Chapter 179

"Ughhhhhh... You said it was easy to learn?" Feng Xue slammed the "Golden Mouth Divination" on the table, wishing she could just roll around on the floor with her head in her hands.

To make up for his lack of lightness skills and to improve his progress in cultivating the Mindless Divine Power, Feng Xue Jessica to get him many skill books, especially books on divination (astronomy and divination), which made up more than half of the collection.

The fundamental reason is that the only lightness skill Feng Xue possesses is the <Heavenly Sphere Star Shifting Technique>, a top-tier lightness skill manual that he discovered long ago, before he even became a [Book Copyist]. However, he never practiced it, instead attempting to find other lightness skills. The root cause lies in—

He couldn't understand it at all.

Even with the Fourteen Swords of Ten Thousand Transformations, Feng Xue could still understand a little bit of the sword-wielding techniques thanks to his own Sword Technique. However, lacking both agility and knowledge of divination, he was completely unable to understand the book despite recognizing every single word.

However, after searching for so long without finding any new light-body skills, he had completely given up hope of his luck and simply began to hone his skills by studying various books on various techniques.

However, increasing his skill level was much more difficult than he had imagined. While it did increase skill level, the effect was negligible. According to the Taiwu System, the Book of Book of Changes was a top-tier book in the divination system. Even with an initial aptitude of only 30, he should have gained at least 95 points of skill level after reading it. But after he read the entire book without fully understanding it, his divination skill level only increased by about 7 points.

Of course, Feng Xue also asked Jessica to get some journals on modern astronomy, but the results weren't very good. Or rather, when it comes to Translation Konjac, whether it's classical Chinese or foreign languages, it will be translated into something that can be understood. The problem is that being able to understand something literally and being able to understand it mentally are two different things.

This made him realize that acquiring knowledge through reading requires "dedication"—the reason why his "poetry and literature" skills improved so quickly when he was Book Copyist was probably entirely due to his Chinese Language teacher in his previous life.

Although he planned to go to Yan Kingdom in the future to distribute secret manuals all over the streets to improve the strength of the [Book Copyist], he could not give up his current studies just because there was a possibility of copying Phantom Book in the future.

Taking a deep breath, Feng Xue picked up the <Golden Formula> in front of her again. Looking at this book, which was only of the ninth rank in the Taiwu System and was known for being simple and easy to learn, she gritted her teeth and continued to study it.

But just then, Feng Xue's phone rang. He raised an eyebrow, immediately picked up the phone, and looked at the number he had seen just yesterday. A slight smile appeared on his lips.

"Hello?"

"Feng Xue, it's me." Chen Xiyao's voice came from the phone. Feng Xue's lips curled up slightly. She casually tossed the <Golden Mouth Mantra> onto the table, found a comfortable position, and said with a smile:

"Oh, so she's my rumored girlfriend. Don't you always talk on the phone at night?"

"But it's already evening here... Oh, there's a time difference, right? It's still morning in Colombia, isn't it?" Chen Xiyao blushed slightly upon hearing the words on the phone, then remembered that someone was listening in on her call, and quickly composed herself.

Feng Xue turned her head and glanced at the clock face pointing to noon, then nodded and said:

"That's right, it's still morning here. Seriously, you're not really planning on having a long phone call, are you? I admit I'm handsome, but dating a minor still makes me feel really guilty..."

"I already told you I'll be an adult in two months!" Chen Xiyao retorted somewhat frantically. She immediately noticed the sign Lin Wenxue had put up for her and wanted to get straight to the point, but she couldn't help feeling conflicted. After all, she had called to test the waters, and she wondered if this would affect the other person's impression of her.

Thinking of this, the words that came to mind were. "How are you doing in Colombia?"

"Come on, do you know you look like a kid who wants to call a friend to talk about games but has to awkwardly switch to talking about studying because their parents are there? Did the official sender send you to me? So, what's up?"

Feng Xue's incredibly blunt words completely baffled Chen Xiyao. She was stunned for a few seconds before slumping back in her seat, speechless, and said:

"Please, you're making me look really stupid!"

