[For walking 4 km, the reward isn't low. It is not the System's fault that you encountered so many difficulties]
'I guess so.' Darren replied dejectedly. Although it probably was the System's fault for everything happening, just walking 4 km shouldn't be hard. The question is, how much were copper coins even worth? For all he knew, they could be worthless. In response to that question, the System replied:
[1 Copper coin and 50 Stone coins are enough to stay a night in a decent inn. Food is generally around half a Copper coin for a meal.]
'Stone coin?'
[There are different types of coin. Each higher type is worth 100 of the previous type. The order is:
Wood coin -> Stone coin -> Copper coin -> Bronze coin -> Silver coin -> Gold coin -> Platinum coin -> Diamond coin -> Dragon coin]
'That seems a bit much. Can't they settle on 3-4 different types like everyone else?'
['Everyone else' has even more confusing systems. And they have so many different types because it is easier than referring to large sums of money in billions of coins, and small sums of money in 0.01s of a coin]
'Fine.' Darren decided to give up; as usual, it was no use arguing with the System.
'Any quests for me?' He asked sarcastically, not expecting for the System to have a quest for him (completely ignoring all he had learnt).
[Yes, I'll display it now]
.....
Quest: Obtaining knowledge
Description:
Knowledge is not power, but it is extremely useful nonetheless. Go to a library and read this list of books (attached)

Success condition: Having read all 10 books
Reward: System information storage space
Failure condition: Being banned from the library
Punishment: Death

Progress: 0/10 books read
.....
Darren wanted to cry. Why was being banned from a library enough to have the System kill him? There was probably a good reason, knowing the System, but it is still upsetting. With no apparent choice, if he wanted to get anywhere, he decided to look at the list of books.
.....
Booklist:
Basic magical symbols
Spells for idiots
The basics of magic
History for toddlers
A complete magical history
Elemental conjectures
Magical theorems
How to learn basic mana control
The rules of magic
.....
Darren couldn't tell if the System was picking those books just to be annoying or not. It was definitely patronising, but given that he had no idea how magic works, that may be justified. Of course, to read any of these books he had to go to a library.
'Any directions, System?'
[No, I am still not a SatNav]
He was pretty sure that the System had a SatNav, but he decided not to continue with that argument after being given a quest to read some books for children a minute ago.
Darren walked down the busy street until he eventually found a library.
'Very convenient, just being here when I wanted it.' Thought Darren, before going to walk in. Unfortunately, he saw a sign saying that there was a 100 copper coin entrance fee, which made him immediately suspicious of the System again. After all, why would it give him such a large sum of money if it wasn't going to take it away from him the next second? He reluctantly paid all his money and entered the extremely expensive and extravagant library... Or not extravagant, as Darren soon discovered. It was very simple, just having rows of books. There was almost no decoration and the little decoration that it did have was in a state of disrepair.
'What are they doing with so much money?' Asked Darren in his head, although he suspected he knew the answer: the owners were just paying almost all of the money into their pockets. And it seemed that he was not the only one who had that thought or at least nobody else was stupid enough to pay 1 bronze coin to enter a library, as it was almost deserted, with only him and a couple of other people in the whole library. Given that one of those people worked there, that meant that there were very few people actually reading books.
Darren went to an index book and looked for one of the books on his list. He decided that knowing the rules of magic would probably be beneficial considering that otherwise, he won't know how things actually work and might try something impossible, at least at his current power. He found out there the book was quickly and walked over to it before picking it up and starting to read.

21-year-old Darren Coates is going to work, at least until he is magically picked up and dropped in the middle of a field in another universe for no obvious reason.
Now, instead of worrying about mundane things, like money and work, Darren has to worry about being killed by any of the thousands of kingdoms warring constantly, or being eaten by any of the millions of beasts and even carnivorous plants, or being hunted by a mysterious organisation that seems to be the only one who knows anything.
All while finding out why he was brought there, by whom, and who else came with him, of course with the 'help' of an even more mysterious system in his head.

"Shop" The shop window appeared again, he chose the first option [Weaponry] and began to browse.

[Shortsword - Quality: Common]
[Attack - Slashing - 5 - Piercing - 3]
[Durability - 10/10]
[Price - 100]

[Short Spear - Quality: Common]
[Attack - Piercing - 6]
[Durability - 8/8]
[Price - 100]

"Hmm...let's look further"

[9mm Handgun - Quality: Common]
[Attack - Piercing - 57]
[Durability - 5/5]
[Price - 800]

"Whoa, such a huge increase in attack, I guess some guy swinging around a sword can't match the force of a fired bullet though. The durability is really low, I guess due to being made of plastic? I suppose if you tried to block a sledgehammer with a pistol you'd be in for a rough time."

[Divine Blade]
[Attack - Slashing - 7,500]
[Durability - 5,500/5,500]
[Price - 5,000,000]

"Whoa, those stats, isn't that like firing one hundred bullets at once? But that price! ...Whatever, not like I need weapons, let's check another category"

Figuring that he also didn't have much use for [Armor], Jim skipped to [Consumables]

[Simple Healing Potion - Quality: Low]
[Recover 50 HP]
[Price - 20]

"Whoa! In games, rich player characters can chug down potions like water and recover from seemingly life threatening wounds, right? This could be useful if I get in an accident."

[Simple Mana Potion - Quality: Low]
[Recover 50 MP]
[Price - 30]

"...WHAT!? This is mana, mana right? As in magic? It can't be..." Quickly exiting the "Consumables" category Jim's breathing sped up and entered the "Skill" category.

[All Magic Aptitude]
[Allows Usage Of Magic From Any School Or Element]
[Price - 20,000,000]

"Right, it wouldn't be that easy, huh? But still, there's a skill that allows the usage of magic, this is tremendous! Let's check more!"

[Al-kiva Cultivation Technique]
[Condenses Yin Qi In The User's Skeleton]
[9 Levels Available]
[Price - 1,000,000]

"Cultivation too? Are you serious? Those guys from Xianxia can fly through the sky, blast a mountain apart with a single fist, utilize mystical energy for all sorts of purposes, I can do it too?"

"Okay, okay, calm down, I need to think about this, I don't even have 10,000 points, let alone in the millions, this is something for the future."

Jim forcibly cooled himself down, his heart was still pounding as he looked through the various skills available.

[Detection]
[Spreads Senses Across A Large Radius]
[10 Levels Available]
[Price - 100,000]

[Gentle Breathing Technique]
[Brings In Surrounding Yuan Qi, Circulates Through Body, Permanent Strengthening Effect]
[30 Levels Available]
[Price - 80,000]

[Heightened Senses]
[All Senses Up]
[10 Levels Available]
[Price - 50,000]

[Lightning Dragon Fist]
[Utilizes Lightning Qi To Produce Massive Speed and Force]
[20 Levels Available]
[Price - 200,000]

[King's Cover]
[Forms An Invisible Barrier Around User, Reduces All Harm]
[100 Levels Available]
[Price - 10,000,000]

[Peerless Genius Body]
[Reforms Muscles, Tendons, Veins, Bones, All Flesh, Allows Easy Technique Mastery, Strength, Agility, Reflexes, Defense Greatly Increased]
[100 Levels Available]
[Price - 50,000,000]

[Water Magic Aptitude]
[Allows Usage Of All Water Elemental Magic]
[Price - 1,000,000]

[Reiki Healing Technique]
[Gently Spreads Pure Qi On Target, Good Healing Effect]
[10 Levels Available]
[Price - 1,000]

"Hmm? Why is the price for this one so low?" Jim began pondering, recalling that he had heard of Reiki before, people claimed it was an effective method of spiritual healing, he had attempted to use it back in his teenage days and thought he had grasped the concept when his hands began tingling. Turns out he was just triggering the nerves in his hands, an online friend said it may be useful in restoring nerve functions after a hand injury, but he was let down at not gaining supernatural powers. "Perhaps...?" The fruitless training he went through back then may have decreased the price need the buy the skill from the shop, he was hopeful that this was possible.

