Chapter 34
The content was merely a means for various societies in the city to swindle funding, filled with exaggerated headlines. The residents of the magical capital were all high-level NPCs, most of whom were powerful mages. They would treat this material as a collection of jokes to discuss.
For ordinary players, this was a task that consumed time and energy, requiring enough attention to detail and patience.
But for Ye Bai, this was clearly unnecessary...
After accepting the task, Ye Bai casually picked up one of the documents titled "Top Ten Legendary Magical Creatures: Number One is Actually This."
"Sixth place: the Dragon Clan..."
"..."
"First place: the Slime..."
With a swift motion, Ye Bai checked off all ten magical creatures listed. This was the most confusing material for players, as going out to ask NPCs would reveal that different NPCs and factions had varying opinions on the rankings of legendary magical creatures. It was much like how later generations would compile lists of ancient figures for various purposes—purely subjective viewpoints rather than facts.
Thus, the rankings in this document were entirely incorrect. From a historical perspective, the rankings were a false proposition; existence itself is history, and without being in the same temporal dimension, one cannot evaluate their worth.
The next article, "The Fall of the Tut Dynasty and the Abuse of Fire Magic," prompted Ye Bai to check off four more incorrect options. The Tut Dynasty rose and fell in just fifty years; it was a warlike force that ultimately drew the ire of the masses and was attacked en masse. This had nothing to do with whether or not they used magic, let alone fire magic. Discrimination against magic was unacceptable...
"Check, check, check..."
In less than a minute, Ye Bai had marked all the errors in the four documents, even taking a moment to double-check to ensure she hadn’t made any mistakes.
Ye Bai was well-acquainted with the entire question bank for this task, so answering these four questions was a breeze.
Then, she looked up at Anni Ta and chose to submit her task without needing to walk over.
"…Huh?"
Anni Ta was momentarily stunned, clearly taken aback by Ye Bai's speed. It took her a moment to regain her composure as she began to review the documents page by page.
After finishing, Anni Ta adjusted her glasses, revealing her emerald green eyes as she scanned Ye Bai from top to bottom, a look of newfound respect in her gaze.
"I'm genuinely surprised by your accumulation of historical knowledge and talent. Would you like to become my student? Of course, I mean in the subject of 'History.'"
【Anni Ta is willing to accept you as a student, granting you the secondary profession 'Historian I.' Do you agree?】
【Yes】
A flash of light enveloped Ye Bai, and in the next moment, her personal panel updated, adding the information for 【Historian I】 in the profession section.
Obtaining this secondary profession was Ye Bai's primary reason for coming to the library in the first place.
A secondary profession is essentially a lifestyle profession. To acquire the 【Historian】 secondary profession, the trigger condition is to read ten basic history books in the library. This condition is easily met in libraries like the magical capital and the alchemical capital, which have a wide variety of books, as they must be 'history books' that are also comprehensible to beginners.
In contrast, in a chaotic city library where the selection is not as comprehensive, it would take much longer to find enough basic history books to meet the trigger condition.
Other knowledge-based secondary professions, like 【Botanist】 and 【Zoologist】, have similar trigger conditions and are considered semi-hidden lifestyle professions.
As Ye Bai acquired her secondary profession, Anni Ta nodded in satisfaction. "Not bad. I hope you can go further down this path in the future."
【New Task: 'Mentor's Expectations'】
Task Description: Your mentor hopes you will achieve something in your study of history, raising your 'Historian I' profession proficiency to 100%.
Task Rewards: Level up to Historian II; unknown;
After offering her encouragement, Anni Ta returned to her reading without further addressing Ye Bai.
The task Ye Bai had just completed was a test from her history mentor, marking her first job acquisition. The 【Mentor's Expectations】 task is a long-term task without a time limit. Once her profession proficiency is maxed out, she can seek her mentor for a new advancement task, which, upon completion, will yield rewards and elevate her profession level to 【Historian II】.
Ye Bai opened her profession panel and saw the details regarding her Historian secondary profession.
【Historian I】
Profession Description: You have entered the realm of history. Now, use your inquisitive gaze to uncover the truths buried within!
Profession Proficiency: 0/100
Profession Skill - Archaeology: Gain experience by uncovering historical information; discover hidden task clues from historical data.
The primary reason Ye Bai rushed to obtain the Historian secondary profession was for this Archaeology skill.
This was the lifestyle skill that could best leverage Ye Bai's information advantage—without a doubt.
In the myriad worlds, there are three channels for gaining experience: combat, task rewards, and lifestyle skills.
Generally, the experience rewards from lifestyle skills are the least among all sources, as most lifestyle professions produce corresponding 'crafted items.' In contrast, a profession like Historian, which does not produce items, tends to yield slightly more experience, but still falls short of combat and task rewards.
There is only one special exception: when the 'Professional Inspiration' effect is triggered.
A straightforward analogy would be that if you learned the Blacksmith secondary profession, the experience gained from crafting a common white item versus a rare blue item would be vastly different; the latter would yield a geometric increase in both proficiency and experience.
In the case of the Historian secondary profession, players can earn massive experience rewards for discovering 'new historical findings,' whether uncovering hidden histories previously unknown to NPCs or correcting erroneous historical accounts!
For ordinary players, new historical discoveries are rare, but for Ye Bai, who is intimately familiar with the game's various settings, it was merely a matter of following the clues.
More importantly, Ye Bai also possessed the 【Well of Origins】, which led to the divine realm.
The divine realm is an unfamiliar world to other realms, and the shattered divine realm is akin to a vast ruin, filled with unrecorded new histories!
Considering all these advantages, for Ye Bai, normal monster hunting would never yield as much experience as she could gain through the Historian secondary profession.
Moreover, there was another point: players could also discover 'historical clues' through archaeology—
Ye Bai did not leave the library; instead, she continued to search the nearby shelves for advanced history books that could only be understood after becoming a 'Historian.'
【You gained 1 point of historical experience from 'The Birth of Guilds'; gained 40 experience.】
【You gained from...】
The experience gained from reading history books was not substantial, but Ye Bai was not there for the experience.
【You gained historical clue 'Faith Harvesting' from 'The History of Alchemy'; gained 2 points of historical experience; gained 100 experience.】
Upon receiving this notification, Ye Bai felt a sense of relief.
All historical clues are tied to tasks, some of which are hidden tasks, but they often require various other conditions and information, depending on whether players can ultimately uncover them.
【You gained historical clue 'The Pulse of Magic' from 'The Rise and Fall of the Blood Dynasty'; gained 2 points of historical experience; gained 100 experience.】
【You gained from...】
...
【You gained historical clue 'Transcendental Collapse' from 'The Third Magical Ideological Revolution'; gained 2 points of historical experience; gained 100 experience.】
A flash of light enveloped Ye Bai as she leveled up due to stamina depletion. The experience in her pool was now about 40% away from the next level. The experience gained from historical clues was more than usual, but still within normal limits, not as high as that from new historical discoveries.
However, Ye Bai's purpose in reading history books was not for the experience.
She had not forgotten her primary goal for this trip—job advancement.
With the game strategy in hand, failing to advance to a powerful hidden profession would be a disservice to her identity as a game developer!
As a 【Historian】, she could obtain historical clues 'The Pulse of Magic,' 'Transcendental Collapse,' and 'Faith Harvesting' from advanced history books about the three schools, which are prerequisites for a series of hidden professions.
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