[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.

"How many books do you have left to read?"

"I don't know the exact amount but it's going to take about 2 to 3 weeks to finish reading all of them."

Soo Hyuk and Yeon Joong continued on with their conversation.

"Wow, minimum 2 weeks?"

"Yeap."

"I'm super jealous."

"What're you jealous about?"

"You're wisdom increases when you read a book."

Yeon Joong said he was jealous because of the stats. In the case of reading a book, it was already a well-known fact that it would increase your wisdom.

"On second thought, I'm suddenly very curious?"

He continued talking as his face was filled with curiosity as he asked.

"What number is your wisdom?"

He was curious as to how much wisdom Soo Hyuk had because he continued reading since the game opened.

"Ummm…."

Soo Hyuk murmured to himself as he pondered.

'The most recent time I checked...'

He did not know exactly how much wisdom he had. It was because every time the message stating that wisdom increased popped up, he didn't open his character window.

'Was it 925?'

He recalled the latest wisdom checked and told Yeon Joong.

"925."

"....?"

Yeon Joong heard his response and was speechless. However it was only for a brief moment, he then opened his mouth as his face was filled with disbelief.

"WHAT?"

The first thing he did was ask a question.

"925? Your wisdom is 925?"

He continued to ask questions.

"Yeap, when I checked, the most recent wisdom was 925. It's likely that it may be a little higher than that. Because after that, wisdom increased a little more."

"...…"

Yeon Joong became silent once again.

'Crazy.'

He was flustered.

'Wisdom's 925? It's even higher than that?'

He said his wisdom was 925? No, that it may be a little higher than that?

"What level are you?"

He was deep in thought but asked Soo Hyuk once again.

"8."

He thought to himself.

'Level 8, wisdom's over 925?'

He asked because he thought his level would be high. However, his level was not high. Soo Hyuk's level was only 8. But 925? That number was unfathomable.

"How many books did you read?"

He asked after he finished his thoughts. How many books did he read? How many did he read that he was able to attain 925? He was unable to fathom it. No, to be exact, 925 were unattainable just by reading books.

"The more you read, doesn't wisdom stop increasing?"

In order to raise wisdom by 1, the number of books that needed to be read was different with every user. A user may need to read 2 books to increase by 1, another may need to read 3 to increase, while a different user may need to read 10 to go up.

However, there was a commonality amongst all. It was that, the more you read, wisdom did not increase. In the beginning, if you read 3 books for your wisdom to increase by 1, after, it would take 5, 7, 10 books to raise wisdom by 1.

".....?"

Soo Hyuk was confused.

"What do you mean? The more you read, it doesn't increase?"

He could not understand.

"Generally, if you read 1 book, your wisdom increases by 1, right?"

 

It did not increase every time. Though, on average, if you read 1 book, it increased by 1. It was very rare when it did not increase.

"What?"

Yeon Joong asked.

"You're telling me that every time you read a book it increased?"

He was astonished.

"Yeah. Practically."

Soo Hyuk shook his head.

"...…"

Yeon Joong did not say a word. He just thought to himself.

'Was Oren's library special?'

Many users experimented with reading books in order to raise their wisdom. Especially those whom wanted to become Magicians went to Matab's library and read books innumerably and researched a formula to increase wisdom.

However, the number of books that needed to be read to increase wisdom by 1 was all different. Ultimately, they were unable to find the exact formula.

It was only speculated that there were a lot of things that were in correlation with one another. But, in Soo Hyuk's case, every time he read a book, his wisdom rose by 1. That is, it wasn't once or twice, but continued to increase. By any chance, was Oren's library special?

'Or was it his level?'

Oren's library may not be special. The problem may be his level. His level was 8; it could be that the lower your level, the number of books needed to raise your stats was small.

'The possibility was quite high.'

The possibility that it was because of his level was quite high. Although other users have said they read books, they did not continue reading books like Soo Hyuk. They hunted, completed quests, and read books in situations to grow their characters.

"You can't tell anyone about your stats."

He said to Soo Hyuk.

"The possibility that something troublesome may occur is quite high. Especially if the guild finds out, they're going to lust heavily for you."

It was difficult even for someone over level 100 to reach beyond 900 for wisdom, but only a level 8 surpassed 900. If that fact became known, Soo Hyuk would be dragged into a troublesome situation.

Specifically, it was the guilds that were the problem. The strength of the guild members became the guilds' strength. There would be an enormous amount of guilds that would desire Soo Hyuk. There was a chance that if they weren't able to have him, they would make it so that no one else would be able to have him.

"Of course I know that too."

He replied to Yeon Joong. He also knew about this.

"I told you because it's you."

He only answered because it was Yeon Joong. If it wasn't him, he wouldn't have said anything.

"Okay, I'm glad you know about it."

He felt relieved when he heard his response. Soo Hyuk opened his mouth.

"But, didn't you say you were going to create a guild?"

"Yeah, but it's not something that you can create easily. I'm only planning on it."

* * *

"3rd class ranking occupation has been undone!"

"Yeah?"

Joo Hyuk Yang responded calmly.

"Why are you so calm?"

Jang Yool turned around and asked.

"Because it's not the first or second time it's been undone. Eh, it's only 3rd class ranking."

It wasn't the first time a 3rd class ranking occupation was solved. It was already two months since the game opened and five days have passed. During that time, quite a lot of special occupations were undone. 3rd ranking special occupations were not considered shocking anymore.

It was at that moment.

"Uh?"

Jang Yool turned to look at his monitor again and shouted. It was filled with panic.

"What?"

Joo Hyuk Yang asked with his ever-calm voice. What type of occupation was undone this time? Or was there a different hidden condition?

"That, that is..."

Jang Yool stuttered as he spoke.

"A user that has acquired the title of Conqueror at O, Oren's library has appeared."

Rustle!

Joo Hyuk Yang stood up from his seat. His composed self was no longer seen. He was shocked.

"Conqueror of Oren's library? Really?"

Title 'Conqueror of Oren's library', was created but it was a title that he thought would never be acquired by a user. However, a user that's obtained that title had appeared.

"Yes."

Jang Yool shook his head.

"Who is it?"

Who in the world would have obtained this nonsense title?

"Hold on one moment."

Jang Yool began typing away on his keyboard. And a short while after, a window popped up on one of his many monitors.

"It's a user named Soo Hyuk."

He looked at his window and responded.

"Soo Hyuk?"

Joo Hyuk Yang mumbled as he approached Jang Yool.

"Let's look at his information."

"Okay."

Jang Yool looked up Soo Hyuk's information on his monitor.

Level: 8

Experience: 51%

Vitality: 2540

Mana: 26420

Satiety: 40%

Strength: 14

Agility: 15

Stamina: 48

Wisdom: 1321

"...…!"

"...….!"

Both Joo Hyuk Yang and Jang Yool looked at the monitor and became silent. They were both astonished as they looked at the information regarding Soo Hyuk on the monitor

'This is crazy.'

Joo Hyuk Yang thought to himself as he saw Soo Hyuk's info.

'He's level 8 but how is his stats.'

His stats were unheard of. The stats were not of a level 8. Though, Joo Hyuk Yang quickly changed his thoughts.

'No, the stats may be possible because he's a level 8.'

On the contrary, his stats were possible because he was level 8. In the case of reading a book that hasn't been read, users would be able to raise their stats.

