The next morning, Lina woke up to the glaring sunlight.
She stretched lazily and opened her eyes drowsily.
"Hiss!" Lina couldn't help but touch the area under her left ear, which felt a little painful.
What's going on...
After a moment, Lina finally understood what was going on. She hurriedly turned around and looked around, but there was no one. She jumped off the bed barefoot and ran into the bathroom, but there was no one there either.
She scratched her fluffy hair and said, "No way! You look so honest, but you actually try this trick on me, wiping your mouth after eating and running away?"
Hey, what is that...
Before Lina could get angry, something on the table caught her attention. It shone pleasantly in the sunlight.
"Gold, gold coins!" Lina exclaimed in surprise and quickly picked up the gold coins on the table, a total of 5.
The brilliant colors, the emblem of the Kingdom of Bran, held in her palm with a touch of the warmth of the sun. Lina was finally sure that she was holding five gold coins.
She then thought about who left these gold coins, and her anger towards Tang En disappeared immediately.
You should know that Nightingale's price is not high. Even for a young woman like her, it would cost at most 2 silver coins for one time. If you book a whole night, it would cost 6 silver coins. You can bargain for 5 silver coins.
And now she actually got 5 gold coins, which was her usual income for half a year.
Tang En naturally didn't know about this. Lina hadn't told him the price last night, and it was his first time "booking a night out," and he'd even squeezed someone unconscious. Feeling ashamed, he left five gold coins.
Tang En knew that this price was definitely enough. After all, this was the price of killing a person.
From then on, Tang En's first "overnight" operation ended, and he ended up losing 5 gold coins and getting nothing... a complete defeat!
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Okay, without mentioning how excited Lina was in the room, let's turn the camera to Tang En again.
At this time, Tang En was standing in front of the gate of Bolton College in Laiyan City.
Bolton College, located in the northern district of Ryen City, is the city's only comprehensive institution. It teaches magic, fighting spirit, alchemy, military affairs, noble etiquette, and other subjects. It has contributed a large number of military and administrative talents to the Kingdom of Bran.
Tang En certainly didn't come here to be a student, and besides, it wasn't the academy's enrollment season. He was drawn to the library. The old butler urgently needed a large amount of otherworldly information to improve his assassin system. Otherwise, a lot of assassin training wouldn't be possible.
For example, the poison mastery in the killer skills section explains how to mix and administer poisons. However, most poisons come from plants and animals, and the system has no knowledge of this aspect of otherworldly poisons, so there's no way to combine poisons.
After he confirmed his mission at the Thieves Guild early in the morning, he asked around and found out that the largest library in Laiyan City was Bolton College.
Bolton College didn't have a closed-door management system like some other knight academies, so it was easy for Tang En to get in. After asking a few students, he successfully found the library.
The library is a three-story building. When you step into it, you will see rows of bookshelves with neatly stacked books, as well as the unique tranquility of a library.
Tang En had a clear goal. He started from the innermost shelf and picked up the first book. He held it in his left hand and quickly flipped through the pages with his right hand. A book of hundreds of pages took only a few seconds. Then he picked up the next book...
Naturally, you can't see anything when the pages are flipping so quickly. At most, you can feel dense handwriting flashing before your eyes.
But the system can...
"Ding, the topographical information of the Xize continent has been entered."
"Ding, the orc tribe's religious sacrifice has been recorded."
"…"
Books were constantly being entered into the system, and all Tang En had to do was pick up the books, look at them, and then flip through them.
Listening to the jingling sounds in his ears, Tang En was filled with emotion: If there had been such a system before he traveled through time, Tsinghua University and Peking University would have been crying out to invite him in. Sigh...
Crash...
Tang En quickly swept through every row of bookshelves, an average of ten books per minute.
The books on the first floor mainly cover history, geography, and etiquette, interspersed with some books on magic and fighting, but they are all general outlines and are very general at first glance.
Just as Tang En glanced at a poetry book and was about to pick up another one, a pair of delicate hands picked up the book first.
