Journey to the West: Tang Monk Conquers Everything-Chapter 287: New Feature - Life Profession
"Character Panel!"
Following the continuous system prompts, Jiang Liu’s heart uttered a low shout, and immediately, a semi-transparent character panel appeared in front of Jiang Liu.
ID: Jiang Liu (Blue)
Gender: Male
Profession: Compassionate Bodhisattva
Level: 43 (16500000/18000000)
Equipment: Divine Tree Staff...
After the Triple-Transformation Golden Pill was consumed, the continual system prompts now showed him that his character level had jumped from 39 to 43, an increase of four levels.
Moreover, looking at the final experience point situation, he wasn’t far from rising to level 44 either.
The Triple-Transformation Golden Pill, with a total of 40 million experience points, was truly extraordinary. Seeing all this, Jiang Liu nodded in satisfaction.
Of course, with the increase in level, Jiang Liu also gained another 4 skill points.
After some thought, Jiang Liu invested the skill points into several key skills, and soon, his skill tree underwent new changes.
He opened his list of skills and nodded in satisfaction once more.
Silencing Zen (Primary Level 1): Requires level 1, long-range release, can silence the target for 2 seconds, during which no skills can be used, cooldown time 30 seconds.
Arhat Fist (Great Perfection 4): Increases attack power by 15%, duration 180 seconds.
Vajra Mantra (Great Perfection 4): Summons the mysterious power of Vajra to bless an ally, reducing the next four incoming damages by 80%, cooldown time 50 seconds.
Swift Fire Bead (Great Perfection 4): Fires a ball of flames to cause single-target damage within a 10-meter radius, attack power +100%, cooldown time 10 seconds.
Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound (Fifth Layer 1+2+2+2+2): Produces a dragon’s chant from the mouth, repelling all nearby enemies, attack power +1800, cooldown time 300 seconds; additionally, during normal cultivation state, gains 5(+3) experience points every 10 seconds, next-level upgrade requires level 51.
Guanyin Mantra (Great Perfection 4): Restores 25% of maximum health, cooldown time 600 seconds.
Demon-Subduing Mantra (High-Level 3): Increases an ally’s attack power by +500, duration 300 seconds, cooldown 60 seconds.
Sheep Transformation Technique (Primary Level 1): Transforms any target into a harmless little lamb for 2 seconds, during which they cannot attack or use skills, cooldown time 300 seconds.
Dispel Curse (Primary Level 1): Removes control effects such as silence, immobility, transformation, and dizziness from a target, cooldown time 600 seconds.
Strengthening Demon-Subduing Mantra (Great Perfection 4): Increases ally’s attack power by +25%, duration 300 seconds, cooldown 60 seconds.
Palm Thunder (High-Level 3): After capturing the target, can unleash the power of thunder within the palm, attack power +1800+120%, cooldown time 60 seconds.
Hand of Healing (Great Perfection 4): Summons an indestructible holy object from the sky, within a radius of a hundred meters, all ally targets recover 1% of their maximum health per second, duration 20 seconds, cooldown 1200 seconds.
After reviewing his list of skills, Jiang Liu noticed a new change in the property of Arhat Fist. The attack power boost from the Great Perfection Realm of Arhat Fist was down to only 15%.
It seemed that as his level increased, this increase was becoming lower and lower! Could it be because this skill wasn’t a system skill, so related information didn’t emerge?
Secondly, Vajra Mantra was also maxed out by Jiang Liu, with a cooldown of only 50 seconds and the ability to exempt four attacks from 80% of the damage, which could definitely be called a divine skill!
Of course, Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound was also promptly ranked up to the fifth layer by Jiang Liu. Originally, he could gain 5 experience points every 10 seconds, but with the combined enhancement of the Ginseng Fruit and the Jadescent Nectar, his aptitude was higher, allowing him to gain 8 experience points every 10 seconds.
This was quite good, meaning that if he meditated and cultivated, he would gain more experience points.
Finally, the Hand of Healing skill was also maxed out by Jiang Liu, extending its duration to a full 20 seconds.
Recovering 1% every second for 20 seconds amounted to a group healing of 20% of health, didn’t it? This was truly worthy of being a divine skill of the Compassionate Bodhisattva.
In sum, with the skill points leftover, and the four new ones gained from the level increase, he poured all 43 skill points into upgrades without any leftovers.
But his list of skills had been completely renewed, as if a generational change had occurred.
After the Triple-Transformation Golden Pill, with 40 million experience points credited, his level skyrocketed by four, reaching level 43, and he updated his list of skills.
However, before Jiang Liu could think further, suddenly, the sound of another system prompt caused his figure to stiffen for a moment.
Prompt: Having reached level 41, a new feature, Life Profession, is unlocked. Mentally recite ’Life Profession’ to open the corresponding panel.