Stats did not blindly increase. If you read a book that hasn't been read yet, you would receive special experience called stats experience.

In order to increase your stats, you would need to raise that stats experience to its limit. The problem was that the limit to the stats experience was different according to the level of each user.

Of course, if your level was low, the experience needed to raise your stats was small and if it were high, even more experience would be needed.

In other words, in order to increase your stats easily, you would need to read a lot of books but more importantly your level needed to be low.

'But....'

Joo Hyuk Yang was caught in his thoughts as he tilted his head in confusion. There was something he couldn't understand. It wasn't the level. On the contrary, he understood the level. What he didn't understand was....

While reading a book, a sparkle of light disappeared. And, as it did, a message appeared.

[Wisdom increased by 1]

This is translated by Asada Translations, if you would like to, you could read it there, the credits go to asada translations...Thank you, reviewer (I 4got ur name) for pointing that out

We will beat Asada translations tho, some friendly competition ?

" Brother aren't you making it too hard for him?"
asked Maria, after Robin left the dining hall. 

" What are talking about Sis.? "
asked Peter back with a confused look. 

" You took about three months to finish those book. Now you are asking him to finish it in one month. Isn't it too much. "
said Maria. 

Hearing that Peter smiled and said, 

" What do you know? My master also gave me two month as deadline. And because of that I finished in three month. I have taught that kid how to read and write in NONAME. So I have to give him this deadline in order to develop him well. You won't understand it, because you don't have a disciple "

" Hehe...  Is that so?  I think I can get a disciple now. "
Said Maria while looking toward the library. 

Seeing that Peter said, 

" No Sis, you can't. As you know our Master has only me as disciple and I have only one Master, the same thing applies for him. We shouldn't break this custom that is going for about ten thousand years. That was what Master told me, when I said Iam gonna take in a disciple"

" Yaya... I know. Don't start."
grunted Maria. 

" And I gave him one month because I think he is more talented than me. When I taught him, how to read and write. He learned it all in less than six months. So I think he can finish ten thousand books in a month"
said Peter with pride of Master. 

Seeing that Maria grunted even more as she stood up and left the dining hall.

As for Robin, he has been reading the books with complete immersion in it. While thinking to himself, 

' I will finish this before one month. '

After about 15 days, Robin has only read about three thousand books. Seeing the Robin who was still reading the books with great interest, Maria who stood about 10 feet away from him said, 

" Wow...  He is faster than you. But still look at his daily routine, he eats he read he sleep he eats he read he sleep...  Doesn't he look like a puppet to you."

" Nope, he looks like a committed person to me."
said Peter who stood beside her. 

"Even though he has commitment, he can't finish seven thousand books in 15 days. " said Maria. She felt bad as Robin would be disappointed when the time comes. 

They having been standing there for about 10 minutes, but Robin didn't even look at them. He was totally into reading. 

This is not the first time. Every time they came to visit him in the last 15 days, it's the same. 

So both of them just left him be. 

But for Robin from the first day everytime he finishes reading a book, he felt like his reading skills are improving rapidly. So he continuously read, even when some books were repetitive. 

From the books Robin came to understand about the geographical location of the CELTIC. It isn't much different from what before Peter to him. But there was something different about the cultivation levels from what Peter has said. Peter just told him basic realms. But for every realm, they are further divided in to three levels- low level, mid level and high level. For example, Robin is now an 
Begginer Assassin-Low level. 
Then comes 
Begginer Assassin- mid level and 
Begginer Assassin- high level. 

Now he understands why it took seventy years for Peter to reach Grand Realm. But Robin doesn't know whether Peter is in Grand realm low level, mid level or high level.

But he knows the level difference from low level to high level is greater. 

And most important is longevity of life. A Begginer realm can live for hundred years. And it's gets doubled as your realm increases. 

' A Mystic realm can live for 3200 years'
--------
Robin reading speed didn't increase after reading two thousand books that is on the tenth day. For five days, he read one thousand books. But as he finished total of three thousand books. He felt like a new skill is unlocked within him. 

After that, his reading skill entered a new realm. His reading skill increased into fast reading.

Robin finished reading five thousand books in ten days. 
--------
25th day

There was only one thousand and eight hundred books left now. Since he read 200 books on his first night here.

Looking at the remaining books in the rack, Robin thought, 

' five days for thousand and eight hundred books, Will be easy pie. Hehe'

The reason for his happiness is because of a deal between him and Maria. On the 15 day of his assignment, Maria came to library at night and met him. She said with a beautiful voice in his ears,

" If you can finish reading these books in 30 days, I will show you, my dress color. "

And Robin knew what dress color she meant. So that has become his motivation for completing the assignment. 

As Robin was thinking about these things with a lewd smile on his face, he heard Peter's voice, 

" Robin, we are going out for a work  and will come after five days. The spirits will look after your foods."

Hearing that Robin looked up and saw both Peter and Maria have dress in formals. Peter wore a formal suit. 

 Maria is not wearing her usual maid outfit. She is wearing a blue long gown, it's a sleeveless one. 
Looking at that Robin gulped. Seeing that, Maria said with a smiling face, 

" It looks like you are going to win the deal. "

But she thought to herself, 
' I will just erase his memories of the deal. '

Peter asked, 

" What deal? "

Robin said, flushed. 

" Nothing Master....  Have a safe trip. "

Seeing that, Peter just said, 

" Okay, you take care. "

After they left Robin grinned to himself, 

' At last I will walk the path of reaching my harem. Hehe...  Even though you are in Ascending-mystic realm, I will take you into my harem'

Hahaha.... 

Then Robin closed the door of the library and sat down. But he didn't read the books. Instead he wanted to do something that he has been waiting for 20 days or to say for 5 years. 

It was about the artifact, Angel gave him. After he entered this world, he tried lot of times to call for the LIMITLESS ARTIFACT  but it didn't respond to him. But after reading the books he came to an understanding before 20 days. That artifact only react upon magic. And after only reaching Begginer Realm a person can produce magic. So that was the reason why the artifact didn't respond to him before. 

As for the reason why he didn't try it out, after knowing about this is because of Peter and Maria. Those guys will definitely find him using the artifact, Angel gave him. And he can't explain to them how he got the artifact. So he waited to be alone and try it out. 

' Now is the right time '

Then he tried to reach out to the LIMITLESS ARTIFACT, as felt the connection to the artifact, a black light enveloped him..... Robin can't feel a thing.... 
 He blanked out..... 


As the black light in the library disappeared, Robin couldn't be seen anywhere...... 



------------

This is about a guy, whose is a best assassin.

THE KING OF DARK. 
HE got pushed into an hellish fight to become The King. Will he attain the throne in this BATTLE ROYALE....


and his name is ROBIN JOKER

"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.

