My stats are higher than yours!!

"Meow~"

"Okay, okay, here's something to eat for you."

Bai Shuodong took out a bag of dried meat from the storage space, tore the meat strips into small pieces, and threw them into the cat bowl that had been given to him before.

This guy is something else. He's so strong that he doesn't need to be fed at all, but he just likes to sneak over and freeload. It's like he just loves to freeload and it has nothing to do with whether the food is good or not.

After all, he didn't have anything good to offer.

Soon, Bai Shuodong felt a burning gaze on him. He sighed, looked up, and asked Xia Yanxin, "Do you want some too?"

"Eat."

"..."

Bai Shuodong picked up a piece of meat, looked at Xia Yanxin who was full of expectation, suddenly smiled, and then suddenly threw the jerky over to her.

"Awooo!"

Xia Yanxin jumped up and swallowed the jerky in one gulp. Compared to grabbing it with her hands, swallowing it whole was more to her liking.

Hey!

Don't say it!

It seems pretty fun!

Bai Shuodong suddenly became interested, tearing off pieces of meat and throwing them towards Xia Yanxin. The red demon orb in the form of a spirit pearl also cooperated, catching the meat bite by bite.

Black Hakimi quietly walked over and leaned against him, slowly eating beef jerky while watching Xia Yanxin catch the meat.

What's causing this strange feeling?

'Theoretically speaking, shouldn't I be the one catching the meat and eating it? What is she doing?'

'Forget it, never mind all this.'

...

"Boom boom boom!"

After a while, a knocking sounded at the door. Xia Yanxin, who had eaten a lot of meat, had her mouth bulging like a hamster. She looked at the door and was suddenly startled. Then her bulging mouth started to move rapidly.

Bai Shuodong went to open the door, and she immediately ran to the other side, facing away from the door, sat down, and began to chew furiously, determined to finish the meat in her mouth as quickly as possible.

"Crack!"

The door opened.

Behind the door stood a tall young man, easily 1.85 meters tall, with slightly messy short black hair, bright brown eyes, and a calm confidence deep within them.

"Wow! I've grown taller after changing jobs!"

Bai Shuodong laughed, patted Jiang Lin on the shoulder and said, "You're pretty good, kid. You actually got a legendary job. You've taken off!"

"That is."

Jiang Lin walked into the house with a smile, and his whole aura changed. He became more confident and composed. If he was a boy who needed "home" to give him stability before, he was now a man who could stand on his own.

This is the change brought about by strength, and the confidence brought by professional level. No matter how bad his talent is, the legendary professional level can still provide a safety net.

Moreover...

To some extent, Jiang Lin's talent [Slow Start] is actually not weak. As long as he maintains a fighting state, he can exert considerable combat power in the spirit world.

But the question is, what kind of team can fight continuously in the spirit world? What happens after the battle ends? What preparations are needed during the early exploration phase? What should be done if an encounter occurs?

When faced with complex situations, the negative effects of the [Slow Start] talent become quite awkward, so he faces a lot of pressure when forming teams and taking out loans, which is why he took the initiative to ask Bai Shuodong for money.

He is truly poor now and genuinely needs start-up capital to strengthen his own capabilities.

"Come on in."

Bai Shuodong walked directly to the rest area. Xia Yanxin, with her back to the door, was still chewing vigorously, swallowing things with a "glug-glug" sound. But as she swallowed, she suddenly stopped.

not good!

He choked on something he ate too much!

She arched her back, covered her face with her hands, and then desperately swallowed, not wanting anyone to see her like this.

Dead throat!

Give me some force!

Ahhh! I'm going to die from this!

"Huh? There's someone else in your training room. Who's this? Do you have a girlfriend?" Jiang Lin asked curiously, watching Xia Yanxin's retreating figure.

"She is my brother."

Bai Shuodong stepped forward, patted Xia Yanxin on the back, and asked, "Huh? What's wrong with you?"

"..."

Xia Yanxin slowly raised her head, her face slightly flushed, but her eyes were determined as if she were about to join the team, and she answered:

"Nothing... happened."

"Oh."

"Holy crap! Isn't that Xia Yanxin?"

Jiang Lin was startled for a moment, then put his arm around Bai Shuodong's shoulder and said, "What's he doing in your private training room? Isn't she also a legendary-level psychic? Does she have something to do here?"

“We’re teammates, and we sometimes spar together,” Bai Shuodong replied.

"Then why is her face a little red?"

"..."

Bai Shuodong turned to look at her.

"Your Qi and blood are flowing backwards, your cultivation has gone awry. Just take it easy," Xia Yanxin said without changing her expression.

Shenta* reverses the flow of Qi and blood!

Do I look like an idiot to you?

Jiang Lin inwardly scoffed, but outwardly he smiled and said, "Oh, oh, I see! I heard about her a while ago, a legendary psychic, her profession is Wild Hunt, she's very strong! Your profession doesn't seem as strong as hers!"

As he spoke, he nudged Bai Shuodong's arm with his elbow.