Jim started to feel overwhelmed by all the options available, and decided to spend time planning what to get rather than rushing into things. "Okay, Let's increase my current skills for now, biting off too much to chew will just end up stunting my growth." Thus, he went to bed, the next day he headed to the Library again.

[Distant Reading Level Up]
[Distant Reading Has Reached Level 9]
[Focus Level Up]
[Focus Has Reached Level 10]
[Focus Level Max]
[Focus Derivation Skill -- Parallel Processing Obtained]
[Congratulations Host, Host Has Achieved Maximum Level In A Skill, Skill Max Gift Pack x 1 Awarded]
[Congratulations Host, Host Has Obtained 10 Skills, Skill Seeker Gift Pack x 1 Awarded]

"Hm...?" After thinking it over, Jim opened the shop, the numbers in the top right were [3, 6, 2800], "I see, so that's how it is", Gaining a new skill granted another 10 points, but another 100 points had appeared too, it seems reaching max level in a skill grants an additional 100 points each, but Willpower hadn't added any, nor did it grant a 'Skill Max Gift Pack', he guessed it was due to only having one level, so it wasn't considered a feat.

Jim had now read 90% of the available books in the library, after arriving here this morning he had tested Distant Reading and was shocked, it didn't let him see a book clearly from afar, he literally didn't need to touch a book to read it, just focusing on a book allowed him to read the contents, the range he could do this was originally only a few meters away, but as the level rose he began to feel he could search the entire library's contents from outside. He began wondering if this counted as a psychic power, the large utility increase was stunning, and further fueled his desire to train his skills.

[Parallel Processing Lv. 1]
[Allows Multitasking With No Concentration Loss]

"Hmm, that's right..." Jim had once read a study which showed performing too many things at once was harmful to overall productivity, each action serving as a distraction from the others, humans become scatterbrained, performing 10 actions at once didn't provide 10% speed for each, you would likely only display 2% speed for each action, but with this...

Jim tried it out, he decided to read two books at once, it worked perfectly, he tried three, but failed, it seems his limit is two, currently.

[Distant Reading Level Up]
[Distant Reading Has Reached Level 10]
[Distant Reading Level Max]
[Congratulations Host, Host Has Achieved Maximum Level In A Skill, Skill Max Gift Pack x 1 Awarded]
[Parallel Processing Level Up]
[Parallel Processing Has Reached Level 3]

After finishing up all the books in the library, Jim was a bit downhearted at not gaining another derivation skill, he found himself able to concentrate on reading five books at once, six if he pushed himself. After leaving, he tested the range of Distant Reading while walking away, finding himself able to access the books at the deepest part of the library despite being a city block away, he was extremely impressed with this skill, the only problem being he can't use it for anything but reading books, Jim was hopeful the derived skill would allow him to study anything from afar, no use crying over spilt milk.

"Now, what should I do next...?"

A middle aged man stumbles across an artifact which changes his life in ways he could not imagine.

Author's Note: I'm sure you guys have noticed the lack of updates. I don't have writer's block nor are there any events preventing me from writing. I honestly just don't have to motivation to keep going for now. Thus, I'm putting the novel on Hiatus, I hope everyone has enjoyed what I've written, thank you.

The sky is clear and the weather is nice. At the hot spring in the west garden of Misty Villa,

'Ah, it feels really good!'

Qin Yu, dressed in a pair of shorts, is lying in the hot spring. Regardless of winter or summer, one needs not worry about the temperature while in the hot spring. Misty Villa's hot spring is different from other hot springs because it has fantastic effects. According to a medical expert's research, this hot spring has quite a few substances which are beneficial to the body.

'Xiao Hei, come down here!' Qin Yu suddenly reaches out his hand, grabs Xiao Hei and playfully pulls it into the hot spring.

Xiao Hei immediately flaps its wings hurriedly but when it escapes, its plumage is already drenched, which makes it really look like a soaked chick. With its body dripping water, Xiao Hei looks 'bitterly' at Qin Yu, as if it is blaming the little master for teasing it.

Seeing Xiao Hei's appearance, Qin Yu immediately raises his head and laughs out loud: 'Ha-ha, Xiao Hei, you're really adorable, soak in the hot spring with me, will you? It feels very good. You will become a mighty eagle that flies to the 9th level of the sky later. As you can go up to the sky, you must be able to go into the water. Otherwise, you'll be too useless.'

Qin Yu starts to play with Xiao Hei. But it flaps its wings to remove the water on its body. It even stares at Qin Yu, as if it is very discontented.

'Xiao Yu.' Lian Yan, smiling to the point where his eyes narrow, is coming along the corridor of the west garden. He walks around the rockery and appears before Qin Yu. Qin Yu turns to him at once and smiles brilliantly: 'Grandpa Lian.'

'I have a piece of good news for you,' says Lian Yan mysteriously. Qin Yu is immediately presently surprised: 'Good news? Could it be father has come?' Despite thinking so, he does not say it, and he looks wishfully at Lian Yan.

Lian Yan says with a smile: 'The books on practice methods that you want have arrived.'

Qin Yu is a bit disappointed, but when his mood has recovered from that disappointment, he jumps out of the hot spring and quickly gets dressed. His eyes are full of excitement: 'Grandpa Lian, where are the secret books? Please take me to them quickly.'

Since no one can help him, he must work hard by himself.

'Follow me.' Lian Yan laughs as he leads the way. Qin Yu follows Lian Yan with excitement, but he has made a resolution in his heart. In the past, Qin Yu was ignorant so when he had nothing to do, he just read books in the study, watched the stars late at night, soaked in the hot spring or played with Xiao Hei.

But the current Qin Yu has got a goal. His whole body is full of enthusiasm and even his temperament has changed distinctively.

In Misty Villa, there is a secret floor under the north garden.

This underground secret floor consists of 13 secret rooms. Lian Yan leads Qin Yu into one room. In the room, there is a bed, a long table, a chair and other everyday objects. It is obviously very simple.

At present, there is a delicate black case on the table.

'Xiao Yu, those secret books are in this case,' says Lian Yan while pointing to the case. As soon as Qin Yu hears that, his eyes shine. He rushes forward, wishing to open this black case. This act however makes Lian Yan jump in fright.

'Xiao Yu, don't open it!' Quick as a flash, Lian Yan's right hand suddenly moves like an illusion. He grabs Qin Yu in a move, lifts him up then puts him at his back. He says very solemnly: 'Xiao Yu, this is not an ordinary case. It can't be opened like that!'

Qin Yu looks doubtfully at Lian Yan.

'Xiao Yu, you're too little. You still don't know how precious these secret books are.' Lian Yan shakes his head and says laughingly: 'You should know, in terms of value these secret books even surpass those in the Chu dynasty's Imperial Palace. Therefore this case's structure is also very peculiar. Forcing it open or carelessly opening it will destroy all the secret books inside.'

As Lian Yan is saying, he successively stabs the case 12 times with his fingers. His hands look like illusions and every stab hits a different place.

'Bang!' With a noise, a keyhole unexpectedly appears on the case.

Qin Yu's eyes pop out of his head. He can remember very well that just a moment ago the case did not have a keyhole. He even thought that it was what it looked like -- nothing but a normal case with a lid that can be shut. He did not think that its internal structure was so unusual.

'Even if someone else takes it by force, they won't find the keyhole and, moreover, they won't have the key either.' As he is saying he takes out a golden key and puts it into the keyhole. With a click, the case automatically opens.

Qin Yu immediately sticks out his head to see.

Qin Yu can tell at a glance that the black case has various very thin books inside. Most of those books have about 10-odd pages each. The thinnest has only several pages while the thickest has only over 20 pages. However, even though they are thin, they actually fill the case.

'The internal technique secret books inside are all first-class. There're 68 of them. There're also 28 external technique secret books. Xiao Yu, later on, when you want to read these books, you must go to a secret room and make sure not to bring them outside. Do you understand?' says Lian Yan to Qin Yu solemnly.

