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Chapter 247: Shirley Promoted to Rune Mage
By 10 p.m., Dachun and Shirley's collection of items around the tree was already incredibly fruitful. The various unfamiliar mosses, vines, leaves, and bark had rapidly boosted their gathering skills. Shirley was in top form, having already reached a high level. Dachun was weak and slow, but what was coming had finally arrived!

——System prompt: Congratulations! Your Gathering Technique has been promoted to Advanced! Your muscle memory has completely recalled your forgotten Master-level Gathering Technique, and your Soul Link is synchronized with your Avatar Gathering Technique!

——System prompt: You have shared the Clone Master's Level 2 Gathering Technique through soul link, and obtained achievement rewards of Carrying Weight +32, Stamina +32, and additional achievement rewards: Life +32, Spirit +3, and Master-level Gathering Proficiency.

——System prompt: While injured, disabled and weak, you comprehended master-level skills with outstanding wisdom and tenacious perseverance, and obtained the warrior's passive skill "Tenacity".

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It feels so good to instantly add more than 30 points to your attributes and then have the value of your three apartments skyrocket due to a black flag!

Not only did I catch up with my pre-forgotten progress and share it, I also gained information about the Warrior's passive skill that increases defense! This is definitely a sign of self-improvement and understanding of the Warrior!
It turns out that practicing while sick is the right way. You can't be healthy for a day. If there are no difficulties, you have to create them...

Then there is only running and climbing left and no chance to catch up. I have to find a chance to realize my understanding of the Great Explorer!

At this time, the bark has been stripped off, leaving only the smooth trunk with a blackish white tint, and even a faint metallic ceramic luster.

Shirley was both excited and embarrassed. "This is the high-end part full of energy, but my advanced collection technique makes it difficult to collect it. If I force it, the damage will outweigh the gains!"

Dachun starts treasure hunting - system prompt: You have discovered high-end materials full of magical energy.

Holy shit, this is really stumped!

Originally, this time I was gathering to practice while the magic stone array was charging. I had successfully recovered to master level, so I could continue gathering, but I couldn't take anything with me! Not to mention that I already had a mountain of collected materials piled up around me.

Dachun hesitated, "Can I leave it here and come back to get it next time?"

Shirley sighed, "We stumbled into this place by mistake. We don't know how big and complex this place is, and whether we'll be able to find it next time. We also don't know if other bugs will come and eat the materials once we leave."

Yes, I can’t take it with me, but I can’t bear to throw it away... What should I do?
Dachun suddenly remembered the rune pillars in Niutou City, where runes were carved into wood and stone! So what's the difference between this magic stone and the rune stone? Could he teach Shirley about runes right there, letting her turn this entire tree into a giant rune pillar? Or even a giant staff?
If the giant staff is a divine weapon, then it's a super divine weapon! Like the volcano dragon cart necklace.

Shirley is proficient in ice and water magic, so we can teach her water runes. Maybe we can really summon a stream of water to float the tree trunk all the way, wouldn’t that solve the transportation problem?
Dachun, who figured it out instantly, asked expectantly, "Shirley, do you know rune magic?"

Shirley was stunned for a moment. "I know a little bit. I heard that it's a primitive spell symbol used by some primitive tribes. It's very unstable. I haven't learned it."

It is indeed unstable. Teleporting on the Earth Altar is like riding a tractor!
Dachun asked, "What about the Rune Mage?"

Shirley was stunned. "This is a special, high-end profession only found in Gem City. I heard they exploit the unstable nature of runes and carve them into gems to increase their explosive effects."

Just knowing the basics is good enough! Feeling advanced is even better.

Dachun immediately showed off his skills: "Actually, I have learned expert rune magic, but I don't have the mana to use it!"

Shirley was stunned: "Did you learn this from the Patronus?"

Dachun didn't want to answer this secret, so he changed the subject directly: "Do you want to learn? I can teach you. As long as you learn runes like flowing water, maybe you can summon water to float the tree trunk away!"

Shirley was even more shocked: "You don't have the qualifications of a mentor, so you can teach skills at the expert level?"

Uh? Requires qualifications? No, she misunderstood. Usually, the so-called skill transfer means going to an NPC instructor, paying money, talking, and then, in a flash, you learn it.

But this isn't just a flash of light; it requires personal demonstration and practice! This is Mother Earth's original teaching material! Even the Earth Lotus can be used to teach ten children. Dachun explained, "It's like learning to write, starting with one rune at a time!"

As he spoke, Dachun used his fingers to draw a very basic water rune on the ground. With the infusion of Dachun's weak magic power, the rune glowed with a faint snot-like light.

Shirley was surprised and immediately took out a notebook from her body and copied it directly into the notebook: "Is that so?"

Dachun didn't know if he was teaching correctly: "Anyway, the symbol is drawn like this. I'll teach you the running technique of flowing water first!"

After Dachun drew this string of symbols on the ground, there really was a hint of moisture!

Wow, I can do it! I’m so moved by myself!
Shirley said in surprise, "It's a bit like magic, but I can't tell how it's different... Then teach me all the water runes first!"

If you knew the difference, you would be promoted to a wizard?

Dachun became excited: "Okay, let's start with the basic water runes..."

So Dachun kept gesturing and Shirley kept recording.

Although we don't expect Shirley to be able to master the innate earth-type holy body like Dilian, Shirley has the advantage of having been an apprentice and has the basics and theory.

An hour passed, and Shirley was still copying and demonstrating over and over again, then frowning and occasionally performing a frost spell to compare.

Dachun was sweating. I have to say that he was indeed much slower in learning than Dilian. He was even not as smart as me who could learn with just a glance!
Maybe it's just like Ailian's dance students, because they have a foundation, it becomes an obstacle and they can't learn?

Is it true that the magic system and the rune system are incompatible? No, I must firmly believe that rune magic is the ancestral skill of magic! Only then can I cross over to the mage profession.

Dachun thought of something: "Shirley, I remember when you were in the flower shop, you often kept the flowers fresh, making sure they were covered with a layer of dew?"

Shirley was stunned for a moment. "That was actually Frost Magic. I was just an apprentice at the time and too weak. I didn't even have time to form frost before it turned into water droplets."

Dachun was surprised, "So the weaker the magic, the easier it is to summon water?"

Shirley was startled and immediately opened a notebook and copied a string of symbols on it. Dachun didn't understand magic, but he could tell that these were not runes. Perhaps this was the magic formula for frost magic?

This is probably the first time players have seen spell formulas in the game. Normally, player spells are in the skill bar, just clicked. So this is the difference between an NPC wizard with a solid theory and a player who just uses hotkeys! It'll work! Have faith in Shirley!

The next moment, Shirley inserted the rune of water flow into the frost formula.

Then he tried to cast it, but it failed! He couldn't even cast the frost spell.

Shirley continued to modify the rune's position... and failed again! But she cast a piece of ice slag and continued to modify...

After revising it more than ten times and performing it again——

A thick fog surged around and instantly turned into a drizzle...

——System prompt: Congratulations! Shirley from your team has successfully mastered the elementary rune arts and integrated them into her spell system, advancing to the level of a rune mage...

(End of this chapter)