Chapter 40: Career Advancement, B-rank 【Word Keeper】!

Du Lingwei had relied on a single A-rank talent, 【Flame Spirit Guardian】, to become the rising star of Central State.

During the school attack incident, she had fought alone against more than ten C-rank Transcendents. If it weren’t for protecting others, she could have wiped out the enemies without suffering any injuries.

And in such a situation, she had even awakened another A-rank talent, becoming a dual A-talent holder?

That was far too strong!

She was probably no different from an S-rank talent holder.

After Jiang He’s initial shock, he thought of his own talents and immediately felt at ease.

He already counted as a dual-talent holder.

Moreover, based on the effect of 【Ferryman of Time】, even if the chances of extracting a talent during a Heroic Spirit’s return were very low, as long as the number of summons increased, the talents he possessed would inevitably accumulate continuously, until they reached「Infinity」.

He was the real cheat.

However, Du Lingwei’s experience gave Jiang He inspiration.

Since there existed death-related talents in this world, then according to the rule of 【Ferryman of Time】—「the future extends into infinite possibilities」—there must also exist a future where “Jiang He awakened a death-related talent.”

Coupled with “the Heroic Spirits summoned by Jiang He should come from a time when they were still alive—even if they had died, it should be from the very moment before death, otherwise no conscious entity would exist to be summoned.”

And “when a death-related talent holder dies, it is possible that their body perishes, but their spirit does not disappear, instead attaching itself to another person.”

What situation would occur when all these elements overlapped?

Would Jiang He summon a “not-yet-dead, death-related Jiang He,” or a “Jiang He whose body was dead but whose will remained,” or perhaps “another person carrying Jiang He’s will”?

One had to know, under the rule of「infinite futures」, such a possibility must exist!

“Wouldn’t it be that one day, I summon a future Heroic Spirit, only to summon someone else instead?”

Jiang He scratched his head.

Whether it was summoning a “future brother,” or a “future wife,” or a “future child”...

No matter which it was, it would be hard to keep a straight face!

He agonized for a while, but then tossed this matter aside, just like with the question about Du Lingwei.

The matters of the future, could be left for the future to worry about.

……

Since he was already here, Jiang He and Du Lingwei trained in the Fire Spirit Chamber for a while, raising his Fire Controller profession to lv8.

Just like with Rumor Bearer, the Fire Controller profession required reaching lv10 before advancing to Flame Envoy.

Jiang He’s energy-level advancement was too fast, surpassing the pace of his profession level increase, leaving him unable to advance his profession.

“If this were in an immortal cultivation novel, I’d definitely be given the comment: ‘Your foundation is unstable.’”

Of course, that unstable foundation was only temporary.

Just like when he was at F-rank, Jiang He had found it difficult to break through to E-rank by brute-forcing attributes.

Now at E-rank, and as his level grew higher, with the upper limit increasing, it also became difficult for him to reach the cap of his energy level simply by raising attributes.

He needed to raise profession levels, acquire skills, and so on, in order to gain sufficient energy-level bonuses.

Through this process, his foundation would naturally be reinforced again.

After finishing training, Jiang He placed the skill point he had just gained for Fire Controller into the skill 【Raging Flames】, slightly increasing his fire intensity once again.

Then he lay in the lounge for half an hour, waiting until some of his spirit recovered, before bringing White Crane into the Blood Refining Chamber.

This time, he wasn’t here for brutal body-tempering.

Instead, he was here to obtain Spell Words, in order to meet the advancement requirement for 【Word Keeper】—reaching the limit of stored Spell Words.

Currently, Jiang He was a Rumor Bearer lv11. According to the rule of “base 3 slots, plus 1 every 3 levels,” his current Spell Word limit was 6.

On the control panel in the Blood Refining Chamber, Jiang He input a request for 12 grams of Spiritual Blood.

Soon, a mist of blood filled the room.

Jiang He said: “Once again, I’m a thief of Spiritual Blood…”

“The quota is here, how it’s used is up to us.”

White Crane lifted his finger, refining all the Spiritual Blood from the medicine, gathering it at his fingertip into a rolling bead of blood: “Tell me, what Spell Words do you want?”

It was already Thursday, and tomorrow his talent would refresh.

By then, White Crane would return to the future, unable to draw Spell Words for Jiang He anymore.

Thus, Jiang He had to plan ahead.

“I need Spell Words that enhance talents,” Jiang He said.

White Crane wasn’t surprised.

He flicked his finger, sending a blood mark into Jiang He’s tongue root, where it transformed into a blood-red pattern and disappeared.

“Let me say this first, I’m not sure whether the power of Word-Spirits can affect a rule-defying talent like 【Ferryman of Time】, or how effective it will be.”

“If it doesn’t work, don’t blame me for being weak.”

“This Spell Word is pronounced as『Revelation』.”

“Next.”

Jiang He pondered: “A Spell Word that enhances explosive fire abilities.”

Something he could use as a trump card after White Crane left.

White Crane flicked again: “『Candle Dragon』.”

Jiang He then said: “A Spell Word that speeds me up.”

White Crane: “『Instant』.”

“Healing-type Spell Word.”

“『Spirit Heal』.”

“Enhancement-type Spell Word.”

“『God’s Gift』.”

“Control-type Spell Word.”

“『Judgment』.”

One by one, blood-colored patterns vanished into Jiang He’s tongue root.

These Spell Words, drawn by White Crane, required only a small amount of spiritual power to activate, yet their strength was at the C-rank peak.

They were far stronger than the Word-Spirits Jiang He himself could release, and could completely serve as life-saving trump cards, covering all sorts of aspects.

Once all the Spell Words were finished, the advancement requirements for 【Word Keeper】were fully satisfied.

【Ritual complete, profession unlocked】

【Profession: Word Keeper】

【Rank: B】

【Profession Specialty: Myriad Words】

【Profession Skill Tree: Word-Keeping, Sound-Keeping】

【Requirements: (Fulfilled, advancement possible)】

Profession advancement was not replacement, but rather gaining a completely new profession once requirements were met; the prior profession would not disappear.

The two professions coexisted simultaneously, with independent bonuses.

Like other professions, their levels and skill points did not overlap, and even their skill trees were fully independent.

Of course, no matter what, an advanced profession was an upgraded version of the prior one.

Whether in bonuses, strength, or even skill form, compared to the prior profession, it underwent a qualitative leap.

At this moment, Jiang He chose advancement.

Not only did he unlock a new profession skill tree and gain Word Keeper skill points, he also gained a new profession specialty.

【Myriad Words——The number of Spell Words you can store is unlimited, and the more you store, the stronger all your Spell Words become.】

Just this single specialty completely crushed the Rumor Bearer profession.

This ability to store Spell Words without limit gave Word Keeper a terrifying growth potential—

As long as time was sufficient, this profession alone could rival the power of the Word-Spirit talent!

Of course, how much time it would take, and how much Spiritual Blood it would consume…

Well, only the future could tell.

Additionally, Word Keeper was similar to Rumor Bearer, possessing an exclusive profession ability: 【Store Word-Spirit】.

With the help and permission of a Word-Spirit talent holder, a Word Keeper could record and store specific 【Word-Spirits】.

Although a Word Keeper could not directly unleash these stored Word-Spirit abilities, they could use their own skill to draw them into corresponding Spell Words, without consuming the stored Word-Spirit itself.

The number of stored Word-Spirits followed the same rule as the number of Spell Words a Rumor Bearer could store.

Base 3, with the limit increasing by 1 every 3 profession levels.

“Congratulations.” White Crane said, “From now on, even without a talent, you count as half a Word-Spirit talent holder.”

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