It is all about improving your outer and inner human qualities.
 In short both Outside and Inside looks.
I'm a beginner writer so this one is my first work.

I am an idiot… No other explanation… JUST wanna die.
I was waiting for so long to improve my studying tier 1 ability and even postponed my experiment with using books from library in case upgrade can give some bonuses, but …
〖Remarkable Comprehension 1/3 (30)〗
I needed level 30 to upgrade it and not 25. Damn it all. I must have mistaken it with the speech ability. How the heck did I forget about it? It is so exasperating and worst of all, I could have checked it any time, but I was so self-assured that didn't even bother.
Thankfully nobody will ever know about my stupid mistake. And I myself will never write it in my biography. Never! 
For the next 10 minutes I was berating myself and thinking how stupid I am. However, I needed to focus on the task of picking useful abilities and thankfully there were some new abilities from magic skill trees and tier 2 abilities in old trees.
*15 minutes later*
『 Magic Theory 』
〖Better concentration 1/2 (45)〗
〖Increase in concentration during any use of magic. Helps in casting magic and focusing power.〗
『 Magic Gesturing 』
〖Less Gestures 1/2 (50)〗
〖It is easier to learn to use simple magic without using gestures. Spells you know well and studied for a long time can be used without gestures subconsciously.〗
I stopped on those 2 abilities, because they can increase my personal strength in an absolute way. New abilities from Speech, Alchemy, Herbology and other skills were incredible as well, but I was leveling slowly and no matter, what I needed first is to ensure my survival. That's why, whatever can increase my strength or help me in a dire situation is going to be a first pick. 
I left one skill point for a possible ability that will appear after Magic Channeling reaches level 15. 
I expect it to be great. Otherwise I will go for Magic Chanting ability.
After that, I checked time at Gryffindor common room. And yes, there was apparently clock there. I have no idea why I didn't notice it before.
It was 8pm. Just enough to experiment with 'using' library books before curfew.
While going to the library, I was counting how many books I finished during this period and apparently it was a big number. Thanks to fast reading, better comprehension and memory I could breeze through most of books, while still having a good level of comprehension.
Finally, I finished counting and the number was staggering 51 books. 
'Wow… Is that 51 skill raises I am seeing here. Hope system won't fuck me up by creating some stupid reason for not being able to use these books.'
While on my way on to library, I decide to check my saves and deleted second and third saves. The ones that I created right after appearing here. One of them was before answering Hagrid and the other one after a first level up. I did not need them now. 
I decided to delete them because my space for saves was close to null. Before deleting, I had only 2 free slots for saves. Having more save slots makes me feel safer, plus I do not want to make a mistake in the future and accidently overwrite an important save.
While doing all that I reached library and went for the books I've finished reading and the first one was about wand making. Just to have a returning point, in case books somehow charmed, I saved.
〖Save ⟳〗
First, I put a book into an inventory. Then I waited for a 5 or maybe 10 minutes. Nothing happened. Thank god, it's safe.
Then I focused on the taken book, to see options on how I can interact with. Thankfully, I could use it, so no problem there.
'Use'
『 Wand Making 19 ➔ 20 』
It worked! Oh my god, you woke a leveling beast here. Let the leveling spree begin. 
*30 minutes later*
'System show me my progress since entering a library, excluding first raise in wand making.'
[Affirmative. Collecting information… Modifying output… Compressing information… Done! Outputting…]
『 ➣ Skills progress: 
Magic Channeling 14 ➔ 21 | Magic Gesturing 15 ➔ 21 | 
Magic Chanting 15 ➔ 20 | Magic Theory 18 ➔ 30 | 
Herbology 20 ➔ 22 | Alchemy 20 ➔ 23 | Astronomy 19 ➔ 20 | 
Wand Making 20 ➔ 26 | Riding Expertise 18 ➔ 20 | 

