Chapter 184 : Chapter 184

Chapter 184: Shop Manager Xia Li, Out of Control

“Then Shop Manager, you should really go and ask the custom shop about it.”

I looked at the threads of Destiny in my hand.

I had never feared a tangible object like this before, except for Spirit Vision.

It could manipulate a person's actions, a person's thoughts, was it to serve the script?

Then, would this strand of Destiny on my body become the string that binds me at some crucial moment?

It was really hard to imagine such a scene, even though these fine threads were lying quietly and harmlessly in my hand at this moment.

If I were to actively tie it to someone, would it be like before?

No, Teacher Lina had said before that others probably couldn't easily take away this strand of Destiny that belonged to me.

It seemed I had to find an opportunity to ask again about this thread of Destiny.

“Little Han, there's no loose thread on you, are you trying to trick me?”

“Eh? Is that so? Maybe I saw it wrong.”

I scratched my head and said with some embarrassment.

Although my actions just now were indeed strange, Xia Li didn't actually see what I did, so it was just left at that.

“Um, Shop Manager, about that proposal just now, aren't you going to let me see it?”

“I'd have to be out of my mind to show you. Who told you I have Transcendent Knowledge in my little treasury? Was it Ying Shiqian or Tang Yihan?”

“Eh?”

I looked at Shop Manager Xia Li, who was acting like a protective mother hen, as if she were a completely different person from a moment ago.

Had her head cleared up after the threads of Destiny were removed?

But after thinking it through, was Transcendent Knowledge so important?

She didn't even want Tan Han, whom she had been so concerned about?

“But didn't the shop manager just say you would show it to me?”

I went along with what was said earlier and didn't mention who told me, since I had forgotten who it was anyway.

In short, it was right to change the subject at this time.

Moreover, this feeling of a cognitive gap put both me and Shop Manager Xia Li in a very awkward situation.

I was inexplicably dragged here by Xia Li, and Xia Li was almost tricked by me into giving me her most prized possession.

Now, without external interference, Xia Li felt as if she had been possessed just now.

And I could feel Shop Manager Xia Li's awkward and embarrassed expression even from here.

Even though it was well-concealed, many things couldn't be hidden, and I could even see her toes curling in embarrassment, gripping the floor so hard they could carve out three rooms and a hall if she used a bit more force.

“I… I regret it. Little Han, I think I was tricked by someone just now, it feels like someone hexed me. Don't take what I said just now seriously, really! Don't take it seriously. It has nothing to do with me whether Little Tan gets first place or not, but don't touch my Transcendent Knowledge.”

“Eh? But didn't you say the Transcendent Knowledge was being saved for Little Tan?”

I continued to press.

“This… when you're hexed you can really say anything!”

As Xia Li said this, she was frantically cursing herself in her heart, but she also realized some things.

No one would put such a hex on her for no reason, unless it was beneficial to someone.

The words she said just now were all in defense of Tan Han, which was very problematic in itself.

She had to find a chance to get a lie-detecting alchemical item to test Tan Han.

Although she didn't believe Tan Han was behind this, you can know a person's face but not their heart.

She wasn't a naive child who would believe whoever she was told to believe.

“Really? Then there must be a reason why you called me here, Shop Manager. Blaming everything on a curse feels rather irresponsible.”

“I'm sorry Little Han, this is also my fault, phew… I will compensate you, and… congratulations on entering the top ten in the Newcomer Competition. Sigh, I overlooked this problem before, I should have given this to you before the match, I hope you don't mind. You and Little Tan are both members of my Bakery Club, Magic Power Source, spellbooks, I… no, that's not right, you don't seem to be lacking them anymore…”

At this moment, Xia Li's tone was apologetic, her expression was sincere, and her words were cautious, looking at me with a hint of probing to see if I would blame her at this moment.

But the moment she mentioned compensation, she held it in her hand and recalled my words from just now.

I had already passed the stage of lacking Magic Power Sources and spellbooks.

As the saying goes, it's easy to add flowers to brocade, but difficult to send charcoal in snowy weather.

This instead made Xia Li unsure how to give out the spellbook in her hand.

“Look, um… Little Han, this is my little treasury. Take whatever you like, consider it my compensation to you, but… but, you can't touch the Transcendent Knowledge.”

At this moment, in her huge little treasury, Xia Li was only guarding the safe behind her, as if I could take anything else I wanted.

“This… Shop Manager, how can I accept this?”

Although I said that, my body was very honest.

Just as I thought, Xia Li hadn't been unfair to me, but an imbalance would still arise when there was differential treatment, even if it didn't belong to me in the first place.

