Through Dad's explanation, Jenkins understood that there are two ways for the bestowers to improve themselves. One is to expand the upper limit of their own spirit storage, and they can upgrade after reaching a certain limit. Spirits are like a combination of blue bars and experience bars. Rituals, abilities, and even the use of extraordinary items will consume spirits, so it is very difficult to upgrade. The second is to learn new abilities, just like now that Jenkins has become a scribe, according to the rules, he can go to the church to pick a white basic ability collected by the church.
If he can complete an important task, achieve some special honor or make a great contribution, he can get more opportunities.
There are many ways to accumulate spirits, and even the twelve orthodox churches have different methods. [Knowledge and Books] What the church uses is to transcribe a strange text. This method is useful at least below level 3, and Oliver's father didn't say it above, so Jenkins naturally understands that he is not qualified to listen now.
"Spirit, the meaning of this word is closer to the world consciousness proclaimed by the church that believes in the [Spirit of All Things]. Accumulating the spirit, in essence, is to bring yourself closer to the world, or to bring the world closer to you. In the very early days, the gift The method of the believers is to contemplate all things in nature, or to travel around the world by themselves. But this primitive way is very inefficient, but it is better than absolute safety. In the current era, what the Orthodox Church provides is the best that believers can use The quick way, as long as you do as required, is not very dangerous.
The easiest way to make the world close to you is through the tricky environment, so that tricky things cannot be formed. The church has already told me about you, so you should remember that you seemed to have something extra when you left the strange place. "
Yes, at that time there was a cold air flow into the back, it turned out to be the spirit.
Father Oliver nodded, and then suddenly thought of something: "Remember, don't use those ways of accumulating spirits from unknown sources, they may be effective, but they may also be related to false gods, and the methods of false gods are always flawed. "
After speaking, he handed Jenkins a black and white photo and a stack of white paper. The photo appeared to be part of a broken stele, and the tadpole-like text on it made Jenkins' temples thump.
"This is the text. From now on, you can copy it with me a hundred times a day, not too much, otherwise it will cause irreversible damage to your body. You can't take the photos and the blank paper with you, otherwise the church will punish you severely. "
Jenkins wouldn't even look at that photo if he didn't have to. He wanted to rely on his memory to write down the tadpole text and then write it silently, but found that once his eyes left them, he would forget them immediately.
"The so-called righteous god is not related to the indescribable foreign god in the previous life?"
He guessed frightenedly.
"The bestowers of this era are very different from the past. It is not the right way to blindly accumulate spirits and abilities. Therefore, you need to spend a lot of time learning grammar, arithmetic, fighting, etiquette, noble knowledge, etc. The courses, of course, are all arranged by the church, and you don’t need to pay any fees.”
"But sir, I'm here to work."
In fact, Jenkins is afraid of going back to school again. Although he is confident that he is superior in arithmetic, other courses are confusing.
"Yes."
Seeing Jenkins' distressed expression, the old man laughed, "Relax, young man. This is not asking you to go to college. In the words of the priest last time, it is just improving your comprehensive ability. And we believe in [ Inheritance Sage], lifelong learning is inevitable. Don’t worry, these courses are still far away from you. Now that you have just entered the job, you still need to get used to the life of a scribe, and these will start in about two months.”
Jenkins nodded with a wry smile, very worried about what the so-called grammar courses and aristocratic etiquette courses might be.
"That's all for today."
He clapped his hands for Jenkins' attention.
"From now on, your daily arrangement is to arrive here before 7:30 every day and clean the place. Generally, there will not be many guests in the morning, so you just sit here and copy the text. Before lunch starts, I will pick out some necessary ones. Books for you to read, some are about the bestowers, some are books on antique identification. I will provide lunch, and if there are no guests after the lunch break, I will personally instruct you about these old items. If there are guests, you don’t have to talk, Learn business skills patiently, and you can leave at 6:30 in the evening. Is that okay?"
"Good sir."
Jenkins nodded. Good day.
"By the way, where do you live now?"
Dad asked again.
"Privet Drive, in Sabine."
"Oh?" Dad put down the papers in his hand, "Live with your parents?"
He asks because at Jenkins' age, it's absolutely impossible to rent or buy property there on his own.
"Yes."
Jenkins felt a little ashamed.
"Are you 20 years old this year? I'll give you a suggestion. Move out and find a cheap apartment nearby. In the future, you will find that even us scribes who are inclined to clerical positions will face more unexpected problems." There are many missions, many of which are dangerous. If you don’t want your family to be implicated, and you are willing to save the time of crossing Nolan City to come to my place every day, you can live by yourself.”
Jenkins has also thought about this issue. Although he is unwilling to give up his identity, he will inevitably show his flaws after getting along with his familiar family members for a long time. Moving out seems to be a good idea, and it is very convenient for everyone to communicate in one city.
He considered the original owner's savings over the years, but unexpectedly found that he seemed to have squandered all the pocket money. Including the prepaid salary I got yesterday, the cash I can control will not exceed 10 gold pounds. Although the father also gave him £1 a week as "pocket money" for apprentices, it was not enough to improve Jenkins' financial situation.
"Are these enough for me to live on my own?"
He thought about it, and said to his father: "What you said is very reasonable, but I may not have enough money. I need to discuss this matter with my family."
Father nodded knowingly, and did not continue the topic.
In the following time, Dad opened the side door of the room and went to the warehouse behind the yard, not knowing what to do, while Jenkins was wiping all the items in the store with a rag.
In the words of the old man, what was put out was worthless garbage, in other words, modern crafts, so Jenkins didn't have to be so careful.
Although he looked at the pile of things with a glimmer of hope in his spare time, he still didn't see any brilliance.