My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 123

Chapter 123: The Death of Chu Xuan, An Unforeseen Situation

Gu Bing’s hands trembled slightly. For the Gu family to act as an intermediary to contact other forces was already a way to gain some benefits.

And handling part of the Pang family’s assets further represented a kind of trust. Gu Bing hadn’t expected Su Chen’s investment to yield returns so quickly.

After seeing Gu Bing off, as dusk deepened, Su Chen arrived at the medicine storage room, which had been completely renovated.

Gu Bing had originally come to deliver him potions.

“Disha…” Su Chen picked up a tube of yellowish-brown liquid. This was an auxiliary potion for the physique, extracted from a special mineral called Tong Tie.

One tube cost 40,000 gold, and even with bulk purchases, the Gu family would have to pay 30,000 gold. He would consume at least seven or eight tubes a month, and this was only for physical auxiliary potions. The Gu family was already struggling to support him.

He poured it into his mouth; it had a gritty texture, like rusted iron water, and his muscles felt as if they were being pricked with needles.

“Silver Lotus Spirit Water…” was an auxiliary potion for the spirit, looking like mercury. It tasted sweet, and his spiritual power gradually became active.

Finally, he took a sip of Liuli Blood, and he could clearly feel that its effect had greatly diminished.

Entering the gravity room, he pulled out two materials of over ten pages each from his smart bracelet. One depicted peculiar postures, either lying down or reclining, the D-grade [Crouching Tiger Body Forging Method].

The other described some special symbols, the D-grade [Brahma Sound Void Breaking Meditation Method].

New forging methods, new meditation methods, new potions…

The D-grade training methods were much more complex, and it took Su Chen some time to get started with each.

“I hope Chu Xuan is wise; killing a core seed can cause a big ripple,” Su Chen couldn’t help but think.

…

At the entrance of Chu Xuan’s villa, a group of people were still gathered. Losing to Su Chen was because Su Chen was too strong, not because Chu Xuan was weak.

Although he still hadn’t redeemed himself, Chu Xuan, this potential stock, was still very good.

The door opened, and Chu Yunze walked out with a bitter smile, “He won’t see anyone.”

“What’s going on? Is Brother Chu okay?” Someone came up and asked.

“His injuries are nothing serious,” Chu Yunze replied. But seeing that everyone’s expressions hadn’t changed, he realized they weren’t asking about his injuries, but Chu Xuan’s state of mind.

On the arena, Chu Xuan’s mentality obviously collapsed. If he was to be completely disheartened, it would be best to say it early, so everyone could go their separate ways.

Chu Yunze said displeasedly, “If there’s nothing else, please disperse.”

Everyone looked at each other, but didn’t say much and left.

Only Meng Qi remained, standing in the corner. He then walked over, looking scared, “I didn’t expect Su Chen to be so powerful.”

“Yes…” As the core of the small group, Chu Yunze had a good relationship with Meng Qi. Hearing this, he nodded and said, “However, Chu Xuan doesn’t seem to be like last time.”

“What Su Chen said to him probably helped a lot.”

“To be set up and still have such a broad mind, unaffected by external matters.” Chu Yunze couldn’t help but say, “If you ask me now, the person most likely to become the Chief Justice is none other than Su Chen.”

“Indeed.” Meng Qi nodded in agreement and then said, “Let me go in and talk to Brother.”

“He won’t even see me,” Chu Yunze shook his head.

Meng Qi said helplessly, “I’ll try. I have to arouse his fighting spirit.”

“That’s right.” Chu Yunze agreed, “Then you go.”

Meng Qi pushed the door open and went in, while Chu Yunze couldn’t help but recall the scene on the arena earlier.

“His magnanimity, that’s all…”

Meng Qi looked back at the closed door, walked up to the second floor, and knocked on the room door. There was a silence, no response.

Meng Qi wasn’t surprised. On his usually timid face, an unspeakable expression appeared. He whispered, “Big Brother, I have a way to deal with Su Chen.”

After a moment, a hoarse voice came from the room, “Come in.”

Meng Qi pushed the door open and saw Chu Xuan lying in bed, bandages all over his body, rubbing his head with a deep frown.

Professionals have strong vitality. Chu Xuan’s injuries were severe, but after basic treatment, he would be bouncing around in a few days thanks to his self-healing abilities.

Chu Xuan had no expression and said lightly, “In the future, don’t mention dealing with Su Chen. He and I have no enmity.”

“And go to Wei Yu Fan less. Su Chen was right, I was blinded by obsession and forgot what was most important.”

He was truly out of ideas. He couldn’t win, couldn’t compete. If he didn’t adjust his mindset, was he really going to commit suicide?