Qin Yu nods affirmatively.

'All right, you'd known the characters even before you turned 6. In the last 2 years you also read a lot of books. You can read these secret books yourself. Take your time reading them. Grandpa is going first,' says Lian Yan with a smile then leaves the secret room.

After Lian Yan has left, Qin Yu takes all the secret books out and puts them on the table. There are 96 secret books in total, which cover the whole long table.

Seeing the secret books before him, Qin Yu's eyes shine like never before.

Ode to the Yellow Crane, 100-Sentence Chapter, Song about the Gold Cauldron, Song about Gold Mining, Comment on the Water Element …

Any one of these various internal technique secret books can drive martial artists mad. The Qin clan has a long, rich history so even if the secret books of the 3 big dynasties are put together, they still will not be able to compare to the Qin clan's. Quite a few of these Qin clan's secret books have not been seen elsewhere for several hundred years.

'Ancestral Dragon Art, it seems father let me see it when I was little?' Qin Yu looks at the last secret book. It is the thinnest but at the same time is the most valuable. The Ancestral Dragon Art is written on gold paper. The 3 big characters Ancestral, Dragon and Art even make readers feel as if they are under pressure.

After looking at the 68 first-class internal techniques, Qin Yu turns to the 28 external technique secret books.

Iron Sand Palm, Vigorous Diamond Palm, Dragon's Talons Hand, Iron Cloth Gown, Diamond Cover, Violent Training of the Thirteen Great Protectors, The Conqueror's Divine Fist …

28 kinds of secret external techniques are all placed in front of Qin Yu.

At first Qin Yu randomly picks up a book then starts to read it slowly. In the secret room, he is totally absorbed in the various precious secret practice books, which took the Qin clan no one knows how many generations to collect…

In a galaxy far away, there is a kid with an innate inability to practice internal techniques. In order to gain the respect of his father, he resolutely chooses to follow the more difficult and painful path of practicing external techniques. As the years go by, he grows up, but what really changes his life is a mysterious meteoric crystal stone — the Meteoric Tear. This stone fuses with the young man’s body unnoticed, and he seems to undergo drastic transformations as a result. After that, everything is changed. Eventually his father knows that the son for whom he hasn’t really shown a lot of consideration possesses astonishing abilities. And there’s a lot more to come.

She entered the adventurer guild's building and saw a girl with pointed ears in front of her. She went close to her for as closer inspection and thought, "Is she an elf?". In her world, elves are imaginary creatures with pointed ears. 

She went in front of her and asked, "Where can I register?". She looked at her and she also got terrified by her as the guard did. She had no clue why were they afraid of her. The elf asked Aqua to follow her. As they went inside, there were two girls present inside. They looked quite tough. The elf asked her to keep her hand on the big mirror kept in front of her. She followed.

As soon as she kept her hand, the glass of the mirror started changing color. First, it showed her image on it then, it turned black. Some words got inscribed on the glass of the mirror It read,

[Name: Aqua
Level:- ----

Magic Capability:- 300
Magic Potency: ----
Physical Capability:- 2000
Physical potency: 9863

Affinity Water capability:- 100/100 [Very Pure]
Affinity Fire capability:- 87/100 [Half-pure]
Affinity Grass Capability: 78/100 [None]
Affinity Earth Capability:- 65/100 [None]
Affinity Psychic Capability: 23/100 [Fixed]
Affinity Void Capability:- 0.01/100 [Purest form, Upgradable]

Average Magic Potency: ---- 

Class: Sorcerer Queen/ Goddess of Water
Race:- ???
Sub-class:- Swordsman/Healer/Cleric/Ranger/Tamer/Summoner/Holy Warrior/Supporter]

While she couldn't understand what it means, The three elves beside her had their eyes widened. It seemed like their voice got stuck inside their Body. She said "Um... Hello?". The Elf snapped out of their state and held her hands and rushed her to a room. They knocked on the door and a female voice responded, "Yes?". They yelled "Open fast! We have someone unique who has capability with Void Magic!" 

"What?! Void magic you say? That's not possible" The voice from inside the room said. She opened the door. It was a girl with pink hair and her bosoms were quite big. Not only that, She looked very beautiful with her pair of purple eyes. 

She asked Aqua to sit on the chair. She noticed that the girl was trying to read a scroll. Surprisingly, she could read it. She asked, "Who wrote this?". "We don't know yet but it says it's important in the title but the body, we can't decipher." The girl replied.

"This language is from my homeland, Should I decipher it for you?" She requested while smiling awkwardly. "That would be very good!" She exclaimed as she handed her the scroll.

Aqua readS it out,

"Guild Master, I know it would be hard to crack this but, the Situation has changed. The Seal of the demon lord weakened and he escaped. We request you to tighten the security around the city."

She got terrified after she heard that. She immediately rushed out of the room and went down. "Wait why would you-, You know what? Never mind that." Aqua Asserted while sighing.

She moved out and thought "Where can I learn Magic?"

Most of the 'Wordly' knowledge would be found in the books and most of the books are kept in library. So,  library must be located somewhere in Leuneria.

She saw the swordsman walk pass by whom she asked about the adventurer guild.   She approached him and Questioned, "Do you know where the Library is located?"

The swordsman replied, "It's just beside the adventurer guild's building."

She was stupefied on the thought that she never noticed it. The building was just behind her.

She said "Thank you" before entering the library.
.
In the Library,

Everything when created has its own principles. without principles it's not possible to create the thing. Magic must also have some basic principles..

As she entered, she saw the librarian putting the books inside the shelf. He was quite handsome, had light green hair,  about the same height as her with a pair of red eyes. 

She approached him and asked,  "Where can I find the basic principles of Magic?". The librarian first looked at her, yawned and pointed at a shelf. What he meant was not her going there but he was using Psychokinesis To bring the book to him. A book came floating towards her and dropped in her hand. She found a table where she could read silently..

30 mins later,

She got to know that magic is the study of theory world principles. How things or and etc. Like,  in her world science progressed but in this world magic progressed. Magic has many forms. Psychokinesis is an example of what we saw. 

Magic has been divided into different 10 tiers according to their damage rate and mana consumption. The most important thing while casting is to not get scared. Disadvantage is that you can't move while chanting. You can but it's said that if you do your mind gets distracted.. The most basic spell one should know is,

'Wander, Spirits, Harden Mind'

It's a tier one spell and is a Common type. A common type spell can be used by anyone disregard of their affinity. 

She tried it and chanted, 

"Wander, Spirits, Harden mind" 

A  circle like figure appeared in front of her hand and the spell did work. His spelling was know as 'Sharp Mind' because it increases the focus of someone temporarily for half an hour.

A perfectly normal day, The season of Spring was near and here I thought I would get a new start just like the trees out there. The last month was Dull and depressing, It didn't favor me. I thought this month will bring something new and I was quite correct...

Normally people would perceive that they would get a new job or they would get a new place to live or even that they are moving from country to country.

But......



No one would actually think about getting a whole new life in another world, would they? 

Well if you think it like that, you must be a weirdo. 

Though I wouldn't understand why I was special all I could say what happened was for the better

'It seems I Missing something. Let go the Library' Armisen think

The previous Armisen never go to the Library.

He starts Walking to the Library. The Library was near the garden on a small Island in A large lake.

No one stops Armisen to the most of Young generation is it not that easy to enter the Library. The Library is a place that has all the Techniques and the Knowledge the clan has Accumulate Over time some wrote to be the clan members and some was Bought with money and they're a good number was stolen was the clan all the books here have a good Quality or Unique on some way all the Common books was uploaded on the Virtual clan Library so anyone on the clan can Access to the Virtual Library. But all the good Material was kept here for a high level of security. But is the young master, he has the Right to enter the Library at any time.

The Library like a black Japanese castle with the main building has Five floors it was an Amazing view to see the Library Above water it gives an ethereal Feeling.


