My profession is too unique.

Chapter 109 The Priest's Might and the Blood of the Black Tortoise
Although his subordinates reported that the court was carrying out a large-scale operation in the city, they were unable to determine the specific targets.

Upon discovering it was Pang Hui, his expression became even more interesting. Although this guy was the Deputy Minister of Supervision, he had close ties with the Trial Court and had always been excluded from the core circle of the Security Bureau.

"It's quite lively here, even the Minister of Supervision is here." Su Chen looked at the bearded man.

The heads of the three departments are at the same level as the presiding judge, but there are only three of them. Even excluding the chief judge, the court has eight members.

"Minister, please save me!" Pang Hui cried out again.

"Villain!" Wei Yinshuo's eyes turned cold as he roared again. Without any visible movement, Pang Hui's head, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly exploded.

He had figured out Xia Hanshi's purpose: to make him take action himself and assume some of the responsibility.

If Pang Hui is allowed to continue his accusations, he will ultimately be held accountable.

No wonder someone inexplicably notified him that something had happened to the Pang family.

“In the past, Xia Hanshi would never have gone to such lengths; he would have killed them all long ago. There was no need for him to deliberately lure me out. He has actually changed his ways and started looking for people to share the blame.” Wei Yinshuo suppressed his anger and secretly speculated.

"Could it be because of Su Chen? Some of the trouble he's dealing with will be transferred to Su Chen, so he's unwilling to continue using the original methods..."

"Wei Yinshuo!" Wang Zhanpeng shouted sharply. He could vaguely guess what Pang Hui had done wrong, but he still had to show the proper attitude.

Wei Yinshuo snapped out of his daze and looked at Xia Hanshi. As expected, Xia Hanshi had no intention of producing the Elder's Token, which left Wei Yinshuo with no choice but to bite the bullet and reply, "This is an order from the Elder Council. The Pang family is colluding with the Ghost God Cult!"

As expected… Wang Zhanpeng understood, but still said coldly, “Where is the evidence for the Elders’ order?”

"Xia Hanshi!" Wei Yinshuo gritted his teeth, but Xia Hanshi did not move.

"Enough!" A cold shout faintly reached their ears, but it didn't come from anyone present.

Xia Hanshi then seemed to wake from a dream and took out the Elder's Token.

Wang Zhanpeng was somewhat surprised. Weren't these two at odds? Why was Xia Hanshi seemingly taking Wei Yinshuo as the leader?
“Since it’s an order from the Council of Elders, I have nothing to say.” Wang Zhanpeng said decisively, turning around and leaving. What he wanted was for the other party to show the Council of Elders’ order in front of everyone.

"Good method..." Su Chen watched the whole process.

Since Wang Zhanpeng appeared, Lao Xia hasn't said a word. Pang Hui was killed by Wei Yinshuo himself, so a large part of the hostility was directed at Wei Yinshuo.

Even though the task was led by Lao Xia, it didn't have such a big impact on him.

"If he has such methods, how come Lao Xia's reputation is still so bad?" he muttered to himself, but then he heard Bu Siqi muttering to himself, "Why has the teacher become so slow and indecisive? If it were before, he would have already finished his work by now."

Su Chen was taken aback.

"Brother, you wait here for a bit, I'll go down and see if there are any escapees." Bu Siqi seemed to finally be unable to hold back and patted Su Chen on the shoulder.

Su Chen turned around and was startled to see that Bu Siqi's pupils had turned red and two sharp teeth were sticking out of his lips.

"Don't worry about it, it's just a professional characteristic..." Bu Siqi waved his hand, unable to suppress his thirst for blood.

"Hmm... I'll go down and take a look too," Su Chen said.

As night deepened, the sound of warning sirens blared incessantly in the vicinity.

"Oh, right." On his way downstairs, Su Chen suddenly remembered something. "Senior brother, do you know about secret energy crystals?"

“I know,” Bu Siqi replied casually. “The high-purity spiritual crystals created at the carving site can assist certain spiritual professions in unleashing abilities beyond their own level.”

"One gold coin costs between 1.5 million and 2 million, and you have to make a reservation in advance."

So expensive? Su Chen was taken aback.

As soon as the two arrived near the building, Bu Siqi disappeared.

Su Chen looked up and couldn't help but sigh. The Pang family... had been passed down in Yingfeng for hundreds of years, and now it was gone just like that.

"It should be our duty to finish up. You've all worked hard all night, it's time for you to go home."

