Chapter 768
Chapter 768 - 754: Expensive Growth
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The arrival of the allies, especially their "ships," is a good thing for all those who are in the know.
This means that most people who are preparing to leave have more time to collect, harvest, and trade local resources, demonize and professionalize them, and prepare to take them back to their own homes.
The main target of the ancient divine beasts? Uh, no one is talking about it now, probably not going to happen within half a year.
As for the Red Star people’s mad revenge, it has eased the pressure on the East country people. However, for some people, it’s a disaster.
Just as these pursuing hunters slackened a little, a new group of avengers arrived - the Dead Survivors of Aus people were in luck.
"Another minister has been killed...good riddance."
A minister and a deputy minister of the Hunter Department were betrayed by their subordinates and caught by the revenge-seeking Red Star people...After paying a certain price, he became the second hunted minister whose body now hangs in the middle of the camp.
That guy was a remarkable bastard, as the leader of the original hunters, the amount of blood on his hands is incalculable.
As for Lu Ping’an’s team, this is undoubtedly good news. The Red Star people fulfilled their allies’ duties and planned to stay until the day of the Eastern country’s Divine Boat.
It is said that many of them were rescued because of gratitude, which is undoubtedly a gesture of goodwill.
An ally is such a thing, when not meeting face-to-face, that’s it.
But if unforeseen support is obtained in a foreign realm, the sentiment is naturally taken seriously, especially when considering the current situation, making this "friendship" very practical...Both sides are clearly comrades in the same trench with a common enemy, so giving each other convenience now is giving oneself convenience in the future.
"... The trading land is right here..."
But among the small range of high-ranking people, this news was the most shocking.
Although everyone signed a confidentiality agreement, this time the agreement only took effect after leaving Earth...Lu Ping’an planned to expand trading land among the high-end combat power in an informed manner.
He needed a lot of "knowledge" and "decrees", so naturally, he needed more "customers".
"It can’t be hidden anyway... Well, it won’t take long, and there’s no need to hide it."
Lu Ping’an knew that his and his team’s fame was probably inevitable once they returned, and some things were meant to be hidden...perhaps there was no need to hide it.
Of course, the intelligence agreement is still limited to "fourth-tier and above"...But even so, considering the terrifying number of professionals in this world, this is still a considerable figure.
In these days, high-level professionals often disappear suddenly, only to reappear hours or even days later, utterly exhausted...For high-level people who don’t have the Scholar profession, the library’s "writing" isn’t so friendly, who knows if they have spent several days in there.
"...About 80% of visitors now choose to sell their professions and knowledge at the moment, after all, this is the fastest way to make ’money’."
Lu Ping’an’s "library" serves mainly to provide professionals with the opportunity to move up a level.
Who could refuse? For professionals, this isn’t just about power; it’s also about survival.
The library and the trading hall are filled with high-level professionals every moment, clutching their scant chips, negotiating and communicating repeatedly, trying to open up a new path for their future.
𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
Consequently, the knowledge reserve of the library has greatly increased, but it has been consumed at an extremely rapid rate...
"Interesting, this decree is not about controlling the external body but controlling the internal body, treating one’s own body like a puppet to gain both undying nature and precise operation like a game character..."
Lu Ping’an "reads" the newly acquired "books" and exclaims at the ingenious design and various awesome application techniques...Unfortunately, he is now limited by funds and cannot buy them all.
Considering that he does not meet the prerequisites for this decree profession, this "inauguration" is bound to fail, and even if he learns the application techniques, there is no chance to use them.
"... Tamer, Healer, Runner, Fighter, this ’Puppet King Card’ has at least four basic rules as guidance."
Most Decree-level professionals are not the product of a single line, and as Lu Ping’an’s experience over these days shows, the wider their "knowledge base," the higher the prerequisites for their positions, the stronger the extension of that Decree path.
It’s not just about being "stronger" or having a "higher limit," but about having more possibilities.
It’s like having two rolls of paper, usually, you can write more than on just one sheet.
However, in a certain sense, this also represents the upper limit; one needs to have enough knowledge accumulation and foundation to climb higher, even if those "foundations" appear ugly and rough, they can still support the high-rise buildings above them.
At this point, Lu Ping’an becomes increasingly certain of the ingenious design of the professional system. Those seemingly time-wasting useless moves and part-time jobs often suddenly pay off at a certain point in time, becoming a stepping stone to further progress, but...
"It’s so expensive, too expensive. It actually costs 405. It’s almost enough for the ’knowledge’ of two fourth-tier professions."
The library purchase price for a first-tier profession is five points, for a second-tier profession is ten points, for a third-tier profession is thirty points, and for a fourth-tier profession, it starts at over a hundred. The price of this relatively special profession is over two hundred for the acquisition price.
The selling price is another matter. Almost all third-tier professions and below are more than ten times the acquisition price. Fortunately, the higher-tier fourth-tier professions don’t play like that, they just double the price.
Perhaps the Life Bank knows that if they really multiplied the price by tenfold, no one could afford it, this function would be directly scrapped... and the tenfold profit of the low-level professions is just a few dozen, a hundred points, probably gambling on the situation where a person spends all their savings. (The purchase price for a third-tier profession starts at 100, capped at 200. For a fourth-tier profession, it starts at 200, but if you choose a tailored profession customization service, there’s a 1.5 times floating price from the start, with no upper limit.)
"... This is still too much, selling a Quasi-rule level item would only be the same price."
Price discrimination to this extent means even the roots of chives are dug up... However, even so, the library still has a steady stream of customers.
For many professionals who have been stuck at a certain level for years or even decades, this opportunity is worth risking everything for.
They very implicitly only "communicate" with their close friends and family, after all, no one can guarantee that if they miss this opportunity, there will be a next time.
But for Lu Ping’an, this sky-high price is entirely a monopoly, and he could only grit his teeth and buy it.
Based on previous experience, there might even be a need to buy two or even more copies.
The higher the "knowledge," the harder it is to copy, and there are only four or five "copies" of a Decree-level item.
He could only afford one of these overly expensive "introductions to the profession," and if he couldn’t understand it, he probably wouldn’t be able to bring himself to buy a second one.
"I feel like I’ve understood everything... What a joke."
After reading the book, Lu Ping’an is still somewhat dumbfounded.
Even with this way of "downloading" a profession package, there are still many prerequisites; the required basic knowledge and profession modules are the premise, otherwise, you can only watch the new profession package.
Lu Ping’an was attracted to this tall profession package because many of its career paths overlapped with his own... but when he really started learning, he realized that he hadn’t fully trained his lower-level professions. He couldn’t understand much of the common knowledge in the upper-level professions.
Getting the job was doomed to failure from the start because Lu Ping’an didn’t meet the job requirements in the first place, but whatever remained after the ’water’ passed would depend on him...
"... This is interesting, quite interesting. Perhaps, I could use a part of it..."
Lu Ping’an suddenly understood and then recalled the "knowledge" of the other paths, comparison, and accomplishment.
This is no longer just about completing Lu Ping’an’s job ceremony; he is accumulating his own foundation using the Decrees of others, constructing the foundation of his own "Law."
"I need some remedial lessons to fully understand... So, let’s move on to the next one. Hey, it’s a Little Swordsman? Interesting."
— End of Chapter 768 —