"How long have you been offline?"

Bai Shuodong suddenly asked.

"Not long ago, I went into seclusion for half a month to prepare for the battle in the Spirit Realm. I just came out now. Could it be that I missed something?" Jiang Lin scratched his head and asked.

"Not long ago, I successfully defeated a level 3 mage with my elbow. Not bad, right?" Bai Shuodong said with an extremely proud smile.

"what?"

Jiang Lin's expression suddenly changed drastically.

Elbow strike against a level 3 mage? What's going on? A level 2 warrior can elbow strike a level 3 mage? Did I hear that right? How is that possible?

Unlike warriors, mages have significantly more training resources per person, and warriors of the same level are much weaker than mages, not to mention that they cannot win against mages who are of a higher level.

unless...

"Did you use something forbidden?"

Jiang Lin asked curiously.

"I guess so."

Bai Shuodong shrugged slightly. He had indeed used the power of the Laughter Factor, which was also a forbidden power, so it could be considered as using forbidden power.

"No wonder."

Jiang Lin breathed a sigh of relief. The thought that it was forbidden power that made him feel much more normal. After all, forbidden walkers play with forbidden things, and it's not impossible for them to defeat a high-level sorcerer.

See, this is what word-of-mouth is all about!

Could you do that in another profession?

"Brother, tell me the truth, how much stats have you gained now thanks to the forbidden power?" Jiang Lin asked earnestly.

Xia Yanxin also quietly came over to listen.

"It's only about 30 basic attributes."

Bai Shuodong replied with a smile.

"30?!"

Jiang Lin was startled. The amount of attribute value a Forbidden Walker can gain depends entirely on the Forbidden Passage they come into contact with; the higher the value, the stronger the Forbidden Passage.

A forbidden item that adds 30 to an attribute value... that seems extremely dangerous!

"hiss..."

Xia Yanxin gasped instantly. She had wondered why she couldn't beat this guy; it turned out he had gained 30 points from the passive core bonus.

What is the concept of the value 30?

The base attribute potential increase of Forbidden Walker at level 1 is only 16, while Wild Hunt's 22 seems superior. At level 2, Wild Hunt's stats are 12 higher than Forbidden Walker's, but Forbidden Power can directly add 30, directly overtaking Wild Hunt's 18 attribute stats.

What's even more terrifying is that these are just the base values; they can be amplified and increased, and when combined with Bai Shuodong's forbidden body, they will be even more powerful.

It's broken! It's broken!

How can we even play with such high numbers?

"How are you now? Are you in danger? Is your life in danger?" Jiang Lin asked seriously.

"It's alright, it's not a big problem."

Bai Shuodong answered with great ease, then narrowed his eyes slightly and continued, "I have to live well. If I'm gone, I can probably take a small province with me."

This is true. The self-destruction power of the Blood Demon Armor after it dies, which is 100 kilometers away, is the original self-destruction power after it reaches the Gold level. As long as the Blood Demon Armor continues to absorb blood to improve, the self-destruction power will increase accordingly, and the range of impact will be more than 100 kilometers.

"..."

Jiang Lin did not answer.

Although he desperately wanted to harm Bai Shuodong, judging from the historical record of Forbidden Walkers, it was indeed possible for this guy to take away a small province after he died. There had been a first-tier Forbidden Walker who was murdered in the city before.

Moreover, during the attack, the other party made safety preparations in advance, including preparing spatial exile and using all suppression abilities.

The forbidden traveler laughed and said, "Brother, can you detect my suicide?"

He committed suicide by unknown means.

Then, the taboo erupted, and highly toxic taboos instantly covered the entire city and were spreading to the surrounding areas at an extremely rapid speed.

The poison was extremely potent, even a fourth-tier psychic couldn't control it. If it weren't for dozens of fifth-tier psychics intervening, the aftershocks of that forbidden traveler's death would probably have swept away two or three provinces.

This is the Taboo Walker.

Later, the family of the employer who hired him was also eliminated.

That disaster directly caused the deaths of tens of millions of people and destroyed countless harmonious families.

For top-tier psionicists, worldly peace is what they need most.

Why?

Because they are kind?

No, that's not the case.

Only by maintaining stability in the mortal world can we steadily cultivate the next generation of psychics. Only by continuously cultivating new psychics can we obtain more resources from the spirit world.

With new people comes loans, loans lead to consumption, consumption creates a market, and with a market, top-tier psychics can make money effortlessly and acquire more resources. The more psychics there are in the real world, the more they earn.

Therefore, they need a stable world, and a safe world will allow them to access more resources.

As for those at the bottom who rise to the top?

Of course, that's no problem.

No strong person is afraid of these things. As long as they also become top-level, they can enjoy the same benefits. This society is a breeding ground for the strong. Loans are a matter of mutual consent. It is perfectly acceptable for someone to go to the spirit world alone to make a living.

The modern world never forces social interaction, teamwork, or schooling; it simply makes progress faster. Everything is a personal choice.

Therefore, they are not afraid of these things at all.