Even if she had the money to pick it up in the bookstore, she might not be able to choose a book that suited her so well.
When Qiao Nan reached home, Qiao Dongliang and Ding Jiayi were already around. Qiao Nan put away her school bag. She saw that Ding Jiayi had a look of excitement on her face, both eyes were as bright as the daylight - did she pick up some money from the streets?
"Zijin is so capable. A prominent school lives up to its name. The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China is excellent. I feel that I have made the best decision in my life by admitting her into the school."
"It's not bad. Have you gotten someone to bring the money over to Zijin?" Qiao Dongliang was all smiles too, with a expression full of glory."Zijin is not at home, today, you should prepare a good meal too, we can celebrate." 
The elder daughter was so capable, Qiao Dongliang was really pleased.
"Fine!" Ding Jiayi agreed without any hesitation."Good food today all thanks to Zijin."
While saying that, Ding Jiayi shifted her glance to Qiao Nan, if not for the sake of celebrating for Zijin, she also did not wish to prepare a good meal when Zijin was away and benefit the wretched girl. 
"Nan Nan is back." Qiao Dongliang, who was in a good mood, saw everything positively. "Nan Nan, Zijin got a place to participate in the provincial city essay writing competition. Your sister has really improved." 
"Provincial city essay writing competition?" Having heard this, Qiao Nan raised her eyebrows. Such a coincidence?
But, with Qiao Zijin's essay, was she qualified to join the competition?
"Yes, Nan Nan, when you study in the senior high school, like Zijin, you will also have the opportunity to participate in the Provincial city essay writing competition." At the thought that the younger daughter's grades were better, Qiao Dongliang believed that she would certainly have the chance to do so in future.
"Old Qiao, you don't need to give Qiao Nan so much pressure, can any Tom, Dick and Harry take part in the provincial city composition competition? Zijin asked someone to passed the message that the whole school only sent 10 people. One out of 10, there are so many students in the school, and all these are good students. Zijin has done us proud!" Ding Jiayi became more excited as she continued. "You used to control Zijin. Zijin told me that, putting the storyline aside, the writing in the novels that she read previously is good. Reading more will help greatly in essay writing. You see, Zijin did not waste money or read the books without giving any thoughts. She had a reason for reading those books."
While drinking her water, Qiao Nan casually asked, "Dad, when is Sister going to the competition?" 
"Your sister will not be back next week, she has to stay in the school for training because the essay writing competition is on the weekend of the week after next."
"Oh, same for me too."
"Same?" Qiao Dongliang blinked his eyes. "Nan Nan, you are also joining the competition?"
"Yes."
"What yes, Zijin is participating in the provincial city essay competition, how can it be the same?" Ding Jiayi casted an unhappy look at Qiao Nan.
"I am also joining the competition, and at the same timing as Sister, that's why I said it's a coincidence."
Qiao Nan's words should be good news for the family, but at that moment, the smiles on the faces of Qiao Dongliang and Ding Jiayi were frozen for a while.
Qiao Dongliang was happy, but at this moment he had further thoughts.
Qiao Zijin was able to participate in the competition and would not be coming home next week. She specially asked someone to sent a message to request money from the Qiao couple to buy an essay writing book to read.
When the child has progressed in her learning, performed well, and wanted to buy a decent and proper essay writing book, there was no reason for the parent to reject this request.
So, Qiao Dongliang and Ding Jiayi had come up with 10 yuan and asked the messenger to pass it to Qiao Zijin.
There comes the problem. Both daughters would be joining the competition. He had given the elder daughter 10 yuan to purchase learning materials, it would be unfair not to give the same to his younger daughter? 
Qiao Dongliang, who always like to advocate "Fairness, Justice, and Transparency", was hesitating as he thought about the amount of money in his pocket.
There was famine in the family, and without savings, Qiao Dongliang did not feel assured and had been finding ways to save up a little here and there.
The 10 yuan earlier was already an extra expense. If he had to give away another 10 yuan, that would be really hard.
If he did not give, Qiao Dongliang felt bad about being biased, but if he give, that would be too much expenditure. Qiao Dongliang was feeling the pinch.
Ding Jiayi quickly pulled Qiao Dongliang. Qiao Nan was not at home, and was not aware that they had given 10 yuan to Qiao Zijin. "That's a good thing, I am going to prepare dinner, you may return to your room quickly to read your books."
For the first time, Ding Jiayi was so willing to watch Qiao Nan go to her room without helping in any household chores and read her own books.
"Yes." Qiao Nan replied with a word and went to her room, while carrying her schoolbag.
Before the couple could breathe a sigh of relief, at the moment where Qiao Nan opened the door of her room, she turned her head and asked. "Sister will be joining the competition, did you all give her money to buy the learning materials?"
Ding Jiayi's smiling face turned stiff at that instant.
Qiao Dongliang was full of embarrassment. He already said, he could not let his child suffer no matter how poor he was or how hard he had to work. Qiao Dongliang bit his tongue and reached into the pocket of his trousers. "Yes, I just asked someone to bring 10 yuan for your sister. Qiao Nan, come, take this 10 yuan. If you need any learning materials, go and buy. It is rare to have this opportunity, we have to cherish this." 
Ding Jiayi wanted to open her mouth to shout when she heard that they were also giving 10 yuan to Qiao Nan.
Qiao Dongliang glared at Ding Jiayi. "If you are not willing to, sure, I will make a trip to Zijin's school later and retrieve that 10 yuan?" 
"Is it the same, Zijin is in senior high school and the materials are expensive. 10 yuan is fine. But she is only in junior high school, and joining different competitions, not together. Can't you just give her a few yuan?" Ding Jiayi was making a lot of noise.
"Why don't you just give one or two cents?" Qiao Dongliang rolled her eyes at Ding Jiayi. "Equal treatment, if Zijin gets 10 yuan, of course Qiao Nan should also get 10 yuan. This matter is decided. Nan Nan, take the money!"
Looking at the 10 yuan that was forced into her hands, Qiao Nan initially felt bad but she felt more at ease now.
At least her father tried his best to be fair to both Qiao Zijin and her.
"Dad, I don't need it. Sister bought so many essay writing books. If I really need it, I will read hers. But next week when we are at the competition outside, 10 yuan is not necessary, but you still need to give me two yuan. I can't possibly let the teachers treat me to the meals." After returning Qiao Dongliang 10 yuan, Qiao Nan separately asked for the money.
Qiao Nan's words made Qiao Dongliang felt quite bad. The elder daughter had so many revision materials. In his impression, the younger daughter had never bought any.
Fairness, the family had never been fair.
But he had no choice. Zijin would be taking in a son-in-law in future. The child of Zijin would bear the surname of Qiao. If he could treat Nan Nan better, he would try his best to do so. "Fine, here's three yuan. Keep it." 


Qiao Nan: Crap! I am your biological daughter, yet I am treated as if I was picked up from the streets. In fact, you treat me worse than that!

Mother Qiao: Qiao Nan, you are not as pretty or smart as your elder sister. You are not as blessed as her. You have no right to study, marry, or to have your happiness!

Qiao Nan: Why am I not allowed to study, marry, or to seek my happiness? I will find a man right now and marry him!

Qiao Nan is dumbstruck upon discovering that the man right beside her is a powerful figure in the quad—the person who has the most promising prospects to be the future Chief.

Qiao Nan stares at the well-built man in front of her. He has firm abs and cold, chilling eyes. She swallows the lump in her throat as she says her greetings, "Good Morning, Chief!"

"So It can't be help. At least I am alive. I will live my life to the fullest in this life" Yoshi calm himself to accept reality.
"Now what should I do? I don't want to become the most idiot person." Yoshi go to find a paper and a pen sit down to make a plan for his life.