"Go back? You're joking! Since it's our court's mission, we must see it through to the end!"

Two groups of people were confronting each other in the distance, one belonging to the court and the other to the surveillance guards, seemingly vying for the right to clean up the scene.

The inspectors appeared aggressive, but dared not cross the line.

"It looks like they're fighting over cleaning up the scene, but actually they're dividing up the Pang family's profits..." Yang Yan approached Su Chen, holding a metal helmet. "The Pang family's businesses are quite large, involving the sale of some medicines, and the Surveillance Guard doesn't want us to get all of it."

Su Chen seemed to be deep in thought. The struggle was probably not just about dividing up the Pang family's profits, but also about the law enforcement power within the city.

By observing this small scene, one can see the power struggles between the Tribunal and the other three departments.

"When the spoils are collected, you'll get a share," Yang Yan added. "They'll be divided according to the rank of the executors. You're a core member, theoretically on par with the section chief, so you'll get a good share."

He couldn't help but feel envious.

No wonder Lao Xia called him here, Su Chen finally understood, and then asked, "By the way, have you found Pang Xingwen's body?"

“Pang Xingwen? The one who just took the assessment, I don’t think I noticed him?” Yang Yan thought for a moment and shook his head.

"They ran away?" Su Chen was surprised.

Yang Yan shook his head: "I don't know. We're inspecting the building and haven't found the secret passage yet."

"Are there many people who escaped?" Su Chen asked.

Yang Yan explained, "Basically none. High-level professionals have too strong a life force, so they are locked on from the start. Only second- or third-level professionals have a chance to escape."

"I understand." Su Chen thought for a moment, "Could you please tell my teacher, or Senior Brother Bu, that there's nothing else for me here? I'll head back to the courtroom now."

"Okay, I understand." Yang Yan didn't mind, watched Su Chen leave, and then turned back to the building.

"Did they actually run away?" Under the cover of night, Su Chen disappeared into the shadows after a few turns and ended up in a residential building.

After glancing around, he first used his shoes to conceal his figure, and then transformed into the "Black Tuo Priest".

Almost immediately, he sensed the vague attraction. Perhaps because of the close proximity, the perception became much clearer, and it was moving rapidly.

“Looking at the opposite direction, they're passing right through the Pang family building…” Su Chen’s expression shifted. “It’s still early, let’s see where they’re going.”

.........

"You...you are...believers in the God of Evil!"

In a dark basement, only a few small lights cast a dim glow.

Pang Xingwen huddled in the corner of the room, staring in fear at the two figures standing before him.

Just a day ago, he was a follower of the core seed and a potential inner court seed for the future judge.

In just one day, everything changed dramatically.

On his escape, he realized why the Pang family had been destroyed: because his father had colluded with the Ghost God Cult!
“Don’t be so afraid of us. We are good friends with your father,” the faceless man said in a low voice.

“Your father was a pragmatic man, and we hope that you will be one as well,” the Faceless Ghost’s follower said gently.

"You must have forced my father to do this!" Pang Xingwen roared.

“Fool! If your father hadn’t accepted our help, you wouldn’t even have been born!” the Black Tuo follower shouted.

"For your father's sake, we're giving you a choice: join us, or you'll face certain death!"

Hearing these chilling words, Pang Xingwen, who was on the verge of a breakdown, suddenly calmed down, his face dazed. "I...I...I..."

"Why were we suddenly discovered?" he asked, almost as if possessed.

“Perhaps it’s because of… Su Chen.” The faceless ghost glanced at the Black Tuo believer beside him. “We need to take action against Su Chen because of certain things, but the sudden invitation may have disturbed Xia Hanshi.”

"Su Chen?" Pang Xingwen's pupils contracted, his dazed expression gradually turning into resentment. "It's him again, it's him again!"

"If it weren't for him, I would still be the young master of the Pang family!"

He grew up receiving education from Ying Feng and his hatred for the Ghost God Cult was ingrained in his bones, giving him a natural resistance to joining it.

He needed to find a reason to fall into depravity, and this resentment towards Su Chen became the support for his defection to the Ghost God Cult.

It's not that I want to join the Trick God Cult, it's that I have no other choice!
Pang Xingwen gritted his teeth: "I can join you, but only if I kill him with my own hands!"

"Don't worry, there will be opportunities."

The two believers exchanged a glance and made a promise, "Now, we need you..."

Boom!Boom!Boom!
Before he could finish speaking, the Faceless Ghost follower suddenly turned his head, looking surprised and uncertain. "There is a faint spiritual force probing this place."