"Elder I come To read on Alchemy. Where I can find the apprentice Alchemy‏ level book?" Armisen asks with A moderate tone Even him need to Respect the clan's elders.

The elder looks to Armisen with Interested in his face.

"Oh. The young master is an apprentice Alchemy‏?" asked the elder 

"No elder. And call me by my name I don't dare call myself the young master in front the elder" Armisen said. He like this elder has Eyes contempt don't have the contempt the others elder have when they see him. 


"It seems we have a young man with a good education my name is Kaji" the elder laugh.


"It's nice to see you elder Kaji" Armisen says


"Just Kaji is good and why you want the apprentice Alchemy‏ if you not on that level?" elder Kaji say


"I Missing something to go the apprentice level so I was hoping to find some inspiration "Armisen say

"To go the apprentice level not bad you can go to the second floor I recommend to read "the apprentice guide" it's a good book" elder Kaji say

"Thank for the Advice and I will read it" Armisen says and he goes the second floor

'He likes not that bad I don't know why the others despise him' Kaji think to himself

After taking the book he goes back.

 The book has less than 100 pages but takes him More than a week to finish it.

'on the apprentice I need to   improve my skill on extraction the core component on the Materials'

After he finds the Problem he goes back to work.

"The Phantom Workshop" Armisen says

I transmigrated to another universe to be the young master of a big clan, but why is his talent so bad.

“The Cosmic System is available now”.

When Maria saw the notifications, she was immediately elated.

"Yay!"

She quickly pressed on the [YES] and her [Basic Language Mastery] was upgraded to [Advance Language Mastery]

[Advance Language Mastery (0/10,000)

Rank: E

Complete understanding of common demonic language and elementary understanding of all other languages, able to read 3-line incantations and write language functions and structures

Upgradeable: Linguistics E
Requirement met: Advanced Language Master S]

When Maria saw the [Linguistics] skill being the upgradeable skill after [Advanced Language Mastery], she immediately began to tear up.

She looked up at Zelundo who was next to her with tear-filled eyes. Zelundo only smirked playfully and patted her head lightly.

"YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO CONSOLE ME!" 

"Ahahahaha~ you're one interesting little missy! Go on, start reading those books!"

*DING* [Zelundo has tasked you with reading the library's books!]

[Quest Received: Study Time

Read every book inside of the library. While this quest is active, proficiency and EXP gained from reading is doubled.

Time Limit: 29 Days
Penalty: -100 FAV with Zelundo
Rewards: +1000 FAV with Zelundo, +100 REP, +50 INT, [Book Keeping], 100,000 EXP]

"Uhh..."

"Hey, you get some benefits if you're able to completely understand those books! Now hurry up and get started! Try and get the [Linguistics] skill before the month has ended, okay?"

"A MONTH?!"

"Hey, that's the shortest time you could take to learn [Linguistics]! No slacking off now, hurry up and begin reading!"

"Nooooo!!!"

As Maria's despaired ridden voice echoed throughout the library, Hella had just come out of the Magic Tower with a light gait in her steps. 

She had finally one upped the stupid Arch Mage geezer in the tower and they agreed to a bet that he would teach Maria about [Magic Comprehension] and [Magic Deduction] if she could learn both [Linguistics] and [Book Keeping] from Zelundo before a month had passed.

"Hehe, just you wait you stupid geezer. Our Lady Envoy will be able to learn those skills with time to spare! A million gold, a favor, plus that 5 century-old wine are in the bag, OHOHOHOHO~!" Hella roared in laughter. It was a good thing no one was there to witness her out of character moment, she quickly cleared her throat in embarrassment and skipped happily back to the Dark God's Temple.

******

3 in-game weeks had passed since Maria was given the [Study Time] quest and she was floating through the air while reading a book at her leisure. The players who had come to the library to receive a different quest had grown used to seeing the girl floating through the air while reading a book. 

It was a unique sight, but it was welcomed since she also sometimes helped players search for the specific book that they needed to complete the quest they got from the library's receptionist. Players even began calling her the Library's Angel.

"It's almost been a month...just a little bit more..." Maria said as she finished reading another book.

If Maria knew this was how long it would take to learn a skill, she wouldn't have bothered asking Hella and coming over to the library to learn anything.

What she didn't know however, that there was a simpler way to learn the skill. All she needed to do was complete the library receptionist's chain quest and acquire the [Linguistic] skill book from that.

However, the process of learning the skill which granted bonus stat points to a player's stats was left out. So in a way, Maria had stumbled upon the greatest method of learning skills, which was the manual, hardworking way. 

The process of learning skills in Unitale was divided into 3, creating the skill through repeated usage or understanding, acquiring it from a skill book, and learning it through mentorship.

Maria has already experienced 2 of these methods and now she was going through the hardships of the third method. 

It was time consuming, but the rewards brought by the process of learning the skill in this way were abundant. Just from finishing [Zelundo's Basic Language Materials], Maria had gained 10 INT. 

So if she finished reading more books, then the stat bonuses she would gain would be enormous, of course, it wasn't like every book she read gave her stat points, only a select few did.

From a gamer's perspective, all that hard work was worth it. It was just like grinding for experience points, but instead this was for grinding stat points. Every addition to one's stats was a big boon. 

This was especially so since Unitale heavily relied on stats and currently, the only known way to gain stat points was through leveling up, fulfilling special quests and objectives that rewarded Free Stat Points. 

So this mentorship was an unexpectedly great find. It had to be mentioned that in order to be eligible to learn from a mentor, one needed a High Ranking NPC's recommendation and personal referral. 

In order to get that, a player needed to have high favorability with a High Ranking NPC, something that Maria had already acquired so early in the game.

High Priestess Hella practically worshipped Maria for being the Dark God's Envoy. Her favorability with the NPC was already elevated to a high value and she was still earning more through interaction and by completing her quests.

For now, only Maria had learned about this mentorship function that the NPCs provided, but she didn't understand the significance of it yet.

******

"Hey Mary, let's go questing and hunting later~" Lizzy said while the girls were eating lunch in the school's cafeteria. 

When Maria heard her, she couldn't help but cast Lizzy a sad look and say, "Sorry Liz, I can't...I'm stuck learning the [Linguistics] and [Book Keeping] skills at the library..."

"Huh? It's already been over a week and you still haven't learned it?!"

"...please don't remind me..." Maria replied in complete dejection.

Maria still hadn't earned enough proficiency to upgrade her skill to [Linguistics]. She was also only a couple of books away from completing [Study Time] and getting [Book Keeper] as well.

Even until now, Maria didn't understand what the [Book Keeping] skill was for, but since the requirement to finish the quest was to actually read ALL of the books inside the library, she could only continuing trudging forward.

She enjoyed reading the books, but whenever her friends talked about hunting and grinding their levels while at school, Maria couldn't help but feel dejected and left out. Her friends had already broken past level 50 and had already gone through their class advancement quests and upgraded their classes.

"Mary...what quest are you doing? Y'know, on the forums in the guide section, the [Linguistics] quest was fairly easy and you could practically complete it in 1 day!"

"Huh?"

Lizzy pulled out her phone and opened up the Unitale Forums. She opened up the player made guides and quickly found the [Librarian's Request] quest and showed it to Maria.

"Hm? I didn't know about this..."

"Really?"

Amanda looked at Maria and asked, "What quest are you doing right now? It's obviously not this, right?"

"Y-yeah...it's called [Study Time]..."

"[Study Time]? That's new, so who's the quest giver?"

"The Library's Director, the old geezer Zelundo!" Maria said in anger. "At first it wasn't [Study Time], instead it was something called [Learn How to Read 1], but that stupid, lying, oppressive—"

Amanda exclaimed when she heard Maria's words. "Library Director? No way! You normally wouldn't be able to meet him unless you have a high reputation and a huge amount of favorability with the Library's Receptionist!"

