Chapter 1: Chapter 1: The Profession of Taoist Priest
In a parallel world, in China.
Ningchuan City No. 1 Middle School.
At nine o'clock in the morning, long after the class bell rang, a handsome teenager of fifteen or sixteen years old with long hair tied up, slowly entered the classroom.
"Ooh~ Hmm tune~"
"Hmm ooh~ Hmm tune~"
While humming the ooh-hmm tune, Ye Xiang, paying no attention to the glances of his classmates, walked straight to the corner seat by the window in the last row and sat down.
In this top key awakening school in the city, it's really rare to see someone as casual and carefree as him.
The classmates looked at him with extreme disdain. The once genius figure, the guy personally recruited by the principal, had now completely fallen.
And if nothing unexpected happens, this guy won't even be able to take the college entrance examination this year and will be directly forced to drop out of school.
The pure and pretty girl sitting in the middle of the classroom looked up at Ye Xiang. There was a hint of worry in her eyes.
A hundred years ago, when foreign races invaded, under the radiation of a strange power, everyone in the country would have the opportunity to awaken and change their profession at the age of twelve.
The people who entered this high school were the top students selected from all over Ningchuan City.
And Ye Xiang, he once caused a sensation in the whole city. Once he awakened, he had an innate full attribute level, level ten!
This level directly crushed countless of his peers.
For a while, major media across the country rushed to report on him. The principal of Ningchuan No. 1 Middle School even personally invited Ye Xiang to enroll.
But who could have imagined that this genius emerged quickly and also declined quickly.
It was soon revealed that the profession this genius boy awakened was actually a Taoist priest!
A profession that was completely defined as a waste.
Although a Taoist priest can be considered a warrior profession, it doesn't have powerful damage skills. As an auxiliary, there is even a more than half chance of the alchemy furnace exploding when making pills.
For such a profession, even if one has an innate full level of ten and has an early advantage, it is still of little use in the later stage.
Countless people watched as this once favored son of heaven quickly fell.
And this was just the beginning. After awakening the Taoist priest profession, Ye Xiang's level hadn't increased even by one level in these three years.
Watching as his classmates' levels surpassed his without showing any reaction, the principal, upon learning this news, also gave up hope on Ye Xiang. He had completely lost face.
You know, back then, in order to recruit Ye Xiang into the middle school, this old principal had put in a lot of effort and resources. But who could have expected that the genius he recruited turned out to be a useless person.
There were still three days left until the college entrance examination, and everyone in the class had a level higher than his.
After reaching level twenty, one can undergo the second job transfer of their profession. But basically, as long as one reaches level fifteen, there will be no problem with the college entrance examination.
But Ye Xiang hadn't increased his level even by one level in these three years. He was destined to not graduate from the college entrance examination, and there was no doubt that the school would ask him to drop out. After all, the story of the genius turning into a waste had already brought shame to this No. 1 Middle School for three years.
This was also why the classmates in the class looked at Ye Xiang so strangely, and they were no longer surprised by his slacking-off behavior.
It was already considered good that he could come to class at this time. Usually, this guy would just sleep in the dormitory, and no teacher would care about him either.
Ye Xiang had a table all to himself without a deskmate. He didn't care at all about what the teacher was saying. He directly took out a Taoist book and started reading it out of boredom.
He read like this for a whole morning.
At the moment when the school bell rang for lunch break, the system's prompt finally sounded.
[Ding! The progress of the Three Thousand Taoist Scriptures task has increased by 0.3%. The current progress is 99.7%.]
Ye Xiang slightly raised his head and his gaze landed on the virtual task progress bar in front of him.
There was finally hope in sight.
At the moment when he awakened the Taoist priest profession, a divine-level Celestial Master system also fell upon him.
The Celestial Master profession, without a doubt, was definitely a hidden profession among Taoist priests.
At that time, he didn't hesitate at all and directly chose to activate the system.
He had originally thought that he was about to reach the peak of his life, but instead, an extremely frustrating task appeared in front of him.
[Celestial Master Profession - Changing Task: Memorize the Three Thousand Taoist Scriptures!!!]
Yes, that's right!
He had to memorize the Three Thousand Taoist Scriptures before he could change his profession to a Celestial Master. And the most absurd thing wasn't this; the most absurd thing was that he couldn't level up if he didn't complete this task!
That's why he hadn't increased his level even by one in the past three years.
This divine - level Celestial Master system was simply extremely frustrating!
If it weren't for the fact that, due to his Taoist priest profession, he could remember what he read in Taoist books at a glance, he was afraid that he would never be able to complete the task of memorizing the Three Thousand Taoist Scriptures in his lifetime.
The only good thing was that he didn't have to collect Taoist books himself. As long as he finished reading one, the system would automatically give him another one.
Ye Xiang couldn't remember how many Taoist Scriptures he had read. The so - called Three Thousand Taoist Scriptures was just a general term. In the past three years, he had read at least tens of thousands of Taoist books. It could be said that he had memorized all the Taoist scriptures and volumes.
Body refining, inner alchemy, talismans, formations, artifact refining, and so on.
The things recorded in the Taoist Scriptures far exceeded the scope of his own Taoist priest profession. Just from this, one could see the power of the Celestial Master profession, which was definitely stronger than all other professions!
However, due to the restrictions of his current profession, he could only learn these things after changing his profession to a Celestial Master.
After finishing reading a Taoist book, Ye Xiang stood up directly, put his hands in his pockets with an indifferent expression, and turned to walk out of the classroom.
As soon as he left, the classmates in the classroom started discussing without any scruples.
"All day long, he just knows how to pretend. Does he still think he's a genius?"
"Hilarious. There are only three days left until the college entrance examination, and this guy is sure to be in the spotlight again."
"If I were him, I would have been too ashamed to come to school and would have packed my bags and gone home."
Ye Xiang stood in the corridor, quietly looking at the campus scenery downstairs. Naturally, he could hear those sarcastic remarks in the classroom clearly.
He had gotten used to it over the past three years. Let them laugh slowly. He was almost done reading the Three Thousand Taoist Scriptures!
"Brother Ye, are you going to take the college entrance examination too?"
At this moment, a gentle and pleasant voice came from behind.
Ye Xiang couldn't help but turn his head and saw a girl in a school uniform and a short skirt. She had a delicate appearance, long hair over her shoulders, and exquisite facial features on her beautiful oval - shaped face. However, she seemed to be in poor health, with a slightly pale face, giving her a delicate and vulnerable temperament that made people want to hold her in their arms.
But anyone who thought she was as weak as she seemed would definitely suffer a loss.
There were two geniuses in the school. One was Ye Xiang, who was mocked as a "genius waste", and the other was this girl in front of him.
Shen Youwei, the only one in the school who awakened the hidden profession of Moon Spirit Priestess. She was level 16 at the age of 15.
Her profession not only had powerful combat capabilities but also strong auxiliary abilities. She was almost all - around.
"What? Do you also look down on me?" Ye Xiang said, looking at her with a bit of helplessness.
Shen Youwei shook her head repeatedly, "That's not what I meant. I mean, if you must take the college entrance examination, can I team up with you..."