Tang En turned his head and his eyes suddenly lit up.
The girl in front of him had long, smooth golden-brown hair, and a fair, bright face that looked a bit heroic. The smile on her lips made people feel comfortable and a bit luxurious.
"Classmate, are you looking for a book?"
Tang En was stunned for a moment: "Yeah, yes."
"Tell me the title of the book, I might know it. I see you found it from the first row of bookshelves."
"Uh, this... seems to be talking about a farm."
"Farm... um, free farm model?"
"Yes, yes, this one..." Tang En nodded in agreement. He casually mentioned that there really was a book about the farm...
The woman blinked her eyes and said, "But that's **."
"...", oh my god, it doesn't have to be so accurate, it can't be so unlucky!
"But I also really like this book. I just read it a few days ago. The ideas in it are very interesting. Returning the land to farmers and letting them cultivate it freely will not only allow both parties to get what they need, but also produce more products. Do you think this is true?"
"Uh, it should be true!"
"Why?"
"Growing things for yourself is definitely different from growing things for others..." Tang En answered without thinking.
"Yes, it's to grow something for myself..." The woman looked obviously thoughtful.
But she immediately came to her senses, her eyes brightening as she looked at Tang En. She gracefully bowed and said, "Hello, classmate. Can I meet you? My name is Josiah."
"Xia... ahem, hello Josiah, my name is Tang En." It turned out to be her. No wonder the voice sounded familiar.
This was the second time Tang En heard this name. The last time was yesterday when he was hitchhiking at the city gate.
"This book is not here. I'll bring it to you next time."
"Uh, thank you!"
"You're welcome. I won't bother you anymore. See you next time."
"Well, bye."
Tang En didn't take this brief incident seriously and continued with his book-hunting plan.
In the next few days, Tang En spent most of his time in the library.
During this time, I went to the Thieves Guild to collect the bounty, 4 gold coins and 50 silver coins. The guild takes a tenth of the commission.
When he returned to the killer space, the system prompted him to complete the task. The task difficulty was f and the completion evaluation was c.
According to the old butler, C's rating was already very high, probably because Tang En's knife strike was indeed clean and sharp. Of course, if he could kill the gambler without leaving any trace, the rating would probably be even higher.
Finally, I got 150 experience points and 0 health points.
Tang En's total experience now is 475 and his health is 450.
The total experience value for upgrading the Rookie Killer system is 500 points, which means that as long as Tang En gets 25 points of experience, he can meet the standard. Then he can complete the upgrade task and upgrade the system.
Tang En had been impatient for the system upgrade, and seeing that he was still a little short of experience points, he quickly took on another mission. This time it wasn't about killing people, after all, only 25 experience points were needed.
The mission is to track down a baron and find out the whereabouts of his mistress.
Tang En now reads in the morning, tracks in the afternoon, and trains in the evening. His life is extremely regular.
There has been no progress in the tracking mission so far. Perhaps the baron has noticed something, so he just handles affairs and attends parties in an orderly manner every day.
If there was only one person who was a bit surprising, it was Josiah.
Ever since that encounter in the library that day, Josiah would greet Tang En every time he came to the library and chat with him.
Tang En naturally saw that Josiah's identity was not ordinary. Every time the two of them chatted, people passing by would look at them in surprise.
But what really surprised Tang En was that Josiah, clearly a noble lady, had a rather strange mindset. From their conversation, Tang En could clearly sense her disapproval of the aristocracy and, on the contrary, her deep concern for the lives of ordinary people.
Although some of the ideas are extreme and naive, it is surprising that a noble can think in this way.
Tang En usually chatted with her without paying too much attention, saying whatever came to his mind. It must be said that Tang En's thoughts on the future had a great impact on Josiah. Every time Tang En said a few words, she would think for a long time.
Gradually, Josiah came here more and more frequently, and Tang En didn't mind. Although it disturbed his reading progress a little, he could just take a break by chatting with a pleasing beauty