49: New Careers

“When it comes to the Star God, no one can be certain.”

“Consider defeat before victory.”

“Even if I fail, what have I lost?”

“Just the initial cost of acquiring the ticket, and some negligible investments, that’s all.”

He rose from the sofa, his voice lingering: “The birth of the Star God is inevitable. These talented young people born on the future Gaia planet are poised for great things.”

“Take Qin Jin, for example.”

“Compared to my ultimate goal, I also value this opportunity to invest in him.”

“In the future, if he truly rises in one fell swoop, perhaps he will help me in a certain matter.”

“By then…”

“I will have succeeded.”

At this point, Chu Tianyi asked, “When you refused the recruitment of various forces and wanted to try to forge your own path, did you ever think of failure?”

Su Chaozong was silent for a few breaths, then shook his head.

Chu Tianyi smiled slightly. In his right eye, a black-gold five-pointed star rotated, and in front of him, a small portal, about thirty centimeters in length and width, opened, leading to an unknown place.

He reached in and grasped something.

A scroll of bamboo slips tied with a red thread, exuding an ancient charm, was taken out by him. He flipped his hand and tossed it towards Su Chaozong.

Su Chaozong’s expression turned serious, and he reached out to catch it.

“Take it.”

“Remember to return it to me after you’ve learned it.”

“It’s not easy to find an original copy of a Martial Saint’s secret transmission.”

Su Chaozong looked down at the bamboo slips in his hand, wanting to speak but not knowing what to say.

Finally, he held the bamboo slips and cupped his hands: “Boss, thank you.”

“No need to thank me yet.”

Chu Tianyi waved his hand: “Your task isn’t over. Before the Heavenly Selection, you can’t just quit because I paid your salary in advance.”

“Of course not.”

Su Chaozong’s voice trembled slightly.

Chu Tianyi keenly noticed this and suddenly asked, “You guide Qin Jin every day and have more contact with him.”

“In your opinion, if one day he reaches the Grandmaster Completion and faces the same choice as you, how will he choose?”

“He will choose the same path as me.”

Su Chaozong answered without hesitation, then paused for a moment, his tone becoming more serious.

“However, he won’t encounter this problem.”

“He will succeed.”

…

With [Mountains and Rivers] accommodating the Deep Driller, Qin Jin no longer needed to go to the warehouse to enter the Great Wilderness.

Leaving the base and confirming his surroundings, Qin Jin’s thoughts stirred.

The next moment.

He had already appeared in the Sacrificial Spirit Hall.

In these few days, the Si Huo Tribe had developed according to his arrangements. The continuously increasing number of tribesmen, after completing their worship outside the Sacrificial Spirit Hall, quickly integrated into the tribe and joined the planned construction.

Every time Qin Jin returned, he would gain a considerable amount of wish power.

Undoubtedly, this was his true trump card at the moment.

“Currently, I’m preparing for the Star God Chosen, so staying in the tribe is the most appropriate.”

“Once the Heavenly Selection ends, I can also begin a new round of exploration in the Great Wilderness.”

Thoughts flashed by.

Qin Jin opened his briefcase. After a quick glance, his attention first fell on the spherical crystal core.

According to his understanding, this type of refined artificial crystal core was based on a transcendent creature's crystal core, meticulously modified, and its value surpassed that of a natural crystal core.

He didn’t hesitate. His mental power surged out, and under the protection of wish power, he carefully sensed the elemental power contained within it.

This…

It was his first time obtaining a crystal core from the Star Sea World.

With his mental power invested, Qin Jin closed his eyes slightly, sensing intently.

Approximately a few minutes later.

He opened his eyes.

“It’s somewhat similar to lightning spiritual power; after all, they are energies of the same attribute.”

“After industrial refinement, the purity is very high, even surpassing the fierce beast crystal cores in the Great Wilderness. However… it’s actually incomparable to the single spiritual power in heaven and earth.”

“From this perspective, fierce beasts absorb spiritual power and condense crystal cores, but due to their own influence, the purity of the spiritual power is weakened.”

“After all, how can a fierce beast compare to nature itself?”

“Besides that…”

“There are also subtle differences between the two.”

He pondered over words in his mind, finally thinking of a term.

