The hedgehog's book chest looked ordinary.

Its shape and appearance clearly resembled a miniature version of a regular book chest, but since the little hedgehog had deliberately brought it up, Chen Xu sensed it carefully once more and suddenly realized that this book chest seemed to contain a mystical aura of its own.

No, no, it shouldn't be called a mystical aura.

It was more like an invisible, formless yet weighty and expansive presence.

For a moment, Chen Xu could sense this presence, but just as he tried to grasp it more clearly, he found that he couldn't sense it anymore, only feeling that it carried an inexplicable power, very mysterious.

So, what exactly is this?

Literary Qi, Literary Fortune?

Chen Xu was slightly startled, a little hedgehog demon carrying a "Literary Fortune" book chest?

Wei Yuan noticed Chen Xu's gaze and immediately puffed up his chest proudly, saying, "This was left to me by my teacher. My teacher said, with this book chest to suppress, my demon aura won't leak out.

The more I study and cultivate, the Mana I gain will all be pure aura, and over time, I will be able to shed my demon body and transform into human form.

By then, I will be a Demon Immortal!"

Listening to this, Chen Xu immediately thought that this little hedgehog's teacher must also be a powerful scholar in the mortal world.

What kind of senior would take a little hedgehog as a student in the mountains?

This is quite interesting. Chen Xu pondered for a moment and reminded, "Mr. Wei, did your teacher only teach you to study hard and cultivate, but never told you about the dangers of human nature?"

Wei Yuan's soft hair bristled again, looking at Chen Xu with vigilance: "What do you mean? What do you want to do?"

See, isn't it quite vigilant?

But it alternates between vigilance and negligence, leaving one to wonder if it's confused or clever.

Chen Xu chuckled: "I mean, you shouldn't tell anyone, whether humans, demons, ghosts... no matter what kind of sentient or insentient being, you shouldn't tell them.

Your book chest is a treasure, and in our world, there's a famous saying: 'A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure makes him guilty!'

The little hedgehog jumped up from the table, running to the edge of the table with vigilance to watch Chen Xu.

"You, you... my book chest, you can't take it. My teacher said that the book chest is my spirit, and I am the spirit of the book chest. We are one, and no one can take it away."

Chen Xu: "I'm not taking it. If I wanted to take it, why would I warn you?"

"Ah, indeed." The little hedgehog responded immediately, showing a look of embarrassment.

Then it nervously moved a bit from the edge of the table and bowed to Chen Xu: "It was my little demon heart, I apologize to you here, Mr. Chen.

Mr. Chen, my purpose here, besides reporting news, I have another request."

The little hedgehog finally revealed its true purpose.

Chen Xu: "Please speak, Mr. Wei."

"I, I, over the years..." The little hedgehog blushing, "I have been studying for many years, but since my teacher left, I've found it hard to understand the books I read for quite a while now."

Can't understand the books?

What does that mean?

Chen Xu stared at the little demon in front of him, signaling with his eyes for it to continue speaking.

Wei Yuan, plucking up courage, said: "It's just that without a teacher's explanation, I can't really understand many books.

I've heard that you are absolutely brilliant at reading, and even the evil ghosts say you could make bookworms ring the bell, surely one of the smartest people of this era.

I, I want to ask you to teach me..."

The more Wei Yuan spoke, the lower its voice became.

By the end, its face was full of shame.

In a hurry, it placed the book chest on the ground and started rummaging through it.

One, two, three... pulled out five books in succession.

The originally miniature books turned into normal size once they were placed on the table.

After retrieving the books, the little hedgehog put the book chest back on and quickly said: "These books, my teacher said are rare classics that are hard to find outside, take a look Mr. Chen.

We will read together, consider this as... consider this my payment, would that be alright?"

Standing on the table, with its hands clasped, it added: "But this can't be considered a tutor gift, because I can only have my teacher as my only teacher."

Chen Xu smiled and flipped through the five books the little hedgehog had taken out.

Then, Chen Xu's expression gradually became serious.

Among the books the little hedgehog took out, two were mathematics, one was the "Book of Changes", another was the "The Book of Changes".

The last one, surprisingly, was a book on "Runes".

With the book "Runes" in hand, as soon as Chen Xu opened it, he suddenly felt a slight flicker before his eyes.

The contents of the book hadn't been entirely understood, but a bunch of hazy, strange lines had already leaped into Chen Xu's vision.

These lines twisted and intertwined, clearly very difficult to comprehend.

However, at first glance, Chen Xu's Divine Soul felt as if a subtle point had been triggered.

He saw one of the lines leap out, transforming into a tiny flame amidst the vast void.

Subconsciously, Chen Xu closed the "Runes" book.

All the strange lines in front of him disappeared, yet on his Food Cauldron Celestial Book panel, the section concerning the Fire Control Skill showed changes.

[Fire Control (Level 2, 139/1000) Fire Seed Condensation at 0.1%]

A path of profound understanding of fire flooded his mind, and Chen Xu felt that even by the slightest thought, he could conjure a flame from thin air.

This was different from his previous mastery of Fire Control!

Previously, to perform Fire Control, one had to first mobilize Innate Qi.

Now, however, it seems that one can sense and control the subtle "Fire Qi" in the world around them out of thin air.

