Seven o'clock the next morning.
Xiaoya and Lin Xue both came to the store early, but the store was not open today because they brought too many things back from behind the door yesterday. Muyou had already announced on the pet store APP that it would be closed for the day.
At this time, the three people were gathering in the lock cylinder space, looking at a big golden-red tree in front of them.
The top of the fifteen-meter-high tree trunk is covered with leaves that resemble maple leaves. On the two branches spreading out on both sides, there is a green lantern hanging on each side. Different from the previous extinguished state, both lights have now turned on again. Since then, it still exudes a faint light during the day, which means that this ancient tree man has regained life.
"Xiaoya, you try it first."
Mu You looked at Xiaoya and said.
This ancient tree of knowledge had been fused with the elf he brought back last night. After the fusion, the dead tree was indeed rejuvenated. The tree man's face on the trunk opened his eyes and mouth. In addition, at the bottom of the trunk, there was A small door automatically opened, revealing a small space about two meters long, wide and high.
This is where the ancient tree trains intelligence. As long as people enter a meditative state inside, their intelligence will slowly increase.
"okay……"
Xiaoya curiously walked to the front of the big tree and looked around the tree house before stepping into it.
Sitting down in the tree house, Xiaoya closed her eyes and began to try to enter a meditative state. Remember in one second://xbiqu
At this time, the ancient tree of knowledge from the outside also began to shake its arms, and the mouth on the tree's face opened and closed, making bursts of mixed and hoarse sounds.
Mu You used the omniscient crystal to observe the changes in Xiaoya's attributes. As a result, his intelligence increased for much longer than he expected.
An hour and a half later, Xiaoya's intelligence finally changed for the first time, jumping from 37 to 38.
An hour and a half to grow a little?
The upper limit of a tree person's training is ten times a day. According to this efficiency, it will take 15 hours a day to complete all training, so the tree will have basically no rest time...
"Xiaoxue, you can try it too." Mu You looked at Lin Xue again.
As for himself, he is not in a hurry. His attributes need to be maintained in proportion to activate the Fool's Barrier. This intelligence training will wait until he is ready to wash some potions.
"good."
Lin Xue nodded, walked to the big tree, replaced Xiaoya, and also entered meditation.
As a result, it was much faster this time. In just ten minutes, Lin Xue completed the first training and her intelligence increased a bit.
"So that's it..."
Mu You immediately understood that it seemed that training time was directly related to intelligence value. The higher the intelligence of a person, the longer it takes for each improvement.
As a summoner, Xiaoya's points are similar to Mu You's, and intelligence is the priority attribute; on the contrary, it is Lin Xue, because she has to focus on agility, and her intelligence is kept at the baseline level for a long time. In this kind of training, her intelligence improves rapidly.
"What are we going to do with this tree in the future?" Lin Xue asked as they walked towards Muyou after each experienced it.
The maximum intelligence provided by the ancient tree of knowledge is only ten points per person. After all of them are trained, the tree will lose its value. Unless they announce the existence of the tree and invite outsiders to train, it can continue to generate value. .
However, this announcement cannot be made casually. If they really tell outsiders directly that there is an ancient tree of knowledge in their store, what they will get in exchange will definitely not be wealth, but infinite covetousness and disputes.
"How about sending it to Dawn City and then opening it to the residents for a fee?" Xiaoya suggested.
Sky City is a very good place for this kind of public building. Since there are enough users and the identity of the city lord is suppressing it, no one dares to make random decisions.
"no."
Mu You shook his head: "This thing cannot be exposed, at least in the star spirit world..."
The ancient tree of knowledge is the treasure of the forest elves. If the forest elves know that there are ancient tree people wandering outside, they will definitely send someone to get it back.
And if they rely on Sky City and refuse to return it, even if it doesn't cause a war, they will easily become enemies with the forest elves.
Of course, it’s not okay to just leave it on hand and wait for it to get moldy.
After thinking about it, it seems that the best way is to cooperate with the country or major forces and lease the ancient knowledge trees to them to collect rent on a regular basis.
