Infinite Professions-Chapter 118 - 42: Information

"What’s the matter?"

Seeing Shen Hex suddenly go silent, Zhong Qin was puzzled.

"Nothing."

Shen Hex shook his head, "Let’s leave it at that. By the way, don’t leave the school unless necessary."

"Don’t leave the school unless necessary?"

Zhong Qin looked at him strangely, "Isn’t that what Senior Sister said?"

"..."

Shen Hex heard this, fell silent once more but did not elaborate much, "Just remember it. I have some things to do. I’ll hang up now."

"Hey, hey, hey..."

Zhong Qin was about to say something, but Shen Hex paid no attention and hung up the communication directly.

After hanging up, Shen Hex continued non-stop to query recent cosmic flights to Yunlan Star online.

"Sorry, due to cosmic turbulence, flights are temporarily suspended this week!"

"Sorry, due to cosmic turbulence, Yunlan flights are temporarily suspended!"

"Sorry..."

After some searching, he found that all flights, public and private, were suspended.

Shen Hex frowned deeply and remained silent for a long time.

Something’s wrong!

Cosmic turbulence is a common phenomenon and can seriously interfere with space travel, so flight suspensions are normal.

But Shen Hex still felt something was wrong.

Besides the flight cancellation, Teng Manyun’s enrollment plans had also fallen through.

Previously mentioned, the Academy Faction is one of the Empire’s major parties, with strength rivaling the military, having considerable influence both officially and unofficially.

These academies aren’t just educational institutions but also key military supports for the Empire; some top academies, although named academies, actually control entire planets or star realms, truly being Uncrowned Kings, powerful locals.

With Teng Manyun’s ability, perhaps she couldn’t enter top academies, but middle-low tier ones shouldn’t be a problem.

Even middle-low tier academies have specialized cosmic ships, traveling between star realms and planets to admit students, and this process usually lasts one to two years.

So, theoretically, even if Yunlan Star encountered cosmic turbulence, the academy Teng Manyun applied for could change its route to other planets to bring in freshman, then wait for the turbulence to pass before arriving at Yunlan Star.

But now, according to Teng Manyun, everything fell through; she couldn’t leave Yunlan Star to enroll and could only attend online classes.

What does this mean?

It means this cosmic turbulence won’t end for at least a year or two.

Even, questioning if this is cosmic turbulence at all?

Otherwise, why did Teng Manyun tell Zhong Qin not to leave school unless necessary?

There’s strangeness everywhere, hinting at suspicion.

If something’s oddly happening, there must be trouble afoot.

But what exactly is happening?

Shen Hex couldn’t say.

But thinking about it, at worst, it’s a frontline defeat, the Cosmic Evil God bypassing the Empire’s iron wall and invading.

This is quite terrifying.

But he has the Gate of Ten Thousand Realms, allowing him to flee anytime, anywhere.

So, this isn’t something existentially perilous for him.

He eats, drinks, and carries on as usual!

Having an escape route feels reassuring.

Thinking of this, Shen Hex opened his personal terminal, intending to contact Shen Qingyue and settle his debts.

But before he could send the message, Shen Qingyue sent a communication: "Little Hex, have you finished practicing?"

"Hmm?"

Shen Hex raised an eyebrow, "What’s up?"

"Nothing, I’ve passed the approval and successfully become a formal teacher."

Shen Qingyue’s joyful words came, the communication turned into virtual imagery: "I invited senior sister. How about you come to the cafeteria, and we have a good meal to celebrate?"

"Is that so? Then I’ll head over now."

Shen Hex nodded, simultaneously sending over a transaction.

Three years had passed, Shen Qingyue made progress, breaking through from Tier Three peak to Tier Four.

A Tier Four Professional could become a formal employee. Coupled with her senior sister’s help, becoming official was only natural.

However, Shen Hex felt this had some connections with Teng Manyun’s enrollment suspension.

After all, once certain events occur, their impact is wide-ranging.

Of course, he might just be overthinking.

But regardless, thinking more isn’t a bad thing.

"Thirty million?"

"Where did you get so much money?"

Faced with Shen Hex’s transaction, Shen Qingyue’s reaction was similar to Zhong Qin’s.

Shen Hex treated them the same, offering the same answer: "Made some extra money."

"Extra money?"

Shen Qingyue seemed intent on pursuing the matter, "What kind of extra money?"

"Let’s talk in person."

Shen Hex didn’t want to say more, hanging up the communication.

Meanwhile, in the employee cafeteria, in a private room.

Tang Aoxue crossed her arms, looking at Shen Qingyue’s surprised expression: "What, did he take advantage of you knowing you got official and pocketed some cash?"

"..."

Shen Qingyue didn’t speak, only worry showing.

"Hmm!?"

Tang Aoxue leaned closer, "Did he make a ridiculous demand?"

Shen Qingyue snapped out of it, nervously looked at Tang Aoxue: "He transferred thirty million to me."

"Thirty million?"

Tang Aoxue was stunned, "Where did he get so much money?"

"Exactly!"

Shen Qingyue agreed, thus growing more anxious: "Senior sister, do you think he did something dangerous, otherwise where would he find thirty million?"

