Chapter 162: The King of Rolling

When Jielika opened the door and saw Gao De standing at the entrance, she immediately showed a surprised expression.

It had been nearly three months since enrollment, and this was Gao De's first visit to her.

She had learned a little about Gao De's situation and knew that as soon as Gao De became a formal student, he had taken eight courses in one breath and was practicing hard.

Jielika was secretly clicking her tongue at this.

She had originally just wanted to pick one or two courses at random, muddle through the easiest first year, and put most of her energy into advancing to a 1st-circle magic user.

But ever since she knew Gao De was so diligent, Jielika really felt embarrassed to "lie flat" like this, and finally, after hesitation, she chose four courses.

Although she chose four courses voluntarily, Jielika always had the feeling that she was being forced to work hard... a very strange feeling, hard to describe.

If Gao De knew Jielika's thoughts, he would definitely help her describe this feeling very thoughtfully.

This is called: rolling.

"Gao De, is there anything you need from me?" Jielika took the initiative to ask.

Seeing Jielika, Gao De also breathed a sigh of relief; after all, the students in the academy were all busy with their own things, and there really wasn't much time to "be at home," and he was also afraid of running for nothing.

"Jielika, do you still need the fruit drink from last time? I've brewed some more, and I've added some precious materials, so now they won't evaporate in a short time and can be stored for a long time." Gao De said straight to the point.

As for the so-called "precious materials," they were actually just seasonal fruits.

Gao De said this to further increase the value of the fruit drink, and also to fill the hole for the "easy to evaporate" statement last time.

"The fruit drink from last time?" Jielika's eyes rolled, and she invited him: "Come in and talk, don't stand at the door."

Seeing that Jielika didn't refuse and even invited him in to talk in detail, Gao De knew that this matter was nine out of ten likely to succeed.

Sitting on a chair in the room's hall, Jielika's expression became formal, switching to "talking business" mode.

"How much fruit drink can you provide this time? It won't be just a small pot like last time, right? Can you provide it long-term?" She asked one after another.

Gao De shook his head and answered one by one: "I made a bit more this time, about 14 pints."

"But I can't provide it long-term; first, the process of brewing this fruit drink is extremely troublesome and takes a lot of time."

"I can't waste too much time on this; there are many more important things in the academy worth spending time on."

"Another thing is that brewing this kind of fruit drink requires several special materials that cannot be bought outside, and I don't have many of these special materials in my hands."

"I see..." Jielika's mind raced, and she said again: "Fortunately, 14 pints is a bit of a quantity, enough for me to drink for a while... If this ancestral recipe of yours could be mass-produced, it would definitely make a lot of money... It's a pity."

"In short, I want all 14 pints of this fruit drink. If there is any output after this, just come to me; I will buy it without limit." Jielika said with a smile.

"14 pints, I'll round it up for you, how about 150 gold?"

The "temperament" of a rich daughter was revealed in just two sentences.

Gao De heard this and didn't hesitate at all, immediately nodding in agreement.

"I'll send the fruit drink to you in a while," Gao De was overjoyed, "By the way, the name of this fruit drink is Fog-Leak Fruit Drink."

He temporarily gave a name to the fruit drink he brewed with Fog-Leak water.

"Fog-Leak Fruit Drink..." Jielika nodded, indicating she had remembered it, "Then wait a moment, I'll settle the payment for you first."

Returning to the dormitory.

Gao De put the 150 gold he just received together with his existing savings.

A full 213 Saint Xi En gold coins shone with an alluring golden light, and the little rooster engraved on the face of the gold coin was even more high-spirited.

Gao De couldn't put down the two hundred or so gold coins as he stroked them... Soon, a large part of them would no longer belong to him.

Thinking of this, he felt a bit of heartache.

Thinking of the Fog-Leak fruit drink he had transferred entirely to Jielika, Gao De felt even more heartache.

But everything was worth it; after this 150 gold was credited, at least for the first academic year, Gao De would no longer have to worry too much about expenses.

Carrying all his savings, Gao De left the First District and came to the course selection counter of the committee.

"Course selection." Gao De handed his identity badge to the staff member who was wearing a robe and was already quite old.

"What courses do you want to choose?" The old man was already very skilled in the workflow; he took Gao De's identity badge without raising his head, swiped it on the alchemy machine on the side, and confirmed the information.

Then, he lowered his head and flipped out the course schedule, preparing to record according to the courses Gao De reported.

"Extraction and Production of Magic Ink..." Gao De said.

