A ordinary guy gets reincarnated into a fantasy world he lives a pretty normal lufr again and he died protecting someone while he died he meat a goddess who give him a curse


My writing is awful so that a heads up and you might enjoy this I haven't think of the future plot or anything I have only think about what will happened so just enjoy the story

ENGLISH IS NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE so give me tips.

The next year and a half were spend killing monsters looting they're bases, learning new magic , mainly lightning focused .

On floor 124 the monsters here are all level 100+ I didn't think that was possible but it seems so  right now I'm level 100 and have become a 'Sword God' the requirements weren't just get 2 top tier platinum classes related to sword I all so needed to master the sword, my body, single handedly kill a level 100 opponent and get a God tier sword.

The were all easy except the God tier weapon but I was lucky on floor number 97 the boss was a demon king.

A level 100 powerhouse truly fit to be a demon king.

My collection of books, swords, armor, plants and probably anything I could find has grown so much that it didn't fit in my tier 7 storage space any more so I had to get anything bigger one.

The problem hear is that there are none I mean what kind of idiot needs so much space.

I invented my own a tier 9 spell that has unlimited space.

Surprisingly it only took me a month.

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Another year has past I'm now on floor number 156.

The enemy are still getting stronger now at level 115 to 125.

It's starting to get difficult but I figured something out.

I learned the tier 9 appraisal spell it allows me to see not only my enemy's stats but all so they're skills.

And they all have one skill in common 'limitbraker'.

Looking tru all the books I have especially the new once I got, the once a from the lich's like library are to basic, I found out how to get it.

I need to either make a potion or a formation they boosts my body to the next level forcefully. 

Sounds simple but I have no alchemist kn and I never made such a big formation before.

But now I have, after 3 Months of none stop trial and error I made one.

Obviously I also did some other stuff I read most books about this dungeon and did research on my next call.

I'm gone go with the formation and scroll master round.

One of the books about this dungeon was from a 'space-time magic God', not a 'space magic God', not a 'time Magic God', no he reached the top of the top in both. 

in his books he talked a lot about his live here in this dungeon but all so it's origin and what hepend to his world when he got out of hear.

Long story short monsters a peered just like the ones in this dungeon.

Luckily for me he left some advice behind for those how came next. 

A list of hundreds and thousands of formations useful scrolls how to keep as many people safe as possible and help them survive.

The answer was simple really when I get out of hear the change will start I need to set up a world wide formation that detects monsters of level 50 and above when those are detected I go and kill them, in the mean time I make sure basic sword and magic techniques are wide spred and set up a heavenly purification formation it will use the world's magic energy to purify whatever I put in, I would need to be level 300 to survive inside so no I can't purify my self.

This will slow down the speed of monster spawning and I get some top class materials instead only having 5 years before the level 80 monsters come I get 10 to 15 depending on how much I use it and how big I can make it.

The down side is that the materials needed to make this are on floors 187 and 212.

Heavenly blood and abyssal rocks.  

And I'll in counter monster level 190 to 215 up there.  

I'm about to have one hell of a time.

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3 years later

I'm really done with this now I'm realy fucking done I need some free time

[Name:?             age:?
 Race: human 

 level: 185
 swordsman                        15    formation expert              10
 master swordsman            10    formation master             10
 grandmaster swordsman   5      formation grandmaster   5
 sword saint                        5      scroll maker                      15
 sword god                         5      scroll master                     10
 knight                                15    scroll grandmaster            5
 royal knight                       10    destroyer                           5
 holy knight                        5      bringer of the Apocalypse 5   
 Magic swordsman             10    insta kill                             5
 magic swords master        5      world guardian                  5
 great mage                       10     saint                                  5
 archmage                          5     ]  

[Strength: 417  Endurance: 354  Agility: 473  Intelligence: 390  Wisdom: 402  ]

And let's not forget the stats I got using SP.

[Strength: 559  Endurance: 429  Agility: 769 Intelligence: 532  Wisdom: 434  ]

And the hidden stats. 

[Luck: 23 Charm: 76 mental resistance:32 Sword talent: 54 Magic talent: 38 ]

And the ultimate skills from 'bringer of the Apocalypse' and 'intakill': you'll die every time, no soul chall remain, end it all...

But what good does it do against this FUCKING abyssal high bread.

Nothing, not a thing, nope, nada.

I came all this way I killed monster upon monster and now some piece of shit wants to stop me.

But what can I do about it, he's to strong I tried it all.

I even tried to set up a formation to kill him but it just didn't work.

But worst of all this guy shouldn't be here there was no mention  of him any were.

I was honestly on the brink of giving up but then I realized I'm level 185 just one more level and I can pick a new class again.

If I choose a class that is specifically designed to kill guys like this then maybe, just maybe....

It's just wish full thinking honestly. 

What class is specifically designed to do anything.

I have a idea classes aren't designed to do specific things but items are I'm a formation Grandmaster can't I just make a item that seals him instead of kill.

Honestly after 10 years of just slather I couldn't imagen not killing him, it's what I've been doing for so long now I just didn't stop to think about it.

The plan was great I used the best materials I had and make A giant platform inscribed the formation on it and lured my enemy over.

Once he was close enough I activated it and it just secede him in never to be seen again.

"That's what you get for not knowing enough about formations asshole. "

I was so happy I couldn't help my self but scream out loud.

Now I finally went on  to the next floor.

Floor number 212.

Abyssal rocks are supposed to be easy to find I kill a abyssal creatures and the stone is in side they're body acting just like a heard for them.

Luckily I was right one of these creatures was easy enough to find but now to kill, they are all in the 200 levels but I'm still 185 I could kill one easily but they are moving in groups of 5 to 10.

I had a simple but pretty effective plan in mind I trow a stone at one of them from a couple of kilometer away, they are higher level the could sense me if I was closer.

But theses guys weren't as dum as they're predecessors they are in groups of 2. 

No problem for me they are just mobs I could even take on leader class monsters on alone.

I killed them took they're corpse and activated the gate spell. 

I just could not wait any more. I may act like I didn't miss home but I do I do so deeply.

Arriving home I was shocked, sad, happy all at the same time. Failing on my nease I broke down in tears I don't know what came over me I just felt so emotional.

After 10 long and lonely years I'm back.

I was traped in a dungeon for a while and now the world is being takeover by monsters.

