My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 10

Chapter 10: 【Scholar】Joy — The Victim Comes Knocking

“It tastes better than I expected…”

On the way, Su Chen smacked his lips, capped the glass bottle, and his hunger was completely gone, he even felt quite full.

He still had two-thirds of the nutrient solution Bai Fengxi gave him left.

“Doesn’t look like much, but tastes pretty good.” Su Chen put away the nutrient solution.

After asking for directions a few more times, Su Chen found his dormitory building. The security check was quite strict, and the guards at the entrance exuded a fierce aura.

He was only allowed in after his student ID was scanned by a device.

Thanks to securing a private dorm room when registering, although it wasn’t large, it had everything he needed, and at least he could stretch out his legs on the bed.

“Hmm, I need to pay back the Strongman loan as soon as possible…” Su Chen took out the hemp rope and Shadow-Hiding Clothes tucked into his clothes and threw them under the bed.

Immediately, he assumed a stance and began to exercise with heavy breathing.

The 【Body Forging Trial】 requires breaking through the body’s limit ten times, which isn’t considered difficult for people in this world.

It’s physical skills reaching proficiency that requires continuous training.

However, the troublesome part was that since he was already a Strongman, his physical fitness was exceptionally strong, making some of his past training methods very inefficient.

It wasn’t until eight or nine in the evening that Su Chen felt his physical strength was almost exhausted, his body was utterly fatigued, his heart pounded like a drum, and his skin was covered in sweat.

“Hoo, hoo, hoo…”

Suddenly, he felt his body lighten, and a warm current surged from somewhere within his already exhausted body.

He opened his panel, and sure enough, he had broken through his limit once.

“This… this is too difficult…” Su Chen lay on the bed, not wanting to move a single finger.

On the panel, a number appeared next to 【Strongman】.

【Strongman: 1%】

Is this the professional development progress? It can even be quantified, not bad.

Even with early employment, he still needed to fulfill the employment conditions, but now it could also assist in improving professional development, so it was a win-win.

Professional development would bring an increase in his own strength, manifested in all aspects. Reaching a certain stage of development could also unlock other professional abilities.

“However, I still need to find profession-related training methods. This clumsy method is too slow,” Su Chen thought to himself.

As his profession advanced and his physical attributes improved, ordinary physical training methods were becoming less effective, and corresponding advanced training methods were needed.

According to what he learned in the library, suitable training methods could double the efficiency of professional development, but they were also extremely precious.

“Advanced training methods are secrets, so it’ll probably be hard to get them under normal circumstances,” Su Chen said, lying in bed and panting.

After a short rest, he took off his clothes, took a shower, and returned to bed, where he began his Candlelight Training.

Physical and mental fatigue assaulted him simultaneously. A first-tier professional was not beyond the concept of a human.

Not sleeping was clearly impossible.

However, at dawn, Su Chen’s body trembled slightly, and he let out a long sigh, feeling like a new man.

【Candlelight Training – Proficiency: 10%】

In just one night, he reached the proficient stage, and the improvement washed away the mental fatigue of staying up late.

After a night of expenditure, hunger set in. After some thought, Su Chen drank half of the remaining nutrient solution and continued his training.

By mid-afternoon, he had broken through his limit again. Lying on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, this exhaustion made him want to do nothing.

In a trance, the panel unexpectedly popped up—

[The Scholar witnessed your diligent practice, which brought him joy, and decided to reduce the required study years.]

Su Chen watched with wide eyes as the Scholar’s twenty-year requirement turned into nineteen years and eleven months.

“Finally, a reaction…” He sat up abruptly from the bed, and some of his body’s fatigue seemed to fade away.

“It seems that the more diligent I am, the happier he is…” Su Chen was speechless. Although it only reduced by one month, he had only trained for one day.

At this rate, three years could be wiped out in at most a month.

He couldn’t help but feel a bit curious about what kind of abilities special professions had.

Thinking of this, he looked at 【Mysterious Tool Master】 again, having already figured out what “professional characteristics” were.

Professional characteristics were related to the promotion sequence of a profession. For example, the Strongman profession could only advance towards strength-related professions.

【Mysterious Tool Master】 shares the professional characteristics of the Ropemaster and Arcane Apprentice, meaning he could choose to advance to the higher-tier professions of both.

