Ares Academy.

"There's a boy named Cohen Mutters among your students, give him more help if you can," Lynn said in a flat voice.

"Oh, the Windy City kid who defeated the number one star seed to enroll? even you know him?" Claire shook her head and said, "I have to say that these guys in the war gambling house are really good at hype, and in just a few days, even Xiaoice people like you, who have always only cared about cultivation, know his name, just because of his talent?"

"No, because he's favored by some," Lynn didn't say much.

Claire was stunned, and no longer had a cynical expression, "You said that he was favored by those old guys?! Why! Even a genius like you can't get into their eyes, why can this little boy of the fourth order of bear power be?!"

Lin silently shook her head and said, "This is not something we should think about, Claire, he may be the future of the empire." ”

Claire's expression was a little tangled, "You may also be the future of the empire, besides, you have to wait for him to break through to the dragon power realm first! I have seen a lot of geniuses, and there are many geniuses who can't pass that hurdle!"

Lynn lost interest in continuing the conversation and turned to walk into the distance, "For the sake of the Empire, Claire. ”

Claire smiled wryly and said, "For the sake of the Empire......"

The slender figure disappeared in an instant, leaving only one sentence, "Give up those empty things, where would the real strong care about those!"

Claire frowned and muttered, "You are always like this, you can always see my shortcomings, but you can't see my progress, do you think you can really win if you get close to me one meter behind?!!" He gently let go of his clenched hands, and a golden light that seemed to be there flashed away from half a meter outside him.

He stepped forward, but suddenly froze where he was.

A necklace of triggering defensive magic equipment around his neck suddenly fell to his feet, and as soon as he landed, he propped up a transparent shield with a diameter of two meters to envelop Claire in a daze!

The position of the necklace clasp was cut off at some point, and only a trace of adhesion remained!

It took a long time for Claire to lean over and pick up the necklace.

Walk away quietly.

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"Cohen, the first floor of the book tower is so big! So how many books on combat skills and magic skills are there on the eight floors above!" Standing at the entrance of the first floor of the book tower, Xue'er couldn't help but sigh.

The book tower is a strange building similar to the Egyptian pyramid in Linke's previous life, all the books on the first floor can be read at will and open to all students, but it is not allowed to be borrowed and taken away, it is said that the upper eight floors store most of the combat skills and magic skills books of the God of War Empire, which can be regarded as one of the most coveted holy places for every professional in the empire.

The first floor of the book tower seems to be much larger than from the outside, rows of bookshelves with a height of seven or eight meters are neatly placed, at a glance, there are hundreds of them, each bookshelf is neatly filled with books, the size and thickness are divided into categories, just look at it is a pleasing thing to see.

"I don't know how many books there are upstairs, but there are really a lot of books downstairs," Lin Ke sighed, "I'm afraid it's not easy to find what you need." ”

The first floor of the book tower is very large, and there are many people, except for the first and second grade students who have come here to look for books and study after the first day of classes like Lin Ke, there are more strange people, the younger of them is also middle-aged, and the old ones are so old that they can't tell their real age, some of them read quietly alone, and some are discussing something in groups and twos, one by one, they seem to be blind and deaf, and they don't react to the things that pass by the students around them, as if Lin Ke and them live in two parallel worlds。

In short, strange.

Lin Ke did not disturb or question any of them as Nicole had instructed in advance, but just started the search for the sea of books with Cher and Cher according to some simple sorting prompts.

I don't know how long it took for the two to finally meet in an area, Lin Ke found a book of "Basic Theory of Spellcaster Cultivation", and Xue'er picked a book of "Meditation and Energy", judging from the title alone, these two books can probably give the two of them some guidance.

Books were not allowed to be borrowed, so the two of them sat on the floor and read.

The two of them didn't stop until they saw their heads and their stomachs growling, and what they saw in each other's eyes was still thick confusion.

The two books not only did not solve the problem of the two, but made people even more confused, and after closing the book and putting it back in its place, the two left here.

As soon as I went out, I realized that it was already late at night.

"What does your book say?" asked Cher first.

"Cultivation is the accumulation of energy, and the bottleneck is a boulder blocking the way," Lin Ke frowned, "It's just another family's remarks, and there is really no exact meaning between the lines." ”

Xue'er nodded and said, "Mine is the same, the book says that cultivation is the realm of cultivation, and the bottleneck is the proof of understanding, which is mysterious and mysterious, which makes people feel bottomless." ”

"Forget it, I don't want to ask this question, maybe this is a gimmick that guy deliberately concocted, and ask the next mentor directly tomorrow, it can't be that every one of them has a virtue with him, right?"

Cher nodded, thinking to herself that if it was like this, it would be * us skipping class.