➣ New Spells added to your spellbook:
Mending Charm | Smokescreen spell | Severing charm | 
Curse of the Bogies | Knockback Jinx | 
Wand-Lighting Charm | Un-Transfiguration Spell
➣ Level Up 』
'Wow, feels great!'
However, I did experience 2 unexpected things during 'Use' spree.
First, is that magical books apparently provide one skill and at first I thought it provides the skill that is mainly discussed in the book. Like magic book mainly discusses gestures of the wand than I will get increase in gesturing, but later I found out that it is not true. 
I was unable to read many books about magic channeling, because they are pretty scarce, or I was just unlucky in finding them. Anyway, I got an increase in it from books that barely even scratch that topic. Apparently, system gives a raise randomly out of 3 magic skills. 
However, that is not true for magic theory. Books that focus on magical theory give only magic theory skill. So far, at least.
Second surprise was that some magical books in place of skill raise provide a spell that was being discussed in the book in detail. For example, one book about transfiguration and how to cancel its effects gave me "Un-Transfiguration Spell".
Overall, I got 7 spells and 44 skill raises just in pathetic 30 minutes. That makes my previous 2 months of work look worthless. My feelings were mixed, indeed. 
Well, whatever. I am not sure about how many levels I got, because after receiving a notification about a level up, it stopped appearing.
Time to go to room and check new abilities and spend experience.
*An hour later*
『 Level 12 ➣ Not enough experience 』
『 Health ➣ Improvement : 0 』
『 Magicka ➣ Improvement : 7 ➔ 11 』
『 Stamina ➣ Improvement : 0 』
『 Number of skill points: 2 』
My level rose to 12, but that was not the most important thing here.
I double checked the new skills I got, because I still couldn't believe the prospects they bring. 
『 Magic Theory 』
〖Empowering〗
〖Great knowledge of theory allows you to make magic you wield increase or decrease in effect, masterfully controlling amount of magic you channel for it. Degree of change in the amount depends on Magic Theory level.〗
『 Magic Channeling 』
〖Concentration〗
〖You can change concentration of magic you channel to make you increase absolute power or slightly change properties(e.g. Concentrate a ray in an arrow). Degree of concentration depends on Magic Channeling level.〗
『 Magic Chanting 』
〖Less Chants 1/2 (50)〗
〖It is easier to learn to use simple magic without using chants. Spells you know well and studied for a long time can be used without chants subconsciously. If you mastered spell and can cast its chantless version, chanting such a spell will increase its power.〗
Using all that even small Incendio that used to light a fire can be used as a deadly ray of flame or flamethrower. Of course, the basis for that is to learn and master spells enough to start experimenting with casting them. 
Now I understand how in films people were casting spells differently in different moments. Spell 'Avada Kedavra' for example sometimes was used like a ray and others like an arrow or a bullet shot. This explains a lot. 
Plus, doing chantless and gesturless magic will be cool. Though I expect wandless magic won't come soon. After all, wands became such a popular instrument not without a reason.
And now that I got a ton of new spells, I can practice them and hopefully master some of them. 
Also, tomorrow will be a last day before a Halloween. Where the heck is that troll? In the film, troll attacked before the first Quidditch match and after dog discovery. I am waiting for so long. October nearly finished. I remember it should be after charms lesson with Levitation charm, but when it's going to be, no idea.
I am happy to have more time to prepare, but what if troll never appeared in book and it was just a film thing? I am a bit anxious. 
Ah, whatever. Today I saved twice, and I have only 2 slots again. I will remove save when I picked first abilities for now. You never know when you will need saves and in the moment of need, I might not have time to pick what to delete. So better have more slots. 
Or am I too careful…? Ah, whatever! Now to sleep.

Seems like the time has come for another party to begin. Let's hope this one will be a success. World - Potterian. Person - random.
***
Met truck-kun. Obviously died. Nobody survives after fateful meeting with him.
Afterwards, I was reborn in the different world with the system from my favorite game! However, there was a catch - I had negligible amount of knowledge about this universe. 
***
I open my eyes and see [You were caught during unauthorized entrance into a magic academy!] 
"Oh cmon... System, do you really need do this every time? Now... what will I do?" 
[Pick a race]
"..."

Rainer, an amateur arcanist and college student, sought to create a new spell far surpassing the magic of the few he inherited from his grandfather. Yet the interference of an unknown event during the casting of his spell led him to be thrown through space and time.

Where status screens were accepted as normal and class distinctions were quite clear. Leveling and achieving a class beyond a simple farmer or peddler was an affair of life and death combined with years of hard training. Goblins were not the fodder that they should be, orcs filled bedtime stories in order to scare children into behaving, and a dragon? You might as well pack up and move to another country.

He, however, enters this world with the rare and powerful class of the Arcanist. How will the recently ardent seeker of magic find greater heights, or will he land in deeper depths?

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Hey guys, this is Aternus from Royalroad. People keep trying to plagiarize my novel on here, so to save myself some trouble I'll just officially post it. I read enough on this website anyways, so I might as well. I've edited the author's note on my most recent chapter to show this is really me. Also thank you, everyone, for review bombing the fake stories.

