Chapter 512
Chapter 512 - 492: Winning the Prize
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"As for the price of the ship tickets, we can accept long-term service, but starting at 20 years? Isn’t that a bit... "
In some respects, Lu Ping’an is quite conscientious and easy to talk to.
But sometimes, he could be quite cold and even cruel.
New local members joining would first receive a rather long-term service agreement (starting at 20 years), and it would be the kind of overbearing contract where the power of interpretation and termination are all in Lu Ping’an’s hands.
There’s no court for supernatural contracts. If you don’t adhere to the contract, you must bear the penalty for breach, so when it says "20 years of service," it means 20 years.
Facing the priests’ concerns, Lu Ping’an smiled without answering.
He knew they would sign it... Actually, considering the prices of other ship tickets, this was not even a thing, as other ship tickets wouldn’t even give them a chance to bid.
Of course, the other party can give up, as Lu Ping’an isn’t in a hurry anyway.
This long-term service contract has been prepared in advance. If those sealed knights decided to join, they would naturally receive this kind of treatment as well.
You’re strong? You’re bringing resources? We can talk about separate treatment, but the service term can’t be shortened.
It’s still early now, and Lu Ping’an isn’t in a hurry. He’s just putting some basic benefits and agreements out there for informed people to consider.
On the other hand, during the two days they just returned, their courtyard was quite lively.
"Only one person won the prize, and it’s an outsider? You guys are a disgrace."
This rule-level building that was just displayed in the courtyard, which could obviously increase their combat power, naturally everyone would want to try it out.
The change in appearance brought about by becoming a beastman? Just like those on Earth with beastification, at lower levels, it is controllable and...
"For the sake of power, this price isn’t much."
"Yeah, it’s much more controllable than beastification talent. They should be envious of us."
As a talent, beastification abilities would naturally evolve, and if the profession tier doesn’t keep up, losing control is only a matter of time.
But in this aspect, the Beast God priests are much more controllable, and the advantages aren’t limited to that...
"Fenglian Flower, can you fly now? "
Everyone in the team had a share of the bonus; they couldn’t afford the high-level random gamble of fifty points per try, but they could afford the ordinary random gamble of ten points per try.
Besides Fenglian Flower, who now had white feathers, all the others had been grouped into the four major legions.
The feathers on her back looked so soft that Lu Ping’an couldn’t tell what kind of beastman she had become.
"It’s a White Crane. It’s a special species with the racial talent ’Hardening Feathers,’ which is quite practical. It also has a certain ability to control the wind."
At least Fenglian Flower was satisfied with this change, as her fragile physical ability was greatly enhanced, and she gained a certain flying ability.
Baman Zhen turned into a lion-man again, and this time the improvement was more obvious. In her words, "It’s much fiercer"... She still spent points to get rid of it, planning to gamble on a high-level random once she accumulated more points.
Here, a very subtle development emerged.
This beastification transformation was obviously meant to enhance close combat, but the close combat and combat professions in the team were not very interested in it.
Xia Qin tried it and turned into a dog-head, which caused the others to laugh at her for half a day before she got rid of it... She found the improvement to be too low and not worth it.
Similar things happened to the other mercenaries.
In fact, when at the third or fourth tier, the physical bodies of those battling professions had long been different from mortals, and the early advantages of transformation had almost been exhausted. There was no need to break their original balance.
Guan Xinxian gave it a try, and with his abundance of points, he also used the high-level random, turning into a mouse-man... Although he didn’t mind the appearance, after trying it out, he found it not worth it, so he gave up directly.
Some team members didn’t even have the chance to try it. For example, Lu Ping’an himself was rejected outright.
"Did Hua Senior Sister fail as well? "
𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
"Hmm, it seems that Transformation System abilities can’t be changed twice; Lei Shuiyun also failed."
Lu Ping’an opened his mouth, not knowing what to say. He only found out about Meow’s gambling later.
"This idiot, isn’t he afraid that his ’Spirit Cat’ will be washed away?" The origin of this external transformation is quite high-level, and it is indeed possible to directly erase low-level transformations.
