Kill one monster, stack one poison, and I alone will poison my way across the world!

The Tianhe City headquarters of the Professionals Chamber of Commerce was brightly lit, and a saleswoman behind the counter was busy organizing receipts.

She looked up and saw a boy wearing a black hood walk up to the counter.

The brim of the hat was pulled low, covering most of his face, with only the well-defined jawline vaguely visible.

"Welcome! How can I help you?"

"I'm looking for Zhang Ze."

Su Chen got straight to the point.

The sales clerk paused for a moment, then looked him up and down.

"Do you have an appointment? The president's schedule is quite full tonight..."

"Just tell him that Su Chen is looking for him."

The sales clerk hesitated for a moment, but seeing his confident tone, she picked up the communicator and whispered a few words.

She quickly put down the microphone, her attitude noticeably becoming more polite.

"President, please go up directly."

Thanks.

Su Chen nodded and turned to walk towards the stairs.

Top floor, president's office.

The solid wood double doors were pushed open, and Su Chen walked in with practiced ease, closing the doors behind him.

Behind his desk, Zhang Ze was looking down at the documents.

Hearing the noise, he looked up and saw that it was Su Chen. A clear look of surprise flashed in his eyes, but he immediately put on a warm smile.

"Oh my, Su Chen! What a rare guest!"

Zhang Ze put down his pen, stood up, walked around the desk, and strode over to greet him. "I was just saying I wanted to contact you!"

He patted Su Chen on the shoulder heavily, his tone full of admiration.

"I've heard about that abyss dungeon. I never expected demons to appear. Thanks to your heroic efforts, Tianhe City would have suffered a repeat of the tragedy that happened in Donghai City!"

Zhang Ze gave a thumbs up, "He kept his achievements hidden afterward, without taking credit or becoming arrogant. He's truly a role model for contemporary young people in Tianhe City!"

Faced with such enthusiastic praise, an ordinary 18-year-old would have been completely overwhelmed.

But Su Chen merely raised his eyelids slightly and replied with a single word:

"oh."

"..."

Zhang Ze's smile froze instantly.

He was caught in a dilemma: should he put his thumb down or not?

This kid...does he even know anything about social etiquette?

I'm at least the branch manager of a prefecture-level city. If I praise you, you could at least humbly say "not at all"!

What's the deal with just an "oh"?

His lips twitched twice, he withdrew his hand, his enthusiasm fading considerably, and asked in an annoyed tone:

"Speak, you wouldn't come here without a reason. What do you want?"

Su Chen walked to the sofa next to the coffee table and sat down. With a flick of his wrist, he opened his backpack.

On the way back to Tianhe City, after picking out a few items, Lin Shiqing gave him all the things she had picked up in the dungeon.

"Splash—"

With a crisp metallic clang, a large pile of materials and equipment emitting various colors of light appeared out of thin air, instantly forming a small mountain on the coffee table.

The originally spacious coffee table was completely filled, and some pieces of equipment even rolled onto the carpet.

Many of the materials are rare, and the equipment ranges from common to gold grade.

Among them, the most dazzling were the more than twenty pieces of equipment that emitted a blinding golden light.

Zhang Ze's eyes widened even more.

He stared intently at the pile of gold-grade equipment, his breathing becoming rapid.

"You...you brat..."

Zhang Ze pointed at the coffee table, his fingers trembling. "You stole the Lin family's warehouse?!"

More than twenty pieces of gold equipment!

This is not a cabbage!

The medium-sized guilds in Tianhe City probably only have this much wealth if all members pool their resources together.

How did a high school senior who hasn't even taken the college entrance exam get so many high-end items?

The only explanation he could think of was that the kid was living off a woman.

"What do you mean?"

Su Chen immediately panicked, "Why would I need to live off that girl?"

Zhang Ze swallowed hard, barely managing to suppress the shock in his heart.

He gave Su Chen a deep look, knowing that this kid definitely had a big secret.

However, as the president of a chamber of commerce, not asking questions that shouldn't be asked is a basic professional quality.

"Okay, as long as the source is legitimate."