Lee Cheng Wen was a government official from Country Z. Before the Earth’s catastrophe, his rank had already reached prefecture-city level customs bureau’s head personnel. His age was only 46, a veritable youth among his peers.
Cheng Wen didn’t come from an aristocratic family or married someone influential. He reached his stage by slowly climbing the administrative ladder. Those that didn’t know him thought it was because of his ridiculously good luck, but some knew it was because he was a hero who could rule the world. Of course, this was an exaggeration, but they would all agree that he was definitely a character!
Cheng Wen’s favorite pastime was to read ancient literature, especially books by Lao Zi. He always told his twin that life is like reading a book, cause the books would always teach us how to act, as history tends to repeat itself. However, Cheng Wen was sort of a prude, because he was ethnocentric even in his reading materials. Only ancient Chinese texts had wisdom in them, and those written by other barbaric races didn’t.
Cheng Wen’s son, Li Jing, had always argued with him about this point, especially bringing up the Han Dynasty’s downfall around the seventeenth century. Other people’s cultures weren’t as bad as Cheng Wen made it out to be.
Cheng Wen would go silent every time he was faced with this argument; therefore, Li Jing stopped bringing it up, thinking it might have offended his father somehow.
Deep within Cheng Wen’s heart was a seed of sorrow. He was brought up by his grandfather, who was a famous private school teacher during the period prior to the Red Revolution. Therefore, he was taught a lot of classical thoughts. Cheng Wen was a natural learner; he had always managed to thwart his grandfather in class. His grandfather used to say that if he was born 500 years earlier, he would be someone like Zhu Ge Liang, or at least a learned man like Xun Yu [1].
Cheng Wen had mastered the Han’s antiquated thoughts before he reached age thirty, and very often, the question of why the Han Dynasty had gone into downfall would come up in his mind.
This was a big question pondered upon by many men from Country Z, the Qing Dynasty, and New Country Z. Why was it? Why would such a glorious dynasty face downfall when mankind was entering the modern era?
Cheng Wen thought that the Han Dynasty didn’t start to face its own downfall near the modern era but rather during the Tang Dynasty.
The fall of the Han Dynasty was definitely not because, as many charlatans had said, of Confucianism. While it was true that there was no cultural explosion after the unification of Confucianism like there was during the Warring Kingdoms era, Confucianism too had been changing ever since its conceptualization.
What is Confucianism?
Human need is Confucianism!
Confucianism changes according to human needs. This was a philosophy most suitable for human society's development because it was the most inclusive and deep philosophy there was. As long as the society needed it, it could change to fit the agenda of the day. Therefore, it wasn’t Confucianism itself that killed Han Dynasty, the real killer had used Confucianism as a prop to achieve its own goal.
Then who was the real killer?
Cheng Wen thought it was conceitedness from assuming oneself was the best.
Ever since the Tang Dynasty and the Song, Ming, and Guang Dynasties following it, Han culture had been unbeatable. Other than the actual Han Dynasty, there was no civilization equal to the level of Han culture. The barbarians couldn’t do it, and the Europeans couldn’t do it either. There was no civilization on Earth that could rival the glory of the Han culture. No matter from which perspective, the best civilization on Earth was definitely the culture of the Hans.
In conclusion, the Han’s pride was not something that could be put into words. Calling itself the Kingdom of Gods was a good try though. Of course, when one was at the top, there were no others to compare to and learn from. This was when the Han Dynasty started to fall, when it started to focus only on itself. Its growth had gone stagnant and the Confucianism holding that was society together stopped changing.
Unlike European countries, which had never been united under the same banner, the internal communication and external communication with the Arabic countries had never stopped…
This self-seclusion could only lead to self-exhaustion. Confucianism couldn’t grow tall but instead had no choice but to grow wide like Li Xue [2] during the Song Dynasty and Xin Xue [3] during the Ming Dynasty. In actuality, this did nothing for Confucianism. Wide growth meant more students, but the philosophy itself remained unchanged. This carried on until the end of the Ming Dynasty.
Following the European Renaissance, the other civilizations started to catch up to the Han culture. With the advent of long-distance sailing, the communication between the Hans and the rest of the world began. This communication reached its peak during the end of the Ming Dynasty. At that time, many scholars saw the catalyst needed for improvement in Han culture. This was observable from the beginning of capitalism and scholars of Confucianism realizing the new changes in their studied philosophy.
However, at that time, the biggest threat to the Hans appeared on the scene, the Mans, the Qing Dynasty… had arrived!
In the 300 year period when the European countries were undergoing a metamorphosis, the Hans started to collapse…
The Han culture was completely destroyed during that 300 year period. What remained? Foot-binding? Qipao? What else? Were these the things that defined the glory of Han Dynasty that lasted for thousands of years? How laughable!
After losing the essence of the Han people, in recent years, the people started to turn outwards to look for new cultural inspirations by turning to the west. In reality, ever since the Qing Dynasty, Han culture had completely been unrooted. For example, was the new Z Country really a Han product? No, it was nothing more than an imported good…
Therefore, Cheng Wen realized that the real killer of the Han people was self-reclusion, and this started during the Tang Dynasty…
He fully believed that if given the same resources, the Hans packaged with the thoughts and learning of ancient China would definitely crush the white-skinned people like bugs!
Ever since the beginning of the Hope's government, Cheng Wen was a small level Hope government official worker. He worked tirelessly without complaint. He was a man of few words, but his every word was loaded and to the point. Slowly but surely, his rank started to rise. Thus far, other than people like Yao Yuan, he was the highest ranking Han in the Hope’s government, and also one of the few Hans actually working in the government.
Many Han public officials like himself always complained to him about Yao Yuan’s policies, especially the one about all Chinese people having to start from the bottom rung of the administrative ladder, during meals. How was it that the government, which was in Country Z people’s hands, had all the higher officials be westerners? It was the same thing with the House of Representatives. The speaker was white, 70 percent of the representatives were white, and the rest were Asians from other countries and Africans, only 1 percent was pure-bred Han. Why was that?
These complaints entered Cheng Wen’s ears after he had a small fever. It was a fever that lasted only for several hours. Even though it was during the period when the Homo Evolutis awakening was happening, Cheng Wen’s wife and kids didn’t think it had anything to do with Cheng Wen’s fever, because Cheng Wen’s fever was too short and he was wide awake through the whole process. Only Cheng Wen himself knew that he had become a Homo Evolutis… a Thinker.
This was how Cheng Wen answered those complaining officials.
"…As Lao Zi once said, give in order to take."
The officials were not familiar with antiquated literature, but the phrase itself wasn’t that complicated, so they seemed to have understood a thing or two…
One had to give before one could take… But what exactly was the meaning?
Cheng Wen, who was asked to elaborate, only smiled because he didn’t consider it necessary to do so. Certain things had to be left unsaid. However, according to his recent observations and his understanding of Yao Yuan, the caution the white skins had against Guang Zhen and the small actions taken behind Yao Yuan’s back to undermine his place, from all this he could see…
The plan that had been formed ever since the Hope’s government was created.
Give in order to take…
A few months after the Hope stopped in space, the first batch of corrupted officials, including westerners, Africans, and Asians, were captured. The government asked Cheng Wen to come in to have a talk. They discussed his years of hard work and their wish to commend him. At that point, Cheng Wen knew the plan that had been in planning for 10 years had been initiated!
Give in order to take!
Cheng Wen felt especially kindred to Yao Yuan then, like finding an old friend. He had no clue whether Yao Yuan was familiar Ancient Chinese thinking, but he realized that he was using it to clean up the trash that was plaguing the Hope.
In some way, there was communication without actually communicating…
That night, Cheng Wen got himself blind drunk. The next day, the first ever label of the most honest government worker in the 11 years of the Hope’s government induction was bequeathed onto Cheng Wen. At the same time, he was named the vice minister for the Hope’s ministry of labor and personnel. He was going to take the position of minister until the actual minister returned from being investigated….


