My Professions Have Too Much Personality - Chapter 299 - 183: The Function of the Deceitful God’s Power

Each type of Deceitful God’s Power could stimulate a profession in a different way. Given the precedents set by the Faceless Ghost and Black Tuo, Su Chen had long been curious about the effects of the other powers.

Now, he finally had his chance. He had specifically selected a Tier Three Advanced Profession for the experiment before he arrived, and it was already prepared on his panel.

[Tier Three Advanced Profession — Fiery Flame Master]. This was a variant of the Fire Element professions and possessed greater destructive power.

[Advancement Requirement One: Raise three E-level Body Refining Techniques to Master Level.]

[Advancement Requirement Two: Defeat three Fire Element-related Professionals of the same Tier and devour their Elemental Power.]

[Advancement Requirement Three: Delve into a volcanic region and soak in shallow magma for over half an hour.]

Requirements Two and Three had already been weakened thanks to the Great Venerable’s influence. Originally, they required defeating five Professionals of the same Tier and soaking for over an hour.

Low-tier Divine Power could affect Tier Three Professions. Using one portion for an experiment was a drop in the bucket, given the amount of Divine Power he currently possessed.

The people from the Judgment Department nearby were preparing a detection procedure to see if he had been corrupted, but Su Chen paid them no mind, thinking to himself:

’I’ll try this Crimson Power first.’

With a mere thought, the panel immediately reacted—

[The Fiery Flame Master has been affected by Crimson Power. Advancement difficulty is further reduced. Please specify which requirement to weaken. Note: If a requirement cannot be weakened further, guidance will be provided.]

’So it weakens the advancement difficulty…’ Su Chen realized. ’It’s pretty similar to the Great Venerable’s influence. The Crimson Essence probably has the same effect. Tsk…’

’Thinking about it, the Great Venerable’s influence is quite significant. Never mind regular Tiered professions; to affect special professions, you need to use an Essence.’

’Every time I cash in on his favor, it’s like getting a free Crimson Essence.’

’Although it overlaps with the Great Venerable’s influence, it’s not entirely useless. After the Great Venerable’s influence weakens a requirement once, the Crimson Power can weaken it a second time.’

’The most crucial part is that this stuff lets me specify the requirement. I just don’t know what ’cannot be weakened further’ actually means.’

Su Chen pondered, selecting Requirement Three for the Fiery Flame Master.

[Advancement Requirement Three for the Fiery Flame Master has been weakened. Soaking for only one minute is now sufficient.]

“One minute?” Su Chen was astonished. After two consecutive reductions, the requirement was practically nonexistent.

Still, even then, the requirement existed. It was weakened, after all, not erased.

As Su Chen considered this, he turned his attention to the next portion of Divine Power.

’Let’s go with Cunning Fox.’

As his focus shifted, the dark pink power of the Cunning Fox entwined itself with the Fiery Flame Master profession.

[The Fiery Flame Master has been affected by the power of the Cunning Fox. The difficulty of Advancement Requirement Three has increased. Soaking for over half an hour is required. An additional reward can be obtained upon completing the requirement and advancing.]

’So it increases the difficulty in exchange for a reward…’ Su Chen was quietly pleased. In total, he had only triggered a similar effect twice before.

The first time was for [Secret Artifact Master], and the reward immediately upgraded the first Secret Artifact under his control.

The second time was for [Soldier Nurturer], which greatly reduced the costs associated with the profession.

’The rewards aren’t exactly game-breaking, but they’re all very useful. Now I’ve finally found a way to consistently trigger this effect.’ Su Chen’s mood improved immensely; extra rewards were always a pleasant surprise.

Striking while the iron was hot, Su Chen immediately tested the final power: the Power of Dark Plague.

[The Fiery Flame Master has been infused with the Power of Dark Plague. A selected advancement requirement can be replaced with another requirement of comparable difficulty.]

’Replacing a profession requirement?’ Su Chen was surprised. This was a special reaction he had never triggered before.

’Replacement… comparable difficulty…’

As he thought about it, he selected the Fiery Flame Master’s second advancement requirement.

[Advancement Requirement Two for the Fiery Flame Master has been replaced: Fuse with a fragment of the Heart of the Volcano.]

’Oh, so it changed from defeating enemies to collecting an item?’

Su Chen’s eyes gleamed. This effect was interesting. It didn’t have broad applications, but if he ever ran into a requirement that was simply impossible to complete, it would be worth the gamble.

“Su Chen.”

Just as he was lost in thought, a sinister, ghost-like face suddenly appeared before him. Su Chen jumped, startled. His lips trembled as he said, “Teacher…”

Xia Hanshi stared at him suspiciously. “You’re not feeling anything strange, are you?”

The Judgment Department’s detection procedure had already finished, and naturally, it found nothing abnormal.

But Xia Hanshi, who had been watching him intently, noticed the subtle change in Su Chen’s expression and sensed that something was off.

“No, I was just thinking about Hongxuan,” Su Chen said, making an excuse.

“Hn.” Xia Hanshi glanced at the test results again and nodded. “Good, as long as you’re alright. You look a bit tired. You should head back.”

“Yes, sir.” Su Chen stood up, said a word to Teng Liang, and left.

’Old Xia’s face popping up like that is seriously scary,’ Su Chen grumbled to himself.

By the time he was done absorbing the Deceitful God’s Power, it was already noon. It was nearly September, and the artificial sun blazed down, making the air increasingly hot and dry.

’So, it seems Crimson reduces difficulty, Cunning Fox increases difficulty for a reward, and Dark Plague replaces the requirement,’ Su Chen mused as he walked. ’Then their Essences must have roughly the same effects.’

’However, these effects can also conflict with one another. For example, when the Cunning Fox’s power increases a requirement’s difficulty, it specifies that the reward is only granted after completing it and advancing. That means it can’t be erased by the Power of the Faceless Ghost or replaced by the Power of Dark Plague.’

’So, if I want to maximize the use of these Divine Powers, how should I go about it?’

He calculated carefully. ’When I first acquire a profession, the first step is always the ’favor’ from the Great Venerable, which weakens one of the requirements.’