Chapter 108: All-rounder

Chapter 108: All-rounder

Chapter 108 Decathlon
Ash played with the card in his hand. He didn't expect to see something similar to his ID card from his previous life here.

This made him realize that here, just like in his previous life, the progress of technological development in various countries was at two extremes, and this world might be even more extreme.

In addition, Ash also deeply realized that the boarding students here were probably the suckers, but what prompted them to come here to be suckers?

Ash glanced at the handsome men and beautiful women walking around, and it seemed that they all wanted to climb up the social ladder.

Ash brought his two magical pets to his dormitory. As for Valentine, he was not a child, so Ash naturally let him live on his own and study hard.

Directly enrolled students are different from part-time students. Part-time students do not have academic assessment requirements, but directly enrolled students do.

Looking at the small house with a private courtyard in front of him, Ash couldn't help but click his lips. It was really an ugly thing to exchange for such a small house for one thousand gold coins and it took a year.

But after walking in, Ash decided to take back his words. Although his eating manners were still ugly, they were not as ugly as before.

The decoration is luxurious, the magic element concentration is high, and the living conditions are comparable to the modern ones in the previous life.

Ash turned the blue crystal handle, and clear water flowed down the faucet. He turned the faucet next to it, and the water that flowed out began to carry hot steam.

When I opened the refrigerator, I found that fruits and vegetables were already prepared.

Sitting on the sofa, Ash picked up the crystal plate on the table, flipped through it briefly, and then inserted the previous card into the obvious groove next to it.

Then the crystal panel lit up and Ash whistled, "Cool! They even made a tablet and a local area network."

There are four functions on the crystal board: friends, mall, course selection and announcement.

Opening the friends list, Ash found the add button with a flick of his finger and typed in Valentine's name.

Two options will pop up.

'Hey, there's another one with the same name.'

Ash raised a brow, selected the only one without a last name, and then sent a friend request.

He searched his name again, but he didn't have anyone with the same name.

After exiting the friend interface and selecting the mall, there was a wide variety of resources, but when Ash took a look, they were all ordinary and excellent resources of the same level. No better ones were shown at all, and there were no materials above level seven.

This made Ash curl his lips.

Then came the course selection. There were only two major departments: warrior and mage, but no priest department.

According to the rules, every student in each college must complete a certain number of credits from the time of admission to the next year in order to be promoted. If they fail to complete the required credits within two years, they will be expelled.

Another thing to mention is that Saint Laurent College does not restrict admission time and recruits students all year round. After all, some places are quite far away from the city of scholars, and it is easy for accidents to happen in such a long time.

Therefore, Saint Laurent College changed its original system of opening classes every spring to the current system.

This is why Ash and Valentine can also enroll now.

The courses are divided into levels one to six, which corresponds exactly to the academic system of the Yves Saint Laurent College, which is a six-year course.

Ash glanced around and when he saw no one was interested, he stopped paying attention. He came to read books, not to be a real student. After all, he had been a student for sixteen years in his previous life.

Finally, there is the announcement, which is the same as the forum, divided into college rules, association discussion, and problem discussion.

Ash looked at the academy rules and then turned off the crystal panel.

After assigning rooms to Cai Gou and Dart, Ash went out because he heard something interesting on the way.

Looking down from the air, the City of Scholars looks like a circle, connected to three small circles, namely Saint Laurent College, the Headquarters of the Hand of Mystery and the Church of Dawn.

If you expand further out from Saint Laurent College, you can see four different terrains: a rocky hill with large stones piled up, a large lake that is half ice and half water, a long forest and a barren desert.

These four places have all been transformed by the Hand of Mystery. Various elemental realms are connected to these places, creating a variety of rich resources. These are also places where college students often go to collect resources.

After all, not every student has a family to support them. For example, most recommended students may have a better family background than most commoners, but still not as good as that of nobles.

The next place Ash is going to is the Stone Forest, which is the rocky hill. It should be able to activate a new career achievement.

The right entrance of the Stone Forest is a passage reserved for students of Saint Laurent College.

