1: Chapter 1: Everyone says swordsmen are weak? What if my talent is different?

Water Blue Planet, Huaxia.

Jincheng Vocational Trainee Academy, Cultivation grounds.

On the rostrum, the Rank 3 Divine Thought specialist, Academy Dean Wang Hongming, rose into the air, his voice resounding throughout the entire academy.

"Fellow prospective Professionals, you have toiled for eighteen years, and today has finally arrived—the day of Awakening and job transfer!"

"I hope you can succeed in your Awakening and transfer into your desired professions."

"Once you grow up, you will be the future of Huaxia!"

Thunderous applause erupted from the crowd below, and every youthful face was filled with anticipation.

Under the instructions of their respective homeroom teachers, the young boys and girls began to line up and proceed with their Awakening one by one.

In the queue, people were chatting excitedly from time to time.

"It would be great if I could awaken as a Warrior, charging to the front and tearing apart all monsters—how imposing that would be!"

"I'd rather transfer into a Mage, standing at the back of the team and wiping out monsters with a wave of my hand—how stylish that would be!"

"Just don't transfer into a Swordsman. This profession is only good for showing off. If you're lucky, you can make some money as an actor; if you're unlucky, you'll just end up acting in short dramas and becoming a completely ordinary person!"

"I heard Zhang Jian wants to transfer into a Swordsman to fulfill his father's dying wish."

"Is he crazy? His father was a mediocre Swordsman his whole life, and he wants to follow in his father's footsteps?"

"Maybe he thinks he's handsome and has an advantage as a Swordsman, haha!"

"What's the use of being handsome? Can it scare the monsters away?"

At the end of the line, a handsome young man was quietly holding a sword scabbard.

He was none other than Zhang Jian, the subject of everyone's discussion.

He had been transmigrated to this world for eighteen years due to an accident.

Yet, he still marveled at the wonders of creation from time to time.

Over a hundred years ago, the Water Blue Planet underwent a mutation.

The entire world ushered in an era of universal job transfer, similar to a game template.

Everyone would undergo an Awakening to obtain a profession after reaching the age of 18.

Then.

By killing monsters in the wild or in dungeons, one could gain experience to improve their strength.

After becoming a true Professional, one had to constantly fight against the monsters emerging on the Water Blue Planet, and even battle monsters from other planets, just to barely survive.

Although after many years of improvement, the job transfer could now be 100% successful.

But the gap between professions was still very large.

Just distinguishing between combat professions, support professions, and lifestyle professions was different enough.

Even within the combat professions that everyone yearned for, there was a wide variety.

Among them, the Swordsman was known as the most useless combat profession.

Slow development in the early stages, no prominent characteristics, and without the support of high-Rank job changers of the corresponding profession in the Late Stages, it was even harder to move an inch.

Others mocked Zhang Jian, but it wasn't entirely because they disliked him.

It was because in this era, strength was everything.

A profession like the Swordsman, which was Innately weak and had no hope of development, was something everyone avoided.

With the operation of the Formation and the flashing of rays of light.

One person after another completed their job transfer.

"Wang Bing, combat-type ordinary profession: Mage."

"Li Jun, support-type ordinary profession: Priest."

"Tang Yun, combat-type rare profession: Berserker!"

Someone in the crowd began to exclaim.

"It's actually a rare profession! This is comparable to the level an ordinary warrior can reach only after their second transfer. Tang Yun has really taken off!"

Wang Hongming on the stage nodded slightly.

The Berserker was fierce in the early stages and developed steadily in the middle and Late Stages.

It seems.

Someone in the school this year has hope of getting into a top university!

Immediately after.

"Ye Wenjie, combat-type top-tier profession: Magic Swordsman!"

At this, the crowd below boiled over.

"It's actually a top-tier profession!"

"The Magic Swordsman, known as one of the most money-burning professions, is not easy to develop."

Someone immediately retorted.

"Are you stupid? Ye Wenjie's father is a second-transfer Level 45 black-hearted merchant and the richest man in the city. Isn't it easy to support a Magic Swordsman?"

"Sigh, it's good to be rich. Do we children from poor families not have a chance to change our fate against the heavens?"

Wang Hongming on the stage ignored the students' discussion, a look of joy appearing on his face.

Usually, it was hard enough to get a rare profession, but this year there was even a top-tier profession.

You know.

Apart from the Divine-Grade professions that only appear once in hundreds of millions of people, top-tier professions are already at the ceiling level.

His heart skipped a beat.

Could it be.

Is our Jincheng Vocational Trainee Academy going to experience a breakthrough this year?