"Let's talk about it later, it's still early."
Mu You shook his head and asked them, Xiao Hai and other people they knew first to finish promotion before considering it later.
Next, the two continued to train their intelligence, and Mu You returned to the game.
After settling the matter in Dawn City last night, Mu You brought the game character back to Red Rose Academy.
He has six spells to learn this week. He was busy preparing to fight for Dawn City and didn't have time to go to class. He will be very busy in the next few days.
[You entered classroom No. 306 of the teaching building. After paying 20 years of life, you were allowed to enter. 】
[The lesson learned in this section is the curse-type low-level magic 'Forgetting Curse'. 】
[You enter the classroom and come to the last row of the lecture hall. You suddenly heard whispers coming from around you. Many of the boys and girls in front of you turned to look at you, whispering in their mouths such words as "mountain ghost", "mountain ghost is back" and "anti-mountain ghost alliance". , and when you look at them, everyone hurriedly turns back, pretending to listen carefully...]
"Um?"
Mu You was stunned.
Mountain ghost? WTF?
He has seen the name 'Mountain Ghost' before. In Vivian's potion book, the volume dedicated to recording creatures mentioned that the Mountain Ghost is an ugly wild monkey that lives in the mountains and forests of the Astral Realm. , has a cruel and cunning character, and especially likes to bully the weak and bully the weak. It is an extremely disgusting animal.
But what's going on now? A group of children secretly called him "Mountain Ghost". Is this a nickname?
Mu You understood it after thinking about it for a moment. It was probably because he usually won too many first-year duels, and he never showed mercy. No matter whether he encountered a strong or weak one, he would go all out to kill him instantly. After a period of time, , his notoriety has already spread throughout the first grade, so it is not surprising that he was given a nickname.
"Speaking of mountain ghosts, it's too ugly. These little brats have really no taste. It would be better to call them 'Big Demon King' or something... I'll go to the duel field to educate them at night."
Mu You made a decision silently in his heart, ignored the others, and took the class seriously.
After learning six magic spells this week, he has learned exactly ten magic spells in the academy.
And the ten magics are the basic requirements for advancing to a higher grade!
Mu You plans to take the promotion exam as soon as possible and move to a higher grade.
The main reason is that the magic learned in the first grade is all low-level, and the power of low-level magic is too weak. Most of them are small auxiliary spells. Only from the second grade can there be intermediate magic to learn, and only in the third grade can high-level magic be learned. Level magic.
If possible, Mu You even wanted to jump directly to seventh grade.
At twelve o'clock at noon, when the magic class came to an end, Mu You quickly controlled the character to go to the library and checked the conditions for advancing to a higher grade.
The result left him speechless.
He thought that as long as he learned enough magic, he could easily upgrade. However, it seemed that there were only two final exams held in June and December every year, and only those who passed the exam could be upgraded.
If you want to advance to a higher grade at other times, it is not impossible, but the requirements are extremely stringent.
First, you need to take special written and practical tests.
This kind of test, which is equivalent to a recommendation, will obviously be much more difficult than a normal final exam.
Secondly, you need to join at least three 'clubs' and obtain letters of recommendation from the club leaders.
The clubs here are equivalent to hobby classes, such as potions club, alchemy club, art club, etc.
In other words, students who want to be recommended must not only pass the exam, but also ensure that they have broad interests and comprehensive development in all aspects.
Finally, and the most difficult one: you have to obtain a letter of recommendation from a powerful person from a family with high prestige in the imperial capital, so that the school will hold a temporary promotion exam specifically for you...
There is no problem with taking exams or anything else.
The club is okay, at least when it comes to potions, he kills indiscriminately in the academy, and for the rest, just find two clubs.
The most troublesome thing was the recommendation letter from the big family. How could he, a fool, have such a relationship?
It seems that this thing can only trouble the owner of Coke again... I just happened to stop by to check out Coke.
Now more than half a month has passed since Coke left. I don’t know how it and its owner are living...
[You arrived at the luxury dormitory area and stopped in front of one of the suites...]