"But you're naturally dull!" Feng Xue listened to Chen Xiyao's complaints with amusement, thinking that the girl's expression must be quite amusing.

"Me!" For a moment, Chen Xiyao suddenly had the urge to smash her phone, but after seeing Lin Wenxue giving her a meaningful look not far away, she forced herself to calm down and sighed:

"Alright, they told me to ask you if you sent those manuals for 'ascension,' and also, if possible, they'd like to know something about the Weird Tale from you."

Chen Xiyao's tone was so awkward that even without the protection of the [Mirror of Clarity], Feng Xue could clearly hear the conflicted emotions mixed with worry in her voice.

In reality, Chen Xiyao's worries were clearly somewhat unnecessary. Or rather, the reason Feng Xue gave Chen Xiyao her phone number was precisely to have a channel for communication with the authorities. As for not wanting to talk to the authorities...

Well, Feng Xue is self-aware enough. With his limited abilities, trying to bargain with those official experts is a gross underestimation of a country's strength.

In contrast, it was much easier to talk to Chen Xiyao, a young, impulsive, and somewhat love-struck teenager.

Although it's still inevitable that some things will be noticed, it's at least much better than being led by the nose from beginning to end.

However, it must be said that after sensing Chen Xiyao's awkward emotions, Feng Xue's mood did improve considerably. The playful smile on his face softened, and his tone became more serious.

"You call that 'Ascension'? Well, it's not that different, really. That's right, the main purpose of sending the manual over was for this so-called 'Ascension'. I hope to become the 'Source of Martial Arts' in Yan Kingdom. It would be even better if there was an award in my name every year!"

Seeing Chen Xiyao looking slightly dazed, Lin Wenxue immediately picked out one of the signs from the pile in front of her and held it up. Chen Xiyao saw the words on it and nodded gently.

"The authorities want to know the impact of doing this, not that they want you to guarantee it, but rather that the current Weird Tale ascension are... not very friendly, so the authorities want to know what ascension actually is... Well, of course, if it involves any secrets that can't be told, you can refuse."

"Actually, there's nothing that can't be said." Feng Xue, who had anticipated this, quickly responded. After all, judging from Victoria's experience, reality wasn't entirely unaware of the situation after it was turned into Supernaturalized.

So, as Chen Xiyao, Lin Wenxue, and the entire Exchange Group watching the monitor all pricked up their ears in anticipation, he slowly spoke:

Have you ever played RPG Game?

In the past, the Yan Kingdom could not distinguish between Weird Tale and the void; they called them Low-level Supernatural Tale and High-level Supernatural Tale, and referred to the condensation of Supernatural Tale Entry as "ascension."

Once captured, Low-level Supernatural Tale (none) disappear when their [consciousness] is exhausted; High-level Supernatural Tale (Weird Tale) automatically leave when they encounter other places that trigger their rules, or when their current Descent Rule expire.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, unless it's a particularly obscure Weird Tale, genuine Weird Tale actually disappear faster than non-existent ones.

As for the official teaching of Chinese Language...

Please, that's Chinese Language!

It takes you quite a while to teach a foreigner Chinese Language, let alone an "alien"!

The difficulty of learning Chinese Language without any common language (gestures are unreliable; the gesture of pressing the index finger to the lips can be interpreted differently in different places – sometimes as a hushed tone, sometimes as an insult, and sometimes even as a 'kiss me' gesture – not to mention the global differences)...

Not to mention that Weird Tale must be told while the person is imprisoned, and they cannot have too many contacts.

And I never said that Weird Tale don't involve learning the local language, otherwise how did AIDS Mary come about? It's just that learning a language isn't easy, not to mention that ghosts also have to face being hunted down, so only a minority can actually learn a language.

This is like arriving in a foreign country with zero Chinese language skills, and no one there understands Chinese either. To make a living, you have to do heavy physical labor every day. In this situation, do you really have the energy to learn a language?