“Um… Little Han… it's not easy for me to maintain such a large club. If we can discuss it… please be merciful, after all… after all…”

Hearing my words and my direct actions, Xia Li also realized that what she had just said was a bit of an exaggeration.

What if the other party really wanted to empty the place?

“Shop Manager, I naturally know my limits. Actually, if you ask me what I want now, I probably have a goal. It's a spellbook. Is it okay if I only take one spellbook?”

I asked with a smile.

“A spellbook? One spellbook… good, that's great. Little Han is so considerate of the shop manager. In the future, the shop manager will definitely take good care of you. If you encounter any problems in the future, just come to me. I will definitely help you where I can!”

After hearing my request, Xia Li also breathed a sigh of relief.

She was really afraid I would ask for the moon, or even say something like, “I want everything except for the Transcendent Knowledge.”

That would be too much!

How did she not notice that Little Han was so understanding?

She really shouldn't have!

“Um… Little Han, what type of spellbook do you want? Even… even if it's a Super Consumption Spellbook, I… it's not impossible… haha…”

Xia Li recalled my performance in the arena and knew that I had a hundred-point consumption spellbook.

If she really wanted to settle the matter with just one spellbook, she was afraid she would have to bleed and give away a Super Consumption Spellbook.

Super consumption spellbooks were a foundational resource for all the clubs in the academy.

But for the sake of the Transcendent Knowledge, giving away such a spellbook was nothing.

Besides, Little Han was not bad.

It could be considered an investment in Little Han, it wouldn't be a loss anyway.

And she did indeed owe the other party, especially when she recalled how she had treated Little Tan and Little Han differently, the sense of indebtedness was even stronger.

Thinking even deeper, if Little Han had more Magic Power Sources and a more powerful spellbook in the first match, then the favorite to win the championship at this moment would have been Yang Yuehan instead of Tan Han!

Thinking of this, Xia Li subconsciously swallowed and then looked at me, waiting for my decision.

“I want a spell that can improve learning efficiency, improve memory, or rapid memory, improve comprehension ability, or even a spell that can stimulate interest in learning would be fine.”

I explained and described it a bit, because I really needed this spell, and the sooner the better.

Although I had a lot of potions now, potions have side effects!

If Senior Xia Li had this kind of spell, that would be for the best!

“Eh? This kind of spell? These spells are all hot commodities. Compared to spellbooks of the same level, their value is even higher!”

Xia Li didn't expect me to make this request, which hit her where it hurt again.

It wasn't that she didn't have it, but that she did, and it was a very high-level spellbook at that.

Although most of these spells were non-restricted spellbooks with no fixed consumption, this type of spellbook also had a setting for a maximum consumption limit.

Generally, the value of a non-restricted spellbook was evaluated by its consumption limit.

Xia Li had a spellbook with a consumption limit reaching several hundred, its value was even more precious than a Super Consumption Spellbook!

She really knows how to pick…

“Little Han, why do you want this type of spellbook?”

“Hmm… I've hit a bottleneck recently. I was originally thinking that I could choose this type of non-restricted spellbook from the rewards after the Newcomer Competition ends tomorrow, but for well-known reasons, it… fell through. If the senior doesn't have it here, I won't force it.”

I pretended to look pitiful and waved my hand.

Actually, I knew from Shop Manager Xia Li's expression that she had it.

If she didn't, she wouldn't be in so much pain.

It seems I still underestimated the value of this type of spellbook.

“But if it's possible, can I buy it? I can use Arcanite Gold for the transaction.”

Trading for a spellbook with Arcanite Gold, this should be a very sincere offer, right?

I have a lot of Arcanite Gold anyway, so I don't mind spending a bit.

“What are you talking about? I'll give it to you. Isn't it just a spellbook? It's just collecting dust with me anyway.”

Hearing me say this, Xia Li gritted her teeth and agreed directly.

She would just treat it as an investment in Little Han.

Even if it wasn't an investment, at least it wouldn't create bad blood.

In the Witch Academy, making enemies with a group of people was very uncomfortable.

You couldn't kill them, you couldn't drive them away, they would just come to annoy you.

And if the other party became a Transcendent Witch, they would suppress you even more.

A Reserve Witch and a Transcendent Witch were two different concepts.

Her main business of running the Bakery Club had offended many people, so she knew this point well.

Of course, she also had her own connections and backers, otherwise, how could she protect the Transcendent Knowledge?

“Eh? Really? Then thank you, Shop Manager!”

I said with a joyful expression, directly preventing the shop manager from going back on her word.

After getting this spellbook, I accompanied the shop manager back to the front counter of the bakery.