Endless sky and infinite space, the cosmos isn’t some paradise waiting to be found, it is full of darkness and danger, death and terror of the great unknown. However, for that glittering swath of blue, we have no fear! For the longevity of men, we have no regrets! Nothing shall stand in our way because it is finally our time, our age! The age of cosmos exploration! 


Hans was wrong; this auction would not sell according to the genres, but that each section had been additionally divided, into hundreds of smaller sections!

With this, the information that Li Du had memorized yesterday lost its use. He hurriedly rushed around the unit, hoping to remember the new sections for the valuable books they had recorded yesterday.

Entering the second storage unit, he briskly walked around, and then returned to one of the stacks of books, puzzled.

Hans asked, "What’s up?"

Li Du said, "This stack of books; it wasn’t here yesterday."

The stack that caught his attention was relatively small. It was cordoned off by plastic poles, so it stood out from the other sections. There were also other similar stacks around. These stacks were all relatively fewer in books, and protected by poles.


Hans glanced and said, "These are all old books. Perhaps the bookstore was being cautious of people damaging them if they took them out early, so they only took them out now."

The new books didn’t seem to have much value. Li Du looked at the stacks of old books and decided to let the bug out to try to see if he could score a hit.

When the bug came out, it made a round in the air and then flew toward the stacks.

Li Du controlled it to prevent it from absorbing the time energy. He paid attention to which stack it went to, and recorded its traveling path.

He thought the bug would be interested in these old books, but besides the initial burst of energy when flying toward the first stack, the bug didn’t search around anymore.

Apparently, besides this particular stack, the other books didn’t have much time energy. These old books had an even lower value than new books.

An hour later, the auction was about to begin. Someone shouted in a loudspeaker, "Everyone, please leave the storage room. Everyone, please leave the storage room. Remember the details of the location of books that you want to auction for, and please go outside so that we can begin the bidding!"

Hans, his eyebrows creased, said, "This auction will be different from the past ones."
Previously, the people stood beside storage units the auction proceeded.

Li Du could understand. With the sheer number of books being auctioned, as well as the number of attendees, the bookstore clearly wanted to sell off as many books as possible.

According to the sequence, the first section to be auctioned was the self-improvement genre.

A total of 20,000 to 30,000 books were separated into 20 different sections, with each section having about a thousand books or so. The auctioneer spoke quickly, so the auction proceeded quickly as well.

"Self-improvement, section A—the starting bid is 1,000, 1,000, 1,000 dollars. Whoever wants it, quickly raise your hand up so I can see you….

"Alright fella, 1,000 for you then. Next up will be 1,100, anyone for 1,100…

"That guy went straight to 1,500, 1,500, 1,500—anyone want to go higher? Alright, no one is going for it, so these books belong to you, kiddo!"

One thousand five hundred dollars for a thousand new books; it was quite a good deal. Li Du mentally calculated for a moment, and then asked, "Say, how about we take all the books and set up a bookstore ourselves?"

"Are you trying to burn your money away?" Hans asked. "If these bookstores could still stay in business, why would they declare bankrupt?"

Li Du shrugged. Hans was right; he seemed to have put too little thought in before proposing the idea.

They didn’t have much interest in the self-improvement section, and thus didn’t participate in the bidding. They just stood at the side to watch how things played out.

The book auction was proceeding much faster than regular storage auctions. Two auctioneers took turns on stage. The words came out of their mouth faster than a machine gun’s rate of fire. If one hesitated for a moment, a section of books would be sold off.

The auctioneers here didn’t bother to give anyone time to think. They called thrice for the current offer, and if no one responded in three to four seconds, it would be a deal.

About ten minutes later, the auction for the novel genre was about to start. Li Du gave a pat on Hans’s shoulder and said, "Let’s go, soldier!"

"Novels, section A, consisting of 1,000 books. The starting bid is 2,000 dollars—2,000, 2,000, anyone willing to take it?" the auctioneer asked speedily.

Hans immediately raised his hand. "Two thousand five hundred!"

The auctioneer pointed at him and said, "This fella is going for 2,500, anyone willing to go for 2,600?"

"Me!" a white lady nodded and said.

Hans retracted his hands and left. The limit they had set for this stack was 2,500 dollars.

"Novels, section B, consisting of 1,100 books; the starting bid is 2,000, anyone…

"...Novels, section C, consisting of 1,080 books; the starting bid is 2,000, anyone…

"…Novels, section E, consisting of 980 books; the starting bid is 2,000, anyone willing to take it?"

Hans once again offered, and said with a nod, "Let’s make it 3,000 dollars!"

As the auction continued, the bidding began to heat up. Many people were on the scene, making a mess of noise. There were many times where multiple offers of the same price were called.

To save time, Hans had always called his final price on his first call.

His final price this time was relatively high;, the other treasure hunters that were interested shook their heads and gave up.

The auctioneer pointed at Hans and said, "3,000 dollars, and I’ve hit the hammer. These books belong to you, buddy!"

In the novels section, in accordance with Li Du’s request, Hans bought a total of four stacks, spending exactly 10,000 dollars for 3,800 books.

The other genres, such as finance, education, technology and lifestyle, they didn’t bid on, and just watched the scene of hundreds of people competing.

The competition was the most heated for novels because the most valuable books were the ones that were signed. Normally, authors for novels were the most renowned, so their signed books were the most valuable.

In reality, there were other kinds of books that were more valuable, such as biographies. The biographies for sports stars or pop stars especially—if those had their personal signature, those books would increase in value a hundredfold.