……

“This is it…” Su Chen followed the strange attraction and arrived near a construction site.

As night fell, construction had ceased, and only a small portion of the surrounding buildings had been completed, with materials piled up everywhere.

Hiding in the shadows, Su Chen, aided by the third-tier Shadow Boots, was difficult for most of Ying Feng's surveillance cameras to detect.

"Hmm, should I report it or take action directly..."

Su Chen pondered that Ying Feng's personnel were far more professional than Nan Feng's. Even if he reported them, he would probably only be able to watch from afar and wouldn't have another chance to take advantage of the situation.

"The power of the Demon God, I really lack that..." He tried to sense it with his mental power, his brows furrowing slightly: "There are three people, two of whom have a high life magnetic field, probably at the third rank, a bit troublesome..."

“But there must be Black Tuo followers among them, and I am a Black Tuo priest. Moreover, with my current strength, running away is definitely not a problem.”

With that in mind, Su Chen no longer hesitated and walked straight up to a makeshift tin shack, knocking on the door.

"Is there anyone still here so late?"

The two followers of the Ghost God became more vigilant. The Faceless Ghost follower, who was skilled in mental perception, spoke up: "He should be a second-tier professional, but his life magnetic field is very strange."

"A second-tier professional?" The Black Tuo believer was increasingly puzzled. If they were pursuers, they couldn't be second-tier; if they were workers, they couldn't be second-tier either.

"Pang Xingwen, go open the door." He looked at the only normal person present. Both of them were fanatics, and their supernatural characteristics were too obvious.

Although they could easily kill second-tier professionals, this was a special time, and it was best to gloss over the situation if possible.

Pang Xingwen shrank further into the corner, but there were walls on all sides, and he had no way out. He swallowed hard and had no choice but to push himself up and walk to the door.

He was still shaken, and even as he opened the door, he was still wondering if it was right for him to have agreed to the two people's request.

But the thought of Su Chen gave him another reason to express his resentment.

"As long as it can..." Before Pang Xingwen's thoughts could settle, his unfocused eyes narrowed into needles, and he exclaimed in surprise, "Su...Su Chen!"

He never expected that the enemy he had just been annoyed with would suddenly appear before him. "You...you...you..." He looked at that familiar face and was speechless for a moment.

"Su Chen?"

The two believers hiding on either side of the door were simultaneously jolted, and the Black Tuo believer was overwhelmed with excitement.

The divine message is clear: this person is extremely important and must be sacrificed to the Holy Spirit at all costs.

After the Pang family was destroyed, I thought I had no chance left, but I never expected that the other party would appear right in front of me.

"Brother Pang, aren't you going to invite me in?" Su Chen asked gently, looking at Pang Xingwen, who was in a daze.

Pang Xingwen still didn't react, but Su Chen walked straight in, bumping into him to the side.

After the impact, Pang Xingwen finally reacted. His pale face quickly turned red, and he slammed the door shut, glaring fiercely at Su Chen. "You actually dare to show up again!"

"If you didn't know better, you'd think I was the one colluding with the Ghost God Cult." Su Chen chuckled, his gaze falling on the black-robed man to his right. He had no facial features, which seemed to be the characteristics of a follower of the Faceless Ghost.
The Pang family is actually involved with two strange gods at the same time.

Su Chen was also somewhat surprised. He didn't know much about the Ghost Gods, but he knew that these Ghost Gods were, if not antagonistic, at least irreconcilable.

Since everyone believes in God, cooperation becomes quite complicated.

Cooperation requires a unified vision; when problems arise, who takes the lead?

If a certain cultist is the leader, wouldn't that imply that your god is more powerful than mine, which would be extremely damaging to faith?

Upon hearing this, Pang Xingwen felt a chill run down his spine, but quickly recovered and sneered, "If that's the case, why do you still dare to come here? You're simply courting death."

"Then why do you think I dared to come?" Pang Xingwen's face turned pale, and he subconsciously looked back at the outside, already imagining a heavy encirclement.

But soon, Pang Xingwen gritted his teeth and said, "Even if we're surrounded, we can still kill you first. With you buried with me, it'll be worth dying for!"

“We’re not big shots. If we were to be surrounded, we could just take action. Why did we send you here?” The Black Tuo follower was very calm.

These guys are quite smart as long as it doesn't involve matters of faith... Su Chen was quite surprised, but laughed loudly: "As expected of a believer of our Lord, very insightful."

