I, Stone Golem, only want to forge.

Chapter 66 Career System

Murphy naturally noticed their surprise, which made him even more curious.

Isn't it true that you can't just choose whichever profession you want to have?

Those who can cook are chefs, those who can use magic are wizards, and those who can draw are painters.

So if he can make things, it shouldn't be a problem for him to call himself a craftsman, right?

"What's your profession?" Murphy asked.

Ye hesitated for a moment, then looked at Old Ke and Srui beside him.

He actually wanted to explain.

But having been dead for so long, he himself was unaware whether the definition and specific concept of a profession had changed, or whether any new reforms had taken place.

When Ye was alive, the development of the professional system could be described as rapid and ever-changing, constantly evolving.

Therefore, he couldn't simply use such ancient knowledge to answer this question.

However, Old Ke pointed to himself, curled his lips into a smirk, a glint of ghostly fire flashing in his eyes, and said with great disdain:

"You know me well; I don't usually learn how to kill people because it's not useful."

Ye drooped his eyelids, too lazy to pay attention to Lao Ke, and turned to look at Si Rui.

"What I know is probably similar to what you know. I'm from the north, where there aren't many purely class-based systems. And since I'm a druid, I'm not really very clear on this aspect..."

Siri smiled wryly and shook his head, explaining:

"The North...that's true."

When Ye heard that Sirui came from the north, he knew he couldn't count on him.

The living conditions in that godforsaken place in the north are so harsh that anyone who can survive and become a professional is definitely not an ordinary person.

Ninety-nine percent of them have some bloodline in them.

Therefore, the cultivation system there is a combination of bloodline and profession.

For example, the same swordsman class.

They would have to add a bloodline prefix like "Dragon Blood Swordsman" or "Bear Blood Swordsman" before it.

Seeing this, Ye could only puff out his cheeks, sigh, and then say something that was half-complaining and half-muttering.

"What I'm saying might be a bit outdated; I can only guarantee the overall framework is correct. Don't blame me if the details are wrong..."

After making the statement, he didn't wait for Murphy to say anything and started talking on his own.

"No matter what means you use to become stronger, the essence of it all boils down to the control of the rules. I don't know if that has changed now, but in our time we called it authority."

Ye casually picked up a stone from the ground as he spoke.

"The essence of this world is made up of ether... However, the person who proposed this conclusion initially called it Qi, but don't worry about the name, just call it ether."

The ether is mainly divided into three categories based on their different properties: essence, energy, and spirit. These combine and arrange themselves to form various kinds of existence.

Because she used to be in charge of teaching, Ye was very familiar with the teaching process, and even stopped to wait for Murphy to understand and ask questions.

This was the first time Murphy had encountered such a systematic theory of essence, energy, and spirit. After thinking for a while, he asked a question that he cared about a lot.

"What is that magic?"

"It's a kind of gas that permeates most areas, or you could say it's energy; they're the same thing."

After Ye finished answering, he waited a while and, seeing that Murphy had no more questions, continued.

"The so-called rules and laws that control the arrangement and combination of these vital energies are, by the way, different from each other."

"Huh? Aren't they the same?"

Old Ke, who was standing nearby, was suddenly taken aback; he had always thought the two were the same.

In fact, Sri didn't know this either, he just didn't show it.

Ye glanced at Lao Ke, then rolled his eyes, but the lesson wasn't disrupted; he simply ignored him.

"The laws were created at the birth of the world."

The rules, on the other hand, may have been left behind by gods or beings of god-like status.

However, this aspect was still under research at the time, and the specific results were unclear, so I'll just refer to it all as rules for now.

Ye steered the conversation back to the main topic, gently tossing the stone in his hand into the air.

"You see, this stone fell because that's how the rules are, but if you can wield a certain amount of power—"

As soon as he finished speaking, the stone hovered in the air for a moment before falling back into his hand.

"Look, like this."

After the demonstration, Ye still gave Murphy time to think and ask questions.

Murphy stared at the stone thoughtfully.

Perhaps because the stones came in pairs, Murphy's intelligence also came in pairs.

It's quite natural to associate it with magic and runes.

"So, magic and runes can do so much only by wielding authority?"

Ye was somewhat surprised to see that Murphy could make such a connection, but he was mostly satisfied and appreciative.

As a teacher, who wouldn't be happy to see smarter students?

Then he smiled and explained gently.

"That's right. The essence of magic is to influence magical power and thus control the rules by manipulating runes, which is a way of wielding power."

Some high-level mages possess such powerful spiritual senses that they can directly perceive the rules, thus eliminating the need for runes.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Murphy suddenly nodded and proceeded to finish saying everything he was about to say.

"So, the essence of a profession is to come into contact with the rules, and then to gain power through that contact with the rules?"

Ye was slightly taken aback when he heard Murphy's sudden outburst before he reacted, nodding in approval.

"You're actually quite smart..."

After saying that, he glanced at Old Ke and made a sarcastic, veiled remark.

"Most of the people I used to teach were incredibly stupid."

"Brother Fei is indeed a hero among men."

Old Ke, on the other hand, was shameless in every sense of the word. Not only did he not refute it, but he even chuckled and echoed it.

Murphy ignored it, feeling that there was nothing wrong with what he said, and Ye also admitted that he was right.

But the problem is, when it creates things, isn't it essentially always in contact with and utilizing the rules?

Why can't this be considered a professional?

However, Ye's next words quickly answered its question.

"While Mr. Murphy's statement is correct in essence, in specific terms, apart from magic-based professions, most other professions, when described as 'contact,' are actually more like 'reconstruction.'"

"Restore the rules?" Murphy asked.

Ye nodded, then took a deep breath and uttered a long string of somewhat tongue-twisting words.

"Yes, restore the rules, but that might be a bit vague. A clearer way to put it would be:"

By studying the phenomena produced by a rule, we can then understand, reconstruct, and master that rule.

However, Murphy understood and gave an example in response.

"Therefore, both cooking and forging ultimately involve rules related to fire."

"what?"

Ye called out instinctively.

He was just thinking about what example to use to express this abstract idea when Murphy just said it out loud.

"No?" Murphy asked back.

"Yes..." Ye could only nod.

"So, to become a professional, you need help from others, right?"