Imperial Treasure

"Mr. Sui"

It’s the editor Yaohua.

The voice is a bit excited.

"Sir, do you know how much our ’Nation’ sold today?"

"How much?"

"A thousand! It’s sold out already!"

A thousand?

Sui Yi remains calm. On Earth, those famous authors easily have sales in the millions...

Hers is considered pitifully low.

However, the pricing is different too.

Five thousand in spirit currency, how much is that in RMB again?

It seems she got quite a lot of commission.

Also, in this world, there’s no printing system; everything is manually copied.

Considering it’s the first day, selling a thousand in one day isn’t bad.

Sui Yi smiled: "Thank you."

How to put it? Yaohua feels this topic is a bit off. He wanted to highlight how extraordinary these results are...

"Not at all, not at all. This is just the beginning. Once the reputation builds, the market effect will kick in... We’ve been on sale for less than half a day and already sold a thousand. This initial sales figure ranks first in our study room’s newcomer history, although among literati, it ranks hundredth..."

No need to compare with the literati, as for newcomers... she doesn’t even know them.

"Yes, congratulations."

Oh my gosh, it’s not me you should congratulate! Congrats to you!

I was going to praise you further!

Yaohua’s mind is swimming as he says: "Are you busy now?"

Could it be that she’s doing something with her boyfriend or husband, hence the lack of enthusiasm?

Yaohua suddenly feels his imagination running wild.

Because those who write books often forget to eat and sleep, only when they are with their partner will they put the book aside...

"Fishing."

"..."

Writers, after all, seem to have these strange hobbies.

Time flows like water; wouldn’t it be better to keep writing?

"Fishing is good; it can cultivate one’s mind, no wonder you have such a refined demeanor... but occasionally, you could also write the book... like the second edition or something. I estimate soon the readers of the first part will urge for it..."

Sui Yi hasn’t mentioned she’s already written the second edition, "Sure..."

Oh, it’s agreed! So easy to talk to!

Yaohua feels sweetness in his heart...

"The fish got hooked..."

"....."

Feeling vexed, Yaohua touches the turtle he is holding after Sui Yi hangs up the phone.

The employees nearby are bustling with joy but quite confused; the book’s results are so good, but the editor seemed down like he had eaten something unsavory.

Yaohua: The baby’s heart is bitter, boasting to others seems too low, boasting with the author only gets me a cold shower...

Sui Yi places the small turtle aside and pulls up the fish. The water was already crystal clear, but the fish caught looks like it’s made of crystal.

Sui Yi pauses for a moment, wondering what kind of fish this is.

Holding the fish up, she uses Magnetic Sensation to touch it, causing the fish to wiggle its tail like it’s being tickled, appearing very beautiful.

With a flick of her finger, she cuts out an ice block aquarium from the ice layer below, fills it with water, and places the crystal fish inside.

She’s not planning to eat it, she just finds the fish fascinating and wants to study it. Moreover, the aquarium is big, occupying most of the balcony, allowing the fish to be free; Sui Yi even channels magnetic energy to soothe its body...

Soon, the fish happily wags its tail at Sui Yi.

Sui Yi observes the fish extensively but can’t determine its origin, so she releases it and catches a few more. They differ in species, some are glazed fish, others resemble jade, all looking agile and precious...

Such agile and precious creatures, yet they are left freely in the river without fear of being poached, and there’s no warning signs nearby.

Hmm, her understanding of this world is too shallow...

Sui Yi suddenly recalls that Ice Gleam Academy has a library...

——————

Today is the examination day for various academies, there are lively students everywhere, and anxious parents.

Prominent figures are gathered.

Sui Yi, an inconspicuously dressed and looking woman, doesn’t attract attention. She moves through the crowd and stops by the Pharmacy Academy’s exam site, where she overhears that the examination for Pharmacognosy consists of two types: a written test, and a field exam, which isn’t just conducting experiments in a lab but being sent to various trial grounds to practically make potions to complete tasks...

The main entrance is tightly shut; Sui Yi can’t see anyone, so she doesn’t look anymore and heads towards the library.

"Sorry, only personnel from Ice Gleam Academy can enter..."

Uh.....

Sui Yi pauses for a moment... then turns and leaves.

Without credentials, she can’t even read books, and now she has no money...

The High Priest raises her head to look at the sky...

Is it melancholic?

She sees a massive ice and snow light screen hanging in the sky, displaying various enrollment information...

She thought for a moment and stepped forward.

Next to the assessment area for students.

It was an enormous towering ice pagoda.

Only this ice was pure red with black.

Classically expansive.

Sui Yi walked in.

Sweeping her gaze around, she locked onto the last row.