"My Lord?" The Black Tuo follower was slightly taken aback, staring at Su Chen with suspicion: "What do you mean?"

"It means..." As Su Chen finished speaking, his hair suddenly disappeared inch by inch, and black lines spread from his cheeks to his whole body, outlining a vertical pupil on the top of his head. He exuded a dark and profound aura.

"Priest!" The Black Tuo follower's expression changed drastically. Under Pang Xingwen's dumbfounded gaze, he knelt down and shouted with utmost reverence, "Your humble servant greets the spokesperson of my lord!"

At the priest level, one is qualified to be called a spokesperson for God.

"This guy is actually the Black Tuo Priest?"

The Faceless Ghost followers beside him were equally shocked. If that was the case, why did Black Tuo go to such lengths to bring him here?

Or has the people of Hetuo already converted him?
How could they disguise themselves so well and become a core member of the court?
He had many doubts, but he did not doubt the other party's identity, because the fanatics next to him had already knelt down, which was enough to prove the other party's identity.

When one is promoted to priest, there will inevitably be initial contact with the deity being worshipped, and various forms of communication and sacrifice will be established; this is undeniable.

Even they can only impersonate fanatics at most, not priests.

"This identity is actually so effective?" Su Chen was astonished. He had prepared a set of words, but as soon as his identity was revealed, the other party knelt down.

They didn't even ask him how he became a priest.

Pang Xingwen was completely bewildered. He even wanted to run out and reveal Su Chen's identity to the entire Yingfeng.

priest!

It's utterly ridiculous that a charlatan priest could brazenly infiltrate the court and even become a core seed!
How dare Xia Hanshi come to wipe out their family!
"What's the situation at Yingfeng?" Su Chen asked, seizing the opportunity.

“Reporting to the priest, the Pang family has just been destroyed, and all our previous efforts have been in vain,” the Black Tuo follower explained, looking up.

"What are you planning to do in Yingfeng? What was your original plan?" Su Chen asked bluntly. If it weren't for the fact that faith is a natural identity card in the system of the Ghost God, this question would have already aroused suspicion.

"Wait..." The faceless ghost follower beside him frowned, "What exactly are you...?"

"Shut up!" The Black Tuo follower glared coldly at the Faceless Ghost follower and shouted sternly, "How dare you speak to the spokesperson of my Lord?"

Su Chen: “…”

This identity is just too useful.

When the Black Tuo followers looked at Su Chen again, they became fanatical once more. "We support the Pang family and use Pang Hui's identity to cover our activities within Yingfeng, thereby influencing lower-level cities."

"The latest plan is to block news about the 'Ten Cities on the Southern Edge'."

"why?"

“There was a large-scale blood sacrifice for several evil gods.” The Black Tuo followers were indeed devout and open-minded.

"What's going on with this priest? He seems to have lost touch with the Black Tuo." The Faceless Ghost pondered as he listened to the other party's series of questions.

A large-scale blood sacrifice? Ten cities? Su Chen's expression changed slightly, and his gaze subtly swept towards the faceless ghost believer beside him.

“Kill the Faceless Ghost cultist next to you.”

A wisp of spiritual energy surged into the ears of the Black Tuo believer. Without hesitation, the Black Tuo believer immediately sprang up. He was already kneeling on the ground, and the black vertical pupils above his head emitted a bewitching light. A black beam of light shot straight toward the faceless ghost believer beside him.

"What are you doing!" The Faceless Ghost follower was shocked, but the attack came so suddenly that he didn't even have time to react before his chest was pierced by a black beam of light. The beam continued its momentum and blasted a large hole in the ceiling.

But since he was only a third-tier professional, his injuries were not fatal.

"We are collaborators!" he shouted angrily, intending to retreat violently without any intention of resisting. The priest could communicate with the gods, and his methods were far beyond what he could contend with.

But the attack from the Black Buddha followers followed immediately. He muttered incantations, and a layer of black mist enveloped his left arm, which suddenly withered.

His right arm suddenly swelled several times its original size, even making a slamming sound as it struck the air!
The faceless ghost attempted to resist, unleashing a surge of boiling mental energy, but these followers of the evil god possessed an innate and extremely strong resistance to mental attacks.

puff!

The arm shoved into his chest, and the Faceless Demon follower let out a desperate wail. His chest was pierced, his heart was crushed, and he collapsed helplessly to the ground.

The followers of the Black Buddha knelt on the ground again, saying, "The mission is complete."