This system prompt caused Jiang Liu’s figure to stiffen briefly, and then, he was overjoyed.
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The majority of equipment that burst forth was endowed with durability; the more it was used, the more the durability would decrease. If it really dropped to zero, unless there was an item like repair oil, there would be no choice but to helplessly watch as the equipment was damaged beyond repair.
At last, had a life profession finally appeared?
"Life profession!"
With joy, Jiang Liu silently recited to himself, and soon, a semi-transparent interface appeared in front of him.
This interface provided three options: blacksmith, tailor, and pharmacist.
Quite simply, a blacksmith was someone who forged and repaired metal items, such as weapons, necklaces, and rings.
As for a tailor? That pertained to items like clothing, shoes, and wrist guards.
Naturally, a pharmacist was related to elixirs, such as blood-recovery potions, mana potions, or detoxification pills.
Amidst his excitement, Jiang Liu’s main focus was on the blacksmith option, and soon, the corresponding functions displayed before him.
After opening a life profession, Jiang Liu felt an enlightened sensation rising in his heart; knowledge about the basics of blacksmithing, tailoring, and pharmacology materialized out of thin air in his mind, as if recalling long-forgotten memories.
Himself now being a blacksmith apprentice, he could only craft common-level equipment. It was necessary to forge or repair a thousand pieces of common-level equipment before his skill proficiency would increase…
The life skills of a tailor and pharmacist functioned in the same manner.
"Hey, master, what are you thinking about?"
Seeing Jiang Liu immersed in his thoughts and silent for a long time, Sun Wukong couldn’t contain his curiosity and interrupted by asking.
Ever since consuming the Triple-Transformation Golden Pill, Jiang Liu had first advanced in level, then he was busy updating his skills and now he was engrossed with life professions; seeing him spacing out, Sun Wukong naturally asked out of curiosity.
"Oh, it’s nothing! Just got lost in thought for a bit!" Hearing Sun Wukong’s question, Jiang Liu shook his head and said, temporarily pushing aside the issue of life professions.
"Lost in thought?" Sun Wukong glanced at Jiang Liu curiously but did not dwell on it further, simply nodding to himself silently.
Indeed, there had been many instances of the master spacing out along their journey; it was not something out of the ordinary.
"Alright, disciples, let’s pack up and continue our journey!" Shaking his head, Jiang Liu didn’t say more, calling out to Sun Wukong and the others.
After taking back the Exquisite Immortal Mansion, Jiang Liu mounted the White Dragon Horse and proceeded onward.
The three disciples also resumed following behind Jiang Liu.
However, riding on the back of the White Dragon Horse, Jiang Liu quietly pondered: Forging and repairing a thousand common-level pieces of equipment to enhance life skills?
Life skills could not be improved by using skill points, which was troublesome indeed.
Common equipment, then fine-level, perfect-level, legendary-level, epic-level, divine-level…
Advancing one’s life profession skills seemed not to be such an easy task.
However, he recalled that in the game, players who chose life professions could also earn experience points by merely forging and repairing equipment, thereby leveling up.
It seemed that practicing these life skills would be a viable leveling path in the future.
Heavenly Dragon Zen Sound was indeed powerful, but he had reached the fifth layer already, out of a total of just six layers; after all, it was a divine skill from the mortal world.
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It seemed necessary for him to take the opportunity to find a new cultivation technique to practice.
In his inventory, he still had one unused Reset Scroll.
When the right time came, he would wash away all his skill points and reallocate them into newly acquired skills.
Shaking his head and continuing westward, Jiang Liu temporarily set aside these chaotic thoughts, inwardly calculating his gains from this venture.
On the whole, this ordeal at Pingding Mountain had brought about tremendous gains for Jiang Liu!
Indeed, the greatest gains were the Triple-Transformation Golden Pill and the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill.
Though he wouldn’t consume the Nine Revolutions Golden Pill right now, it was, after all, worth 2.5 billion experience points. If he couldn’t eat it now, what’s to say he couldn’t in the future?
Once he reached level 60, consuming it should have no side effects, he expected.
Moreover, the Jadescent Nectar was a treasure. Aside from the three pounds or so Sun Wukong and Kuimu Wolf had drunk back and forth while at Doushuai Palace, the remaining seven pounds fell into Jiang Liu’s hands.
Drinking a mouthful each day not only increased experience points but also improved his constitution—a truly valuable item.
Therefore, for Jiang Liu, the rewards from the ordeal at Pingding Mountain were very substantial indeed.
He had obtained two golden pills from the Supreme Elder Lord. Whether it was a loss for the Supreme Elder Lord or he would ask Tathagata to reclaim it, it was of no concern to Jiang Liu, was it?
"Master is so powerful!" While Jiang Liu pondered over his gains, Sun Wukong looked at him discreetly with admiration.
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