However, bookstores were not stupid; when these valuable books were sold, they were placed in special events, and did not end up in places like this to be auctioned off at low prices.

After the lifestyle genre, it was now time for the old books to be auctioned. Most of the treasure hunters were disinterested in old books; everyone knew that there was no treasure amongst them.

The history of America wasn’t very long, so they didn’t have ancient scripts like those in China. When the country was established, it was around the time when civilization had entered the era of printing machines.

In this situation, really expensive, old books would be rare. Bookstores would not even usually have them, so it was unlikely any would appear in this auction.

The auctioneers started, and the first stack was treated coldly. The price dropped to about 100 dollars, but still, no one wanted it. 

When it came to the second stack of old books, many people remained disinterested. It was sold at its starting bid of 1,000 dollars.

Seeing such, Li Du and Hans stayed low. When it came to the fifth stack, they didn’t make any offers, but instead waited for it the price to drop.

As no one was interested in this stack, when the auctioneer was about to go to the next one, Hans raised his hand and said, "100 dollars. I’ll take it!"

Seeing this, some treasure hunters who knew about the capabilities of Hans and Li Du wanted to make a call, but the auctioneer didn’t give them a chance. Straight away, he nodded and said, "Alright, 100, these books belong to you, buddy!"

Some of the treasure hunters grumbled their disappointment. 

"I wanted to bid for it."

"What’s in that stack?"

"D*mmit, I have a premonition: these two b*stards are going to strike gold again!"

Hans secretly raised an eyebrow at Li Du, and revealed a proud smile.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



They love gold, and they love silver. Even more so, they love gems that dazzle, like stars across the skies. 
Firearms, jewelleries, and precious metals; A collector’s world will not be complete without antiques.  
Storage auctions, old goods trade, re-estate sales and gold-digging. But the truth is, if one wants to make money, then the supreme way is through searching for the legendary treasures. 
Holding the fort, there’s an ocelot, a wolf, and an Andes condor. At the side, there’s a loyal hound, an irascible ape, and an African honey badger. Who said that you can only rely on humans when treasure hunting?! 

[ Ding! The information absorption of the Lin Family Library is now processing... ] said the system.

Tian Long was overjoyed as he heard the system's words.

'Wahahahaha! With this function, my information gathering technique has almost reached the apex! All of you peak powerhouses in this world, be careful and be sure not to let me inside your libraries and other information repositories or else! Hehehe' he laughed maniacally in his mind as he started daydreaming.

No one would ever think that such a ridiculous ability actually surfaced within this world.

The people in the library didn't even see, feel. or hear anything different in their surroundings as the invisible and omnipresent aura passed through them and spread out to every nook and cranny inside the building.

This function from the system was simply monstrous, it's basically impossible to obtain such an ability anywhere in the Boundless Heaven World.

As the invisible energy spread out to every corner of the library, Tian Long remained composed and wore an indifferent expression on his face., although, he was laughing hysterically in his mind right now.

It was as if he wasn't the one that activated the magical ability and that it had nothing to do with him at all.

He perfectly sold the role of a random bystander! What perfect self-control! Even Tian Long was surprised at his self-discipline

'It must be because of the improvement of my soul due to the {Everlasting-Soul Manual}.' he thought.

One of the perks of having an improved and enhanced soul was being able to control oneself better. Be it the control of the physical body, expressions, and even one's state of mind, they all become easier once one's soul improves.

And the {Everlasting-Soul Manual} was a unique Divine Grade soul cultivation method that could be considered to be at the peak of this world!

Tian Long is really lucky to obtain all kinds of mysterious and powerful techniques and skills. (1.)

He stood there with a book about the different types of beasts in his hand and was skimming through it while waiting for the system to finish gathering everything.

The book's name was 'Record of Myriad Beasts' which was a fairly common book that was available almost everywhere within the Boundless Heaven World.

The book contained information about the types of demonic beasts that lived in this world.

For example, there was a powerful beast called Infernal Lion. It was a dangerous beast which lives in places called Infernal Plains which is a mysterious continent that was easy to enter but near impossible to exit.

Another example was a beast that Tian Long had heard of which was the Vermillion Bird. It was considered as one of the four symbols of the Chinese Constellation back on Earth. Its considered a Saint Beast and a Sacred Beast which represented the element of fire.

As Tian Long read through the book, he was fascinated at the sheer amount of the beasts that lived in this world. There were countless numbers of them that were recorded within the book, and this was just one of the most common books that were available for the public!

Tian Long couldn't even fathom the information within other books that were more advanced and classified that wasn't for the eyes of the public.

While continuing to read, Tian Long suddenly remembered the mystery pet egg that was being incubated within the World Tree. He wondered what kind of creature will come out of the egg.

He looked forward to it's hatching and prayed for it to be a formidable beast that would help him on his journey to the apex of this world.

If other people knew what Tian Long was thinking then they would probably vomit buckets of blood. 

That damned egg enjoyed all kinds of heavenly resources that was almost impossible to find in the world! It would be a god sent miracle if it didn't become an overlord in the future. A ruler of the myriad beasts!

"Hmm, I guess I should get more materials and resources to further nurture the egg, just to make sure that it will have a great potential in the future..." he muttered to himself.

"Well, it's better to be safe than sorry." Tian Long shrugged.

...

5th Floor of the Library.

[ Ding! Information gathering process is currently 75% complete, please wait patiently for its completion! ] said the system to Tian Long after he asked the status.

It's been two hours since the system started to gather the knowledge and the information within the library.

Tian Long started reading as well while waiting for it to finish. From the first floor to the fifth floor, he had been skimming through random books that caught his eyes.

