Young man, do you know about the cultural troupe?

Xu Nan's injuries were actually not serious, even negligible.

The Gnoll was almost crushed to death by A Tang, and its muscles were weak in its dying throes. It was only because its claws were too sharp that it managed to scratch a few fine marks on Xu Nan's waist.

According to Lü Junyi, such wounds would heal with a little antiseptic.

But at Xu Nan's insistence, Lü Junyi reluctantly helped him apply a few Band-Aids, which served as psychological comfort.

Only now did Xu Nan realize the special nature of this mission.

As an ordinary person who grew up in a time of peace, Xu Nan would probably get goosebumps just killing a chicken. When facing monsters in real combat, he would naturally encounter various situations.

Before, the Gnolls were all controlled. Even if the scene was a little bloody, Xu Nan could rely on his powerful bloodline ability to be immune to that discomfort. But when the Gnoll accidentally resisted and even slightly injured him, an unprecedented sense of intense danger enveloped Xu Nan.

He wasn't making a big deal out of it.

It was the first time he had felt what was called "fear."

Sitting here now, he gradually calmed down, but the lingering feeling of trepidation remained in his heart.

He knew himself that this was a hurdle he had to overcome. Only by taking this step could he face the coming conflicts more calmly.

He had listened to Lü Junyi's words in a daze, and it wasn't until the last sentence that he suddenly woke up, greatly surprised:

"You guys went to get an appendix removed?"

Lü Junyi nodded, showing a look of helpless fear: "Otherwise, what do you think we went to the surface for? We borrowed a friend's clinic from before and had it removed for him."

"It's useless! He didn't react at all! Don't you guys who become Professionals through surgery react quickly?"

Xu Nan thought about it. Indeed, he had just returned from Lü Junyi's place, felt uncomfortable all over, and went to bed early. When he woke up the next day, his memory was slightly confused.

Although the true inheritance of power was a few days later, the signs had appeared early.

Why couldn't Shi Fanglin become a Professional for so long? Was he different from himself, Zhang Yingluo, Qin Lele, and the others?

Xu Nan fell into deep thought.

Gu Xiaomeng, who had just come in to visit Xu Nan, showed a look of panic and guilt.

Lü Junyi seemed not to see her and sighed to Xu Nan: "If that doesn't work, let's remove the spleen first. It's useless anyway, just helps with digestion."

Xu Nan: "..."

"You can't remove it! You can't remove it!" Gu Xiaomeng said in a panic: "Actually, you're all wrong!"

"Becoming a Professional has nothing to do with Doctor Lü!"

Her face was a little embarrassed, seemingly guilty and self-reproachful because Shi Fanglin had gone astray.

A hint of joy from a successful scheme appeared on Lü Junyi's face. He suddenly turned to look at Gu Xiaomeng and said earnestly:

"Meng, this is your fault. If you know the inside story, share it with everyone. It's not good to hide it."

"If you don't tell me, I'll cut off his kidney later. Although that dead transvestite is perverted, he hasn't had children yet. If he can't find a wife in the future, will you marry him?"

Gu Xiaomeng was full of shame: "I... I didn't know things would turn out this way..."

"Since things have come to this, how do you plan to make up for it!" Lü Junyi said seriously: "The God of Love and Maidens you believe in wouldn't allow you to harm people like this, right!"

Gu Xiaomeng's face was flushed with embarrassment: "It's... Love."

"What's the difference!" Lü Junyi raised his voice: "The key is your attitude!"

Gu Xiaomeng lowered her head: "I know I was wrong. This matter is actually not as complicated as you think. The Divine Decree mentioned that the reason we can become Professionals is because we stayed in Doctor Lü's hospital for a long time!"

"It's the hospital's problem after all!" Shi Fanglin jumped in from outside, full of energy. Where did he look like someone who had just had his appendix removed?

"Xu Nan, you're injured, so rest well here and comfort Meng's wounded heart. I'll go with the dead transvestite to get my hospital back!"

Lü Junyi gritted his teeth and rolled up his sleeves. The speed at which his expression changed was astonishing: "Why did that girl Wen Xin have such a big fuss, calling people to drive tanks and demolish my hospital!"

"She and her Wang An old man probably know some inside story. These old foxes from the East Bay Military Region want to monopolize the secret of Professionals!"

The two quickly went out, leaving only Gu Xiaomeng with a dumbfounded expression. It took her a while to react.

Xu Nan wasn't worried about Lü Junyi and Shi Fanglin. One was insidious and lewd, the other was scheming and sharp-tongued. They wouldn't suffer losses anywhere they went.

Furthermore, both of them had strong backgrounds. Before, Lü Junyi was chased all over the place by Wen Xin because he felt guilty, thinking that Wen Xin's thick body hair was his fault. He felt ashamed and thus dared not resist.

