Mechanical Alchemist

Chapter 99 Second-Level Career Planning

There are currently only three options for Su Lun to advance to a second-tier professional: the inner city, gangs, and the black market.

The inner city is not considered for the time being, so there are only black markets and gangs.

The career advancement in the outer city is completely wild. If you have any conditions, you can advance to whatever. It is not systematic at all.

In many cases, even if the profession and talent do not match, there is no choice at all, wasting one's own potential in vain.

If Su Lun wants to rely on the internal resources of the Cross Society to advance, he must first become the captain and obtain contributions and resources step by step.

But

Even for the captains of the Cross Society, the options for advancement are limited. Back and forth are the 20 or 30 advanced paths that cadres have, and most of them are common ordinary occupations.

Puppeteer?

The entire Cross Society has never heard of such a sideways professional, so naturally it is impossible to have one.

In fact, the "Alchemy Guild" alone has recorded more than eight thousand first-tier career choices, and thousands of second-tier career paths.

There are also those rare occupations handed down from ancient times, which are even more dazzling.

Su Lun didn't want to waste his talent and potential.

So, in fact, all he had to do was go to the black market to try his luck.

Rather than groping around by yourself, it is better to ask someone who has experience and connections.

As the former vice president of the Black Tower Alchemy Academy, Mr. Emily is obviously a perfect fit.

When Su Lun arrived at the black market, he went straight to "Rosen's Alchemy Shop".

He left a message for the boss, saying that he wanted to see the gentleman.

Then, as usual, I walked around various shops in the black market, wanting to see if there were any suitable curse materials and mechanical accessories for me.

Passing by the bulletin board, the original owner's reward announcement has been pressed in the corner.

The kind of missions for which no one has found clues for a long time will gradually be forgotten.

This is what Su Lun wants to see.

As for the top few, except for a new "S-rank" bounty offender, the others are all old acquaintances.

The one at the top of the list is still that mysterious woman.

Now the amount of her reward has soared to the sky-high price of three million lisos for providing information.

Su Lun felt that such a high bounty did not find any clues. The woman either went hunting outside the city, or just like him, she disguised herself and hid.

Su Lun didn't look much, and went to the "Whitebeard Mechanical Materials Shop" at the bottom of the black market.

The shop owner's supply channels are very wild, and the two physical training equipment he found before came from this shop. This time, I didn't expect to be lucky. I actually found a "Cheetah IX Miniature Six-cylinder Steam Boiler" scrapped by the Inner City Military Machinery Factory.

Su Lun bought it and planned to get it back to use as a power boiler for his "Iron Man II".

Coincidentally, after buying something, he planned to go back to Green Street, but he didn't expect to see a familiar cloaked figure when he passed the "Rosen Alchemy Shop" again.

"gentlemen?"

Su Lun walked over and called out tentatively.

The man in the cloak turned his head. Although he couldn't see his face clearly, his voice was familiar and still gentle: "Oh, the boss just told me that you want to see me, but I didn't expect you to leave yet."

Su Lun confirmed the identity of the person in front of him, and directly explained the purpose of coming, "I'm sorry, I do have something to trouble you."

After all, the other party was a top-level professional, and he was so polite to him, a low-level professional. Su Lun also responded with polite respect.

The cloaked man nodded, "Let's talk while walking."

The narrow alchemy shop where you can barely stand is not suitable for chatting.

The two walked on the streets of the black market, talking softly.

Su Lun expressed his desire for some systematic alchemy knowledge.

The man in the cloak is not surprised, and even has a little "helpful" meaning, "Knowledge is precious. But I am willing to give some guidance to those who sincerely want to learn."

"Thanks."

Su Lun listened, but he didn't expect him to agree so readily.

Considering his status as dean, it is not surprising.

The man in the cloak said again: "But there are too many systematic knowledge, such as potions, enchantments, breeding equipment, runes, alchemy spells, machinery, forging, occultism, medicine. Alchemy, which is generally said by the outside world, can be found in the Black Tower Academy. They are all subdivided into more than ten subjects. Which one do you want to learn?"

Su Lun has all kinds of knowledge in his mind. If he wants to learn it, he wants to learn it. After thinking about it, he said, "I mainly want to learn alchemy and mechanical knowledge. But if possible, I want to refer to them."

It is impossible to digest so many types of knowledge by self-study with textbooks alone.

But Su Lun has 【Death Harvester】.

If it were someone else, the cloaked man would probably feel that his greed is insufficient. But looking at Su Lun, he said something like this, "Hehe. For some reason, I always feel that you will give me a big surprise in the future."