—Due to the recent literacy and literary skills of Ice Gleam Academy students being poor, we are specially hiring a literary teacher for elective course teaching without any other requirements, a clean background and literary competence that meets the review criteria are sufficient. Compensation: Monthly salary of three hundred thousand spirit currency, with two elective classes each week, enjoying basic benefits of Ice Gleam Academy teachers.

Didn’t say a certificate was required.

A monthly salary of thirty thousand.

It’s a monthly salary!

The scale of Ice Gleam Academy is truly impressive, but they’re casually hiring a calligraphy teacher only...

However, seeing the salary for recruiting teachers above being millions of spirit currency per month, Sui Yi was unperturbed.

And looking at the queue, indeed quite a few were applying.

But it moved quickly, since the assessment was just letting you write a character according to their direction.

Clearly, there were dozens still ahead when Sui Yi queued up, but a few minutes later it was her turn.

In the front, beauties, handsome fellows, and elegant elders were countless; at least no one applied without some confidence, otherwise, it’d be unflattering to embarrass oneself, but all were quickly passed by the examiner, making those behind feel mostly hopeless...

When it was Sui Yi’s turn, the examiner didn’t even look at her and said directly: "Feng".

Sui Yi picked up the brush from the inkstone, letting it flow to finish, then placing the brush back in its original position.

Those beside her watched, feeling the overwhelming aura as though the flames were sky-high, but with a second glance, it seemed as though the flames had burned away leaving only desolate ashes...

Very compelling character.

Impressive calligraphy skills!

"Great! It’s you!" the main examiner slapped the table enthusiastically, and those behind lost interest in the assessment; yet, having seen the character, they respected it, likely knowing that someone who dedicates themselves to practicing calligraphy is thoughtful and insightful, not narrow-minded. Some even smiled and congratulated Sui Yi.

It truly was a rather dispensable teaching position, the process was quick, and shortly after, Sui Yi received her certificate. Confirming the course start, she took the certificate to the library.

That administrator was dumbfounded.

What kind of person is this, leaving without a student certificate and returning with a teacher’s certificate...?

All within less than half an hour.

Upon truly entering the library, Sui Yi raised her eyes to see huge moving bookshelves, endless in view, with just the first floor alone having not less than tens of thousands of books, and several more floors above.

Going up, the books’ level increases; the library places no restrictions but relies purely on individual ability to choose what books to read. Most students can only read on the first floor, the chief among them on the second floor... then increasing online...

Sui Yi randomly picked a book on the first floor, sitting in a corner and turning one page after another, looking very ordinary.

In fact, her Magnetic Sensation had already spread throughout the entire first floor, confirming there was no threat perceivable to her, she began browsing madly with Magnetic Sensation...

An hour later.

Sui Yi had reached the third floor, by then people were relatively scarce; the vast floor sparkled brilliantly, the third floor was especially expansive like shining stars. She intended to use Magnetic Sensation to read but quickly found Cloud Ascendant level masters there...

Of course, her Magnetic Sensation went unnoticed by them, merely Sui Yi determined she couldn’t easily browse as casually on the first and second floors. She began selecting books on a smaller scale, proceeding shelf by shelf.

Naturally, the books on the third floor held far greater value, with many containing profound Technique literature; each time encountering such books, she would linger her gaze, contemplating their essence.

As she browsed, she suddenly found a book titled "Ice Snow Technique Principles Explained".

A standard title, the cover was pure white, placed inconspicuously, surprising Sui Yi, who only saw some content by penetrating it with Magnetic Sensation.

The content... quite straightforward.

Straightforward enough for those with low skills to believe the book was also poor.

Straightforward enough for those with high skills to more so conclude the book was poor.

But Sui Yi belonged to those with fundamentally "high configuration" Technique skills, yet remained quite vague in Ice Snow Techniques, alright, she basically hadn’t touched such techniques.

Future Ice Snow Techniques.

Sui Yi was curious, so she read it, and after reading, found the book fantastic.

Straightforward, because it was deeply rooted, precisely analyzed, allowing Sui Yi, who had no understanding of Ice Snow Technique, to immediately grasp its overview.

The more she read, the more she felt her inner ice snow foundation had been built, while incorporating it into her Witchcraft, the more intriguing she found it.

But as she read it, suddenly it ended.

Rather thin.

And it should not be the only one.

That was Sui Yi’s instinct.

So she kept reading and searching, and within her sight appeared a completely white one.

Sui Yi’s fingers had just landed on it, ready to pull it out.

However, there were two fingers there as well...

Sui Yi looked up, seeing a pair of eyes peering from between the layers of water.

Indifferent.

As enduring as flowing water, as deep as icy origins.

The other looked at her, and she gazed back.

One second, both released their fingers at the same time.

No one wanted the book?

Within seconds, both fingers simultaneously landed back on it again.

There was an atmosphere called awkward eggs.