First were the two books placed at the very top of the wooden box, which had been taken out right at the start. Their titles were clearly marked on the covers: the *Apprentice Guidance Technique* and the *Apprentice Meditation Technique*.
Gaode picked up the two books and flipped through them. After confirming they didn't differ from the Cultivation Technique in his memory, he set them back down.
It seemed Mage Seda wasn't insidious enough to secretly hold back information when teaching the apprentices their Cultivation Technique. Of course, it was far more likely that Mage Seda had simply never taken these street urchins seriously in the first place. He certainly wouldn't have expected anyone among them to possess the ability to threaten him.
When Gaode read the title of the thinner book, his heart pounded with excitement.
*Mage Apprentice Manual: Introduction to Magic*.