Next, many more people went up.

However.

Let alone seeing another rare combat profession appear.

There were barely any ordinary combat professions either.

Most were ordinary support or lifestyle professions.

The joy on Wang Hongming's face gradually faded.

Until.

"Wang Fei, support-type rare profession: Formation Great Master!"

A chubby-faced boy excitedly walked out of the Formation and waved at Zhang Jian.

Zhang Jian also smiled knowingly.

This was his best friend in this life.

Before, when his father was hospitalized and needed money urgently, and the loan hadn't come down yet.

It was Wang Fei who asked his family to borrow 300,000 for him.

Seeing his good brother transfer into a decent profession, Zhang Jian felt happy for him.

Wang Hongming's expression also softened a little.

This Wang Fei was usually very jumpy and playful.

Unexpectedly, the profession he transferred into was quite good!

After Wang Fei came down, it wasn't long before it was Zhang Jian's turn.

Wang Hongming's eyes were full of anticipation.

This was the first place in every theoretical test in the whole academy, and Instructor Wang Weidong had boasted about him more than once.

Since Ye Wenjie and Wang Fei could both awaken rare professions, Zhang Jian would surely be even stronger than them.

He nodded at Zhang Jian from afar, his eyes encouraging.

Zhang Jian smiled at Wang Hongming and stepped in front of the Formation.

Instructor Wang Weidong looked at him with encouraging eyes.

"Zhang Jian, you are the most outstanding student in our academy, come on!"

Zhang Jian hesitated for a moment.

"Even if I want to transfer into a Swordsman?"

Wang Weidong's expression froze, and he said insincerely.

"If a Swordsman is truly suitable for you, the teacher is willing to support you!"

Zhang Jian nodded, feeling a warmth in his heart.

He stepped into the Formation and pressed his hands on the Awakening crystal.

In an instant.

Zhang Jian's vision went black, and the stars shifted, placing him in a void space.

Figures appeared one after another.

There was a warrior brandishing a great sword with all his might.

There was a mage waving a staff to cast spells.

There was an Archer shooting rapidly with a bow and arrow.

...

Finally.

The figures gradually disappeared one by one, and only three figures remained in front of Zhang Jian.

A faint voice came into his mind.

"The professions you can transfer into are: Gale Archer, Phantom Assassin, Swordsman."

Zhang Jian blinked, somewhat surprised.

It is said that when ordinary people transfer, they only have one or two options.

Being able to have three professions to choose from was truly good luck.

And Gale Archer and Phantom Assassin were rare professions at a higher Realm than the Archer and Assassin, with quite good growth potential.

If others who awakened were given this choice, they would probably choose one of these without hesitation.

However.

He thought of his father's dying instructions again.

"Jian'er, you must choose the Swordsman. Only the Swordsman is the future of the Water Blue Planet!" The plea in his father's eyes was still fresh in his memory.

Moreover.

His father had also solemnly handed him a sword scabbard, claiming he had been researching it for more than three years and had just made some progress recently, saying it might help with his Awakening.

He took a deep breath.

He decided to trust his father.

"You have chosen the ordinary profession: Swordsman."

"Your job transfer is successful."

"You have obtained the Legendary-Rank talent: My Heart is the Sword."

"My Heart is the Sword [Legendary]: You can strengthen any profession skill into a special Sword Qi-type skill for this profession."

Zhang Jian was stunned.

When everyone transfers, they obtain a talent related to their profession.

Talent Ranks from low to high are divided into: Ordinary, Fine, Rare, Excellent, Legendary, Epic, Mythical.

A Swordsman, an ordinary-Rank profession, being able to obtain a Legendary-Rank talent was already a one-in-a-million probability, which could be called a stroke of extreme luck.

But he still wasn't sure if the effect of this talent was good or bad.

He would have to wait until he learned skills later to try it out.

Just when he thought.

The Awakening and job transfer were about to end.

The voice from the Void Realm sounded in his ears again.

"Detected that you possess a suspected Mythical-Rank item, you have automatically obtained the exclusive talent: Sword Heart Twin Radiance [Mythical]."

"Sword Heart Twin Radiance [Mythical]: Your upgrade experience is increased to 10 times the original Rank, but you will gain two additional exclusive talents."

Zhang Jian's breathing quickened.

The sword scabbard his father left him was actually a Mythical-Rank item, and it even gave him two extra talents.

Looking at it this way, the increase in upgrade experience requirements didn't count for much.

"Do you want to continue drawing talents?"

"Yes!"

Zhang Jian replied impatiently.