[This is the place you visited last time - Chrissy Fuya's residence. 】
[You stepped forward and pressed the doorbell, but there was no response from the door...]
[You stepped forward and pressed the doorbell, but there was no response from the door...]
…
Arriving at the door of the Coke owner's house, Mu You knocked on the door for a long time but no one answered. He wondered if Fuya had gone to class.
But even if she goes to class, Coke should be at home, right?
Mu You was thinking about getting a cat can or something to attract the Coke out with its smell, when a prompt popped up in the game.
["What's the matter with you?" A human face appeared in front of the door. This is the magic door lock named 'Abu', because I saw you once last time and knew that you knew the owner of the room. At this time, he did not directly Instead of driving you away, I politely ask you why you are here. 】
[You tell the door lock that you need to discuss things with the owner of the room and take a look at her cat. 】
[The door lock replies to you: "Ms. Fuya asked for a month's leave from the college two weeks ago, went back to her hometown to visit relatives, and took that stupid cat away..."]
"I actually went back to my hometown..."
Mu You was desperate. No wonder Coke didn't come out. He was probably taken back by its owner to do the so-called 'conversion ceremony'. Previously, Coke returned to the astral world through the door and needed to reset its plane to the astral world. , otherwise the life span will be continuously deducted.
There is no way, it seems that Fuya will not be able to see her in a short time, so the recommendation letter can only think of other ways.
Before the lunch break was over, Mu You went to the club building again.
[You have arrived at the club activity room. 】
[This is where the college uses to cultivate students' interests and hobbies. Currently, there are 141 formal societies and 266 clubs. By joining a club, you can learn a lot of practical knowledge that cannot be learned in class, complete the club assessment, and get extra credits... …]
It was his first time to come to the club activity room. From the description, it was similar to clubs in universities here on Earth, but more hard-core. Here you can actually learn various life skills, such as potions, alchemy, etc. As long as you join a popular career like chef for a year or two, you can ensure that you will have enough food and clothing in the astral world for the rest of your life.
Mu You first read through all the club names and selected the ones he might join. If you want to get a letter of recommendation from the club leader as soon as possible, he must have sufficient attainments in this area from the beginning.
First of all, it goes without saying that the Potions Club is his area of expertise and it is also the most popular club in the school. He must join it.
Secondly... Mu You looked around and found another 'flying club'. Flying here actually refers to a magic broomstick, but it doesn't just mean you can ride a broomstick. The training here is professional 'competitive flying', and It's the kind of professional competition where you race on a broomstick.
He knew the flying spell, and he had just obtained a competitive magic broom, so he was barely qualified.
Two societies were confirmed, but the last one was more difficult to handle.
Apart from potions, Mu You found that he really had no other special abilities.
After looking around, it seemed that there was only one 'divination club', and there was some possibility that he could join it.
He doesn't know how to do divination now, but this is Vivian, and he also got a fortune-teller skin before. He can ask Vivian to learn the divination skill quickly before joining the club.
Thinking of this, Mu You immediately went to find Vivian.
"Want to learn divination?"
Vivian was combing her feathers by the stream. When she heard this, she raised her head and glanced at him, and said thoughtfully: "Originally, I planned to wait until you reach the third level of potion master, and then start teaching you divination... But since you have this mental knowledge, I will teach you in advance. I can also teach you..."
Perhaps because Mu You has shown perseverance in potions, Vivian is now obviously not as resistant to teaching him divination as before.
"Okay, let's learn now!" Mu You said hurriedly.
He didn't dare to tell Vivian that he was learning divination just to prepare for the exam quickly. Otherwise, given Vivian's character, he would definitely be scolded.
"Well... let's start with the basics."
Vivian nodded, stretched out her wings and swiped in the air, opened her small storage room, summoned a book from it, and automatically flew to Mu You.
Mu You took it and took a look. The title of the book was "Getting Started as a Fortune Teller and How to Open the Heart's Eyes". The number of pages... 396 pages?
"Is this... over?"