"I will study hard, find a best job, earn alot money and marry a most beautiful woman in this world"
"Yosh!!!" He get up.
"First step, I... Grrrr.... I'm hungry. We have to have full stomach before go to war hehe..."

He find his way to kitchen.
"Are there anything to eat?!"
"Damn! Only cup ramen?! How can he live to this day this idiot?" He curse.
"Well it's better than nothing." 😑

After he eat and clean, Yoshii come back to his bedroom. He look at everything in the room. 
"Is there nothing but games in his room!? Why this dumass spend almost all his money to this trash? At least He has some money left 😤
After that, he goes check his beg and find some book.
"I have to review all the lesson again. I don't want to spend my entire life live like a idiot like him. Hey what has he have?!"
*Ting*
<[Mathematic level 1 book aquire*]>
<[Physic level 1 book aquire*]>
.
.
.
"Hah!??" 😳
"Why my head hear something? Ghost?" Yoshii look at everything around himself. After he can't find anything. He look back at the book.
"Well, maybe my imagination. This book is for elementary student. Why he has something like this?"
Yoshii open and read the book.

Five minutes later
"Hah!? Why? I am the graduate student from highschool with the highest score. Why I find it's hard to understand these beginer books?!!" He startle and shout out loud.

"I don't belive I can't understand something like this" Yoshii angry and try to read the books again.

One hour later
*Ting*
<[You gain 1 intellegent*]>
<[You gain 1 intellegent*]>

"Hah?!"
This time Yoshii hear clearly and he suddenly stand up.
"Is this the legendary super cheating 'System' that I used to read in many novel?!!"
"System are you there?" Yoshii try to call out.

*Silent*
"Is there anything wrong? I can hear clearly the system voice. Why it doesn't reply to me?" Yoshii sit down try to think. And suddenly...

*Ting*
<[Mission: Read 10 books and gain 10 intellegent]>
<[Reward: Activate System In Anime World]>
<[Progress: 02/10 books]>
<[Description: You need to have enough INT to use system You Idiot]>
😳😳😳
"Hah?! This is the reason I can't use system? Because I am too idiot?!" Yoshii cry and shout to system. 😭

When the MC(Main Charactor) wake up. He himself realise that he is reincanated in the most stupid person in the anime world (Yoshii Akihisa in anime Baka To Test). What would he do?!
This novel is talking about a young man who will become the most popular and richest in the future with the assist of "System in Anime World"
Enjoy my new daily update

.....

A group of player is passing by when Shin is talking to 'Trainer Paul', one of them happens to hear Shin.

He look at Shin skeptically before saying to his friends. "Look! Another idiot accepted that 'Scam Quest'."

They look at Shin and started laughing loudly. When Shin heard them he turn around and look at them and fiercely.

"Yo, you're quite fierce for a newbie Huh?" said by a middle age man while walking out the group, he stops in front of Shin while adding "Don't get offended. They laugh because we are also a victim of that quest."

Shin look at the middle age and probe him up. When The middle age man see that kind of look from Shin he smiled and said " Cautious Huh? Well let me tell you this kid that quest is impossible to complete. A lot of people try but all of them got stocked at 60%."

"Even though some of them manage to train in seven days the result is the same, they still failed the quest."

"So don't waste your time doing that stupid quest, don't get carried away because of some rumors saying that you can get a 'Special Skill' on that quest." Advice the middle age guy.


When Shin heard that he give him a slight nod and said before turning around "Thanks for advice".

...


Base on Arthur's stories the System will not give an unsolvable quest, so there must be a reason why those players are still failed he quest.

Shin look at the training ground and see a row of dumbbells neatly arrange at the corner. He walks towards it and inspect it.

[ Lifting Weights ]
Type: Etc.
Weight : 5 kg
Prerequisite: 5 STR
Details: Use to build up muscles and strengthen it. (can only increase STR, VIT and Endurance up to 5)


There are different size and weights in the rows. He take the smallest one and do some lifting with it and after ten minutes he heard a system notification.


SYSTEM: Your body is strengthen through repeated training. +1 STR, +1 VIT, +1Endurance


When he saw it he smiled and continue lifting but thirty more minutes later that smile is wiped out his face because his stamina has been drained.


Base on his estimate every minute of lifting consumes five stamina and his stamina and it is fully drained after forty minutes. He then fully recovered his stamina after six minutes of rest.


Every Forty minutes of lifting gives him two STR, VIT and Endurance. So he can get the max +5 in two hours.

He look at the next dumbbell and check it's details and compare it to to the one he is using.


[ Lifting Weights ]
Type: Etc.
Weight : 10 kg
Prerequisite: 10 STR
Details: Use to build up muscles and strengthen it. (can only increase STR, VIT and Endurance up to 5)

It is almost the the same as the previous one. Then he look at the other dumbbells and see that five of them are almost similar, so if his estimation is correct then he can get the maximum +25 in less than ten hours or ten hours at most.


While lifting a sudden thought sink in his head. Then he do some squats while lifting the dumbbells, after ten minutes of squatting a system notification rings in his ears.

SYSTEM : Your body becomes flexible because of repeated training.  +1DEX


When he see that he formed a satisfying smile. This time he do some jogging while lifting after ten more minutes another notification rang on his ears but this time his AGI is the one that increases. So he continue lifting while doing some squats and jogging in the mix.

Shin didn't get bore of the repeated movement, since back when he is in the 'Black Serpent Mafia' camp he do a similar regime.


.....

After ten hours of boring training Shin heard the final system notification, and after that he take a look at his status window.

Name: Sickarius 
Race : Human
Level: 0
EXP: 0/100 = (0%)

HP: 600 (+ 3 regen/sec)
MP: 100(+ 0.5 regen/sec)
Stamina: 1200 ( + 3 regen/sec)

Physical Attack : 60 - 60
Magic Attack : 10 - 10


Physical Defense : 30
Magic Resist : 17.5


Major Stats :

    STR - 30
    INT - 5
    AGI - 30
    VIT - 30


Minor Stats :

      DEXTERITY : 30     WISDOM :  5
      ENDURANCE : 30

Special Stats : (Not yet available)
Title/s : None
Fame : None

Skills : (Currently None)


Undistributed Stats :  None
Available Skill point : None

.....

Shin looks satisfied when he see the fruit of his labor, he then look at his quest window and see that it is only in 60% progress.


He fall in a deep thought, if most of the other people stops here then this quest is too easy and there is no reason for the system to put that seven day limit (In game Time).


While he is thinking his sight accidentally land on Library across the Training Ground. Then he suddenly remembers his Master's words the first time they have met. "A real training method trains both the body and mind." after that a sudden thought enters his mind.


'There is nothing to lose if I give it a try, since I have a lot of time to spare.' said Shin to himself before walking towards the Library.


The ratio of Real world Time and In game Time is 1:3 so he still a lot of time before dinner time.


The moment Shin enters the Library, the NPC Old woman librarian greeted him " Hello young man, how can this humble library can help you?"


'No quest initiated? Well I guess I'm being greedy?' said Shin in his heart before saying to the old lady "I wish to increase my knowledge, can you give me your guidance senior?"

"Hmm. What a polite young man. This is my first time seeing an 'Otherworldly Individual' treating me like this. Well if you want to broaden your horizon then you should read some books, the more books you read the smarter you become." Said the Old lady librarian.


