187: Chapter 187 Public Mission

Tang Long suppressed his excitement and immediately interacted with the career mentor.

[Ahem! I didn't expect someone to reach level 20 so quickly. It is time for you to understand the next stage of power for a Mystic.]

[There are two types of advanced powers for a Mystic. The first is the Secret Insect Master, whose abilities are presented in the form of Gu, specializing in medical treatment and control. The second is the Secret Curse Master, who can buff teammates and summon powerful spiritual entities to fight for you.]

[It is not impossible to possess both, but you can only major in one. Human strength is limited; cultivating a second type of power requires double the effort.]

[Young man, now you must make a choice for your future. Become: a Secret Insect Master, or become: a Secret Curse Master.]

Tang Long's gaze was very firm, and he immediately chose the Secret Insect Master.

[You have become a Secret Insect Master. Each point of Stamina increases your maximum vitality by an additional 2%, and each point of Spirit increases your maximum Spirit Energy by an additional 2%.]

[Young Secret Insect Master, you can learn new Mystic skills here from me.]

[You spent 60,000 yuan to learn the skill: Fountain of Life!]

[Fountain of Life LV1: Channeling on the spot, restores {2 * Spirit + 50} vitality to the target every 2 seconds.]

[You spent 200,000 yuan to learn the skill: Frostfoot Gu!]

[Frostfoot Gu LV1: Slows the target affected by the Gu by 10% and deals {Spirit} damage per second for 5 seconds. Usage interval: 10 seconds.]

The healing amount of Fountain of Life is slightly stronger than the Healing Spell and can be continuous, but you cannot move while channeling.

Frostfoot Gu is a control skill, but its effect is average, and it suffers significantly from ice resistance attenuation.

Getting these two mentor skills can only be described as a minor enhancement.

But that was not all.

What Tang Long wanted to get next was the summoning skill of the Secret Curse Master.

Although both are Mystics, the cost of learning skills across branches is doubled. The proficiency or skill points required for future upgrades, as well as the mana consumed during use, are all doubled.

At the third transition, it becomes four times, at the fourth transition it is eight times, and so on.

For players, this cost is something most people cannot afford.

But for Tang Long, money is not an issue, he has added 9 skill points to his hand, and there is even less pressure on mana.

[Young Secret Insect Master, are you sure you want to dual-cultivate Secret Curse techniques? I must solemnly warn you...]

[Skill: Spirit Summoning Incantation, learning cost 400,000, are you sure you want to learn it?]

[You learned the skill: Spirit Summoning Incantation!]

[Spirit Summoning Incantation LV1: Summon a lynx to assist in battle. The lynx has 110% of the master's attributes and an additional 30% movement speed. The lynx's attacks have a chance to trigger bleeding, lasting 1 to 3 seconds. Usage interval: 18 seconds.]

With the Spirit Summoning Incantation in hand, Tang Long couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The lynx has no skills and only knows how to melee. Although its attributes are stronger than the master's, player attributes are too weak, and Mystics have to prioritize Spirit, so Strength, Agility, and Stamina, which determine melee ability, are relatively low.

Therefore, in a player's hands, its combat power is just so-so.

It can help tank a few hits from monsters, and if one is a dual-cultivator of Secret Insect, one can also heal it and solo, but it can only fight small monsters, and efficiency is not worth mentioning.

However, the lynx summoned with his current attributes can definitely be considered a ferocious beast with high attack and thick health.

So, without blinking an eye, he threw 6 skill points and directly upgraded it to level four.

[Spirit Summoning Incantation LV4: Summon two Saber-toothed Tigers to assist in battle. The lynx has 140% of the master's attributes and an additional 45% movement speed. Saber-toothed Tiger attacks have a chance to trigger bleeding or maiming, lasting 2 to 5 seconds. Usage interval: 18 seconds.]

The level 4 Spirit Summoning Incantation summons Saber-toothed Tigers. Two of them with 1.4 times the attributes, and the attacks have an added chance of maiming, slowing by 30%.

Combined with Frostfoot Gu, it can be considered to have a certain amount of control.

Even against the Blood Refining realm, it is a significant help.

It's a pity that skill points cannot be used up entirely. Unless he can directly upgrade to level 7 to summon an Armored Giant Ape, upgrading further doesn't make much sense.

Upgrading by one level requires two points, which is indeed stressful.

He thought about the remaining three skill points and decided to put them on Frostfoot Gu.

The enemies he will face in the future will become stronger and stronger, and control is still quite important.

As for the remaining 13 attribute points, he helplessly glanced at Spirituality and simply added them all to Agility.

No rush, it will definitely be set up tomorrow.

And looking at the panel again, Tang Long couldn't help but show a smile.