"Hello, good day, is this Mr. Fang?"
"I'm from Tong—Tong something. Sorry, it's my first time delivering; let me check which delivery company I'm from."
Fang Zheng went downstairs and successfully received his package. 
Fang Zheng was a little excited. He could not wait to tear open the package of his new baby from Xbao. 
Today was the day after he encountered the two halves of a body as well as the incident at the carnival. 
The parcel was pretty heavy. At the guardhouse, Captain Liu asked if Fang Zheng bought a brick or a dumbbell online. The package seemed that heavy. 
Kacha! Kacha! The sharp scissors cut through layers of waterproof wrapping before a kraft paper box popped out. The box was cut up, and its contents were revealed soon after. 
The Innate Qigong, Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation, Nine Yang Divine Power, and Burning Sun Special Skill. 
Four books for skill-training. 
Flaming Wooden Blade Skill, Eight Trigrams Blade Skill. 
Two books for blade skills. 
This time, Fang Zheng intentionally avoided Buddhism-related books. The three books he had blindly gotten the last time were all Buddhism-related! Books related to the martial arts were as vast as the sands of the Ganges, and there were more genres of the art than just Buddhism. It was just his luck that all three of the books he had blindly gotten were Buddhism-related. That was probably a curse on him to not marry for the rest of his life. 
Fang Zheng had yet to live his sinful life to the fullest: the beautiful girls, the food, the games, and the movies. It was impossible for him to give up all of that to become a monk! 
Neither would he in his next life! 
The kraft paper was torn farther: Mantra of the Five Lightning, Divine-Crushing Mantra, Fiend Breaker Tongues. 
They were three Daoist skills for exorcism purposes. 
Moral Scripture, Yellow Yard Scripture, Diamond Sutra. 
Three collections of Daoist books. 
There were a total of 12 books; they were all bought at RMB9.90 per copy on Xbao excluding delivery charges. 
You could buy anything you could ever think of on Xbao. If you were loaded enough, even helicopters were available online for purchase. 
However, the prices of Moral Scripture, Yellow Yard Scripture, and Diamond Sutra were a little higher. Each collection was over 200 yuan, and that was excluding delivery charges. Fang Zheng's heart ached for quite some time. 
When Fang Zheng tore the package apart and found that there were a few thick books in each of the three collections, he felt regretful all of a sudden… The dense texts made him feel a little upset from just looking at them. 
Nonetheless, Fang Zheng could not help but pick up the Moral Scripture excitedly.
His lips curved as fantasies began floating around in his mind. 
However, an hour later…
Fang Zheng sighed. The smile was wiped off his face as he arranged the Moral Scripture, Yellow Yard Scripture, Diamond Sutra, Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation, Divine-Crushing Mantra, and Fiend Breaker Tongues before putting them in a box and sealing it with tape. 
It was the first time the Human Skin Scripture had failed to evolve. 
All six books above failed to do so. 
However, it was not technically a failure. It was just that during its evolution, the Human Skin Scripture had no reaction. 
Fang Zheng could not understand it. 
The fact that the Moral Scripture, Yellow Yard Scripture, and Diamond Sutra failed to evolve was still comprehensible: they were Daoist and Buddhist scriptures. They were not rare books. 
He was only trying it out; he did not have too high of an expectation about it. It was normal to fail. 
However, even the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation, Divine-Crushing Mantra, and Fiend Breaker Tongues had failed to evolve. Fang Zheng frowned in thought. 'Could it be that Daoist skills were above the rare books of the martial arts world?
'Could it be that one was of intermediate skill and the other was low; one was focused on cultivation and the other was on martial arts?'
Maybe he needed to collect more clouds of Gray Qi in the future before he was able to evolve these Daoist skills. At the end of the day, it was because he was poor! Poor! Poor! 
Fang Zheng had watched a video where:
A rich kid had a beautiful girlfriend, but he was afraid that she was with him for his money. Hence, he decided to lie to his girlfriend that he only had an Audi A6, a 100 square meter house, and a few hundred thousand yuan stored in his bank card. Well! That was the poorest he thought a person could be…
Poof!
This was how Fang Zheng felt at the moment—heartbroken. 
'Gold was indeed king!'
Fang Zheng looked up at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle. He was pondering about how being rich was always better than being poor. 
Fang Zheng looked back at the neatly arranged books as he sighed. 
Innate Qigong, Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation, Nine Yang Divine Power, Burning Sun Special Skill, Flaming Wooden Blade Skill, and Eight Trigrams Blade Skill.
There were six rare books. 
There were some of the Jin Yong Series and others of the Huang Yi Series; he had arranged them according to a ranking created by netizens. They were all wiping out the series that were ranked higher.
Innate Qigong was one of the top skills in the Jin Yong Series. It was the origin of martial arts. It possessed restless and endless Qi, and it could cure all diseases, adjust deficiencies, balance the yin and yang, heal serious internal injuries, and more. It integrated the true Qi with the nourishing Qi. 
Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation was another top skill in the Jin Yong Series. It was also among the top three Divine Skills. 
Nine Yang Divine Power, a top skill in the Jin Yong Series as well; Fang Zheng bought this from Xbao as he was a fan of its Yang-based pure Qi. It could work together with his Golden Immune Arhat.
Burning Sun Special Skill, a top skill in the Huang Yi Series, was also a Yang-based pure Qi. It had the same functions as 'Nine Yang Divine Power'.
'But! 
'These were all fake! Fake! Fake!'
He had to repeat important information thrice. 
Fang Zheng felt like he was suffering from too many choices as he stared at the four skill-training books neatly arranged in front of him. It was as if they were spreading their legs waiting for him to grace them. 
If he had four parts of the runes right now, he would not be in this position. 
He only had three parts at the moment. 
Fang Zheng had no choice but to begin his elimination process while silently complaining about it. It was a must to choose the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation. 
This was one of the top three Divine Skills.
It was also a must to choose Nine Yang Divine Power given its Yang-based pure Qi. It could be paired with the Golden Immune Arhat; together with its endless pure Qi and the extraordinary mellowness of its true Qi, this was the best choice for practicing internal strength. 
He only had one part of the runes left. 
However, he had four books before him: Innate Qigong, Burning Sun Special Skill, Flaming Wooden Blade Skill, and Eight Trigrams Blade Skill. 
What a headache. 
Fang Zheng wanted to practice his internal strength, but he could not let go of picking up blade skills. 
If he did not pick up blade skills, it would mean that the evolution of the Death's Head Blade was a waste. 
This would hurt as much as buying a pair of white shoes before spending money again to buy a pair of white pants. 
'Teeth-gritting!'
Fang Zheng eventually settled for Flaming Wooden Blade Skill. He wanted to perfect his skills as soon as possible. He had to hunt for more Gray Qi; if he delayed his progress because of greed, he might as well not practice it at all. It was a priority to perfect his blade skills and increase his level of attack skills. 
However, he did not know if both the Manuscript of Tendon and Marrow Transformation and Nine Yang Divine Power could be evolved. 
Fang Zheng had a decided gaze. 
He chose to evolve them without a doubt! 


Missing people... Cars mysteriously falling off the Tongjiang Bridge... The world is going mad and it is up to Fang Zheng to prepare himself for it. What will he get himself into? What horrors will he face? Are YOU ready to join Fang Zheng on his journey to hunt the wicked? Ps. Save this one for a lonely midnight.

As he dodged the hit directed at his neck, he was forced to sidestep another one directed at his waist.

He couldn't afford to get hit once or its game over for him, although he couldn't recieve damage in the training hall, but his sword only had one durability left, and one's sword is no less important than one's life.

Without his sword he is simply broke, he wasted all of his money on swords and this is his last one, so he has to make the best of it.

After thinking about it, he figured out there isn't really a point to dodging the attacks, he did it out of instinct, he already maxed his agility so he wouldn't earn anything from dodging.

He only needs one more vitality to finish his training, but he was too scared his sword will break, he couldn't keep hesitating, it's just a waste of time, he had to go all out.

He replaced all the dummies with one dummy that has three times his strength and twice his agility.

The stronger the enemy, the more rewarding blocking his attack is, so he readied his mind and started the training.

As soon as he started the dummy came to life, and started swinging it's hand towards him, but he was prepared as well.

He managed to sidestep the fist, and then striked it in an angle that made it slide across his blade, barely doing any damage.

<Ding! +1 Vitality due to prolonged training, vitality training has reached the maximum for your level>

He looked at the combat log and couldn't believe his eyes.

[Defended an attack from a stronger dummy, 100% success]

He couldn't believe he managed to finally perfectly block an attack, he managed to block with 99% success many times, but for some reason he couldn't perform a perfect block.

Now he understood that blocking shouldn't be done in a direct way, a good block is one that uses the least force to reduce the most damage, which means using your opponent's power against himself.

Now that he finally managed to finish his vitality training, and with one damaged sword to boot, he decided to leave and said goodbye to Shane.

While walking towards the building with the book emblem, he decided to take a look at his stats.

<Character Menu>

Name: Swordmaster

Titles: [Sword Genius]

Level: 0 (0%)

Race: Human

Class: None

HP 300/300

MP 100/100

HP Regen: 1.5/second

MP Regen: 0.5/second

Strength: 15

Agility: 15

Vitality: 15

Intelligence: 5

Wisdom: 5

Physical Defense: 0

Magical Defense: 0

Luck: 0

Fame: 50

Equipment:
- Plain Old Sword (Common)

Skills:
[Strong Strike (LV 2)], [Double Strike (LV 2)], [Quick Draw (LV 1)], [Defensive Stance (LV 2)], [Parry (LV 2)]

Talents:
[Beginner Sword Mastery (LV 4)]

He had many gains from the vitality training, but his biggest gains out of the training were upgrading Sword Mastery to level 4 and Parry to level 2.

He could now do more damage with a sword and learn better sword skills, and with Parry he could now defend even better.

He kept walking while thinking about his fast improvement pace, and eventually he reached the library, at least that was what he called the building.

As he entered, he was welcomed by a beautiful young lady, with blond hair and blue eyes, dressed in a light blue robe while holding a wooden staff with a blue gem on top of it.

"Welcome adventurer to the magic training hall, I hope you enjoy your stay", she said, and turned to the next player. This place is much more popular than the other training halls, he though.

He didn't expect this kind of inspector, he was used to the weird old men, so he dazed off for a few seconds while looking at her.

"Beautiful, isn't she?" He heard a voice from his left, he turned and saw a player sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, holding a book.

The player had blond hair, green eyes and thin eyebrows, if it wasn't for his voice you could mistake him for a girl with short hair.

"Yea, I'm used to the old men at the other halls, I didn't expect this kind of change. I can't say I don't like it though" he responded.

"Well don't even dream about it, a guy once tried to get close to her and he instantly turned into an ice statue, quite a sad way to die" the player said while smiling, like he was recalling a happy memory, he didn't look sad at all.

