"I will find the Black Tuo Divine Blood as soon as possible and find a way to control the Divine Blood from those Black Tuo believers, otherwise... it will be difficult to take that stone tablet out."

“Yes…” The Faceless Ghost follower nodded, then looked at the weakened Chu Xuan, “What about him?”

"The death of a core seed could cause a huge uproar..."

……

The seed of his spirit has been completely extinguished, and no one knows what will become of Chu Xuan.

Su Chen came to his senses and remained silent for a long time.

"Although these guys are cooperating, they each have their own agendas. This thing, which we don't know what it is, is it after the stone slab? What stone slab?"

"I don't know if reporting it will work, but oh well, I'll figure out how to report it first."

"No," Su Chen shook his head again, "If we only target him, he might notice something amiss... We might as well report them all..."

"And that Black Tuo Divine Blood, and the method of controlling that divine blood..."

He held the Black Camel God's Blood in his hand. Although it wasn't exactly a hot potato, it could still be considered a means to control it if there was a way to do so.

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes. "No one can find the Black Tuo followers faster than me."

(End of this chapter)