Maria tilted her head in confusion and said, "Really? But I met him right when I entered the library! Of course, Miss Hella was the one who brought him down to meet me and I just followed after him to the library's upper floors and he issued out a quest to me..."

"R-really? And the quest reward is [Linguistics], right?"

"Yeah, and something called [Book Keeping], not sure what that is...he also gave me the [Basic Language Mastery] which could upgrade to [Linguistics]...I just need a little bit more proficiency, but it took 3 in-game weeks just to get over 98,000 proficiency points, dammit!" Maria burst out in anger. She had been reading numerous books for the past week and hasn't been able to go out and grind some monsters.

Zelundo had basically locked her inside the library at this point. She kept complaining that it was imprisonment and a violation of human rights, but Zelundo scoffed at her and told her she wasn't even human to begin with so it didn't even matter!

By now, Maria had nearly read all the books inside the library, only a couple tens of books left before she finished the [Study Time] quest and maybe raise her [Advanced Language Mastery] to S rank. She did gain a whole bunch of INT and experience from finishing a book. The experience she gained had even leveled her up twice and her INT value had grown to an absurd amount. 

However, Maria still hadn't opened her [Status] window so she didn't know of this just yet.

"I'll probably finish later today, so I'll contact you once I'm able to leave the library!"

"Okay, that's good. By the way, you should join our guild already! We finally pooled enough funds together and we successfully created our guild!"

Universe Tales. The new VRMMORPG that supported the Full Dive system with the game's settings boasting a 99% likeness to reality.

Enter Maria Heltania, a smart and bright high school girl who's unfortunately directionally and technologically challenged. Being forced by her best friend to play the new VRMMO Universe Tales, she decides to be an Angel. Only to be met with misfortune right from the start because of her unique habits, what more lucky or unlucky events could possibly fall upon this young girl?

"Uhh...Little Miss, I don't think this is the Quest Location."

"No! This is definitely the place!"

"...but we're in the middle of a battlefield..."

"The map clearly said-- Oh wait...it's upside down...or maybe right side up...?"

"..."

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Upon hearing Shiroishi Kazuma's words, Ko Gohon's eyes instantly lit up and he anxiously said, "Uncle Kazuma, I've realized my mistakes. Quickly teach me, what do I have to do?!"
"Currently, the previous bet is already over. We'll just ignore it and not consider it any further." Shiroishi Kazuma slowly said, "So, now, we mainly have to focus on the online novel website.
"According to your bet with Hong Dali, the person with the most number of daily updated books two weeks later wins. If it's according to your idea to increase the flat fees of the authors at the novel website and find ghostwriters to increase the number of novels, all these can more or less be done, but it's still far from enough!
"In this day and age, channels are the king.
"Number one, get through all the possible channels of the novel website and liaise with our joint venture companies in Heavenly State. As long as they are enterprises related to the internet, they must all advertise on the novel website.
"Number two, liaise with the telecommunication companies in Heavenly State and get them to send messages to prompt people to read our novels!
"Number three, liaise with all the web portals in Heavenly State, including Weibo, and open all channels to read our novels.
"Number four, hold a free of charge reading day to attract those readers that are used to reading free of charge books.
"Number five, hype things up and expose our Feng Yun website's remunerations for our authors on all the websites related to novels!
"Number six, liaise with the TV stations to interview our authors and create more exposure for the website!" 
Upon hearing Shiroishi Kazuma's suggestions, Ko Gohon's face glowed as he firmly smacked his thigh. "Understood. I'll get these done right away!"
…
In the next few days, advertisements about Feng Yun website suddenly emerged everywhere. Advertisements for Feng Yun website were all over all the various websites in Heavenly State.
"Feng Yun website is the largest local reading base, free of charge reading and downloading of the novels. No pop-up ads, simple and clean webpage. Come to Feng Yun website to find good novels!"—Haoche Website. 
"Feng Yun website is an online novel website with no pop-up ads, providing the latest and best novels for all novel lovers. Come to Feng Yun website to read novels!"—Dream Paris.
"Feng Yun website provides you with various literature works with no advertisements to spoil your reading experience. It's a website which creates an elegant environment to read novels for all friends who are literature lovers, and the content includes various popular novels."—Guodian Online. 
…
On smartphones.
Countless people throughout Heavenly State had received messages about Feng Yun website's novels.
"We welcome you to the free of charge reading column, Feng Yun website provides all kinds of awesome and exciting novels." 
"[Urban] Personal Show: My Best Grade Missy."
"[Military Affairs] Special Operation of the Falcons: Special Force Number One." 
"[History] Great Waves Again in the Court: Big Fatuous Ruler."
"[Urban] Exceedingly Beautiful Superior: Pretty Tenant."
"[Fantasy] Wuzun Sword Slashes The Vault Of Heaven: Wudao Vault of Heaven."
Countless curious readers clicked on the advertisements, and after taking a few glances, they were satisfied with what they saw. "Mm, these book recommendations are not bad. It's quite good to kill time. This Feng Yun website is quite brilliant!"
Of course, there were those unimpressed as well. "Tsk, such a tacky way of promoting books. Now that there is the smartphone reading app produced by Young Master Hong Dali, who would still want to read these. Zhong Dian website is the king!"
…
On Xinhai Weibo—
Drunk and leaning on the fence of the pavilion, Meng Ziying Weibo Talent: "Feng Yun website's novel 'Yifan's trouble' is very well written. I like how Yifan bullies Shaowan, serves him right for bullying Xiaochao… Mm, amusing as usual, this work is quite good." 
Douban Doujiao Doubao Weibo Talent: "Feng Yun website's novels are quite good. I read novels there the whole day today. The books are not bad! Worth taking a look at them, I strongly recommend!
@Tangdou-like unlucky person: Feng Yun website is not bad, quickly gather and take a look @Dark Building Lonely Spirit 
@Dark Night Vigilante 
@Zuiyu Changwan_Shifu Calls Me Xiaowan @Muying Huange_Little Angel Of The Wolf Master 
@Fleeting Time At Finger Tips."
"Feng Yun website rises strongly, regarding the rise of online literature."—Soulang.
"Earth-shaking big scheme, about the counterattack of Feng Yun website."—Easy Net.
"Small online novel, big wealth! Feng Yun website's powerful rise!"—Dongfang Wealth.
"Read novels, go to Feng Yun website. Write novels, still go to Feng Yun website."—Tianjing's Plaza.
…
In the various readers' group chats.
"These two days, there are so many free books to read on Feng Yun website. I've discovered a few good ones."
"Really, then I'll go and take a look too."
"Of course it's true, it writes that the books are free of charge for a limited period of time!"
"Not bad, not bad. This website is doing pretty well!"
…
On the largest local online novel forum.
"Overwhelming amount of subscriptions! Feng Yun website with all kinds of awesomeness!"
"Zhong Dian or Feng Yun? A newbie feels that Feng Yun is still better!"
"Please help, a newcomer wanting to know whether it's better to go to Feng Yun or Zhong Dian? I personally feel that Feng Yun is better, I can earn quick money."
"Zhong Dian wants to defeat Feng Yun just by relying on a smartphone app, does Feng Yun know about this?"
…
At the TV station.
"Hello, hello, as a Great God-level author on Feng Yun website, may I know how much can your monthly earnings reach?"
"Earnings, this… Around 20 to 30 thousand per month is still fine."
"So much? Then you must be one of those people with the highest earnings on Feng Yun website, right?"
"No! How is it possible that my earnings are so high. My fingers are not nimble, so I type considerably slower. We have people who can type fast and are able to write 10 to 20 thousand words per day, and their remuneration is at least 50 thousand and above per month. There are even people earning 100 thousand!"
"So much?!"
"Yes, Feng Yun website's perks are very good."
…
In Tianjing City, the tallest television tower, in the top floor revolving restaurant.
"Young Master, Chief, the latest totaled reports of Feng Yun website are out!" The bodyguard was shivering with fear as he looked at Shiroishi Kazuma whose back was facing him and was standing in front of the window with his hands placed at his back. This time, he really saluted him. "According to the latest reports, currently, the site traffic of the website has already increased to 2.4 million and above for daily independent IPs. These two days, large batches of newcomers have started writing new books, and the number of updated books in three days have already reached 3,600 books!" 
"So fast!" Ko Gohon exclaimed, "Uncle Kazuma, your idea is really useful!"
"So-so." Shiroishi Kazuma's voice was very calm. "How many daily updated books does Zhong Dian website have now?"
"Chief," The bodyguard's expression and voice were filled with respect. "At the moment, there are approximately 4,500 newly updated books daily."
"Mm, we still lack 900 books." Shiroishi Kazuma said with satisfaction, "It's still within our control. If things continue progressing this way, probably in no time, we will be able to overtake Zhong Dian website. After all, the authors are after all the benefits and perks. As long as there is enough advertising, and the money is sufficient, it's not difficult to attract authors over."
Ko Gohon fully looked up to Shiroishi Kazuma now, as he anxiously asked, "Uncle Kazuma, then, do we continue like this? Why don't I get more ghostwriters to write more books? It's fine as long as it can surpass Hong Dali. I don't plan to earn much money from it."
Upon hearing Ko Gohon's words, Shiroishi Kazuma shook his head and slowly said, "No, if Hong Dali can earn money, why can't we?"
"Ah?" Ko Gohon said in surprise, "Uncle Kazuma, you're planning to… seriously run this Feng Yun website?"
"Yes." Shiroishi Kazuma nodded, yet he didn't continue talking about the novel website but instead looked out of the window, saying, "Young Master Gohon, look at the night view of Tianjing City. How beautiful is it? It's not lacking compared to Tokyo in our Jaban Empire, isn't it?" 
It was night right now. The night view of Tianjing City was extremely beautiful. Neon lights were flashing, and it was especially comfortable to stand from high up and look down, coupled with the gentle night breeze.
"It's very pretty." Ko Gohon agreed. "I haven't really noticed it previously."
"Yes, we haven't noticed it previously." Shiroishi Kazuma's voice was very calm, as he slowly stated, "It's the same for our Toyoda Conglomerate. As the top 16 in the world, the funds of our Toyoda Conglomerate are ample. You normally don't care about this, so you won't care about how much money you spend. You just feel that all the money is there for you to take it."
"I understand, Uncle Kazuma." Upon hearing this, Ko Gohon instantly understood what Shiroishi Kazuma meant.
Actually, he wasn't a stupid person. It was just that in the midst of fighting with Hong Dali, he had always been at the losing end, thus his conflicted mind.
Toyoda Conglomerate was indeed very rich. Just like the night view of Tianjing City, though it was pretty, one wouldn't notice it after looking at it for many times. But no matter how rich it was, after all, it had been built up bit by bit, and it didn't just drop down from the sky.
In that case, as long as they properly operated this Feng Yun website, then they could earn money. So why don't they do it properly and well?
"Uncle Kazuma, what should we do next?" Ko Gohon asked.
"Now since the popularity has already been increased, then next, we'll take in all the good ones and eliminate the bad ones." Shiroishi Kazuma slowly said, "Eliminate all those poor-quality books and get them to finish writing them as soon as possible. Secure those good-quality books and do your best in nurturing their authors. At the same time, slightly change the welfare benefits policy and slowly convert the severance method to giving out dividends. After the novel website has entered a stable phase of operation, it would then be a virtuous cycle." 
"Uncle Kazuma, you are brilliant!" Ko Gohon was elated. "Then, after the website has entered a virtuous cycle, we can earn quite a lot of money, right?"
"Yes." Shiroishi Kazuma smiled. "Don't belittle online novel websites. All the profits from the adaptations of films, online games, merchandises and so on are actually huge. I truly admire Hong Dali. The things started up by this lad truly have very big prospects!" 
"After hearing what Uncle Kazuma just said, I realized that this Hong Dali is very brilliant!" Now, Ko Gohon finally had to admit that Hong Dali was indeed brilliant. "I haven't thought about all this!"
Speaking up to this point, Ko Gohon recalled his bet with Hong Dali. "But Uncle Kazuma, my bet with Hong Dali…"
"Hehe, there's no hurry on that." Shiroishi Kazuma wasn't worried at all about the bet and insipidly said, "Since I've come, of course I have a way to help you win. Wait for a few more days, let's see first whether Hong Dali's side makes any moves."
Shiroishi Kazuma assured Ko Gohon, then instructed him, "Remember, leave your trump card for the last. Don't take them all out at once. Or else, what will you have left to fight him by then?"
"I understand!" This time, Ko Gohon was really convinced. "Thank you for your advice, Uncle Kazuma."


