Chapter 303 – "I Want It All!"

“What?”

At this moment, whether it was Mu Yan, Feng Qing’er, or Tong Xinyao, they were all shocked by Su Ming’s statement.

“Reach Six-Star within three months? And pour resources into cultivating me?”

Chi Qian, who had been silently listening nearby, could no longer remain calm, looking at Su Ming with a face full of astonishment.

Su Ming seemed to have anticipated everyone’s reaction, his expression unchanged.

“Surprised?” Su Ming spoke very calmly in front of everyone. “Don’t be. Since she’s already pledged to serve me for life, naturally, I want her to be as strong as possible. Isn’t that right?”

That was indeed the logic.

Otherwise, why would those large Families and major powers pour resources into cultivating external recommendees?

Not only to attract them to join, but also because once they’ve joined their faction, the stronger they are, the greater the help to their own side—it’s not a loss.

This was the reasoning Su Ming wanted to convey.

Therefore, even if Mu Yan and the others hadn’t come to negotiate with him today, Su Ming had already planned to cultivate Chi Qian.

A female legend who could potentially advance to a Six-Star Professional at any time and continue to progress in the future—since she had already signed a contract equivalent to a life-long servitude agreement, Su Ming naturally couldn’t just let her work for him for nothing.

That would not only be heartless but also a waste.

A future powerhouse who could remain eternally loyal and never betray him, especially someone like Chi Qian who had risen from nothing and struggled all on her own to reach this point—if he didn’t cultivate her properly, Su Ming himself would feel it was wrong.

So, Su Ming had no intention of lying at all.

“Are you serious?”

Mu Yan also snapped back to reality, staring intently at Su Ming.

“I have the contract ready at any time,” Su Ming said without beating around the bush. “It’s a black-and-white agreement. Even if I wanted to joke or deceive, I couldn’t, right?”

Hearing this, Mu Yan fell silent.

Feng Qing’er and Tong Xinyao, however, grew restless.

“Really?” Feng Qing’er said doubtfully. “Brother, do you really have a way to help Sister Qianqian advance to Six-Star within three months?”

“I… I want to ask too…” Tong Xinyao couldn’t help but murmur softly. “Although Sister Qianqian is indeed very close to Six-Star, no one can say for sure how long it will take to take that final step.”

The Breakthrough for Upper-Rank Professionals is different from that of Lower-Rank Professionals.

Among Lower-Rank Professionals, there’s basically no concept of a bottleneck. As long as their strength reaches the required level, they can be rated at the corresponding star level. Unless their potential is exhausted, they won’t be stuck at the limit like when Lower-Rank Professionals advance to Upper-Rank Professionals, unable to Breakthrough the mortal body, Awaken their abilities, and reach a superhuman state.

For Lower-Rank Professionals, Hunters only need to continuously train their bodies and develop their Bloodline to keep growing stronger, while Sorcerers only need to accumulate Spirit Power and develop their spirituality to do the same—until they reach the Three-Star limit and encounter the physical or spiritual bottlenecks.

The only thing that can hinder a Lower-Rank Professional’s progress is their potential.

Whether it’s Bloodline or spirituality, if there isn’t enough potential for further improvement, no amount of training or accumulation will allow them to advance.On the other hand, as long as their potential isn’t exhausted, lower-rank Professionals can continuously grow stronger through diligent training and accumulation until they reach the Three-Star limit—the only difference being the time required.

Upper-Rank Professionals, however, are different.

Beyond potential limitations, each star-level’s limit represents a constraint and a threshold for them.

Though not as stringent as the breakthrough from lower-rank to upper-rank, bottlenecks genuinely exist among Upper-Rank Professionals.

Just as mortals training their bodies can only enhance physical capabilities by pushing to their limits and then surpassing them, each star level for Upper-Rank Professionals has a limit—what’s called the Peak.

Breaking through beyond this point becomes far from easy.

Even with untapped potential allowing further growth, the timing of surpassing this limit remains uncertain.

Especially at higher star levels, overcoming this limit becomes increasingly difficult, bottlenecks harder to break, and advancement more challenging.

For someone like Chi Qian, who has reached the Five-Star limit—the Peak of Five-Star—taking the next step to Six-Star is absolutely not straightforward.

Without sufficient Opportunities, adequate resources, or even enough luck, even with Chi Qian’s remaining potential, this barrier could stall her for years or even decades.

Given this, while Su Ming’s promise was surprising, it also aroused skepticism.