[Compatibility]

As he thought of this term, Qin Jin’s eyes lit up slightly.

“That’s right…”

“The spiritual power of heaven and earth in the Great Wilderness, compared to these elemental powers, has an added [compatibility] for intelligent beings.”

“Just as I could attract spiritual power when I first circulated the Breathing Method, the spiritual power of heaven and earth here inherently assists cultivation.”

“Conversely, the elemental powers in the Star Sea do not possess this compatibility, which might be one of the reasons why the Nine Tribulation True Body is difficult to get started with.”

Thinking of this, Qin Jin’s mental power surged out, landing on the pile of fierce beast crystal cores nearby. He casually entered one to explore it.

Soon, he got the answer.

“The power within the fierce beast crystal cores also lacks this compatibility, being almost identical to the transcendent creature crystal cores in the Star Sea.”

“After all, the original spiritual power of heaven and earth has already transformed into the fierce beast’s own power.”

“This actually saves some trouble.”

Qin Jin continued to perceive, his thoughts racing.

He had once sold crystal cores from the Great Wilderness.

At that time, he was a novice who knew nothing, but with the protection of wish power, he made his first adventurous business deal.

“Looking at it now, it’s not a big problem.”

“The Star Sea is vast and boundless; subtle differences in power are perfectly normal.”

“The inner walls of the fierce beast crystal cores contain patterns of techniques, but anything involving the word ‘transcendent’ is inherently unquantifiable.”

“In the current era and the complex environment of the Star Sea, such similar transactions are not uncommon and are not surprising.”

Just as Qin Jin was pondering.

With a feeling in his heart, his thoughts stirred, and the profession panel appeared.

His gaze fell on the top, where light flashed behind the three professions.

A new profession was about to form.

In the past, when he awakened the profession panel, he had already cultivated Martial Dao, so the [Martial Artist] profession existed from the panel's inception.

To explore the unknown world on the panel, he modified the mining machine himself, adding modules, and the [Mecha Modificator] appeared.

After first entering the Great Wilderness, the [Sacrificial Spirit] trump card profession was generated.

And now…

The fourth profession was forming.

Thinking of what he was doing at the moment, Qin Jin was thoughtful.

Amidst the flashing light.

Text appeared, and the profession was generated.

[Researcher]

Qin Jin raised an eyebrow, focusing upwards, and more detailed information appeared.

[Transcendental Power]: Lv0 (0.031%)

“Research on Transcendental Power?”

Qin Jin’s gaze lingered on the top.

“From this perspective, if I explore other directions in the future, will other topics be generated?”

“Based on the profession panel’s past functions, the information displayed is what I myself have mastered.”

“However… it’s already enough.”

He looked at the percentage data after the decimal point: “If this value increases, it means my direction is correct.”

“The generation of the Researcher profession means that the judgment I just made was correct.”

“0.031%, it’s the first time I’ve seen such a low data on the profession panel.”

He mocked himself inwardly, not caring.

The [Researcher] profession specifically displayed the research topic.

But the topic of [Transcendental Power] encompassed too broad a scope.

The boundless Star Sea and the vast Great Wilderness, the transcendent powers contained within these two worlds, seemed like an unfathomable abyss to Qin Jin.

“From this perspective, professions like archaeologist can be actively tried to see if they can appear on the panel.”

His thoughts flickered, feeling somewhat excited.

In the past, he was like a blind man feeling an elephant, gradually advancing in directions whose truth he couldn’t fully ascertain.

In the future, the confirmation of some information would have a reference.

As thoughts flashed, Qin Jin took out the Martial Dao Crystal from his briefcase.

Martial Dao Crystals could record inheritances.

However, this was his first time using a crystal to record a Combat Method.

Combat Methods themselves were different from mental cultivation; even through the most basic paper manuals, one could learn them. Therefore, only a very few Combat Methods would choose to be recorded within Martial Dao Crystals.

The square Martial Dao Crystal looked unremarkable.

Qin Jin’s Divine Intent left his body and entered the crystal.

The next moment…

Suddenly, a slight pain came from Qin Jin’s mental plane. In his perception, it was as if explosive lightning suddenly bloomed around him.

A thought arose in his mind.

“This feeling…”

“It’s somewhat familiar.”