"I have to squander; otherwise, won't it be a waste of my parent's talent at earning money?" Hong Dali answers a reporter's question matter-of-factly. 

Just after the interview ends, Hong Dali opens the Great Prodigal System's interface and looks at the various good stuff displayed in it. Stroking his chin, he mumbles to himself, "I just need to squander 200 billion yuan more to exchange for the blueprint of the core technology, Engine Destruction, found in the strongest humanoid mecha weapon, Neo Granzon. Looks like I'll have to work harder!"

"I want to splurge! I want to squander!"


"Little Feng! Tonight, Your father, I will teach you about cultivation."

Tian Lang began to explain the little Tian Feng in his hand. "Cultivation is an arduous task. To cultivate, one must have innate talent and potential. To progress further, one must have a strong determination. But that's not enough, you also need to have a path."

Tian Lang's voice was melodious and soothing. It actually felt nice to hear. Somehow it makes one remember it in their heart. This is different from his usual voice.

"A path?" Tian Feng asked in a low voice.

Tian Lang continued, "That's right! A path is a way that a cultivator has chosen to progress. It cannot be changed and It must be true to oneself otherwise it will hinder your future progress." He paused for a moment before continues. 

"Little Feng, you don't have to worry about that for the time being. First, let's see if you can sense atmospheric energy. We call this energy 'Qi' which means vital energy. There's no technique for this. You have to depend on yourself."

"Close your eyes! Feel it!"

Tian Feng is lamenting in his heart. [A path! It's the same as all those novels that I read. It's not that hard to understand. However, just like those novels, my father didn't tell me the specific procedure at all. How am I even starting to sense Qi?]

Noticing that his son expression, Tian Lang seemed a bit helpless. "Little Feng! It's not that I want to make thing hard for you. Alright! I'll tell you about my experiences when I first start to cultivate. It's the most I can do for you. I hope it can help. When I first start to cultivate..."

He went on and on about his experiences while cultivating. Tian Feng was listening attentively but he couldn't make out any useful information at all.

After a long while...

"Alright, that's all. Now, It's your turn to try it out". Although he wanted to teach his son to cultivate quick, there's nothing he can do in this situation. He also noticed that his son doesn't seem to understand anything at all. But he can only hope for the best.

Tian Feng reluctantly sits down in the lotus position with his father's help. 

In fact, this position is not necessary but he was influenced by many martial dramas that he watched in his previous life.

After which, he closed his eyes and tries to feel his body and the surrounding.

After some time has passed...

[Nothing, nothing...I don't sense anything different at all. Where is that energy???] 

Tian Feng was crying inside his heart right now. But he still maintained his calm look on the outside. 

[Could it be that I can't cultivate? Could it be that I have no talent for it? Isn't this where a system supposed to appear?]

It's almost midnight. His father doesn't look too well either. "Little Feng, let's go to bed. We'll try again tomorrow. It's normal to fail at first try."

---

He immediately fell asleep as soon as he got to bed. Even if he has a mind of an adult, his body is still of a baby.

In the morning, his mother comes in to feed him as usual. 

"Mother, are you also a cultivator?"

"Of course! Although I'm not as strong as your father, at least I can extend my life to 100 years."

After answering a few more questions, she left.

