"What, it's a Summoner skill."

Upon seeing what was being sold at the stall, Wu Guinan showed a disappointed expression.

Fu Erdai and Ma He's expressions were similar.

Stalls like these didn't hold much attraction for them, being from a prestigious academy.

There are many reasons for this.

The first reason is that they can't chew more than they can swallow.

They haven't fully mastered even their current Summoner skill, so how could they have the mind to learn another one?

Secondly, common Summoner skills can be taught at school.

These stalls selling Summoner skill books are more aimed at those in society who didn't have the chance or missed the opportunity to attend school.

At school, there are teachers to teach you, but learning from books on your own is extremely difficult.

Lastly, it's hard to determine the authenticity of what the stalls are selling.

Learning Summoner skills is a long process, especially without someone to guide you.

Buying a book and just figuring out if it's real or fake is no easy task.

If it's real, that's fine.

If it's fake, that's unpleasant.

The mild consequence is finding out the book is fake after spending time and effort, but when you seek a refund, you can't find the seller or stall owner, and there's no accountability.

The severe consequence is going off the deep end and ending up bedridden for a while.

However, what they might not anticipate is that Li Pu has the skill to almost determine the authenticity on the spot.

The principle is actually simple.

He learns quickly.

If it's real or fake, wouldn't he know by just studying it on the spot?

"Boss, how much for this?"

So he asked while flipping through the pages.

"1000 Crystal Coins a book, 12,000 Federation Coins a book."

"Student, take your time to choose; I have many books here!"

The boss eagerly announced the price.

"This is daylight robbery."

But upon hearing this price, Wu Guinan was unhappy.

The official exchange rate between Crystal Coins and Federation Coins is about 1:11.

However, due to control over circulation and other reasons, exchanging through official channels is quite a hassle.

If Summoners were to trade privately, it would be roughly 1:10.

Yet, unless you go to a special black market or meet someone in need, exchanging is still inconvenient.

At least, at Xidu University, there's no black market.

While there might be one in Xidu City, they don't have connections to know the specific situation.

Now, this boss was trading at a rate of 1:12.

Something that should equal 10,000 or 11,000 was being sold for 12,000, which is why they said it was outrageous.

"Young man, if you feel it's a loss to pay with Federation Coins, you can use Crystal Coins."

However, what the boss said wasn't wrong.

"No problem, let me take a look first."

Li Pu wasn't too bothered by this.

He indeed didn't have many Crystal Coins, but he did have some Federation Coins.

Besides the living expenses given by his grandfather, he had also worked hard at a construction site during the summer vacation before his senior year, so he had some savings.

He could afford 12,000; the crucial question was whether the books were worth buying.

Li Pu still held some hope about this.

Because he had previously talked to Senior Sister Wang Nuonuo, and her "generated Holy Light can temporarily grant a target a 3-light attribute field and attach a light attribute to the surface", which is [Assign Light], was bought at a similar stall.

There were many books on the stand, such as [Blink], [Sprint], [Inspire], [Barrier], and other relatively common ones that the school taught.

Li Pu skipped over these but did open [Sprint] to take a look.

The key knowledge points and activation pathway diagrams on it were correct.

Only 1/3 of the book's content was available, seemingly a precaution by the stall owner against someone memorizing the whole book on the spot and leaving without paying.

Apart from those common ones, there were about three or four books that attracted Li Pu.

However, among these three or four books, there were some special circumstances.

One book's first 1/3 content was incomplete, making it impossible to verify its authenticity by test running it.

The other two were fakes.

He started the single-force operation and instantly knew it.

Taken entirely by an impossible-to-execute faulty operation diagram.

There was only the last book he hadn't read yet.

"This one is amazing, young man."

"I have been practicing it for years, but I only managed to barely explore the second stage, unable to advance further."

Just as he picked it up, the boss started speaking.

Ma He: "What kind of Summoner skill is so difficult that you can't finish it in years?"

Wu Guinan: "Maybe it's just that your talent is poor, boss."

Fu Erdai: "[Gravity Field]? What kind of skill is that? Never heard of it."

The boss's words piqued the curiosity of the others, who then focused their gaze on the book in Li Pu's hand.

[Gravity Field]: Changes the gravity within a certain range

The title page of the book described the specific effects of this Summoner skill.

Li Pu quickly skimmed through it, still only the first 1/3 of the content.

"I admit my talent in this area is indeed below average."

"But this book is genuinely difficult. It took me an entire year just to learn the first stage."

"After barely mastering it, the second stage took another two years."

"As for the final third stage, I simply couldn't learn it at all."

Seeing Li Pu flipping through the book silently, the boss turned to Wu Guinan and the others to complain.

Judging by his attitude, the Summoner skill in this book might indeed be real.

Unless the person had extraordinary acting skills.

But Li Pu could vouch for the boss and knew he wasn't acting.

After reading it once, he already had an initial judgment.

The first stage of [Gravity Field] was precisely the first 1/3 of the content.

It must be admitted that it's quite complex and the operational path is tough.

However, fortuitously, Li Pu had practiced [Hardening] before.

Not that [Hardening]'s operational path had similarities to [Gravity Field].

The two Summoner skills were utterly unrelated.

However, the complexity of [Hardening]'s compound path was even greater than [Gravity Field], or at least greater than the 1/3 part he had.

Hence, with the experience of practicing composite [Hardening], Li Pu adapted quite quickly.

He closed the book and gently closed his eyes.

Guided by the key points and operational path, the single force started flowing.

Then a surprising scene unfolded; Wu Guinan, who was chatting with the boss, suddenly felt his knees buckle...

Thud!

And he knelt down on the ground.

"Hmm? What happened to you?"

Ma He didn't react immediately.

"I-I don't know either..."

Wu Guinan looked dumbfounded.

Only the stall owner seemed to realize something, his mouth slowly opening and unable to close.

He turned his face with difficulty to look at Li Pu, his gaze filled with a mix of amazement.

Could it be... impossible?!

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