But from the principle of Pollution Curse, this is also well-explained. Talent Abilities are self-cursing, with higher priority than others.
Looking at the results, at least ordinary random beastmen transformations are not attractive to experienced battle-professionals... however, support and logistics personnel are quite excited.
Not to mention the lucky Fenglian Flower, Lin Feng, a third-tier Tamer, clearly could restrain his impulse to transform but still walks around with a dog’s head every day.
"I need to get used to my current physical condition as soon as possible, as my profession has high requirements for balance and mastery of the body."
He was quite satisfied. As a secondary combatant, this opportunity of an "automatically advanced battle-profession" was like a treasure falling from the sky for him.
Miss Rou, a logistics personnel, also walks around every day with a transformed mouse-man appearance... she is quite satisfied with the "Shadow Walk" talent and small stature brought by the mouse-man transformation, which is very helpful for her survival.
The result is quite ironic. Although it’s a transformation blessing for advancing battle-professions, battle-profession members did not advance, while support and logistics personnel enjoyed it immensely.
However, the biggest beneficiaries are the new recruits.
Tian Xi washed away her eagle transformation and gambled once again, only to get another eagle transformation. Together with the previous transformation from Baman Zhen, many people suspected that this was not entirely random - it was actually activating hidden potential in the talents.
Alternatively, it could also be because the previous Taboo transmutations were at the same level as the current low-level random ones.
Although her points were nearly wasted, Tian Xi was quite satisfied... with the Beastification Man’s basic physical condition as foundation, she can become a first-tier Battle-profession at any time.
From another perspective, Lu Ping’an’s previous contract seems to be easily completed now- directly acquiring a Beastification Ability, and then using the improved physical hardware to complete the Advancement.
And a powerful body is not only advantageous in terms of advancement... in daily training, Beastification bodies have higher potential, greater endurance, and more significant improvements.
Other new recruits also tried, and although they were all from the four great legions, the intensity of training clearly increased... the physical strength and endurance of adult men could not possibly match that of half-beastwoman.
The most important thing is that it can be controlled!
Even more delightful is that not only is it controllable, but there’s also a complete training and advancement template.
"... This is all our information. After I master your language, I will slowly translate it into your text..."
The former Beast God Great Priest was quite sincere, not only signing a long-term service agreement with his daughter on the same day but also brought a library of books to their doorstep on the third day after returning to the Schlei Domain.
This is the last legacy of the Beast God Sect, including religious scriptures, historical stories, cultural novels, and, of course, the supernatural heritage of the sect.
At least, in the hands of this Great Priest, the training, advancement information, and supernatural talent awakening rituals of those common Beastification Soldier species, as well as the potential advancement of exotic species, the secret recipe for Sealing Skill and Sealing equipment production, are all comprehensive and detailed.
In the context of Earth, this is a complete career Advancement chain.
Moreover, as a former "War God Legion," its upper limit is extremely high... if it weren’t for the loss of the divine gift of transformation, the followers of the Beast God would not have fallen to such a state.
In this regard, Lu Ping’an entrusted it to Big Cat.
She is responsible for organizing and adjusting, integrating a training path suitable for humans.
"... If you reach the Rule-level, perhaps you could directly provide an incomplete battle-profession path... Of course, it’s not entirely hopeless right now, just give more points and level-up to the courtyard."
When Big Cat was a Quasi-God, she could offer her believers a series of unique career paths, and the premise of creating them, in addition to her mastery of the corresponding "rules," was actually a sufficient amount of "Taboo knowledge."... Obviously, these are valuable, highly-usable treasures for the future.
In this regard, the Holy Fire side is much worse... although the awakened theology is high-grade, it is still a discounted product with high strength and purity, but it seems to lack "composite rules."
It can only provide the beginning of two Holy Fire series professions and lacks the complete subsequent improvement process.
Although the addition of several Holy Flame Priests also brought training methods and scriptures in this regard... these low-level priests simply couldn’t compare with the real foundations of the last Beast God Great Priest.
As for those high-grade "knowledge," it was even more of a pipe dream.
"If only we could get some treasures related to the Sun God..."
— End of Chapter 512 —