He read books such as: "The Mysterious Plants and Herbs Book", "How to improve your Physique akin to a Dragon!", "Tactics of Dating and Courtship", "10 Ways to Make Her Fall for You", and so on. (2.)

Tian Long was totally absorbed as he read through those books with a serious demeanor, planning all kinds of things in his head.

He found an isolated place with a big and golden table and chair when he looked around. He carried the books and sat down there and at once, started reading.

Suddenly, the atmosphere on the fifth floor immediately changed once Tian Long sat down on that place and started reading without a care in the world.

His action caused all the eyes present to focus on him. Every person on the floor was looked towards him with all kinds of expression on their faces.

Some had sympathetic expressions, some were gloating and mocking, some were shocked appalled, and some were curious and excited.

"He actually sat down at that place! How brave!" said someone.

"Oh no, he's screwed, everyone knows that no one should take Lin JiaHao's seat!"

"Hmm, I don't think he's from around here..."

"He's probably someone from a different city since everyone knows that Lin JiaHao is one of the Six Young Masters of the Coiling Dragon City and no one would dare provoke him here." (2.)

"Let's see what'll happen, I wonder how that guy would react when he finds out that someone actually dares to take his seat."

Whispers and conversations suddenly filled throughout the floor within a blink of an eye. Everyone looked at Tian Long with anticipation.

With his powerful soul, Tian Long captured their expressions and heard all of their discussions.

He simply smiled and shook his head, ignoring everyone. He didn't know that the seat he took was already taken by someone else.

But, he didn't care anyway, no one would get mad at such a little thing and look for trouble, right?

And even if he does make a big deal about it, Tian Long didn't give a single sh*t. He'll just smack that fellow senseless if he dared touch him.

After laughing for a few seconds, he then went back to reading those important books...

All kinds of plot and scheme filled his head as he started planning about something.

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Next morning, I was still in this fantasy world. Little Yue was still my maid. I still had around 17 points of soul force. Looks like I can reach Bronze 1 star in a matter of hours and Silver 1 star in a matter of days.

Still, I had to go to the academy to return the books and take another set. There was so much to study, so many ideas to try. Since energy is diffused in the world, then different materials could have different resistance to it, opening the possibility for Ley Lines and advanced meditation chambers.

The simplest idea (coming directly from Naruto) to test would be strengthening of the ego of demonic beast spirits via naming. Low-level beasts themselves are unlikely to have personal names, so giving them one should focus their ego and improve their compatibility with the host. Overall, it could provide benefits comparable to the forced evolution in that 'Somewhat Demonic' Pot, which Nie Li going to buy at auction.

The lesson of the day was martial arts with teacher Chen Sai, so we all gathered at the dojo. He was a tall burly man with a loud voice, piercing gaze and an ugly scar on his face. The teacher wanted to see our current level and somehow Nie Li ended up as my partner. I knew that he would try to mess with me and even sleep deprivation won't slow him down. But who said I have to follow his rules?
"Shen Yue and Nie Li!" - called the teacher.
"This kind young master feels merciful today, so let us see who can touch another first," - I said and jumped on him (without waiting for his reply) which he dodged.
"You seem kind of slow, like an earthworm," - he said beginning his taunt.
"I did my move, it's your turn," - I replied calmly - "come at me, bro." - I challenged him with a gesture.
"But what if neither of us can touch another?" - he asked coming to me in a spiral, like a shark.
"Then we must be evenly matched." - I replied, stepping towards him.
"Looks like I missed, your turn now." - he voice came from behind me. I didn't even see him moving, must be his 'secret protagonist art' or something.
"I give up," - I answered calmly, holding trousers with my hands because he stole my belt while passing along. - "Now, give me back my belt."
"Tch" - was all he said, tossing it at my face.
"That was impressive speed Nie Li and commendable self-awareness Shen Yue." - noted teacher.
The boy spent the rest of the lesson sleeping with open eyes. I didn't bother trying to mess with him since it could be a trap.

I spent the rest of the day (dedicated to self-study) in the library taking notes and quietly cursing various scholars, who turned hack work into an art form. There was even a book made purely of references, whose informational value was literally one string. There were a few guys trying to earn my favor, so I let them help me searching for specific books. 

By the end of the school day, I managed to compile around 40 pages worth of information and even tested energy-resistance of a few common substances like air, ceramics, cinder, soil, stone, water and wood in the workshop. I didn't have any kind of scale, it would come later I simply needed to see how they compare to each other. As it turns out variation was rather small (while noticeable). Ordered from high to low it was Cinder, Air, Ceramics, Water, Soil, Stone, Wood, where stone and wood had uneven resistance depending on direction. I even sketched a kind of pyramidal platform for meditation, that would focus a flow of energy towards the top - nothing fancy like inscription array, simply a cake-like system of layers with cinder isolation on the sides.

On my way back home, I bought samples of twenty different kinds of wood and blood of various bronze-rank demonic beasts. I didn't know how to read soul attributes to find the form and element compatibility, but those things could be tested with little effort.

"Yue'er, I'm home!" - I called as usual.
"Wellcome home, Master!" - her smile was as warm as usual, but I saw impatience in her eyes.
"We have a bit of time, before dinner." - I returned a couple of hours earlier than yesterday. She instantly caught my meaning and her smile got even wider. - "We will do it in my room. I would finish today's research and you have a couple of hours."
"Yes, master." - she replied following me.
When we got to my room, I pulled her sign from my notes.
"This is your soul sign, just as I told you before you should keep it in your mind during cultivation. Once you start your soul force would probably compress about ten times don't be afraid, just stop once the process would finish and we would measure your soul force. It's important for proper measurement of your further progress and improvement of your cultivation method." - I instructed her. - "just sit there comfortably and begin cultivating."

