My Professions Have Too Much Personality

A long time later, the Red Thunder and firelight receded, and everything finally came to a stop. Both his Body Refining Technique and Meditation Technique had been elevated to the Master Level, awakening an Enhanced Ability.

[The Thundergleam Aura-forging Body Refining Technique has been elevated to Master Level, granting the ability—Aura-Thunder Body: Slightly increases defense and Elemental Resistance.]

[The Sound-Scorching Soul-Refining Meditation Technique has been elevated to Master Level, granting the ability—Soul Barrier: Slightly increases Spiritual Resilience and total spiritual energy.]

Su Chen let out a long breath and glanced at his profession panel. The development progress for both his professions had already reached 60%.

Although the efficiency had decreased significantly after reaching 50%, taking on the professions of Reincarnation Saint and Holy Mark Physician had stacked an additional 150% efficiency on top.

In less than half a month, his development progress had increased by another 10%.

"Tsk, tsk, so fast..." Su Chen got up. He had naturally prepared new Body Refining and Meditation Techniques long ago, but he wasn’t in a hurry. He tidied up a bit and then went out.

’Let’s see... today is the exact time I arranged to meet with Lan Hao. He should be heading to that place as I instructed.’

’Perfect timing. It’s also about time I had a "chat" with Lord Black Tuo...’

Entering the Nether Tower, Su Chen sat down cross-legged and expertly immersed himself in the Nether Realm.

...

"Brother Lan Hao."

In the Nether Realm’s Reception Hall, Lan Hao walked out of a reception Nether Tower.

The person in charge here was no stranger to Lan Hao. Every so often, this main scion of the Lan Family would come to the Nether Realm.

"Zhang Yuan, you’re on duty today, I see." Lan Hao didn’t respond to the initial greeting directly, but smiled and said hello. After exchanging a few pleasantries, he walked out of the Reception Hall.

Zhang Yuan secretly curled his lip. ’He gets someone killed, and now he’s putting on a show of paying his respects.’

It was the Blazing Sun period, and the Flame Fire overhead was scorching hot.

There were quite a few people coming and going within the Nether Realm’s borders.

"Lan Hao." The stout Steward Feng caught sight of the young man again. His mouth twitched, and he looked as if he wanted to say something but held back. In the end, he only said, "Be careful. Don’t wander too far."

The matter of Meng Shiyu’s death had fizzled out into nothing, but this Lan Hao would invariably come to the Nether Realm every month on the anniversary of Meng Shiyu’s death, claiming it was to pay his respects and mourn.

"Don’t you worry," Lan Hao assured him, and quickly left the core area.

He was already extremely familiar with this path. He walked for a while longer, and only after he was completely clear of the core area did he break into a sprint.

’I hope this time is like the others, and no one shows up.’

Before entering the Nether Realm, he had someone carve various Talisman Arrays onto his Spirit Body to conceal his aura. As long as he didn’t get too close, it would be difficult for the Netherworld Creatures to discover him.

It wasn’t the Netherworld Creatures he was afraid of, but that Black Tuo Follower.

The past few times, the man hadn’t appeared.

’Maybe he’s already dead somewhere,’ Lan Hao often prayed. It was perfectly normal for Deceitful God’s Followers to die inexplicably.

He was on edge the entire way, only stopping when he reached the spot where they had met last time.

The Nether Fog drifted around him. His expression was uncertain, and he couldn’t help but feel anxious. Time ticked by, second by second, as Lan Hao paced back and forth.

’Looks like he’s not showing up this time, either.’

After a long while, Lan Hao breathed a sigh of relief. If the man didn’t appear, he wouldn’t have to accept whatever commands he might have been given.

The Sect was where he had grown up, and he was deeply resistant to doing anything that would harm it.

The day was drawing to a close, but out of an abundance of caution, Lan Hao decided to wait until the full day had passed before leaving.

But just then, the fog drifted not far away. His heart trembled as a vaguely familiar figure, wearing a Metal Mask, emerged from the mist.

’He actually showed up this time,’ Lan Hao lamented internally.

"I didn’t expect you to be so cooperative," Su Chen said, looking at Lan Hao. His voice was raspy. "Didn’t you prepare an ambush for me?"

Lan Hao looked awkward and hurriedly said, "How would I dare?"

It wasn’t that the thought hadn’t crossed his mind, but he certainly couldn’t involve outsiders. The only person he could trust was his own father.

But that would present several problems. He would have to confess everything, including how he had leaked his family’s Holy Profession and the fact that his father had colluded with Ni Chuan.

His fear of his father was one thing. But another reason was that this Deceitful God’s Follower, up to this point, had only demanded the Holy Profession from him and hadn’t actually made him do anything to betray the interests of the Sect or his family.

Besides, this guy might just suddenly drop dead one day.

Weighing all this, Lan Hao still couldn’t bring himself to confess everything.

However, if the man gave him some truly impossible order, he wouldn’t stubbornly guard this secret to the point of no return.

After this light prodding, Su Chen continued, "What has been happening within the Bronze Sect recently?"

’I have to keep up appearances. I’m supposed to be a Deceitful God’s Follower, after all. It wouldn’t look right to just ask about the Holy Profession from the get-go.’

’As expected, he’s starting to ask about internal Sect matters,’ Lan Hao thought, hesitating for a moment before speaking cautiously.

"A few things have indeed happened in the Sect recently. Our Star Seed, Su Chen, defeated Qin Tianlin—a Tier Six, Divine Dawn Level Talent—despite only being at Tier Five himself. He became the new champion of Tier Six."

Su Chen’s eyes narrowed. ’He’s deliberately mentioning me in front of a Deceitful God’s Follower? Is he trying to get me killed?’

"What about it?" he asked, his voice cold. "Do you want me to help you get rid of this Star Seed?"

’What does he mean, help *me* get rid of him?’ Lan Hao was stunned. He quickly replied, "Didn’t you ask me what’s been happening in the Sect recently? This incident caused quite a stir."

’Uh... I guess he’s right.’

Su Chen realized he had a preconceived notion about the guy. This matter wasn’t a secret. He figured that anyone who was anyone in the entire Dust Star Sea already knew about it.