Mu Yan and the others didn’t even take seriously Su Ming’s subsequent remark about “cultivating her into a Seven-Star Professional,” effectively ignoring it, and were only captivated by his claim of promoting her to Six-Star within three months.

After all, among Tianfeng City’s millions of Professionals—including many Geniuses with no shortage of potential or effort—only a handful become Seven-Star Professionals.

For Su Ming, an E-rank team Commander, to boast about cultivating a Seven-Star Professional—no one would bother challenging it. Overlooking the comment and not openly mocking him was already giving him face.

In Mu Yan’s view, if Su Ming could genuinely elevate Chi Qian to Six-Star in three months and provide resources for her continued growth, that alone would be a tremendous surprise.

If achievable, matters like commissions, bonuses, or even payments would become trivial.

Ultimately, aren’t Professionals striving to earn Contribution Points precisely for resources?

If Su Ming were truly willing to cover Chi Qian’s future resources—especially on a scale that could promote her to Six-Star in three months—then the treatment would indeed be quite favorable.

The only question remained: Could Su Ming actually deliver?

To this, Su Ming reiterated:

“The contract is with me and can be revised anytime. Black and white on paper—no deception.”

Su Ming needed little explanation; this statement sufficed.

With the contract in place, even if he failed and the agreement became void, he would be the one at a loss—not Chi Qian, who would regain her freedom.

This left Feng Qing’er and Tong Xinyao speechless, exchanging glances uncertainly.

Only Mu Yan looked deeply at Su Ming.

“What do you want?”

Mu Yan finally asked the question.

Exactly.Since Su Ming was willing to reassess Chi Qian’s compensation package, there had to be conditions attached.

Mu Yan could guess what those conditions were.

Sure enough…

“You should join my team as well.”

Su Ming smiled faintly, finally bringing up the matter.

Feng Qing’er and Tong Xinyao finally understood.

Good heavens—Su Ming didn’t just want Chi Qian or any one of the three of them; he wanted all of them!

When he said he was interested, he truly meant it—not a single word was false.

Changing Chi Qian’s contract from unpaid to paid came with the condition that Mu Yan, Feng Qing’er, and Tong Xinyao would also join his team.

“Of course, I won’t ask you to join for free. I’ll offer you the same terms as Chi Qian.”

Su Ming laid out his conditions.

“A base salary of 50,000 Contribution Points per month, not including commissions or bonuses, but I’ll also invest significant resources in you.”

“Mu Yan, I’ll help you reach Five-Star within three months. As long as your potential isn’t exhausted, I can guarantee you’ll advance to Six-Star within five years, and I’ll continue providing you with resources afterward.”

“Feng Qing’er, I promise you’ll reach Five-Star within this year. Similarly, as long as your potential holds, I’ll ensure you advance to Six-Star within five years, with continued resource support.”

“As for Tong Xinyao…”

Su Ming turned to the little genius with the highest talent and potential present. Under her slightly nervous gaze, he stated his terms.

“I guarantee I can make you an Upper-Rank Professional before you turn sixteen.”

No other conditions were needed, nor any further promises.

Because this condition alone was astonishing enough.

“Become an Upper-Rank Professional before sixteen?”

Everyone was stunned.

Tong Xinyao was especially dazed, looking completely bewildered.

Chi Qian could no longer remain silent.

“Although Yao Yao has exceptional potential, becoming an Upper-Rank Professional by sixteen is absolutely impossible, Commander,” Chi Qian tactfully expressed.

What did it mean to be an Upper-Rank Professional at sixteen?

The youngest Upper-Rank Professional in history was twenty-three when they advanced.

Sixteen?

That would be seven years earlier than the world record!

Even though Tong Xinyao was a Spirit Bearer, considered 100% capable of becoming an Upper-Rank Professional, no one believed she could achieve such a feat.

If she could break that world record, it would already be an incredible surprise, let alone surpassing it by seven whole years?

That was just too exaggerated!

Even Chi Qian, who knew how unfathomable Su Ming was, didn’t believe he could pull it off.

But Su Ming couldn’t be bothered to explain further.

From his attitude, the women knew he would stick to his usual line:

“Black and white in the contract—no deception.”

Now, no one could stay calm.

The terms Su Ming offered weren’t just about whether they were good or not—they made people doubt whether they were even achievable.

If he could truly deliver, even Chi Qian felt that her companions joining this team would be the wisest decision of their lives.

Especially for Tong Xinyao—if she really could become an Upper-Rank Professional before sixteen, the symbolic significance would be immense.

