My turn,
Bathed, changed, and burned incense.
Before drawing cards, Fang You spent dozens of pulls on a certain pay-to-win mobile game, all resulting in common items, with the occasional rare purple.
He felt no pain, only pleasure.
There's a certain balance between luck and misfortune. When misfortune reaches its extreme, the next draw will be lucky. If you exhaust all the bad luck first, what's left is good luck.
He glanced at the draw probabilities.
This draw required '2187' Destiny Points, but the chance of obtaining red items was still very low.
He didn't understand.
However, there was a different prompt than before.
"This draw has a certain chance to yield rare items from the purple and gold tiers."
What did that mean?
So, within purple and gold items, there were also SSR and SR distinctions?
After a moment of thought, Fang You solemnly extended his hand and pressed the draw button.
A vortex of destiny appeared.
It filled the entire interface, showing countless scenes flashing by.
This was the eighth time.
The first seven times, the scenes either flashed by too quickly or seemed clear at first glance, but ultimately remained indistinct.
But this time,
Figures, bonfires, embers, and ancient buildings appeared in the vortex of destiny, along with a gray mist that unfurled like a canopy, and under the mist, figures that advanced fearlessly, one after another.
All were flames.
All were embers.
While he was lost in thought, beams of light erupted from the vortex of destiny, with purple radiance blooming and golden splendor shining brightly.
Illuminating his cheeks.
"Prompt: Obtained 'Bundle of Blue-grade Cultivation Cards (Purple)'"
"Prompt: Obtained 'Silver Bell Soul (Purple)'"
"Prompt: Obtained 'High-level Skill: Accumulating Edge (Purple)'"
"Prompt: Obtained 'Special Apostle - Thousand Faces (Purple)'"
"Prompt: Obtained 'Special Apostle - Liu Shang (Purple)'"
"Prompt: Obtained 'Special Building...'"
"Prompt: ..."
...
"Prompt: The organization now has ten Destiny Apostles, can be upgraded..."
"Prompt: ..."
"Prompt: ..."
...
Many prompts chimed in succession.
Fang You had to ignore them and examine them later.
Starting with the Apostles.
This batch of Apostles made him pause.
Up until now, Special Apostles had only had blue potential. Brother Black Knife himself had only been promoted to purple grade after being infused with the Black Knife Soul.
This time, he could infuse Silver Bell with a soul, which didn't surprise him.
The appearance of Special Apostles didn't surprise him either.
However,
"Special Apostles also start with purple potential?"
"Right, considering how many points are consumed in a single destiny draw now, they've probably pulled both the person and the soul together."
One draw, one life.
And compared to real Apostles, Fang You had to admit he'd rather draw Special Apostles, even those with only blue potential. They came with their own strength, skills, and professional knowledge.
Real Apostles, for now, were most useful in the form of Sister An, who had developed various uses and was indispensable.
And these two Special Apostles this time...
"Liu Shang (Triple Awakening)"
"Skills: Basic Swordsmanship (Proficient), Basic Meditation (Mastered), Sinister Tracking (Mastered), Growth Entanglement (Mastered), Seed Bomb (Mastered)"
"Equipment: None"
"Talent: Life Wood Spirit"
"Ability: Plant Growth"
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"Plant Growth"
"Description: Liu Shang can accelerate the growth of plants and has strong control over the plants she cultivates."
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"Life Wood Spirit"
"Description: Liu Shang's energy contains strong vitality, capable of reviving withered trees, accelerating plant growth without side effects, increasing crop yields, and causing positive mutations in plants. Furthermore, Silver Bell possesses high affinity with the wood element, giving her a unique advantage when learning wood-element skills."
This ability, this talent...!
Without a doubt, Liu Shang was the planter he had been longing for, a super talent in farming, even better than he had anticipated.
"Not only can she bring benefits to crops, but she can even improve them?"
"And while they call her a planter, a life-type talent, Liu Shang's stats look good... no, they're excellent."
Her two-dimensional stats were similar to An Jianyou's, slightly stronger than Yiluoxi's.
But her talent wasn't limited to plants. Since she possessed strong life force, she might even serve as a part-time healer.
Even as a part-time or dual-role, with her current two-dimensional stats, Liu Shang could comfortably be the organization's second-best healer.
And she seemed to possess considerable combat power.
All skills were mastered. The Seed Bomb, according to its description, was a damaging skill. Growth Entanglement's effect was to cause plants to grow wildly and entangle targets. Combined with her awakening ability, wherever there was vegetation, Liu Shang could control every inch of the surrounding land, becoming a king of vines and wood.
Even if there were no plants in the environment, carrying seeds would suffice.
Her two skills, one for control and one for damage, complemented each other perfectly, forming a complete system.
"This Apostle is a bit too strong."
"And..."
In addition to the two new skills, Basic Swordsmanship, and the essential Sinister Tracking, the remaining skill was even more surprising.
It was a skill he had been longing for but couldn't obtain.
A basic skill, yet not so basic, rated green by the game.
"Basic Meditation (Green)!"