He didn't refuse, and he agreed casually, and said, "It's easy. It just so happens that I still have a set of textbooks that I used before, which can be regarded as the most complete and suitable introductory learning materials in Old Lingdun. I don't need them now. Here we go, I can send them all to you.”

Upon hearing this, Su Lun said, "Thank you for your generosity. In the outer city, it is very rare to be able to obtain such precious knowledge."

The man in the cloak didn't care, and seemed to be smiling, "After all, my original name is a bit troublesome, you can call me 'Mr. Black'."

His tone was very relaxed, without the slightest timidity like other wanted criminals. As if he was really going to be caught on the gallows, he would hold his head high, his elegance and calmness would never fade away.

After pausing for a moment, he said again: "Just giving you a few books is not worth the favor I owe you. So... I think you should ask me something."

A gentleman as always, unwilling to take advantage of others.

The other party knows "mind reading skills", Su Lun is not surprised to hear this.

He didn't show too much emotion, and went straight to the point, "You know, people from outside the city have very little knowledge of the field of high-level professionals. I would like to ask, is there anything special about advancing to a second-level career? Or... What options do you know that the puppet master can advance to at the second level?"

"Oh? If you want to talk about this question, there is really no one better than me to answer it for you."

Mr. Hei smiled, as if he was laughing at himself about his profession of teaching and educating people.

"After becoming a professional, the subsequent advancement is actually to acquire the required abilities around your main profession. There is no fixed advancement path, it depends on your own plan for your future career."

Mr. Hei said, glanced at Su Lun, and continued: "For example, for a normal puppet master, the second-order path may choose related cursed object fusions such as 'perception enhancement', 'skill enhancement', and 'puppet element control'. To obtain the ability to improve the control ability and combat effectiveness of puppets. However, some special puppet masters may choose more advanced auxiliary abilities, such as 'multitasking' and 'space control'. After all, they can Controlling the number of puppets is also a measure of the combat power of a puppeteer; and puppets with special laws cannot be placed in the storage ring, and the space ability is also very practical. What else such as "corpse research" and "mind control" , 'Element Annihilation', 'Reverse Alchemy', etc., all kinds of powerful mixed promotion paths"

"So many choices?"

Su Lun felt an eye-opening feeling when he listened.

Only then did he know that there are so many specialties in advancing to the second level.

"That's why I said it depends on your own future career plan, so you can choose well."

Mr. Hei did not continue, and said: "It would be too much to go into detail, and I can't finish it in a while. As far as I know, there are more than thirty kinds of second-level abilities suitable for puppet masters. Of course , the more special and rare the ability, the harder it is to find the corresponding cursed object. In the end, it depends on one's own ability and chooses the best. Sometimes, career advancement also requires some 'luck'."

"So that's the case. Thank you sir for clarifying."

After hearing these words, Su Lun also felt that it was the right choice to ask this "Mr. Hei".

At this time, Mr. Hei seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly said: "But... you are very special. I have a little suggestion for your future career plan."

Su Lun thought he saw something, restrained his emotions again, and said, "Say it."

"Well, that means you can focus on the abilities related to 'mental power control'."

As Mr. Hei said, he looked at Su Lun, as if he was observing something.

After pondering for a moment, he said again: "I found that you have a problem. That is, your emotions are very well controlled. You are also the only beginner professional I have ever seen that makes me feel that my mind-reading ability is limited. Go up I discovered it when I was at the apartment on Ginkgo Street for the first time, but I didn’t want to understand it.”

As Su Lun listened, there was a slight strangeness on his face.

It is not surprising that a person who is very good at reading minds can see this.

Mr. Hei suddenly changed the subject, obviously wanting to understand, and said in a serious tone: "You have suppressed part of your emotions in exchange for a state of calm all the time. But this kind of long-term suppression will be very harmful to your mental state. Dangerous, even deadly. The more you suppress, the more deadly the backlash will be.”

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Hearing this, Su Lun narrowed his eyes slightly.

This Mr. Hei revealed the real hidden dangers that the psychologists in the previous life did not see.

He didn't think there was anything to hide, and said calmly: "I didn't expect to live long before, and I don't think it matters. Now."

He had no fun in his previous life, and no matter how long he lived, he felt that he had no expectations for the future.

Traveling to this mysterious different world, now, he is really reluctant to die like this.

Now that Mr. Hei can bring up this topic, Su Lun guessed that he might be able to solve it, so he asked, "So, Mr. Hei, do you have a solution?"

"Your situation is indeed dangerous, but it may not be a bad thing for us alchemists."