He was truly beaten into submission… Meng Qi was surprised, but he whispered, “You… misunderstood. My expression was inaccurate. I meant I have a way to make you surpass Su Chen, to surpass him fairly and squarely.”

“Oh?” Chu Xuan couldn’t help but look over, “Even a top-tier profession is useless. Do you have a way?”

Meng Qi nodded solemnly, “…Yes…”

Before he could say more, Chu Xuan’s face contorted, and he suddenly slammed his head.

Meng Qi was startled, “Are you alright?”

Chu Xuan took a deep breath, and his face gradually softened, “Nothing, it might be the after-effects of the mental attack earlier, you continue.”

………

“…A way to surpass me?” Su Chen’s unfocused eyes gradually sharpened, lost in thought.

Just now, he had tried to glimpse Chu Xuan’s situation, to see what the other person was thinking.

The good news was that Chu Xuan seemed to have truly let go, no longer fixated on him.

But that Meng Qi was a bit strange.

This guy had a low presence, and Su Chen didn’t have any specific impression of him, but now he suddenly jumped out, which felt odd.

“Unfortunately, Chu Xuan is, after all, a third-tier top-tier professional, and his mental resilience is very high. If I probe for too long, I’ll be discovered. I guess by the time he fully recovers, this seed will be annihilated…”

Su Chen pondered for a while, then shook his head, “Forget it, as long as he doesn’t target me.”

He temporarily put the matter aside and continued training.

In the next few days, Gu Zhengtian contacted several forces on his behalf, attended many banquets, and finally sorted out three families.

“The Wang family started by reselling potions and has a good network in the potion department…”

“The Tie family has branches in many lower cities and relies on various mineral resources…”

“These two families can integrate the channels for potions and metal materials. More importantly, their family power is not very strong, making them easy to control…”

Gu Bing continued to explain, “As for the Zhou family and the Sun family, they are high-level officials in the city. They don’t offer much, but the main purpose of contacting them is to show an attitude that we don’t want to be excluded from the core circle.”

“Also, those contracts you gave, we briefly calculated them, and the theoretical price should be around tens of millions of gold. If you want to sell them, they might be devalued by 40%…”

“No need to sell them, just keep operating them.” Su Chen interrupted with a wave of his hand. He consumed about five million gold worth of auxiliary potions alone each month, so this was only two months’ worth of consumption.

He was determined to be a hands-off boss and let the Gu family handle it.

“I have no need for money. Oh, right, please help me pay an extra 100,000 gold to logistics.”

“Okay.” Gu Bing nodded, noting it down. “By the way…” Her eyes drifted, and she hesitated, “My grandfather asked me if you had time to come to our house for a meal…”

Before she finished speaking, she saw Su Chen’s expression change. The sound of wind roared, electric arcs shot out, and he suddenly darted into the basement.

“Good, good, so fast…” Gu Bing even forgot what she was going to say, her eyes wide with astonishment.

Closing the door of the gravity room, Su Chen’s expression changed. He sensed that his mental seed was about to be annihilated.

“Was I discovered? How could it be so fast? Does he know it was planted by me?”

Su Chen wanted to figure this out, so he spread his mental power and tried to connect.

The scene in front of him blurred, and sharp shouts came from his ears: “Meng Qi, you’re looking for death!”

“I’m a core seed of the Tribunal, what do you want to do!”

“Where is this?” Su Chen looked around at everything, surprised and uncertain.

This was a dim room. Chu Xuan seemed to be fixed on an iron frame, and several figures shrouded in black robes stood in front of him. Meng Qi stood before him.

But unlike his timid behavior during the assessment, at this moment, Meng Qi’s face only showed suppressed excitement.

“Chu Xuan, oh Chu Xuan, I’ve waited for half a year to find this opportunity.” Meng Qi paced back and forth. “You rarely leave the Tribunal, and even when you do, there are many people around you.”

“I’ve pretended to be a fool by your side for half a year, and it sickens me.”

“You… you…” Chu Xuan was surprised and angry. “If you kill me, the Tribunal will undoubtedly turn Ying Feng upside down to investigate thoroughly.”

“Of course, of course…” Meng Qi didn’t care at all. “Killing people like you isn’t very cost-effective. It’s only necessary to kill you at certain specific times.”

“And who said I was going to kill you?” Meng Qi’s face showed a wicked smile.

Su Chen’s heart tightened. Through Chu Xuan’s peripheral vision, he saw that someone was bending over and drawing something on his body.

Under the black robe, long, slender nails were stained with a bit of clear, pale liquid from a bronze container.

There seemed to be only a tiny bit of that liquid, but no matter how much was applied, it never seemed to diminish.

“It’s this thing that’s making my mental seed nearly annihilated.” Su Chen realized that the closer the drawing came to an end, the more violently his mental seed trembled.

