Chapter 127: Jiang Kai’s Second-Tier Profession

The next day, Jiang Kai and his two companions had already returned to the main city of District 18.

The heartwood of the Skyfire Tree at the Commander level was expensive, but in job change materials, 5 grams was generally considered one portion.

5 grams of Commander-level Skyfire Tree Heart only cost 50,000 star coins.

In addition, he also purchased 5 grams of Silver Iron for 140,000 star coins and a job-change vessel for 1,500 star coins.

After that, Jiang Kai returned to the headquarters of the Lord God Guild.

Upon learning about Jiang Kai's materials, Ruan Yu proactively took on the task of crafting the job-change material.

Jiang Kai frowned and said, "I still need 5 grams of dust, 5 grams of air, and 5 grams of rainwater..."

"Captain Kai, don't worry. A second-tier job change for a Gourmet requires a rare gaseous material. The technology for collecting and fusing gases has long been perfected. As for dust and rainwater, they are even easier to gather," Ruan Yu said, "Old Hu, Captain Kai needs your water!"

Hu Yan naturally accepted without hesitation.

Jiang Kai felt a little uneasy. After thinking for a moment, he added, "By the way, I'm not entirely sure whether rainwater is the correct material."

Ruan Yu nodded, "According to what you said, 'rootless water' should be rainwater. But even if it's wrong, it doesn't matter. We can just experiment one by one."

Hu Yan went to the courtyard to summon rain. The required amount of water wasn't much, so he didn't prepare too much before summoning a heavy downpour.

After Ruan Yu collected the rainwater, he returned inside and began gathering and fusing the materials.

Jiang Kai anxiously waited in the small pavilion of the courtyard.

Hu Yan watched him pacing back and forth with cold eyes, "Captain Kai, are you giving birth or what? Stop walking around. Ruan Yu's technique is solid."

Jiang Kai rolled his eyes at Old Hu but still obediently sat down.

And so, he waited… for over an hour.

"Even if it failed, it should have been done by now," Jiang Kai anxiously glanced at the room to his right.

Hu Yan nodded, "Yeah, I've never worked at a job-change material shop, but I know that as long as the materials are complete, the fusion process is actually quite simple. It should only take about ten minutes, but it's been over an hour now."

As they spoke, the door suddenly opened, and Ruan Yu walked out.

"Captain Kai, 'rootless water' is indeed rainwater! The fusion is complete!", He said, shaking the test tube in her hand toward Jiang Kai.

Jiang Kai and Hu Yan hurried over.

"Captain Kai, hurry up," Hu Yan said with a grin.

Jiang Kai nodded, took the test tube, and went to his usual room.

After closing the door, Jiang Kai carefully examined the test tube filled with a soil-colored liquid. He even wasted an identification card to appraise it.

[Second-Tier Gambler Job-Change Material.]

"Haha! It really worked!", Jiang Kai laughed, sat cross-legged on the ground, opened the test tube, and drank the job-change material in one gulp.

Moments later, a scorching sensation surged through his body, making him feel incredibly thirsty.

This sensation was somewhat similar to when he consumed the incomplete material the first time, but it was several times stronger.

However, with his previous job-change experience, Jiang Kai endured the burning sensation and waited for the process to complete.

———

Meanwhile, in the courtyard, Hu Yan and Ruan Yu were waiting for Jiang Kai to finish his job change when suddenly, the guild's public announcement screen lit up.

A line of text appeared on the screen.

[Recently, someone has inquired at the guild registration office about recruitment matters. The registration office has sent a reminder to the guild. Do you wish to establish a recruitment office?]

[The recruitment office can be managed by a designated person or can be set up with additional screens placed outside the guild, allowing the system to handle recruitment for you.]

Unfortunately, Hu Yan and Ruan Yu did not have permission to recruit new members. Clicking on the screen had no effect.

"Looks like Captain Kai needs to handle this... But wait, someone actually wants to join our guild?", Hu Yan said in surprise.

"Yeah, our guild was established just to participate in the Guild Challenge Tournament," Ruan Yu added, "Captain Kai is just treating it as a private villa right now. I don't think he ever considered expanding the guild."

"Maybe outsiders don't know that, which is why they're applying," Hu Yan thought for a moment and decided to let Jiang Kai make the decision.

Saying that, the two of them looked toward Jiang Kai's room.

"It's been hours. Captain Kai still hasn't come out?"

Ruan Yu shook her head, "Old Hu, when I was preparing the job-change material, this second-tier material had an incredibly slow fusion speed. I've prepared second-tier materials for ten other professions, and this one took the longest."

Ruan Yu suddenly leaned in mysteriously, "Captain Kai's job is a new profession!"

"Obviously. We've been following Captain Kai for so long, how could you not tell?", Hu Yan rolled his eyes at her, "But Captain Kai still hasn't told us what his profession is. Seems like he doesn't completely trust us yet."

"Or maybe… we just never had the guts to ask directly," Ruan Yu weakly added.

———

Jiang Kai had no idea how much time had passed. After enduring the intense burning sensation for what seemed like forever, he finally heard the system notification.

[Congratulations! You have completed the second-tier job change for the Gambler profession. Your new profession is… Trickster.]

"Huh?", Jiang Kai almost thought he had misheard.

Among the top ten professions in Huaxia, all second-tier advancements were publicly known.

The two strongest combat professions, Warrior advanced into Swordsman, Soldier advanced into Cavalry, were undeniably powerful.

The second-tier professions of the next two, Executioner advanced into Assassin, Barefoot Doctor advanced into Physician, became more battle-oriented as they leveled up.

For the third group, Monk advanced into Wandering Monk, Feng Shui Master advanced into Fate Seer, and Gourmet advanced into Chef.

The fourth group, Smuggler, advanced into Traveling Merchant.

The fifth group, Drunkard advanced into Alcoholic, and Beggar advanced into Refugee.

Yet, his second-tier advancement from Gambler turned out to be… "Trickster"?

Jiang Kai was completely baffled.

"What the hell is a Trickster?", he muttered in confusion.

For once, the system seemed to sense Jiang Kai's question and unusually provided an explanation.

[In Fate Jobs, higher-tier professions are not merely direct advancements of lower-tier ones but rather extensions of certain abilities.]

[For standard professions, branching paths only appear at the Transcendent stage. However, for Fate Jobs, significant variations can occur right from the initial profession.]

Jiang Kai had heard the first part before, the idea that higher-tier professions weren't just ranked-up versions but rather enhanced in certain aspects.

For example, Swordsmen wielded weapons better than Warriors, Cavalry was superior in combat compared to Soldiers, Physicians were more skilled than Barefoot Doctors, Alcoholics had a deeper understanding of alcohol than Drunkards, Chefs knew more about food preparation than Gourmets, and Merchants had a more comprehensive grasp of wealth accumulation than Smugglers.

But the latter two statements were new to him.

It seemed like the system wasn't just answering his question, it was explaining the difference between Fate Job materials and regular job-change materials.

"Normal professions only get branching paths at Transcendent, but Fate Jobs split from the very start... Damn, that makes sense. Because only Fate Job materials create different professions at the first job change," Jiang Kai pondered.

Since there was already such a huge divergence at the first-tier, it made sense that his second-tier job would also take a different path.

Thinking this through, Jiang Kai finally understood.

Even though his job had changed significantly, it still followed the rule of ability extension.

Originally, he thought his second-tier job would be something like "Cardsharp" or another gambling-related job. After all, gambling was just a form of deception.

So his advancement into "Trickster" was simply a natural extension of that ability.

"Trickster...", Jiang Kai frowned, "I wonder how strong it is. Let's find out."

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