Chapter 147

Praise of the Sea.

Eighth-rank rune construct.

A set of eighth-rank rune constructs is enough to serve as a foundation for Lin Hai City to stand tall.

When Gao De followed the crowd out of the classroom, his mind was still immersed in Instructor Mo Sen's introduction just now.

He found that although he had already studied "Rune Studies" for nearly ten days, he still knew nothing about what rune constructs were.

And according to the instructor introduction he received at the beginning, the field that his instructor, He Xi Oukenli, specializes in is rune constructs?

The basic runes of the step-by-step approach haven't been finished yet; what is the point of introducing rune constructs to him?

Gao De was very rational and didn't think that He Xi Oukenli had never mentioned rune constructs to him because he was hiding something.

In this train of thought, he felt as if... he had overlooked something? It wasn't until he walked to the cultivation building that Gao De slapped his head and reacted.

"Tooth of Hidden Mist, Oukenli Chamber of Commerce!"

"The four major chamber of commerce families of Lin Hai City, the Oukenli family, is He Xi Oukenli a coincidence?"

This was not the first time he had heard the name Oukenli; to be precise, it should be the third time.

Not long after arriving in this world, Gao De heard the name Oukenli in Huo Gen City and bought the "Tooth of Hidden Mist" which was said to be manufactured by the Oukenli Chamber of Commerce.

This was the first time he had heard the name Oukenli.

As for the second time, it was his instructor.

He Xi Oukenli.

"If the instructor really comes from the Oukenli family, there is no reason to leave the prosperous Lin Hai City and come to such a Saint Xi En Principality, which is a rural farm compared to Lin Hai City..."

"What's more, Lin Hai City is at the southeast corner of Nolan Continent, while the Saint Xi En Principality is at the northwest corner of Nolan Continent, near the Jin Quehua Dynasty; the two places are so far apart, so it makes even less sense."

Gao De pondered for a while and finally felt that it should be a coincidence.

No matter how powerful the Oukenli Chamber of Commerce family is, they won't monopolize the surname Oukenli.

So you can't say that just because you meet someone with the surname Oukenli, you think they are a member of the Oukenli family.

While pondering, Gao De had already entered the cultivation building, familiarly opened a room at the front desk, and then began today's cultivation.

He had tried all the cans of fruit drinks brewed with Water of No Leak these days.

Except for the different flavors caused by different fruits, there was basically no difference in effect compared to the original Water of No Leak.

At least Gao De couldn't feel the difference.

And under the dual blessing of the special fruit drink and the first-rank cultivation room, Gao De's progress in practicing the guidance method had improved rapidly these days.

On the 12th of Dark Gold Month, the guidance method had just completed a breakthrough.

Now that only twenty days had passed, Gao De vaguely sensed that the next improvement was not far away.

This visible speed of improvement made Gao De even more energetic in his cultivation.

After spending two and a half hours finishing today's cultivation, Gao De hurried away from the cultivation building.

After rushing to the restaurant to finish dinner, he hurried to the cultivation room to carry out today's 【Poisonous Insect Cultivation】 task.

The harvest was that the origin collection progress of the Phantom Thorn Centipede was happily +1. It was only at this moment that Gao De, who had officially entered the student stage, truly understood why every student he met in the academy looked hurried.

It's not that the students of Sairisi Academy are "pretentious," but they are really busy.

Classes, cultivation, academy tasks... every single thing requires a lot of time and energy.

Frost Gold Month, 3rd.

Today, Gao De was even busier.

Because the compulsory course "Basics of Magic Users" he chose officially started today.

Since the class time for "Basics of Magic Users" is in the morning, Gao De greeted He Xi in advance, and today's "Rune Studies Course" was moved to the afternoon.

This is the benefit of studying with an instructor.

At least it is more flexible in terms of time and can be adjusted appropriately.

The name of this course, "Basics of Magic Users," sounds plain, but it is actually very substantial; otherwise, it would not have been listed by the academy as one of the three compulsory courses.

This was also Gao De's first time receiving formal and systematic magic education.

"The composition of a magic user's power is not complicated, but it is not as simple as just comparing magic user levels and then comparing the number of spells mastered."

"Although, it is certainly better for magic users of the same level to master more spells, this cannot be taken as the only evaluation standard."

"In addition to magic user level and number of spells, a magic user's power also depends on his knowledge, magic equipment, money, and expertise!"

"Actually, besides these four, there is one more, which is the magic user's wisdom."

"It's just that this part varies from person to person and cannot be quantified, so I won't mention it for now."

"And this course is designed to improve your knowledge, thereby improving your power." The instructor, Bo Weiyi, was a short and fat middle-aged magic user.