Amidst Chu Xuan’s roars, the drawing was finally complete.

The surrounding scene became extremely blurry, and his mental seed was almost annihilated. Su Chen couldn’t see what the other party had drawn.

But he could see that the black-robed man standing up slowly had no facial features.

“Faceless Man, indeed a Heretic God Cultist!” Su Chen’s heart shook. Only Heretic God cultists could create such a strange scene.

“You can start now.” The faceless cultist walked to the side and whispered.

“The cultist is very respectful, this guy’s status must be high. How did he sneak into the Tribunal?” Su Chen wondered.

Meng Qi took a deep breath and began to chant aloud. Su Chen couldn’t understand the incantation.

But as the chanting grew louder, streaks of grayish-white chains gradually appeared on Meng Qi and Chu Xuan, as if rooted in their bodies, and some kind of substance faintly flowed between them.

Meng Qi’s body began to twist, and a large number of symbols appeared on his skin. His entire body seemed to be composed of symbols, while Chu Xuan let out a painful wail.

“What the f*ck is this…”

Under Su Chen’s horrified gaze, Meng Qi’s melting facial features were reshaped, gradually turning into Chu Xuan’s appearance, with height, hair color, and skin color all becoming similar.

“Is this the Faceless Ghost’s ability?” Su Chen felt a chill down his spine. This change was clearly not a simple disguise.

“Hoo…”

The change finally ended, and the grayish-white chains between them disappeared. “Chu Xuan” let out a breath, stretched his limbs, and let out a comfortable groan, “As expected of the Mo Cui talent, third-tier top-tier…”

“Heretic God… you actually colluded with…” Chu Xuan spoke, his voice extremely weak, “You actually colluded with the Heretic God.”

Following Chu Xuan’s gaze, Su Chen looked down and saw that his body had become withered, as if completely drained.

“…worthy of a top-tier professional…” Meng Qi praised, his body gradually changing and enveloped in blood flame.

“Even professions can be replaced?” Su Chen became even more wary.

Chu Xuan’s expression stiffened, obviously startled as well. Such a method was simply unheard of.

He sternly reprimanded, “Who exactly are you? The Faceless Ghost’s followers could never achieve this level!”

“Unfortunately, the mental body cannot be disguised for now…” Meng Qi shook his head, returning to his original appearance.

He mused, “Hmm, who’s next? Su Chen… he seems to be very powerful, and he’s coveted by Black Tuluo. I also want to know what secrets he has.”

“Unfortunately, this is also a reclusive fellow, and I can’t predict when he’ll leave, which is a bit troublesome.”

“This guy has his eyes on me…” Su Chen’s heart was filled with coldness.

“You want to deal with Su Chen?” Chu Xuan sneered repeatedly. He had already foreseen his end. Though his heart was filled with sorrow, he still gritted his teeth,

“You’re dreaming! His cunning is far greater than mine. You will die without a trace!”

It seemed only by relying on Su Chen could he dispel his current unwillingness and fear of death.

“How am I cunning?” Su Chen mumbled. Chu Xuan seemed to be accepting death bravely and didn’t beg for mercy.

Meng Qi was not disturbed by these words and asked the cultist beside him, “Have you found Black Tuluo’s divine blood?”

The faceless cultist shook his head, “No, because of Liu Chen’s death, we aren’t allowed to operate, and the Black Tuluo cultists have been going crazy lately.”

Meng Qi nodded: “After I go back, I’ll challenge a core seed to raise my status. It should be easier to act than the Black Tuo cultists.”

He could barely see anything in front of him. Su Chen struggled to maintain the mental link, only hearing Meng Qi’s last sentence.

“I will find Black Tuluo’s divine blood as soon as possible and find a way to control it from those Black Tuluo cultists. Otherwise… it will be difficult to take that stone tablet out.”

“Yes…” the faceless cultist nodded, then looked at the weak Chu Xuan, “What about him?”

“The death of a core seed will surely stir up great commotion…”

…

The mental seed has been completely annihilated, and I don’t know what happened to Chu Xuan.

Su Chen came back to his senses and remained silent for a long time.

“Although these guys collaborate, they all have their own schemes. This unknown entity, what is its goal with the stone tablet? What stone tablet?”

“I wonder if reporting it would work. Anyway, I’ll try to report it first.”

“No.” Su Chen shook his head again. “If I only target him, he might notice something… I might as well report everyone…”

“And that Black Tuluo divine blood, the method to control the divine blood…”

The Black Tuluo divine blood was in his hands. Although it wasn’t a hot potato, if there was a method to control it, it would be a means.

A sharp gleam flashed in his eyes. “Find the Black Tuluo cultists. No one is faster than me.”

(End of this chapter)