Above the mage

Chapter 158 Its meaning is self-evident

"You've mastered all five level-zero basic runes for today?" He west looked at Gao De, who had knocked on his door, with an incredulous expression.

"So I was thinking, could we increase the amount of basic runes we learn each day?" Gao De earnestly offered his suggestion.

In fact, from childhood to adulthood, his learning habits have always leaned more towards self-study.

Because what the teacher teaches in class is so basic, it doesn't take much time to master.

But this world is different from his previous life; you can't just find a bunch of courses and information by "searching online".

The knowledge of this world is firmly in the hands of Master Gao Huan; it cannot be bought even with money, let alone made available for public study.

Therefore, he could only bother He west.

"Let me see the runes you drew today," He west said, his emotions having calmed down a bit, as he made his request.

He needs to confirm that Gaode has indeed mastered the five basic runes for today before he will "add tasks" to Gaode.

Gao De was prepared and handed He Xi a magic paper with basic runes drawn on it.

He west took the magic paper and looked at it, and couldn't help but let out a soft "Eh."

"Your brushwork is very skillful." As he spoke, he couldn't help but look up at Gao De.

In Hosie's "educational" philosophy, "stability" is generally the primary focus.

He would not belittle his students, as it would affect his mindset and self-confidence, nor would he praise them easily, for fear that they would become arrogant and complacent.

Unless the student is exceptionally good.

For example, right now.

Although he had only been studying "Symbolic Literature" for less than two months, his writing style was already indistinguishable from that of a veteran who had been immersed in the art for one or two years.

It's only been a few days, and it's already reached this level.

"What about those failed runes? Show them to me too. Don't just throw away those scrap rune papers. Collect them, study them, and you can learn from them and gain something," He west earnestly instructed.

"I understand," Gao De smiled sheepishly, "but today it was all a success on the first try, so there were no wasted runes."

Hosie, who is over three hundred years old, has always been a man of few words and as stubborn and silent as a stone because he has been studying "rune logic and computation" for many years. He has always been seen as an old scholar.

At this moment, the usually composed old scholar raised his voice louder than ever before, "What did you say?!"

"Damn it." Before Gaode could reply, he couldn't help but swear. But he stopped halfway through, realizing that swearing in front of students would damage his image.

But his intense emotions needed to be expressed, and his usually taciturn mouth became a machine gun:

"That thing hanging in the sky right now, which we call the sun, there should only be one, but now there's a second one. Gaode! Holy crap! How did you do that? Learning quickly is one thing, but how come you don't make a single mistake? Are you really a newbie?"

He west had always known that Gao De was talented, very talented.

I still can't figure out how he did it.

"The more basic runes I learned, the more I discovered that all the basic runes actually have a certain similar pattern. You can deduce some information about the new runes based on the old runes." Gao De thought for a moment and gave his answer.

"So later on, when you learn new runes, you don't start from scratch. Instead, you combine some old runes with some new runes, which reduces the difficulty of learning and makes it faster."

Besides the underlying logic, in terms of information content, runes are actually similar to "Chinese characters".

For example, in Chinese characters, most of the sounds produced by the mouth are characters with the mouth radical: "哈", "嘻", "呵".

The same applies to runes; runes of the same nature but with different functions generally share this similarity.

"That's true of runes. Most people need at least one or two years to gradually realize this. You've only been studying runes for less than two months, yet you've already noticed it. Your insight is very strong."

"But that's alright. It's just because you learn quickly, not because you never make any mistakes."

"Then I don't know."

Gao De mentally reviewed the process of drawing the runes, confirming that there were no special techniques involved, and honestly answered:

"I draw runes based on the rune diagram and my own intuition, but I don't know why I rarely fail."

"You're a fucking genius!" Hosie finally couldn't hold back and blurted out the whole swear word.

This isn't the first time he's called a genius.

But this time, the weight of "genius" surpasses that of the last time.

"Alright, starting today, your daily basic rune learning quota will be increased to 10," He west pulled out a few more rune diagrams from the mountain of documents on the table and tossed them to Gao De. "It would be best if you could finish them, but if you can't, you can leave them for the next day. Do not force yourself to finish them."

"Learning quickly is a skill, but it's not really a skill. Learning deeply and far, that's the real skill. Even if you're a little slower, it doesn't matter. Do you understand?"

"Understood," Gao De replied respectfully, though he didn't entirely agree with He west's statement.

That's real skill—learning quickly, deeply, and far.

He inherited the education system from his previous life, a system that required rigorous testing and selection from a young age. In that kind of educational environment, being slow to learn was a death sentence.

If you fall behind in elementary school, you won't get into a good junior high school, and if you don't get into a good junior high school, you won't get into a good high school, and naturally, a good university will be even less likely.

Moreover, it is unrealistic to expect someone who is young in both his past and present lives to understand the concept of "great talents mature late."

After leaving Gavin Tower, which belonged to the Rune system, Goddard arrived at the Potions system.

He didn't come to class today, but to claim the medicinal herb field and the seeds of the magical plants.

This is the assessment content for the "Magic Plant Cultivation" course.

Select a certain number of seeds from the given magical plant seeds, and then plant and cultivate them in the herb field.

Finally, the number of surviving magical plants and their condition after survival will be used to judge the performance and whether the student passes the "Magical Plant Cultivation" course assessment.

Since magical plants need a certain amount of time to grow, you need to adopt a medicinal field and cultivate seeds when you are halfway through the "Magical Plant Cultivation" course, otherwise you will not be able to catch up with the grade assessment by the end of the course.

"These are all seeds you can choose from." After explaining his purpose, a potion-making student quickly led Gao De to the seed bank, allowing him to select the seeds himself.

"These are the seeds of level 0 magical plants, including Taro Fruit, Dawn Grass, and Frost Snowflake. These are the seeds of level 1 magical plants, including Silver Lotus Grass and Thorn Fruit."

He gave Gao De a brief introduction to the seeds available for selection, all of which were magical plants whose cultivation methods he had learned in the "Magic Plant Cultivation" class.

"You can take any of these seeds; there's no limit."

The seeds themselves are not particularly valuable, so there is no limit to the quantity.

"In the 'Cultivation of Magical Plants' course, as long as you cultivate ten well-surviving Tier 1 magical plants or thirty well-surviving Tier 0 magical plants, you can get a perfect score in the course assessment."

"There are only two months left until the end of the 'Magic Plant Cultivation' course."

The "Plant Cultivation" course spans four months, making it one of the longer course segments.

"So you need to choose some magical plant seeds with short growth cycles," the potion-making student reminded him as Gao De was selecting seeds.

(End of this chapter)