The small stone pavilion became a sea of flowers. The blue and purple flowers swayed in the wind. The soothing fragrance of the flowers also made the two people in the pavilion relax a lot.
Surrounded by flowers, the faint floral fragrance of lavender becomes rich.
Wang Hai, who was originally frowning, became relieved from his tense expression.
"...Yes, it works. And there seems to be no side effects. It's just that my situation is a bit serious and it will take some time. If you're not in a hurry..."
"It's okay, it just so happens that we can chat, and then it will be classmates and maybe colleagues."
Hearing this, Wang Hai laughed. He thought for a moment and picked out some topics that the other party might be interested in.
For example, the work scope of the official secret keeper, some common rules within the ancient city university, and the ubiquitous riddles and secret societies.
In a sense, Lu Pingan's web-weaving lavender wood is not Lu Pingan's original magic plant. It is an adaptation of his predecessor's achievements, and he was reluctant to name it.
Lavender, this plant is very special in the history of the Secret Keepers. It was once the professional symbol of the Secret Keepers, and it was also a tool used to "clean up" subsequent pollution and reduce the "pollution concentration" of a certain area.
Naturally, taking into account practical needs, gardeners of all generations have improved "lavender".
Although lavender is not the only "pollution absorbing" magic plant, due to enough improvements, modern lavender magic plants are still synonymous with "pollution purification".
"No, it looks like there are many plants. In fact, the roots below are connected. There is only one plant, which is less than one-tenth of the amount I spent beating you."
Lu Ping'an's words almost stopped the conversation from continuing.
The essence of the magic plant's "absorbing" and "purifying" effects of pollution is to turn it into nutrients for its own growth, and it will be absorbed naturally after being eaten.
After countless generations of improvements, the "purification" effect of lavender magic plants has long been beyond the reach of ordinary magic plants. The effect is at least a hundred times that of ordinary magic plants.
But this also means a very high cost. Enchanted lavender needs enough time to grow, is slow to take effect, and requires quantity to accumulate the effect.
However, magic plants have no "purification" effect after they are full, and can easily become a one-time "expensive flower therapy". Hundreds or thousands of plants at a time require extremely high cultivation costs.
Therefore, there are two directions for improvement here.
One is to reduce the cost of a single plant, speed up its growth, and use quantity to make up for quality.
One is to use "grafting" to improve it, and multiple lavender flowers become one "lavender wood".
The main body of Lu Ping'an's "Net Lavender Wood" is the latter, with at least hundreds of flowers spreading on that root.
He also used his ability to extract several "Lavender Purification Modules", and after repeated arrangement and combination, he finally created the "Net Lavender Wood".
However, it still seems to be a one-time product. 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. It can be burned cleanly by a fire. The extremely slow "purification" effect is still of little effect.
And since it only uses "seeds", it does not obey Lu Ping'an's command. However, such a non-combat magic plant can be planted and no command is required.
"...Indeed, if there is only one plant, the cost will be reduced."
"Um."
If a person who is very good at chatting (to death) sits next to a person who doesn't chat very much, it will naturally lead to awkward chatting.
In order to wait for the flower therapy to take effect and for the "lavender wood" to be completely ineffective, I could only talk about it one after another.
Fortunately, after a while, the hopping and hopping cat came over, which relieved the awkward atmosphere.
"Did you do well in the exam?"
"Thanks to you...you guys, there should be something wrong with me, meow."
Maomao's smiling face is just a bit unbeatable.
Although it will take some time to calculate the results, thanks to Tuo Lu's victory over Wang Hai, there should be no problem with her points.
And after seeing these lavenders, the cat also took the initiative to meow over to rub the flowers. She squinted her eyes and lay on the stone table with a content look on her face... In fact, like Wang Hai, she had to always be in harmony with her own abilities.
fight.
A "cold compress" after this battle is definitely a good thing that is beneficial and harmless.
"...By the way, you all want to go to the SWAT team to intern. Then add a chat room."
Finally, Wang Hai came up with a conversational topic.
Chat room? Isn’t that the privilege of the official big website?
It turns out that this is an official communication channel, a communication group specially prepared for "candidates who are about to become members of the ancient city's special service team and other official organizations."
"We are in the same period, and maybe we will be colleagues in the future. We will communicate more in the future."
Official "candidates" find a channel to get together in advance? Lu Ping'an will understand in seconds.
With Wang Hai's recommendation and the endorsement of the responsible person, Lu Ping'an and Maomao quickly joined the group... Then they discovered that the owner of the chat room was Li Daoan, and several third-level chat rooms were there.
Not to mention, there is really a lot of interesting information in the chat room's database that Lu Ping'an had not been able to access before.
For example, soon after enrolling, people will be assigned to join the special service team to "intern" and receive scholarships and wages. Levels 2 and 3 are mandatory, but you can apply for level 1.
Zero level? Just go to school honestly, there aren't many zero levels in this group.
