Chapter Eighty-Three: Lavender and Ranking
The small stone pavilion has become a sea of flowers, and the blue-purple flowers sway in the wind, and the soothing fragrance of the flowers also makes the two people in the pavilion relax a lot.
And surrounded by flowers, the faint floral fragrance of lavender becomes intense.
Wang Hai, who was frowning, also soothed his tense expression.
“...... Yes, it worked. And there don't seem to be side effects, it's just that my condition is a bit serious and it takes a little time, if you're not in a hurry......"
"It's okay, we can just talk, and then classmates, and maybe colleagues."
Hearing this, Wang Hai laughed, he thought about it for a while, and picked out some topics that the other party might be interested in.
For example, the scope of work of the official Secret Keeper, such as some of the common rules in the University of the Ancient City, and the ubiquitous Riddlers and secret societies.
Lu Ping'an's woven lavender, in a sense, is not Lu Ping'an's original magic plant, but his transformation of the achievements of his predecessors, and the title is quite reluctant.
Lavender, this plant is very special in the history of the Keeper of Secrets, it was once a symbol of the profession of the Keeper of Secrets, and it was also used as a tool to "clean up" pollution after the fact, to reduce the "pollution concentration" of an area.
Naturally, taking into account the needs of actual combat, gardeners have improved "lavender" throughout the ages.
Although lavender is not the only "pollution absorption" magic plant, due to enough improvements, modern lavender magic plants are still synonymous with "pollution purification".
“...... Flower therapy, it's quite expensive. Or I'll pay some ......"
"No, this looks like a lot of plants, but in fact, the roots below are connected, only one plant, less than one-tenth of what I consumed to beat you."
Lu Ping'an's words almost made the topic unable to continue.
The essence of the "absorption" and "purification" of the demon plant is to turn it into a nutrient for its own growth, and it will naturally absorb it after eating it.
After countless generations of improvements, the "purification" effect of lavender-based demon plants has long been incomparable to ordinary demon plants, and the effect is at least a hundred times that of ordinary demon plants.
But this also means that the cost is quite high, and the demonized lavender needs enough time to grow, and the effect is slow, and the quantity is needed to accumulate the effect.
And the magic plant has no "purification" effect when it is full, and it is easy to become a one-time "expensive flower therapy", and hundreds or thousands of plants at a time also require extremely high cultivation costs.
As a result, there are two directions for improvement.
One is to reduce the cost of a single plant, speed up its growth, and compensate for quality with quantity.
One is to reimprove it by "grafting", and the plural lavender becomes a "lavender".
Lu Ping'an's "woven lavender", the main body of which is the latter, on the top of that one root, at least hundreds of flowers spread.
He also used his ability to extract several "lavender purification modules", and after repeated permutations and combinations, he finally created "woven lavender".
However, it still seems to be a one-time product, and after this use, it will not absorb a large amount of pollution in a short period of time.
In actual combat, the fragile wooden body is still a fatal weakness, and it can be burned clean with a fire, and the extremely slow "purification" effect still has little effect.
And because it only uses "seeds", it doesn't listen to Lu Ping'an's command, but in this way, it is not a combat demon plant, just plant it, and there is no need to command.
“...... Indeed, if there is only one plant, the cost will come down. ”
"Hmm."
A person who is too good at chatting (chatting to death) sits with a person who doesn't talk much, and it naturally becomes an awkward conversation.
And in order to wait for the flower therapy to take effect, waiting for the "lavender" to be completely eaten and nullified, there can only be a wave of chatting.
Fortunately, after a while, the cat who walked step by step came over, which can be regarded as relieving the embarrassing atmosphere.
"Did you do well?"
"I trust you..... Your blessing should be a problem. ”
In the cat's smiling face, the smile was just a little underwhelming.
Although it will take a little time to calculate the results, but with the blessing of Tuolu's safe victory over Wang Hai, there should be no problem with her points.
And seeing these lavenders, the cat also took the initiative to meow over and rub the flowers, she squinted, lying on the stone table, with a look of appropriateness...... In fact, like Wang Hai, she has to fight against her ability at all times.
A "cold compress" after this battle is definitely a good thing that is beneficial and harmless.
“...... By the way, you're all going to do an internship in the Secret Service, so let's add a chat room. ”
Finally, Wang Hai squeezed out a communication topic with a conversation head.
Chat room? Isn't that the prerogative of the official big site?
It turned out that this was still an official communication channel, an exchange group specially prepared for "candidates who are about to become members of the Ancient City Special Service Team and other official institutions".
"We are the same period, and we will be colleagues after it, and we will communicate more in the future."
The official "candidates" are looking for a channel to hold a group in advance? Lu Ping'an understands in seconds.
With Wang Hai's recommendation and the endorsement of the responsible person, Lu Ping'an and Maomao quickly entered the group....... Then I found out that the owner of the chat room was Li Daoan, and several third-order people were there.
Not to mention, in the database of this chat room, there is really a lot of interesting information that Lu Ping'an couldn't access before.
