Scourge Messenger

Chapter 146 Numerical Values ​​and Mechanisms
During the auction, the host mentioned that advanced sword and blade manuals might allow one to change to a rare profession, and that is indeed true.

But that's also obvious, because there's a high probability that a rare job will be available after the second job advancement. However, given that people in this world can only choose their first job by default, Yan Qing guesses that there are quite a few messengers who will still be ordinary jobs after the second job advancement.

Yan Qing didn't actually know much about the job system in "The Messenger," since he had never really played the game before he transmigrated. However, the sword and blade job change was one of the few things he remembered, because it was one of the most powerful job changes in the second job change, and almost all players who focused on strength would choose to change to the sword and blade messenger job in the second job change!
The conditions for changing jobs to Sword Messenger are simple: you must use the "Advanced Sword Mastery Manual" during your first job change. However, this manual is quite rare, not only in this world but also in the game, because it only has a chance to spawn in treasure chests in the second job change dungeon.

There are only a few secret realm chests, and they are only available in second-tier secret realms. Only studios would specifically farm these items, making them the only advanced skill books in the game that can fetch a price.

Yan Qing never imagined he could get his hands on this manual. In a place where all important resources are monopolized by royal families, how could such a rare manual be obtained through legitimate means? Not only did he buy it, but he also only spent 200,000. Although it was still a lot, with the precedent of the advanced footwork manual, he immediately felt it was a great deal.

After changing jobs, Yan Qing could vaguely sense his own characteristics, but they were not as detailed as the system's description. He temporarily logged out of his Bunny Girl alternate account and then selected the account 'Yan Qing'.

Although he couldn't log into his own account, the login screen still displayed a lot of information, including Yan Qing's level and class: "Lv22·Sword Messenger". He had actually leveled up two more times.

When the cursor is selected by the Swordsman Messenger, a detailed introduction to the class will pop up in the game:

"Sword Messenger"

"Attribute bonus: Health +10, Spirit +4, Agility +10"

"Exhaustive Martial Arts (Blue Trait): When you level up by honing your secret techniques (secret technique experience must account for more than 75%), your Health and Dexterity will increase by an additional 1.

"Sword Master (Blue Trait): When using any sword token, the token deals +15% damage."

So strong!

Yan Qing's spirits lifted. First of all, other second-tier professions only add 20 attribute points, but the Sword and Blade Messenger adds 24 points!
But that's not enough. The "Exhaustive Martial Arts" trait allows Yan Qing to gain an extra 1 point to both Health and Dexterity when leveling up through secret techniques. Unfortunately, Yan Qing is already level 22, meaning he can only level up a maximum of eight times through secret techniques, which would only grant him an extra 8 points to Health and 8 points to Dexterity.

In other words, when Yan Qing reaches the third job advancement, his total attribute points are 20 more than other messengers, which is equivalent to having one more job advancement attribute!
The level of basic attributes not only affects the success rate of Foundation Establishment, but can even cause exponential changes during Foundation Establishment. Therefore, Yan Qing never intended to switch to the Storm Messenger, a class that focuses on offensive attacks. Before Foundation Establishment, he focused on building a foundation, and the more attributes he had, the better, while ensuring the class's strength and growth potential!
Based on the difference in attributes alone, the Sword Messenger is undoubtedly the strongest second-class job, not to mention that it has rare and even legendary jobs to follow!

While Jiang Shi's Wandering Messenger does offer a lot of attributes, its class characteristics don't really offer much room for development. After the fourth job advancement, it will likely have both high stats and strong mechanics. For players who prioritize both stats and mechanics, with mechanics being more important, it's just a bottom-tier choice.

In addition, the Sword Master trait is also very useful, as it increases the damage of all sword and blade tokens by 15%. Obviously, dual-wielding weapon tokens can maximize this trait. However, firstly, Yan Qing doesn't usually spend much time on dungeons, and secondly, even when he goes out, he rarely dual-wields weapons. After all, he is not a player and needs to save some spirit jade for later. This trait probably won't be of much use.

