Stellar Profession Chapter 85: Opening the Storage Bags (Dedicated to Alliance Leader Chu Ding) - Novel Cool

Chapter 85: Opening the Storage Bags (Dedicated to Alliance Leader Chu Ding)

Chapter 85: Opening the Storage Bags (Dedicated to Alliance Leader Chu Ding)

In the municipal center, on the second floor, within the Occupations Certification Office, the grand hall exuded an unusual sense of spaciousness. The pillars and furniture lining the walls seemed to have been specially reinforced.

Before Fang Xing was a hovering sphere of light, emitting a fantastical aura.

【Welcome, Cyborg WYX1882... Please select your occupation: Martial Artist, Mech Master, Psychicist, Beast Tamer, Illusionist, or Mutant...】

A mechanical voice emanated from the sphere.

"Martial Artist!" Fang Xing replied in a low voice.

"Please demonstrate your martial will on the target in front of you!" the sphere instructed, and the floor split apart, giving way to a rising punching bag.

Fang Xing touched his glabella, and his spiritual power expanded, sweeping over the punching bag with a faint dragon's roar.

【Beep... Recognized as 'Dragon's Intent'. External release of spiritual power confirmed... Congratulations! Your occupation certification is successful!】

A hint of joy seemed to permeate the voice from the sphere.

【Your access level has been upgraded, and you are now a Level 1 Citizen!】

【Your citizen ID is WYX1882...】

【You have unlocked the Occupations Merchant Store...】

A flurry of messages flashed across the sphere.

Fang Xing checked his phone and indeed found that he now had access to many new permissions.

First and foremost, he could now enter the 'Occupations Merchant Store' and finally view the images of many commodities and rare resources that were previously inaccessible to him.

Additionally, he now had the permission to purchase spaceship tickets!

Before becoming an occupier, Fang Xing couldn't even leave the planet Hawkseed.

But now?

Glancing at the string of zeros after the ticket price, Fang Xing pretended he hadn't seen it and walked out of the municipal center.

In the void, countless microscopic drones the size of grains were about to follow him.

The street cameras started capturing his image.

This was all part of the covert surveillance conducted by the Prevention and Treatment Agency members.

With their advanced technology, they could easily monitor a raw jade martial artist like Fang Xing without leaving a trace.

"What is our target doing at the municipal center?"

"We'll have our answer soon. Our drones are excellent, but they can't go everywhere without causing trouble!"

Two members of the action team monitored the situation while communicating with each other.

Suddenly!

A bright red warning box appeared:

【Warning! You are monitoring a Federation Level 1 Citizen!】

【No criminal record found for this citizen. No authorization for higher-level monitoring detected!】

【This is an illegal monitoring activity. First warning issued. If monitoring is not ceased within 30 seconds, a second warning will be given...】

...

"This is bad! It's the Omniscient Brain!" The leader of the action team exclaimed, his face turning pale. "Cease monitoring immediately!"

"Damn it!" A member beside him punched the wall in frustration.

Although the most advanced monitoring equipment was useful, as government-issued products, they naturally had backdoors installed by the Omniscient Brain.

"According to federal law, we are not allowed to monitor a Level 1 Citizen without just cause... But that Fang Xing... Could he have just been promoted and gone for occupation certification?" The leader of the action team finally realized something, his face lighting up with comprehension.

Then, he looked shocked again: "How old is he? What were we doing when we were his age?"

"I think we were brawling in school..." The other member's expression turned vague. "The key is... unless we receive orders from a higher-up, the consequences of engaging in private monitoring like this without authorization are severe. We'd better start thinking about how to write the report and face Big Sister's scolding..."

With that in mind, the complexions of the two men turned gloomy.

...

"Hmm... It's been deactivated." On the hovering train, Fang Xing touched his glabella, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

After awakening his spiritual power, his spiritual senses had also become much sharper.

Earlier, as soon as he stepped out of his home, he felt like he was being watched, a prickly sensation running down his back.

But now, that feeling had finally vanished! "The status of a Federation Level 1 Citizen does come with its perks."

"And this is just Level 1. What about Levels 2 and 3? If I get into a top-notch university, who knows, maybe even murder would be overlooked as long as it's not a crime of betraying the Federation. They'd probably just seal the file..."

"It seems fair, but it's actually the biggest unfairness..."

"But that's how power works when it's in your hands."

He returned home, entered his bedroom, and pasted another 'House Protection Talisman'.

Then, in a flash of silver light, he found himself in Qinglinfang City.

With his upgraded permissions, the surveillance had ceased.

According to the operational rules of the Prevention and Treatment Agency, that team would have to go back, file a report, and wait for approval... which gave him some free time to attempt another crossing.

In the upper-grade cave abode, Fang Xing had several artifacts laid out before him, along with the puppet organ bird he had purchased earlier and the two storage bags—one from Chen Yi and the other from Old Ghost Long. Due to his previously limited means, he hadn't been able to open them, and he was highly anticipating what they might contain.

"It's difficult for a Pre-Natal Martial Artist to use these items... What about a Martial Artist at the Courageous Realm?"

"My current level of martial arts, even in the cultivation world, would be considered an awe-inspiring achievement throughout history... And now that I've awakened my spiritual power, perhaps I can give it a try?"

With that in mind, Fang Xing picked up the first-grade lower-grade organ bird, and from his glabella's mud pill palace, he extended a thread of spiritual power to wrap around it.

In an instant... he could 'see' the tiny arrays inside the organ bird!