[Tang Long: Indestructible Calamity Seal]

[Profession: Secret Insect Master]

[Realm: Qi Manipulation {Stage 1}]

[Level LV20: 99W / 5120W]

[Spirit Energy {High}: 25433 / 34580]

[Attributes: Strength 55, Agility 53, Stamina 55, Spirit 45, Charisma 16, Spirituality 18, Legendary 50]

[Advanced Attributes: Divinity 1]

[vitality {High}: 30101 / 53785]

[vitality Recovery {Medium}: 2626 / hour]

[Resistances: Poison +50, Ice +6]

[Cultivation Method: Torch Spirit Breathing Method LV3, Barbarian Blood Breathing Technique LV9, Aurora Breathing Method LV4, Universal Breathing Method LV5, General Guidance Technique LV3, Yuan Spirit Induction {Missing} LV4, Hundred Refinements Manual LV1, Tide Art, Wild Grass Breathing Method LV1, Thunder Emperors Eight Scenes Art LV1]

[Skills: Detection LV9, Fire Eye MAX, Sprint MAX, Heavy Strike MAX, Spirit Astral LV6, Divine Guard MAX, Healing Spell MAX, Fountain of Life LV1, Frostfoot Gu LV4, Spirit Summoning Incantation LV4]

[Special Skills: Barbarian Blood Tyrant Body LV2, Aurora Phantom Sound LV1, Gift of the Barbarian Ancestor LV1, Open-Ring Forbidden Method LV7]

[Life Skills: Mining {Master}, Reading {Master}, Gathering {Proficient}, Cooking {Apprentice}, Casting {Introductory}, Pharmacy {Introductory}, Item {Introductory}]

Although most of this wave of attributes was dumped into Legendary, the level skyrocketed to 20, and with the bonus from the second transition, the health directly exceeded 50,000, and the mana also exceeded 30,000.

Now he can really be considered a small BOSS in name and reality.

At the same time, the Qing Emperor nearby was also laughing loudly.

A large golden scale appeared in his hand, and information appeared in his field of vision.

[The Mysterious Person's favorability towards you has exceeded 10 points, and his attitude towards you has improved to Friendly!]

"Wow! Boss, what is this? Did the quest just give it?"

"That's right, this is called the Thorn Snake King Golden Scale. The prompt says it's a good material for making advanced defensive equipment."

"Uh... this... seems... not to say it's bad, but for a quest piled up with the lives of so many brothers, the reward seems just so-so."

"Just an equipment material, it's indeed quite average."

"The quest rewards given by this Mysterious Person in the last few rounds have been average, it seems there's no profit left?"

"Thousands of people are here to fleece the sheep, and it can only be fleeced by one person, it should be bald, right?"

"Stop messing around, can an NPC even be fleeced bald?"

"That's because you didn't seriously understand this game. Haven't you noticed? Everything here tends to be real. Within a certain period of time, the potion merchant's medicine is limited, and the weapon merchant's weapons and arrows are also limited."

"This Mysterious Person is not a resident NPC at all; he is not here most of the time. The quests he gives are more like a test, letting us accumulate trust, which is favorability, after completing them."

"If my guess is correct, when the favorability reaches a certain level, the corresponding plot changes should appear."

Shang Qingyun nodded, "Xiao Guan's guess is about the same as mine, and after completing this quest, my favorability reached 11 points. A prompt did appear, and the Mysterious Person's attitude towards me reached Friendly."

"And then? Just friendly, no benefits, and still acting like a big shot there!"

Shang Qingyun looked up at Lü Daoren, who was separated behind the crowd, and gave him a smile.

"What? Jealous that I snatched your opportunity?"

"I'm jealous that you're stupid and rich, President Shang! Keep on squandering, try to go bankrupt sooner!"

"What did you say!"

"This guy's mouth is truly cheap!"

"If it weren't for being in front of the Mysterious Person, I would have cremated him long ago."

"You Baoju Squad, don't bother hanging around!"

"Why? Are you going to bite me?"

Just as the two sides were arguing endlessly, the Mysterious Person suddenly let out a burst of laughter, and a purple scroll actually appeared above his head.

[Mysterious Person: Adventurers, I have felt your kindness. You are all noble and upright people, and you are trustworthy partners.]

[Mysterious Person: Evil is spreading in this world. They are called Blasphemers and Sun Worshipers. And you, you will become the power to defend the light!]

[Mysterious Person: A squad of Sun Worshipers is about to attack me, and I will fight with you to the death against them! Together, let us write the first chapter of a new era!]

[You have entered the public quest area!]

[Current Public Quest: Protect the Mysterious Person and defeat the evil Sun Worshipers who are about to invade with him!]

[Victory Condition: Kill or repel all Sun Worshipers!]

[Failure Condition: The Mysterious Person dies or retreats!]

[Quest Reward: Killing Sun Worshipers {Total 10 people}, top {10} in total output, top {10} in total healing, will gain 10 favorability with the Mysterious Person, and an additional 5 random attribute spirit stones.]

[Quest Reward: All those who participated in the battle and whose final damage is greater than 10,000, and healing is greater than 30,000, will be rewarded with +3 favorability with the Mysterious Person!]

[The enemy is about to arrive at the battlefield!]

Seeing this series of quest information, after a brief silence, the players suddenly boiled over.

"What the hell! Spirit stones!"

"Isn't it said to be a late-game item? Is it given out now?"

"It really was guessed by Qingyun's people, they were indeed holding back something big!"

"To be able to issue a public quest, it seems this Mysterious Person is indeed not an ordinary character."

"I've been pole dancing for ten minutes and kowtowed more than a hundred times, and finally there's a serious monster-fighting quest."

"I have only one question: where are the monsters!"