He stayed in his room trying to sense the energy but there's nothing. He's become agitated. If he can't cultivate, he'll be bullied by others. No need to think about protecting his friends, he might not be able to protect even himself.

Last night, his father told him that most people would be able to sense Qi on the first try and that some genius can have a breakthrough to the next level in one go.

"Is there something I missed? or perhaps I do it wrong somewhere?"

He kept thinking about this for the whole morning. In the afternoon, when his mother came to find him. She was scared out of her wit because her son now looked so pale and weak. 

She immediately asked him about what happened worriedly. Tian Feng told her everything.

After she learned about the matter, she hugged him and said softly
"Little Feng! Even if you can't cultivate, your mother will still love you. Maybe your body is still too young. When you grow older, you can try it again. Mother believes that you will be able to cultivate and become a great person in the future."

What he doesn't know is, he can't cultivate because he's actually a young man inside a baby body. He already lost his baby talent for leaning thing. His mind already got influenced by the outside world.

In that evening, he has decided to ask his parent if they have any book. He had spent that afternoon thinking about what to do and recalled that knowledge is also one kind of power. 

He used to love studying. He loves books. There's only one problem, he doesn't have a good memory. 

When he was 15 years old, he underwent a heartbreak experience. He was so stressed that it actually affected his brain. He started to become forgetful day after day. But now he was still a baby and his brain hasn't damaged yet. 

[Maybe I still can change fix my memory problem.]

His parent didn't say anything negative. After dinner, his mother brought him some books for kids.

He opened one of the books and started reading. YEAH, he started reading in front of his mother.

Sitting by his bedside, his mother is now staring at him with a shocked face. "You... you know how to read?" 

Earlier, she was about to read them for him. But who could have known that a baby can read by himself?

Hearing his mother question, he was stunned. He was so agitated that he totally forgot that he was a baby and a baby is not supposed to be able to read a book. 

Previously when he talked with his mother, he didn't tell her that he comes from another world yet. It was not that he didn't want to but he didn't know how to start talking about it.

Knowing that his secret can't be kept anymore. He decided to tell her about his other life. Whether she believes him or not doesn't matter anymore. Since he can't even cultivate, he started to expect less and less with this new life. 

The effects of instant gratification haven't worn off yet. One failure is enough to make him depressed.

He's actually a good liar. However, he doesn't like to lie to people closed to him. Lying to them make him feel really bad.

"Actually, I have this memory..." He began to tell her about everything from when he first came into this world and his life on Earth.

"No wonder why you can speak so maturely..." said his mother believed in her child completely.

Not daring to meet his mother's gaze, he lowered his head. 

"Mother, would you believe me?"

His mother patted his head and smile. "Of course! I believe in you. I'm your mother after all. In fact, It's actually easier to believe in this than to believe that a baby can read without learning."

A moment later, she stood up and walked away. "I'll bring some other books." then she left.

Tian Feng was in a daze. He didn't expect his mother to believe him completely. His heart felt warm and guilty. 

[In this life, I'll make my parent happy.] He firmly thought to himself and made a silent decision.

After waiting for a while, his mother came back with a basket of books. It's all necessary knowledge about the world. 

There's history, geography, math, literature... just like school. The smell of the books filled the room. Tian Feng felt invigorated at the sight and smell of the books.

If he didn't love books this much, earlier he wouldn't let down his guard and read in front of his mother.

His mother was taking out those books one by one, allowing him to see the title. One by one, there were 120 books. There are all kinds of book laying on the floor of his room but there's one book that caught his attention.

Ignoring that book, he picked one history book and started reading. After he read for several pages, his mother told him to sleep and not to stay up late. He agreed and went to sleep.

He didn't pick the book that caught his attention first because it's a cultivation book "Steel Body". He can't even walk yet so he decided to take a look later when he can actually cultivate.

10 months later...

Tian Feng has almost finished all the 120 books. The total amount of books had increased to 130. There are two books about the academy and the rest is cultivation books.

As he read a lot of books, he came to know that while the geniuses can simply success at their first try in cultivation. The same can't be said about most of the ordinary people.

He had an idea that if he could somehow get to know more about what is actually cultivation, he might just be able to sense that atmospheric energy. It was hard to sense something you can't even imagine in the first place.

As such, last week, he asked his mother to buy cultivation books.

Today is his 2 years old birthday. Those books have become his birthday present. Last night, his mother already gave him the books but unfortunately, she also told him to sleep and read them later.

Normally, he would be able to read them by the morning inside his room but ever since he can walk some time ago, his mother started bringing him to the restaurant every day so that she can help out with the works there. 

If it was before, she wouldn't bring him there even if he can walk but now that she knows that he's actually a young man inside, she didn't have to worry too much.

His mother already told his father about everything that night and they both believe him without question. They only said, "No matter what, you are our son, be it your previous life or this life."

His father didn't even have the slightest hint of disappointment. It was something that he didn't expect. 

Riding on the motorbike, it didn't take long before they reached the restaurant. It felt great to ride this motorbike with his parents again. He remembers those times from when he was young. 

He would always sit in the front seat until he couldn't sit there anymore. It was his favourite spot because he can see everything.

In the restaurant, he's able to observe many things. This is a world of cultivation but no one is walking around with a sword or any weapon. It wasn't a surprise as he had read about it before.

This is a rather peaceful era. The civilization is under control. Compared to what he read from those novels on Earth, this world is rather modern.

The foods in the restaurant looked good. There are many kinds of wines. It seems good just by smelling, he can't wait to taste them. 

His father didn't cook by himself as much anymore as he hired a chef for the restaurant when he was born. His mother was only responsible for taking bills and orders. Most of the time, she would stay by the cashier table because that's where Tian Feng is.

Except for sitting in the restaurant next to his father's subordinates, he didn't go anywhere else. He's an introvert by nature. He only cared about his books and only looked around once in a while.

Tian Feng was a bit restless today as he finally decided to read that book by tonight. "Steel Body"

Day and night exchanged place. It's already time to close the restaurant. At night, it wasn't so dark on the road. There are lanterns that lid the way. 

Tian Feng enjoyed the cold breeze that brushes his face as he's going back home.

After dinner, he walked toward that book and picked it up. At that moment, a series of notifications ring up in his mind.

"Ding...World Data initialization completed"

"Ding...data is analyzed"

"Ding...scanning host body"

.
.
.

"Ding...scanning completed and integrating"

"Ding...host obtained 'Steel Body' Skill Book"

"Ding...loading interface, please wait..."

Waking up in a new world, Tian Feng finds himself become a 1-year-old child once again. Along with this weird phenomenon, a seemingly omnipotent system awaken within him. 

To become the most potent being, to live without regret; Possessing this OP system, he thought it would be smooth sailing. Little did he know that it couldn’t be further from the truth.

This is a melancholy story of a man and his companions, adventuring from one world to another; Discovering the meaning of life and regret.

After a few minutes an exhausted Queenie and Nagini enter the Shop then smiled seeing me ...

I wave at them to come. "You two seems pretty tired? " I ask.  "Yeah... my foot and leg hurts.. but it's ok, Nagini and I almost bought the things we need like seeds, magical book, and useful stuff." Queenie replied. "Yeah..  but it's tiring to walk back and forth,  Luckily we have a lot of galleons to spend, otherwise we'll wait weeks or months to order them as they for their scarcity. We even increase the payment for us to bought them immediately" Nagini said with a tired expression. "They literally bought all the stock for potion making and magical instrument.." Leta said with a chuckle. 


I chuckle at their misfortune. " Order some Ice cream their delicious.." I said to them while scooping at my plate.  Queenie and Nagini ordered some vanilla and Strawberry flavor Ice cream. While where talking we finished discussing after a few minutes and went out of the shop. 


"Tommorow we'll go to Muggle World  to shop their to, maybe you'll find something you like, but for now rest.. " I said to them. They all both nodded So I look for a near hotel in London to stay for the night. 