This is a branch course under "Runology."

Drawing runes requires two essential tools: one is a rune pen, and the other is magic ink. Refining rune pens is the work of the Alchemy Department, and Gao De had no interest in getting involved.

Among the three major families, Gao De was very interested in both "Runology" and "Pharmacology," but he really had no thoughts about "Alchemy."

Vulgar blacksmiths, don't associate with them! As for magic ink, it is generally made by the rune master themselves, which is also considered a basic skill of a rune master, just like a chef is definitely proficient in "buying groceries."

"Good, I've registered it for you." The old man took out the identity badge, preparing to return it to Gao De.

"There's more." Gao De hurriedly stopped him.

"There's more?" The old pedant who had been working at the course selection counter for decades frowned.

In the alchemy machine, he could see that Gao De already had eight courses under his name that were in progress and had not yet ended.

Choosing two more courses, that would be ten courses... Can he handle it? Although he knew in his heart that Gao De would come to choose additional elective courses in this situation, he must have more than enough capacity to learn.

But a freshman learning ten courses at the same time still made the old pedant feel a bit exaggerated.

He had been doing course selection work for so many years, and to be honest, he hadn't seen many such people.

"Management of Business Groups and Trade Practice..." This is a branch course under basic cultural courses, but any magic user who intends to work in a business group in the future will choose this cultural course.

"Good."

Before the old pedant finished speaking, Gao De spoke again: "Racial History."

This is still a branch course under basic cultural courses.

"Ah?" The old pedant subconsciously let out a sound of surprise.

"Research on Earth Vein Creatures, Magic Engineering, Magic Medicine, Pharmacology Research, Magic Pet Cultivation..." Here, Gao De had already reported all the courses he had chosen in advance in one breath.

These courses cover all aspects.

Racial History mainly studies the various native races and their history in the currently known magic user planes, and is a branch course under basic cultural courses.

Research on Earth Vein Creatures, as the name suggests, is a course specifically for studying earth vein creatures, including the structure, supernatural abilities, characteristics, ancestry, etc., of earth vein creatures.

Magic Engineering mainly studies knowledge and technology in surveying, design, construction, maintenance, etc., of various projects through spells.

Magic Medicine is the study of treating various diseases through spells.

Pharmacology Research is the study of recognizing various medicinal properties and what changes will occur when medicinal properties are combined with each other.

This course is a branch course of Pharmacology and one of the required courses for Pharmacology; in addition, finishing this course also helps in reasoning and verifying prescriptions.

Gao De still had the idea of completing the full prescription of the Psychic Potion if he had the chance, so even though he didn't choose Pharmacology, he still chose this course.

As for why he didn't choose Pharmacology, the reason is also very simple: the study of Pharmacology requires spending a lot of money to buy raw materials for potion preparation.

He can't afford it now.

In fact, if it weren't for He Xi always providing him with free magic ink and magic paper, the consumption of consumables for Runology study alone would have made Gao De's already not-so-rich economic situation worse.

Magic Pet Cultivation is a course that studies the composition, morphological structure, living habits, reproduction, historical development, and other life activity characteristics and laws of magic pet species, totaling 8 courses. After finishing all of them, Gao De can get a full 12 credits, which is just enough to wipe out the credit suppression brought by Yilan's early 1st-circle magic user level.

After Gao De finished reporting the course names like reporting dishes, the old pedant's head, which had been looking down at the course schedule, finally lifted up suddenly at this moment, his eyes wide open, staring straight at Gao De.

"Is there a problem?" Gao De asked.

"You want to choose eight more courses?" He doubted whether his ears had a problem, or whether the young man in front of him had a problem with his brain?

This is not ordering food, but choosing courses! Moreover, even if it is ordering food, if one person orders eight dishes in one breath, it can also make people full to death.

"Can't I?" Gao De had never heard that there was a limit to the number of courses chosen.

"No problem."

"That's good, this is the course fee." Gao De took out his purse with heartache, poured out 120 Saint Xi En gold coins, and pushed them over.

The staff member's brain hadn't fully turned around yet, just mechanically collecting the "tuition" submitted by Gao De like muscle memory, then completing the registration, and then returning the identity badge to Gao De.

Throughout the process, he seemed to have lost his soul.

It wasn't until Gao De left that he came back to his senses.

"Eight plus eight, choosing sixteen courses at the same time..." The old man muttered.

Not only had his entire career never seen such a student, but I think there shouldn't be many such students in the entire academy history, right? What kind of student is this?

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