The first "Basics of Magic Users" class involved teaching students how to effectively improve cultivation efficiency without changing the environment and cultivation method. For "second-generation magic users," this is nothing.

Every magic user family has its own secret teachings in this regard to a greater or lesser extent.

But for Gao De, it was the most substantial of the substantial.

He had never thought that by improving the method, he could further improve the cultivation efficiency of his guidance method.

Gao De listened to this class very seriously.

"Breathing is the source of life and the anchor of the soul."

"We obtain the nutrients needed for life through breathing."

"Similarly, proper breathing methods can also allow us to unconsciously and automatically inhale a portion of magic power through breathing during cultivation."

"This portion of unconsciously inhaled magic power is certainly incomparable to the magic power autonomously introduced into the body through mental power and guidance methods, but it has the advantage of being constant and accumulating over time."

"..."

In fact, it is not complicated; it is just adjusting and controlling breathing.

Subsequently, Bo Weiyi demonstrated a breathing technique called "Deep Sea Breathing Method."

This requires students to inhale slowly and deeply, as if they were struggling to draw thin oxygen in the deep sea.

Gao De tried to follow, but at first, he felt that this breathing rhythm was very strange and very uncomfortable.

A few times of heavy and light inhalation and exhalation almost made him unable to breathe, and he coughed violently.

But after all, this is not a complicated spell or a profound cultivation technique, just a breathing technique.

So after trying a few more times, Gao De adapted to this rhythm and felt the superiority of this breathing method.

Although he hadn't tried it during cultivation yet, as far as now is concerned, Gao De could clearly feel that the oxygen he inhaled with every breath was far better than before.

This was already quite remarkable.

"This breathing method can also make you more focused during meditation and slightly improve the cultivation efficiency of meditation; of course, it is very weak, better than nothing..."

Finally, Bo Weiyi added an introduction to the benefits of the "Deep Sea Breathing Method" and announced the end of the class.

And this mentor seemed quite kind, giving him a sense of intimacy that he could only feel from the virtuous and esteemed old professors of his past life—in this world, this was a very rare thing.

Except for "Rune Studies" which has already been exempted, the other seven courses: "Basics of Magic Users," "Spell Application and Combat," "Basic Cultural Studies," "General Spell (0-3 Circles) Recognition," "Nolan Continent Geography and War Geography," "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials," and "Magical Plant Cultivation," were all carefully selected by Gao De and are the basic knowledge he currently lacks the most.

Naturally, he arrived on time for every class and never missed a class.

He also couldn't bear to "miss a class."

These were all courses he spent a lot of money to choose, and Gao De was already very clear about how expensive the knowledge was.

Especially the two courses "General Spell (0-3 Circles) Recognition" and "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials," the content of which has always been kept as expensive knowledge by nobles and never easily passed on.

Being able to learn it through the course is a very lucky thing for a magic user from a poor background like Gao De.

The content of the "General Spell (0-3 Circles) Recognition" course is to introduce the names, spell effects, limitations, and even countermeasures of common 0-3 circle spells, and everything related to spell cognition.

And although it is called general spells, it actually includes the introduction of some rare spells.

This 1-credit "knowledge-based easy course" will introduce a total of: 35 types of 0-circle spells, 55 types of 1-circle spells, 55 types of 2-circle spells, and 45 types of 3-circle spells.

As for "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials," it will take students to recognize more than five hundred types of magic medicinal materials.

The course content includes knowledge points such as medicinal material names, efficacy, value, appearance, collection precautions, preservation points, and even magic potions commonly used for refining.

Not difficult but complicated.

These two courses are equivalent to "liberal arts."

Understanding is not difficult, but if you want to memorize all the knowledge points and pass the final assessment to get credits, you still need to put in a lot of hard work to memorize and recite.

If it were just one course, it would be fine.

But Gao De chose both, so the amount of memorization required was large.

However, for Gao De, who has experienced the educational system of his past life, the acceptance of memorization is extremely good.

Recite the knowledge points learned that day before going to bed, and review them again after getting up.

On the weekend, set aside a complete time to go through all the knowledge points of the week.

With these three times in total, the memory is already very deep.

Since the Frost Gold Month, Gao De's daily rest time has been reduced to less than five hours.

Often he has to memorize "knowledge points" until one or two o'clock in the morning before going to sleep, and he gets up around six o'clock.

He feels as if he has become a machine, repeating boring learning and cultivation, without any entertainment life.

It's no wonder that when choosing courses, the staff member saw that he chose eight courses in one breath and was so hesitant.

(End of chapter)