In this world the NPCs called themselves as the 'Natives', they are the true residents of the world. While they addressed the players as 'Otherworldly Individual' they are summoned in this world by gods and goddesses to become it's savior against the evil forces.


'Huh? Arthur is right the NPC of this world really acts like a real person, so it is better to treat them as one.' muttered Shin quietly before bowing to the Old lady librarian while saying " Thank you for your guidance senior. "



Shin walks towards one of the shelves and pick a book to read, it only have two sentences in it and after reading it a familiar sound rings on his ears.


*DING*
SYSTEM : you have read an entire book your knowledge increases. +1 INT, +1 WIS

'So it really work' When Shin see the notification he pick another book and read it, this time there is no notification when he finished reading it so he pick another book and read it too what follows next is the notification that he is waiting.

'So I need to double the number of books that I need to read before getting the increase Huh?' muttered Shin in his heart before trying his theory and sure enough his INT and WIS only increase when he finished the forth book.

When he confirmed his theory his face become gloomy. " What the hell? If the maximum stats that I can earn here is also 25 then I need to read at least 16 million books in this library? No! to be exact it should be 16,777,216 books! Even though each book only have a two or three sentences in it, it is still a lot of books. What is more, is an almost 17 million book can fit in this small library? "


Shin look around the library before cursing "D*mn! is the System is joking? Now I know why those guys is saying that this Quest is a Scam, whoever discovered that they need to read an almost 17million books is going to be insane."


"How the hell am I going to finish that number of books? Especially in seven days." said Shin while scratching his head. But moments later he stops when he said the keywords of the quest. "Wait, 'Seven Days'? Of course seven days is not enough finish that numbers of book. So why did the System put the seven days limit?"


Shin sank in deep thought while looking around the library, then he muttered to himself " It is unless I don't need to read that number of books to raise my INT and  WIS to the limit, so should I need to read all the books in this library before confirm my new theory? "



After some consideration he still choose to read all the books in the library. " I don't believe that I can't finished reading all of you. After all there is a reason why Arthur is calling me a studious type. "



After a few more hours of reading he logout of the game to eat dinner with the other members of the family then after that he go back to his room to continue reading the books in the game.


.....

An entire day pass since Shin start reading the books inside the library. And the moment Shin is done reading the final book the long awaited system notification sounds on his ears.

*DING*
SYSTEM: You finished reading all the books in the library you become more intelligent and wiser. +10 INT and +10 WIS.

"I knew it! I know that the system is not going to give me an impossible quest from the get go." said Shin when he heard the notification. 

Then he exitedly looks at his Quest Window to see his progress.


Special Quest
Quest Name : Training

Quest Details :
 Trainer Paul thinks highly of you so he invited you to train in his 'training grounds'. Go train your body and build up some muscles so that you can be more powerful than your peers.

Quest Conditions :
  Train for a week

Quest Progress (90%):
  Training Period 1/7days

Quest Reward:
 ???

... 

Shin frowned when he see that his progress is only 90%. " What? There is still 10% missing? "

Shin walk out the building and go back to the training grounds. The moments got back he see Trainer Paul overseeing the village soldiers training in the field.

Shin walks towards Trainer Paul, as he get near him Trainer Paul look at him and said. "Oh! You are here young lad come let me see your progress."


The moment Shin is standing in front of him Trainer Paul nods his head while saying  "Hmm. You build up some muscles and I can see wisdom in your intelligent eyes. But a true soldier do not only have strength and knowledge, they also need some skills so go to that training dummy and figure out your own." He give Shin a wooden sword while pointing at the training dummies in front of him.


The moment Shin heard what Trainer Paul, his eyes turned bright because of the sudden enlightenment he then said to himself "So that's how is it. So that is the last piece of the puzzle."

Shin heard from Arthur that you can create your own 'Self Created Skill' in this game. There are two ways of creating it.

First is by combining different kind of skills in the game . You can combine any kind of skills you what as long as in complement the other skill/s or as long as you can execute it properly.

That kind of skill is called 'Combined Skill' and a combined skill can be replicate by other players as long as they know the right skill combination and know how to execute it properly. And a 'Combined Skill' do not share a cool down time with the original skill/s that have been used in the combination.


And the other way is creating a skill starting from the scratch.

It is even more challenging to do this one because you need to properly execute the skill a hundred of times perfectly or even more, just to create this skill. What is more the skill that have been created needs to be accepted by the system for it to be recognize as a new skill.


The skill that is created this way is called 'Personalized Skill'.

A 'Personalized Skill' can't be replicate by others since it have been created yourself, unless you teach that skill to other person.


And the final part of Shin's quest is for him to create a 'Self Created Skill'. Or more likely a 'Personalized Skill'.

Shin takes the wooden sword and inspect it while walking towards a Training Dummy.

[ Wooden Sword ]
Type: Weapon
Rarity: Normal

Physical Damage: 1 - 2

Details:
  A sword that is being used in training

When Shin is in front of a dummy he also inspected it as a form of habit.

{ Training Dummy }
HP:1000
Physical Defense: Default
Magic Resist: Default

Description:
A Dummy use for training (Well quite obvious)

...


After calming himself he try to swing the wooden sword on the dummy three times.

- 1
- 1
- 1


The moment he see the damage he dealt he frown and said to himself. "So the Default Defense means to reduce any damage dealt with it to the minimum?"

"Hmm. So what skill should I create?" Shin sank on a deep thought.

"Now I know why it have a time limit. Let's see if I can create one in seven days." Then he swing his wooden sword ones again, but this time in proper order and with an extreme speed.


The first strike is a diagonal slash from upper right to lower left, next is a horizontal cut from left to right and then using the momentum from that cut he turn around and do another diagonal slash this time from upper left to lower right.

- 1
- 1
- 1

After the consecutive damages a system notification follow up.


*DING*
SYSTEM: You have initiated the 'Self Creation Skill' system, please do it repeatedly to make it a real skill.

SYSTEM: You can turn off this kind of notification, to avoid distraction in the future.


After turning off the 'Self Creation Skill' notification he continue the repeated movement of his, while doing a calculation in his mind.


A single normal attack consumes 5 stamina, so his entire movement consumes 15 stamina in 2 seconds, if he can regen 6 of it in 2 seconds then he consumes 9 stamina each second. Therefore he depleted his entire stamina in a minute and a half.


He can destroy a dummy in 13 minutes including an entire rest.

'OK, let's see if a single dummy is enough to create a single skill.' said Shin before continuing after his first rest.

.....

After an entire day of training, Shin got frustrated because he still can't create a skill even though he destroyed more than a hundred of dummies.

'Where it did go wrong? Is my way of doing things is not right? Let's endure it a little more and see what will happen.' said Shin to himself while looking in the sky. 'I need to hurry up and stop doing boring things or else the readers will get bored.'

Two more days had pass. Shin destroyed another dummy, he already lost count how many of it have been destroyed, but this time the long awaited sound ring on his ears.


*DING*
SYSTEM: Congratulations you have created a skill. Please give a name to your skill.


Shin almost jump because of joy, but he calm himself and said "Yeah! I almost lose my patience there. So what should I name this stupid skill? I'm not good at naming things so let's just call it 'Triple Slash'."


SYSTEM: Skill Name confirmed.
SYSTEM: Congratulations you have created a 'Rare rank Skill'. You have been rewarded a +10 Fame for creating a Rare rank skill.


