Chapter 611: Chapter 611

611: Chapter 591: Small Rewards 611: Chapter 591: Small Rewards Professionals’ lives are simple and straightforward, either progressing or being driven to death by their own talents.

In the life of every professional, it’s a race against time.

They might be able to control it to some extent by forcefully suppressing their tiers, but eventually, there will come a day when things get out of control.

The only “main road” to success is always to enhance one’s own profession tier.

As long as the profession tier used to suppress it runs faster than the “thing” inside you, you don’t have to worry about completely losing control.

Improvement is the main road, but relying solely on hard work is not enough.

Improvement also requires periodic adjustments.

After each hunt, you need enough time to rest and digest…

In fact, most professionals should spend their time outside of the battlefield.

“Looks like they’re all pretty busy…”

Lu Ping’an’s temporary team disbanded after they returned, everyone gained quite a bit and needed time and market resources to absorb their gains and improve their Career Abilities and combat characteristics.

“Is Baman Zhen trying to break through to the fourth tier…?”

“She should be fine, I guess she was just stimulated this time.”

As the leader of the temporary team, Lu Ping’an has a periodic contact manual for his team members.

At least he will be informed about what they are busy with recently and their plans.

“I personally suggest buying some Magic Potions and materials for her to give her a little support.”

As Lu Ping’an’s acting secretary, Miss Catherine takes care of this tedious and troublesome liaison work.

In her view, the four mercenaries have great value and are the top combat power of the current team.

It’s necessary to build good relationships with them…

Of course, the main reason is that the team’s financial surplus is too much, so they need to find some reason to give out some money and benefits.

This was the strategy Lu Ping’an had set before.

He gained a little too much this time, and he couldn’t digest it all by himself…

If you don’t give your team members more, how will they fight for you in the future?

By the way, send this grilled meat set over, she might be able to digest it.”

In Lu Ping’an’s hands was a huge insulated box that held the size of a violin case, which was the “benefit” everyone received after the battle.

The Mother of Stone Dragon, a ferocious beast like her, would certainly be an astonishing cuisine if handled by a “chef.”

But unlike most people’s impressions of “high-level chefs dealing with high-level ingredients,” the biggest difference between high-level and low-level chefs is actually the degree of “interference” with the ingredients…

Top chefs can turn a pile of garbage into high-quality consumables and enhancement items, and can handle “top-grade materials” that, if eaten, would kill you instantly so that middle-level professionals can enjoy them (though their effectiveness may decrease).

Although the reinforcements arrived, the level of chefs able to handle spoils of war was still limited.

In the end, the “products” of the Mother of Stone Dragon were rated as “suitable for Decree-level or higher with strong physique to try.”

When this item is left unused for too long, the Decree-level individuals like Lu Ping’an naturally get quite a bit.

Lu Ping’an had already eaten some of it…

[High-Quality Honey Roast of Mother of Stone Dragon (Silver Middle-rank): Upon first tasting, there’s a chance of increasing Physique and Spirit, as well as enhancing the resistance to the Petrified attribute.

(Extended effect treatment has been applied, with a validity period of 24 hours.)]

[PS: Due to the limited cooking skills of the chef, the contamination of this dish is significantly over the limit.

Please consume with caution.]

The description is quite simple, but the value is extremely high.

“Delicacies” that can permanently increase attributes are hard to put a market price on…

In most cases, they would have been freshly made and eaten on the battlefield.

[Host consumed “High-Quality Honey Roast of Mother of Stone Dragon (Silver Middle-rank).” Digestion successful, obtained a small amount of permanent Petrified resistance.

Physique significantly improved.]

[Congratulations to the host for resisting contamination fluctuations and breaking through to Brass Upper rank with their Physique!]

[Current State: Physique (Brass Upper), Reflex (Black Iron Middle-rank), Spirit (Middle Brass)]

Lu Ping’an’s luck is good; his physique received a permanent increase and broke through the bottleneck that had been holding him back…

Of course, this also has to do with his low basic attributes.

Under normal circumstances, those who can handle this level of cuisine would have at least a few Silver attributes.

The system prompt is “significantly improved,” which means that the effect of this level was a great supplement for the currently “weak” Lu Ping’an.