A few of them are basically "connected households" like Maomao before, who have decided to take this path but are not yet mature.
There is not much public information, mainly the content that candidates are most concerned about.
It was mentioned that after enrolling in Gucheng, its management was quite loose. Various societies, groups, and schools became the mainstream. As long as the schoolwork was completed, the school did not interfere too much.
These things were semi-public information and very simple. Lu Ping'an just browsed through them casually and lost interest.
He is somewhat interested in the real career of a secret keeper and his future career. These, the people in front of him, seem to be able to give an answer...
"Oh, well, I was a 'surveillance target' back then, and then I ended up on this path inexplicably."
This is the reason why Lu Pingan feels that Wang Hai is somewhat similar to him. From the public information, Wang Hai is also a survivor of a certain incident.
He was not executed on the spot after transforming into a demon, only because he miraculously regained his senses and because he was too young at the time.
In all aspects, he is Lu Pingan's "senior". Now that he owes Lu Pingan a big favor, he is naturally willing to repay it.
"Third level? Compared with other third levels, I have only two paths to support. I am indeed weak, but there is no way. I need to quickly increase my level to curb the loss of control of my abilities."
"The same is true for Mr. Lei, but if your 'cat' has not deteriorated yet, don't rush to enter the second level. Upgrading too early will stimulate the further growth of your innate abilities..."
Lu Ping'an had never had the opportunity to come into contact with these things before.
In a sense, "occupation" is to curb the deterioration of "talented occupations (powers)".
But this kind of check and balance is always two-way. If your professional level is too high and your talents and abilities are low, it will lead to a "river flowing back" and force your talents and abilities to evolve on their own.
For many people, this may not be a good thing, especially those with a self-change system like Lei Shuiyun, so Wang Hai conveniently passed on his experience.
Wang Hai himself had no choice. His "Shura War Ghost" was unbalanced from the beginning. He had to upgrade quickly to maintain balance. He even took the Enlightenment route to strengthen the blockade, and his powerful talents were also "river water pouring back."
, forcing him to grow rapidly all the way (if he doesn’t grow, he will die).
In a sense, everything he has is the result of his innate abilities. The "Fighter" path to train his physical body, and the "Awakened One" path to train his mind and will are all part of strengthening this "cage".
If it weren't for the "Shura Evil Ghost", he should be weaker than the ordinary third level that has been accumulated for a long time, but if the evil ghost is really released, he can challenge the fourth level fighter at his peak... Even after beating him, he will be human
No more, or no longer a person.
Lu Ping'an, who had gained some experience, nodded. He had many examples of "pressing down the ranks" around him. Among the people he knew, Xue En and Xia Qin were both.
They may all be of the type whose natural abilities are too dangerous and can be suppressed for as long as they can.
Entering high-level too early will hinder the evolution of their talents and abilities.
And when the career level reaches a bottleneck, but the talents and abilities are still improving steadily, it is also the most common unsolvable end for a secret keeper.
Being able to grind for a while at level 0 and level 1 and accumulate more foundations is the way to survive in the long run, and many people can't get it.
"...But I heard that Xia Qin has recently become the captain. In order to convince the public, she may be promoted."
Lu Pingan nodded thoughtfully and said nothing.
On the other hand, Maomao over there started selling his brother directly.
"My brother...is also a member of the Special Forces. It's the same thing. He has also been leveling up for a long time. In fact, he was almost there in the past two years. But recently, it seems that due to some reasons, he is already preparing to upgrade to the third level."
"Your brother? Quasi-third level? Which one?"
"Thunderfire Blade?"
"Oh, 'Heart Blade Flowing Fire', he is very strong. It's just that his current female captain is more famous. It seems that he learned from a sword master, and his swordsmanship is very famous among the younger generation."
Having said that, Wang Hai also felt a lot more relaxed. He confirmed that the two people opposite him had "gen Hongmiaozheng", and he began to reveal more "semi-public" information.
At this time, the two young people came into contact with the official circle of secret keepers for the first time.
And Wang Hai and the others have been inside from the beginning.
And this also vaguely revealed a reality. Due to the seriousness of the situation, I am afraid that the young elites of the Secret Keepers who had previously "stepped down" have relaxed their hands and accelerated their promotion.
If you die in a mission due to lack of strength, it would be a joke to think about "losing control in the future".
We have a common career plan, may be colleagues in the future, and have Maomao as a tool to ease the atmosphere, so it is naturally much more comfortable to chat.
The three of them stayed here and were not in a hurry to go back. In fact, they were also waiting for something.
"The results are finally out! Lu Ping'an, you were seventeenth in the last round, and your overall ranking...is ninth! You are the only first-level player in the top thirty. You have received the bonuses and prizes! It was just announced that this time
The top ten will all be given silver taboo items!"
"Hey, it's a bit miserable."
Lu Ping'an sighed helplessly. It's a pity that he is not the top pick. How can he explain this to senior Xue En who has been helping him with special training?