“That’s consuming quite fast…”

After pouring the last portion of nutrient solution down, Su Chen burped.

This stuff could sustain an ordinary person for several days, but it only sustained him for a day and a half.

“I need to go see Jiang He soon, or I’ll be hungry again.” He calculated that repaying the Strongman loan required continuous training, and nutrient consumption was faster than usual. He glanced at the clock on the wall; it was already past 3 p.m.

After resting for a while, Su Chen left his dorm. At this time, there was no one in the hallway.

He arrived at the rectangular device at the end of the corridor, which had an iron-brown exterior and a liquid crystal screen in the center.

Finding the narrow slot below, he inserted his student ID, and a form appeared.

This was his class schedule, which wasn’t actually much. He had just completed his enrollment yesterday, so he had no classes today.

Tomorrow, he only had three classes, including Jiang He’s Mysticism, which was the second class in the morning.

“Then I can only go find her tomorrow…” Su Chen frowned. Without a convenient contact method, it was really troublesome.

He guessed there must be one in this world, but he hadn’t come across it yet.

“Tomorrow it is then. I’ll just be hungry for another night today.” He shook his head and prepared to go back and continue his training.

A thumping sound came from the stairwell. A young man ran up, glanced at him, and looked around for room numbers, muttering, “301, 301…”

Su Chen’s eyes glimmered; wasn’t that his room number?

He didn’t say anything, just followed behind the young man. After finding 301, the young man knocked on the door.

“Are you looking for me?” A voice suddenly came from behind, startling the young man.

“Who?” he instinctively called out as he turned around, his gaze turning resentful, “Are you the owner of this room?”

“Mm.” Su Chen scanned the student ID on the other’s chest—Li Ming.

He then swiped open the room, proving his identity.

Are you sick? You must have heard me muttering just now, following me without saying anything.

Li Ming grumbled in his heart, but then said, “Su Chen, right? Someone is looking for you downstairs.”

“Who?” Su Chen asked instinctively, then quickly amended, “Male or female?”

“Male,” Li Ming replied, “He’s right downstairs.”

With that, he tried to leave, but found himself held back tightly.

“What does he look like?” Su Chen stared at him. If it was a female, there were Jiang He or Bai Fengxi as potential targets, but a male…

“He’s right downstairs, why don’t you go down?” Li Ming was a bit impatient.

Su Chen didn’t speak, but his grip tightened.

“Damn it, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts… Brother, brother…!” Li Ming wailed, quickly explaining, “He’s dressed very nicely, quite handsome, and very polite. He told me to come up and find you and even gave me a gold coin.”

“He’s not from the campus. Oh, and his eyes are blue.”

The victim is here!

Su Chen’s eyes flickered, and the strength in his hand relaxed. “Then go down and tell him to give me 100 gold coins, otherwise I won’t come down. Wait, I’ll give you another gold coin.”

Li Ming looked astonished. No… are you guys playing some kind of game?

“I’ll go, I’ll go…” Li Ming vaguely felt some pain in his arm again and said quickly.

“He’s really sick…” Li Ming went downstairs and then dared to curse.

Rubbing his elbow, he left the building, intending to depart. He wasn’t going to convey a message for a lunatic.

“Student…”

“Damn it!” Li Ming shivered and looked back, only to see the person who had asked him to find someone earlier, standing behind him with a smiling face, his blue eyes extremely deep.

“Where’s the person I asked you to call?” he asked gently.

“The, the person isn’t there…” Li Ming didn’t want to get tangled up.

“Lying is not a good habit.” The other person seemed to see through him. “You should think it through.”

Li Ming clearly saw flames burning in the other person’s eyes; this was a professional.

He was having such bad luck, he cursed in his heart, and then said helplessly, “He told me to tell you that unless you give him 100 gold, he won’t come down.”

Li Ming noticed the other person’s face stiffen, and his smile disappeared. Then he looked up.

After a long while, he took out a specially made wallet, poured out a handful of gold coins, and said faintly, “Tell him that’s all, I’ll wait for him.”

He actually gave it!?

Li Ming was stunned and walked disoriented into the dormitory building.

A moment later, Su Chen stared at the gold coins in front of him. They were only the size of a fingernail, not the gold he understood. They felt warm to the touch and emanated a faint glow.

He fell into contemplation. What should he do if the victim came to his door?

(End of chapter)