Chapter 150: Young Master Chu Jiang’s Great Contribution

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At this, Song Qi understood as well.

They had managed to devise a method for advancing Godblood Warriors.

However, because the quality of the primary material—the blood of divine beasts—was insufficient, the side effects after advancement were far too severe. The lifespan of every person who underwent the process would be drastically shortened.

For some, surviving even a year was doubtful.

As a result, Godblood Warriors could only be used as disposable soldiers.

If even the strongest among them had only a few years to live, then there was naturally no hope of developing this extraordinary path.

“Divine blood, huh...”

“I’m afraid it will be some time before I can bring you any.”

“Alternatively, if you can lure out a single deity on its own, I can deal with it.”

Song Qi spoke with some difficulty.

He would never dare attack a divine kingdom, but facing a single deity alone was not much of a problem.

According to the information revealed by that deity’s offspring, aside from the Supreme God, the other five deities each wielded fewer than five Laws.

Killing one alone should not be difficult.

“Huh?”

Shan Ming failed to react for a moment and simply stared blankly.

Wait—are you actually planning to kill a god?

Are you sure you are not joking?

A deity! Did you even understand what a deity meant?!

He hurriedly waved his hands.

“No, you have misunderstood.”

“What has our Mountain Tiger Tribe ever done to deserve such an honor?”

“How could we ask you to take such a great risk and fight a deity for our tribe?”

“What we seek is...”

He paused, then continued through sheer force of will.

“We hope that you can guide my people onto the path of professions!”

After saying this, he quickly lowered his head, utterly embarrassed.

He had even prepared himself for the other party to erupt in anger and attack him.

In his mind, this was a secret vital to the rise and fall of an entire tribe. How could such knowledge be given away so easily?

It was no different from barging into a tribe’s blacksmith shop and demanding the complete secrets of their craft.

The blacksmith would be considered even-tempered if he merely cursed him out. Chasing him down the street with a cleaver would be perfectly reasonable.

After all, this was the means by which others made their living.

If the advancement of Godblood Warriors had not possessed such obvious flaws, he would never have had the nerve to make such a request.

The two burly men behind him also flushed red. Their skin was already crimson, yet now it seemed to burn scarlet.

By contrast, neither Chu Shaojiang nor Song Qi found anything strange about the request.

The path of professions was an extraordinary road independently pioneered by the Great Emperor Li Er.

He had simplified the class-change formation precisely so that the entire human race could benefit from it.

The textbooks used by Song Qi and the others even explained in painstaking detail how to arrange and operate the formation.

Nothing had been held back.

The instructions had simply been printed on the last few pages of the textbooks.

In any case, only humans could use the class-change formation.

There was no need to fear other races stealing it for their own use.

The Mountain Tiger Tribe belonged to the human race, so of course they could use it as well.

The crucial problem was...

Song Qi had not remembered it at all.

It was merely one of the few scraps of information tucked away in the textbook margins. It was not tested on exams, and no one had forced them to study it.

Who would bother memorizing something like the list of people who compiled the textbook?

“Well, this is awkward...”

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“I’d be willing to tell you, but the problem is that I can no longer remember it clearly.”

At the first half of his sentence, Shan Ming had just begun to rejoice. But when he heard the second half, his spirits instantly plummeted.

At that moment, Chu Shaojiang’s eyes lit up. He hurriedly raised his hand.

“Brother Song, Brother Song! I remember it!”

“Oh? You happen to remember it?”

Song Qi was rather surprised.

Chu Shaojiang spoke with a hint of pride.

“Heh... Well, I wasn’t confident in my talent before, so I thought I might pursue a clerical career. I studied practically everything.”

“I never expected it to come in handy here.”

Song Qi nodded and patted him on the shoulder.

“Then I’ll leave this to you.”

“I should head out and farm some divine beasts.”

“Don’t worry, Brother Song. Leave everything to me!”

Chu Shaojiang happily waved goodbye.

Whoosh!

Song Qi switched to the Ying Zheng template. With a single leap, his figure vanished from the spot.

The smile on Chu Shaojiang’s face slowly faded, replaced by an indifferent expression as he turned toward Shan Ming and the others.

Shan Ming respectfully bowed and cupped his hands.

“Shan Ming wishes to thank you, Brother.”

“If you need anything, please ask. Whatever our Mountain Tiger Tribe can provide, we will provide!”

Chu Shaojiang did not answer immediately. Instead, he spoke at an unhurried pace.

“Brother Song saw that you were of the same race and was willing to lend you a hand. That is simply because of his kindness.”

“You needed divine-beast blood, so he immediately set out and hunted several hundred divine beasts for you, yet he still asked for nothing in return.”

