A clerk's work was nothing more than sorting household registers, copying official documents, and calculating land taxes.
It did not sound complicated.
But when these trivial matters piled up, they became tedious and mind-numbing. Once work began, it could last several hours straight—enough to wear a person down.
If it were any other clerk, seeing the books and records piled into a small mountain before him would be enough to make his hair turn white with worry!
But for Qin Yao, who possessed the "Grind Emperor System," this new post was practically fertile soil—he had barely worked for a moment before a new skill appeared!
And the skill proficiency was rising at a most gratifying rate.
He had not even gone through half of that land register when the system prompt sounded by his ear once more—"Skill 'Literacy' proficiency +22. Current proficiency: 118/100."
" Ding! Skill 'Literacy' has advanced to Beginner Realm (18/500)."
Afterward, Qin Yao discovered that his speed in reading, comprehending, and even memorizing written words had improved somewhat.
"If I'd had this ability back in high school, getting into a top-tier university would've been a piece of cake, wouldn't it?"
Qin Yao chuckled and lowered his head to keep grinding away.
" Ding! Skill 'Literacy' proficiency +24."
" Ding! Skill 'Literacy' proficiency +22."
" Ding!..."
Even after Literacy reached the Beginner Realm, Qin Yao continued working with effortless ease.
Every few pages he read, his proficiency would rise by more than twenty points.
Meanwhile.
Registrar Wang and the other clerks watched Qin Yao silently frown as he flipped through this book and glanced through that one, like a headless fly that had yet to find its way.
They all took delight in his misfortune. "Heh, jumping from one book to another like that—if he manages to sort