Mr. Hei didn't nod or shake his head, and said, "If I'm not wrong, your mental strength before taking office should be much higher than that of ordinary people."

Su Lun smiled noncommittally, and said half-jokingly: "May I ask, Mr. Hei, are you a doctor?"

Mr. Hei didn't mind, and corrected: "No, my profession is [polymath]. But to talk about those anecdotes, ancient alchemy knowledge, and medical miscellaneous diseases, there are really not many people in the whole old Lington city. Can know more than I do. So you're right to think of me as a doctor."

When Su Lun heard the calm but domineering words, a sense of admiration suddenly sprouted in his heart.

Only then did he realize that this was the reason for the heavy aura on Mr. Hei's body.

It turned out that it was profound knowledge that gave him a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through everything in the world.

Mr. Hei continued: "The solution is also very simple."

Su Lun listened attentively, "I would like to hear more about it."

Mr. Hei: "The root cause lies in 'control'."

Su Lun: "."

Mr. Hei said: "People's willpower alone cannot control that kind of violent backlash, so you need to use some external force, such as: the secret method of spiritual power."

"Spiritual power secret?"

Su Lun frowned slightly.

This is another blind spot of his knowledge, and no one even knows this concept in any memory he stripped.

Mr. Hei seemed to see his doubts, and explained: "This is a field that only high-level professionals are qualified to touch. Even in the inner city, this is a 'forbidden technique' that is restricted by the upper echelons of the Black Tower."

"Forbidden technique?"

When Su Lun heard this, he realized that he had probably come into contact with some high-end secrets.

"I once looked through ancient books and learned that most of the ancient super-level alchemists practiced the secret method of spiritual meditation, which was used to increase spiritual power, control spiritual power, and release high-level spells. Forget it, those things are too advanced for you now. , It doesn’t make any sense to say it, but it will bring you trouble.”

When Mr. Hei said this, he seemed to have some scruples, so he didn't say any more, "You just need to know that if you learn a spiritual mystic method that suits you, you can control that part of the disordered mental power."

"That's it"

Su Lun suddenly realized that there is still a cure for his "disease"?

But it is clear that ancient alchemists could practice it, so why is the black tower listed as a "forbidden technique"?

Suddenly he felt as if he had guessed part of the reason for Mr. Hei's defection.

Hearing this, Su Lun looked at Mr. Hei again, as if expecting something.

"I'm indeed trying to practice a spiritual mystic method, but it's extremely dangerous and not suitable for you."

Mr. Hei saw through Su Lun's thoughts, shook his head slightly, and said with a smile: "I'm telling you this, just to tell you that if you encounter similar secrets in the future, you can pay attention. Now that the underground 'City of Dawn' has been discovered, a large number of The ancient relics have been unearthed, and many good things will appear in the black market recently, maybe you can find the secret method of spiritual power that suits you before the inner city is scrapped."

"Dawn City?"

"Well, it is a large ancient ruin newly discovered underground. Not many people in the outer city know about this news, but it should spread soon."

"oh"

Su Lun's first reaction was the ancient ruin he traveled through.

But he is more concerned about the "secret method of mental power".

He has no shortage of mental power, even a lot.

[Death Harvester] is an S-level talent. Every time he harvests soul fragments, he will increase his mental power a little bit. Although the spiritual power stripped from the corpses of ordinary people is getting less and less, his current mental power value has reached 75 points, which is more than twice that of the first advanced professional!

However, the doubling of mental strength did not bring double benefits to Su Lun.

It's not that the mental power is not enough, but that it can't be used.

But it's like a plate of loose sand, if he wants to use it, he can't lift much with just his hands.

He felt that something was missing before, but only now did he realize that there is such a thing as a "secret method of spiritual power" in this world.

The two walked and chatted, and more than half an hour had passed while talking.

Mr. Hei seemed to have no intention of continuing, and continued: "The more you know about the journey of alchemy, the more doubts you will have. I can't say enough. After you finish reading those textbooks, I can guarantee that you will probably need to read more." Ten times, a hundred times more knowledge to solve puzzles."

"I don't mind if you come to ask me. But if you meet me often, it will bring you big trouble. So, as the last part of repaying the favor, I can introduce you to a place where you can get in touch with advanced alchemy knowledge."

Su Lun: "Is there such a place in the outer city?"

"Well, it's in the black market."

Mr. Hei: "It's not a taboo organization, it's just a small circle for high-level professionals to communicate with. Generally, only second-tier professionals are eligible to receive invitations. Now I happen to be going, so you can go too."

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