Ash took off his mask and used the [Faceless Man] to slightly change his breath and appearance. He also bought an iron pickaxe and a miner's hat from the nearby store, and then walked towards the entrance excitedly.

Following the queue, it was soon Ash's turn.

The person in charge glanced up and down at Ash and said, "Take off your space equipment and let me check it."

Ash was stunned: "Why?"

The person in charge asked, "Newcomer?"

"Yeah." Ash nodded.

"Tsk, no wonder you don't know the rules." The person in charge curled his lips, "This is the public property of the academy. Every stone here belongs to the academy."

"You have to hand in all the ores you dig and monsters you kill to the academy. Of course, the academy will also give you points at a rate of one-fifth of their value."

"So in order to prevent someone from hiding anything, everyone who enters must check their space equipment and record the valuables inside so that they can compare them when they leave."

"Oh." Ash handed the space ring to the person in charge for inspection. Apart from gold coins and food, there was nothing shameful or private in it.

The person in charge recorded it and said, "Okay, go in. And don't think about leaving from anywhere else. There is a big barrier here. If you run, no matter where you run from, the law enforcement team will know it."

"Yeah." Ash went in with the pickaxe.

As soon as Ash entered, a young man who had been waiting for something came up to him: "Hey, junior, do you need a map?"

"Map?" Ash glanced at the young man, "What's the use of your map?"

"Mineral distribution map. All the minerals unearthed in the Stone Forest and the places where they were unearthed are recorded. If you buy it, I will also give you a mineral atlas." The young man raised the scroll and atlas in his hand. "It's only 99 gold coins!"

"9 gold coins." Ash cut it in half. The only thing that could be sold was probably public information, not worth much.

The young man's face immediately fell: "Brother, how can you bargain like that!"

"1 gold." Ash chopped again.

"9 gold, 9 gold, can't I sell it to you?" The young man's face changed, "1 gold is not even enough to cover the cost, junior brother."

"3 gold coins." Ash took out 3 gold coins, "Sell it if you want."

"Sell, sell!" The young man immediately exchanged the scroll and illustrated book in his hand with the gold coins in Ash's hand, "You are really smart, junior."

"Not as smart as you." Ash opened the scroll and looked at the slightly scribbled map. "You are really thrifty. You didn't even use the better paint. You still lost 3 gold."

"Once the goods are sold, no returns or exchanges are accepted." The young man shouted, and immediately ran away, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Ash raised his eyebrows. Judging from this speed, this senior must be quite capable.

Shaking his head, Ash glanced at the map, wrote down the information, and then burned the map and the illustrated guide to ashes.

The Quetzalcoatl inheritance has all kinds of mineral information, so there is no need to look at the illustrated manual.

With his feathered serpent wings spread out, Ash flew straight to a nearby hilltop.

Using [Sky Feather Fire Eye] with all his strength, Ash was able to see through layers of rock and soil and find what he wanted.

Holding the pickaxe, Ash began to chisel the stone.

The sound of clanging clanging rang out on the hilltop, and soon, Ash picked up a golden-red gem from the rubble.

Just as he picked up the gem, the expected message popped up:
{Activate achievement [Novice Miner]: Collect 0/100 kg of minerals (Note: the rarer the mineral, the more kilograms it represents)}
{Achievement: [Treasure of the Earth I] achieved, reward: achievement point*1}
{Activate Achievement: [Treasure of the Earth II]: Collect a piece of mineral worth 52/100 gold coins (Note: limited to one piece, and calculated based on the highest value).}
Ash skipped the information and looked at the achievement column. A series of achievements such as musician, painter, and chef have been combined with the new miner achievement.

'There are only two more to go to level 10. There should be a new chain achievement. I'll go back and quickly find two life-related jobs.'

Ash muttered to himself, then looked at the gem in his hand, a light and fire composite gem, low grade, about five carats, so the value was not wrong.

He threw the gem in his hand into his mouth, crushed it and swallowed it like a lollipop. Ash let out a light breath. It tasted pretty good, sweet and spicy.

You can’t take it out, but that doesn’t mean you can’t use it inside.