When I got home in the evening and met Lilith, I realized that it was just my two bad luck to meet such a superlative, other people's classes are still very normal, fighting skills theory in the morning, combat practice in the afternoon, normal can no longer be normal, and Lilith also said that she has benefited a lot.

Lin Ke was a little speechless, and happened to meet Nicole who came back from outside the school and talked a few words about the tutor Claire, she also said that she didn't know, but the college tutor took four years for each class, and only after the class graduated could it be possible to reincarnate in the first year with a new class, which means that Claire, the tutor of Claire, is a person who is determined to accompany them throughout the academy life.

And the two of them can only admit bad luck.

After a moment of silence, Linko began to ask Nicole something serious, "How's the situation at the Chamber of Commerce?"

Nicole said with a serious expression, "Your 20,000 gold coin funds have provided a very timely help to the Chamber of Commerce to expand its production scale, everything is very fast and normal, after all, the Morin family has been operating this industry for some time, and the way in all aspects is still very clear." ”

"Very good," Lin Ke nodded and continued to ask, "Are there any special changes in the imperial capital garment industry circle?"

Nicole pondered for a while and said, "The counterparts of the imperial capital, especially the chamber of commerce stores that are larger than us, have sent people to the Ministry of Commerce to inquire about the information of our Customs Chamber of Commerce, thinking that at this time, they already know that the Customs Chamber of Commerce was co-founded by our Morin family and another mysterious partner, but there must not be many people who really believe that there is indeed this mysterious partner, and most of them will guess that this is a marketing method of the Morin family." ”

She thought for a moment and said, "This is just my speculation, but in fact, our movements have not been substantially disturbed, and this inference is correct." ”

"Speculation is much better than speculation, after all, we still lack a useful intelligence organization, but believe me, everything will be there," Lin Ke smiled and thanked Nicole and pondered for a while, "Help me tell Uncle Lance, you don't have to be too anxious, slow down the pace and take your time, the idea can't run in our hands, the foundation must be solid, but it's best not to attract the attention of some well-intentioned people, be careful to sail the ship for ten thousand years." ”

Nicole nodded solemnly.

"How's going on with the designer team?" Lin Ke got up to leave, but suddenly remembered something and asked.

"This kind of designer team has never existed in all the clothing chambers before, so my father gathered all the talents who were engaged in clothing design, tailoring and pattern making according to your idea for simple training to become the first batch of fashion designers, and I believe that after a while, we can create a team of designers close to your requirements," Nicole paused and said, And the assembly line you proposed, which my father found out to be a genius idea after a simple experiment, and which would surely become a huge change in the industrial model of the Empire, and he asked me to ask if you wanted to keep it a secret. ”

"Keep it secret for the time being," Lin Ke frowned slightly, "We can guarantee that this kind of change will start from the God of War Empire, but this kind of start must start later than after we occupy the majority of the market share of the entire empire's clothing industry," he waved his hand to end this round of topics and walked in the direction of the underground cultivation room, "Tell Uncle Lance for me, except for these things that need to be kept strictly secret, he can do whatever he wants, the mall is like a battlefield, there is no need to ask me about everything, I can absolutely trust him." ”

Nicole couldn't help but be stunned, and then got up and bowed to Lin Ke's back.

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Lin Ke chose a small cultivation room, and he knew that his three companions were also working hard here.

He wanted to give up the question that Tutor Sao Bao had said during the day and continue to cultivate in his previous way, but he suddenly found that he seemed to be a little unable to cultivate! Which path should he follow?

Maybe all of them will work, but which one is faster, which one is more solid, which one is more stable, which one is safer?

This is a problem that a professional has to face and consider.

If the previous cultivation was spent in chaos, then since someone lit this lamp, it would be a little impossible to say that it would be a little too much to say if it continued to be confused.

Lin Ke found an hourglass, placed it upside down in the cultivation room, and then relaxed his mind and began to try to meditate, this time, while using a large amount of soul power to perceive the bottleneck that was already within reach, he continued to absorb the free wind energy from the outside world as usual.

For a long time, only listening to the crisp thought of "ding", Lin Ke opened his eyes, and it took a very short moment for his eyes to go from confused to awake, and he forcibly interrupted the meditation process this time with an hourglass reminder, in fact, this is a very dangerous thing that most cultivators will never try, but Lin Ke, as a traverser, is convinced of the phrase "practice makes true knowledge", so he made such an experiment for the problem that he needs to compare.

Thinking about it carefully, I found that the bottleneck in the process of meditation had indeed become more fragile, although the degree was extremely weak, but with Lin Ke's current strong soul power, he was still aware of that.

Turning the hourglass upside down again, Lin Ke once again entered a meditative state, thinking that he had to make the truth clear.

Take the risk and get closer to the truth.