"What? It is a Rare rank? So is it the reason why it is so hard to create?" When Shin saw the notification he got startled at first before looking it's details.

...
Self Created Skill (Personalized)
Skill Name: Triple Slash

Rank: Rare

Details: Consume 100 stamina to execute three consecutive slashes. The first slash deal 100% damage while the second deals 150% damage and the third is 200% damage

Cool Down: 30 sec.
.......


"Strong Huh? As expected of a Rare Skill, looks like my 2 days of training is not a waste." said Shin the moment saw the skill details.

He look at his quest window and see that his progress is in 100%. He smiled and walks towards Trainer Paul to submit his quest.


When Trainer Paul saw Shin, he form a satisfying smile while nodding his head. "Not bad Kid, you have created a powerful skill. Looks like your future is going to be a bright one. Here this is the reward of your hard work."


Trainer Paul give Shin a three types of items.
A sword in a sheath, a scoll and a purple book.


Shin eyes turned bright not only because of te quest reward but also a bonus reward given by the system.



....

Shin Kinghad is a kid that had been abducted and trained by a powerful underworld organization since he was three years old. After six years, he had been rescued by the Special Forces during their operation against that organization and was adopted by the captain of the special force group.

Since then, he treated the son and daughter of the captain as his own brother and sister. 

Years later, he joins the greatest VRMMORPG of all time, [Destiny's Fate] online, due to repeated invitations of his brother. He creates havoc inside the game as he climbs his way from being a beginner player to a peak class expert. 

But as he started to grow up, he became curious about his real identity and who his biological parents were. He tried to investigate it with the help of his brother and best friend. And after discovering his real background, he decided to follow his father’s footsteps and stood at the peak of the world using his Martial-Art Skills and Mentalism Techniques. 

Disclaimer: The cover is not mine. I got it from the internet and my friend did some editing. I'm currently looking for an artist to do the cover for me.

After a whole day of explaining and drawing formations, mom tiredly laid and rolled around on the jade bed.

"Good work. It has been hard on you." Dad came into the room and sat beside mom.

"Uuuuuuuughhhhhh... Who knew explaining and drawing formations would be so tiring..." Mom playfully whined.

"Well, carrying Yan'er  the whole time probably, didn't help." Dad commented while patting mom's head.

"Muuu~ Yan Yan wants to learn, so of course I will teach!" Mom pouted.

"...Of course. As you say, if Yan'er wants to learn alchemy or fist arts, I will be glad to teach her." Dad agreed, not stopping his hand the whole time.

"Since mommy worked very hard, Daddy should reward her~! Why don't you give mommy a massage all over her body, and I will go to the living room and read some books." I helpfully suggested while withholding the teasing smirk that is tugging at my lips.

'Mommy is just so fun to tease~ Her reactions are very kewt~'

"Eh...? I-if, you're fine with it..." Mom stuttered, a light flush starting to spread across the skin exposed from beneath her fluttery dress from rolling around on the bed.

"O-oh-of course, I'm fine with it. Let me reward you for your hard work..." Dad replied, starting to blush a little

"O-oh, right... I also haven't made it worth your while for earlier this morning..." Mom trailed off, her voice getting softer and softer.

"Okay then, I will leave you 2...(lovebirds) alone and go to the living room and read my books~" I informed them as I casually pushed open the door and walked out of the room, whispering the 'lovebirds' part to myself under my breath.

*creaaaak* *thunk*

******

The couple just blushingly stared at each other, and stayed where they were, with the wife lying on the bed back facing up, and the husband sitting nearby with his legs crossed.

"S-so, will you r-reward me...? I will definitely pay you back well, plus this morning's too..." The wife shyly mentioned after a while of staring at each other.

"O-of course, I should reward my hardworking, tired wife with a massage..." The husband gulped.

The husband crawled over to the wife's side, and started massaging her tired muscles all over her body, and the wife guided him to the muscles that are more fatigued.

******

"Ummmmmmmmuh~ That feels so comfortable~ There, that spot~ Yes~" Mom flirtatiously called out with delight.

'Hehehehe, some fun couple private time...'

*haaaaaaiz*

'Why am I getting myself depressed for? I can just find a nice partner in this life! I hope...'

I shook my head and silently walked over to the bookshelves, thinking to myself with mom's elated voice as my backdrop.

'Today was rather interesting. I got to saw and learn about many different materials, and how formations were made. Mom drew 3 different types of formations :
Qi Gathering Formation,
Protection Formation,
and Cushioning Formation.
The last one, in particular, she drew a few copies of it, at the floor just outside the house, and the 4 sides of the house. Mom mentioned that it was usually drawn on all sides of boxes carrying fragile goods, so the goods will be in pristine condition even after bumpy rides.
She said it was for me, so that I wouldn't get hurt when I fall from high places or knock into the wall. She also warned me about looking where I go, so I don't knock my head or body on something.
The Qi Gathering Formation was drawn right outside the Cushioning Formation surrounding the house, and just beyond that formation, is the Protection Formation. So three layers of formations drawn just outside the house, with 4 more on the walls of the house. That's a lot of formations.'

"Well, at any rate, I can finally read my books now! Time to binge read and go in full throttle~!" I happily hummed as I skipped over to the bookshelves.

"Let's see... I think I begin from where the dictionaries are. It should be where all the 'entry-level' stuff is right?" I pondered as I browsed the titles of books written on the spine.

'Introduction to the Human Language, Further Studies of the Human Language, Human Language for Dummies!, Lul wut, why is there the for dummies series even in another world?? Hehehe.
But If they put it like that, does it mean that Chinese is the language of the human race in this world? Interesting. Looks like the other races will have different languages as well.
Profoundities of the Human Language, Human Language, hUman Language blablabla, Aha! Found one! Finally. The titles for the human language was starting to get repetitive...
Introduction to Body Tempering. Hmm. Definitely useful. I'll take that one.
Introduction to Forging. Yes Please.
Introduction to Alchemy. Definitely.
Introduction to Medicine. Absolutely necessary.
Introduction to Formation. Useful.
Introduction to Talisman. Probably convenient.
Introduction to Cooking. Yessssss. Good, delicious food is a must!
Introduction to Taming. What's life without a few pets....or at least companion?
Introduction to Botany. Plantssss. I'll need to study plants for their specialities.
Introduction to Divination. Heh. What's cultivating without acting cool like you can see everything.
...Eh? Where's Puppeteering? There isn't an introductory book? But then why was a toy given for that particular job if it wasn't included...?' I commented as I happily stacked the books in my hands.

"Oohoof... Did I take too much? 10 books really block your vision huh?" I said in a self-deprecating manner as I struggled not to drop the books and walked over to the carpet.

'Hmm... Mom and dad should be 'pretty busy' for a while, perhaps even all night. I might as well read these thoroughly. While training.'

『Truth Seeker』, 10% activate!

With the usual effects of『Truth Seeker』accompanying my vision now, I carefully made my way to the carpet, dropping the books on the carpet.

"Whew~!" I wiped my forehead and looked at the books scattered on the floor.
"...I should probably organize this." I said to myself and started stacking the books in order.

