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Chapter 028: Books
Yun Xi examined the descriptions of each bookstore.
The [Useful Bookstore] catered to the general public and sold mostly basic books.
The [Official Bookstore] claimed to have the largest and most complete collection of books in Qinglan Town. Since it was run by the authorities, its credibility was very high.
The [Scholar-Exclusive Bookstore] was more unique—it was run by a spellcaster with a scholar sub-profession, specializing in books related to scholar learning and certification.
It was widely known that in the Divinefall Continent, knowledge was the most precious form of wealth, so Yun Xi decided to visit all three bookstores to gain a comprehensive understanding of the civilization and knowledge level of the Jade Plains.
She started with the [Useful Bookstore]—
Just as advertised, these were all introductory-level books.
The prices weren’t too steep, ranging from a few silver coins to a few hundred.
Yun Xi was surprised that knowledge in Qinglan Town wasn’t as outrageously expensive as she expected. In her previous life, the cheapest knowledge book in her starting region had cost at least one gold coin.
Besides these ordinary books, there were also spiritual books made from special spirit-infused paper:
No doubt about it—on the Divinefall Continent, bookstores were like luxury shops in another world, far beyond what ordinary people could afford.
Books related to professions were even more exclusively high-end. Unlike normal books, they were printed on spirit-infused paper and were all single-use spiritual books, with strict protections to ensure the accuracy and exclusivity of the knowledge inside:
However, these contracts did not restrict other activities.
For example, if you bought a potion formula, you couldn’t sell its contents, but you could use it to make and sell potions or teach it to your apprentice for free. That wouldn’t violate the formula’s patent rights.
Books sold by the official bookstore were either on consignment with royalties going to the original authors, or purchased outright from them and then resold.
Even though these books were expensive and could only be bought with gold coins, in Yun Xi’s previous life, formulas like these could only be bought with crystal stones.
She skipped the ones related to warriors and spellcasters and purchased both Formula #628 and #268 for blood-replenishing potions.
While she had collected her own formulas back on Blue Star, the 628 and 268 formulas were more common in the Divinefall Continent, and the ingredients were easier to find—even pre-processed versions could be bought at herbal shops, which would make it easier to practice as an apothecary.
In addition, Yun Xi bought:
The most important was Basic Script of the Jade Plains.
Why? Because all of these books were written in the Jade Plains’ native script—and without help from the staff, Yun Xi couldn’t even read the book titles.
In the Divinefall Continent, the system only translated basic verbal communication between players and locals. For written language, you had to learn it yourself.
Next, Yun Xi went to the [Qinglan Town Official Bookstore].
The store was huge. In addition to books in the Jade Plains native language, it also carried books in many other languages.
Yun Xi was most interested in local recipes and formulas.
White mushrooms and green silk vegetables were the most common vegetables in Qinglan Town. Yun Xi saw many related recipe books, and for convenience, she bought the full sets.
Yun Xi snapped up both of these side-effect-free formulas immediately. She planned to craft them for her own use once she mastered the skills.
However, unlike the cheaper potions sold in the [Useful Bookstore], these two formulas were so expensive, the combined cost could rival an entire house on Feilan Street.
Lastly, Yun Xi found something surprising: a spell rune scroll.
This type of scroll, like spiritual books, was also single-use with “burns after reading,” “100% authentic,” and “patent contract” protections.
But before Yun Xi could make the purchase, a clerk informed her that someone had just bought it a moment earlier.
Yun Xi… regretted looking at it just a second too late.
She flipped through the contents of her inherited spell crystal, and realized that she actually already had the rune pattern for the Low-Level Wood Growth Spell.
The issue, however, was that if she had bought the scroll, she would have full usage rights—aside from the restriction of not violating the patent contract, she’d be able to freely teach it to others once she learned it.
Now that chance was gone.
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