Kyle was a bit freaked out, but he was still thankful for the warning, so he decided to make acquaintance with the guy.

"Thanks for the warning, my name is Kyle, how should i refer to you?" He asked.

"You can call me Mark, pleased to meet you" the player responded.

"Well I'm going to train my intelligence stat, do you perhaps know how to do that?" He asked Mark while looking around, the hall was split into multiple parts.

To his right were many shelves with books, most of the books were thin and ragged, players were taking books the shelves, and many books could be seen magically appearing on the shelves.

To his left were mostly tables with chairs around them and a lamp on top, you could see players sitting and reading books, some players looked interested while some looked like they were slowly dying inside.

To his front he could see a big door at the end of the hall, players were constantly leaving and entering through the door, and when it was open he could see grass and trees, he figured out it was some kind of garden.

As he looked aroud he heard Mark's voice again "Then you came to the right place, do you see all these players reading books? Most of them aren't doing it because they are smart or because they like books, the books are thin for a reason" Mark said while pointing at the players.

"Reading a book raises your intelligence stat, and there is a trick to it. The higher your understanding of the content the better the rewards, of course complicated books also give more points. These players are reading because to use magic you need at least 10 intelligence" Mark continued.

"I don't exactly understand how Replica can know your comprehension, but I guess if it can listen to mental commands like opening the character menu, it can do much more" Mark explained.

"Well I need to go back to my books, I advise you to read magic related books, they give more points" Mark said while returning to reading his book.

"Thanks Mark, see you later" Kyle thanked him and started walking towards the bookshelves, he could see a sign on each bookshelf with a genre written on it.

He saw a history bookshelf, a languages bookshelf and even a romance one, he wondered who wrote all of these books.

At the end of the hall was a bookshelf with "Magic Theory" written on it, he guessed this was the one Mark was referring to, so for the first time in his life, he was thirsty for knowledge, after all it was for the sake of training, and when it comes to training, it's always exciting.

An entire new world has been invented, a world called Replica. Where dragons fly in the sky and evil is lurking in the shadows, a world filled with adventures and ruins that are waiting to be explored

Kyle never had anything to do with video games, swordsmanship is all he cared about, but when his life took a sudden twist, this game became his only hope

Replica is a novel about a training freak that meets a world where the only goal is to improve and be at the top

Author's Note: This is my first book, so all feedback is appreciated!

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It took them three hours to open all the windows and doors in the library. The library was bigger than they had thought.

The castle was a 100 meter tall and had four broad 190 meters tall round towers located at the north, south, east, and west of the castle. They're each linked with the castle by a 30 meters stone bridge and were linked with each other around the castle by a reinforced long 80 meters high and 600 meters long solid walls made of Yellowstone bricks, along with battlement. Tall, wide windows are scattered here and there across the castle in a seemingly random pattern. It has a 20 meters huge gate with wide wooden doors and the only entrance to the castle. These towers looked like it hadn't been used for a long time because all everything inside these towers was broken and dustier than the ones in the castle. 

The castle has three floors. For travel between floors, there are specific points on each floor, where large stairs for the travel were. The first floor was 50 meters high and only filled with a maze of bookshelves reaching the ceiling and none of the bookshelves had books. The throne room was located on the north side of the first floor. The second floor was 30 meters high with a maze of bookshelves and 14 rooms scattered throughout the maze. The third floor 20 meters high with an organized row of empty bookshelves.

The tallest point of the castle was a 130 meters tall tower in the middle of the castle. It has sixteen floors and on each floor "+" shaped bridge, offering four paths of access. If you fall from the bridge on the 16 floor, you will fall straight down to the first floor. Each floor has one stair to move up and another for up. It has one door facing the north side of the castle and one window on the fifth floor. This tower was the part which was visible from above ground and is were Adam, Adan, Aaron, Aerin, and Agate entered from. The whole castle was filled with empty dusty bookshelves with only the middle tower filled with books. The castle looks more like a castle for defense than a library.

After opening all the windows and doors, Adam used air bending, starting from the first floor, to blow the dust away while Adan and the rest went out of the library to hunt. Since there weren't any books and the shelves were sturdy. He didn't need too much control. After Adam blew out the dust, they didn't do anymore because the library wasn't dirty, only dusty.

Adam was on the throne room sitting on the top of the steps getting used to moving the library. He kept moving the library around until his stamina ran out then stopped the library.

[Watching you is getting boring. I mean all you had done since I brought you into this world is being lost in the desert for five years, cleaning a library and then playing with the library.]

[It getting boring. Go out and see the world, do the mission, meet new people, start a grand war, do many things so I won't be bored anymore.]

"I still have 495 years left you to know," Adam said, stretching.

[Yes I know, but for a war to be an eternal war, in my opinion, is for it to raging on for 1000 years. But because you don't have enough time in this world, I reduced the requirement to 300 years, and be the most bloody war that has ever been seen in this world. So using 195 years for preparation to create a war, like that is going to be hard for you, in my opinion.

"What? 300 years? I thought it was 100 years. Shit, I need to hurry. Oh yes, Z, how do I get point without doing missions?" Adam asked standing up and walking down the steps.

[Oh... About that. Ok now when you see anything valuable, like a dead dragon body, touch them and say collect. You will be rewarded points based on the item. If you keep collecting the same things, it will lose its value. So you can't spam points.]

"Who is the current Avatar?"

[Find that out yourself. I am adding something to the physical power level on the system. So don't disturb me for like... 2 years.]

"I have to shorten the time used for my training to 5 years. Damn, making a war that goes on for 300 years and needs to be the bloodiest war that has ever been seen in this world will be hard. "

Adam walked to the 16th floor of the middle tower and saw Adan reading a book on top of a shelf. 

"Adan, what you reading?" Adam asked, waving at Adan.

"A book about the first Avatar." He said without looking up from his book.

"Do you know who the current Avatar is?" Adam asked, climbing the shelve Adan is sitting on.

"No, but Avatar Kuruk died in year 776, 4 years before you were born. So the current Avatar will be 18 years old. Come on, Agate is almost done organizing the book for our bending." Adan closed the book and jumped down from the bookshelf.

"How do you know?" Adam asked as he jumped down the bookshelf.

"I have a feeling." He said. 

They walked to the north side of the tower. Aaron and Aerin were standing behind Agate who was organizing the books.

"You were right," Adam said walking beside Aaron. Aaron grabbed on to Adam's shoulder, keeping him in place.

"Little d*ck nick finally managed to stop playing with the castle and come. Everyone was working while you were playing. Shame on you." Agate said, still organizing the books.

"You knew he was going to say something," Adam said while trying to struggle free. After some time, he gave up. "Miss Agate, please forgive me for not coming sooner."

"Hmm, what did you say?" Agate stopped working and said.

"Oh sorry, Miss, did I say something wrong? Please correct me. You can do this by taking me out of the library and fighting me." Adam said, looking apologetic.

"Oh, little d*ck nick..." Agate tried to say something but Adan smacked the back of his head.

"Adam, stop talking. Agate finish your work." Adan said as he smacked both of them on the back of their heads.

"I was done three minutes ago, just waiting for Adam and you to show up. Ok, those thirteen books are shortened versions of eighteen books about fire-bending. Everything about fire-bending, its history, and how to train it is on those books." He said, pointing at twelve books with red covers stacked on each other. He pointed at another stack of books but with a green cover, "Those are fourteen books are shortened books of twenty-three about Earth bending. Everything about Earth-bending, its history, and how to train it is on those books. Aaron, I have found 73 books for different types of martial art the knowledge seeker brought to me. Since you are knowledgeable about martial art, can you find the martial art fitting for us?"

"Ok. I will learn and master all the martial art in this library, so I can start learning about it while finding which one better fits you guys." Aaron said, shrugging.

"Ok for the air-bending, it those books." He pointed at 14 books with an orange cover. "I am done with my work."

"Ok, we are going to train for 10 years, then leave this desert to create our legend," Adan said, picking up his pile of books.

"No, we should train for five years. Look at you Adan, you are 48 years. If we train for 10 years, you will be 58, the time for you to form your legend will shorter." Adam said walking up to his pile of books.

"You are right. I am getting old. Ok, 5 years it is." Adan said, walking away from his pile of books.

'I should get stronger, and also learn more about the avatar. He or she will be my enemy in the future.' Adam thought as he walked away with his books.

Death is...painful. We live to survive... Eat to survive... Drink to survive...

But I... collect... To survive.

Disclaimer*

Any anime, novel, movies, I use in this book belong to their rightful owner, not me.

