Seeing Hu Xiang's confusion, he explained, "This involves some arrangements my teacher made. I can't use anyone from the Inspection Department."
"Oh." Hu Xiang looked as though he understood, though there was no telling what he had imagined. He added, "I've got ten days left in my rotation, then I'm off on a month-and-a-half inspection tour."
"Got it." Su Chen nodded. After a few more reminders, they went their separate ways.
As he kept using potions, Su Chen's progress in developing his Profession and practicing the Body Forging Method rose visibly.
Boom!
A peal of thunder shook the sky, pulling Su Chen out of his training.
He left the gravity training room, went to the window, and drew back the curtain. Surprise crossed his face.
"It's raining..."
In all his time in this world, Su Chen had never seen rain. Thunder rolled across the sky, lighting vast stretches of it blinding white.
He opened the window, and a rotten smell rushed in. The raindrops were not clear but gray-white, as though mixed with mist.
"Today's the day."
Su Chen shut the window. His panel appeared, and the words "Advance" shone brightly after [Gale Hunt].
With the help of potions and training day and night, he had met every requirement for advancement.
His Profession development had reached 100% two days earlier.
And [Snake Shadow Body-Forging Method] had just reached the master level, granting him an ability called [Snake Shadow]. It let him leave afterimages while moving at high speed to confuse his enemies.
Su Chen took a deep breath and steadied himself.
"Advance" broke into streams of light and vanished from the panel. At that very moment, thunder roared!
A surge of heat erupted from somewhere inside Su Chen and spread rapidly through his entire body.
First came an itch