Chapter 124 - 124 107 2-tier Gardener

124: Chapter 107: 2-tier Gardener 124: Chapter 107: 2-tier Gardener “So this is Professor Wen’s 2-tier materials and course list? Thanks… it’s quite a lot.” When Lu Ping’an saw the dictionary-like book on the table, he let out a sigh, but when he really opened it, he felt a bit overwhelmed. “This is just the catalog and course schedule?!” “Yes, the teacher’s career information is quite detailed. You need to choose a profession first, and then consider whether to buy the course package. It’s a bit early for you to be at the 2-tier level now. Generally, people start in their second or third year of college, and it takes about half a year to a year to complete a package according to their aptitude.” At this moment, Lu Ping’an realized what it meant to be a professional, a process of continuous cultivation and accumulation along a path. He flipped through the most common course package for a Gardener to advance to a “Fruit Farmer,” and he felt his scalp tingle. Basic cultivation knowledge of 500 common magic plants – that was nothing, many courses were just for show. But this course took up a full 600 classes, clearly not just for show. It takes a year to finish. There are ten classes a week, two hours of classes every day. “…The main business of a Fruit Farmer is to cultivate magic plants. This is the main course, and it’s quite normal. 500 is just the most common…” Magic plant cultivation techniques, hands-on, come with 200 classes and testing tools, as well as two chances to retake the course (additional fees apply starting from the third time). “This is hands-on practice, including many practical experience tutorials, such as how to safely pick magic plant fruits, how to drive away threatening magical creatures, and how to sneak into fertile secret realm farmland…” Grafting techniques exploration (the first 10 classes are open classes, exams after the class, no subsequent classes if not passed, start the 100 classes after payment upon passing). “Studying ‘grafting’ in the latter half of the first-tier is still too early. Considering that it is not the core ability of ‘Fruit Farmer,’ it can be abandoned if you can’t learn.” Elementary Magic Potion (elective, 200 classes). Magic plants and magic potions are a natural match and are the most common way for gardeners to make money. “Basic magic potions don’t seem to require professional assistance. When it comes to intermediate Potion Masters, you need 2-tier Alchemists to support you. If you want to develop in this area, a Healer and Alchemist combination or an Alchemist and Gardener combination are good. By the way, I am a pure logistics Alchemist and Gardener, and you can buy magic potions from me.” Looking at Miss Lo again, Lu Ping’an took a deep breath and closed the catalog. He had already determined that he would not be able to finish through the normal method; he simply didn’t have time for that. He saw that these courses would gradually improve the professional skills of “cultivation” and “grafting” and ultimately reach a higher level. Then purchase the final job ceremony package to advance. “Ancient City University’s benefits, the first 2-tier course is free, the second 2-tier is half price, the third 2-tier is full price, but few people have to use the third one on campus. Those who can get the half-price package are already quite impressive…” “What about the third-tier?” “Full price, and very expensive. And the number is not much, not complete. The school only puts common items on the shelves. If you want rare items, you can buy them privately from professors who have them. Our mentor, in addition to providing a general third-tier ‘Magic Plants Scholar,’ also has a rare ‘Parasitic Tree’ advancement, but it seems not many students are willing to go down this path.” Lu Ping’an nodded silently, knowing by the name that it was a trap. “Can I know the approximate abilities of the ‘Parasitic Tree’?” There was a fee for this information, but Sister Lu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and smiled. “Introduce magical plants into the body, coexist with them, and allow people to have certain natural magic plant characteristics. Depending on the parasitic magic plant, the combat ability differs, but all are not weak in the third-tier combat-series. Our mentor is a double profession of Magic Plants Scholar and Parasitic Tree. He says that Parasitic Tree allows one to think and understand the world as a plant does, which is very convenient for research…” As she said this, Sister Lu’s expression was quite subtle. Third-tier talents all have their own ideas, but after so many years in practice, there is still no one among the teacher’s outstanding students who has chosen this path, which is obviously a problem. “…Weaknesses? Uh, becoming more plant-like, green skin, grass growing on the face, regular rooting/weeding needed, drinking water and eating fertilizer like crazy daily, taste buds becoming very strange, and often daydreaming all day… you’re not