Ash felt the magic energy being rapidly digested in his stomach, looked towards the distant hills, and couldn't help licking his lips. It was indeed a good place to obtain resources.

It was almost dark when Ash came out of the Stone Forest.

"230 kilograms of black iron ore, 12 kilograms of mountain copper ore." The staff weighed the minerals and looked at Ash in surprise: "Total points 154."

This amount of points is very high. An average student can only earn around ten points a day. It is quite rare for someone like Ash to earn more than a hundred points at one time.

"A newcomer?" the staff member thought to himself. After all, he had seen students with strong mining abilities before. Someone like Ash, who he had no impression of, could only be a newcomer.

After earning points using his student card, Ash turned and left.

{Achievement: [Novice Miner] achieved, reward: achievement point*1}
{Achievement: [Professional Miner] achieved, reward: achievement points*2}
{Activate achievement [Elite Miner]: Collect 2567/10000 kg of minerals}
{Achievement: [Treasure of the Earth II] achieved, reward: achievement points*2}
{Activate Achievement: [Treasure of the Earth III]: Collect a piece of mineral worth 352/1000 gold coins (Note: limited to one piece, and calculated based on the highest value).}
After returning to his dormitory and making dinner for Dart and Cai Gou, Ash looked at the ground in the yard thoughtfully.

Then I opened the crystal plate directly and bought some tools and seeds.

Half an hour later, a courier on horseback brought the items Ash had ordered.

"It's really developed."

Watching the courier leave, Ash sighed for a moment, then took the tools to clean the lawn.

After burning and electrocuting the plants to make sure there were no weeds, Ash began sowing and watering.

Then the information popped up in my sight.

{Activate achievement [Novice Farmer]: Produce 0/100 kg of crops (the higher the level, the more kilograms).}
{Activate achievement [First-level farmer]: Plant a first-level crop until it matures and harvests it.}
Looking at the new achievement, Ash touched his chin and said, "It seems there is a quick way to achieve it." Ash took out the crystal plate again and bought a seed.

Soon, new seeds arrived, and Ash planted them in a pot, then dropped a drop of his own blood into it.

The seeds quickly took root and sprouted, and soon a seedling about five centimeters high appeared in front of Ash.

The seedling in front of you is the grass seed of the fourth-level dragon blood grass, which is more likely to mutate into dragon blood grass.

Whether it can be accomplished quickly or not, we will have to wait and see tomorrow.

Ash flicked the grass and turned away.

The next morning, Ash walked out in the sunshine, looked at the newly plowed land yesterday, and then used his power and coordinated with the words.

"Grow!" As Ash finished speaking, the seeds in the soil quickly took root, sprouted, grew and blossomed.

Ash held the rope and scraped it several times from left to right and from front to back, quickly pollinating them, and then continued to use his power.

Soon, a field of ripe golden wheat appeared in front of Ash.

Ash waved his hand, and the sharp sword energy was unleashed, causing the wheat to fall down one after another.

Once Ash has collected them, the number of achievements for [Novice Farmer] will change.

"It counts as accelerated ripening." Ash nodded slightly, and after confirming that his efforts would not be in vain, he began to accelerate the ripening of the dragon blood grass.

Soon, a dragon blood grass about thirty centimeters tall matured, and as Ash pulled it out, information popped up in his sight.

{Achievement: [Novice Farmer] Achieved, Reward: Achievement Point*1}
{Activate achievement [Professional Farmer]: Produce 101/1000 kg of crops (the higher the level, the more kilograms).}
{Achievement: [First-level Farmer] Achieved, Reward: Achievement Point*1}
{Achievement: [Second-level Farmer] achieved, reward: achievement points*2}
{Achievement: [Level 4 Farmer] achieved, reward: achievement points*}
{Activate achievement · [Level 4 Farmer]: Plant a level 4 crop until it matures and harvests it.}
"Only level three. Is it because one drop of blood is not nutritious enough, or is it related to my level?"

Ash glanced at his level, 36.

He looked at the [Novice Farmer] again and calculated the multiple, 8 times.