Zhang Ze rubbed his hands together, his shrewdness returning. "The materials will still be acquired through the usual procedures. However, these equipment..."

He paused, glancing at the clock on the wall.

"The college entrance exam is tomorrow. After that, the price of low-level equipment will drop by half. I can use the expedited process to get rid of this equipment for you tonight, and I guarantee it will be sold before tomorrow."

"What are the conditions?"

Su Chen hit the nail on the head.

"A 5% handling fee will be added."

Zhang Ze smiled and held up a hand. "After all, it's urgent. The Chamber of Commerce also needs to make some connections and use emergency channels."

Su Chen nodded without hesitation.

"Can."

Five points is reasonable; it's not too bad.

"readily!"

Zhang Ze snapped his fingers, clearly in a good mood.

He continued, "I'll use the expedited process for all the items you consigned last time, including the ones you took the college entrance exam. I'll transfer the money to your account after you finish the exam. Su Chen, is there anything else you need?"

Su Chen calmly said, "The second thing is that I've reached level 20 and need to learn new skills, as you promised me."

The office fell silent instantly.

Zhang Ze's smile froze again.

"What level?"

Zhang Ze kept shaking his head, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! Even if you lived in the instance 24 hours a day, it was impossible..."

His voice stopped abruptly before he could finish speaking.

Su Chen raised his hand and took off the badge on his chest.

The effect of hiding identity information is instantly canceled.

Su Chen

[Level: 20]

[Class: Venomous Mage]

……

Zhang Ze's mouth was open.

He stared at the data returned by the reconnaissance technique for a full ten seconds.

"You little brat..."

Zhang Ze wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile, "This is too weird. I've been in the business world for so many years, and I've never seen such a fast leveling speed."

Su Chen put the badge back on, concealing his level information.

"What's wrong?"

Su Chen raised an eyebrow. "China is so big, has there never been anyone who reached level 20 before the college entrance exam?"

"Of course."

Zhang Ze took a deep breath to calm himself down. "China is a vast and profound country, full of prodigies and geniuses. In the long history of our country, there have even been people who reached nearly level 30 before the college entrance examination."

Zhang Ze paused, looking at Su Chen with a complicated expression.

"However, those who can reach level 20 before the college entrance examination are extremely rare."

"At least, we've never had one in Tianhe City!"

"Besides, most people achieve that by being carried by high-level professionals to fight monsters above their level, using massive amounts of resources. You... you're an orphan!"

Su Chen nodded.

Indeed, this world is teeming with powerful individuals.

If Lin Shiqing can produce a Dark Gold-grade Experience Pill, what about the major families in the capital and Shanghai?

If they use legendary or even god-level items, their experience gain will be faster than a rocket.

Su Chen composed himself and did not dwell on the topic.

He got straight to the point: "Where's the skill stone you promised me?"

"Wait."

Zhang Ze pressed the communicator on the table.

"Bai Zhi, come to my office and bring me a silver-grade skill awakening stone."

Not long after, the office door was knocked open.

Bai Zhi, dressed in a business suit and wearing high heels, walked in.

She saw Su Chen sitting on the sofa, a strange look flashed in her eyes, but she quickly concealed it and respectfully placed an exquisite wooden box on the desk.

"Guild Master, here is the silver-grade skill stone you requested."

"Just leave it there, you can go out now."

After Bai Zhi left, Zhang Ze opened the wooden box.

A rhombus-shaped stone emitting a soft silver glow lay quietly inside.

"Silver-grade skill awakening stone".

Zhang Ze pushed the wooden box towards Su Chen, "As agreed, this is for you. This isn't cheap. And..."

He pointed to the stone.

"The success rate of a level 20 professional using a silver-grade skill stone is seventy percent. As long as you're not unlucky, you should be able to succeed."

Su Chen picked up the silver stone; it felt slightly cool to the touch.

A 70% success rate...that's for ordinary professionals.

As a professional's level increases, the success rate of skill stones decreases.

Level 20 skills are harder to learn than level 10 skills.

His profession is SSS-level. He almost used up all his skill stones when he was learning level 10 skills before. Who knows what the success rate will be this time?

