Chapter 2 The Pope’s Favor?

Chapter 2 The Pope’s Favor?

Chapter 2 The Pope’s Favor?
"Brother Chen!?"

"How's my business going?"

The middle-aged man sitting in the office showed a surprised expression when he saw You Chen, and You Chen also greeted him from a distance.

This guy is Ye Han, You Chen’s former classmate.

However, compared with You Chen, who can barely be considered a figure, Ye Han's achievements are a bit too mediocre. At the age of 35, he is only a level 35 Soul Master. It is estimated that in this lifetime, at most he can reach the level of Soul Sect.

The yellow-robed deacons have already left the white-robed patrol deacons' job scope, which requires them to move around frequently, and are now considered the backbone of the entire Spirit Hall organization.

In the case of a shortage of manpower, he might even be sent to serve as the master of a sub-hall of the Spirit Hall.

Soul masters are considered big shots to most people, and the status of the yellow-robed deacon is close to that of a modern town manager, so it is rare for ordinary people to see him.

However, in the holy land in the hearts of all soul masters on the continent, in the Wuhun City where the world's highest combat power is gathered, he is just an insignificant little errand boy named Karami.

Although Ye Han was jealous at first when he saw You Chen, who was less talented than him, become a spirit master several steps faster than him. Even after being beaten up, he still refused to accept it and cursed You Chen in his heart to slow down his cultivation. In the future, he would often make provocations and look for trouble.

But as You Chen showed his extraordinary talents time and time again, and finally took advantage of the situation and rose to a height that Ye Han could not reach, the jealousy in Ye Han's heart turned into admiration.

Watching You Chen, who had a talent similar to his own, rise up through extraordinary wisdom and hard work, Ye Han seemed to see himself taking a different path.

Although his innate soul power was only level 2, he managed to become a soul master at the age of 9, a great soul master at the age of 15, and a soul master at the age of 21!
In comparison, Ye Han himself, who also had innate soul power level 2, became a soul master at the age of 12, a great soul master at the age of 21, and a soul master at the age of 29. This speed of cultivation has already shown that the upper limit of his lifetime is probably here.

Fans will worship idols and project their own emotions onto them, and Ye Han is probably like this. He may regard You Chen as the continuation of his dream of becoming a powerful spirit master.

When a person who is supposed to be ordinary breaks free from shackles and rises, he or she will inevitably attract admiration, disgust, or rejection.

Once when You Chen was ridiculed and provoked by someone, Ye Han, who usually did not get along with You Chen, stood up and said some words in his defense. That became a turning point for the easing of their relationship.

About five years ago, You Chen also attended the wedding of Ye Han and his colleagues.

After such a long time, the conflicts from our youth have long since turned into memories that can be laughed off.

You Chen trusts Ye Han. This trust allows him to tell Ye Han about his demands without any worries and ask him to help him find a job in a city around Notting City.

"It's all right."

Ye Han made a proper gesture and said, "Brother Chen, you have completed the transfer procedures. What remains is the acceptance issue in Notting City. Probably in three days at the earliest, you can prepare to go to Notting City to take up the post... uh, deacon."

Even Ye Han felt a little awkward when he said it himself.

After all, You Chen is a Soul Master who is about to break through to the Soul King level, and he is also a famous professor and theoretical master in the Spirit Hall!
In the Spirit Hall Research Institute, he was first a junior, middle or senior researcher, and then was promoted to the title of professor!

The rank of a researcher corresponds to a white-robed, yellow-robed deacon and a purple-robed cardinal. There is no specific rank for a professor, but it is determined by the position in which he works. But at the very least... he has to be a black-robed cardinal, right? ?
The Cardinal in Black was definitely a big shot in the Spirit Hall. It would be fine if he went to work in the countryside, but why did he become a deacon in Yellow?!
Even though these procedures were handled by him, Ye Han still didn't quite understand.

He neither understood why the big guys at the Spirit Hall gave him such a humiliating position, nor did he understand why You Chen chose to leave the position of researcher and go to the lower levels to be a small deacon?

"Brother Chen, if it were someone else, I wouldn't bother asking you. Why did you go to a small place like Notting City? I really don't understand. Isn't it good to stay in this palace? I heard that the Pope seems to be quite fond of you and plans to promote you to the director of the research institute."