We have first dinner and have a talked which we share some of our experience today..  Leta talk about how Corvius have grown to be a cheerful young man and have a loving family. While Queenie and Nagini talk about how and what they brought. As we finished dinner, We went to the hotel and choose a big suite which have 1 master bedroom, 3 guest room, balcony and lounge. They all went to their seperate room to rest.


 Since I did not need to sleep because of my contant regeneration, I do not feel physical fatigue so I went to my pocket dimension to renovate my villa since I'm having accompany to my journey.

I have to modify it since I will have more companion in the future from now on. I summon my Suite case and enter it. I arrive at a forest with fresh air since, I synchronized this world time its also night in the pocket dimension. I fly to my villa and saw it's huge frame but it has few rooms and facilities it looks good and simple I need to improve and add the facilities.


"Alfred, Jarvis.. " I said then two house elf dress as butler apparated near me.  " Good to see you again Master Silver what can we be at service of.. " Both said by Alfred and Jarvis while bowing their head they really looks like butler now and took my word before they seemed to study the etiquette of a good butler.

" I'm going to slightly renovate the Villa for I'll be having company soon so vacate the stuff.." I said to them. They look happy and smile when I said I'll  be having company now. " As you wished Sire." they both walked to the villa and started to move the furniture and other stuff. Then I went to the Library of Knowledge for the 'first time'  the library contains a lot of Technological (Dc and Marvel) and Magical Knowledge in the Universe.

As I enter the building near the mountains it looks like a bookstores than a Library. I did not like much to read. So I never went here before,  I just want Knowledge where I can look for something if needed as they say Knowledge is Power so I wished for this...but I'm so lazy for the past millions of year Training, Sleeping, Eating, and more sleeping a bad Habit, I always like to do in my past life if I have a free time, So.... I forgot to come here.  I sighed and Enter the Building I look around and see the Vast space containing books.. on the outside it looks small store but inside it was so spacious. I look around and saw the properly arranged and cleaned books.


'Luckily 'GOD' sorted this place otherwise how Am I going to find what I'm looking for.. 'I thought. I find a desk with Computer, A Big HD Flat Screen T.V., A Medium size box with unknown content, Laptop case along with a note and..  what's look like a instructions manual. I read the note written. 


[ From: GOD.

My Child If your reading this then you've gone to the Library you've wish for, I Put some things in the library desk and it's underground that you can use as for when training Spells and magic.

There is a information manual what and how to use them, besides this note so read them. I also brought your Old Laptop and IPhone from your Past World I upgrade it a little as it's Processors and other parts..  'Sucks'. Now your Phone and Laptop has a camera thay can capture Image with High Resolution and the screen is HD. I also made it indestructible, unlimited memory bank,  unhackable, untraceable and it's bound to you It cannot be open without your permission It's both self sustaining no need to charge. Also I know you have little to no talent in electronics and making technology so I left something that you can use as A power source.

PS: I deleted all the movies and series you have, As it's dangerous for someone to find them keep the future information for yourself. 


PPS: Also no A. I. Make it yourself..


PPPS: I did not see Any Korean, Japanese,  Latina and Western Film in your Laptop XXX 'Do not Open' Folder file.

PPPPS: I did not Delete It....Goodluck Kid Your Well Wisher Oldman GOD... ]


Silver: "....."

(Author: "...." )

Silver: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO...... " 

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Then Silence covered the room As I read the Note left by 'GOD' I really don't know what to say right now my Lip twitch as I saw what's written. First My Movie and TV series collection is gone.. and GOD saw my Porn collection. At least he left me Useful things like the Laptop and Phone that I can use and their quite sentimental to me as this two thing is what I bought before.. I Died.  

I look at the unsealed box and decided to open it later on then stored it in my Storage ring. I pick up the manual and read it's content slowly. To summarize it GOD Left me many things here, like the Desktop there. The Computer is like a database connected to the library where looking for books is made easier by just typing the name of the book or what kind of technology are you looking for at the Library it comes along with printer, 3D printer and etc.. Which are also connected to the library itself. 


The Computer can be use as a search tool that will show different kinds of possible books you need, when inputting the right keywords, it will show what kind of book might contain what your looking for with description and introduction of the book. You can choose the book that your looking for by just clicking it and inputting the password if its restricted or not otherwise. The Book will just appear and float infront of you. The book itself will return to the shelves by itself by just taping the book and saying 'Return'. You can also add books into the library and the computer will automatically update the database content. Quite convenient I would say.


GOD even left me a special scanner to scan books outside, it will copy the content of the book and saved it to the database and create a new book. 

While the Printer can print blueprints you search on the computer. I look at the vast shelves upon shelves of books it's quite amazing to look at, any Wizard,  Witch,  Sorcerer or Magician will be amazed by this knowledge about magic it's understatement to call it Library of Knowledge now it's more like 'Tower of Knowledge' as it have many floors it contains basic introduction to their masteries.

Hell it even have underground facilities that have 100 training room which have extended space  where you can modified the training field from 100 meter to 10,000 kilometer wide. The  room is sturdy and can automatically recover any damage done the user inside.

The spell and charm books itself has a function where you can see and listen to the right chants you want to perform by just inputting it in a book slot beside each door and when you enter the room it will project a screen where you can choose and select the spells or charm you want to practice in that book. The book will Project holographic figure same as the user and show how to use spells and charm. 


I Type the 'Villa Blueprints' on the computer then many kinds of Blueprints are shown. I choose the 'Luxurious and Magical House' for now as it have more room, facilities and can be upgraded later on.  I printed the blueprints and 3D Printed a small version of the Buildings and it's whole design structure. It only took 1 minute for the 3D printer to do it 'Quite fast..' I thought.



Then I look at the library and Scan the whole shelves of Books using my Mental Energy. It took about 1 hour to scan all of it even with my Vast Mental strength from Blueprints, Biology, Genetics, Potion formula,  Spell matrix, and many more, I just made a copy of each in my so I can browse them more easier in my 'Mind World' as I created my own memory Library their, It was the advantage of having Eidetic Memory and strong Mental energy/strength.


I walked out of the Building and went to the Villa two House elf is waiting for me... While smoking in a pipe..  My Lips twitch as I saw them smoking " Alfred, Jarvis is the things move?" I ask them.  "Yes Master we. temporarily move the furniture in a storehouse beside your 'Collection Warehouse'. I nodded to them then look at the Villa "Then it's Time to renovate...." I said with a smile then the Villa started to disintegrate as I use my Matter manipulation ability which I learned from training my Telekinesis/Psychokinesis to it's very limit.


 I'm only at the level of  Macro-Quantum Manipulation, As I can see the Atom itself if I focus my eyesight hard enough. I practice for Millions of years to let it become instinct for me to manipulate atom at subatomic. Because of that now I have the ability to manipulate molecules, matter, photons, atoms, and subatomic-scale objects using only my thoughts but I've not yet fully mastered the Quantum level as I needed more Knowledge and information as it touches the 'Rules of the Universe' allowing me to manipulate the fundamental space time packets that construct and make up our universe.


 But now with the knowledge I have gathered in the Library. I may be able to Master Quantum Level sooner able to bend reality at will. 

I usually does not use Matter Manipulation unless it's necessary as it's to Powerful. I only use my Telekinesis at it's basic level till now and I usually uses magic for transfiguration/Matter manipulation instead of my thoughts. 



(AN: Apocalypes style. and Yeah Telekinesis is pretty OP when use right.. )

(AN: For more information :
https://powercruncharchive.fandom.com/wiki/Matter_Manipulation)

This is a story of a man journey to new worlds. 

Silver shall follow his dream to live, enjoy life, and create his perfect paradise. 

----------------WARNING------------------

I do not own any character except for the MC for this fan-fiction

For those who did not watch or read about the tv/movie/novel version i highly recommend to view them first.

I also do not own any image i will use i just Google it. 

Ps. I use only Smartphone so slow release thanks

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