Calamity Messenger

Chapter 184 - 145: Stats and Mechanics

Earlier at the auction, the host said that the Advanced Sword and Saber Manual might lead to a rare profession change, which is indeed true.

But it’s also nonsense because the second turn is likely to result in a rare profession, though considering people in this world can only default to choosing the first profession, Yan Qing guesses that second-turn ordinary profession messengers are not few.

Yan Qing actually doesn’t know much about the profession system in "Messenger" because he had never truly played this game before crossing, but the sword and saber profession change is one of the few things he remembered because it’s one of the most powerful second-turn professions, almost all strength enthusiasts would choose to change to the Sword and Blade Messenger at second turn!

The condition to change to the Sword and Blade Messenger is very simple, you must use the Advanced Sword and Saber Mastery Secret Manual during the first turn. But even in the game, this manual is quite rare, because it only has a chance to spawn in the treasure chest in the Second-Turn Secret Realm.

There are only a few Secret Realm Treasure Chests, and they are exclusively in the Second-Turn Secret Realm, so only studios would specifically farm these. This makes it the only advanced manual that sells for a high price in the game.

Yan Qing never imagined he could obtain this manual. In this place where all important resources are monopolized by the Imperial Family, how could such a rare manual have legitimate means of acquisition? Yet he not only bought it but only spent 200,000. Though still a lot, considering the precedent of having the Advanced Footwork Manual, he immediately felt it was worth the price.

After the profession change, although Yan Qing could vaguely sense his traits, ultimately, it wasn’t as detailed as the system description. He temporarily logged out of the Rabbit Heroine’s account and selected the "Yan Qing" account.

Although he couldn’t log into his account, even just on the login screen held a lot of information, including Yan Qing’s level and profession: "Lv22 · Sword and Blade Messenger". He had originally leveled up two extra levels.

Once the cursor selected Sword and Blade Messenger, the game showed a detailed profession introduction:

"Sword and Blade Messenger"

"Attribute Bonus: Qi Blood +10, Soul Essence +4, Agility +10"

"Exhaustive Martial Arts (Blue Trait): When you upgrade through the honing of Secret Techniques (Secret Technique experience needs to exceed 75%), Qi Blood and Agility are additionally increased by 1."

"Sword Master (Blue Trait): When using any Sword Token, token damage is increased by 15%."

So strong!

Yan Qing’s spirits lifted, first of all, other second-turn professions only add 20 points in attributes, but Sword and Blade Messenger adds 24 points!

But that’s not all, the Exhaustive Martial Arts trait allows Yan Qing to upgrade through Secret Technique experience in the future, with Qi Blood and Agility getting an extra point each. Unfortunately, Yan Qing is now level 22, which means he can only level up eight more times through Secret Techniques, gaining an extra 8 points in Qi Blood and Agility.

In the third turn, Yan Qing’s total attributes will be 20 points higher than other messengers, equivalent to having an extra second-turn attribute!

The higher the base attributes not only affect the Foundation Establishment success rate but can even trigger exponential changes during Foundation Establishment. Therefore, Yan Qing never planned to change to Heavy Rain Messenger, a profession focused on offense. Before Foundation Establishment, it’s all about laying the groundwork, ensuring the growth potential of the profession, the more attributes the better!

Just based on the attribute difference, Sword and Blade Messenger is undeniably the strongest second-turn profession, not to mention its subsequent precious professions and even legendary professions!

For instance, Jiang Shi’s Wandering Messenger does indeed provide more attributes, but the profession traits don’t have much development space. After the fourth turn, it would probably be all about numbers in both attributes and mechanics. For those strength enthusiasts who pursue the coexistence of mechanics and numbers, with mechanics being more important, it’s just a choice for the sewer.

Moreover, the Sword Master trait is extremely practical. All Sword Token attacks are amplified by 15%, clearly dual-wielding weapon tokens can maximize this trait but firstly, Yan Qing usually doesn’t raid dungeons, and secondly, even when out, he rarely dual-wields. After all, he is not a player and needs to keep a hand free to absorb Spiritual Jade, so this trait probably doesn’t have much use.

