My Job Is Quite Unique Chapter 141

Chapter 141: Yuanqing Day, Wei Zhigao Returns

“Hiss—”

He could clearly feel his stomach lining tearing and reconstructing, each contraction bringing excruciating pain.

Cold sweat seeped from his forehead, and Su Chen clenched his teeth, enduring the inhuman torment.

His stomach was sometimes as cold as an ice cellar, sometimes as hot as burning coals. In this extreme pain, he could feel his stomach structure reorganizing, becoming tougher and stronger.

[Glutton profession successfully acquired, gaining professional ability – Gluttony: Pre-ingest large amounts of food and convert it into stored nutrients, which can be rapidly released in a short period to meet the body’s needs.]

“It’s done…” Su Chen breathed a sigh of relief, a warm current surging through his body. He experienced the physical changes and clearly felt his stomach becoming very powerful, like a pulverizer.

And there was this strange sense of emptiness, somewhat like hunger.

“I guess now I can even digest rocks or something.”

The ability description on the panel was just simplified; the specific details required him to experience them firsthand.

“Ming Lin said that after taking the profession, he could only eat regular food and couldn’t drink nutrient solutions…” Su Chen walked out of the gravity room to the nearby antidote storage room, picked a tube of nutrient solution, and drank it.

As soon as it entered his stomach, he could clearly feel his stomach walls蠕动, quickly storing the high-nutrient substances from the compressed nutrient solution.

That strange feeling of emptiness, similar to hunger, diminished significantly.

“As expected, Ming Lin’s job requirements were probably only about 60% complete. The profession completion rate was too low, and the ability was weakened significantly. It’s perfectly capable of absorbing compressed nutrient solution.” Su Chen was not surprised, but also astonished:

“This is a Tier 3 nutrient solution. On normal days, a single tube would sustain me for half a day of training.”

He poured about four more tubes into his mouth before the strange feeling of emptiness disappeared, replaced by a sense of satisfaction.

“Let me try the specific effect…” Su Chen started exercising until he was utterly exhausted, lying on the floor.

He attempted to release the “nutrients” stored in his stomach, and the effect was quite significant. His cells, squeezed to the extreme, felt as if they had entered a hot spring, warm all over, and soon returned to their peak state.

“Skipping the absorption phase, a completely unreasonable recovery.” Su Chen got up, clenched his fists, and was quite surprised.

He then tried again carefully and found that the stored nutrients could sustain him for a maximum of three recoveries.

“The loss is around 80%. Under normal circumstances, five tubes of nutrient solution would sustain my training for at least four days.”

“Not bad…” Su Chen was already very satisfied with this. “After taking the Reverser profession, it’ll be incredibly satisfying.”

Coming out of the gravity room, Su Chen heard some noise outside. Pushing open the door, a cold wind hit him.

“The temperature is getting lower and lower. Is this deep winter?”

Su Chen exhaled a puff of warm air, looked up at the artificial sun in the sky, and became even more speechless.

Red banners were hung on the streetlights at the entrance, and even the shoulders of the Judgment Guards on the road were sprayed with a layer of red paint on their armor.

The smiles on their faces were also more abundant than usual, and the usually somber Judgment Hall was filled with a rare festive atmosphere.

“This is… Yuanqing Day?” Su Chen was stunned, only then realizing.

It was already this festival, which was a major festival for Ying Feng, commemorating its establishment. Every year, the entire Ying Feng, including its subordinate cities, would celebrate lavishly.

At the same time, after Yuanqing Day, the calendar would update, the thirteenth month ending, and the first month beginning.

“It seems every place likes to use red to celebrate major festivals.” Su Chen felt a sense of familiarity, looking left and right, the road was full of red, he couldn’t help but sigh, “It’s been more than half a year since I came to Ying Feng.”

The scene was bustling, Su Chen shook his head, then turned back to his residence. The cold white light in the living room was very bright.

