The attention of everyone at Qingcheng High School couldn't help but focus on the altar.
There, a tall figure was seen, with her athletic frame barely concealed by her loose school uniform. A massive fire phoenix danced above her head.
"Zhuge Ni, combat-class occupation, SSS-grade Fire Mage."
The principal was ecstatic. With an SSS-grade Fire Mage, he didn't care if the other students all awakened as F-grade Life-class occupations; one Zhuge Ni was worth a thousand soldiers!
Envy was written all over the students' faces.
A combat-class occupation, and SSS-grade at that—such talent meant that even if Zhuge Ni were to beat up the principal right then and there, he would probably still be grinning and praising her for her dual scholarly and martial prowess, and how strong she was.
"Classmate Zhuge, follow me. I have something important to discuss with you," the principal's face bloomed like a chrysanthemum. "Teacher Wang, you handle the job change ceremony for me."
The principal took Zhuge Ni and left, leaving the remaining students, who in his eyes were worth less together than a single Zhuge Ni.
"The job change ceremony continues. Next, Ye Lin," Teacher Wang walked to the side of the job change altar and called out the next name.
Ye Lin silently stepped out from the crowd, and everyone's eyes fell on him, filled with amusement and pity.
It was one thing to take a job change loan, but to be placed right after an SSS-grade prodigy like Zhuge Ni was just setting him up as a foil, wasn't it?
Even if Ye Lin awakened an A-grade or even an S-grade occupation, he would still pale in comparison to Zhuge Ni.
Ye Lin ignored the whispers around him and stepped directly onto the job change altar. He was also curious about what kind of occupation he would awaken.
As Teacher Wang activated the job change altar, a strange energy entered Ye Lin's body, making him feel warm.
The next moment, the bright sky suddenly turned dark!
Countless dark clouds gathered densely, like the arrival of the end of the world.
Raging thunder, heavenly fires, fierce winds, and various natural disasters surged out from the dark clouds, as if it were the end of the world!
Everyone was stunned by this sudden anomaly, and some even turned pale with fear.
"Another... strange phenomenon!"
Teacher Wang felt as if his heart was about to stop—two SSS-grade occupations in a row! Was the world going mad, or was it him?
The principal, who was about to leave with Zhuge Ni, hesitated for a moment, then hurried over, his eyes fixed on Ye Lin on the altar with burning intensity.
An SSS-grade occupation with a bonus—truly, heaven favored Qingcheng!
Zhuge Ni's beautiful eyes couldn't help but look at Ye Lin. She was only interested in men stronger than herself.
"What luck does this guy have? A student from a poor family, taking a job change loan and getting an SSS-grade occupation? Damn!"
"There are many who take job change loans, but to get an SSS-grade occupation, this Ye Lin is probably the first in history, right?"
"Why do I only have a C-grade occupation? Is it because I didn't take a loan, or because I'm not an orphan?"
Facing Zhuge Ni's SSS-grade occupation, everyone could only envy her, but when Ye Lin awakened an SSS-grade occupation, they were indignant.
In simple terms, Zhuge Ni had good family background, good looks, and a good figure, a true all-around good student. So why should Ye Lin, a student from a poor family, get such a good deal?
The hardest thing for people to accept is when someone who was originally much worse off suddenly becomes better off than them.
As the saying goes, they fear their brother suffering but also fear their brother driving a luxury car.
Hearing the murmurs of the crowd, the principal's eyes burned with even more intensity.
No background, orphan, destitute, and still awakened an SSS-grade occupation—this was a perfect investment opportunity!
As the saying goes, it's hard to give help in the snow but easy to add flowers to brocade. Helping Ye Lin when he was at his weakest, when he became strong, the principal would be his greatest benefactor!
"Hurry, Teacher Wang, see what occupation this classmate Ye Lin has!"
The principal's tone became much gentler. With such a terrifying anomaly, he knew without a doubt that Ye Lin had awakened a combat-class occupation!
"Alright!"
Teacher Wang calmed down from his excitement and began to check Ye Lin's occupation.
"Ye Lin, combat-class occupation, SSS-grade... Prohibition Mage?!" Teacher Wang's mouth dropped open in shock, staring in disbelief.
"SSS-grade Prohibition Mage, good, good, good! Truly worthy of being a student of Qingcheng High. Today you take pride in Qingcheng High, tomorrow Qingcheng High will take pride in you... Wait a moment, Prohibition Mage?"
The principal finally reacted, his face turning ashen, as if someone had forced him to eat three pounds of shit.
As long as it reached SSS-grade, any occupation was extremely powerful.
But in the SSS-grade, there was one occupation that everyone despised: the Prohibition Mage.
It wasn't that the Prohibition Mage was not strong; on the contrary, the skills they used were terrifying in their power, making challenges to higher ranks as simple as eating and drinking for them.
In terms of combat strength, a Prohibition Mage could look down upon all other occupations. In the same level, a Prohibition Mage could easily dominate any other occupation.
For example, Zhuge Ni—though she and Ye Lin were both SSS-grade occupations, Ye Lin could beat her as easily as he would hit his daughter.
The reason Prohibition Mages were despised was that their occupation was deadly...
The skills a Prohibition Mage used were powerful, but they came with a price, either in lifespan or in organs or limbs like fingers and arms.
Some skills so powerful that a Prohibition Mage had to give up their life to use them. Therefore, the occupation was jokingly referred to as a suicide truck.
So far, no one who had taken on the occupation of Prohibition Mage had lived past the age of 25.
If your enemy was a Prohibition Mage, you didn't even need to kill them—they would die from using their skills.
The principal had originally planned to invest heavily in Ye Lin, but after learning he was a Prohibition Mage, he completely abandoned the idea.
To put it bluntly, a 16-year-old Prohibition Mage might not live as long as a 61-year-old person like him.
Zhuge Ni withdrew her gaze; she had been very interested in Ye Lin since he had awakened an SSS-grade occupation like her, but when she learned his occupation was well-known for its short life expectancy, her interest vanished.
The originally outraged crowd immediately broke into laughter.
"Tsk tsk tsk, SSS-grade Prohibition Mage, that's it, ruined. An occupation where using two skills could cripple yourself."
"Don't say that, maybe classmate Ye Lin will decide to continue being an ordinary person after a successful job change. An SSS-grade occupation holder who doesn't level up and runs to be an ordinary person will at least be a hot topic on the news."
"Job change loan, life-loan skill release. I have to admit, this occupation is quite suitable for him, hahaha!"
"Good news: SSS-grade occupation; bad news: Prohibition Mage."
"I told you, poor students shouldn't touch job change ceremonies. Now he's fallen from heaven to hell."
The crowd's gaze was filled with complex emotions: pity, ridicule, mockery, and gloating. Their stares pierced through Ye Lin's body like arrows.
Ye Lin played along, his face turning pale, head down, and his walk unsteady, appearing utterly dejected.
Only he knew that if he didn't look down, he would burst out laughing.
The life cost of a Prohibition Mage's skills—what did it have to do with his Immortal Body?