Satisfied with his little foray into the library, Aser quickly decided to check out the other areas before starting his cultivation for the day. Even if it was his first day in the Academy, he had no intention of falling behind. He also needed to figure out an efficient way to finish reading all the books in the library with Ashes! Briefly checking his System Panel, Aser quickly headed onwards to the large Arena building in the distance.
...
[Name: Aser Scholt]
[System Class: Mind's Eye - Ashes]
[Attributes: 
Strength: 6 
Constitution: 5 
Dexterity: 6 
Intelligence: 15
Charisma: 6 
Attribute Points: 5]*

[Age: 7]
[Race: Human]
[Rank: Unknown Level 5]*
Essence to Unknown Level 6: 160/3200*
Essence Cultivation Rate: 22 Essence per hour (Max 5 hours/day)

Knowledge: 
1. Southern Seas topography (10/50)
2. Shelfield Seas topography (12/25)
3. General History of the Enlightenment Era (2/100)
4. General Descriptions of Aquatic Beasts (1/30)
5. General Knowledge on Beginning Essence Cultivation (12*/20)
6. General Knowledge on Professions for advancement from Unknown Rank (4*/70)

Innate Skill:
1. Mind's Eye (S) (Rank 1): Your body has unlocked the mind's eye. Your inner eye allows you to sense the [Essence History] around your surroundings, changing it into knowledge. By actively using the skill, you are able to sense within a 5ft. area around you, as well as investigate other people and objects. [+5 Base Int]. Upgrade Conditions: Observe more people (1/50). 


Passive Skill:
1. Starlight (S) (Rank 1): The starlight is your friend, you are blessed by the stars and have gained their trust. [+2 Int per rank]. Upgrade Conditions: Unknown.
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Remembering the notice he read earlier, Aser assumed that the Arena was where he could participate in the so called "Trials". While walking, he finally decided to read the Academy Guidelines book to increase his understanding of the Academy. Surprisingly, he very quickly found out that even though most of the trials were in the Arena, but the trials could be anywhere on campus, including during classes and even in the cafeteria and library. The Crystal Processor for the campus maintained and monitored the trials, and would release them periodically when certain conditions were met. Almost all the buildings in campus other than private areas were monitored to both prevent any unforeseen accidents as well as track conditions and progress for trials.

He also figured out that there were school wide ranking boards as well as age specific ranking boards. Realizing that although the Academy seemed harmonious, there was still a lot of competition for everyone, Aser gradually let go of his frustration from earlier. He thought that his desire to compete and prove himself was an anomaly, but it was more the fact that the Academy forbid any sort of public arguments or fights. As such, the harmonious atmosphere he witnessed was simply a facade and almost all of the students seemed to be scheming behind everyone to get further ahead. Most people would feel uncomfortable with the scheming and competition behind the scenes, but Aser actually felt invigorated. He didn't know why, but just the thought of being able to outwit his peers made his blood boil. On the other hand, he didn't actually have as much excitement when imagining duels or combat competitions, as he instinctively felt apprehensive about being close to others, spilling blood or exchanging moves. 

Walking up to the large Arena building, Aser saw kids standing in front of a large Crystal board. Assuming that it was the ranking and Trials board, he approached it to witness the top students of the current First Son's Academy.

-First Son's Academy Trial Ranking Board-

The First Son: Jonah Shelfield, 6th Year, 4390 Points
The First Daughter: Juno Shelfield, 6th Year, 5320 Points
Second: Barry Lowe, 6th Year, 3250 Points
Third: Richard Preston, 6th Year, 3200 Points
Fourth: Lars Anderson, 5th Year, 2100 Points
Fifth: James Porter, 5th Year, 1940 Points
...
Ninety Ninth: Hannah Nor, 2nd Year, 540 Points
Hundredth:  Miles Cyrus, 2nd Year, 535 Points
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It was evident right from the beginning that the two people ranked at the very top were exceptional among their peers, not to mention being from the City Lord's family! The students in the 2nd and 3rd ranking were further below them, and the gap grew bigger from the 4th ranking onwards. This continued until near the middle after the 50th ranking where each rank would differ by only a few points until finishing at the 100th rank. 

Looking at all the names there and understanding that only 2nd Year students are able to get on to the Top 100, Aser readily decided that his goal for his 1st Year would be to get in the Top 50! He was sure that there were plenty of 1st Year students that were able to rank within the Top 100, just as he was sure that being in the Top 50 as a 1st Year would be almost impossible. The current rankings didn't have a 2nd Year until the 85th rank!

Moving past the ranking board, Aser saw smaller crystals around the entrance of the arena, presumably the crystals for viewing and registering trials. According to the Academy Guidelines, after registering for a trial, you would have to go to the building where the trial would be conducted. Most of them were in the Arena, but Aser didn't want to compete there at the moment. He wanted to take part in the trials that would take place in the library, and he knew for sure that there were quite a few of those as well! 

Locating an empty crystal, Aser went up and asked Ashes to connect to the Crystal Terminal. Approving the request for connection, Aser saw a list open up in his mind similar to his System Panel. Looking at all the Trials, such as "Win 5 Combat Matches in a row", or "Collect information regarding the Conquer Era", Aser knew that these trials were made to suit every kind of Cultivator. 

"Filter for Knowledge based and Library based Trials Ashes."
[Filter Applied. Showing results…]

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1. Library Trial 001: Read the following 100 books. Trial Completion Requirements: Pass exam for Library Trial 001 with 90% or above. Reward: 10 Points
2. Library Trial 002: Read the following 100 books. Trial Completion Requirements: Pass exam for Library Trial 002 with 90% or above. Reward: 10 Points
..
61. Information Research 001: Gather information regarding the subject "Cultivation and its merits to human society". Trial Completion Requirements: Submission of paper on the given subject, paper reviewed and approved by Education Board. Reward: 150 Points
62. Information Research 002: Gather Information regarding the subject "Enlightenment Era for the Unknown - Improvement of the general populace". Trial Completion Requirements: Submission of paper on the given subject, paper reviewed and approved by Education Board. Reward: 150 Points
..
139. Exploration and Exploitation Task: Survive, explore and exploit the ruins below Shelfield Son's Academy. Trial Completion Requirements: (1) Survive for 1 month, Reward: 20 Points. (2) Explore unmapped areas, Reward: 30 Points. (3) Discover features humanity can use to exploit the natural environment for advancement, Reward: 100 Points.
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The large list of trials available to him both excited Aser but also made him realize that finishing any of them was not an easy task. Each trial had its own requirements, and there were multiple different kinds to test different areas. Asking Ashes to save all the trial information as well as create a new Trial Module to keep track of his progress, Aser decided to skip exploring further and head back to the Library so that he could start cultivating and set up a plan to efficiently spend his time in the Academy for the next month.

Beasts had unlocked their System during the Ancient Era, and were once the rulers of the world. A catastrophe had caused them all to go into slumber, ushering in the Venture era where humanity started leaving their settlements to explore. As civilization progressed and tensions rose, humanity fought with themselves for the large swathes of territory. Near the end of the Conquer era, the beasts started awakening from their slumber and pushed humanity to the brink of destruction. Through efforts from humanity's top leaders, the system was unlocked for man, and thus began the era of Enlightenment. 

The goal of everyone in this era is to get enlightened, to seek Ascension. Now every child, every family, every influence seek to be an Ascended like the heroes of their world. 

Aser, an Unknown child raised in an orphanage in the Southern Seas. Like others, on his 7th birthday, the system had awakened in his mind, but he realizes he's special. As he explores the mysteries of the System, our protagonist strives to excel, to prove his worth in the world of Gigantis, to find his parents and to figure out the path to Ascension.

