The Cornflower Witch Chapter 126

After choosing their destinations, the students temporarily settled in the Woodland Association.

The next day, they gathered in the association’s side hall, where a tall, thin old man awaited them.

He was dressed in a dark brown cashmere gown, one hand behind his back, his hair neatly combed.

Hylial was one of the early arrivals. She found a window seat and sat down. The side hall was similar to a church chapel, with tall, upright glass windows on both sides, but no statues of deities.

After a while, the new students registered and arrived. The old man counted them and then spoke.

“My name is Bede, a member of the association. I will explain some basic knowledge about life in the woodland to you.” His gaze swept over everyone.

“First, after you settle down, you have two primary goals: first, to successfully complete assigned tasks or work, and second, to improve your strength as quickly as possible.”

“Completing tasks well will not only earn you rewards from the woodland but also enhance your personal evaluation. This is very important for whether you can join powerful organizations in the future.”

“Then, improving your strength is also paramount, but this is not something that can be achieved overnight. You need to plan your future direction. So, for the first month, you can slow down a bit and focus on getting familiar with the environment and life.”

“But after that, you cannot slack off. Elevate your rank as quickly as possible. The benefits gained are far better than dabbling in and researching at lower ranks.”

“At the first-order, your supplies are limited, the task rewards are low, and mastering many abilities will be difficult and arduous.”

“Once you advance, although the tasks you perform will also increase in difficulty, the various benefits will be more than three times those of the first-order.”

“Now, I will briefly introduce the methods for improving your strength.” He brought out a blackboard, hung it on the wooden frame behind him, and then quickly sketched and wrote with chalk.

“First, determining your direction, which often targets a third-order profession. I’ll use the most common ‘Iron Knight’ profession from the Royal Power School as an example.”

“The [Iron Knight] is currently the most classic and common third-order knight profession. The training methods for ‘Iron Knight’ are already an open secret among many nobles.”

“A complete Iron Knight requires three abilities: [Iron Body], [Razor’s Edge], and [Rider and Horse as One].”

“[Iron Body] is formed by the fusion of [Iron Armor Protection] and [Breathing Method]. This means that an ‘Iron Knight’ must learn these two abilities early on and try to fuse them together at the second order.”

“[Razor’s Edge] is upgraded from [Steel Edge Blade]. This means you must first master [Steel Edge Blade], then find an experienced blacksmith to forge a sword or spear for you from refined steel, and then integrate this weapon into your ability card to complete the upgrade.”

“[Rider and Horse as One] requires you to complete [Synchronization Method] and [Rapid Charge], combining them to allow your warhorse to run and move completely according to your will on the battlefield, and to grant the warhorse extreme speed.”

“Among them, [Razor’s Edge] is the simplest to learn. It only needs to be granted by a high-ranking noble during ennoblement along with [Steel Edge Blade] and then upgraded. The other two items must be prepared in advance in order. This means that if you learn other abilities that cause a lack of card slots for fusion, it will be difficult to become a qualified [Iron Knight].”

“When you fully possess the three abilities of [Iron Body], [Razor’s Edge], and [Rider and Horse as One], you need to undergo a trial.”

“The trials for knight professions are often designated by the monarch. The content can be participating in a grand battle, tempering oneself on the battlefield, and integrating these abilities, ultimately condensing a personal fate profession.”

“There is a huge gap between a Transcendent who has just entered the third-order with incomplete abilities and a third-order Transcendent who has completed the trial and condensed a fate profession. The latter can defeat 6-9 of the former acting together.”

“Now you understand why planning the condensation of your profession is so important.” The old man’s words filled everyone with excitement, and they each anticipated the profession and path they wished to take in the future.

“Furthermore, if you do not condense your profession, your various abilities will always occupy ability card slots, preventing you from learning other secret arts to improve yourself.” “Therefore, you must condense your profession, gather your various abilities, and integrate them into your fate, only then can you continue to advance.” His words were enlightening, explaining why many talented individuals remained stuck at the second or third order, making little progress.

After listening, the students discussed animatedly among themselves.

“Oh no, I’ve never planned the abilities I’ll need for the third-order.”

“I don’t even know what I can learn at the second-order, let alone plan that far ahead.”

“Let’s calm down.” The old man raised his hand, signaling everyone to end their discussion.

“You’re worried about not knowing what to learn. That’s easy to fix.”

“In the Glittering Gold Plain, the ‘Holy White Knight Hall’, ‘Gold Forging Hammer’, and ‘Four Seasons Alliance’ have already summarized and listed the abilities required for some third-order professions. You just need to spend a certain amount of points to inquire.”

“Of course, this is just advice. If you can obtain the abilities required to condense your desired third-order profession through other channels, then you don’t have to follow the profession templates provided by these three organizations.”

“But I must tell you all, the profession templates provided by these three organizations are excellent templates that have been tested and improved over time in the woodland. Other small organizations or unspecified written records are highly unlikely to be as good as these three.”

Understanding this, the students present relaxed. Afterwards, Hylial briefly chatted with them to get a general idea of the situation.

There were a total of ten people who came to the Glittering Gold Plain this time. Aside from Hylial, who was a gardener, among the remaining 9 people, 6 were noble children preparing to follow the knight’s path. Here, the ‘White Knight’ third-order profession available at the ‘Holy White Knight Hall’ was a superior profession template to the ‘Iron Knight’.

Of the remaining 3 people, two planned to join the ‘Gold Forging Hammer’ to become excellent artisans, and the last one had no particular goal, purely feeling that the Glittering Gold Plain was safe enough to comfortably pass the days without worrying about the various dangers of the Shadow World.

“Does the Four Seasons Alliance have suitable gardener professions?” Hylial asked the old man.

“There are specialized professions for large-scale wheat cultivation, like ‘Wheat Field Guardian,’ and the more general ‘Orchard Pruner’ and ‘Rose Gardener’ profession templates.”

“Currently, within the White Stone Fortress, there are several ‘Wheat Field Guardians,’ and I know one of them, so I have some understanding of their situation.”

“To condense a complete ‘Wheat Field Guardian’ profession, you need [Scythe of Harvest], [Sun-Kissed Soil], and [Scorching Venomous Wind].”

“These all sound related to the ‘Blazing Sun’?” Hylial recalled Madame Faran.

“That’s right, the ‘Wheat Field Guardian’ is a ‘Third-Order Blazing Sun’ profession. In fact, the Four Seasons Alliance is a vast organization, and this part of the Glittering Gold Plain is a branch leaning towards the Blazing Sun and Gold Steam paths. There are other branches leaning towards ‘Emerald Honey’ and ‘Sleepy Winter’.”

“Four Seasons, Four Seasons, the Four Seasons Alliance was formed by the union of four organizations.”

“I see, thank you.” Although she was still unsure which path to take in the future, she now had a basic understanding of the various profession directions.

She would take it one step at a time, first understanding the knowledge and pros and cons of different paths. After all, she had plenty of time and was in no hurry to make a decision now.

In fact, after hearing the old man talk about the problem of limited ability card slots leading to difficulty in advancement, she already had some ideas, conjectures about her other talent, [Star].

Just as she was able to seal that strange black cat and turn it into a card in the Shadow World that day due to the awakening of her [Star] talent, could she use this [Alien Star] ability to temporarily seal and store her original abilities as cards as well?