Chapter 588
Chapter 588 - 568: The Path of the Flame
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Lu Ping’an was becoming more and more clear about the composition of a professional’s abilities.
Talent Abilities are a gift given to everyone, with different situations for each person. But most of the time, they dictate both the upper and lower limits. Thus, most professionals will choose the most suitable path and development route according to their own Talent Abilities.
Professional Skill is a treasure in the professional system and determines the career prospects and limits of most professions. But in a certain sense, it is also a kind of "finishing move." Over-reliance on it is not a good thing.
On the one hand, Professional Skill often has a price to pay, sometimes even a fatal weakness. On the other hand, the consumption of Professional Skill is extremely high. Many professionals lose control because of their unruly and uncontrollable Professional Skill.
For a professional, the cooldown time is a kind of protection in a certain sense. If you feel overheated, you must stop, but Lu Ping’an didn’t care about that at all.
Most ordinary professionals use Professional Skill as a trump card, not daring to use it excessively nor excessively rely on it.
Therefore, for most professionals...
"Professional skills are the foundation of everything and the core of a true professional."
The Scholar’s "reading" and "writing," the Battle-profession’s "attack" and "defense," and the Runner’s "Breathing Technique" and "Running Skills" – these seemingly ordinary abilities are the true core of each profession.
Most Professional Skills have very high prerequisites for professional skills. In a sense, Professional Skills are derivatives of professional skills - they are a reward for reaching a certain level in professional skills.
Therefore, many professionals get stuck in their professional level. While it seems that they are stuck in their Professional Skill, they are actually stuck in their professional skills. This infinite investment in professional skills is truly endless, and most of those stuck do not even know where they are lacking.
Being able to data-ize professional skills and directly reveal the differences and weaknesses of different professions, and even being able to directly learn from others’ professional experiences, is actually Lu Ping’an’s biggest cheat.
Professional skills are the core of strength, reaching a certain level naturally requires specialization and divergence. This is an advancement inspiration that most professionals have to rack their brains for, while for Lu Ping’an, it’s just a choice on the system panel.
[Host has gained a large amount of Fire Control Skill experience, skill lvup! Current Professional Skill, Holy Fire Exorcism Skill lv14, 1/100!]
[Now conducting an ’Impurity’ scan on the host and summarizing suitable Mastery branches for the host.]
[Please select a branch as soon as possible, or a random one will be selected.]
[A. My Way. Fire Elemental Shaping School: Play with flames and build shapes according to your imagination. A practical Element Manipulator path, provides the ’Fire Shaping (Delayed)’ ability. Note: This school lacks a large amount of related knowledge. Currently, you can only reach lv15, so it is recommended to quickly advance to a 2-tier Fire Controller to make up for your shortcomings.]
[B. My Way. Burst Flame School: This school is not good at controlling flames. They are only interested in the effect of igniting and burning flames. Awakening Flame abilities ’Highly Efficient Combustion’ and ’Adherent Combustion.’ This school’s accumulation is not sufficient, currently can only reach lv17, please quickly become a 2-tier Fire Controller. Note: It is recommended that the host quickly master the ’Flaming Compression’ ability, which is provided by most regular 1-tier Fire Controllers.]
[C. My Way. Flame Dancer: This school excels at controlling flame weapons and transforming flames into physical, close combat magic in actual combat. Insufficient accumulation to awaken ability, this school can only level up to lv15 and can be gradually upgraded through further cultivation. Note: This ability requires a Battleprofessionsupport, preferably a third-tier or higher melee Battleprofessionsupport.]
[D. Do not refine the branch for now and continue to accumulate. Note: The host lacks the rules in this regard, and after supplementing them, more Mastery choices may appear.]
[Note: If you find the path choice inappropriate, you can change it again before leveling up to lv20, but at a certain cost.]
[Note 2: Abilities and school paths may change with the user’s development. It is recommended that the host masters more Fire Controller Paths and related knowledge.]
Unlike the previous choices that came with at least four branches, this time the system provided only three.
One was for shaping fire, increasing control ability, various fire-playing techniques, and tricks.
One was for bursting fire control, increasing damage ability.
The last one was the magic martial arts path, a fairly conventional divergence.
This was because Lu Ping’an chose a universal approach at lv10 instead of specializing in a certain kind of flame, which led to an higher level choice of how to play with fire.
Obviously, after acquiring the triple flame skill, this will become Lu Ping’an’s most powerful weapon in the short term, and he must choose carefully.
But this time, Lu Ping’an made his choice instantly.
If it had been before, Lu Ping’an would have hesitated, but now after hearing Big Cat’s advice, "what suits you best is the best" ... following his heart, making a choice was not difficult at all.
"I choose B."
Compared to more exquisite control, Lu Ping’an wanted more magnificent "fireworks." Since he longed for brighter burning flames, he naturally chose this "conventional path."
On the other hand, Lu Ping’an also saw the "hint" in the system.
The paths that A and C provided could only be upgraded to lv15, while the B path, the burst school, could be upgraded to lv17.
All three paths suggested that Lu Ping’an’s "related knowledge" was insufficient and that he needed to supplement corresponding abilities. But of the three "My Way" paths, since the one with an upper limit of lv17 was higher, it meant that it was more compatible with Lu Ping’an’s talent, and Lu Ping’an could go further without any external help.
"Don’t hesitate, your talent point is right here."
But honestly, Lu Ping’an, with just a 1-tier special fire control profession, was able to achieve lv14 professional skills, which could only be described as an overly high level of compatibility.
Normally, even a third-tier Fire Controller might not have this level of Fire Control Skill, and only a fourth-tier could access this level of branch.
"Tsk, I wanted to be a peaceful Flower Farmer and Fruit Farmer..."
"Are you sure? Your Magic Plants either hit people, suck blood, explode, or spontaneously combust. What kind of a pacifist grows plants like that?"
Lu Ping’an was speechless. He had dealt with quite a few Gardeners, and most of them were also concerned about Gardener techniques, but the focus was on the medicinal and economic effects of Magic Plants.
But he had managed to complete the transformation of Magic Plants all by himself. Since the start, he had combined fire with Magic Plants, and the Lamplight Grass and Sun Vine were his latest core creations.
"...Tsk, it’s urging me to get a proper Fire Controller profession, Chris, can you recommend one?"
"Your skill at changing topics is terrible... But I personally suggest you kill more first, and then decide what path you need. The path of the strong is built on the flesh and blood of their opponents."
— End of Chapter 588 —