"Because the three of us are all trying to avoid letting him know about your mental talent." Gu Bing didn't hide it either.
Su Chen revealed a puzzled expression.
"Elder Xia is the Sixth Chief Inquisitor of the Adjudication Court," Gu Bing explained for him.
Su Chen suddenly saw the light. 'So he's a Chief Inquisitor. No wonder Zhang Hongbo would be afraid.'
"But his style of doing things..." Gu Bing hesitated for a moment but still said tactfully, "Is disliked by many people. Although he thirsts for highly talented individuals, it's for the sake of an almost impossible-to-achieve goal. Three good seedlings with Red Gold-tier talent have been ruined in his hands."
"Therefore, by no means should you feel that being favored by him is a good thing."
'So it's like this...' After Su Chen finished listening, he only felt it was somewhat strange. This Chief Inquisitor was somewhat different from what he had imagined.
But he could also glimpse other information from a side profile. For instance... being so disliked yet still able to sit firmly in this position meant he must have extraordinary aspects in other areas.
"I understand. Many thanks, you few," Su Chen nodded.
"No need to thank us," Gu Bing mocked herself. "A part of the reason is also the Third Chief Inquisitor. We don't want to be caught in the middle, and Elder Xia didn't ask further. If he had, we naturally would have spoken."
"As for Zhang Hongbo, he's probably afraid that if Chief Inquisitor Xia learns of your talent and also knows that he has been suppressing you, he would vent his anger on him."
"Uh..." Su Chen was speechless. Everyone had their own calculations. No wonder the atmosphere was so strange.
Seeing Su Chen's dumbfounded look, which was somewhat cute, Gu Bing spoke a few more sentences. "Zhang Hongbo originally believed that you would compete with his son for the position of the next City Lord of Nanfeng City, which is why he wanted to suppress you."
"But since you have a Red Gold talent, it's basically impossible for you to return to Nanfeng City to take office. Since there's no direct conflict anymore, he thought of easing relations."
So it was because of this reason. Only then did Su Chen understand.
He initially faintly suspected whether Zhang Hongbo had some connection with Black Buddha, but it also felt somewhat wrong.
If the City Lord were a person of the Evil God Cults, then wouldn't Black Buddha be able to do whatever they wanted?
But he also didn't know why Zhang Hongbo had targeted him. Although this information wasn't classified as a secret, it was still internal rules of the Adjudication Court, so he naturally had no way of knowing.
"He came from the lineage of the First Chief Inquisitor," Gu Bing added at the very end.
"Many thanks for informing me," Su Chen said sincerely.
Fatty Sun had already received the news, come downstairs, and was waiting not far away. Gu Bing took her leave.
Sun Tai started the hovercar and asked, "This woman is not a simple figure, right? How come I've never seen her in the Supervision Department?"
"A special envoy from Yingfeng," Su Chen replied casually. This time he sat in the back row, staring at his panel.
"Yingfeng? Special envoy?" Fatty Sun's throat rolled. Who knew what he associated it with as he said sincerely, "Little brother, you're truly awesome."
...
"You guys did a good job these past two times."
On the top floor, Xia Hanshi stood before the porthole with his hands clasped behind his back, looking down below.
"It's what we should do." Zhang Hongbo's tense face relaxed a bit. Praise from Elder Xia was very hard to hear. He said in high spirits, "This time we almost caught Zhou Xian. Perhaps it won't be long before we can uproot him entirely."
Xia Hanshi sneered, "Uproot entirely? The roots in this Nanfeng City go deeper than I imagined."
"Your meaning is?" Zhang Hongbo felt a chill in his heart. He was the biggest tree in Nanfeng; could it actually implicate him?
"I have a guess. It's best if it isn't true; otherwise, whether Nanfeng City will still exist or not is hard to say." Xia Hanshi's words made the hearts of the two skip a beat.
Yang Yan forced a smile. "It wouldn't go that far, right? Nanfeng is not considered special, and there's nothing worth coveting. If conventional corruption fails, Black Buddha generally chooses to withdraw rather than invest more costs."
The Evil God Cults had numerous branches, and every Evil God had its own style of doing things. Black Buddha didn't like fighting and highly valued the 'return on investment'.
Xia Hanshi said meaningfully, "Therefore, in Nanfeng... there are still things we don't know."
...
"The City Lord called you over this time, for what matter?"