Yan Qing was content after the profession change, sitting down to continue playing.

However, his mindset has become much more relaxed, even if this trip to Shu Dao Mountain yields no results, he can still laugh it off - just changing to the Sword and Blade Messenger has already made five days of running around worth it.

At this time, Pharmacist’s Wish and her party had reached the only hotel in Changle City, and this hotel lived up to its Jianghu status: the shopkeeper greeting customers at the front desk was actually a Red Name Messenger.

Although people were drinking and shouting inside the tavern, generally speaking, there was orderliness, the Demonic Messengers filled with a grassroots aura acted with caution here, even if the tavern’s staff slammed bottles and food onto the tables, the Demonic Messengers spattered with food juice wouldn’t dare to curse.

"How much to stay?" Pharmacist’s Wish asked.

The shopkeeper, a middle-aged man with dreadlocks, leaned over the counter to glance at the Rabbit Heroine below, saying, "500 per person, 2000 for four."

"Why so expensive!?" Shidong was shocked.

"Ordinary people only need 50 Spiritual Jade, but you have offended Zhong Ji, and the only place you can sleep peacefully at night is here." The middle-aged man said indifferently, "You can choose not to stay, Zhong Ji probably doesn’t dare act inside the city, but whether or not he’ll throw feces at you is hard to say."

"Can you guarantee Zhong Ji won’t bother us?"

"During your stay, he won’t." The shopkeeper leaned his head back, tapping the warrant behind him, "I am Fu Nan of the Prajna Sect, as long as you can afford it, I guarantee no one will bother you. I recommend you book a month directly, it’s not expensive, only 60,000 Spiritual Jade, surely you can afford it, right? After a month, Zhong Ji will probably forget you. If you can’t afford it, with your strength, Boss Bodhisattva definitely has a place to use you."

Rabbit Heroine pushed up her toes to look at the warrant behind and then at the shopkeeper, "Dirty Hair Uncle, is that you?"

"I was much slimmer at that time, and I’m not dirty, this is just a hairstyle from the Northern Border." Fu Nan said casually, "So, are you staying or not?"

Before Pharmacist’s Wish could speak, Rabbit Heroine slapped two strings of hundred jade onto the counter.

"Dirty Hair Uncle, since you’ve promised security, you better keep your word." She said calmly, "If someone keeps us awake tonight, then no one will sleep."

Fu Nan found the threat amusing, he wanted to retort but couldn’t find the words when he saw Rabbit Heroine’s eyes. Only after Pharmacist’s Wish’s party went up to the second floor did a staff member approach him, asking, "Boss, slow cook or cut fish?"

Slow cook is soft and gentle, charging slightly more, hoping the guests stay longer; cut fish is squeezing every benefit, charging extortionately for food, bathing, practically everything, just profiting for one night.

"Treat them as regulars." Fu Nan said, "Don’t act recklessly."

The staff member was puzzled, "But Boss, they’re just a bunch of outsiders, and they haven’t sworn allegiance to our sect either..."

"Do as I say."

Fu Nan remembered Rabbit Heroine’s eyes, they were just calm and clear eyes, he could even see his reflection clearly in her pupils - scarlet reflections.

Just as Rabbit Heroine appeared in his eyes surrounded by a scarlet light too.

Blood Eye Syndrome?!

But how could this be possible?

Blood Eye Syndrome is a hallmark of Demonic Messengers, and even among them, it isn’t a guaranteed condition, only those deeply sinful with bloodied hands worldwide would get this incurable disease!

Moreover, Blood Eye Syndrome varies in severity, Fu Nan, who did chores in the mountains for nearly a year without going out, had killed no more than two palmfuls of people, his Blood Eye Syndrome had alleviated a lot, in his eyes, others would only show faint red light.

But the scarlet in Rabbit Heroine’s eyes was profound and almost wicked, seemingly wishing to disembowel him!