Yan Qing was satisfied after changing jobs and sat down to continue playing the game.

However, he has become much more relaxed now. Even if this trip to the Shu Road Mountains ends in failure, he can laugh it off—the fact that he has changed his job to Sword Messenger is enough to make his five days of travel worthwhile.

At this moment, the pharmacist and her companions had arrived at the only restaurant in Chang Le City, and this restaurant lived up to its reputation in the martial arts world: the manager sitting at the front desk to greet guests was actually a red-named messenger.

Although some people were drinking and making noise inside the inn, the overall order was good. The unruly demon messengers were all keeping their tails between their legs. Even when the waiter smashed wine bottles and food on the table, the demon messengers who got splashed with food juice didn't dare to curse.

"How much does it cost to stay overnight?" the pharmacist asked.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man with dreadlocks. He leaned over the counter and glanced at the bunny girl below, saying, "Five hundred per person, two thousand for four." "How can it be so expensive!?" Shi Dong exclaimed in surprise.

"Ordinary people would only need fifty spirit jades, but since you've offended Zhong Ji, this is the only place where you can get a good night's sleep," the middle-aged man said listlessly. "You don't have to stay here. Zhong Ji probably won't dare to lay a hand on you in the city, but whether he'll throw excrement at you is another matter."

"Can you guarantee that Zhong Ji won't cause us any trouble?"

"No one will dare to bother you while you're staying here." The shopkeeper tilted his head back and tapped the wanted poster on his back. "I am Fu Nan from the Prajna Sect. As long as you can afford it, I guarantee no one will dare to cause you trouble. I recommend you book a month's stay directly. It's not expensive, just 60,000 spirit jades. You can definitely afford that, right? After a month, Zhong Ji will probably have forgotten about you. If you can't afford it, with your strength, Boss Prajna will definitely need your help."

Bunny Girl stood on tiptoe, looking at the wanted poster behind her, then at the shopkeeper: "Dirty-haired uncle, is that you?"

"I was much thinner back then, and I wasn't dirty. This was just a Northern hairstyle," Fu Nan said casually. "So, how about it, want to stay?"

Before the pharmacist could speak, the bunny girl slammed two strings of jade beads onto the counter.

"Dirty Uncle, since you promised security, you'd better keep your word," she said calmly. "If anyone keeps us up tonight, then nobody gets to sleep."

Fu Nan found the threat amusing. He wanted to retort, but upon seeing the bunny girl's eyes, he suddenly fell silent. Only after the Pharmacist and his group went up to the second floor did a waiter approach and ask, "Boss, soup or fish fillets?"

Soup is cooked over a low flame and charged a little more than usual, hoping that guests will stay longer; fish is sliced ​​to be squeezed as much as possible, and every place, from meals to bathing, is charged exorbitant prices, just to make money for this one night.

"Treat them like regulars," Fu Nan said. "Don't do anything reckless."

The waiter was puzzled: "But boss, they're just a group of outsiders, and they haven't even joined our faction..."

"Do as I say."

Fu Nan recalled the eyes of the bunny girl earlier; they were calm and clear eyes, and he could even clearly see his own reflection in her eyes—a scarlet reflection.

Just as Bunny Girl was surrounded by a scarlet light in his eyes.

Hemopia? !
But how is this possible?

Bloodshot eyes are a mark of demonic messengers, and even demonic messengers are not necessarily susceptible to this disease. Only those who have committed heinous crimes and killed countless people will suffer from this incurable disease!

Moreover, there are different degrees of hemophthalmopathy. Fu Nan had been handling miscellaneous tasks in the mountains for a long time and had not gone out for nearly a year. He had killed a handful of people, so his hemophthalmopathy had been greatly reduced. Others only had a faint red glow in his eyes.

But the crimson in Bunny Girl's eyes that Fu Nan saw was so deep it was almost vicious, as if she wanted to tear him apart!
　There is more to come.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)