Yes, Lin Jie is a traveler.
From Earth, travel to this vast country called Azir.
In comparison, he is just an insignificant one among the millions of people who have crossed over.
But in a sense, he is different.
Because his crossing was, to a certain extent, active.
It all started with Teacher Lin's hobby.
As we all know, modern young people always have some strange problems.
For example, obsessive-compulsive disorder.
For example, trypophobia.
Another example is the reading addiction where one even has to read the ingredient list of a shower gel.
Lin Jie is an avid book collector.
His greatest wish in life was to own all the books published in the world. Regardless of whether he could finish reading them, just imagining the feeling of looking at the vast sea of books neatly arranged with his arms outstretched made him wet...
Eye socket.
Of course, such a great achievement cannot be achieved by individual efforts alone.
In the first half of a certain year in China alone, there were 90,000 new book varieties, with the median price being 45 yuan. Purchasing all of them would cost four million yuan.
It is hard to imagine the amount of money it would take to buy all the books in the world.
The value of books is far higher than people imagine.
This is just the financial obstacle. Other things, such as some out-of-print books or books that are banned from sale, require a lot of time to find and collect.
For Lin Jie , this is just a dream that he will never be able to fulfill in his lifetime but longs for.
Until one day.
He accidentally found a shortcut - a ritual that can make all wishes come true as long as a price is paid.
Thinking that it couldn't be true anyway, he just gave it a try and completed the ceremony meticulously, and made a wish to own all the books in the world.
At that time, he vaguely heard a soft whisper in his ears.
But when he tried to communicate, he felt like he was talking to a deaf person and he didn't know what was happening. In the blink of an eye, he came to a different world and in front of him was this abandoned bookstore.
Following his intuition, he knew that as long as he thought about it, the huge library of books he had always dreamed of would appear in this bookstore.
But at the same time, he would never have the chance to return to Earth.
What other choice was there? Lin Jie, who was already alone, pushed open the door of the bookstore without hesitation.
It has been three years since then.
Lin Jie has also become accustomed to life in Nokin .
——In fact, it can't be considered a habit, because the technological level of this world is roughly the same as that of Earth in the 1980s and 1990s. Even the writing is similar. Due to historical reasons, Chinese characters and English are interchangeable, which does not pose much of an obstacle for Lin Jie.
However, the majority of people here have strange names and hair colors, and there are rumors that there are things like "the other world" and "people with super powers".
But Lin Jie hasn't seen it yet.
He still hasn't figured out what the price is.
But it doesn't matter. He is very satisfied with his current life. The bookshelf refreshes randomly every day, and it can also be manually refreshed or searched. There are endless books to read, and there are guests to... oh no, to offer some encouraging words.
"I have recently encountered some research bottlenecks."
A hoarse voice with a troubled tone came from behind Wilde's mask: "Thanks to the book "The Devil's Language" you lent me two years ago, I have a new direction, but I need more clues about similar language documents."
Lin Jie's thoughts were interrupted. He walked to the counter, opened the registration book and wrote "Returned".
I was thinking to myself, Old Wang actually called this book "The Devil's Words" in a very serious manner. He really has a kind of scholarly dry humor.
"So you want to borrow the same type of book this time?"
Lin Jie raised his head and tapped the table with a pen.
Wilde pondered and said, "The last one was too difficult and seemed to be a small part of a larger whole. Is there a simpler one... preferably one with a pan-cultural background? Many of the languages in it seem to be deeply related to cultural customs. I need to better understand their meaning."
After two years, he finally found clues for researching the forbidden spell from the residual knowledge in that book.
This means that his chance to get one step closer to god-level is right in front of him!
Wizards use the power of language and words. Dark wizards use language, while white wizards use words.
The former recites mantras, while the latter writes runes.
As a top dark wizard, Wilde has mastered almost all the basic spells that can be learned. What he needs now is self-exploration and self-breakthrough of his inner soul.
That is, to find the voice of your own soul.
The great achievement of a dark wizard is to create his own language!
This is the path to godhood .
"Is that so... Let me see, please wait a moment."
Lin Jie nodded, thought about it, turned around and started searching on the bookshelf.
Lao Wang's request is also easy to understand.
Although the languages are roughly the same, they are still two different worlds after all, and differences in cultural customs can lead to a huge gap in understanding.
Moreover, if he wants to thoroughly understand Chinese culture, it is too difficult. He can only find some books with a broader research scope for him.
Lin Jie's fingers slid along the spines of the books on the bookshelf and suddenly stopped.
While Lin Jie was looking for books, Wilde was watching the dark, heavy rain outside, lost in memories as he waited.
Two years ago, after his defeat in the battle against Joseph, he fled in disarray. It was when he was most confused about his path that he received guidance from Lin Jie at this bookstore.
Even now, whenever he thought of the devil's language contained in the book, its breathtaking mystery and power, he would still feel his heart beating faster and his whole body tremble.
It's the feeling of first love!
It reminded him of when he was an apprentice and first came into contact with the power of wizards.
The old teacher said to the beautiful bird in a calm tone - "Die."
Then the creature died.
How great! How shocking!
It allowed him to re-establish his goals and beliefs and recall his original intention.
He is now completely different from the arrogant self he was a few years ago.
And all this is thanks to the selfless, generous, all-knowing and erudite bookstore owner in front of us.
Although Wilde did not ask about Lin Jie 's past and identity, he already had the answer in his heart.
He must be a hidden scholar of the Truth Society !
He even suspected that this was the legendary god-level sage who held the key to the Temple of Truth... Yet, since he could not sense the fluctuation of ether from the other party, it remained no more than a guess.
Wilde looked at the young man who took a book from the bookshelf and temporarily suppressed his inner emotions: "Did you find it?"
Lin Jie looked at the book in his hand, then cleared his throat, smiled solemnly and handed the book over.
"Although it feels a bit presumptuous, I surprisingly think this book is suitable. To be honest, I am actually quite confident in my research in this area..."
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Wilde was somewhat puzzled by this subtle tone of self-deprecation. He took the book and lowered his head to take a look.
Lin Jie followed his gaze and saw the title of the book and the author printed on the cover.
"Ritual and Folklore".
Lin Jie .