"If there is a large area of ​​farmland, it would be more cost-effective to directly grow ordinary crops, but unfortunately I am too busy to do so."

Ash shook his head. He had books to read, iron to forge, and ore to dig. How could he have so much time to grow large crops?

"So planting high-level crops that can be harvested repeatedly is more suitable for me now. It saves time, but it is a bit laborious."

Ash took out the crystal plate and selected the crops.

Something related to dragons, and that can be harvested repeatedly, well, I found it.

Ash placed the order, and soon the courier delivered a small sapling.

Ash planted it in the field, dripped some of his blood on it, and began to induce growth.

The sapling began to grow rapidly and soon reached a height of more than three meters, with lush branches and leaves, a thick trunk and leaves like chicken claws.

Ash inserted a tube into the tree trunk, and drops of light red sap dripped through the tube into the cup in Ash's hand.

After the cup was full, Ash drank it.

"It seems that ordinary dragon blood items can't speed up my transformation." Ash hung the cup back up, feeling that the transformation speed was not getting faster.

"Dart, your nest is on this Huailong tree. Catch some insects for me and make sure no one steals it." Ash called to Dart at the window.

"Bing!" Dart cried out in dissatisfaction. It is an eagle, not a sparrow, okay!

But under Ash's gaze, it obediently built a nest on the Huailong tree with freshly harvested wheat straw and settled down there.

Huailong Tree is a special tree. Like Dragon Blood Grass, it is an ordinary plant mutated by dragon blood.

Compared to the one-time production of dragon blood grass, the dragon blood juice it produces can be produced continuously, and will continue to advance under the influence of high-level dragon blood.

"There is only one left. Is there any easy-to-complete life occupation?"

Ash looked at the achievement column and thought, Tailor, Architect, Pharmacist, Herder.
His eyes wandered around and suddenly he fixed his gaze on the mailbox in the dormitory on the ground floor, where a piece of thin paper was floating slightly in the wind.

"Newspapers, have they even developed this?"

Ash thought for a moment and suddenly came up with an idea.

Sitting on the sofa, Ash opened the crystal board, then the announcement interface, and then opened the question discussion.

After flipping through it, I found that in addition to serious questions, there were also some informal questions, including discussions about some poetry and articles.

After flexing his fingers, Ash thought about what kind of literary work to move, after all, the extraordinary world and the ordinary world are very different.

Novels are not good for him, he only remembers modern ones, which have too many inharmonious parts. Well, let's write fairy tales and poems. In order to pursue girls, he did read quite a few poetry books.

Ash wrote a sonnet and tried to recite it in Common Language. After all, pronunciation has a great influence on poetry.

After slightly modifying a few words, Ash posted it anonymously.

It was noon and quite a few students had started to check the forum, so Ash quickly got feedback.

{Activate achievement [Beginner Literary Person]: Publish 1/1 literary work and receive heartfelt praise from 1/10 people.}
{Activate achievement · [Successful Literature I]: Publish a literary work, and have 0/10 people buy it.}
Ash stared at the achievement column and looked at the ten achievements that had already formed a chain with confusion. Ten were not enough?

It was not until he completed [Beginner's Literary Man] that the information he wanted appeared in front of Ash.

{Achievement: [Entry Level Literati] achieved, reward: achievement point*1}
{Activate achievement · [Professional Writer]: Publish 1/3 literary works and receive heartfelt praise from 10/100 people.}
{Achievement · [Literary · Decathlon I] achieved, reward: inherent skill · [Blood Spirit Clone]}
{Activate achievement · [Article·Decathlon Ⅱ]: Ten life skills reach professional level, (7/10)}
[Blood Spirit Clone]: Consumes 10% of red to generate a clone with low intelligence and 10% of the three-dimensional foundation of the original body. While the clone exists, red will not be restored.

"Civil? Then it seems there is also martial arts."

Ash glanced at the achievements column, and similar achievements were grouped together, including egg explosion, assassination, and disfigurement.

'Is it related to the fighting style?'

Ash thought to himself and decided to experiment with it later.