As she began cultivating, I pulled out my wood samples and arranged them on my table. I was rich, so there was no point in building my cultivation platform from second-rate materials when I can afford the good stuff. It took her only 20 minutes to compress her soul force. As expected, her level dropped down to 1, barely visible in a soul crystal. After that I ordered her to resume, giving her an hour. I myself spent that time designing conical wooden platform of 20 layers, that should increase the concentration of energy at the top by 20-25%. 

By the end, she advanced by entire point, it wasn't much (compared to my 10), but it means she can reach bronze-rank in 100 hours - it's not even two months (that Nie Li was bargaining for in the story) - it's about a week of dedicated cultivation (15 hours/day) with supposedly inferior method.
"Good, with these result you would get bronze rank in a couple of months without much effort and reach silver within a couple of years." - I commented, seeing a clear difference in cultivation speed between red and green soul. - "Now, I want you to heat a bucket of water and bring a clean bedsheet. I have a theory, that cultivation in water or even wet cloth would go slightly faster. And you have enough time to test it, before starting dinner."
"I'll do it right away, master Yue." - she replied cheerfully.

It took about half an hour to confirm my theory. And I spent my time before dinner going through the alchemy books I got from the library and cursing their pigheaded authors. No wonder alchemy in this city was in such a poor state, there was not a single tablet in any of those books, literally. Almost as if those scholars hated efficient methods of organizing and sharing information.

A guy was reincarnated (into Tales of Demons and Gods) as Shen Yue, without a cheat.