“Tsk, is this tempting me to hunt powerful magic monsters…?”

For Lu Ping’an’s current situation (high resistance and low attributes), using the power of gourmet cuisine is indeed a shortcut to make up for his shortcomings in attributes, and it might be much cheaper than using Magic Potions in the end.

“…You don’t even eat the grilled meat I made.” Zhi Xi was full of complaints; she had also prepared grilled meat on the spot.

“If you want to murder me, just say it.”

[ [Mother of Stone-dragon’s Unripe Grilled Meat (Lower Gold)]: Due to the grilling level and cooking utensils limitations, this grilled meat carries strong odors of putridness, bloodiness, and raw meat.

Please consume carefully.]

[[For the first time tasting it, if you don’t die or get petrified, your physique, spirit, and stone-resistant attributes will inevitably increase considerably.

(Effective for 10 minutes)]]

[[PS Warning: This meat contains a strong petrified curse, please Rule-level and above professionals consume carefully…]]

It looked powerful indeed, but Lu Ping’an knew that if he ate it, he would instantly die on the spot.

Nobody dared to touch it, as it sat there…everyone could feel the intense aura of death coming from it.

“Gourmet food” does not improve with higher levels, on the contrary, that “tier” evaluates the “pollution intensity” of the food ingredients being activated, and Lower Gold is basically a suicide route.

Professionals should consume food of the same tier, and a chef who can precisely reach the required “pollution level” without wasting materials or mistreating teammates is an excellent chef.

Zhi Xi’s level was on par with the high-quality materials and was as much a teammate killer as Lu Ping’an was in the past.

“Can I have a piece, too?” Catherine hesitated but still asked.

At this moment, Lu Ping’an remembered that the Catherine in front of him was indeed a Decree-level.

The materials overflowed, the grilled meat was quite plentiful, and once the delicacy was out of the pan, its effectiveness would weaken as time passed and even become uncontrollable and spoil…Waiting for it to expire would be a waste, so Lu Ping’an naturally wouldn’t refuse.

After she consumed it, she instantly turned into a ball of flame…

This level of “gourmet food,” containing the power of a superior, was a bit too much for her who didn’t possess a food connoisseur profession.

The fire burned for a full three hours before it finally went out.

Judging by her more radiant skin and ecstatic expression afterward, she must have gained quite a bit.

“I feel my power has increased, and I can summon more flames, or as you would say, spiritual power?

It should have increased somewhat…”

Lu Ping’an discovered another advantage of his “courtyard”…

it was quite useful during such times of dividing up the spoils, it only took some points to quickly summon everyone.

He decisively called people over, and several who could digest the gourmet food were invited to share the meal, but the results were quite subtle.

Xia Qin spat it out after just one bite, and Meow didn’t even dare to touch it…

Surprisingly, Xue En seemed happy eating it.

Lu Ping’an also took the opportunity to learn about their situations.

It must be said that everyone had been doing quite well recently.

Xue En, the lucky guy, was in the process of breaking through to the third-tier…

With his current physical strength, he didn’t need to worry about any messy stuff; all he needed was to pile up his battle-professions.

Xia Qin had been entangled in trivial Special Service Team official business, and while she couldn’t be lazy anymore, she also had been considering part-time jobs during this period, intending to improve her “functionality.”

She’d heard that her mentor recommended her to the Tamer series, but her progress seemed slow and compatibility seemed low.

Meow’s progress had always been fast, but she’d been annoyed lately because Big Cat suggested she take up a Scholar part-time job…

It was torture for Meow, who was left with a spinning head after studying all day, and when asked about her study progress, she’d be completely clueless.

But in Big Cat’s words…

“It’s such a waste not to combine a spiritualized physique with part-time jobs like prophet, psychic, or god-affiliated ones.

A pure battle profession is just a high-ranking foot soldier and won’t get far.

The Scholar is essential for many high-level paths, and even if you don’t major in it, you can’t completely avoid it.”

Everyone was busy with their own matters, and after a brief exchange, Lu Ping’an realized that his progress was slightly too slow…

He’d actually been dragged down by the trivial matters of the team and hadn’t been concentrating on improving himself.

But with a “planner” like Big Cat at this level, his future schedule had already been fully arranged, and all that was left to do was to work overtime.