My Professions Have Too Much Personality

That’s when Su Chen understood.

Qing Cang’s eyes narrowed as he paced back and forth. "In their minds, you defeated Qin Tianlin. Give you another year, and you’ll almost certainly advance to Tier Six. Even if you wouldn’t be a match for the top Tier Seven Professionals, you’d be unrivaled within Tier Six. So, they’ll definitely make their move."

"And the more you act, the more you’ll naturally reveal."

"I see." Su Chen thought for a moment. "So, no matter what I do, I have to wait a year to get the Morning Star Essence?"

"Are you in a hurry?" Qing Cang asked, perplexed. He really couldn’t figure out what Su Chen wanted with that thing.

"Not exactly in a hurry, but it would be best to get my hands on it as soon as possible," Su Chen said evasively. "Senior Brother, we have the home-field advantage, right? Isn’t there some way?"

"You want to find a loophole for this too?" Qing Cang shot him a glare, then sank into thought.

"The title of strongest Tier Six usually takes a full year to determine. In some exceptional years, Tier Six Professionals even make it into the final tournament, which means the wait is naturally even longer."

"However..." Qing Cang’s tone shifted. "If you had an unassailable combat record... something like your victory over Qin Tianlin, an achievement no one else could possibly replicate... then combined with our home-field advantage, you might be able to get it from the Royal Court ahead of time."

"So it just comes down to fighting," Su Chen said, understanding now. He was getting impatient. "When do these preliminaries of ours start?"

Qing Cang glanced at him and shook his head. "Don’t make a move in the early stages. Our Sect’s selection process is rather unique, and it’s always drawn a certain amount of doubt in past years. I estimate it will take at least a month or two for a credible consensus to form."

"At that point, you’ll need to pick an opponent you can beat—and it can’t be just any ordinary Tier Seven."

"However..." At this point, Qing Cang hesitated. The suggestion had been his, but thinking through the finer details was proving to be a bit troublesome.

"Some Tier Six Star Seeds also participate in the preliminaries, and they too possess the strength to defeat an ordinary Tier Seven."

’Those guys are surely no match for Su Chen, but the tricky part is that if defeating a Tier Seven isn’t something only he can do, the Royal Court will have an excuse to delay.’

Qing Cang shook his head again. "Hoping to use this method to seize the title of ’Minor Star Lord’ in just one or two months... it’s going to be difficult."

"Can’t I just pick a sufficiently strong Tier Seven Professional?" Su Chen asked.

Qing Cang replied helplessly, "Unless it’s a Tier Seven who has already completed Melting a Holy Profession, their strength is impossible to define. Tier Seven Professionals are constantly arriving; some might take an early lead, only to fade into the crowd later on."

"There are Tier Sevens who have completed Melting a Holy Profession in the preliminaries?" Su Chen asked, surprised.

"Of course there are." Qing Cang’s tone held a note of caution. "Don’t underestimate the Dust Star Sea. The methods other powers use to cultivate Professionals are already nearly perfect. Barring another technological breakthrough, it’s very difficult for Professionals with equivalent Talent to pull far ahead of each other."

"Only our Five Great Sects and the Royal Court possess our own technical barriers, which is how we maintain our edge."

"But the other powers with Morning Star Tier masters are not to be underestimated. Every year, there are always a few Tier Seven Professionals who have completed Melting a Holy Profession right at the age limit and end up participating in the preliminaries."

"Then why don’t they have the right to skip the preliminaries?" Su Chen couldn’t help but wonder.

Qing Cang shook his head and carefully explained the details. "The Five Great Sects and the Royal Court are vast organizations with their own internal selection processes, which are recognized by the Dust Star Sea."

"But for those smaller powers, their internal systems aren’t as complete. And they’re not about to bring out their juniors who have completed Melting a Holy Profession for us to inspect."

"We can’t just take their word for it, so whether they’ve truly completed Melting a Holy Profession or not has to be proven in combat."

Su Chen grew pensive. ’It seems this isn’t so simple after all. My claim would only be truly indisputable if I could defeat a Tier Seven Professional who has completed Melting a Holy Profession right from the very beginning.’

’But a Tier Seven who has completed Melting a Holy Profession...’ Su Chen mused to himself. ’I probably can’t beat one of them.’

"It’s only a year. That’s not so long. There’s no need to be in such a rush." Seeing Su Chen lost in thought, Qing Cang couldn’t help but add, "You’re still young. You have plenty of time."

Su Chen nodded without saying more. ’It’s not that I’m in a hurry, but as long as that thing remains in someone else’s possession, I can’t shake the feeling that something unexpected might happen.’

Watching Qing Cang leave, Su Chen muttered to himself, ’Just how strong *is* a Tier Seven who has completed Melting a Holy Profession?’

His gaze fell on the challenge chamber not far away, and an idea sparked in his mind. ’Why not go give it a try?’

’Shen Yi’an has already completed Melting a Holy Profession. He’s the perfect test subject.’

At this thought, Su Chen didn’t hesitate and walked straight into the challenge chamber.

The lights flared to life, and a voice announced, "Lord Su Chen, welcome to the challenge. Please select your opponent."

The top ten on the Holy List were all Tier Seven Professionals. But according to the rules, since Su Chen was challenging a higher tier, he could only start by challenging the person ranked tenth.

"Opponent confirmed. Tenth on the Holy List—Ding Ze!"

A phantom gradually took shape—a tall, burly figure clutching a giant Brass Mountain-Opening Axe.

Su Chen was no stranger to the tenth name on the Holy List. He often heard Chu Ran and the others mention him. This guy wasn’t from one of the Sect’s major families; he had climbed the ranks step by step, choosing one of the Holy Professions publicly available within the Sect.

’If I remember correctly, he should also have a Permanent Body. This weapon must have a strong synergy with one of his professions for it to be manifested in the challenge system.’

Based on what he knew, Ding Ze had only advanced to Tier Seven five years ago, which meant he was still in the "early stages." But Su Chen didn’t let his guard down because of it.

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