Ye Han's voice was full of sighs, and even a little indignant.

It’s like when a fanatical fan sees his or her idol take a business order that is totally inconsistent with his or her status, he or she would wonder if something is wrong.

"Pope, favor?"

Hearing Ye Han's question, You Chen was a little surprised.

"Uh, Brother Chen, is there something wrong?"

Ye Han looked at You Chen's laughing face and realized that he had probably said something wrong. Because he lacked some information that people of his level could not know, he said something that made You Chen laugh and cry. You Chen looked at Ye Han's embarrassed look and did not intend to blame him.

After all, there are some things that are tacitly understood by the top leaders of the Spirit Hall, but the people at the lower and middle levels are completely unaware of the conflicts among the top leaders. They still think that everyone loves each other like a family, and that the top leaders are of one mind and one strength.

This situation is not uncommon news in any organization.

Of course, You Chen’s current achievements and accomplishments are not just due to hard work.

When have there been fewer hardworking mediocre people in this world? In the end, they all become leeks one after another.

You Chen was able to cultivate to level 9 at the age of 10, a speed similar to that of some relatively lazy geniuses with innate soul power level 5.

But a large part of the reason for this is that soul power before level 10 is relatively easy to improve.

In addition, You Chen inherited the ideas of scientific training and self-discipline of an adult from his previous life. When the other students were only 6 years old and could neither concentrate on practicing and studying nor practice systematically and scientifically, he was able to overtake them.

But if You Chen continued to practice like this, he would not necessarily be much better than Ye Han. A grassroots staff member who worked for the Spirit Hall and handled complicated affairs might be what You Chen should be like.

As the level increases, one gets closer and closer to the limits of one's own talents, and the speed of cultivation will become slower and slower.

There are obvious qualitative changes in the singular major realms of soul masters.

A one-ring soul master represents the soul master's first soul skill. The third ring of a three-ring soul master is often the soul master's first thousand-year soul ring in the conventional sense. The fifth ring of a five-ring soul king is the first ten-thousand-year soul ring. The seventh ring of a seven-ring soul saint is the domineering and powerful martial soul avatar. Needless to say, the power of a nine-ring titled Douluo is even more powerful.

But this qualitative change has also brought with it even more stubborn shackles.

Especially the seventh and ninth rings, the solidity of these two layers of shackles can be said to be twice that of other single-numbered realms.

You Chen has read a lot of Douluo fan fiction. In many of them, the protagonists easily break through the shackles of talent and evolve their martial souls by absorbing suitable spirit rings over a period of time. From then on, the road to becoming a Titled Douluo becomes smooth.

Therefore, when his martial soul first awakened, You Chen was not discouraged by his low innate soul power and the poor quality of his martial soul.

It is impossible for him to give up or give up just because he lacks qualifications.

If one wants to absorb soul rings beyond the age limit, whale glue must be the first resource that most time travelers think of.

But even in the Dou Yi period when the effect of whale glue in improving physical fitness had not yet been discovered, this thing was definitely not cheap, at least it was definitely not something that a child with no background like You Chen could buy with money.

The best way is to offer the benefits of whale glue to the Spirit Hall and thereby obtain this reward.

Of course, there are also choices in the way of “offering”.

It is obviously unwise to tell people the functions of whale glue in a brazen manner.

The best scenario would be for You Chen to take over the task of "digging out" the effects of whale glue himself, that is, in the name of research materials, as a researcher, he would use the money of the Spirit Hall to purchase thousand-year-old or even ten-thousand-year-old whale glue.

Naturally, many problems arise at this time.

How can we ensure that we win the trust of others? How can we ensure that we are not given a small reward just because we are too young, and that others will take advantage of our research results? How can we maximize our benefits while ensuring our own safety?

You Chen's choice was to not disclose the effect of whale glue first, to establish his image as a theoretical genius, and then...

When he was 12 years old, he released "Refuting the Ten Core Competitiveness of Wuhun" in the same year that Yu Xiaogang released "The Ten Core Competitiveness of Wuhun".

This attracted Qianxunji's attention and favor.

Likewise, the love-brained woman has been hating him ever since.

(End of this chapter)