Above the mage!

Chapter 158 The Meaning is Self-evident
"Have you mastered all five level zero basic runes today?" He Xi looked at Gao De, who knocked on his door, with an expression of disbelief.

"So I wonder if we can increase the amount of basic rune learning every day?" Gao De seriously put forward his opinion.

In fact, from childhood to adulthood, his learning habits have always been more inclined towards self-study.

Because what the teacher teaches in class is so basic that it doesn’t take much time to master.

But this world is different from his previous life. You can't find a bunch of courses and materials by just searching on the Internet.

The knowledge of this world is firmly in the hands of high-level mages. It is not necessarily possible to buy it with money, let alone let it be learned openly by anyone.

So, he could only come to disturb He Xi.

"Let me see the runes you drew today." He Xi calmed down a little and made his request.

He wanted to confirm that Gao De had indeed mastered today's five basic runes before he would "add tasks" to Gao De.

Gao De was well prepared and handed He Xi the magic paper with basic runes drawn on it.

He Xi took the magic paper and looked at it, and couldn't help but exclaimed "Huh".

"Your calligraphy is very sophisticated." As he said this, he couldn't help but look up at Gao De.

In He Xi's "education" philosophy, "stability" is generally the main focus.

He would not belittle his students because it would affect his mentality and self-confidence, nor would he praise his students easily for fear that they would become proud and swell.

Unless the students do really well.

Such as now.

He had clearly only studied Runeology for less than two months, but his writing skills were already no different from those of an old hand who had been immersed in this field for one or two years.

It's only been a few days and we've reached this level.

"Where are the waste runes that were drawn unsuccessfully? Show them to me too. It's best not to throw away the waste rune papers. Collect them and study them more. You can also gain experience and gain something from them." He Xi taught earnestly.

"I understand," Goder smiled sheepishly, "but today it was all successful at once, so there is no waste of runes."

He Xi, who is over 300 years old, has always been a man of few words and as stubborn and silent as a stone because of his long-term research on "Rune Logic and Calculation". He has always given outsiders the impression of an old pedant.

At this moment, the calm old scholar's voice was louder than ever before, "What did you say?!"

"Fuck." Without waiting for Gao De to answer, he couldn't help but swear. But halfway through, he suddenly realized that swearing in front of students would damage his image, so he stopped abruptly.

But his high emotions were eager to be expressed, and his taciturn mouth turned into a machine gun:

"That thing hanging in the sky right now is called the sun. There is only one, but now there is a second one. God, damn it! How did you do it? Not only do you learn quickly, but how can you not make any mistakes? Are you really a newbie?"

He Xi always knew that Gao De was talented, very talented

But now I still can't figure out how he did it?
"As I learned more basic runes, I discovered that all basic runes actually have similar rules, and I can infer some information about new runes based on the old runes." Gao De thought about it and gave his own answer.

"So later on, when learning new runes, you don't start from scratch. Instead, you combine some old runes with some new runes. This makes learning easier, so you can learn faster."

In addition to the underlying logic, runes actually have similarities with "Chinese characters" in terms of the amount of information.

For example, in Chinese characters, the sounds made with the mouth are mostly with the mouth radical: "Ha", "Hi", "Heh".
The same is true for runes. Runes of the same nature but different functions generally have similarities.

"Rune is indeed like this. Most people need to study runes for at least a year or two before they can gradually realize this. You have noticed it in less than two months. You have a strong insight."

"But that's fine. This is just the reason why you learn quickly, not the reason why you never make mistakes." "Then I don't know."

Gao De repeated the process of drawing the runes in his mind, confirmed that there was no special technique, and answered honestly:

"I just follow the rune diagram and draw the runes based on my own feelings. I don't know why, but I rarely fail."

"You're such a fucking genius!" He Xi finally couldn't help but blurt out the entire swear word.

This is not the first time he has called someone a genius.

But this time the weight of "genius" is greater than last time.

"Okay, from today on, you will increase your daily learning of basic runes to 10," He Xi took out a few rune diagrams from the pile of materials on the table and threw them to Gao De, "It's best if you can complete them. If you can't, leave them for the next day. Don't force yourself to complete them."

"Learning quickly is a skill, but it's not really a skill. Learning deeply and far is the real skill. Even if you're slow, it doesn't matter. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Gao De answered respectfully, but he did not completely agree with He Xi in his heart.

Learning quickly, deeply and far is what is called ability.

He inherited the education system of his previous life, an education system that involved layers of examinations and screening from a young age. In such an educational environment, being a slow learner was a death sentence.

If you are a step slower in elementary school, you won’t be able to go to a good junior high school. If you can’t go to a good junior high school, you won’t be able to go to a good high school, and then naturally it will be even more impossible for you to go to a good university.

What's more, it is obviously unrealistic to expect Gao De, who is very young in both his past and present lives, to understand the meaning of "late bloomer".

Leaving Gavin Building, which belonged to the Rune Department, Goder came to the Potions Department.

He did not come to attend class today, but to claim the medicinal fields and magic plant seeds.

This is the assessment content of the "Magic Plant Cultivation" course.

Select a certain number of seeds from the given magic plant seeds, and then plant and cultivate them in the medicine field.

Finally, the number of surviving magic plants and their status after survival will be used to judge the results and whether the course assessment of "Magic Plant Cultivation" has been passed.

Since it takes a certain amount of time for the magic plant to grow, you have to claim the medicinal field and cultivate seeds when the "Magic Plant Cultivation" course is halfway through, otherwise you will not be able to catch up in the assessment by the end of the course.

"These are the seeds you can choose from." After stating his purpose, a student from the Potions Department quickly took Godd to the seed bank and let Godd choose for himself.

"These are seeds of the zero-level magic plants, including calla lily fruit, morning grass, and frost snowflakes. These are seeds of the first-level magic plants, including silver lotus grass and thorn fruit."

He gave Gao De a brief introduction to the seeds he had available for selection. They were all the magic plants that he had learned how to cultivate in the "Magic Plant Cultivation" class.

"You can claim all these seeds, there is no limit on the quantity."

The seeds themselves are not particularly valuable, so there is no limit on the quantity.

"For the course 'Magic Plant Cultivation', as long as you cultivate ten first-order magic plants in good condition, or thirty zero-order magic plants in good condition, you can get full marks in the course assessment."

"There are only two months left until the end of the Magic Plant Cultivation course."

The course "Magic Plant Cultivation" spans four months and is considered a branch course with a relatively long teaching time.

"So you have to pick some magic plant seeds with short growth cycles." The potion student reminded Gao De when he was selecting seeds.

(End of this chapter)