“But... that does not mean you can accept everything as though it were your due!”

Shan Ming looked somewhat embarrassed.

“You jest, Brother. We are endlessly grateful to Brother Song. How could we possibly regard his help as our due?”

“Hah!”

Chu Shaojiang let out a cold laugh.

“Endlessly grateful? Aside from the hot water you prepared this morning, I have yet to see the slightest sign of gratitude from any of you.”

“Even that hot water was an idea I gave you!”

“Or perhaps your gratitude is worth no more than a basin of hot water?”

Cold sweat broke out across Shan Ming’s forehead. For a moment, he found himself unable to respond.

It was true.

To them, the value of that pile of divine-beast corpses far exceeded anything they had contributed.

Although he had described his arrangement with Song Qi as cooperation, he had in fact been taking advantage of him all along.

Song Qi had not cared enough to say anything.

As long as Song Qi remained silent, they could pretend not to know.

But now Chu Shaojiang had placed the matter squarely on the table.

They had no choice but to face it.

Someone had come to save their lives, and they were taking advantage of him at every turn.

Could that possibly be considered reasonable?

“This... But I truly cannot think of anything in our Mountain Tiger Tribe that would be worthy of your attention.”

Shan Ming suddenly felt the other man’s presence grow as heavy as a mountain, pressing down on him until he could scarcely breathe.

“That is true.”

Chu Shaojiang nodded.

“You mountain savages really do not possess much that could catch our eye.”

“But... there is one thing you can do for Brother Song.”

“Please, tell me what it is!”

Shan Ming hurriedly asked.

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“It is very simple. That is...”

Chu Shaojiang pointed at him and the two Godblood Warriors standing behind him.

“The people of your Mountain Tiger Tribe!”

“Our people?”

Shan Ming froze.

“That’s right.”

Chu Shaojiang nodded and explained.

“On the continent where we live, the human race is divided into thirteen urban districts.”

“The lord of each district stands at the very pinnacle of humanity’s hierarchy.”

“With Brother Song’s talent, given enough time, he will certainly become the fourteenth—or perhaps the fifteenth—district lord.”

“But there is one problem...”

“Brother Song is growing too quickly!”

“He is advancing so rapidly that others have not had time to follow him, nor has he had time to cultivate the loyalty of his subordinates. By the time they catch up, he will already have reached the top!”

“And as a district lord, he must have a group of loyal subordinates capable of carrying out his orders and serving at his command.”

“Brother Song cannot possibly handle every trivial matter personally, can he?”

“Do you understand what I mean?”

At this, Shan Ming understood completely.

Chu Shaojiang meant for them to pledge themselves to Song Qi and become his subordinates.

Once they became Song Qi’s followers and arrived on another continent, they would have neither roots nor connections there. Every interest they possessed would inevitably become tied to Song Qi.

And after receiving such an immense favor from him, they would practically be a ready-made reserve of devoted followers.

Naturally, they could only cling tightly to Song Qi’s path.

Shan Ming remained silent for a moment before speaking with determination.

“To serve Song... Song...”

“For now, just call him Brother Song.”

“To serve Brother Song is naturally an opportunity we could hardly ask for!”

Chu Shaojiang’s expression instantly brightened, and he laughed happily.

“There, that’s more like it.”

“You won’t lose anything by following Brother Song.”

“Come, come. I’ll take you to establish the class-change formation.”

With that, he pulled Shan Ming toward the edge of the tribe.

“Although, setting up the formation requires several different types of monster essence. Specifically...”

As he spoke, Chu Shaojiang began imagining the wonderful life that awaited him.

With Song Qi’s talent, Elder Mu must be keeping a close watch on him.

Perhaps he had even left some arrangements in place somewhere.

And when Elder Mu came over, he certainly would not abandon so many fellow humans. He would undoubtedly take them all back as well.

Once Brother Song truly became a district lord...

“Heh heh heh... With this contribution of mine, Brother Song should at least give me the position of deputy district lord, right?”

Chu Shaojiang savored the thought with delight.

His lifelong dream had actually been to become a district lord.

But his talent was only S-rank, so he had never dared hope for such a position.

If he could become a deputy district lord, however, he would be more than satisfied.

The so-called deputy district lord was actually a headmaster, and each urban district had four of them.

The head of the Chu family possessed Transcendent S-rank talent, yet after striving all his life, he had only managed to become a headmaster.

If Chu Shaojiang could also become a headmaster in one of the districts, it would truly bring glory to his ancestors.

“Sure enough, clinging to the right powerful patron is the proper way for an ordinary man like me to rise to the heavens in a single bound!”

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