Lu Yan can hear a few words still while he was unconscious. He heard the God speaking to a girl he called Blank Sapphire. He wasn't sure whether it was a dream or not. 
When he finally wakes up, no information the branding process before he still remembers. Everything is a blur and there is no one here in the cave as well. Only few animals and plants and ponds with fishes inside. The cave that supposed to be barren is becoming lively. Is everything only a dream?
"They are your food, he leaves it for you." A young girl just come out from behind a tree while eating an apple. She looks like less than 10 years old and look innocent. Just like a normal girl except for her hair and eyes are blue and so her lips. Her blue hair tied in pigtails and her dress is simple just like a child.
"Who are you kid, what is your relation to the God? Where is he?" Lu Yan is not a fool; this kid surely has relation with the God. It is impossible she is just a random kid wandering around to this cave.
"Kid? I am a few hundred years of age; how dare you call me a kid. I am a sprite and my name is Blank Sapphire. I was summoned here by my master to give you three bags of his inheritance for you. As for my master he already goes to another life." Sadness can be seen in the girl's eyes as she said the last sentence. 
No matter how Lu Yan look at her she just looks like a ten years old girl at most. However, the most important thing for Lu Yan now is the three bags. There are thousands of books before in this place, not to mention other artifacts he might have. Just how big these bags are going to be "So where is these bags you are talking about?"
Blank Sapphire don't answer, she just waves her hand and a large bag come from behind a rock. Well at least she didn't produce it out of nowhere. One thing is clear though, this girl knows magic. Which make her compared to a Qi Absorption cultivation base for the least. Lu Yan know it is best not to make fun at her anymore.
It looks like the common bag used to bring your clothes and other necessities when travelling. The jade hairpin is pinned to the bag with a letter on it. Lu Yan spontaneously reach for the letter "This jade hairpin is made by pouring a sliver of my will into it. Our fate is linked by it and this will keep you safe for now. Keep it and give it to someone important for you once you strong enough. A girl hopefully. Well no judging, it just that a guy will look weird wearing this hairpin." 
The letter is quite short and weird. Lu Yan never understand about pouring someone will means, so he just pocketed the hairpin and continue to open the bag. Books are dominating the inside of it, basic sets of Evil Technique and Diving Wing Technique. Along with few others basic techniques are there. These books have no letters in it, but other items are.
There is a set of potions there, mostly are pills. Each pill has name on it and explanation of what it can do. They are mostly used to cultivate Body Refining Techniques and just recently concocted by the God himself, since he never has any of those pills before. A type of pill has an introductory of being a pill used to breakthrough into the Qi Absorption Stage. A pill is enough for the dumbest person to breakthrough and I concoct ten of this for you. If you still fail then just eat those "Soul Enforcer" pill from before. If then you die when the pill force to build your own soul core then you deserve it for being useless.
The Soul Enforcer is the pill that said to be surely able to make someone reach the Soul Core Stage. A rare pill that he said to have four others, unfortunately those pills are not in this bag. Since this bag mostly used for him to cultivate into Qi Absorption, they might be on the next bag. Lu Yan can only wonder how big the next bags is going to be. 
Other items are a cloth and dagger. Which named "normal clothes" and "normal dagger". Popular clothes in the heaven because it is made from a very smooth silk that is also so comfortable to wear. Though here on earth most weapon won't be able to pierce it. Complete with the instruction for Lu Yan wear it all the time even for an undergarment and the note that this cloth has been washed. The normal dagger is well only a common dagger in the heaven but able to pierce through the "normal cloth" before easily.
The instruction maybe full of jokes, but Lu Yan understand clearly that this joke is written by a God at his dying moment. Two talismans also can be found on the bags, once called "Blank Sapphire". A summoning spell can only be used when you at the Soul Core Stage and this spell is supposed to be the first spell used when you achieve it. Blank Sapphire will provide the guide you need while you are at that stage. The other one has no description beside the name of "Seven Star Teleportation".
What is this used for, Lu Yan show the talisman to Blank Sapphire. She looks shocked for the moment but soon calmed down "That talisman is actually a very high rated magical item. There is not supposed to be any magical item in the first bag since you can't use it anyway. Most magical item can get dangerous if you not understand how to use it as well. This talisman though even that it is a magical item, it doesn't drain your own power to activate it. Instead it activated with the power of the stars, only when seven stars in the heaven align with each other you can use this. The great thing this item can bring you anywhere instantly as long as you can think of the place. The bad thing is those stars may not align together in once in a hundred years. So, this item kind of useless."
Lu Yan disappointed a little bit with the explanation of the talisman, but he knows the great items are not placed in this bag. The next bag though will surprise him. The Blank Sapphire already produce the second bag and throw it in front of Lu Yan. This bag is much smaller than the first one with a not also attach in it.
"This is a magical bag; its inside is far bigger than it looks like from the outside. Yet this bag can only be open with a magic power, so at least you have to be at the Qi Absorption Stage to do that. There are some low-grade magical items there with some pills and manuals to get you into the Soul Core Stage."
Lu Yan has heard about magical bag before, but of course never have one. This bag are expensive items that make Lu Yan so happy about it. Even the bag alone can be sold for some fortune. He knows the third bag will be another magical bag though and might even be more expensive. Otherwise there is no way all the books before can fit inside it.
This third bag is even smaller and look like a purse, Blank Sapphire pull form her sleeve and hold it instead of throwing it. Certainly, there is something valuable are inside, the letter accompany it is bigger than the other though. That letter instead is thrown at Lu Yan before she hands over the bag.
"This last bag is also a magical bag, that sealed with my will. Only I can open this bag, though since I already give you my will before this bag now link with your soul. Once you get your Soul Core and only if that Soul Core come from my Evil Technique you will be able to open this bag. Remember though, this bag itself is a very rare artifacts from the heaven not to mention how valuable what inside it. Anyone who see this will be engulfed by greed and try to open it by force. I can't let anyone else to get what inside this bag, especially my enemy. So, in case someone other than you open this bag by force, this bag will incinerate itself along with everything inside.
The trick is since this bag is linked with your soul, once it happens your soul will be incinerated as well. Thus, you will die. Not only die but it will be a painful and miserable death, I will leave the description to Blank Sapphire if you want to know how that work. If you are death this bag will also going to self-incinerated. Since it unable to know your condition when you are alive, such as if you have been kidnapped and forced to open this bag. I put another condition to is so it will also self-incinerate in twenty years if you haven't able to open it. Twenty years is very long if you take my pills into consideration. This twenty year is so only you are not openly stand out too much and rose suspicion before you are strong enough."
Lu Yan just got a mental breakdown hearing that. The thought of becoming a demi god or a true god is intriguing. However, Lu Yan always want to keep his option open, selling all this fortune to live peacefully the rest of his life is what he dreamed before. He at least wants to keep those dream alive, but now it been shattered. He has no other choice but to get into the Soul Core Stage. When you are there everyone will know who you are. It was rare for someone that reach Soul Core Stage wandering around leisurely at towns. 
Surely though not everyone can know what stage you are on. Body Refining cultivator can only guess which level other cultivator are by comparing their power. Qi Absorption one can check on what stage you are on but not going to know how long you are there. Whether you just reach that stage or almost make a breakthrough. At Soul Core Stage you can check clearly what level other cultivator at, but also at that level you have the ability to camouflage your own level. Whether make it totally unrecognizable or making it lower and higher. At least those are the God has been telling him.
Maybe he can hide it after reach the Soul Core Stage and get back to his hometown. However, something telling him there is something the third bag that will prevent him to doing so. He is still staring at the letter and the small bag now at his hand. He has to keep this hidden, luckily it is small so it is not so hard doing it.
"Are you done, you better get back to your cultivation now. Time is keep moving forward, your precious twenty years is going to run up soon." Blank Sapphire start to tease Lu Yan as he sees his worried face. 
The brand started to show it usefulness once Lu Yan try to cultivate. The memory imprinted to him, may not be able to remembered by his brain. However, his muscle and every inch of his body remembered it. Cultivating is far much easier after.
While his cultivation base never moved, Lu Yan felt his power is improved inhumanly. He is at least twice stronger and faster than before. Surely the Evil Technique play major part in his improvement. At this moment Lu Yan sure he is close to Yan Rui power level before. If not better.
With this new development Lu Yan feel he can break through into the next cultivation level easily even without the help of any potions. Yet there are too many pills left behind by the God, it will be a waste not to utilize it. Even if he wants to sell them, Lu Yan have to at least know how potent those potions are.
Blank Sapphire insist that he can only take one pill at a time. Lu Yan agreed to her since he has to be cautious anyway. After swallowed one of the pill Lu Yan feel a huge energy surge in his body. This is unlike any pills he ever had before. Lu Yan meditate at once to harness all the energy built up in his body.
In a night Lu Yan already felt his body trembling, he knows immediately he has breakthrough to the next level of Body Refining Stage. Yet the pill effect still surging in his body. With all this energy building in his body eating is unnecessary. Lu Yan continue his meditation for 3 days and 3 nights.
When he finally opens his eyes, Lu Yan already reach the 5th level of Body Refining Technique. The goal Lu Yan has set to achieve in three years has just been achieved in 3 days.

This is an ordinary xianxia story about an ordinary guy wishing for an ordinary life. His meeting with a God change everything, as he left with great blessings but one curse. The curse of unable to have the peaceful life he dreamed for. Unless he able to fulfill "His" destiny to stand above all others through a path filled with blood and violence.

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