“Zero…” he called out from the sofa.

“Master…” Zero walked over faithfully.

“Nothing.” Su Chen shook his head. Zero wasn’t confused, just faithfully waiting for his master’s command.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

A knock on the door suddenly sounded. Zero had already gone to open it.

“Old Bai?” Su Chen looked at Bai Fengxi entering, surprised. The howling cold wind ruffled her hair, and she held two well-sealed, slender wine bottles in her hand.

“As expected, I’m alone.” Bai Fengxi deftly kicked the door shut and walked straight to the dining table. “I was bored myself, and it’s noisy outside, so I just came to find you.”

“Want a drink?” she asked.

“Come on.” Su Chen sat down at the dining table, while Bai Fengxi said, “I took this from my teacher’s wine cellar. I saw it placed furthest back, so it should be good.”

“Just drinking?” Su Chen asked Zero to contact the cafeteria, only to his surprise learn that it was closed today.

“There’s actually a day off.” He was speechless.

Just then, another knock sounded, but this time the person came straight in, yelling, “Junior Brother, Junior Brother…”

After a couple of calls, he saw the two people sitting at the dining table, and his eyebrows raised. “Hey, you’ve got company.”

The person who arrived was Bu Siqi, carrying two large bags, one on each side.

“But are you two just drinking by yourselves?” Bu Siqi tossed the bags aside and pulled out several hot, packaged meal boxes.

“Senior Brother has foresight,” Su Chen praised with a thumbs-up. Bu Siqi raised an eyebrow proudly and sat down. Looking at the two bottles of wine on the table, he was startled, “Holy cow, is this ‘Jinliusha’?”

“Junior Brother, you’re so impressive now, that someone’s actually sending you this stuff?”

“Old Bai brought it,” Su Chen said. This wine seemed very precious.

“The other senior brothers each took a bottle, and I took two,” Bai Fengxi said casually.

“Yuan Poshan’s treasured collection, eh? Well, only he could get his hands on this stuff.” Bu Siqi realized, a strange look on his face. He rubbed his hands and grinned, “Today I’m benefiting from Junior Brother’s good fortune.”

The food was simple, but none of them cared. The Golden Quicksand poured into the wine glass was truly like golden quicksand, exuding a rich aroma, unusual indeed.

The three of them drank a cup, and Su Chen felt a wave of heat rise in his stomach, even a burning sensation. One must remember that his stomach had transformed into a glutton’s stomach.

This wine is really something.

“I wonder how Little Pigeon is doing.” Bai Fengxi suddenly felt a little melancholic.

“Teacher Yuan is looking after her…” Su Chen exhaled a hot breath, but before he could finish speaking, he heard a clatter as Bai Fengxi toppled onto the dining table.

Su Chen was dumbfounded. “Ha…” Bu Siqi grinned, “This little girl is interesting. I thought she was trying to get you drunk, but she fainted after one sip.”

“This Jinliusha, a Tier 3 person will pass out after one sip. You’re amazing, Junior Brother, you actually resisted it.”

Su Chen was speechless, looking at Old Bai who had fallen before they even started, then looked at Bu Siqi, “Go check on Senior Brother Teng.”

Bu Siqi paused, “Usually on Yuanqing Day, it’s just me and that dullard Old Teng drinking. This year, I originally planned to drink with you guys before going, which is perfect, let this little girl sleep.”

“Let’s go, let’s go. We haven’t even eaten much yet, so take the food with us.”

Su Chen pondered, picked up the opened but unfinished bottle of Jinliusha, leaving the unopened one behind. He told Zero to take care of Bai Fengxi, and the two of them headed out.

The disciplinary office did have people on duty, and they did not stop them from visiting Teng Liang.

“This place is pretty gloomy…”

Entering the prison, the cells on both sides were empty, and iron bars were engraved with some kind of symbol. This place was only for temporary detention. If one was caught by the disciplinary office, they would either die or be crippled. There were very few actual detentions.