For example, soon after enrolling, personnel will be transferred to the special service team for "internship" and receive scholarships and salaries.
Zero-order? Let's go to school honestly, there aren't many zero-level people in this group.
A few are basically "related households" like the previous cats, who have decided to take this path, but they have not yet matured.
There is not much public information, mainly the content that candidates are most concerned about.
Among them, it is mentioned that after the admission of the ancient city, its management is quite loose, and various clubs, groups, and schools have become the mainstream, and as long as the schoolwork is completed, the school will not interfere too much.
These things are all semi-public information, and they are all very simple, Lu Ping'an just flipped through them casually, and he lost interest.
He is somewhat interested in the real life of the Keeper of Secrets, as well as the future career, and these, the people in front of him, seem to be able to give an answer.....
"Oh, this, I was a 'surveillance object' back then, and then I somehow embarked on this path."
This is the root cause of Lu Ping'an's feeling that Wang Hai is somewhat similar to him, and from the public information, Wang Hai is also a survivor of a certain incident.
He was not executed on the spot, but because he miraculously regained his senses, and he was too young at the time.
In all respects, he is Lu Ping'an's "senior", and now he owes Lu Ping'an a big favor, and he is naturally willing to reciprocate.
"Third order? Compared with the other third-order levels, I am indeed weak with only two paths to support, but there is no way, I need to quickly improve the rank to curb the loss of control of my ability. ”
"The same is true for Lei Classmate, but if your 'cat' hasn't deteriorated yet, don't rush to enter the second order. Level up too early, and that will spur your talent to grow further......"
Lu Ping'an didn't have the opportunity to touch these things before.
In a sense, "classes" are meant to curb the deterioration of "gifted classes".
But this is always a two-way street, and if your class rank is too high and your talent ability is low, it can lead to a "river backing up," forcing talent to evolve on its own.
For many people, this may not be a good thing, especially Lei Shuiyun's self-change system, so Wang Hai passed on his experience.
Wang Hai himself has no choice, his "Shura War Ghost" is unbalanced from the beginning, and he must quickly level up to maintain his balance, and even take the Awakener route to strengthen the blockade, and the powerful talent ability also "backs up the river", forcing him to grow rapidly all the way (if he doesn't grow, he will die).
In a sense, everything about him is created by natural abilities, and the "Martial Artist" path to exercise the physical body, and the "Enlightened" to exercise the mind and will, are all part of strengthening this "cage".
If it weren't for the "Shura Demon", he would have been weaker than the ordinary third-order martial artist who had accumulated for a long time, but if he really released the evil ghost, he could challenge the fourth-order martial artist in his heyday...... After the fight, he was gone, or he was no longer human.
Lu Ping'an, who had a little experience, nodded, there are quite a few examples of such "pressure level" around him, and among the people he knows, Xue En and Xia Qin are.
They're probably the type whose talent abilities are too dangerous and can be suppressed for as long as they want.
Getting to the higher tier too early will drag their talent ability to evolve.
And when the class rank is stuck and the talent ability is still steadily increasing, it is also the most common unsolvable doom for a secret keeper.
Being able to grind for a period of time at the 0th and 1st levels and accumulate some more foundations is the way to survive in the long run, and many people can't ask for it.
“...... But I heard that Xia Qin has been the captain recently, and in order to serve the public, he may be promoted. ”
Lu Ping'an nodded thoughtfully and didn't say anything.
It's the cat over there, and he started selling his brother directly.
"My brother..... It's also a special service member, it's the same way, he's also been a long-term leveler, in fact, the first two years were about the same. But recently, it seems that for some reason, I've been preparing to upgrade to the third order meow. ”
"Your brother? Quasi-third order? Which one? ”
"Thunder Blade?"
"Oh, 'Heartblade Flowing Fire', he's very strong. It's just that his current female captain is more famous, as if he learned from a sword master, and swordsmanship is very famous among the younger generation. ”
Saying that, Wang Hai also relaxed a lot, and determined that the two people opposite were "Gen Hongmiaozheng", and he began to reveal more "semi-public" information.
At this time, the two young people came into contact with the circle of official keepers for the first time.
And Wang Hai and them have been in it from the beginning.
And this also vaguely reveals a reality, due to the severity of the situation, I am afraid that the young secret keeper elites who were "pressing" before have let go of their hands and feet and accelerated their ascension.
If you die in the mission due to lack of strength, it is really a joke to think about what "the future is out of control".
There is a common career plan, the future may be colleagues, and there are tools to ease the atmosphere, which is naturally much more comfortable to talk about.
And the three of them are not in a hurry to go back, in fact, they are also waiting for something.
"The results are finally out! Lu Ping'an, you are seventeenth in the last round, and the overall ranking is ...... Ninth! It is the only first order in the first thirty. Bonuses and prizes are in hand! Just announced, this time the top ten, all give silver forbidden items! ”
"Hey, it's a bit miserable."
Lu Ping'an sighed helplessly, but unfortunately, he is not the champion, how can he explain this to Senior Xue En, who has been helping him with special training.
In an instant, the cat pounced!