I Live on the Land in Global Games

Chapter 553 - 536: Writing a Book
Chapter 553: Chapter 536: Writing a Book

Dealing with the Cold Deer and Beastman matters required finding the right opportunity, but the task of preserving Druid heritage could begin immediately.

This task wouldn’t take up much of her time, because the important successors—the next generation of Deep Blue Star without the gift of knowledge from the Evolution Center, who needed to take on professions and learn on their own—had yet to emerge!

It would probably take years to see results, but she could start preparing now.

She went to the general store and bought a large batch of fine parchment, planning to personally compile the ”Book of Druid,” which would include all the Druid Skills and Spell knowledge she had learned and mastered from the Player Manual and could be written down.

She intended to divide the book into nine volumes, each including two levels of the Druid profession’s cultivation content, extending all the way to the 18th level legend.

She believed that there was no native player on Deep Blue Star who could compile this book more completely than her.

Even though nature had bestowed upon their group of players all the Druid Spell knowledge freely, not everyone was capable of mastering every tier of Spell.

Now, she could take advantage of her spare time and start writing the first volume!

After purchasing the parchment, she returned to the Tree House and sat at her desk, chewing on the end of her pen.

Originally, she felt that the professional knowledge from the Player Manual, coming from the Evolution Center, was a summary of the entire Universe’s profession heritage and should be quite accurate, most suitable for beginners to learn.

But then she remembered the original Spells that Grandpa Shom had given her, which were clearly stronger than the original Spells from the Player Manual.

This indicated that the professional knowledge in the Player Manual might not encompass all the knowledge of a profession, and there may be many talented individuals with innovations that were just as good, if not better, than the content in the Player Manual.

With that in mind, the content of the Player Manual might not necessarily be the best, but it was surely quite accurate.

Mu Ying felt that if she was to leave behind a Druid cultivation heritage on Deep Blue Star, the very least she had to ensure was accuracy, recording only what was effective or correct.

Sticking completely to the content of the Player Manual was safest, but it somehow felt lacking.

This book was meant to guide future players who wished to tread the path of Druid, and she couldn’t help feeling a sense of responsibility, an elder fostering their juniors, and unwittingly wanted to think more for them.

It was like the teachers from before the apocalypse, wishing they could chew up the knowledge and feed it directly to their students, to help them learn more and avoid detours.

Merely copying the cold information from the Player Manual, successors wouldn’t be like their generation of players, who had knowledge poured directly into their brains through the Player Manual, without the need for memorization, only needing to refer to that knowledge for learning and practice.

But even those who had memorized all the content could encounter misunderstandings in the learning process leading to detours. It was just that since they had a firm grasp of the whole, it wasn’t a big issue, but could the later generations, who only had the book to practice from, memorize everything before training? Obviously not, so what about this issue of understanding?

”Should I write down some of my own insights and experiences? But some things might vary from person to person, I don’t know if others can do what I can, and this raises issues with accuracy...” Mu Ying hesitated over this point.

Although she now bore the title of ”Deep Blue Star’s number one Druid,” she was well aware of her own deficiencies.

What should she do?

Mu Ying set down her pen and disappeared within the house.

If she had deficiencies, then she should find a way to make improvements! As someone about to write a book, how could she not first take a look at other’s works? She needed to inquire whether it was possible to obtain some Druid-written cultivation books.

Wuyaya, who was counting copper coins at the store counter, heard the wind chimes at the entrance and said, ”Welcome—oh, you’re back again?”

”I wanted to ask if you have any Druid cultivation books for sale?” Mu Ying got straight to the point.

”Don’t you all have the gift of knowledge? What do you need that for?” Wuyaya asked in surprise, ”You’re not trying to learn some unshared secret techniques, are you? I’m telling you, those are closely guarded secrets of others; even if they are written in books, they’re quite expensive.”

”I don’t want unique secret techniques; I want to compile a book on Druid cultivation for future Druids of Deep Blue Star, one that includes insights from cultivation experiences. I’m looking for books with such insights so that I can write a better book,” Mu Ying explained.

”Don’t ever do that!” Wuyaya quickly advised, ”I might only be a companion to a legendary Druid, but I have some understanding. Before becoming legendary, you can learn someone else’s original Spells with no issue, but skip the cultivation insights and experiences. Druids should intuit nature, not learn others’ insights, because everyone’s path is different. Aside from nature itself, no one knows what’s right. Even with the same direction, every individual’s understanding and choices are different, creating a myriad of possibilities. Unless you plan to follow the same path as someone else, it’s better to avoid learning their ways. If you grasp insights on your own, your limit is nature, but if you follow others, your limit becomes them. If your potential was low, it wouldn’t matter, but clearly it’s not, so there’s no need to give up the essentials for minor gains.”

”Does the understanding and intuition of nature really have such a big impact on one’s professional path?” asked Mu Ying, surprised.

”Of course, it may not seem significant before reaching legendary status, but second-hand intuition is always slightly lacking. Even the best can only reach legendary status, but surely you aren’t settling for just that?” Wuyaya stated.

”I understand. Cultivation insights are out, but learning experiences for Spells and Skills should be fine, right?” Mu Ying asked again.

Wuyaya nodded, ”If you want to see those types of books, I can authorize their rental to you. Old man Shom collected quite a few and didn’t look at them much later on, tossing them all to me.”

”Great!”

Mu Ying paid the deposit and rental fee, taking the books with her, renting them for three years all at once. She was planning to travel to the Snow Mountain in the Northwest soon and wasn’t sure how often she’d be able to return, so she chose to rent them for such a lengthy period, intending to read them gradually.

With Wuyaya’s advice, she also abandoned the idea of including her own cultivation insights in her book, deciding to study and then add some tricks for learning Skills and Spells to the inherent knowledge of the Player Manual, as supplementary content for learning.

She decided not to write anything subjective or leading that bore a strong personal color. She aimed for the book to be harmless, at least not impacting the future and potential of the newcomers.

After getting the books, she was in no hurry to write her own. She planned to read all the books first before starting to write. Instead, she began to sort through the things in her Space Ring, replenishing supplies where necessary, and preparing to head to the Snow Mountain soon.