Chapter Three: The Cursed Sorcerer's First Skill—The Raven's Tongue!

But there was one person who wasn’t afraid to die. That was Cai Xukun.

Cai Xukun sidled over, a sly, indecent grin on his face.
“Yang Feng, is your jinxed tongue really that effective?”
“Can you curse me once? Just say: my sable is wrapped around my waist!”
“Huh?” Yang Feng shot Cai Xukun a surprised look and asked suspiciously, “Isn’t your profession a brothel keeper? What do you need a sable for?”
“What kind of question is that!”
“It’s exactly because I’m a brothel keeper that I need a sable!” Cai Xukun replied, all smiles.
“Your reasoning makes sense, but I still refuse!” Yang Feng rolled his eyes and said coolly.
“Yang Feng, will you say it or not?”
“If you do, we’ll still be good friends!”
“I just won’t say it!”
“Argh... you’re killing me!”
“Fine, I’ll have to use my trump card!”
“If you say it, I’ll give you a twenty percent discount at the Pleasure Pavilion next time you visit!” Cai Xukun gritted his teeth.

“Fifty percent!”
“Fifty? That’s ruthless! I can only give you thirty at most!”
“Fifty!”
“Damn! I’ll give you forty, how about that?”
“Fifty!”
“Hell! Fine, fine, you win! Fifty it is. Now say it!”
“Alright, here goes—your sable…”

Just then, Principal Qin Han spoke:
“Students, today’s Job Awakening Ceremony is over!”
“No matter what profession you’ve awakened, the most important thing is to work hard, level up, and enhance your skills!”
“Next, Donghai No. 1 High will open the Novice Village. All students may enter to hunt monsters and take on quests!”
“As for dungeons, don’t rush. Once you’ve mastered your skills, they’ll become available in due course!”
“Those who awakened to life-type professions can also take on all sorts of life tasks in the Novice Village!”
“One month from now, the national college entrance examination will be held. I hope you all achieve excellent results and get into your dream universities!”

Everyone was well aware of the details about the Novice Village.
The monsters in Novice Village were generally all below level ten.
Not only were there many of them, but they were also quite weak in attack power.
Compared to wild monsters outside, they were much safer.
Of course, those who considered themselves strong could go out to the wild and slay monsters there.
But whether they came back alive depended on luck!

After school, Cai Xukun latched onto Yang Feng.
“Yang Feng, you still haven’t said it—my sable is wrapped around my waist!”
“Say what? I can’t be bothered!”
“Yang Feng, damn it, this lady is going all out with you!”
“All out? With what?”
“Careful or I’ll curse you—that this sissy gets his ass busted by someone!” Yang Feng retorted irritably.

At these words, Cai Xukun was so startled he immediately clutched his backside, feeling an ominous tightening.
“Yang Feng, you win!”
“If you have the guts, let’s settle it with basketball—whoever loses is the turtle!” Cai Xukun ground his teeth.

“No need for a contest, you’ve already lost. You’re a brothel keeper, aren’t you?”
“Yang Feng, you—”

Just as Cai Xukun was about to blow his top, Ye Mengyan walked over.
“Yang Feng!”
She called out as she approached, eyes fixed on him.

Ye Mengyan was known as the school beauty of Donghai No. 1 High.
Not only was she strikingly pretty, but also a top student. Now, she’d become a Light Mage—a profession with limitless prospects!

“Well, Miss Ye, what business do you have with Yang Feng?” Cai Xukun asked curiously.
“None of yours. Get lost!” Ye Mengyan had no patience for sissies like Cai Xukun.
Rebuffed, Cai Xukun could only slink away, crestfallen.

Once he’d left, Ye Mengyan looked at Yang Feng and said,
“I didn’t expect you to awaken the unique hidden profession of Cursed Master!”
“But that’s nothing—if you’re really capable, beat me in the college entrance exam a month from now!”

Yang Feng frowned at her words.
“Ye Mengyan, is that all you came to say?”
“Of course!”

All along, Ye Mengyan believed herself the best.
She’d been delighted to become a Light Mage, a special class.
But unexpectedly, Yang Feng had awakened the one and only hidden profession, Cursed Master.
She was deeply unwilling to accept it!
So, she was determined to defeat Yang Feng at the college entrance exam in a month.

“How childish.”
Yang Feng rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother with her, and left straight away.

“Yang Feng, get back here!”
Watching his retreating back, Ye Mengyan stamped her foot in anger.

When he got home, Yang Feng made himself a bowl of noodles and began to eat.
The whole apartment was empty, just him alone.
Three years ago, when he’d crossed over to this world, he was already an orphan.
He had never met his parents.
But then again, being an orphan seemed to be standard issue for transmigrators.
From then on, Tomato Orphanage had one more child—him.
He didn’t care much about it.

Suddenly, a mechanical voice sounded in his mind.

[Detected awakening of Cursed Master profession; activating the Ultimate Curse System!]
[Binding the Ultimate Curse System...]
[Ultimate Curse System bound successfully!]

Holy crap!
A system?

Hearing this, Yang Feng’s face was alight with excitement.
He’d been waiting for a system ever since crossing over to this world three years ago.
But three years had passed, and still, no system.
Wasn’t the system supposed to be the welfare package for any transmigrator?
He’d thought he’d never get one in this life.
But to think it would appear today!

Wait a minute!
The Ultimate Curse System?
What the hell was that?

“Hey, system, where’s my newbie gift pack?”
“Didn’t all systems in web novels on Tomato have a newbie pack?”

[Congratulations, host, you have received a newbie gift pack!]
[Would you like to open the newbie gift pack?]

Sure enough, the newbie pack appeared just as expected.

“Cut the nonsense, open it!” Yang Feng rolled his eyes.

[Opening newbie gift pack…]
[Congratulations, host, you have acquired the Venomous Tongue skill!]

Venomous Tongue?
What the heck was that?

[Venomous Tongue is one of the Cursed Master’s skills. Its main feature: you can curse someone to death without taking any responsibility!]

No way!
That powerful?

Hearing the system’s explanation, Yang Feng was completely stunned!

He then opened his personal status panel.

[Name: Yang Feng]
[Profession: Cursed Master (Unique Hidden Profession)]
[Level: 1]
[Strength: 1]
[Agility: 1]
[Intelligence: 1]
[Equipment: None]
[Skills: Jinxed Tongue, Venomous Tongue]
[Jinxed Tongue (Level 1): One of the basic skills of the Cursed Master; good things don’t happen but bad things always do. Can be upgraded!]
[Venomous Tongue (Level 1): One of the Cursed Master’s skills; you can curse someone to death without taking responsibility. Can be upgraded!]

Aside from the addition of the Venomous Tongue skill, all other stats remained unchanged.