Mu You looked at the not-so-thick book in his hand, still a little dazed.
He thought he would have to learn basic knowledge and study for a whole year like he did before learning potions.
As a result, Vivian threw him a book, and it was an ordinary book that had not been enhanced with space magic.
Divination, which is as famous as Potions, has so little content in the book, which makes Mu You feel quite uncomfortable.
"Of course. The accumulated knowledge required for divination is not that complicated. Unlike potions, this thing mainly depends on talent. After I take you in, the rest is up to you." Vivian said.
"So that's it..."
Mu You breathed out and didn't ask any more questions. He handed the pocket watch to Vivian as usual, then opened the Fool's Space and started studying.
Having had decades of endorsement experience, I really don’t need to take this mere book seriously now.
After going back more than 700 times and taking only about half a month in total, Mu You successfully finished the book.
"what's next?"
Mu You looked at Vivian. Now he has mastered the basic idea of divination. To put it bluntly, it is actually changing from seeing the world with the naked eyes to seeing the world with the 'mind's eye', thus seeing many things that cannot be seen normally.
"You can start trying divination... But before that, you need to prove that you have the talent to learn divination. Otherwise, everything is empty talk. The talent of a fortune-teller cannot be taken as a shortcut with your pocket watch." Vivian explain.
Mu You felt a little uneasy when he heard this. He has not forgotten that his potion talent was rated as "extremely poor" by Vivian. It can be said that if it were not for the pocket watch that changed his life, it would be impossible for him to become a potion master with this kind of talent, or even a potion master. Apprentices are delusional.
So what about the fortune teller talent now?
"How to test divination talent?" Mu You asked.
"It's very simple. First find any divination medium, such as a crystal ball, tarot cards, pendulum, astrolabe, or even an ordinary mirror, etc.," Vivian said.
"Then let's do Tarot cards." Mu You said.
Having read the introductory book, he knew very well that the divination medium did not need to have magic power, ordinary items would do, because it was the fortune teller's mind that was really responsible for divination, and the so-called medium was just an auxiliary tool.
Mu You went to the storage room and found a deck of tarot cards that he had bought when he was a child. He cleaned the dust on the surface and opened it to see that there was a brand new batch inside. It was obvious that they had not been opened at all.
"Then what?" Mu You took the tarot cards back and sat down in front of Vivian.
"Shuffle all the cards and flip them over."
"Then close your eyes and use your mind's eye to find the twenty-two main cards in order." Vivian said.
Mu You did as he was told.
With the backs of the cards facing up, he shuffled the cards, completely messing up the order, and placed all the cards in front of him.
Then he closed his eyes and opened the 'mind's eye' according to the method in the book.
"Hmm...can't you see the cards clearly?" Mu You frowned.
From the perspective of his mind's eye, the surrounding sight turned into a hazy field, and he could vaguely feel the outlines of dozens of cards on the ground, but each card seemed to be shrouded in a hazy mist, layer by layer. The layers are constantly changing shapes, making it difficult to see clearly.
"Nonsense, if you can see the cards clearly, then you are not a human, but a god..."
Vivian's voice came: "Carefully feel the breath of each card, and pick out the main card that you think is most like what you have in mind. Finally, based on the accuracy of your card selection, you can be measured The divination talent.”
"I see……"
After hearing this, Mu You immediately calmed down and followed Vivian's instructions and began to carefully feel each card.
After a moment, he reached out to touch one of the pictures, took it back to himself, and opened his eyes to take a look.
"Fool! You guessed it right!"
The first main card of the Tarot is 'The Fool'.
"Yeah." Vivian was noncommittal and motioned for him to continue.
Mu You breathed out, closed his eyes again, and took another card after a moment.
"Magician! Right again!"
"Continue." Vivian's expression remained unchanged.
Mu You had no choice but to continue silently.
Subsequently.
The third one, Priestess, is right again.
The fourth picture, the queen, is right...
…
"The seventh picture... lovers, hey, it's still right!"
It wasn't until Mu You took out the seventh picture that Vivian's expression finally changed.