Author's notes:
Hey guys this chapter is a lot longer than others… so yeah!
Have a good read
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Chapter 4:
You have slept in your own bed, HP and MP have been restored to 100% each. Status ailments and negative effects have been cured.
I woke up the next day at around 6 am, hmm… this is strange is it the gamer's body skill? But at least I was feeling much more refreshed, when was the last time I felt like this? I thought as I was stretching, I saw a screen to my left:
Ping!
Daily Quest: Getting Ready to Become the Best, has arrived!
Do:
100 Push-ups (0/100)
100 Sit-ups (0/100)
100 Curl-ups (0/100)
100 Squats (0/100)
Run 10Km (0/10)
Warning!
Failing to complete this quest by midnight will bring a punishment associated with the quest.
"Huff…Huff..." I took long laboured breaths to keep myself from getting to dizzy. The daily quest is done! Sweat was pouring down my body as I wiped my brow and forehead at the same time of sweat. My hands were on my knees and I was breathing out steam.
Ping!
Daily Quest: Getting Ready to Become the Best has been completed!
100 Push-ups (100/100)
100 Sit-ups (100/100)
100 Curl-ups (100/100)
100 Squats (100/100)
Run 10Km (10/10)
Rewards:
Status Recovery
+100 EXP
Random Box
Accept Rewards?
[Y/N]
I pressed yes and I was hit by a weird feeling kind of like cold water pouring over me, it made me feel rejuvenated and as if I never did the exercises. If it wasn't for the fact that I was still sweaty and my cloths stuck to me, you wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.
Looking down on my lap, I found a box covered in black wrapping paper with a silver bow. I quickly ripped it apart and found a towel inside, huh perfect timing. I wiped my face and neck of any sweat I could and threw it in my inventory.
I check my status and there the stat points were just sitting there:
Allen Arthur King
The Gamer
Title –
HP – 250/250 (25HP/minute)
MP – 330/330 (33MP/minute)
Lvl 2 – 0/200
Race – Wizard (Muggleborn)
STR – 5
DEX – 6
VIT – 5
INT – 22
WIS – 13
LUC – 8
Points – 5
Money – 0G/0S/0K
Hmm… what should I put it in? Since I'm going to be doing some more exercises I might as well throw them in the more physical attributes for now. Wait did my stat points change? Actually I gained 1 more INT point when I read more, does that mean the more I train in a certain attribute the more points I get in it? Were those points what the ping! Sound I heard wanted to tell me?
And sure enough there was notification saying I have gained +I STR, +2 DEX and +1 VIT. There's also one for my level up, I clicked it and up came a window:
Ping! Level up!
+1 point to all stats
+100 HP
+100 MP
Hmm… that's actually very useful.
Now I should probably upgrade my stats, I clicked on the plus button next to my stats to add my stat points.
Allen Arthur King
The Gamer
Title –
HP – 260/260 (26HP/minute)
MP – 330/330 (33MP/minute)
Lvl 2 – 0/200
Race – Wizard (Muggleborn)
STR – 7
DEX – 8
VIT – 6
INT – 22
WIS – 13
LUC – 8
Points – 0
Money – 0G/0S/0K
I had also gotten a new skill:
Sprint (action)
Use 'em legs, boy. Magically empower your legs to gain a speed boost.
+50% speed when used
30 MP/ Minute
As I closed my status, I stood up and stretched. I should probably go back, I looked up and saw that the suns was shining its golden rays down on top of me. It created a beautiful scene, me standing in the morning with the sun's rays illuminating the surrounding in its golden haze.
Once I reached Ravenclaw tower, I saw a few students scattered about nose deep into their book. I probably shouldn't be seen so I snuck into the boys' dorms, took my clothes and went in to the showers.
As I turned on the showers tap and felt the hot running down my sweaty body, I thought about what I have to do this year. I have to steal the marauders map from Filch's office and somehow copy it and put it back before the Weasley twins get it. I have to reach the Room of Requirements, it has a lot of resources that I should be able to salvage. Hmm… what else? Oh! I should probably check the mirror of Erised as well, just for ol' curiosity's sake. I should also collect the Deathly Hallows as well-
Ping!
A quest has arrived!
Legendary Quest: Master of Death, sounds cool doesn't it?
Obtain all Deathly Hallows (0/1)
Cloak of Invisibility (0/1)
Resurrection Stone (0/1)
Rewards:
All Hallows
Title
?
?
1,000,000 EXP
I started salivating at the thought of all that EXP, how many times could I level up with that? Gamer's Mind kicked in allowing me to think somewhat clearly, I was still affected by my greedy perk. The Invisibility cloak wouldn't be too hard to steal but I would need to replace it, with something of about the same quality. I would check later when I level up more if there is an invisibility cloak in the Shop and hopefully it's actually affordable.
As I finished showering and wore my clothes I went out and found the other's awake and ready to shower as well.
"Good morning guys" I said with a wave.
"Good morning Allen" said Anthony with a small yawn.
"What allowed you to wake up at such ungodly hours?" remarked Terry,
"I wake up before most people" I replied easily,
"Yeah but at such hours?" also asked Michael.
"Well, I'll be heading down for some light reading before breakfast" I stated ignoring the question and walking out.
When I went down I saw there was a female student who looked to be in her sixth year, who wasn't nose deep into a book and tapped her shoulder. I got her attention,
"Hey kid, is there something you need?" she asked
"Is there any rules about going out of the tower?" I asked actually curious, I hadn't thought of this before but it'd be good to know.
"Yeah, 6:30 AM till 8 PM is when you can leave the tower. But outside of that you wouldn't be able to and most teachers would know" she helpfully supplied.
"Ok, thank you for the help" I said cheerfully, at least I learned something new. This place probably had wards set up so they can monitor if people went out or not.
"No problem kid, it's our thirst for knowledge that drives us to be in the top percentiles remember that" she said with a smile.
As I went through the small library, I saw multiple glowing books. I walked up to one and picked it off the bookcase and a new box popped up:
Ping!
Skill book found!
You got the skill book [The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6]
Will you learn this skill?
[Y/N]
I pressed Y but another box popped up that said:
Ping!
Sufficient stat has not been reached to learn this skill book
You cannot learn this book. Requirements: 35 INT
Huh, so there's requirements for some skills? That's interesting, it's pretty much saying I'm not smart enough.
Growling lightly, 'I feel like I'm being challenged' I thought as I put down the book in a pile of other skill books I made that was packed with skill books and other things I thought were interesting. It was put in a secluded corner of the library so there isn't anyone who will be watching, I had to hold back a snort at the thought. A new world war could start and they wouldn't notice until they finish their books.
Picking up all the grade 1 books I learned them one at a time, each time the books turned to dust it was followed by a ping! Sound in my ear and a rush of knowledge to my head.
Ping!
Skill learnt!
Transfiguration casting (Passive /Action)
Lvl 1 (0%)
The magical study of transfiguring something into something else.
+10% power to all transfiguration spells,
-10% MP needed for casting transfiguration spells.
Ping!
Skill learnt!
Charms casting (Passive/Action)
Lvl 1 (0%)
The study of changing something without changing its essential nature.
+10% power to all charms,
-10% MP needed for casting charms.
Ping!
Skill learnt!
Potions making (Passive/Action)
Lvl 1 (0%)
The study of creating a concoction, brew etc. that has magical effects.
+10% potency of potions brewed,
-10% time needed to create potions.
Ping!
Skill learnt!
Defence Against the Dark Arts (passive/action)
Lvl 1 (0%)
The study of defending against the Dark Arts and Creatures.
+10% damage to the Dark arts and Creatures,
+10% defence against the Dark arts and Creatures.
Ping!
Herbology (Passive)
Lvl 1 (0%)
The study of herbs and plants specifically those of magical nature.
+10% with dealing with plants,
-10% time when dealing with plants.
Ping!
A new skill has been created!
Magic Casting (Passive/ Action)
Lvl 1 (0%)
All spells; charms, jinxes etc. cost 10% less mana.
All spells; charms, jinxes etc. are 10% stronger.
After taking in all that information I stumbled into a chair in the common room and sat down, I was soon joined by the boys. We then started going down to the Great Hall. It seemed that a lot of people had arrived before us seeing as there was people sitting on their house tables, all of them chatting and munching on some food that was put on the tables. We picked around the middle of the table seeing as there was less people there. We all got ourselves a heart helping of the delicious breakfast made by the house-elves, soon we were joined by the girls and we were all chatting away while eating.
