Chapter 61: The Importance of Equipment
For several days, Suo Jia had the strangest feeling that someone was constantly watching him. Whenever he inspected his surroundings carefully, however, he could not find anything out of the ordinary. He failed to find a single trace of his stalker. Helpless, Suo Jia could only assume that it was a misconception and continue on his way to do what he had to do.
It had already been a week since he learned meditation, and through the benefits of the Meditation Technique, his spirit and magic powers were enhanced at very fast speeds. However, although this was the case, there was still a significant gap from the levels Suo Jia hoped they would be.
Without choice, Suo Jia once again turned to the library for further studying. However, despite searching for an entire day, all of the books were in consensus that the Meditation Technique was the best way to increase magic and spirit power. In addition, there were no shortcuts around meditation; one had to cultivate step by step. By practicing longer and slowly accumulating more magic and spirit power, sooner or later, one would become a formidable mage.
An hour had already passed after school ended, yet Suo Jia was still isolated within the library. He looked through book after book hoping to find a single clue, hoping to find a way out of his current predicament and rapidly increase his overall strength.
Within the last two weeks, the White Villa’s business was surprisingly good, as it constantly bustled with people. The high level of service that was kept meant that the White Villa could at most host 100 people. If guests arrived too late, then they could only apologize and ask them to either wait, or come at a different time.
During these past few days especially, if they wanted to have a guaranteed seat, then they would have to make reservations. Although only two weeks had passed since its opening, the White Lobby had already become a location known for its high level of quality. As for high ranking nobles and officials, they would all unknowingly end up at this place. Gradually, this place was becoming one of Holy Light City’s high level distinguished locations.
With his business booming, Suo Jia’s assets increased exponentially. He could now be considered to have a fortune and since even regular dishes could be sold for a hundred times its normal price, it was difficult to not earn money.
However, as his money increased, Suo Jia gradually realized that once his wealth rose to a certain point, it didn’t have much use anymore. Currently… Suo Jia had already accumulated 200,000 gold, yet he had no clue how to spend any of it.
Helplessly returning the books in his hand back to the bookshelf, Suo Jia left the library. It seemed… that recently, he had pretty much searched through all the relevant books. Suo Jia knew that in terms of learning, there were no longer any types of shortcuts available.
While thinking, Suo Jia quietly walked along the small path on the school grounds. After walking for a bit, a shadow flashed in front of him, and a beautiful figure turned onto the small path that Suo Jia was walking on, directly heading towards him.
“Suo Jia! It’s so late, why haven’t you gone home yet?” The owner of the shadow asked warmly.
When he lifted his head, Suo Jia discovered that it was actually the female lecturer. From his observation, it seemed like she had just finished eating, and was currently on her way back to the dorm.
Just as Suo Jia was about to open his mouth to explain, the lecturer seemed to have thought of something. Wrinkling her brows, she said, “Ah, Suo Jia, recently you’ve gotten quite famous. No matter where I go, I always hear rumors about you. You’re pretty good, youngster, you must have earned quite a bit of money!”
“Hehe…” Awkwardly laughing, Suo Jia rubbed his head, “It’s ok, I’ve earned a bit of extra fees. However, it still doesn’t count as much. When compared to wealthy families, it can only qualify as a drop in an ocean.”
“Please!” Hearing Suo Jia’s words, the female lecturer abruptly waved her hand, “You don’t have to pretend to be poor. Don’t worry, Teacher won’t ask to borrow money from you. There’s just something that I needed to talk to you about.”
Speaking up to here, the female lecturer grew serious, and stressed, “Before you were poor, and had no money, so you had no other options. However now that you have money, why haven’t you quickly bought a magic staff to take advantage of? You have to know that although casting magic bare-handed is possible, you’re losing the boosts that a magic staff can provide. This seriously decreases the strength of your magic!”
“Boost?” Suo Jia wrinkled his brows in doubt.
Seeing Suo Jia’s lost expression, the lecturer suddenly said, “Of course. Even a normal magic staff can boost magic strength by 10%. If it’s middle-level or high-level, it’s even more powerful. It can easily boost strength by 40-50%.