Yi Tian sucked in a sharp breath. Wan Jiang's potential rating was exceptionally high.
Pillar of the Nation!
His future achievements would probably rival Wei Yuan's... and the same went for Bai Qiu Li.
But what caught Yi Tian's attention even more was the ring Wan Jiang's father had left him, mentioned in his life history...
An ordinary ring would never have warranted a mention in his biography.
Still, whether it represented an opportunity or a risk was impossible to tell for now. He could only wait and see.
Yi Tian gave Wei Yuan a meaningful look. "Found one."
"Found wha..." Wei Yuan froze, then looked at Wan Jiang with shining eyes, inwardly ecstatic. He found a talent!
At that thought, he immediately dismissed everyone else and brought a bewildered Wan Jiang to the meeting room.
Snap!
Wei Yuan snapped his fingers, and a starry barrier that provided both concealment and defense instantly enveloped the meeting room.
Wan Jiang stared blankly. "I just wanted to sign an application for permanent employment. Isn't this a bit much...?"
He looked at Wei Yuan in confusion, but Wei Yuan gestured for him to look at Yi Tian.
Only then did he realize that the person in charge was actually this boy, who was even younger than him!
"Is joining the military your dream?"
Yi Tian asked, leaning back in his chair.
It wasn't a necessary question, of course. Yi Tian just thought it suited a recruitment interview...
Thinking they were about to approve his application for permanent employment, Wan Jiang declared solemnly:
"Yes, sir!"
"Defending our homeland and driving out Evil Fiends and Foreign Races is our bounden duty!"
Yi Tian nodded. Military service seemed to offer even more opportunities to earn honors than school did. This recruitment should pay off!
Funds -20!
The [Recruitment/Investment] skill activated, and a contract landed in Wan Jiang's hands.
"Sign it, and call me boss from now on."
"Then have Director Wei take you to join the military."
Wan Jiang lit up with delight. "I can enlist if I sign this!"
"Wait, this isn't a contract signing my life away, is it?"
"Whatever! If it lets me enlist, I'll sign away my life too!!"
With Wei Yuan here, he didn't believe Yi Tian could be some kind of scammer...
At that moment, Wei Yuan was watching intently too.
An artificially induced awakening of a legendary class-he desperately wanted to confirm whether this ability was real!
If it's real, then those Foreign Races and Evil Fiends...
Wei Yuan hadn't felt such intense anticipation in a long time.
He watched Wan Jiang write his name on the contract.
Boom-!
A golden pillar of light, the sign of a legendary awakening, blazed around Wan Jiang.
Its radiance reflected in Wei Yuan's eyes. It was a light called hope!
Wei Yuan looked somewhat dazed and couldn't help murmuring:
"Yi Tian, Great Xia is grateful you're here!"
Within the pillar of light, Wan Jiang's eyes widened as he stared in disbelief at the changes taking place in his body. "My class!"
Yi Tian opened the employee panel, eager to inspect his new class's abilities:
[Employee - Wan Jiang] [Class]: Dragon Gallantry Gunfighter (Tier 0) (The investment opportunity displays the class name after Tier 4; this is the current Tier 0 class name.) [Quality]: Legendary [Level]: 0 [Strength]: 40 [Agility]: 35 [Constitution]: 35 [Spirit]: 25 [Class talent: Dragon Gallantry (Immune to fear status; for every 1% decrease in health, agility and constitution each increase by 1%; for every enemy nearby, strength increases by 2%!)] [Class skills: Dragon Soul Protection, Armybreaker, One Man Holds the Pass]
If Bai Qiu Li's Cold Moon Swordsman was an elegant assassin...
Then Wan Jiang's Dragon Gallantry Gunfighter was a king of the battlefield!
His talent in particular was exceptionally suited to frontline combat.
Surely he would distinguish himself in the military before long!
That thought gave Yi Tian even more hope of recouping his investment.
[You successfully recruited employee - Wan Jiang. Attributes gained: strength +40, agility +35, constitution +35, spirit +25!] [You have acquired talents/skills: Dragon Gallantry, Dragon Soul Protection, Armybreaker, One Man Holds the Pass!]
With his second employee recruited, the terrifying potential of Yi Tian's Boss class was only just beginning to emerge.
Now at level 6, Yi Tian possessed the attributes and skills of two legendary classes at once. It was downright terrifying!
Meanwhile.
Having witnessed Yi Tian's ability firsthand, Wei Yuan fully grasped just how important he was.
After a moment's thought, he took out his encrypted satellite phone and immediately sent a message to a number:
[Seal Yi Tian's records under the highest clearance level.]
After sending the message, Wei Yuan raised his head, overwhelmed with emotion.
Then he saw Wan Jiang bow deeply to Yi Tian, his voice trembling as he held back tears:
"Boss!"
Yi Tian hurriedly waved him off before he could launch into an emotional speech. "No need to say anything more. Just work hard."
Only at that moment did Wan Jiang finally understand why Wei Yuan valued this boy so highly!
"Boss, I'll repay you, I swear!"
Yi Tian nodded casually, then reminded him, "Remember to keep the ring your father left you safe."
Wan Jiang paused. "I will."
His voice began to tremble.
"I finally have the ability to fight on the battlefield!"
"I can finally search for my father!"
Wei Yuan dispelled the meeting room's barrier, walked over, and gently patted his shoulder.
"I'll send you to the East China Border Military Headquarters. It'll be a good place for you to show what you can do!"
"Wait, sir! There's something I need to do before I leave!"
Wan Jiang ran out of the meeting room.
He arrived at the door to the academic affairs office.
The principal of No. 3 Middle School looked over curiously. "What's going on...?"
Because of Wei Yuan's concealing barrier, no one else had seen the pillar of light from Wan Jiang's second class change.
Wei Yuan came out and explained, "Wan Jiang has been specially recruited. I'll send him to the border forces."
The principal of No. 3 Middle School was deeply pleased. "Good. That's wonderful!"
Wan Jiang pushed open the door to the academic affairs office. Over the three years he had spent applying for permanent employment, he had come here more times than he could count.
The director of academic affairs, a middle-aged woman, was absorbed in writing some report, as though she hadn't seen him.
Wan Jiang approached with light footsteps.
He looked at the woman who had used every excuse imaginable to block his application for permanent employment for three years;
The woman who had berated him countless times for having a useless class, telling him to stick to teaching if he wasn't capable of anything else;
The woman who had warned him countless times that going to the battlefield would mean throwing his life away;
But also the woman who had raised him for twenty-one years, who had believed in him more than anyone before he acquired a noncombat class...
"Mom."
"I'm leaving."
Wan Jiang's heart was a tangle of emotions, but his resolve was unwavering.
"Mom, I've always known you wouldn't let me become a permanent employee because you were afraid I'd use the chance to go to the battlefield."
"A noncombat class can't protect itself. You were afraid I'd act rashly, afraid I'd die on the battlefield..."
The pen in his mother's hand never stopped moving, as though she couldn't hear him.
But tears silently welled in her eyes, framed by fine crow's-feet.
"Mom, I have the ability now!"
"I won't die. I'll join the military, grow stronger, and defend our homeland so more families won't suffer at the hands of Foreign Races and Evil Fiends... and I'll bring Father back!"
As he spoke, Wan Jiang's throat tightened until he could barely get the words out.
He dropped to both knees and kowtowed to his mother three times.
"Mom, take care of yourself."
"Mom, I'm leaving."
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