It would mean Tong Xinyao would have more time to progress beyond the Upper-Rank Professional stage, with greater flexibility to accumulate and enhance her abilities compared to others.With such conditions, her chances of reaching the pinnacle as a Seven-Star Professional in the future would be exponentially greater than under normal circumstances.

Such terms and treatment couldn’t be offered even by major organizations, let alone great Families and influential powers.

Who could boldly guarantee someone’s promotion and breakthrough by a specific age?

No one could make such assurances!

Except for Su Ming – he could!

With the Golden Finger at his disposal, Su Ming’s methods were truly beyond imagination.

Take Tong Xinyao’s advancement, for instance. As a Spirit Bearer, her breakthrough to an Upper-Rank Professional was guaranteed. Su Ming could help her accumulate Spirit Power by utilizing abundant resources that enhance spiritual energy, just as he had done before – stimulating spiritual growth through rapid Spirit Power amplification to increase the probability of Vision Mark Awakening.

Resources capable of boosting Spirit Power are exceptionally scarce.

Or rather, resources effective for Sorcerers are inherently limited.

The Spirit Demon Abyss remains the domain of Phantom Demons, where natural treasures and materials from these creatures greatly benefit Hunters but rarely aid Sorcerers.

Throughout his experiences, Su Ming had encountered numerous alchemical potions, artifacts, and weapons that were predominantly effective for Hunters, while Extraordinary Items useful for Sorcerers were exceedingly rare.

For example, among the many alchemical weapons Su Ming had seen, only a Spirit Energy Gun was usable by Sorcerers. The rest – all manner of ornate sabers, spears, and swords – were close-combat weapons exclusively for Hunters, with none designed for Sorcerers.

Sorcerers’ Extraordinary Items must primarily be developed by human Alchemists, as they cannot be obtained through the Spirit Demon Abyss.

Consequently, Sorcerers face significantly greater challenges in accumulating resources compared to Hunters.

Of course, Sorcerers possess advantages that Hunters cannot match.

For instance, even a Four-Star Sorcerer, when successfully executing a powerful Advanced Spirit Art, could pose a threat that neither Nightmare Species nor Seven-Star Professionals could ignore.

If the attack misses, it’s one matter, but if it strikes without defensive measures, the outcome would inevitably be severe injury or instant death.

Moreover, Sorcerers aren’t constrained by Bloodline limitations like Hunters, who cannot advance without sufficiently high-grade Bloodlines.

A Sorcerer’s spirituality can grow through Houtian cultivation. With profound enlightenment and comprehension like Su Ming’s, it’s possible for spirituality to surge overnight, even breaking through current Star Ranks to reach higher Realms.

The potential of Sorcerers is limitless.

This is precisely why Su Ming dared to make such bold promises.

While others couldn’t offer Tong Xinyao such extraordinary conditions, Su Ming could.

Because he had acquired countless Spirit Power enhancement resources as early as his Demon Hunter Academy days.

Naturally, with such treatment and conditions, Su Ming’s demands wouldn’t be modest either.

“As terms, Mu Yan and Feng Qing’er must sign contracts for at least ten years, while Tong Xinyao needs to commit to a minimum of twenty years,” Su Ming stated his conditions.

“So? Can you agree to this?”

The contract durations were undeniably lengthy.

Typically, only lower-rank Professionals would sign such long-term contracts, as Upper-Rank Professionals usually wouldn’t commit to serving someone for over a decade.

After all, who could predict what circumstances might arise in the future?Signing the contract for a shorter duration would allow for renegotiation of terms if they wished to remain in the team later, with the option to renew the contract then.

Asking an Upper-Rank Professional and a promising Genius to commit to such a long-term contract from the outset wasn’t impossible, but it certainly wouldn’t be easy.

From this perspective, Su Ming’s proposal didn’t seem unreasonable to others.

He had already fulfilled his promise by granting Chi Qian the treatment she deserved, so it was only fair that Mu Yan and the other two agreed to some of his conditions in return.

Moreover, the guarantees he offered were so extraordinary that if he could truly deliver, it would be reasonable to expect them to dedicate a few more years of service.

This was especially true for Tong Xinyao, as it directly impacted her future achievements.

At this moment, the three girls hesitated.

“Let us discuss it first,” Mu Yan sighed and said.

“Take your time,” Su Ming replied without urgency.

I just wanted to be an extra updating, 303 “I’ll take it all!”

(End of Chapter)