“That’s for sure. See those cameras? They’re specially made, capable of capturing even a Tier 4 professional.” Bu Siqi pointed to the monitoring equipment above, which was unusually large, the size of a washbasin.

Teng Liang’s cell was in the deepest part, his emaciated body lying on an iron bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

“Senior Brother,” Bu Siqi called out.

Hearing the call, Teng Liang turned his head, his stiff cheeks moving, “It’s you guys.”

“Come, come…” Bu Siqi beckoned, pulling out food and Jinliusha. “Come and try it, good stuff.”

Teng Liang shuffled over, took a look, and surprisingly said, “Jinliusha? Where did you get this stuff?”

Xia Hanshi didn’t like to drink, so Bu Siqi wouldn’t have this resource.

“Yuan Poshan’s treasured collection…” Bu Siqi said, “The little girl who has a good relationship with Junior Brother brought it.”

Teng Liang’s eyes moved, and he sighed, “Junior Brother, you’ve been fooled by Little Bu.”

Su Chen was stunned, and Teng Liang explained, “He just can’t stand to see you with a girl, that’s why he deliberately called you over.”

Bu Siqi angrily retorted, “Old Teng, don’t talk nonsense. Am I the kind of person who can’t stand to see others do well? Junior Brother said it himself. I originally wanted to wait until they were asleep and come on my own.”

“Changed your ways?” Teng Liang was surprised.

Bu Siqi immediately “feigned anger”: “You dullard, you usually can’t even fart out a peep, but today you’re explaining yourself?”

Teng Liang’s eyebrows twitched, and Bu Siqi, startled, leaped away, then sneered, “Don’t scare me. You’re not sealed, your strength is still there. The Tribunal are all bastards, damn it…”

“Go back.” Teng Liang squeezed out a smile at him.

“Good.” Su Chen’s throat bobbed, and he excused himself.

Emerging from the prison, the cold wind hit him, clearing his head considerably. Thinking back to what had just happened, he couldn’t help but chuckle.

Rubbing his face, he returned to his residence, tossed Old Bai onto the sofa, rubbed his head, and went upstairs to sleep.

The next day, he wasn’t sure who woke up first. When Su Chen came downstairs, Old Bai had already left, probably feeling awkward, not even leaving a word for him.

The Jinliusha on the table was still there.

“Master, I recorded the scene when Ms. Bai Fengxi woke up. Would you like to see it?” Zero, standing in the corner, suddenly spoke.

“What do you mean?” Su Chen’s expression didn’t hold. “How can you analyze from my usual behavior that I would want to watch such a thing?”

“I just thought you might be curious,” Zero explained.

Su Chen couldn’t be bothered with him and prepared to go to the gravity room to continue fulfilling the requirements of the [Reverser].

After becoming a Glutton, he could train continuously in short bursts, saving a lot of recovery time.

But it was precisely at the beginning of the new year, and after a few more days, a sudden piece of news shattered the lively atmosphere of the Disciplinary Office.

Bu Siqi rushed to find him, his face rather grim. After closing the door, he said, “Wei Zhigao is back.”

“He’s back?” Su Chen was surprised. It had been three months since the news of the Chief Justice disappeared, and many people thought he was dead.

Su Chen even thought so too.

Bu Siqi nodded: “Yes, earlier today, he was found three hundred kilometers outside Ying Feng City, covered in wounds and almost lifeless. He has currently been sent to the medical department.”

He seemed a little annoyed, “This old fellow, he actually didn’t die. He didn’t listen to the teacher’s warnings, caused the destruction of two cities, and still has the nerve to be alive.”

Su Chen was also a little disappointed; he didn’t have a good impression of Wei Zhigao either.

As he spoke, Bu Siqi showed a hint of schadenfreude, “However, he still doesn’t know about Chu Xuan’s death. I hope it pisses him off to death.”

(End of this chapter)