Chapter 160: Small Divine Skill

22nd of the Fog Frost Month.

This afternoon is the "Geography of the Nolan Continent and War Geography" class.

As for the morning, Gao De, as usual, first went to the rune workshop on the third floor of the Jia Wen Building to learn runology knowledge and ten new zero-level basic runes.

After flipping through the materials organized by He Xi several times to ensure preliminary comprehension, Gao De prepared to start today's rune drawing attempt.

However, before putting pen to paper, Gao De first cast 【Guidance+】 on himself, preparing to test the effect.

Although the failure rate of his rune drawing process was already extremely low.

It was only extremely low, not impossible to fail.

So being able to increase the success rate a little was always good; it wasn't a waste.

As soon as 【Guidance+】 was cast on him, an inexplicable clear stream emerged in Gao De's mind.

It was as if a pool of clear water had washed over Gao De's brain, causing his distracting thoughts to be removed, his mind to become focused, and at the same time, his thinking to become much more active than before.

"Hmm?" This state made Gao De subconsciously exclaim in surprise.

So, is the reason Guidance can improve a target's performance in the next skill derived from this strange state of "clear mind, active thinking"?

"It's quite reasonable..."

Many things have a state, such as the simplest game of basketball; the same person, just one day apart, could have two completely different forms: "hitting every shot" and "the king of brick-laying."

Without thinking further, Gao De didn't waste the duration of 【Guidance+】 and started drawing runes.

Under the blessing of 【Guidance+】, his thinking became exceptionally agile.

The rune diagrams and corresponding deconstruction texts he had memorized earlier surged into his mind at this moment, smoothly combining, merging, and connecting within his consciousness, all understood by Gao De.

Places that were still a bit hazy before seemed to have been answered at this moment.

Inspiration surged, and his mind soared.

Gao De took a deep breath and started drawing as soon as he put pen to paper.

When he drew runes, he often had an inexplicable intuition guiding him on how to put pen to paper.

He Xi called this rune talent.

And now, Gao De could clearly feel this intuition becoming even stronger.

Gao De once again entered a state of undivided focus, completely forgetting the time.

A long time later.

Gao De came back to his senses.

He put down the rune pen and stared blankly at the table, almost unable to believe his eyes.

On the ten magic papers, ten near-perfect basic runes were placed in front of him, light flowing, revealing the magic of runes.

Although Gao De's failure rate in drawing runes was extremely low due to his talent and learning method in runology, he had never succeeded in drawing all ten basic runes in one go like today.

Not a single failure.

And it was completed in such a short time.

Even, he could feel that his brushwork and understanding of runes had both achieved a breakthrough improvement.

Gao De was stunned for a moment, and after a brief moment of distraction, his eyes gradually brightened, revealing an expression of sudden realization.

He had still underestimated the role of 【Guidance+】.

Or rather, his understanding of 【Guidance+】 had deviated.

Before this, he subconsciously felt that 【Guidance+】 was just an auxiliary spell used to increase the success rate during practical operations.

But in fact, that wasn't all. The more powerful use of 【Guidance+】 should be in "learning."

First of all, in many things, the most difficult part is from "0" to "1."

Once you have this "1," the rest is just a process of constant repetition, proficiency, and breakthrough.

Skill learning is even more so.

For example, preparing a certain potion, from learning to successfully preparing that potion for the first time, might take half a year.

But after successfully preparing that potion for the first time, the interval to the second time might not need to exceed a day.

How to find this "1" is the difficulty of skill learning.

And Guidance can help him reach this "1" faster.

Another point is the unique effect of 【Guidance+】.

Under the blessing of "Feng Ling Yue Ying," 【Guidance+】 changed from the original temporary improvement of the target's performance in the next skill to: no longer limited to the next skill, but lasting for one hour, regardless of how many skill activities the target performs during this process.

This allows the strange state of "clear mind, active thinking" brought by Guidance to last for a full hour.

It is no longer applicable only to one skill operation.

And Gao De had just experienced it; in this state, doing anything can greatly improve efficiency, as if entering a youthful version of a flow state.

Opening up his thinking, this state can indeed effectively improve performance in skill activities, but it doesn't stop there. Since the effect has changed to: lasting for one hour, regardless of how many skill activities are performed.

Then, conversely, can it be understood that even if no skill activities are performed, the effect of Guidance will still exist? This means he can also use 【Guidance+】 for some brain-intensive things.

For example, learning knowledge! Gao De, with his thinking opened up, almost couldn't wait to open the learning materials provided by He Xi again.

Drawing ten basic runes didn't take an hour, so the effect of 【Guidance+】 was still there.

He wanted to verify his idea.

Sure enough, reading and learning the knowledge he thought he had already mastered in this state actually made Gao De constantly recall the knowledge he had previously understood.

Combining the two, some new understandings were immediately born.

"So that's how it is..." Gao De couldn't help but mutter, revealing an expression of intoxication from sudden enlightenment.

It wasn't until the duration of 【Guidance+】 ended that Gao De came back to his senses and put down the materials in his hand.

Then, his vision went slightly dark, and he almost fainted.

Gao De hurriedly supported himself with his hand on the table, then hurriedly untied the water bag he was carrying, and gulped down a large mouthful of the Fog-Leak Fruit Drink.

A moment later, he recovered.

This was the side effect of his brain operating at high intensity for an hour.

His brain, which had never operated at such a high load, couldn't adapt to this intensity all at once, and instinctively triggered a defense mechanism, wanting to shut down and sleep for a while.

However, as long as he did it a few more times, his body would slowly get used to it.

Gao De rubbed his temples, which were still slightly swollen.

"Learning is good, but it needs to be moderate. Before the body adapts, I still can't use 【Guidance+】 too frequently for learning knowledge, otherwise, my brain won't be able to handle it." He reminded himself.

Although the current feeling of fatigue from his slightly swollen brain made him a bit uncomfortable, the learning experience of the flow state just now made Gao De incredibly addicted, with a sense of wanting more.

More importantly... "Isn't this equivalent to a small Enlightenment Tea?" Gao De thought of the classic spiritual items in the Xianxia novels of his previous life, and muttered to himself: "Where is this 【Guidance+】, it's clearly a small divine skill."

"Looking at it this way, being first in credits doesn't seem that difficult anymore..."

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