"It's really useful." Su Chen's expression changed, and he asked a few more questions, such as the loss of the Holy Word Stone and the whereabouts of the Space Crystal.

However, these issues are beyond the comprehension of the Black Tuo believers who have been operating within Yingfeng City.

Pang Xingwen, standing to the side, was stunned, his eyes glazed over. So much had happened tonight; though he seemed to still be there, he had actually been gone for a while.

"What's inside?" Su Chen looked at the two metal boxes placed in the corner. Their surfaces were engraved with intricate patterns, which blocked some of the "Black Tuo Priest's" sensory abilities.

The Black Tuo believer honestly replied: "They are the two mysterious artifacts that Pang Hui originally worshipped, one is the Holy Lord, and the other is the Faceless Ghost."

"There's another item that was just delivered a few days ago, which is what Pang Hui is preparing to take to the courtroom."

"Oh? What is it? Who is it for?" Su Chen became interested.

"I don't know exactly what it is, it's for Wei Yinshuo..." The Black Tuo believer in front of him said that he was just one part of the operation, and his main task was to monitor and convey the mission to Pang Hui.

"Is Wei Yinshuo one of our people too?" Su Chen pressed.

“As far as I know, that’s not the case.” The Black Buddha’s followers shook their heads. “Corrupting him has always been our goal.”

"Hmm..." Su Chen seemed thoughtful, looking at the Black Tuo believer in front of him, and said calmly:

“I roughly know the situation. The Pang family was wiped out, and all the resources we invested over the years were reduced to ashes. You bear the main responsibility for this.”

"In consideration of your many years of service, I allow you to return to the embrace of the Holy Lord."

The Black Tuo believer's eyes trembled, not with fear, but with a sense of honor and fervor, even to the point of tears. "Thank you, High Priest!"

His eyes widened, and then he fell silent, collapsing straight to the ground.

Su Chen originally wanted to keep him around to see if he could lure out more Black Tuo believers or even members of the Ghost God Cult.

But then I thought, this guy seems so enthusiastic about him only because of Black Tuo.

If we switch to another priest, the other party will be just as fanatical. If he reveals his identity, it will cause trouble even if there was none before. It's better to silence him.

boom!
The sound of the corpse hitting the floor was like a thunderclap in Pang Xingwen's ears. He shuddered, as if his soul had returned to his body, and stared at the corpse on the ground in disbelief.

He... he just died like that?

This was a third-tier professional, and he committed suicide with just one sentence?
What kind of mental illness do these supernatural believers have?!
Pang Xingwen looked at Su Chen tremblingly, forcing a smile: "Great...Great Priest, I have agreed..."

Before he could finish speaking, Su Chen's gaze swept over him, and Pang Xingwen rolled his eyes and fell silent, lying stiffly on the ground.

Using his telekinesis, he lifted the three corpses and stuffed them all into his storage space.

He then rolled up the two metal boxes in the corner, opened them, and the attraction that Su Chen could feel became much clearer.

There are three items in total.

The familiar black-plated artifact goes without saying, but the other one looks rather strange, as if it were made from a skull, with five faceless faces carved on its surface.

"The Faceless Ghost, it is said that this eerie god is good at disguise. Believers can disguise themselves as their closest relatives. It likes to show its fangs when people are happiest and most joyful, making people show the despair of being killed by their loved ones."

“I can even impersonate followers of other evil gods, which is why Zhou Xian said I was a follower of the Faceless Ghost.”

Because of what Zhou Xian said, he specifically looked up information about this strange god.

The power from the two artifacts was extracted. Su Chen looked at the panel with surprise. The two kinds of divine power had not been merged. They were arranged separately, and their names had changed.

[Low-Tier Black Tortoise Power]

[Power of a low-level Faceless Demon]

"The power of the Evil Gods is not compatible. My previous guess was probably correct. Different Evil God powers should be able to induce different professional reactions."

"Black Pit allows for job advancement, but what about Faceless Demon?"

Su Chen couldn't help but think of it, but he didn't rush to try it.

Instead, he looked at the last pebble-like object, which was scarlet in color and had a faint liquid flowing within it, mixed with black specks of light.

The attraction emanating from it is different from that of the mysterious artifacts; it is quite peculiar.

Su Chen touched it carefully; it felt warm and smooth, not like stone.
[Black Tortoise God Egg - Consumable: Made from the blood of the Black Tortoise God, it can extend one's lifespan, but it contains the seed of a god.]

(End of this chapter)