Above the mage!

Chapter 161: Accumulation (Part )

When it comes to "learning" compared to someone who drinks "Little Enlightenment Tea" at any time, what can other students compare with?

The reason why Gaode thought “it’s not that difficult” is not because he has all the magical skills and is afraid that he cannot learn better than other students.

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There is a course fee to attend the class.

Moreover, the "tuition" for each course is not cheap, 10 gold coins is just the starting price!
The question of whether you can fully understand all the elective courses you take can be solved by [Divine Guidance +].

But whether you can afford the course fees to take multiple courses is another matter.

However, this matter is not within the scope of business of [Divine Guidance +].

After finishing today's study of "Runes", Gaode went to the restaurant and ordered himself a limited special dish that he hadn't tasted for a long time, just as a "food supplement" after overusing his brain.

The restaurant's specialty today is grilled shark steak, served with asparagus and sliced ​​tomatoes, and a complimentary dessert: raisin shortbread.

It's both novel and flavorful, but this special dish costs 12 silver coins.

This made Gao De grit his teeth twice before he calmed down and ordered one.

After finishing the meal, there was still some time before the afternoon class "Nolan Continental Geography and War Geography" started.

Gao De first returned to the dormitory, took out the materials he had compiled for the courses "General Spells (0th to 3rd Ring)" and "General Knowledge of Medicinal Materials", and sat down in the meditation room.

Gao De, who had regained much of his energy, took a deep breath, cast a [Divine Guidance +] on himself, and then focused on the information.

Soon, he once again entered the flow state of "empty mind and active thinking".

In this state, the passage of time seems to have slowed down.

Only the various knowledge points of the two courses flowed through his mind as he continued to read the materials.

Time passed by minute by minute.

After one hour.

Gao De put down the information in his hand with a tired look on his face, took out his water bag, and took another gulp of the leak-free fruit drink.

Corresponding to the tired expression on his face was the infinite satisfaction and joy in his heart.

In just this one hour, Gaode felt that he remembered and understood more than he had in the previous half month.

Of course, in previous lives, there was a magical existence called college students who could learn more than in a semester in just one or two days, provided that it was "before the final exam."

But Gaode’s situation is different. He was able to achieve such miraculous results even though he had already studied very thoroughly and hard before.

Freshman credit first?

He suddenly felt that this achievement, which he had once regarded as a short-term goal, was a bit insignificant.

Because it has become too simple.

Things that are too easy to accomplish are not suitable as goals.

I took out my pocket watch and looked at it. It was only half past twelve in the afternoon.

The afternoon classes don't start until two o'clock.

Gao De, who had performed [Divine Guidance +] twice in a row and entered a flow state, no longer forced himself to go to bed and take a nap to restore his energy.

The 23th day of the month of fog and frost.

Gao De knocked on He Xi's door again. In the face of He Xi's incomprehensible and suspicious gaze, Gao De took the initiative to increase the daily learning amount to twice the current amount.

And in the inspection later that day, he conquered the skeptical He Xi with his absolutely perfect performance.

The 27th day of the month of fog and frost.

With the dual blessing of the first-level training room and the water without leakage, Gaode's guidance method has ushered in the third small breakthrough since entering Seres College.

After this breakthrough, his total mana was enough to support him in casting 11 tricks in one breath.

Gao De roughly estimated that if he continued to practice at this speed, it would only take him about another year to perfect the Apprentice Guidance Method.

By then, he would be only about fourteen or fifteen years old.

Can he be considered a genius by this standard? Of course, the word "fake" should be added before this kind of genius.

Such pseudo-geniuses are especially numerous among the nobles.

Because the resources that noble mages can enjoy are definitely far superior to those of high virtues.

Even a mage with average to lower talent like Gao De can quickly complete the progress of the Guiding Mage training by earning resources on his own. For aristocratic mages, this is even less of a problem.

Then why can a 14-year-old 1st-level mage like Youlan shock so many people?

The reason is not complicated.

The guidance method can use resources to quickly complete the progress, but there is no such shortcut for meditation!
There are few methods in the world to improve the progress of meditation practice, and even noble mages can only rely on themselves.

Therefore, for the children of the nobility, with the support of resources, it is very common for them to practice the Apprentice Guidance Method to perfection between the ages of 13 and 15.

However, there are many examples of mages who were not able to be promoted to the third-class mage apprentice until they were over 20 years old due to the slow progress in meditation.

But for Gaode, this problem is not that difficult.

Because his talent in meditation is far better than his talent in guiding.

Therefore, even if his progress would be slowed down by meditation after he had completed his practice of the Guiding Method, it would not last too long.

The 28th day of the month of fog and frost.

Gaode arrived in front of Building 17 in the first district.

This is where Jelica's dormitory is located.

The courses at Seres College usually start at the beginning of each month, and rarely start at the end of the month.

Therefore, even if I have enough time to study now, Gaode has no courses to choose from for the time being, and I have to wait until the Frozen Moon arrives.

Before that, he had to get enough money to pay for the next course selection.

Gaode's savings only amounted to 63 gold and 8 silver coins, which was not enough to support his "ambitions".

If you want to get a large sum of money in a short period of time, it is obviously impossible to do it by taking on tasks from the academy.

Gao De thought carefully for a long time and found that there was only one way out for himself at the moment:
Selling leak-free water.

Although the leak-free fruit drink is also of great help to Gaode, in the current situation, exchanging it for money will obviously bring greater benefits.

In order to get the leak-proof water, the only channels that Goder could think of were Sadie and Jelica.

The former are all members of mutual aid associations, so they should be easy to talk to.

However, it is difficult to gain the trust of others. In addition, members of the mutual aid association may not have the spare money to buy such a fruit drink which is useful but not a necessity.

With this in mind, Gaode gave up the Sadie channel.

As for the latter, firstly, they have already experienced the wonderful effects of leak-free water and have had a "transaction" with it, so they are considered old customers and do not need too much introduction, which is convenient and worry-free.

Second, Jelica is rich!

This is a real "rich girl".

Only if you are rich enough will you be willing to buy something like leak-free water which is not a necessity.

So, Gode packed up his remaining fruit drink and came to visit Jelica for the first time.

Two gallons of leak-free water, after brewing, produce about 2 gallons and 4 pints (about 12 liters) of fruit drink.

You need to drink 7 ounces (about 0.2 liters) of fruit drink a day to fully realize the effect of leak-free water. Drinking more will not further enhance the effect.

1 gallon equals 8 pints.

Gaode consumed about 6 pints of fruit drink these days, and there are 14 pints of fruit drink left. Based on the daily consumption of one portion, it can be considered as 42 portions.

He had previously given Jelica a small pot of fruit drink, nearly a pint in size, and Jelica had paid 1 gold coins as the purchase price.

According to this rough calculation, if all the remaining 14 pints of fruit drinks can be sold at Jelica's place, it will bring Gode an income of about 140 gold.

(End of this chapter)