Now that he knew the truth, he naturally had to demand an explanation.

If it was really as Gu Xiaomeng said, and Lü Junyi's hospital held the secret to becoming a Professional, then that place would inevitably become a place of contention.

Xu Nan thought further.

Was Lü Junyi's hospital the only such place?

Had other places also been discovered?

How many Professionals had this Earth already nurtured?

Just as Xu Nan was lost in thought.

Gu Xiaomeng, whose reaction time was long, finally said in frustration: "You guys ganged up to trick me!"

Xu Nan pointed to his head: "The two people who tricked you have already left."

Gu Xiaomeng pouted, "Are you with them?"

Xu Nan couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Sister Gu, first of all, I'm the injured one, please don't yell at the injured; secondly, you don't have any evidence that I'm in cahoots with them!"

Gu Xiaomeng covered her face. "Oh no, oh no, this is an important secret the god instructed me to keep, and I just blurted it out."

Xu Nan was a little curious. "Speaking of which, how did you become a priest of the God of Maidens?"

He was actually quite surprised. No matter how idiotic the God of Love and Maidens was, how could she find a silly and cute intern nurse to be her priest?

Someone like that would be more suited to be a believer! They couldn't possibly achieve the effect of an old charlatan deceiving people.

He looked at Gu Xiaomeng and suddenly felt that the God of Love and Maidens choosing him as a Chosen One was quite reliable. After all, his character was solid, and his talent for deceiving people was growing day by day.

Unlike Lü Junyi, if he became the Chosen One of the God of Maidens, it might not be long before it would be changed to the [God of Love and Women].

Gu Xiaomeng said somewhat awkwardly, "...The god thinks I'm quite cute."

Xu Nan looked at her indeed very cute baby face and silently retracted his evaluation of the God of Maidens' intelligence.

Becoming the Chosen One of this kind of god was basically digging his own grave, wasn't it?

Xu Nan once again firmly refused Gu Xiaomeng's request. Even though she tried to please him by accurately casting a Minor Wound Treatment on him, making the Band-Aids all over his waist useless decorations, Xu Nan remained unmoved by her beauty.

The next day.

In the temporary prison at the base, after Xu Nan executed a Gnoll that A Tang had tortured until it only had one drop of blood left, using the Innocent Staff, his level finally reached 3!

A wonderful current surged through his entire body.

Your level +1
You gained 1 free attribute point!
You gained 96 skill points!
You gained a personal specialty - Strong (Your physical fitness, you look much stronger)
You gained a professional specialty - Spell Specialization (You can choose a school of magic, and when casting spells from that school, the effect is better)
You gained access to the Level 3 spell list!

A large amount of information flooded into Xu Nan's mind one after another.

He finally reached level 3.

Leveling up as a Ron Sorcerer was really a big problem. Old Mr. Luo Mang had also hinted that one should not be impatient with early level ups, as this profession was somewhat special compared to others.

The awakening of bloodline power was too subtle. Without the system, it would be even more ethereal and untouchable.

Xu Nan chose to keep both the free attribute points and skill points. After reaching 20 Charm, whether to continue adding Charm or to add Intelligence or make up for Constitution were all questions that needed careful consideration; as for skills, he didn't know how to allocate them last time. Old Mr. Luo Mang was special after all, and Xu Nan wanted to find a normal spellcaster's way to allocate skills.

Just in time, this afternoon's ThousandRadiance Society registered member meeting was an opportunity for Xu Nan to meet other Professionals.

He wondered how much relevant reference material was available within the ThousandRadiance Society.

And Xu Nan was not in a hurry to buy Level 3 spells. Anyway, he had plenty of Shame Points now, and before the next battle arrived, he had plenty of time to react.

"Next, let's first see what kind of organization the ThousandRadiance Society or the China Dragon Group is."

Afternoon.

He followed Zhang Yingluo's instructions and arrived at the agreed location, only to find that today's gathering of registered members was actually at a famous sanatorium in Thousand Mountain Lake, H City.

Even some leaders from Jing Cheng had rested and recuperated here in the past.

Senior Sister Wen Xin had something to do and would be late, so she told Xu Nan to look around by himself. Fortunately, he had the status of a registered member, and after passing the military personnel's identity verification at the entrance, he had a smooth journey.

The scenery in the sanatorium was very good, and many people, like Xu Nan, were walking around feeling both nervous and excited.

Suddenly, an old man carrying a stack of flyers ran over briskly:

"Young man, want to know about the Art Troupe?"

With that, without waiting for Xu Nan to speak, he directly slapped a flyer on Xu Nan's face.

"Art Troupe? I heard from Senior Sister that they are all Bards?"

"How about I go take a look?"

Xu Nan looked at the address on the flyer, Building Eight, which was a bit far from the entrance but quite secluded.