This was something he couldn't perceive before, and by utilizing these tiny arrays, he could achieve simple manipulation of the puppet bird, making it take off, land, and perform other basic actions.

"Inputting magical power to activate... But I don't have any magical power..."

Fang Xing shook his head. Fortunately, the puppet didn't solely rely on magical power input.

He flipped the organ bird over and gently tapped its abdomen.

There was a soft click, followed by the sound of gears turning as the bird's abdomen opened to reveal a small slot.

Fang Xing took out a dice-sized low-grade spirit stone and inserted it into the slot, then stimulated it with his spiritual power.

"Chirp, chirp!"

The organ puppet bird suddenly came to life, flapping its wings and taking off.

At first, its movements were stiff and awkward, but it quickly became agile, its eyes lively and almost human-like.

"Controlling this organ bird feels so different... With the assistance of my spiritual power, it's like I'm experiencing it all firsthand..."

Fang Xing compared it to the drone surveillance and found the fundamental difference.

"The organ puppets of the Cultivation World are like extensions of my own perspective, whereas drone surveillance merely provides a distant image."

After playing with the bird for a while, he picked up a lower-grade magical artifact, a black shield no bigger than a palm.

With his spiritual power, he could now manipulate it, but...

"Damn it... No magical power!"

Fang Xing 'examined' the 'large and small wishes' and 'flight' arrays within the artifact, feeling frustrated.

Unlike puppets, magical artifacts required either spirit stones for energy or the cultivator's magical power to activate! But what good was that if he had no magical power?

As a Courageous Realm warrior, his body harnessed robust qi and true energy, but it was still very different from magical power.

Fang Xing tried infusing the artifact with his abundant inner energy, but to no avail. The shield remained lifeless and unresponsive.

"Fine, I guess it's useless for now... Warriors are warriors, and I can't expect to be a cultivator."

He grumbled, "Maybe I'll have to wait until I reach the External Manifestation or even the Golden Core Realm... With the power of a Golden Core in the martial path, I should be able to make this thing fly with a wave of my hand... No, wait, if I've reached the Golden Core Realm, what's the point of controlling a mere magical artifact?"

Feeling a bit dejected, Fang Xing picked up one of the storage bags.

"Hmm?"

His eyes lit up as he discovered something intriguing.

Using his spiritual power, Fang Xing perceived a hazy 'space' within the bag.

It wasn't very large, only about a cubic meter, and it contained several items, most of which were obscured by a layer of mist.

This mist seemed to emanate from a spiritual imprint, faint and flickering like a candle in the wind, yet it prevented him from examining the items clearly.

"Dragon's Intent!"

With a surge of his martial will, Fang Xing shattered the spiritual imprint, and the items became crystal clear.

He willed it, and a plethora of items appeared before him, floating in the air.

The most eye-catching among them were fifty-six pieces of medium-grade spirit stones and several hundred low-grade ones.

Additionally, there were numerous ores, each emitting a warm or fiery spiritual light.

"Hmm... I didn't expect the items I sold to end up back with me..."

Fang Xing picked up the Qing Que Sword, a first-grade upper-grade sword, and his expression turned peculiar.

This storage bag undoubtedly belonged to Old Ghost Long.

He shook his head and inspected the other miscellaneous items, finding several pills for healing and satiating hunger, but none for enhancing magical power, as Old Ghost Long had already perfected his energy cultivation and needed to focus on foundation building.

There were also a few jade slips, well-known information carriers among cultivators.

With his spiritual power, Fang Xing delved into them and found them filled with intricate texts and vivid illustrations, each one a treasure trove of detailed knowledge.

"Hmm, much more expressive than paper..."

He continued browsing and discovered a pill-refining manual called "Mineral Identification and Tool Molding."

The rest included "The Comprehensive Guide to First-Grade Flying Swords," "Red Yuan Pill-Refining Secrets," and more...

There was also a fire-attributed cultivation technique called "Fire Refining Art," which could bring a cultivator up to the mid-stages of the Foundation Establishment.

"What a shame that none of this is of any use to me..."

He shook his head and began returning the items to the storage bag with his thoughts, taking them out and putting them back in, enjoying the novelty of it.

"This type of storage bag only requires a cultivator's spiritual sense to manipulate... It's incredibly convenient for me."

Fang Xing's spiritual power was even stronger than that of a typical Energy Refinement cultivator, so he had no issues controlling it.

With a hint of anticipation, he picked up Chen Yi's storage bag.

This cultivator's spiritual imprint was even weaker than Old Ghost Long's, almost completely dissipated. It shattered easily under Fang Xing's mental probe.

Although Chen Yi was in the late Energy Refinement Stage, he seemed to be rather poor, as the bag contained only a few medium-grade spirit stones, several dozen low-grade ones, a handful of magical artifacts, and some talismans...

"I thought this Chen Yi would have obtained some good stuff in the Secret Realm of Myriad Laws, but it looks like he's just a poor bloke!"

Little did Fang Xing know that Chen Yi would have exchanged his opportunities for items to enhance his strength.

Most of the opportunities he acquired were traded for items like the high-grade robe, storage bag, and pills to break through his cultivation realm.

Due to his lowly strength, he couldn't obtain many valuable items during his first trip to the secret realm. He had planned to return and make a bigger haul, but his scheme ended when he fell into Fang Xing's hands.

If Chen Yi heard Fang Xing's remarks, he would probably be so frustrated that he'd spit blood!

(End of Chapter)

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