This book "Talisman" brought out by the Little Demon looks like it's composed of chaotic lines, but it actually contains the supreme wisdom of the world.

"Mr. Chen," the curious voice of the Little Demon sounded, "What did you see? Were you able to understand this book 'Talisman'?"

Chen Xu regained his focus, his gaze returning to the sight before him.

In the simple room, moonlight spilled in, five books lay on the table, their covers clear.

Except for that one book "Talisman," the text seemed somewhat blurred.

Chen Xu picked up the book again, flipping through it, but no visions appeared this time.

On the title page, there was just one sentence: "A talisman is the command of the heavens and earth."

Runes are the medium for living beings to control the world!

With just one simple sentence, it strangely made one's heart stir uncontrollably at first sight.

Chen Xu turned the page again, and behold, the second page did not show some mysterious rune, but surprisingly a mathematical problem about calculating the angle between a sundial's shadow and the ground.

The Little Demon looked at Chen Xu expectantly and said: "Mr. Chen, my teacher once said that if someone can comprehend this book,

they might gain a miraculous benefit when first opening the 'Talisman' book.

Did you gain anything?"

Only then did Chen Xu realize that the vision he obtained earlier originated from this.

He found it very wondrous and responded to the Little Demon, saying: "I learned a Fire Technique."

"Fire!" The Little Demon recoiled slightly, hurriedly saying, "I'm afraid of fire!"

As if afraid Chen Xu would demonstrate a Fire Technique on the spot.

Chen Xu couldn't help but chuckle.

He asked Wei Yuan: "You asked me to teach you how to read, and now there are five books here, which one do you want to start with?"

Wei Yuan's eyes scanned over the five books, quickly shifting away from the "Talisman" book with a fearful expression.

It bit its lip and finally pushed the "Minister" book in front of Chen Xu, then stood up and bowed, saying: "Please, Mr. Chen, first teach this Little Demon 'Minister'."

Alas, I can't understand the "Talisman" book, I'm very afraid of math, and the "Book of Changes" is even scarier...

Forget it, forget it, I'll continue learning "Minister" instead.

Wei Yuan explained to Chen Xu: "My teacher once said, studies require gradual progress, from easy to difficult. 'Minister,' minister is good!"

Chen Xu smiled.

So he lit the lamp, and in this night where the moonlight was still bright, taught a hedgehog Little Demon how to read "Minister."

In the intervals of assigning the Little Demon passages to recite, Chen Xu occasionally flipped through the "Talisman" book.

He found that besides the sundial measurement problem on the second page, there were also problems like calculating the area of terraced fields and estimating the earthwork of dikes.

Upon further thought, these should all belong to the Basic Level of geometric categories.

After that came "Turtle Hypotenuse," a geometry problem involving pyramids.

Followed by "Yang Ma," another type of solid geometry, though more complicated than the previous parts.

There are many geometric figures, not listed one by one here, but in summary, the first half of the "Talisman" book seems dedicated to developing the reader's spatial imagination.

As the latter half shifted, topological figures gradually appeared, causing Chen Xu to frown a bit.

Further on, a page suddenly introduced a standalone graphical symbol.

It was an unusual symbol that appeared flat at first glance, yet looked three-dimensional upon closer inspection.

Chen Xu stared intently, suddenly feeling the symbol before him begin to flow.

In a trance, it shifted from two-dimensional to three-dimensional, then from three-dimensional to five-dimensional. Finally, the symbol surprisingly reflected two words in Chen Xu's mind: Water Repulsion!

Chen Xu's heart skipped a beat; focusing again, the words "Water Repulsion" disappeared, leaving the paper with the same flat symbol.

Yet, the words "Water Repulsion" persisted in Chen Xu's mind, vaguely evoking an insight.

A joy of "knowing" rose from his heart.

This "Talisman" book is indeed a book of runes, not a book of arithmetic!

Runes, could they be like this?

In fact, at this point, Chen Xu's understanding of runes remained vague, knowing that it existed but not understanding why.

But this vague knowledge seemed to teach him how Basic Level runes should be utilized.

With joy in his heart, he patiently helped the Little Demon Wei Yuan interpret "Minister" once more.

The Little Demon read until it became groggy, suddenly yawning, its entire body standing upright in a startle.

"Mr. Chen, I, I..." it widened its little bean eyes.

Chen Xu said: "Friend, if you're tired, you can go rest. It's not good to read too much in one day."

The Little Demon blushed, its soft hair standing on end, resembling a cluster of tiny swords protruding from its head.

It hurriedly collected all the books, then solemnly bowed to Chen Xu, saying: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for teaching me. I, I... I'll not come tomorrow. I'll wait until you finish your academy exams to return.

Mr. Chen must beware of the Evil Ghosts on Pufeng Mountain, they disguise themselves in human skin to invade homes and eat people."

Wei Yuan repeatedly warned, and only after Chen Xu promised to be careful, did it scurry away, jumping out of the inn's second-floor window.

Chen Xu walked to the window and saw that just as the hedgehog Little Demon landed on the ground, its whole body swiftly burrowed into the earth, disappearing.

It turns out this Little Demon knows the Earth Escape Technique.

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