After vaguely explaining what had just happened as the shop manager requested, I left directly.

After all, I had already gotten the benefits, why would I stay?

Although obtaining this spellbook was an unexpected joy.

After leaving, I was also carefully checking the instruction manual of this spellbook.

Inside the spellbook was an introduction to this spell, at least there was an introduction on how to use this spellbook and what effects it would have.

I just don't know if this spellbook can be modded.

This spell didn't have a very clear name, just as there are many spell effects that cannot be simply described with a few words.

Many spell effects and names would have considerable discrepancies, a characteristic that often appeared in many lesser spellbooks.

But Senior Xia Li, based on the effect of this spell, casually gave it a name, so she wouldn't be unable to find this spell when she needed it.

And the note Senior Xia Li made for it was "Flexible Learning and Application Spell".

This was a spellbook with continuous consumption, and it contained quite a few effects, including improving memory and comprehension to a certain extent, and even providing a certain degree of concentration, preventing one's train of thought from being interrupted by external disturbances.

These were all additional effects of this spell, and its main function was the linkage between "learning" and "doing," that is, what is learned is for use, enhancing brain activity and associative ability.

So, there was nothing wrong with Senior Xia Li naming this spell "Flexible Learning and Application Spell".

As for the actual effect, I would only know after using it myself.

I hope it doesn't disappoint me.

This was a spellbook that even Senior Xia Li felt the pain of giving away.

After a short walk, I returned directly to the villa.

It wasn't evening yet, but none of my roommates were in the living room.

Maybe they were in their bedrooms, or out for a walk.

I was too lazy to care what they were doing.

After all, everyone has their own privacy.

Myself included.

Returning to my bedroom, I couldn't wait to start trying out the effects of this spell.

After simply activating the spell, I felt the speed of magic consumption.

It was about one point of magic per minute.

And after activating the spell, my mind did feel much clearer.

However, this was not the limit of this spellbook, but the normal, regular consumption.

This consumption could be further increased.

I could naturally increase it a bit more.

After all, who wouldn't want higher efficiency?

But I couldn't increase it too much, otherwise, even with over seven hundred Magic Power Sources, I would have trouble keeping up, and it also takes time for Magic Power Sources to recover magic.

To speed up recovery, special recovery spells or potions were needed.

Or simply alchemical items that store magic, just like the one Tan Han used at that time.

But as it happened, I had none of those.

This time, I didn't continue studying runes, but directly searched for materials related to Elemental Theory in the online library of the Earth Vein System.

After all, the spell was about flexible learning and application.

I wasn't in a hurry to learn runes now.

I started to tackle basic evocation spells.

I wanted to completely master those few basic evocation spells.

Then, on this basis, I would see if I had any spare time to study other spells, such as the Illusory Clone that the senior gave me, which was very useful.

And the silencing, immobilizing, and blinding spells given by the academy were also very good.

I didn't need to study these spells too deeply, as long as they were sufficient for my use.

For example, could the blinding spell become a group blinding spell, or a flashbang or something.

As for whether it could succeed, that was naturally a question mark.

After all, spells are also divided into many categories.

Without corresponding professional knowledge, it is very difficult to conduct in-depth research on them.

The next time I walked out of my bedroom was when someone returned to the villa.

“Oh? Guan Qiuling? Why are you back alone?”

I leaned on the second-floor railing and asked Guan Qiuling, who looked slightly tired after just returning.

“Eh? Big Sis Xiao Han, I don't know. I usually didn't go out to play with them this time either.”

“Alright, I was just asking.”

Guan Qiuling was still relatively introverted in my impression.

Since she didn't know, I didn't ask further.

“By the way, did you have a good time with your seniors these past two days?”

“Hmm? Um… Big Sis Xiao Han, don't ask, this kind of thing…”

Being asked this by me, Guan Qiuling subconsciously tugged at her clothes, as if trying to hide something, giving off a sense of trying to conceal something that was already obvious.

“Alright, I won't pry. I was just a little concerned about my roommate's situation. If you have any difficulties, remember to tell me. By the way, did Hong Chenyi give you anything? An Earth Vein Memory, it looks like a crystal.”

“Yes, she did. Hong Chenyi specifically found me to help me use it, saying it was from you, Big Sis Xiao Han, and that everyone got one. Um, thank you, Big Sis Xiao Han, it's very useful to me.”

“Alright… as long as you like it.”

Seeing Guan Qiuling like this, I didn't press on.

Among the few pieces of memory I gave out, if Guan Qiuling was satisfied it was probably that one.

Although it was quite useless to me.