"So divination at the bottom, then botany, taming, cooking, talisman, formations, medicine, alchemy annnnnd forging. I'll read the body tempering one first." I thought out loud as I separated the Introduction to Body Tempering book from the pile.

'Hmm... I see a very tiny amount of extremely faint light green Qi on the books... Is this the Wood Qi from the wood used to make the paper...?' I mused as I opened the book and caress the pages.

'Welp. First things first.'
『Ascendance』,100% Activate!

With my perception of time slowed down, I began to read the contents of the book.

Introduction to Body Tempering.
Everything you need to know to ace the Body Tempering Realm and set a solid foundation for your path ahead to immortality like the genius you are!

'Pfffffffft~! What the hell is this! HAHAHHAHAHAAAHA THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOME SHADY AD!'

*Wheeeeeeeeezzzzeeeee*

'Oooh. Right. I should refrain from saying anything or overreacting... It's just so awkward to hear everything in slow motion...
Anyway. Ahem Ahem. Serious now. Back to the book.'

The Body Tempering Realm is usually done early in a child's budding years, before every child's growth spurt happens. This is because a child's body is the most pliable.

'Ahem... Feels a little off-putting... or is it just me...?'

Training, for a child, easily improves their body's physical aspects, giving twice the results for half the effort. After the growth spurt ends, wanting to train the body truly is more difficult for the typical adult, only giving half the results for twice the effort.

'Is the author showing off his extensive knowledge of idioms?? To kids?'

The stages of Body Tempering has been passed down since ancient times. It is separated into 3 large phases, each with their own minor stages.
The First, is Strength Training. The human body, when born, is naturally weak. It was made that way by the Primordial Gods, but that is another story. However, the human body, though weak, was made to be very adaptable. Hence, a system of training was set up to improve the physical capabilities of the human body.
The Strength Training Phase is about making the muscles stronger by placing burdens on your muscles, by doing strenuous activities, like running for your life, or hunting for your life, and the like.

'Pffftt. The author is like purposely making jokes or something. Most kids have low attention spans unless they are interested, soooo, makes sense, I guess. Assuming kids even get the joke.'

The Strength Training Phase, like many other realms, is split into 3 minor stages, and a peak. Early, Middle, Late, and then Peak. The Peak is a very special, so-called minor stage, as it is used to describe a maximum, of sorts.
When you begin strength training, you officially enter the beginning of Early stage Strength Training Phase. At this moment, an average 5 years-old kid would be able to lift 10 jins, depending on how old you are.

'Jins? If I'm not mistaken... 1 jin is half a kilogram, so 10 jins is 5 kg... that is pretty good, I guess.'

When you have trained enough, you would slowly move into the actual Early stage of Strength Training Phase. By now, an average kid would be able to carry about 50 jins, which is when you would officially enter the Early stage, or, 1st stage of Body Tempering Realm.
When you can carry about 100 jins of weight to above your head, it is a sign of you truly entering the peak of Early stage Strength Training Phase.

Since I have explained the gist of it, I will shorten my words and proceed to the goals to aim for. Your strength will incrementally increase with training, and when you become able to lift a certain weight above your head with your arms straight, is signs you've reached a certain level.

'Is the author getting lazy? I mean, he has to write it with hand sooo, maybe? No printing press? I mean the words I've seen so far are all written by hand, with each having their own various quirks.'

At the peak of Middle stage Strength Training Phase, the 2nd stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 200 jins above your head.
At the peak of Late stage Strength Training Phase, the 3rd stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 300 jins above your head.
At the peak of Peak stage Strength Training Phase, the peak 3rd stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 400 jins above your head.

Please note that there may be discrepancies depending on age, gender and body size. A younger, female, with small body size, at the peak of Peak stage Strength Training Phase, may only be able to lift 350 jins above their head, which is good, considering all factors. Females are usually weaker in strength compared to males. It is a natural difference in bodies, and is nothing to be ashamed or sad about.
A male at the same age with the same body size, as well as at the peak of Peak stage Strength Training Phase may only be able to lift 300 jins, or 375 jins. It varies a lot from human being to human being, so just train hard, and you will be rewarded.

'Hmm... The author is very decent. Quite objective. Perhaps, it was written by a true seeker of knowledge similar to I. I see little of the usual male superiority and stuff commonly found in worlds of 'less advanced civilizations' in this introductory book.'

The second phase of the Body Tempering Realm, is the Bone Forging Phase. This phase is about forging your bones, so that your bones can withstand the impact of the fights you will have, whether with other humans, or beasts, brought forth by the strength of your stronger muscles.
Thanks to stronger bones, your body will slowly loosen its natural restrictions on your muscle strength, that prevents your body from getting too injured, and that results in more power your body is able to use freely.
At the peak of Early stage Bone Forging Phase, the 4th stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 500 jins above you head.
At the peak of Middle stage Bone Forging Phase, the 5th stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 600 jins above your head.
At the peak of Late stage Bone Forging Phase, the 6th stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift around 700 jins above your head.
At the peak of Peak stage Bone Forging Phase, the peak 6th stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 800 jins above your head.

The third and final phase of Body Tempering Realm, is the Tendon Transformation Phase. The tendon is the final restriction the body has on the muscles. It is what connects your muscles to your bones. If the tendons are not strong enough, the muscles will tear the tendons apart when using too much strength. Once the tendon is strong enough, the body will release almost all of the potential power hidden within the human body.
At the peak of Early stage Tendon Transformation Phase, the 7th stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 900 jins above you head.
At the peak of Middle stage Tendon Transformation Phase, the 8th stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 1000 jins above your head.
At the peak of Late stage Tendon Transformation Phase, the 9th stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 1100 jins above your head.
At the peak of Peak stage Tendon Transformation Phase, the Peak stage of Body Tempering Realm, you should be able to lift about 1200 jins above your head.

Finally, I would like to say that all of these numbers are from a study on children of 10 years-old. All of the same age, with various body size, and all of the body sizes each have equal amounts of male and female children. All of these children's results are then compiled and averaged out, to obtain the number you see. It was difficult to find many children of age 10 at the peak of Peak stage Tendon Transformation Phase, as such children have gifted bodies to be able to reach such levels of strength after a mere 10 years of living in this world.
Being able to use 1200 jins of strength at 10 years old is absolutely amazing, and it means that you have already entered the Peak stage of Body Tempering Realm, and have successfully fulfilled the hardest requirement, besides waiting until 10 years old for the dantian and meridians to mature properly, to be able to immediately try to sense Qi and enter the Qi Cultivation realm, the first step on the extremely long road to immortality!

'Phew. That wasn't too bad. Very informative, but doesn't say anything about methods to temper the body...But the 10 years old thing was interesting. So to sense Qi and enter the Qi Cultivation realm, requires waiting until 10 years old. Seems strange, considering I could sense Qi like, when I was just born...
It was short compared to the dictionaries, but then again, each page of the dictionaries are filled with words. This book is probably aimed at children, if they can sit down and read.
However, I feel like this Body Tempering Realm is missing a lot... The whole human body certainly does not just constitues the muscles, bones and tendons... What about the organs?
Since it was mentioned that these methods were passed down from ancient times, perhaps it was because the bodies of ancient humans were more formidable, due to the abundant amounts of Qi of Heaven and Earth. The wanton usage of Qi is probably dwindling the supply of Qi faster than the real Yin and Yang cycle can produce...
Sigh. Wherever I go, intelligent life will never be considerate of their surroundings, will they? Maybe a few, rare enlightened ones, but the majority probably don't think about it. Due to many reasons, but perhaps they just have too much on their plate just surviving. This should be a rather cruel world due to the dwindling resources.' I carefully mused and contemplated over the contents of the book.