[Blood Spirit Clone]

As Ash used his skills, blood-colored gas floated out of Ash's body and then formed a person who looked exactly like Ash.

As the clone took shape, Ash felt as if he had one more person in his sight.

Looking at himself across from him, Ash began to try to control it and found that although his intelligence was low, it was surprisingly easy to control.

Ash began to try to control more clones, three, four, five, and seven.

After creating the seventh clone, Ash felt a bit exhausted, but then an unexpected message popped up:

{The inherent skill [Multitasking] has been upgraded, and the inherent skill [Multitasking] has been solidified.}
[Multiple Thoughts at Once]: You can live with multiple lines of thinking. The number of lines of thinking is limited by your soul, and the current upper limit is 8.

This seemed to be the first time he upgraded his skills without using achievement points. Ash was slightly surprised when he saw the information.

However, Ash did not take it too seriously and began to control his clones to perform some complex activities, such as cooking and practicing swordsmanship.

Finally, Ash asked his clones to try to pull out the One, and then seven "Ones" appeared in front of Ash.

Ever since it was upgraded, the One and Only has truly become his life-threatening weapon. It is usually kept in his body for nourishment and can be pulled out at any time when needed for battle.

"Even the only one can do it. The skill of Blood Spirit Clone is more powerful than I thought."

Ash looked at the seven "Ones" with surprise.

Looking at the seven clones in front of him, Ash smiled. With this skill, he could progress faster in achieving his accomplishments.

Green Forest, which is the largest forest next to Saint Laurent College.

Ash swung a wooden stick and smashed it down hard.

Bang! A goblin's head was instantly shattered.

{Achievement: [Skull Crusher Novice] achieved, reward: achievement point*1}
{Activate achievement [Professional Skull Crusher]: Crush the enemy's head 3/7 times.}
The dog nearby brought a living goblin over.

Ash gestured with his finger, then inserted it into the goblin's chest, and then took out its heart as the goblin wailed.

{Activate achievement [Heart-pulling Novice]: Take out the enemy's heart 1/3 of the time while the enemy is alive.}
Ash used a disgusted expression and killed the remaining two goblins in the same way as before.

{Achievement: [Heart-opening Novice] achieved, reward: achievement point*1}
{Activate achievement [Professional Heart-Digger]: While the enemy is alive, take out its heart 3/7 times.}
The rookie gave it up, and Ash tried. In this small dense forest, all the goblins' various ways of dying were staged.

After finally collecting ten achievements, including [Egg Exploding Novice], [Disfiguring Novice], [Assassination Novice], [Skull Crushing Novice], [Poisoning Novice], [Heart Ripping Novice], [Burying Alive Novice], [River Sinking Novice], [Shooting Novice], and [Strangling Novice], the information that Ash wanted popped up in his sight.

{Achievement · [Martial Arts·Decathlon I] achieved, reward: inherent skill · [Copying]}
[Imitation]: After witnessing someone else performing a learned skill, you can imitate it and use it. Current imitation slots: 0/1.

{Activate achievement · [Martial Arts·Decathlon Ⅱ]: Ten combat kills to reach professional level, (2/10)}
'Learning skills, will it limit careers?'

With this question in mind, Ash found a goblin wizard and quickly copied a skill called [Exploding Fireball].

【Exploding Fireball】

Ash pointed his finger, the fighting spirit was drawn out, and then a blue fireball the size of a human head blasted out.

boom!
A pillar of flame rose into the sky, and the reflected light highlighted the arsonist's delighted smile.

He seemed to have found a way to use magic.

Since then, there has been a fisherman beside the half-ice and half-water Bingpo Lake, a miner in the Stone Forest full of mining tunnels, a blacksmith beside the furnace next to the scorching desert, and a hunter who specializes in killing weak monsters in the Green Forest.

The bustling city streets are filled with candy vendors, stewed pork stalls and a wandering musician playing the recorder.

Achievement Points: 119
　Asking for a monthly ticket!

　　Thanks to [book friend 20211020142300893] for the 500 points reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)