Infinite Professions

Chapter 458: Chapter 234: Choice (Second Update)

Amidst the green mountains, the scenery is picturesque.

Shen Hex arranged a feast, with hundreds of beasts competing, monkeys offering fruits, white deer bringing mushrooms, and phoenixes and cranes dancing elegantly. Such many mystical sights truly revealed their extraordinariness.

"Goodness, are you aiming to become a celestial being!"

Looking at the group of Spirit Beasts, everyone marveled, except Zhong Qin who ruined the scene.

"Ha!"

Shen Hex laughed, neither agreeing nor denying, simply raised his wine cup: "Come!"

"Cheers!"

Everyone raised their cups in response.

"Hmm~!?"

As a cup was tasted, all felt something strange, and Zhong Qin widened her eyes: "This wine..."

With that said, she turned to Shen Hex: "How is it brewed?"

Shen Hex smiled: "Brewed by Spirit Beasts, called Monkey Wine, it has Professional Effect."

"No wonder, it has an indescribable feeling!"

Upon hearing this, everyone suddenly understood.

Professional Power has penetrated all aspects, it’s involved not just in combat and cultivation, but also in clothing, food, shelter, and travel. Some Professional Skills and Professional Items are particularly fascinating.

The feast Shen Hex was hosting now was also a Professional Item, but not the Monkey Wine he mentioned; it was a sacrificial offering transformed not long ago through Divine Dao Alms.

Divine Dao Alms can consume Divine Power and Professional Experience to convert various foods into the Professional Item—Divine Dao Sacrificial Offerings, boosting the original effects of the food, and enhancing the consumer’s physique, courage, wisdom, and spirituality due to the power of the Divine, especially beneficial for Spirit Beasts.

Zhong Qin and others, although not Spirit Beasts nor his followers, still gain some effect from consuming these Divine Dao Sacrificial Offerings.

Not to mention others, even Shen Hex himself would use this food for sustenance later, offering it to himself.

It somewhat feels like "exploiting a bug."

But that’s the nature of Professional Power; many things are beyond understanding.

In this manner, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of dishes,

Everyone, with cultivation in them, naturally wouldn’t get drunk, only used the wine-induced excitement to discuss various topics.

Teng Manyun, particularly astonishing, announced: "I’ve received news that the blockade of this Star Realm might be lifted soon."

"Oh?"

Shen Hex glanced at her: "Is there an outcome in the Divine War?"

"I’m not very clear on the specifics."

Teng Manyun nodded: "But it seems likely, because the battle between the top-tier professionals and the Cosmic Evil God hasn’t ceased, so there’s no reason for the blockade to be lifted."

The term top-tier professionals refers not just to the ultimate Tier Fifteen professionals but to Tier Twelve to Tier Fifteen professionals within the Immortal Demon God Buddha Realm.

As long as one’s cultivation or profession reaches this level, they are termed top-tier professionals, similar to how Lower-level Evil Gods, Upper-level Evil Gods, and Main Level Evil Gods are collectively termed Evil Gods.

The source of this blockade was the battle between top-tier professionals and the Cosmic Evil God, with Yunlan Star merely affected as a corner, not the whole, nor primarily. Over a hundred planets faced the same fate as Yunlan Star.

Just like the saying goes, a speck of dust from the era, but when it falls on an individual’s shoulders, it’s like a mountain.

This Divine War was the same; for top-tier professionals and the Cosmic Evil God such mighty beings, it might have been just a regular confrontation, but for the planets below and the ordinary inhabitants, it became a major disaster.

Yunlan Star was no exception, as the flames of war burned for more than ten years, with countless casualties, including significant events like the Tianbei disaster and Blood God calamity, resulting in evaporating at least hundreds of millions of population, as well as a considerable number of mid and high-level professionals.

The impact of this Divine War is evident.

Now that the planetary blockade is lifted, the cosmic passage restored, it’s likely that this prolonged Divine War had concluded.

What result marked its conclusion?

Who triumphed, who failed, who survived, who perished?

Shen Hex doesn’t know, nor can Teng Manyun contact it.

Not even her, the higher-ups of Yunlan Star’s Special Bureau might not have much information.

But that’s not important, at least not to Shen Hex.

The important part is the war’s achievements and the subsequent developments.

"Although there isn’t definite news yet, Yunlan Star’s peaceful situation and now the lifting of the blockade likely mean that the top-tier professionals defending the Star Realm have repelled the invading Cosmic Evil God."

Teng Manyun looked towards Shen Hex: "What’s your plan next?"

Shen Hex smiled, feigned ignorance: "What can I plan, I still have a bunch of things here to handle."

"You can’t possibly guard here forever, can you?"

Teng Manyun bluntly said: "During the previous Tianbei battle, you wielded your blade against the Blood God Child, earning great merit, plus you reported the Celestial Traveler and Spirit Control Martial Monarch professions, the bureau will surely focus on cultivating you, sending you to various Academies for further study, perhaps even to the Special Bureau Headquarters."

"Special Bureau Headquarters?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked.

"Really?"

"That’s the Imperial Capital, the Holy Mother Star!"

"If the captain goes, he would soar to new heights!"

Everyone chattered and discussed.

Teng Manyun, however, ignored them, focused on asking Shen Hex: "What are your plans?"

Shen Hex shook his head, did not answer, but asked instead: "What do you plan?"

"Me?"

This question surprised Teng Manyun, and she didn’t hide: "I probably will go to Xingyi Martial Mansion for further study."

Xingyi Martial Mansion!

It is one of the Empire’s Martial Arts Academies, located in the Martial Realm, with a long-standing legacy and strong strength. One of the three basic martial arts of the Empire, Xingyi Fist, and the subsequent Xingyi Divine Martial Scripture originated from this mansion.

Although this academy is not the top Martial Arts Academy, barely first-class on the edge within the Martial Realm, it still remains a dream place for many Martial Artists.

Shen Hex looked at Teng Manyun: "Special recruitment?"

"Yes!"

Teng Manyun nodded: "I’ve accumulated numerous military merits, plus the performance in the last Tianbei battle and my father’s recommendation, special recruitment into the mansion is not a problem."