Our head of house; Professor Flitwick also gave out all of our timetables with a swish of his wand. Hmm… I breathed out as I looked at our timetable, it seemed like the subjects we had today are: Charms followed by Transfiguration, Morning tea, Herbology, History of Magic, Lunch, DADA and we have an empty lesson finished with Dinner. It's pretty full with two breaks in between some of the classes, like morning tea and lunch.
Seeing as most of us were confused about Professor Flitwick's height a 2nd year came to us,
"Hey, that's out head of house he's actually a half-goblin but don't discriminate against him he's actually a duelling champion" said the second year, who introduced herself as Cho Chang. I could see why Cedrick liked her, she was very pretty.
Soon I said goodbye to my friends as I went out of the Great Hall, I still hadn't gotten my bag with my books while they did. I told them I'd be at the Charms classroom and told them not to wait for me. On my way back down from the tower, I bumped into someone I didn't expect too. Literally.
At the same time we went around the same corner and hit each other with enough force to knock her off her feet and onto me, making me fall down as well. She had straight blond hair that was slightly curly at the end, and icy blue eyes. She had the customary green and black robes along with the green and silver tie of Slytherin house.
'Observe'
Daphne Greengrass Lvl 6
HP – 400
MP – 370
Daphne Greengrass belongs to the noble house of Greengrass which was a part of the neutral faction in the last wizarding war, the Greengrass house also own a magical shipping company. She lost her way when heading to Charms.
"Hello" I blurted out before things became awkward, well more awkward then right now. I sighed internally as I put her off of me and stood up as well. This was the future ice-queen of Slytherin, I had to show at least a little 'respect'.
"My name is Allen King, may I know your name?" I spoke with a slight fake respect in my voice and put my hand out that seemed to have snapped her out of her little episode.
"Daphne Greengrass, a pleasure" she said as she gave took my hand with her own hands in a soft handshake.
"May I know why you were running in the hallways?" I asked her, I already knew from observing her but I had to act like I didn't.
She seemed to give a quickly made answer:
"I wasn't running, I was just walking faster than usual since I have to go to Charms and my friend is waiting for me" she blurted out a bit too fast.
"Oh really?" I quirked an eyebrow that showed my disbelief,
"Well since we both have Charms right now, let's go together shall we?" I proposed, not like there was any other way to get out faster.
"I might as well, seeing as we're both going to the same place" she grudgingly accepted.
Soon we descended into an awkward silence, so I decided to break the silence.
"Are you a half-blood or pureblood witch? Since you don't really look surprised about anything" I asked to get the conversation starting.
"Well I am actually pure-blooded from the house of Greengrass" she said as she puffed out her chest in pride just a bit, this is my chance to make some out-of-house relationships that could benefit me very well. 'Especially since her family has a hand in shipping, this could be good for me if I decide to benefit' I thought with a greedy glint in my eyes.
"What does that mean?" is how the conversation went by, we eventually arrived at the classroom door. I let her go first and waited a few minutes before going in myself, we wouldn't want people to draw a connection between us. I wouldn't call the talk a loss at all, I had become an acquaintance with someone who has a lot of resources.
I sat with Terry, Anthony and Michael and the girls sat on the row behind us.
"Ahem" we all turned our heads to the origin of the voice, and there Professor Flitwick was. Standing on a stack of thick books at the front of the class, with his wand in his hand.
"Hello students, this is your first class of Charms" he stated quite obviously.
"Like most other subjects you would soon have, the professors of will say their subject is the most dangerous. Well I'll too, seeing as charms are some of the most versatile spells, that is obvious" he warned us of the dangers of Charms, 'well it seems like we'll all get a warning for most of our practical subjects' I thought as I droned out of the following conversation.
"For now we'll practise a practically harmless charm; the levitating charm, it is performed with a swish and flick while incanting 'Wingardium Leviosa' in a strong clear voice" he demonstrated on a book next to him, it went a flying in whichever direction he pointed his wand in.
"Wingardium Leviosa" I incanted with a swish and flick, just practising my form.
Soon Professor Flitwick gave out a bunch of feathers, one student noticed this and asked:
"Hey professor, why are we using feathers and not books like you?" asked the Slytherin student,
"Come here" he called out to the student, "now pick up this book that I used the spell on" he asked the student.
The student picked it up or at least tried to, he had to bend over and pick it up and held it up with great struggle.
"What is that thing made of?" he questioned with a small hint of anger.
"Nothing much, parchment, leather and a heavy charm placed on it" he explained,
"Anyways, the more heavy an object the more magic it will take and the more you have to be experienced in that certain spell" he explained to the class.
Soon we all started trying, I looked around and sawing many students failing. Terry sitting next to me starting poking his feather with his wand while incanting, hoping it would work.
I focused my attention on the feather on my desk and focused my wand on it,
"Wingardium Leviosa" I recited the incantation, and the feather started levitating.
"Excellent! I see we have a genius, here 10 points to Ravenclaw" he excitedly exclaimed.
By the end of the class I had gotten another 3
Soon the class ended and we were rushed to Transfiguration, the bell rang and Professor Mcgonagall still wasn't here only a cat that was sitting on her table which I knew was her. After five minutes, the students had grown restless and were whispering to each other.
"Blimey, where is the professor?" I heard Anthony mutter next to me a bit too loudly, the cat animagus took this moment to transform in front of us.
"I'm right here Mister Goldstein" she said to us, knowing it'll happen and seeing is completely different.
All of the students in the room were shell shocked, I was to but at a lesser degree. It's pretty smart, showing the students what the pinnacle of transfiguration could achieve so that they have something of a drive that inspires them to study more.
After giving us the customary warning speech she gave us all a match to turn into a needle. All of the students soon started trying to turn their matches into a needle. I just sat back and watched as a student, failed, tried, failed, tried again, failed and got red in the face. I was there chuckling when the same student snapped their matchstick and threw it half away across the room, professor Mcgonagall seemed to have noticed I was laughing when she gave him another match as she came up to me.
"Mister…-"
"Allen King, Professor" I replied to the invisible question.
"Mister King please tell me why you aren't trying to transfigure your own match?" she questioned sternly, we seemed to have gained some attention as we were being watched by every student. All of them put their wands down and were fixated on us.
"I have" I said as I gestured to my match, she looked at it and sure enough it was innocently lying there.
"I see… you've done a splendid job Mister King, 10 points to Ravenclaw" she praised, huh nice.
"Sigh…" I sighed as I sat down,
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Author's Notes
So you see guys, I want to know something. If he had a weapon what would it be? I'm thinking a katana with twin daggers or spear with twin daggers, also the main weapons (spear or katana) will be able to use 5 elements.
Or he could have 5 weapons; one for each element, like katana for water, rapier for lighting etc..
Also if you haven't noticed already, then i'll tell you about the daily quests. the daily quest doesn't give any stat points it gives 100 EXP and a Random box. i did this because while he would become OP pretty soon, he'll become OP too fast if i gave him stat points, so instead he gains Points in stats by exercising.
Also if you guys want a different penalty quest then give msg me one because i'll keep the normal one then.
Please leave a review!