Without hesitation, Su Chen crushed the skill stone in his hand.

"Click."

The silver light instantly transformed into countless points of light, flowing down Su Chen's arm and into his body.

The silver light circulated within Su Chen's body, and then...

With a "poof" sound.

Like a muffled fart that failed to fire, it vanished without a trace.

[Awakening failed after using 1 Intermediate Skill Stone (Silver Grade). No new skill was learned this time!]

Zhang Ze's lips twitched as he watched the dissipating silver light.

Su Chen looked at him with a smile: "Oh dear, Chairman Zhang, my luck is really not good. How about another one?"

"Uh...it's okay, it'll definitely work the second time."

Zhang Ze was taken aback and said into the communicator, "Bai Zhi, bring another silver-grade skill stone."

Another piece of Angelica dahurica was delivered soon after.

Su Chen took it and crushed it.

The silver light swirled, then vanished again with a "poof".

Su Chen coughed dryly and said, "Cough cough... It's normal to fail twice. Things don't happen more than three times. I think the third one will definitely work."

"..."

Zhang Ze's smile became somewhat stiff, and he expressionlessly asked Bai Zhi to bring over a few more pieces.

The third piece.

"puff--"

The fourth piece.

"puff--"

Zhang Ze's face had started to turn green.

The combined market value of those four silver-grade skill stones was already making his heart bleed!

What kind of luck does this kid have?

"Again."

Su Chen stretched out his hand with a self-righteous expression.

Zhang Ze gritted his teeth and had Bai Zhi bring over a fifth piece.

The fifth silver-grade skill stone was crushed.

The silver light surged into Su Chen's body, lingered briefly, and then—

"puff--"

It dissipated as always.

Zhang Ze took a deep breath and stared intently at Su Chen's harmless smiling face.

"etc!"

Zhang Ze slammed his hand on the table, pointed at Su Chen's nose, and said, "You brat! I knew something was off that day!"

Su Chen looked completely innocent: "President Zhang, what's wrong?"

"Don't play dumb with me!"

Zhang Ze was so angry his face was trembling. "You made three requests to me that day! I found it strange then, but why did your second request only ask for one skill stone? So you were just waiting for this!"

Su Chen chuckled softly: "President Zhang, you're mistaken. I genuinely didn't know I would fail so many times, and besides—"

"The Professionals' Guild values ​​integrity above all else. You wouldn't ruin your reputation for a few skill stones, would you?"

Zhang Ze trembled with rage: "You...you little fox! You planned this from the very beginning!"

I don't know anything!

This kid definitely knew how difficult it was to learn skills; he was clearly just deliberately trying to trick him!

"Same to you."

Su Chen slumped onto the sofa, crossed his legs, and looked like he had it all figured out.

I'm not pretending anymore!

Zhang Ze pointed at Su Chen, his finger trembling for a long time before finally falling limply to the ground.

"Fine... you win! I'll see just how hard it is to learn your skill!"

Zhang Ze, his face dark, pressed the communicator: "Bai Zhi, go to the storeroom and get ten more silver-grade skill stones!"

"..."

Ten minutes later.

Without any hesitation, Su Chen crushed twenty-two silver-grade skill stones in one go.

Zhang Ze slumped in his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling.

"Oh no, my year-end bonus..."

Twenty-two silver-grade skill stones!

The total value has exceeded his annual salary. How is he going to explain this to headquarters?

At that moment, Su Chen crushed the twenty-third skill stone without hesitation.

Instantly.

This time, the silver light did not dissipate.

Instead, it surged violently within Su Chen's body, frantically merging into his limbs and bones.

[Using 1 Intermediate Skill Stone (Silver Grade), Awakening Successful! Learn the skill [Ten Thousand Poisons Explosion]!]

It's done!

Su Chen cheered inwardly and quickly opened the skill bar to check.

[Death by Explosion from All Poisons]

Mana cost: 200 points.

Cooldown: 15 seconds.

Skill effect: Detonates all stacks of [Poison] on a single target at once, dealing true damage equal to [Mental * Poison * Duration].

……