『Ascendance』, deactivate.

*Haaaaaaaaaa*
"Seems like I really have my work cut out for me...To think I would need to create a few more things just because the known path is lacking... I am both tired and excited!" I excitedly thought out loud, lost in my own world...

WARNING - This novel contains content that is not suitable for those whose mental age have not reached adulthood. If you think you are mature enough, think again, whether you can stomach the cruelties of reality, like killing, torturing, raping, enslaving, etc. and accept that such cruelty is a natural way of life, true to its desires. Whether or not you are mature enough, can only be decided by yourself, and only after thorough introspection. After all that, and you still think this is a book worth peeking, then you will not be stopped anymore. You have been warned. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Also, there won't be much romance when it comes to the main character, so don't expect much....maybe. You shall see. 
I don't know why it's labeled a fantasy romance novel just because there's a female lead.... I clearly chose Fantasy only... with a female leading the story. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Thus begins the spinning of a tale, of a certain railgu-*cough* I mean cultivator, who wishes nothing more than to live forever, so that the nearly never-ending things that they want to do can be leisurely done, -I mean, who doesn't want to take it easy?- while keeping a low profile, not to attract attention. Can they truly do so though??? Find out in the next episode of Dragon Ba-*cough cough* I mean, find out in this slow, but steady tale about a lazy, yet extremely curious low-key(?) cultivator! * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Ah Yes, one last thing, the picture used does not actually belong to me. If you're the artist, and do not wish for this picture to be used, please inform me. All due credits to the original artist.

The academy library was only a short walk away and was quite close to the Elder's Building. The library building from the outside was only a small single storied building and no one will be able to guess that the building holds one of Asia's largest libraries. On the inside, the buildings show its true colours. Instead of a single floor, there were 10 different floors with each floor having a size similar to a football field. It could be said that this library was more than 10 times larger than the Hogwarts library.

This fact is not too surprising. Unlike Britain in which only a single language is used for all purposes, Magical India had more than 15 different official languages due to different tribe's having their very own language. Books written in all these languages were present inside this library. 

One thing I was thankful for in India was that despite there being so many languages, all the spells were in one language, Sanskrit. If every tribe used and taught their own version of spells in their native language, then having an academy will have no meaning. Each elder will teach in his/her language and due to this, the only people who will sign up for their classes will be their own tribe members since no one will be interested in learning a different language just to learn from the elder. If this was going to be the case, then the Elder could have conducted the class in his tribe itself.

Of the more than 15 languages here, I knew only English and Hindi. So I could read only the books in these two languages. The first two floors had only Hindi books while the English book filled a small part of the 10 floor. English was not a common used language here. I had only some average fluency in Hindi so I will have to improve my proficiency in it if I want to make good use of all these books. 

The third and fourth floors had books written in Sanskrit language and I will have to learn the language sometime soon in the future to make my learning process here faster. The language was not commonly spoken in the present era but most of the old and informative books were written in the Sanskrit  language and if I wanted to read and learn from them, I will have to learn language.

Much to my disappointment there was no easy way to solve this problem since there were no magical translators or spells that I could use to translate these books into English. People in India had tried very hard to make this possible over the years but they had failed miserably. I too felt that such a thing was impossible since different languages did not follow a pattern that could be used to magically translate it. Languages did not follow rules and were made by old people on a whim according to their needs.

The people here did invent a spell to make learning language easier though which I am going to make good use of. The spell will make it possible for me to completely learn a language in a month. All I had to do was memorise some books that came recommended with the spell and it will allow me to learn the language quickly. I am planning to use it to perfect my Hindi first and then learn Sanskrit. I did not plan to learn any other Indian language.

The library was huge and I already had a list of books that were recommended to me today that I had to read. I did not have time to waste since I had a deadline which I had to keep. I did not have too much time to waste.

Before going to the Healer section, I decided to visit the English section first since I wanted to see what was available in there. Also it was the language I was most comfortable with in this library. 

To get to the 10th floor, the people here had invented a magical variant of lift. It was a levitating disk on a platform which would follow my command in a way similar to that of a broom and take me to my floor. I liked the idea so much that I wanted to replicate this type of lift in my black castle. I planned on completely renovating the Black castle and this lift was added to the list of changes I wanted to make.

On the 10th floor, the English section was easy to find. The section consisted of 15 large bookshelves filled to the brim with books. This was a small number when compared to the even the Hogwarts library except that the books here were priceless. On glancing through the books, I found that the collection did not have any new books but instead every one of the books was an antique and were more than a 100 years old. Some were even more than 700 years old. Even my black library did not have these book and I wondered where the academy got them from.

The books were calling for me to read them but I controlled myself and went towards the Healer section of the library. I badly wanted to start reading the books but I knew that I had no time for them currently. I could come back here after 3 days and start reading them.

The Healer section on the second was huge with more than 30 bookshelves. I quickly found the books on my list and went towards the Duelling section which was on the same floor. It was not too big just 7 book shelves and I easily found the books recommended to me by Elder Akash. I also checked out the book which will allow me to improve my fluency in Hindi.

The checkout system here was quite unique. First of all, all the books in the library were warded to protect from damage and making copies. At the checkout counter I had to specify the number of days I needed a book. The books had another set of runes that were then programmed in such a way that when the rental period ended, the book will be automatically returned to its original location in the library. The books will also return to the library of I take it outside the academy boundary. I was very impressed by this system.

After checking out the books for 3 days, I left the library as it was time for my next class. The mage sight tutoring with Elder Nainesh. 

When I entered his room he was very excited to start teaching me. I learn the reason for it later during the class. It was due to the fact that my mage sight was different from his and he wanted to compare both and conduct experiments. The main difference was that my mage sight only showed a slight glow in my eyes when activated which his not noticeable while his and his tribes mage sight had tell tale sign when activated. His eyes started twinkling like Dumbledore's glasses when mage sight was activated so he couldn't discreetly use the sight like I always did.

The class was very productive. The method to toggle between different modes was controlling the amount of magic that I sent into my eyes. For the seeing through walls effect I had to rotate my the magic around my eyes. The amount of magic in the eyes and my control in rotating it perfect decided the distance I could see and what I could see.

It was difficult to do since I had not practiced controlling the amount of magic that I could send to my eyes ever in my life. For the first class I did just that. Controlling the magic. By the end of the class I had gotten a slight hang of the method and I could toggle between the modes just for a short few seconds before I lost control. I was sure I could perfect this in a weeks time.

After that productive one hour class, I went back to my room. It was time for me to start reading those books since time was tight. After conjuring a table and a chair, I started reading, beginning with the language book so that my later reading will be quicker.

Disclaimer - I do not own the characters and the plot of the Harry Potter Universe.

A guy from our universe gets reborn into the Harry Potter universe. Read to find out how he takes advantage of his prophetic knowledge and lives his new life.

Alternate Universe so avoid reading if you like your canon characters and don't want to see theit evil side.

P.S. This is my first time writing a novel/fanfic.

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