Fatty Sun drove him back and was still asking curiously on the way.
Hearing no response from the back, Fatty Sun looked through the rearview mirror, only to see Su Chen leaning back in his seat, his brows firmly locked, and his body trembling slightly.
"You... are you okay?" Fatty Sun jumped in fright and hurriedly pressed.
There was still no response. Just as he was preparing to turn around and head to the emergency department, Su Chen finally spoke slowly, kneading his temples. "I'm fine. I just trained a bit too ruthlessly these two days."
"I told you not to be so tense..." Fatty Sun couldn't help but say a few words. "You have to know when to relax and when to be tense."
Su Chen nodded, saying "En, en," his eyes unfocused as he stared at his panel. Not long after getting in the hovercar, the 【Mystic Scholar】 had succeeded in its devourment.
【The Mystic Scholar has successfully devoured the Telekinetic, transforming into—Psionic Adept】
【Mental Interference has been enhanced!】
【Crimson Thunder Strike has been enhanced!】
【Acquired professional ability—Psychokinesis: Mental power can be converted into psychokinesis, thereby directly affecting reality.】
Su Chen was still adapting to the mental energy surging within his brain. Under the same development progress, it had increased by roughly thirty percent compared to before.
It wasn't as violent as the last time when the Strongman transformed into the Void-Rending Warrior. This time was much gentler; after all, it was from advanced to peak.
The professional abilities that originally belonged to this system had all been enhanced. As for 【Mystic Artifact Control】 and 【Mystic Artifact Enhancement】, there were no changes.
However, the new professional ability also looked very good and was enough to become an assistance during combat.
Moreover, he could clearly feel that his Storage Space, situated in some unknown location, was expanding rapidly.
【The employment condition for Spatial Storage Adept, "Ourselves being a 2nd-tier peak mental-type profession," has been fulfilled. Storage Space expansion completed.】
Su Chen carefully sensed it and found that the boundaries of the Storage Space had expanded tenfold, and its volume had expanded a thousandfold. Now it was a full one thousand cubic meters. The assorted miscellaneous items that originally occupied nearly half of the space were now just in a small corner. It could be called an explosive surge!
Seeing his complexion gradually relax, Only then did Sun Tai set his heart at ease.
"Haha, I told you the City Lord looking for you must be a good thing." Fatty Sun and Su Chen had just walked into the branch bureau's gate when he checked the notification message on his virtual screen and burst out laughing:
"The quota for Mist Fiend Potions has changed from three portions a week to five portions. Truly viewing you in a new light."
"There are actually also five portions of Illusion Essence? My goodness! I heard that over at the Research Department, this stuff requires strict allocation."
"What? There's also an E-grade meditation technique that needs me to fetch and deliver to you? My goodness..." Sun Tai clicked his tongue, sizing Su Chen up and down, and asked suspiciously, "You and the City Lord, there isn't some hidden relationship, right?"
The value of these resources in Nanfeng City was immeasurable.
Su Chen smiled but didn't speak. Fatty Sun still wanted to connect with Zhang Hengyu affectionately but learned that he had already gone back, making him feel it was a pity inevitably.
"About that, I'll deliver the meditation technique and Illusion Essence to you tomorrow," Sun Tai said before getting in his car.
Su Chen waved his hand to see Sun Tai off. Upon returning to his room, he finally truly adapted to his transformed mental power.
Boom!
He tried to urge his psychokinesis, and all the tables, chairs, and stools floated up. "Within a ten-meter range, the power won't be discounted. The further away, the more severe the attenuation..."
He was estimating when soon the entire room began to tremble, and the lights flickered incessantly.
"This ability..." Su Chen sensed carefully and couldn't help but grin broadly. "Not ordinary."
The power of psychokinesis at full output was even stronger than the Crimson Thunder Strike because it could gather all his mental power together, and it was also more flexible.
"Hmm... I can only say it's stronger than the previous Crimson Thunder Strike. As for the currently enhanced one, I can't be sure yet."
"On Zhang Hongbo's side, it can be considered that I've entered a peace period with him, so there shouldn't be any problems." Su Chen stroked his chin. "I can focus on dealing with Zhou Xian and the Evil God Cults."
With his current strength and equipment, even if Zhou Xian attacked, he wouldn't necessarily be able to kill him.
"It cannot be mentioned in the same breath as before." Su Chen unclenched and clenched his fists.