He clicked to view it, examining it closely, fearing he had gotten excited for nothing. Upon closer inspection, he quickly discovered...
No mistakes!
"Description: Constant meditation can temper one's state of mind, making the spirit calmer, and can also slowly increase mental strength."
Similar to Basic Swordsmanship, it increased mental strength by 0.3 from none to beginner, another 0.3 from beginner to proficient, and 0.6 from proficient to mastered!
Seemingly, the green-grade Basic Meditation and white-grade sword or saber techniques had similar increases in two-dimensional stats, which seemed small.
However, increasing mental strength was always harder than physical strength.
Even with elixirs, those that increased mental power were fewer than those that strengthened the physique.
"Moreover, Basic Meditation can also temper the state of mind. Since it's stated in the description, it implies significant training for the mind."
"And the stronger one's state of mind, the easier it is to withstand the tribulation of awakening. The importance of the state of mind is self-evident!"
In Fang You's opinion, the Basic Meditation skill was more precious than a blue-grade skill, no, even more than a purple-grade skill.
The only drawback was that, as a green-grade skill, it was likely difficult to learn through simple instruction.
It would require Skill Seeds.
But this did not diminish the brilliance of Basic Meditation.
Just as he was about to examine the panel for the other Apostle, 'Thousand Faces', the male servant automaton not far away spoke, "Respected master, you have a visitor."
A visitor?
He tidied his clothes and pushed open the door to find a dignified woman in a jade green dress, resembling ancient Han attire.
Seeing the door open, she clasped her hands at her chest, bowed slightly, and curtsied, "Greetings, mentor. Forgive my intrusion, Liu Shang. May I inquire if there is any matter in which I can be of assistance?"
Her voice was gentle, pleasant to the ear like stringed instruments.
Her demeanor exuded elegance, appearing as a truly gentle and dignified woman, unlike the feigned gentleness of Silver Bell.
However, appearance was merely a superficial aspect, only affecting the speed of his world-saving. Fang You was more concerned with Liu Shang's professional abilities.
So, he asked directly.
Liu Shang's expression was serious. She spoke of plant growth, natural environments, soil standards, crop relationships, various cultivation methods, transplanting techniques...
Wait, stop, stop!
Initially, Fang You listened attentively. Although he didn't understand, he had to respect Liu Shang. Liu Shang's gentle voice was also soothing.
But if such a lecture continued for half an hour without stopping, that was a different matter!
Crucially, while he understood the words at first, the content became increasingly profound. By now, even though he understood each word, he couldn't grasp the meaning of the entire sentence, blaming his lack of talent.
He couldn't help but clear his throat.
Liu Shang came back to her senses, realizing she had been talking at the doorway for so long. It was truly... an etiquette breach! She should have invited her mentor into her home to elaborate, allowing for detailed discussion and to hear the mentor's opinions.
She felt a day and night of talking wouldn't be too much.
"I have some other matters to attend to later. Perhaps next time."
Fang You declined.
Liu Shang was slightly disappointed.
"Mentor, you mentioned earlier that there's a plantation that needs managing, correct?"
"Yes, but there's no rush. You can familiarize yourself with our base first. It's not too late to take on the role tomorrow."
"No, no, no. How can a mentor's task be delayed? Liu Shang wishes to start working immediately!"
Actually,
Fang You wanted her to practice Basic Meditation and quickly bring this skill to mastery.
But seeing Liu Shang's persistence, he couldn't bring himself to say, "How about you practice for a while?"
He could only lead Liu Shang to the fourth floor.
Here, two planting areas had already been established. The special plants brought back from the bizarre world had been planted, and after several adjustments, they appeared to be growing well in his opinion.
But,
Liu Shang looked from afar, her brows furrowed.
Suddenly, she strode forward, unladylike as she rolled up her sleeves. She crouched halfway in front of the special planting area and picked up a handful of soil.
"This soil..."
Her eyes gleamed. "It can grow many mysterious plants! And it's very beneficial for plant growth!"
While this was cause for joy, upon seeing the mysterious plants in the area, Liu Shang's brow knitted.
With such soil, why were they...
She carefully stepped into the planting area and approached a tree with a human-like face.
"This old human-faced tree... its face is already wrinkled. How was it planted like this?"
"The planting distance here is insufficient, far too insufficient! This will cause two plants to compete for nutrients... it would be better to plant only one!"
"How was this tree transplanted? They've almost killed it!"
"This needs to be changed, and this too!!"
"Ah, perhaps the mentor was too busy to notice the situation here, allowing others to mess around, but today I must replan and reorganize this area. This isn't planting, it's a hodgepodge!!!"
She muttered, growing increasingly agitated.
Fang You was incredibly embarrassed, unable to interject, nor did he wish to. At this moment, he just wanted to stay far away.
"Hmm, it seems Liu Shang has adapted well to her work. Perhaps I should go and check on the other new Apostle."
He opened Qian Mian's panel and took a few glances.
He discovered that it seemed...
This was an intelligence operative.
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Finally,
A ten-thousand-word update. Although my hands are clumsy, I still want to ask for monthly passes!!