Now reborn in the Harry Potter world with the P- System (a mix between solo levelling and gamer system) what will Allen Arthur King do? will he become a beacon of light or the overlord of the dark side. read as he finds where he belongs in the world. (rated M just in case)

"You… Why did you… Why did you bring so many books…" Sun Xiubin asked.
"Does a student need a reason to bring stationery?" Li Zheng placed the last of his materials down and stood up as he opened his empty bag for Sun Xiubin to see.
Sun Xiubin was utterly speechless.
However, she noticed something when she glanced into the bag.
"Don't move!" She reached into the bag and dug out a magazine. On the cover of the magazine was a masked person holding a gun. There was even a robot in the background.
"What's this? What's this?" She suppressed her excitement as she displayed the magazine for the students around to see. "Did I not say that you cannot bring books for leisure, did I not?"
"Discipline mistress…" The ordinary girl looked closely at the cover of the magazine as she said, "There seems to be the library stamp on the magazine."
"Oh?" Sun Xiubin froze. She pulled the magazine closer to have a better look. It was indeed the stamp unique to the Cherry Lake High School library.
She thought, "In the end, he came to return a book?"
Sun Xiubin felt her scalp tremble. She quickly stuffed the magazine back into the bag, then pointed around, and said, "What time is it already? Do you all want to be late?"
Everyone scattered in an instant.
Sun Xiubin then looked at Li Zheng. He was kneeling on the ground and packing his bag.
He carefully arranged the bundles of material into their designated spaces.
He did not have any complaints. He was like a wronged daughter-in-law.
Sun Xiubin's expression softened. She felt remorseful.
"Alright, alright, alright, stop packing up." She then turned to the students on duty and said, "It's about time you guys head back. Help him move his books into his class while you are on your way back."
She turned her head and left without looking at anyone.
In that final moment, Li Zheng's flirting score for Sun Xiubin was reluctantly increased to -5.
He managed to stop the damage.
The rest of the students on duty also managed to get off early. They walked toward the teaching block.
Only the ordinary girl stepped forward to help Li Zheng pack up, "Discipline Mistress Sun is too much… But you also… Such a ridiculous bag…"
She secretly watched Li Zheng, then hid her face and smiled slightly, "Furthermore, the way you walk is especially eye-catching."
"Yes, I've learned my lesson. I'll walk slower next time." Li Zheng gave a heavy nod.
They took two minutes to fill up the bag again. However, they ultimately did not pack the books as well as Li Zheng had in the morning. They could not stuff all of the books into the bag.
Thus, the ordinary girl gathered a stack of books and carried it to Li Zheng's class together with him.
"Oh yes, why did you bring so many chemistry books?" the girl asked as she looked at the book covers.
"I have to practice chemistry intensively." Li Zheng had a look of regret. "Unfortunately, I only have materials for second-years."
"Do you need to prepare for third-year chemistry in advance?" The girl involuntarily hugged the books tighter. "Do you… I'll lend it to you…"
"Oh?" Li Zheng was elated.
Studying ahead of the syllabus was undoubtedly the simplest, most direct way to increase his score.
However, Li Zheng should not seem so anxious to ask for a favor during the first conversation he had with someone.
"This… Wouldn't it affect your studies?" Li Zheng scratched the back of his neck and forced himself to be hesitant.
"It's alright, there is no chemistry class today." The girl lowered her head as she whispered, "If you need it… You can come to look for me in Class 3-1. My name is Xu Mengxi."
"Class 3-1? The elite class!" Li Zheng quickly looked her in the eye, then nodded and said, "Pardon my impudence."
"Haha…" Xu Mengxi laughed. "You are so funny."
As they talked, the two of them arrived at the door of Class 2-4.
Xu Mengxi placed the books into Li Zheng's arms and asked hesitantly, "Your name is Li Zheng, isn't it? How do you write Zheng?"
"It's Zheng from the phrase Zhengrong, which means lofty and outstanding."
"Alright…" She had already turned around to leave but suddenly remembered something. She turned her head and asked, "Do you want notes for second and third-years?"
Li Zheng was dumbfounded.
"Are you an angel?" he thought.
"Yes, yes." He could not hold back in the end. He nodded continuously as he wiped off his drool.
"Haha…" Xu Mengxi laughed at Li Zheng's action. "Can you stop being so funny?"
"Sure, sure."
Suddenly, a voice that sounded like its owner should not be trifled with rang out from behind Li Zheng.
"Hm…"
A petite girl, who was wearing a white shirt and holding a water bottle, stood at the door of the classroom, staring at the two of them.
She pulled Xu Mengxi aside without waiting for Li Zheng to react and walked quickly toward the pantry.
Li Zheng opened his eyes wide.
He thought, "Not good.
"She is even trying to snatch the third-year chemistry notes from me."
Li Zheng wanted to chase after them but ultimately held back.
After all, Lin Yujing was good friends with Xu Mengxi.
There were different levels of closeness between people. He had merely crossed paths with Xu Mengxi.
He thought to himself, "I'll look for Xu Mengxi during the time between classes. It'll be good if she'll lend me the notes. If not, I'll look for another basketball partner."
LI Zheng hugged his bag and stepped into the classroom.
At this moment, the students were gathered around Jiang Qinghua's seat. They were chatting nonstop.
"What? I got into the top 100 even with my score?"
"To think that Liu Xin is not in last place."
"Did Lin Yujing score first place even in biology?"
"How much did Li Zheng get?"
Li Zheng calmly took out his bundles of study material and started to arrange them on his desk amidst the chatter.
However, he did feel a little uneasy.
Judging from the situation, the rankings for the monthly exams had been released.
Logically, to protect a student's privacy, the result slips would never be made public.
But who did they think Hu Chunmei was?
Rankings were undoubtedly the best form of recognition a hardworking student could have. It was also the largest form of motivation for the distracted students.
To work around the privacy policy, Hu Chunmei chose to give the result slips of everyone in the class to the monitor, Jiang Qinghua. She allowed him to organize and hand out the result slips.
During the process, the rankings of the students would inevitably be revealed. The effects of recognition and motivation would be doubled.
Even Li Zheng felt a little expectant. He did not know what level he had reached for the first monthly exams of his second year.
There were 264 science students in the grade level. They were split into six classes.
Amongst the classes, Class 2-1 was the elite class and was made up of the students placed in the top 45.
It was supposed to be the top 46, but Lin Yujing had come into a little conflict with the homeroom teacher. The school had no choice but to transfer her to the fourth class.
Following that, as the classes in high school got more advanced, the 45 students in the elite class were unable to maintain their advantage.
The reasons for that could include the student's potential, distraction, tardiness, etc. There had been less than 20 students from the elite class who had maintained their position in the top 50 during the year-end exams last year.
Li Zheng had managed to improve from his position outside the top 100 when he first started school to being 43rd after a year's worth of effort.
He wondered if he could improve even further for last month's monthly exams.
As the students chatted, the most talkative student in the class, Liu Yue, suddenly laughed and shouted from Jiang Qinghua's seat, "Haha, Li Zheng only managed to obtain 51st place even after studying for so long. He did not even score higher than Jiang Qinghua."
Li Zheng tightened his expression.
He thought, "What?!
"51?
"That was unexpected."
Li Zheng rubbed the box of pen nibs as he sat frozen in his seat.
"Liu Yue! Stop talking. The school does not allow us to speak about this," Jiang Qinghua scolded. "I'm not going to let you guys look anymore. Go away. I'll organize this myself."
"Haha, you're already second in class. Stop acting." Liu Yue picked up a bunch of result slips and dug her way out of the crowd. "I'll stop talking. I'll help you hand these out!"
"I'll not let you see the results in the future," Jiang Qinghua scolded again. He then turned to look at Li Zheng, "I am sorry… I'll complete this in Mrs. Hu's office next time."
Li Zheng shook his head and indicated that it was fine.
Liu Yue chose Li Zheng's seat as her first stop with the result slips in hand.
"Not bad, don't be discouraged." Liu Yue glanced toward Li Zheng after she placed his result slip on the desk. She had a faint, mocking smile.
To her, seeing a hardworking student experience such a pitiful defeat seemed like a decent form of entertainment.


[Have you become more learned today?]
[Accounting for the capacity of your brain, your study efficiency has been increased to 28 times that of normal.]
[The remaining amount of energy you have for studying today, 26 hours.]
[You will enter an exhausted state when your energy is depleted and be unable to obtain new information.]
[Please relax by using the functions within the system and restore your energy as soon as possible.]
With limited energy and the onset of fatigue, the Study Monster had no time to think too much.
Had the heavens not grant me this system, the unending sea of knowledge would seem like a long night.


