The Lost Tree of Wisdom

As they were speaking, a face slowly grew out of the fallen tree.

However, this face is somewhat horizontal and also somewhat distorted.

Gu Xi could only tell that it was a feminine face, which was somewhat different from Gu Xi's initial guess.

After transforming into a face, the tree tried its best to grow an arm or something, but no matter what it did, it couldn't do it. It could only move the withered leaf to its front by shaking it.

"Oh, I knew it! This is the traditional Contact Method contacting me at Wisdom Tree. If I hadn't read so many books, I probably wouldn't have known this."

This is really uncomfortable. Don't resist, wake up...

The next instant, Gu Xi felt as if something in front of him had shattered, and he found himself in a huge library.

In the library, countless students were reading, copying, and some were even gathered around studying something.

Upon closer inspection, Gu Xi discovered that the students' situation was somewhat strange.

Some of the students looked like normal students, wearing black school robes and scarves of different colors around their necks.

But some students are not doing it right.

They had the heads of squirrels and rabbits, and compared to proper students, they looked noticeably more bewildered.

Gu Xi immediately understood what was going on.

These are the bodies that lie dormant before the big tree.

"Young man, come this way, follow me, and don't touch any of the books here."

Just then, an old woman wearing a purple Long Skirt and with her hair neatly tied up walked up to Gu Xi.

She held a feather duster made of some kind of feather in her hand, and as she walked, she cleaned up every book that flew past her.

She only introduced herself after leading Gu Xi to a sofa and having Gu Xi sit down.

"Hello, outsider. I am the librarian of the academy. You can call me Madam Sha. I think you must have heard about the academy to have traveled such a distance through these mountains."

The academy is gone; I don't know where it went.

Several Department Head used their last bit of ability to protect the students in their departments.

We ordinary teachers or public officials in colleges have no choice but to either go insane or die. Only a few of us can manage to create our own little world and preserve a glimmer of hope through our own means.

What you see now is a fragment of my memory.

The library originally belonged to the college.

All the books here are real, but they are also all fake.

Once you randomly open one of the books, you must keep reading until you've finished reading all the books here before you can wake up from your dream.

Madam Sha glanced at Gu Xi, seemingly reminding Gu Xi not to touch any of the books here.

Gu Xi initially paid attention to these books. There were far more books here than in Gu Xi's library, and judging from the covers of each book he had collected, they were all advanced books for learning magic.

Gu Xi even noticed that there was Restricted Section in the library.

If Madam Sha hadn't reminded him, Gu Xi might have actually picked up a book and started reading.

However, Gu Xi no longer had that thought. He lowered his head and stopped looking at the books.

"By the way, you came to me to improve your skills, right? I'm not a natural-born Wisdom Tree; at most, I'm just a librarian hidden inside the tree."

However, I can take on this job, but I wouldn't do it very well.

I just checked, and you have quite a few skills below level 4.

I'm giving you two choices now.

"Please speak."

Gu Xi usually respects knowledge.

"One is to improve your Class Skill. You can choose any one of these skills to upgrade to level 4."

Another one is to improve all your skills, including your passive skills. I see there are some skills that you only have a basic understanding of, right?

However, you can't choose these passive skills; they're random. Whatever you get is what you get, and if you're unlucky, you can't blame me.

At this point, Madam Sha glanced at Gu Xi again, "Of course, the tasks that need to be done still need to be done. If you don't do the tasks, I won't help you. After all, improving your skill level will consume my energy, and I need to replenish it."

Faced with this question, Gu Xi thought about it seriously for a moment, then glanced at Madam Sha before finally saying something.

"All skills below level 4 are completely randomized."

Gu Xi was well aware of his current advantages. He could go to the Chaoyang Radiance Guild's place to practice his skills at any time, and it would be easy for him to reach level 4 in his Class Skill.

However, passive skills are different; they need to be learned.

After Grand Princess Anna became Contract Undead, all the items she originally had were gone, and her level dropped to 4. In other aspects, she was no different from the blank version.

It became unlikely that Gu Xi would be able to borrow the Griffon Undead Book from Grand Princess Anna again.

Therefore, many of his passive skills can only be stuck at this level.

If given a random opportunity, Gu Xi would naturally choose to Betting on a Chance.

Hearing Gu Xi's words, Madam Sha looked at Gu Xi with some surprise.

She hadn't expected Gu Xi to make such a choice; she had thought Gu Xi would select suitable skills to upgrade.

However, since Gu Xi had made his choice, Madam Sha naturally had no objections. So she took out a few pieces of paper and quickly folded them.

"I need you to find these three items for me in these mountains. Once you find them and bring them to me, I will help you upgrade your skill level."

Gu Xi was about to fold it open to take a look, but was stopped by Madam Sha.

"Don't read anything from here, once you start, you won't be able to stop."

Gu Xi's heart tightened, and he immediately stopped what he was doing.

Gu Xi knew very well that he was not very resistant to hypnosis and he was not going to get himself trapped in such a dream.

"Thank you, I understand. After I go out, can I look at this directly, or should I look at it from a distance?"

"You can see it once we get out. You seem very cautious. What's wrong? Did you learn your lesson before?"

"Yes, I've been influenced by someone using their mental abilities, so I'm very cautious in everything I do now."

Gu Xi said with a helpless expression.

Although he was given an Orange Equipment, the impact of the Sessho-seki incident on Gu Xi was still too great.

"Don't worry, I don't mean to control you. But you have to find as much of what I asked you to find as possible. If anything goes wrong, don't blame me for not helping you."