Chapter 702
Chapter 702 - 688: Practice (Additional Updates from Alliance Leader)
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"I feel like you’ve changed."
"It’s strange meow, I even dare not joke anymore meow... Stop pulling my tail, you’re still the bad guy meow!"
"The temperament? Is it the cloth on my eyes... I always feel odd."
After resting for two days, the noticeably leaner Lu Ping’an has returned to work.
"Really? It might be weakness due to a severe illness, I feel very weak now."
Many people who met his friends felt that he was different... Lu Ping’an usually didn’t say much.
Sometimes, he would make a "joke".
"I think I’m going to reach the Decree-level soon, I feel the breakthrough is imminent."
"Keep bluffing, it’s not that easy. It’s considered easy if you’re stuck for four to five years."
"Haha, it may be my illusion. In my dream last night, I was omnipotent....."
Laughing and making a simple opening for others, Lu Ping’an would carry on with his tasks.
Even if he knew the model of the universe and the truth of everything, but... it seems to change nothing, he still needs to eat, sleep, mine, life is still life, and work is still work.
If one was obsessed with the brilliance of the stars, they would be tripped hard by the stones in front of them.
However, the judgment of others was not wrong, Lu Ping’an was indeed different from before. When he "opened his eyes and looked", some things had completely changed.
He had seen the "direction" of the future, what remained were only details to be filled......Now he had completely different "understandings" of many things, and the importance of consciousness in the world of professionals needed no further elaboration.
"No wonder the paths of the Beast Tamer and the Gardener conflict. Chris said that they have the same origin and can fuse with each other, so they can’t possess both of them... Damn, they are not similar, but opposite!"
The previous cognition was completely subverted, and the "common sense" of high-end professionals was considered false by Lu Ping’an.
It was not that other people’s views were wrong, but that from their scope of cognition, that was the answer... But if you step out, it is a completely different understanding.
"Life series... If it is the interference of the vibration source, when it is in the wave state of energy, it is spiritual energy, and when it is in the collapsed state... No, in the state of matter, it is life."
With this higher-level "principle", Lu Ping’an’s view of these two paths naturally differed from before.
Previously, Lu Ping’an thought it was a difference between "plants" and "animals", but looking back, those were just different manifestations, the real core was two opposite directions of evolution.
"Gardeners turn life (matter) into energy and spirit, while Beast Tamers make energy, spirit and pollution materialize. These are simply opposite cycles."
One turns matter into spirit, and the other turns spirit into matter. When Lu Ping’an realized this difference, many clues naturally fit together.
The process from wave to particle, from energy to entity, is the Beast Tamer.
The process from particle to wave, from entity to energy, is the Gardener.
That’s why Gardeners are physically weak, even high-level Gardeners are weak close combatants, and their main attribute is spiritual power.
That’s why Beast Tamers constantly "share" their physique, seemingly transforming other life forms into a part of their physique. They prioritize evolving their physique, and every time they evolve they gain the most in physical fitness.
Two opposite directions, two states of one thing, naturally are completely incompatible.
Although they seem to be pursuing the origin, coming up with answers, and although they seem to resonate with the "source", but the conflicts between the two are irreconcilable...
At this moment, with the possible principles at hand, Lu Ping’an can even deduce the form of future high-tier life series professions.
"Gardeners may completely give up their physique... No, not really give up, it’s just that spiritual power and soul are more important. Perhaps, they can use other life forms (plants) as carriers, while the physique is merely a tool."
"Beast Tamers should pursue the unity of soul and body, with the soul ultimately fully integrated into the body. Eh, the ’pets’ they create are derivatives of their own bloodline that in the end might even become their avatars...no, they should be considered parts of their physical selves. Their physical bodies and bloodlines are their true selves, and the propagation of their bloodlines is the propagation of themselves."
After one’s understanding and principles have been updated, one’s perspective on things naturally changes completely.
Lu Ping’an asked the large cat for verification, and his guess was confirmed.
A high-level Gardener can transform into a forest all by themselves, individually integrating into an ecosystem of the world... Actually, even Professor Wen could barely accomplish this, as he could transform into a botanical garden by himself.
As for high-level Beast Tamers, it is far more exaggerated than what Lu Ping’an had imagined. His speculated abilities all exist, and there were many more he hadn’t even considered, making it a challenging limit to his imagination.
The large cat spoke highly of the Tamer’s Path but showed disdain for Gardeners. However, Lu Ping’an was more inclined to believe that this was because she couldn’t possibly know too much about the "knowledge" of Gardeners.
Once a clear direction was seen, Lu Ping’an’s future became even brighter.
He wasn’t lying. The threshold of the Decree-level is no longer a hindrance for him... He’s now only contemplating establishing a better foundation in preparation for the "future".
"Even the most outrageous geniuses only dare to prepare for the Rule-level during the Decree-level, yet you can prepare for something even further...even with the possibility of surpassing the realm of ordinary deities." The large cat’s words were filled with obvious sourness.
Lu Ping’an smiled and did what he had to do.
Now with the "Principles", the next step is "Practice". Guided by both the Gardener’s and Beast Tamer’s paths, Lu Ping’an’s direction was clear.
In fact, under the current circumstances, the principles exist to serve the practice...
"Let’s bolster my divine power first, it’s still not enough..."
[Current status: Physique (Brass Upper), Reflex (Upper Black Iron), Spirit (Silver Lower)]
During the previous "Epiphany", Lu Ping’an’s spiritual power soared dramatically, jumping two levels consecutively.
This was an incredibly exaggerated growth of spiritual power... yet Lu Ping’an felt as if it still wasn’t enough.
This wasn’t just a result of his spirit and soul being impacted, more importantly, it was feedback from his new profession.
"The third-tier Taboo Scholar profession, huh..."
After successfully taking up the position on the panel, the prompt of "Gaining an excess of spiritual power" was still fresh in his sight. Even without the pile of garbled text to show its uniqueness, the name alone was a big problem.
Scholar’s Path... Most professionals wouldn’t even know that the full name of this career path is "Taboo Scholar"!
Collecting, learning, and mastering those "Taboo knowledge" is the sole focus of this profession.
When Lu Ping’an was a scholar newcomer, there was a level in the general skills for taboo knowledge... This is the core of a scholar and becoming a real scholar involves continuously reading and copying to gain more "Taboo knowledge".
Once Lu Ping’an became an official scholar, his core skill of taboo knowledge was "disassembled".
[Detected general skill ’Forbidden Knowledge lv8’, decomposed into professional skills ’Reading (Taboo) lv5’, ’Writing (Pollution) lv3’, Forbidden Knowledge (Magic Plants Botany) lv3, Forbidden Knowledge (Ritual Studies) lv1, Forbidden Knowledge (Theology Electives) lv3...]
The abilities of "Reading and Writing" were separated, while various kinds of forbidden knowledge were categorized.
This is not just the wealth of the scholar profession, as other professions also require the support of corresponding forbidden knowledge, such as the support of magic plant knowledge for gardeners.
Now, quite weirdly, a highly exaggerated "Knowledge" item has been added to my panel.
[Professional Skill, Forbidden Knowledge (Universal) lv33: Due to the understanding of the origin, in a sense you’re already ’all-knowing’. It can greatly enhance your understanding, recording, and research abilities of other knowledge, paths, and items.]
[Immortal: I’m gradually understanding everything...]
Now, Lu Pingan has a profession skill that has an extremely exaggerated level.
— End of Chapter 702 —