Chapter 112: Third Class Advancement! Shaman Priest!

At the same moment, a prompt rang in Wang Chen’s ear:

The class advancement quest has been completed. Please report to the Class Advancement Temple as soon as possible to submit the quest.

Wang Chen smiled soundlessly, not because he had finally finished the task, but because if the quest had been cleared, it meant that Su had truly grown.

It was not empty, grand-sounding rhetoric; it meant he had genuinely found the resolve to put the justice in his heart into practice.

Wang Chen sincerely rejoiced at that.

The two of them talked until deep into the night. Wang Chen told Su about many human books, and about the wisdom of the sages contained within them.

Su listened with shining eyes. After all he had endured, the young man was no longer that childish boy who took praise for glory as if it were family. He no longer coveted hollow fame like the title of Windchaser Envoy. He wanted true strength.

And under Wang Chen’s influence, he had already begun to faintly understand: knowledge is power.

The next day, Su saw Wang Chen off outside the camp. Because of the situation, he could not personally escort him to the teleportation array, so he entrusted two warriors of the Windchaser Guard to take him there.

“I’ll have someone send over the books you wanted,” Wang Chen said.

Su smiled and agreed, then took a bow from the person beside him and handed it to Wang Chen.

“This is a Windchaser bow made to human proportions. The tribe is at war, so all resources must be tightly controlled. We have no other gift to thank you with, so take this bow—crafted by our people’s special methods—as a token of gratitude.”

Wang Chen took the Windchaser bow and studied it. “Didn’t you say a good Windchaser bow takes a long time to make?”

“That’s usually the case, and a bow of this size is a little easier to make,” Su explained.

Wang Chen nodded. He knew Su must have used the materials for the next batch of Windchaser bows to make this one. Even though it was smaller, it would not save much effort, and he must have found a craftsman to work through the night.

But their relationship was one of both teacher and friend. If they were to refuse back and forth over something so small, it would be far too formal.

So with a flick of his fingers, he happily stored the Windchaser bow in his ring.

“Can this bow shoot your kind of second-stage arrow?” Wang Chen asked.

“Second-stage arrow? What an ugly name,” Su said with a laugh. “That’s the Windchaser Seven Shots. At the highest level, a single arrow can be accelerated seven times. Nothing can withstand it.”

“But throughout the history of the Windchaser Clan, very few have ever reached that supreme realm. My uncle is the strongest warrior alive today, and even he can only manage five shots, and the power is already astonishing.”

Wang Chen asked curiously, “Then how is this Windchaser Seven Shots supposed to be cultivated?”

Su looked at the Windchaser bow. “Everything else can be trained through practice, but for the Windchaser Seven Shots, one must come to understand it on one’s own. If you insist on speaking of a teacher, then the best teacher is the Windchaser bow itself. In time, it will naturally teach you everything.”

“How profound,” Wang Chen said with feeling.

At that moment, someone beside Su urged him on. Seeing this, Wang Chen simply took his leave as well.

“Su, take care.” Wang Chen clasped his fists toward him. “Once things in the clan have settled down, you can always come find me in the human world. You already have the contact information I left you.”

Su pressed his right hand over his left chest, the Windchaser Clan’s salute.

“Certainly!”

Men need not feel reluctant when parting, for they believe there will surely be a day when they meet again.

The two walked away in opposite directions. Su headed back into the camp, where many matters still awaited his decision.

As for Wang Chen, under the protection of the two Windchaser Guard warriors, he made his way to the teleportation array.

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The warm white glow faded, and Wang Chen returned to Luzhou.

He rubbed at his brow and lingered outside the teleportation array for a while.

The two days he had spent in the Windchaser Clan’s hidden realm felt as though they belonged to another lifetime.

He had faced the overwhelming pressure of the Dragon-Devouring Vajra Eagle, become caught up in the Windchaser Clan’s internal turmoil, and witnessed the growth of a new generation’s leader.

There had been too much information, too many things he had lived through. Even a good night’s sleep could not dispel all the fatigue.

He hesitated over whether to rest for a day after turning in the class advancement quest.

“Forget it. I’d better hand in the quest first and think about the rest later.”

Wang Chen hailed a taxi and headed for the Class Advancement Temple.

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As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the Class Advancement Temple, Wang Chen went straight to the counter and applied to use a reception room.

While the receptionist was processing the request, a cry of surprise rose behind him.

“Ahhh, it’s you! Liar!”

Wang Chen turned around and saw a girl in the distance pointing at him, hopping in place with delight.

He stared blankly for a moment before suddenly remembering her. She was the girl who had stopped him to ask about the five-star quest. Her name seemed to be Xiao Zhi?

She was in ordinary clothes now, so it looked like she was off work.

Wang Chen thought darkly to himself that this was bad luck. Why was this crazy girl glued to him like this?

But on the surface, he remained calm and detached, turning his head back as if he had merely seen some commotion.

After learning the room number from the receptionist, he quickly headed inside alone, pretending not to see the girl at all.

“Hey, hey, hey! Don’t pretend you can’t see me!” Xiao Zhi came chasing after him with wild, flailing gestures, her face flushed red, still wearing that starstruck-girl expression.

But was Wang Chen going to let her catch him? A joke. The Bone Serpent, the Brindled Cat, and the Shadowflash Black Panther were all fierce beasts famed for their speed, yet none of them could even touch the hem of his clothes—so how could a young woman in a life profession possibly catch him?

Wang Chen walked briskly into the reception room and gently pulled the door shut behind him.

By the time Xiao Zhi caught up, all she saw was the tightly closed door and the sign outside that read Occupied, meaning the room was currently not to be disturbed.

After all, an advanced practitioner might be undergoing a class change inside, and any interruption could cause problems.

If it were anyone else, they might have forced their way in. But as a receptionist herself, Xiao Zhi could not knowingly break the rules, so she had no choice but to lurk outside and wait.

Grinding her teeth in frustration, she muttered, “Hmph! I’ll wait right here. Let’s see if you never come out.”

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Inside, Wang Chen placed his hand upon the Class Advancement Divine Stone.

A soft radiance rippled across the stone, and when his palm made contact, it blossomed into brilliant light.

Third advancement quest submission successful. Commencing class change.

The light encircled Wang Chen, and streams from the divine stone flowed into his arm and throughout his body.

Warm currents coursed through every vein and bone in his body, adjusting his blood vessels, skeleton, and more. The process lasted about five or six minutes.

When the glow faded, Wang Chen clenched his fist, feeling the lightness of his body.

It was still the same warm sensation as soaking in a hot spring, but this time it felt even more comfortable.

If the last class change had been like soaking in an eighty-eight-degree hot spring, then this one was like a one-hundred-eighty-eight-degree hot spring, complete with medicinal bath treatment.

Wang Chen stretched lazily, then sat down on the sofa in the reception room and calmly opened his class panel.

Congratulations on reaching third advancement. Third advancement class awakened: Shaman Priest.

The following class skills have been awakened:

Within the Mist: After activation, creates a field of smoke. Allied units within the smoke will continuously recover from their injuries.