His gaze swept joyfully from one book to another, then returned from that one to this one, too fond to put it down. After a brief wait, the strange font appeared as expected.
Manual: Basic Mathematics First Layer (Fragment, 6/6) All fragments of Basic Mathematics First Layer collected
Primary school textbooks had actually completed my Basic Mathematics First Layer!!
Shi Tiexin was so excited he nearly jumped up.
After so long, finally, finally!—Uh, thinking about it carefully, it had actually only been a single day. It did not seem that long... But no one else could understand this feeling of every day lasting like a year. Finally, finally, I found a Heart Arts manual I can cultivate, and I can finally begin cultivating Heart Arts again!
Shi Tiexin breathed into his hands, then carefully wiped them on his pants. Only then did he open the primary school mathematics textbooks from the beginning with the reverence of a pilgrim. The cultivation content of Basic Mathematics First Layer was "numbers and basic calculations." Put simply, it meant recognizing numbers, then being able to perform the Four Basic Arithmetic Operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
The Four Basic Arithmetic Operations were the foundation of Basic Mathematics, the first step in studying Mathematical Heart Arts. Back in Tumubao, Shi Tiexin had also spent no small amount of effort to obtain this portion of the manual. Moreover, that manual had been written very briefly, ending after just ten short pages and a few scattered sentences. How could it compare to this place, where six books stacked together made quite a thick pile?
Shi Tiexin gave them a cursory look and immediately discovered the benefits of this manual.
The books were not thick for nothing. Not only were the explanations inside exceptionally detailed, with Step-by-Step Advancement laid out with remarkable clarity, they even came naturally equipped with an Auxiliary Cultivation Manual! Things like "In-Class Exercises," "Fun House," "Spin Your Brain," and sections such as "I Ask, You Answer" took up a huge portion of the Heart Arts manual.
Shi Tiexin did not know how the primary school students of this world felt upon seeing manuals like these, but he was already so delighted he was about to explode.
Was there any better Heart Arts manual than this?
Was there any manual more conscientious than this?
Moreover, after flipping roughly through the whole set and gaining an overall understanding of the manuals themselves, another new description appeared on the textbooks.
Manual: Basic Mathematics First Layer Quality: Supreme Grade Attribute 1: Step-by-Step Advancement. This manual contains detailed explanations and proceeds step by step, effectively lowering the threshold for cultivation and reducing aptitude requirements by 30%. Attribute 2: Learn-Practice Integration. This manual contains supplementary sections. The supplementary sections count as an Auxiliary Cultivation Manual for Basic Mathematics First Layer, increasing cultivation speed by 20%.
Th-this, this, this!
Shi Tiexin's hands were nearly trembling.
The manuals here actually had attributes! A manual casually obtained from some little thug, one that seemingly had not cost much at all, actually had attributes—and two attributes at that!
In all his life, this was the first time Shi Tiexin had learned that manuals could possess attributes, and even have grades. The second attribute, "Learn-Practice Integration," went without saying. It was equivalent to combining a manual and an Auxiliary Cultivation Manual into one. The first attribute, "Step-by-Step Advancement," was what truly defied heaven—it could actually lower aptitude requirements.
One had to know that not everyone could cultivate Heart Arts. Cultivating Heart Arts did not merely depend on whether one had cultivated the previous level thoroughly enough; it also depended on the cultivator's own aptitude. If one's aptitude was too poor, cultivating the next level of Heart Arts would be like taking a step with every move blocked. But if one's aptitude was excellent, even if the previous level had not been cultivated so solidly, breaking through was not impossible.
Basic Mathematics First Layer was already the most basic of foundations. Unless someone was truly intellectually disabled, it was difficult to find anyone unable to cultivate even this level. Aptitude simply did not show itself at this level. This attribute seemed rather useless.
But that was not actually the case.
First, a person's aptitude constantly improved with age and brain development. Things one could not understand at ten might seem simple at fifteen. Lowering aptitude requirements meant that someone might be able to enter the path of Heart Arts cultivation at a younger age.
Reducing aptitude requirements by 30% was practically equivalent to allowing someone to begin cultivating three years earlier. By the time those three years had passed and others were just beginning the First Layer, the person who had started early might already be cultivating the Second Layer. If they were a genius, they might even have reached the Third Layer.
One step ahead, ahead at every turn—this was absolutely not something to overlook.
Second, the deeper one went into Heart Arts cultivation, the more clearly the importance of aptitude revealed itself. Shi Tiexin was not very clear on the specifics, since someone of his status had yet to come into contact with such high-level matters. But he had heard of people who had once left the Orphanage, only to later become trapped at a certain stage, unable to advance even an inch no matter how they cultivated.
He had not understood why back then. Now he understood. It had to be an aptitude problem.
Then what if this "Step-by-Step Advancement" attribute appeared on a higher-level Heart Arts manual?
Did the textbooks issued by Fengming First High School have this attribute?
Shi Tiexin stared at "First-Year High School Mathematics, Second Semester" for a long time, yet could not make heads or tails of it. Perhaps this manual truly had no attributes. Of course, it was even more likely that his Heart Arts level was simply too low, and he could not "identify" the manual's hidden attributes at all.
After all, although he could not understand it, just looking at it directly, he felt that this high school mathematics book was also explained in great detail. It was definitely far better than the few sheets of paper from Tumubao.
Thinking of it that way, it was highly likely that his own level was simply too poor.
Then what was he waiting for?
Pick up the manual and begin cultivating immediately!—Wait, wait, wait. He had nearly forgotten. There really was one more thing, and if he did not take a look, his heart would keep itching. Shi Tiexin temporarily set the six mathematics textbooks aside, rummaged through his bundle, and quickly found what he was looking for.
Four Basic Arithmetic Operations workbooks.
Back then, Zhou Nan had not cared about anything else and had swept up one copy of every kind of Four Basic Arithmetic Operations book in the bookstore. As a result, Shi Tiexin pulled out fifteen workbooks. Some of these workbooks were extremely basic, with a multiplication table included right at the front. They looked like they were meant for second-grade primary school students.
But some of the calculation books were much more difficult. Shi Tiexin looked left and right, and his eyes suddenly lit up.
Auxiliary Cultivation Manual: Basic Mathematics First Layer Quality: Supreme Grade Usage Progress: 0% Effect: Basic Mathematics First Layer cultivation speed increased by 20% Attribute 1: Obscure. This Auxiliary Cultivation Manual is highly difficult. Basic Mathematics First Layer must reach the Proficient realm before it can be used. If it has not reached the Mastery realm, usage speed will be reduced according to one's level. Correspondingly, cultivation speed is further increased by 40%.
It really appeared! A Supreme Grade Auxiliary Cultivation Manual with an attribute!
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