seriously considering it, are you?” Seeing Lu Ping’an deep in thought, Miss Lo was somewhat surprised, “I really advise you not to take this path. Although it is common for 2-tier gardeners to jump on this road, and the threshold is not high, the side effects are too great. You don’t want to spend your whole day photosynthesizing under the sunlight, do you?” However, having experienced the ‘Ageing Curse’ before, Lu Ping’an knew that the side effects of the “Life system” would probably not be a big problem as long as they affected his own body. After all, his life now belonged to the Life Bank, and the weak pollution would naturally not affect it. “Don’t always think about exploiting bugs, your body has a much higher pollution level than the parasitic magic plants of the third-tier and below. You will directly consume it, so there can be no successful symbiosis. Any special attributes or profession transformations that are lower than the Life Bank will not be effective on you.” However, the Big cat, based on basic deductions, denied Lu Ping’an’s interesting Advancement idea. “Ha, just a bit curious, the third-tier is really magical.” He casually uttered a lie and continued to browse through other information. Professor’s information was much more comprehensive than what the previous two seniors had, not only in terms of the amount of information, but also in the clarity of the “categorized” system. First-tier is about learning the basics from scratch, and the second-tier is about making “mastery” choices based on the degree of grasp of the basics. Core abilities of 2-tier profession with “planting” include fruit farmers, florists and several other common advancements. These classifications are mainly determined by the different types of plants that you specialize in planting and taking care of; most of them have no essential difference. The most professionals come from this system because it can make money and generate stable revenue. It is suitable for gardeners who need a slow and resource-intensive progression. Tree Healer, a “tree doctor”, and Listening to Nature’s voice are part of the “planting” system; however, they emphasize the ability and skills to heal magic plants, as well as the “Listening to Life” abnormal ability. Sister Lu is also part of the “planting” system, but considering Lu Ping’an’s “instant plant maturity” abnormal ability, she did not recommend him to consider this from the very beginning. Another main system, the “grafting” series, had only two advancements, “pruner” and “fruit flavor taster” from Professor Wen, and they did not have a complete course. The only reliable one is the pure academic “Magic Plants Scholar” advancement, which can serve as a prerequisite for a botanist. But the terrifying list of thousands of hours of courses really scared Lu Ping’an a bit. “Ninety percent of gardeners go to study planting, it’s actually too early for 2-tier to study magic plant transformation. This kind of advancement feels a bit neither high nor low. If you want, you need to find other mentors to piece together courses and packages, it’s a bit troublesome, but not impossible.” After introducing the two major branches, there were still too many messy small factions left, and Lu Ping’an’s eyes were dizzy. “This is just the mainstream and semi-public stuff?” “Yes, the Evil Gods side has a bunch of even more powerful stuff, many 2-tier gardeners with combat power come from there, but as long as you don’t really become a fanatic of the Evil Gods, it’s okay to take on one or two Evil God professions part-time. The official authorities will turn a blind eye. But you can’t buy that information from your teachers at school, if you want it, you’ll have to go to certain places…you know what I mean, I really don’t have it here, you just found this piece of paper.” Lu Ping’an looked at the suddenly dropped “paper”, which listed several more dangerous gardener advancements, all requiring the power and ritual of the evil gods. Lu Ping’an glanced at it and frowned. These jobs looked intimidating, but from a professional ability perspective, they were a bit subtle. This was actually the same as “grafting”, you have to transform the magic plants to have reliable combat power, and it is too reluctant to start doing this at the 2-tier. “You specifically asked for ‘Floriculture’ and ‘Bonsai Designer’. We have checked, the former ‘Blood Rose of Love’ has a complete ritual in the Proper God Church, while our Ancient City University does not have a complete course for the latter; there are two other top schools that have it, you can ask the school to give you a certificate to audit the course. But both of them require scholars with different and not-low levels as prerequisites, do you have any problems with that?” Lu Ping’an nodded his head. As the most common combat-series gardeners, these two professions had been Lu Ping’an’s main targets from the start. Now, by looking at the specific abilities in the information, Lu Ping’an’s heart was instantly moved.