The third day into the Month of Looming Frost. 
Apprentice Town Eight.
Angor woke up earlier. After he washed up, he found himself a black gentleman attire which suited him just fine.
Inside the mirror, the young kid quickly became an elegant nobleman with a high nose bridge, delicate lips, deep-blue eyes and messy but lively short blond hair. When viewed by the people in this era, Angor was absolutely a top-tier handsome. Even though he did not pay much attention to his dressing, he managed to draw a lot of attention to himself. When the boy tried to look better, he only made it super.
"Something is amiss…" Angor muttered. Anyone else here to comment on his looks would not find anything more that could be done.
Bird chirping came from the French window. Angor opened it and invited fresh air into the house. Along with it came a seabird wearing black gentleman suit, Toby.
Toby circled around Angor's room for a while and perched on top of Angor's head skillfully.
Now, two pairs of eyes stared at the mirror.
Similar clothes, the same puzzled look… They were even standing in the same posture.
"I see now. I need a hat!" said Angor. He looked at the small creature inside his hair and recalled the days when his hairstyle would always be ruined by the bird.
There was a marketplace in the town where various merchants from villages and towns nearby sold their stuff. Angor soon found a hattery and purchased a pure-black top hat.
Then he rushed back home with Toby on his head.
The boy attracted a lot of people on his way. He made quite an interesting sight with his appearance, clothing, and the adorable companion. But there were only common folks. Angor did not see any apprentices. Maybe they were all hiding inside their basements doing research and did not come out much.
Angor removed Toby from his hair and put on his new top hat. Now he looked more wonderful. Together with his dark-red bowtie and snow-white silk collar, the decorations added some mysterious properties on top of Angor's handsome look.
He was going to find someone today. To show his respect, Angor made sure he presented his best manner.
According to Flora, his target was an elder with a very strict character who preferred people who knew the rules. The boy had to wear formal clothes.
Angor would do this anyway without Flora's advice. He would not forget the glory of the lion's heart which was carved into his soul.
"The fire in the lion's heart never dies." 
The button on Angor's gentleman wear was the emblem of Padt Family—lion's heart. Angor put on this costume for the first time. He prepared it for brother's title inheritance ceremony. He did not expect that he would suddenly go somewhere else far, far away before he could actually use it.
Angor recited his family motto in a small voice. The young man in the mirror was now carrying a responsible and solemn look.
"Let's go, Toby. I heard the elder is the most knowledgeable being in the entire southern region. Maybe he can help you evolve." 
Apart from asking something for himself, Angor also planned to do something for Toby. 
Greya only put Toby in his care for the moment. But Toby was also a supernatural now. Angor developed a fine friendship with the bird during these months, so Angor hoped he could find Toby a path to advance using the chance.
Not far from Apprentice Town Eight, Angor reached a stairway made from plant vines which led toward a bus stop ten meters off the ground.
Angor climbed onto the stop and saw a sky bus approaching soon.
While on the bus, he silently went over the key points for sensing spirit power.
Being able to sense his spirit power meant he could finally begin his life as a supernatural.
There were three steps. The first one was to feel his spirit power, and the second step was to control the power. The last step was to construct one's spiritual model. Once the model was made, he would be considered a Level-1 Apprentice, like Abelle.
However, Angor did not manage to think for a long time before someone's cheering voice woke him up.
He looked out of the bus and saw a giant plaza in the middle of Tree Spirit Garden suddenly being shrouded in sunlight.
The Tree of Eternity grew very large leaves and branches which hid most of the sun from the ground, so the Tree Spirit Garden underneath was always dark with only occasional, scattered light spots.
But now, the central plaza which was several square kilometers in size was completely brightened by the sun. The place appeared as if it was covered by golden dust.
Angor looked up and saw the giant leaves which denied the plaza of sunlight all curled up.
"Maybe Mister Tree Spirit is in a good mood today so he allows people down there to enjoy some light?" Angor wondered.
But was that something worth cheering for? Anyone who wanted to see light could simply take a sky bus and go to the leaves on the tree.
Angor looked back and failed to notice that a rupture had just opened up in the central plaza. The cheering apprentices all rushed inside.
Twenty minutes later, Angor reached the stop he was coming for.
It was only a small stop, and Angor was the only one here. A metal sign which was about three meters high stood under the platform. It read "Cloud Library".
Yes, the base of the sign was fixed on the cloud.
This stop was not located on one of the tree leaves. It stood on a thick cloud. When Angor stepped on the cloud, he felt like walking on soft dirt.
This was called "cloud dirt", a product made by mixing a special material with clouds.
The cloud was very wide. Angor could already see the magnificent library which shined a golden light not far from him.
The elder he was looking for was here, in the biggest library in Brute Cavern.
There were lots of people in the library, but compared with the size of the building, they appeared like swarms of ants.
Angor was the only one on the bus stop because everyone could fly. As the boy stared agape at the library, a middle-aged witch wearing blue wizard robe and a pointy wizard hat decorated by stars and moon flew past him on a broomstick.
The aura of the library shocked him more and more as he approached it. It stood there like a hallowed church, which made people want to show respect and bow down. Angor knew that this was not something religious, but natural respect toward knowledge and truth.
Every single person walking around the place presented his or her best manner. No one spoke a word.
Angor was the same as he entered the library with a solemn attitude.
The library was extremely spacious inside. There were obviously space-expanding magic arrays being used. Books were arranged in different sections. When Angor checked the map at the entrance, he saw 8,329 sections in total. According to people's needs, they could all be reached via certain teleportation points.
The rule of equivalent exchange also worked here. To use teleportation and rent books all required merit points, and most of the apprentices would spend their hard-earned points here.
According to Flora, the elder was inside section 7920—7930 recently, researching for some sort of energy transformation project.
Angor found a vacant teleportation point and prepared to go to section 7920. Without any more clues to go by, he had to look in the sections one by one.
When he placed his bone card on the teleportation device, a number showed up: 100 merit points.
Angor widened his eyes. He just saw an apprentice who only paid one point to use the teleportation device. Why was it asking for a hundredfold now?!
When he felt like crying, someone in the line urged him to hurry up.
There were 30 teleportation points in the library, and somehow, they were all occupied. Angor did not want to keep people waiting and make a scene, so he clenched his teeth and accepted the price.
Angor reached section 7920 and felt his heart aching.
He thought a section would be a dozen meters around at best. But what he saw shocked him for good. The section was beyond a hundred meters in both directions and was full of giant bookshelves. The first glance presented him books a hundred times more than what Sunders had in his collection. No. It was way more than that.
Angor glanced at a random book nearby. 
Summary on How to Use Hyper Magnetic Cannon.
When he placed his bone card near the book, the rental fee quickly showed up on it: 300,000 merit points.
Three hundred thousand…
Angor's total asset was ten thousand. One single book cost thirty times! That equaled to 3,000 magic crystals! This was insane. Few apprentices could save up such big money.
Angor guessed that this section was meant for wizards. The teleportation fee would also make sense. It was a price bar which discouraged apprentices from coming here. Considering how apprentices usually made money, they would never waste their income by coming to this place.
That was also why Angor did not see anyone at all in here.
He walked along the central path and looked aside, hoping to find the elder Flora mentioned.
But he did not succeed even after looking around the entire Section 7920.
Angor had no choice but to return to the teleportation point and go for Section 7921.
Another 100 merit points.
And the effort still brought him nothing.
7922, 7923, 7924… The boy kept searching for another three sections by spending 300 points. He did not find a single soul, let alone the elder he was looking for.
When he prepared to move to Section 7925, he noticed the teleportation fee this time was 300!
Angor felt faint and wanted to leave. But on second thought, he felt that he could not let his previous attempt go to waste, so he made a hard decision and went for Section 7925 with a sad face.
He walked in the middle to search around just like before. When halfway through, Angor noticed that a bookshelf at the end of the line to his right was of a different color than the others. It released a weak, silver glimmer.
He approached the bookshelf out of curiosity.
The books here were… all alchemy books?
Alchemy Script: Energy Stabilizer
It was an alchemy script on how to create an "energy stabilizer". Angor recalled recording a book in the warden's secret chamber back at Stairs of Hanging Prison. The book was called Encyclopaedia: Basic Alchemy, which contained knowledge on how to craft such a stabilizer. It was an elementary alchemy tool.
But why was the bookshelf silver? Because it was meant for alchemy books? When Angor placed his bone card near Alchemy Script: Energy Stabilizer and read the number shown, he felt his heart skipping a beat.
"Rental fee: 1,100,000 merit points"
This was too crazy!!
In the Encyclopaedia: Basic Alchemy that Angor recorded, there were crafting methods for nearly a thousand different alchemy tools, and the energy stabilizer was only a very basic one.
And this single, basic tool was taken out and published in one book which cost more than a million points to rent. That meant ten thousand magic crystals! Angor could not believe his own eyes.
If the price was real, Encyclopaedia: Basic Alchemy would worth… billions of points?
And that was only one of the many alchemy books Angor recorded in his tablet. There were also intermediate books, advanced books, even other special ones. How much would they cost?!
"Wow. Alchemy books were so expensive…" Angor mumbled to himself. 
Seemed like he was a rich guy himself, only that he could not reveal it to others. The boy would never try to sell his recordings. One of Jon's teachings was that "a man's wealth is his own crime". Before he knew how to defend himself, selling the books would only bring him death instead of a fortune.
"I can't sell them, but I can try learning them," Angor muttered. Since he possessed such textbooks which covered all levels of knowledge, why not put them to good use?
Still, it was something for later. His main job now was to become a supernatural first and turn into an apprentice successfully. Everything else had to wait.
Angor left the silver bookshelf and continued searching for the elder.
Before declaring the section to be another disappointment, the boy suddenly saw an old man in a corner. He looked much like a soul who kept blinking out of existence. The soul was sitting in front of a long desk and writing something.
Angor's eyes brightened up.
"There he is!"
 …
There were three ancestor souls in Brute Cavern: The Tree Spirit of the tree of eternity, Lady Mirror in the mirror world, and the old man in front of Angor.
The most erudite being in the southern region, and the philosopher of Cloud Library—Elder of Books.
The Elder of Books was a soul who existed long in history. He was a wise and serene man who edited or participated in the editing of more than half of all the book in the entire Cloud Library. Rumor had it that he was born from an ancient tome, thus he loved and cared for books as well.
The old man never went out of the mirror world before. He did not even leave the library much. And still, he was titled the "most erudite being in the southern region".
Being erudite meant knowing a lot, which was different from being an expert who spent countless time researching a certain field of expertise. They were equally important traits, but the wizards still preferred being experts.
The Elder of Books knew a lot of things. Many wizard tricks out there came from him. He even lectured legendary wizards before. This was why Flora mentioned his name to Angor.
Angor approached him and noticed the old man was composing something. He decided not to interrupt his work and stood aside to wait.
And he waited for ten hours straight.
Even after Angor's feet went all numb, the Elder of Books did not show any hint of stopping.
During the process, Toby switched from Angor's left shoulder to the right, then onto his top hat. In the end, Toby fell asleep, so Angor put the bird into his pocket.
The sky outside turned dark. 
Angor tried to call his name in a small voice, "Um, Elder of Books?"
The elder did not look up from his work while he pondered over something as what he did during the last few hours. He did not mind Angor's presence at all.


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