Chapter 752: Humanoid Library

As the saying goes, "read a book a hundred times and its meaning will reveal itself"; even this book, which he had already defined as a "popular magic textbook suitable for beginners," could still have an effect on Xia Duo.

Thus, Xia Duo opened *Principles* once again, and this time he flipped through it even more slowly than the last; finishing the second pass still brought him gains.

Moreover, after comparing the direct retrospection of memories in his mind with flipping through the actual books in reality, Xia Duo discovered that inspiration is not related to speed, but to time.

This also aligns with his most simple understanding of thinking: for the same content, the longer the time spent thinking, the more inspiration will naturally arise.

What Memory Retrospection improves is his memory, not his speed of thought.

A person's speed of thought is already extremely fast, but it is also heavily influenced by memory; the improvement of memory can also have a positive effect on thinking.

After all, there is no need to waste time recalling things, and it also avoids the possibility of occasional gaps in thought.

Xia Duo was happy in his heart, said a word to Laidun, and then returned to the Tower of Time.

Just now, he was only tentatively preparing to write a book, but he hadn't expected the effect of the Memory Retrospection ability to be so good that he wrote the book directly.

But since he knew his ability was actually this strong, Xia Duo felt he could do even better; after all, he hadn't finished reading all the books in the Tower of Time Library yet!

……

Xia Duo's two departures and returns aroused Niya's curiosity; she knew that Xia Duo had gone to Daxia Territory before, but she didn't know what the situation was afterward.

After inquiring with the Tower Spirit and learning that Xia Duo was currently in the library, Niya immediately chose to teleport.

The Tower Master is not restricted by anything and can naturally teleport at will, even in the library, and her arrival also caught Xia Duo's attention.

Just as he finished flipping through a book and wanted to put it back on the shelf, the 【Delayed Teleportation】 constantly active on Xia Duo suddenly detected a nearby teleportation signal.

Xia Duo was startled at first, but immediately realized he was in the Tower of Time Library; besides him, the only person who could teleport here was probably Niya.

With a shift of his will, he stopped the spell's automatic reaction and chose not to delay Niya's teleportation; immediately after, the teleportation fluctuation suddenly intensified, a white light flashed, and a pretty figure appeared beside the bookshelf.

"Xia Duo, didn't you go back to the Territory?"

"Mm, the matters over there were finished, so I came back!" Xia Duo took a new book from the shelf and, while flipping through it quickly, talked with Niya.

And Niya, watching Xia Duo's constant book-flipping motion, felt the curiosity in her eyes grow heavier. "Are you looking for some information? You could have the Tower Spirit do a preliminary screening first, and then look; it would be very convenient."

Xia Duo paused, thought for a moment, closed the book, and turned to look at Niya. "I'm not looking for any information, I'm just reading. Since the last Bloodline Awakening, I've only just discovered that my memory has also improved, so I'm just reading more books while I can; what if I can use them one day!"

"You're flipping so fast, can you really remember it?" Niya's gaze was strange.

"Of course I can!" Xia Duo said confidently. "If you don't believe me, ask me a question and see if I can remember."

As he spoke, he held the book in his hand out toward Niya.

However, Niya did not take it, but said directly: "I believe you."

Thus, Xia Duo continued to flip through books, and as Niya watched, her expression gradually changed. After Xia Duo finished flipping through two more books, she couldn't help but say: "Teacher has a Quick Reading spell, and she told me she would teach me once I pass her test!"

"……"

Xia Duo turned his head to look at Niya and immediately smiled. Niya's appearance right now looked exactly like the children he saw when he was young who had bought new toys—

Envious, yet pretending not to care, and even specifically emphasizing, "My family will buy me one too!"

"What are you laughing at? Don't you believe the teacher?"

"No, I don't."

In fact, when Xia Duo heard Niya say that the Princess had a Quick Reading spell, he immediately recalled the scene of the first time he met the Princess—

After he handed the *Standard Development Manual of Daxia Territory* to the Princess, the Princess cast a spell on it and then knew the content inside.

This efficiency was even faster than him flipping through books page by page.

In the past, he had also envied it, but ever since he gained the Memory Retrospection ability, he didn't envy it at all.

Because his ability is passive; it might consume energy, but it certainly consumes less than casting a spell. At the very least, he had flipped through more than ten books now and felt almost no fatigue.

Moreover, in the few days since changing his Soul State and gaining the Memory Retrospection ability, he had never felt tired from recalling or thinking.

Everything was natural, as if he were born with an ability similar to photographic memory.

This was much stronger than any Quick Reading spell.

After soothing Niya and sending her away, Xia Duo once again accelerated his book-flipping speed, and while flipping, he also fantasized.

If he could combine that kind of Quick Reading spell with his Memory Retrospection ability—touch it and remember everything, all without consuming much energy—how great would that be! ……

In the continuous flipping of books, more than ten hours passed quickly, and the time arrived at the next morning.

Xia Duo put the last book on the shelf and then stretched comfortably; he hadn't slept all night and had finally finished flipping through all the books in the library.

From today on, he could claim to be a "Mobile Library."

It was a pity that the Tower of Time's collection was still a bit small; he had already decided to make a trip to Seventon in a while. Besides promoting the new book and the Communication Magic Tool, the more important thing was—

To make a trip to Giles Tower and the Arcane Union library.

Although he didn't have Permission Level for some books or would have to pay, he believed this would definitely be a big harvest!

……

Returning to his residence, considering he had been busy all night, Xia Duo cast 【Deep Sleep】 on himself and didn't wake up leisurely until near noon.

After waking up, he moved his body a little, then headed out toward the Elevator while gnawing on a steamed bun with fruit wine.

At the same time, in Xia Duo's mind, countless words and images flashed rapidly; he was constantly retrospecting the results of his all-nighter, and thinking about and integrating them.

By the time he reached the Public Level, in just a few short minutes, Xia Duo already had a relatively comprehensive understanding of the Tower of Time Library and had some brand-new ideas on how to modify and perfect *Principles*.

……

Academic Affairs Office.

He Sai looked expressionlessly at the six Scholars lined up in front of his desk, calling it troublesome in his heart; the new system for the Spell Practice Room had only been introduced a few days ago, and already someone wanted to reduce the number of people in the class.

How could He Sai not know what they were thinking? It was nothing more than feeling that with only one practice session left, their own controllable time had decreased, so they were dissatisfied and trying to change something.

"What exactly are you trying to do? Is the Tower of Time being too good to you?"

"Mage He Sai, we all feel that our abilities are insufficient to take care of all the existing students in the class; reducing the number of people is a very reasonable request."

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