"Dangerous work?"

Tang Aoxue looked at her, "What kind of dangerous work can he do, a boy who hasn’t graduated high school, to earn over thirty million, sell his body?"

"Sell his body?"

Shen Qingyue’s eyes narrowed and she became even more tense: "Maybe it’s really possible!"

"Oh my God!"

Tang Aoxue covered her forehead with one hand, exasperatedly saying, "Do you think selling oneself is that easy? What makes him worth thirty million, his looks or his figure that’s particularly outstanding?"

"Well..."

Shen Qingyue hesitated.

"Only you would treat him like a treasure."

Tang Aoxue shook her head, yet couldn’t help but furrow her brows: "But where did he get so much money from?"

...

Moments later, in the booth.

"Little Hex, let me introduce you to Senior Sister Tang, whom I’ve mentioned before."

"Senior Sister, this is..."

Shen Qingyue led Shen Hex to introduce him to Tang Aoxue.

"I know, our Miss Shen’s fiancé, right? Seeing in person is better than hearing about it!"

Tang Aoxue did not rise, only speaking sarcastically while facing Shen Hex.

Shen Hex didn’t mind, responding calmly and affably: "Hello, thank you Teacher Tang for taking care of me and Sister Qingyue all these years."

"..."

Tang Aoxue fell silent for a moment but eventually shook his hand: "This little guy is quite a talker."

"Sit down, sit down."

Seeing this, Shen Qingyue quickly came out to smooth things over, first letting Shen Hex sit down, then got straight to the point: "Little Hex, where did you get so much money?"

"Oh!"

Shen Hex smiled: "I took some tutoring gigs over at Xingyi Society and made some extra money on Divine Martial Battle Net, so I have a small surplus now."

"Tutoring gigs?"

"Divine Martial Battle Net?"

The two murmured, both a bit suspicious, and Tang Aoxue folded her arms, her posture proud, eyes scrutinizing him.

"Is there a problem?"

Shen Hex remained unchanged, showing no sign of fluctuation.

"No, no!"

Shen Qingyue regained her composure, breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to him and said: "You don’t need to transfer it all to me, don’t you have to cultivate too, return this money..."

"Buzz!"

Before she finished speaking, they heard a noise.

Shen Hex looked at his personal terminal: "Sorry, please excuse me, some of my online purchases have arrived, I’m going to sign for them and have them delivered to my dormitory."

Shen Qingyue was stunned, then came to her senses: "Then go ahead, we’ll wait for you."

"Okay!"

Shen Hex nodded, turned, and left.

Left alone in the room, Tang Aoxue furrowed her brows tightly, Shen Qingyue appeared puzzled: "What’s wrong, Senior Sister."

"Your little husband..."

Tang Aoxue gave her a glance, then looked toward the door where Shen Hex had just left: "Why does he seem to have transcended mundane concerns, has he become a monk?"

"What do you mean transcended mundane concerns?"

Shen Qingyue was utterly bewildered by her.

"The way I treated him, he’s not angry at all."

Tang Aoxue pinched her delicate chin, a glint of cunning flashing in her eyes: "Either he’s not a man or...he’s a very abnormal man!"

"Senior Sister!"

Shen Qingyue emphasized her tone.

"I’m complimenting him."

Tang Aoxue turned her gaze back: "Anyway, I’ve changed my opinion about him. Alright, I’ll stop interrupting your two-person world, this third wheel is leaving!"

With that, she got up to leave.

"Senior Sister, where are you going?"

"Going back to the dorm, where else can I go?"

"..."

Moments later, Shen Hex returned to the booth, seeing only Shen Qingyue: "Where’s Teacher Tang?"

"She had something to do, she left first!"

Shen Qingyue found an excuse, then shifted the topic: "Little Hex, what did you buy?"

Shen Hex did not hide: "Several spirit beasts."

"Spirit beasts?"

Shen Qingyue was stunned: "Are you interested in the Beast Taming Profession?"

Shen Hex laughed: "Just a sudden whim, I’m planning to give it a try."

"I see."

Shen Qingyue didn’t think much of it: "What kind of spirit beasts?"

"Pigs!" 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

"What?"

Shen Qingyue looked at him: "Pigs?"

"Yes!"

Shen Hex nodded: "Just pigs!"

Shen Qingyue: "..."

Regarding his peculiar hobby, Shen Qingyue really couldn’t comment, so she changed the subject: "By the way, I wanted to tell you something."

Shen Hex placed a piece of beef in his mouth, responding calmly: "What is it?"

"Unless there’s something important, don’t leave the campus randomly these days!"

Shen Qingyue said solemnly: "If you must go out, let me know and I’ll go with you."

"Hmm!?"

Shen Hex’s eyes narrowed: "What happened?"

"Not sure."

Shen Qingyue shook her head: "But Senior Sister told me, it might be related to the Evil God attack incident from a few years ago, just try not to leave campus unless necessary recently."

"..."

Shen Hex fell silent, then nodded, saying: "Got it, don’t worry, I’ll be in the dormitory these days, you too, try not to leave the school grounds."

"Okay!"

"..."