Not only that, Xiao Lin found that many of these notes were very blurred. The yellowed cover was hard to imagine how many years they had. Moreover, the texts were messy, including Chinese, English, Russian, and even Norma's common language, which means that there are also study notes from local natives.

The man narrowed his eyes and said with the charm of memories: "There were no unified skills textbooks at that time, and people in the New World didn't have such things. They all rely on disciples to teach them, so everyone is used to recording with notes. Later, the colonial colleges uniformly formulated relatively complete textbooks, summarized common skills and then studied for students. Although it provided great convenience and saved time, it made the students lose their creative ability, and it was hard to say whether it was good or bad."

After murmured like a while, the man laughed and shook his head: "Sorry, I feel a little trembling when I get old. In short, the basic skills book here is only this kind of notes. If you want the standard textbooks in the college, then I suggest you go to the comprehensive bookstore at the corner of the second street of the commercial area. The types there are very comprehensive, and they are all new books. It seems that the store opened has the official background of the ruling party."

Xiao Lin touched the new coins in his pocket and asked hesitantly: "How much does these notes cost?"

The man laughed: "This is unnecessary. I said I would give you a cost price because I used a lot of money and energy to get these books on the bookshelf. These in the box are more of them, not worth a lot of money, and I am not kind enough to charge you. If there is anything you can use, I will give it for free."

Xiao Lin was moved, but felt it was inappropriate: "Is it really giving it to me?"

The man was also stunned: "Do you want it all?"

Xiao Lin, who felt that he might have misconception, used a cough to hide his embarrassment.

"You haven't told me what courses you took."

Xiao Lin’s elective courses are not worth mentioning. But he wants to choose skills that have reinforcement effects from more skills. It is definitely difficult to learn more in the academy. Even if he has the right to listen to classes everywhere, he may not have so many courses offered.

He thought about it and felt that there was nothing to hide. He briefly explained his own ideas and said a little embarrassedly: "I understand that I may be a little nonsense, but I still want to try whether I can succeed."

The man opened his mouth, as shocked as expected. But soon he calmed down again and showed an intriguing smile: "Do you want to learn from Lilith of the United States?"

"Lilith?" Xiao Lin's expression was more surprised than the man: "Do you know Lilith too? Lilith also took a lot of basic courses at the same time?"

The man shook his head and said, "Lilith has been traveling back and forth in the new world since her first grade. There is no doubt that he is a real genius. I don't know her, but don't forget that this is New Washington. Such a genius will certainly be more famous here than in other academies. Although I have never seen her, I heard that Lilith has never used the same weapon in battle. As for whether she can still use magic, it has never been confirmed."

Xiao Lin was shocked and suspicious. The virtual man could vaguely identify that he was a woman. Could it be that he just referenced Lilith's historical parameters at the time.

The man continued, "Since you have such an idea, I suddenly became a little interested. How will this all-round elective end up? I'm really looking forward to it."

"Don't you think I'm making a fuss? After all, even the dual cultivation of magic and martial arts is not favored."

The man was stunned and then looked sad: "The academy does not allow dual cultivation of magic and martial arts now? Alas, it seems that the changes in the academy over the past few decades have been really big!"

"What was the Shuguang Academy like back then?" Xiao Lin felt curious.

"In our time, we didn't have textbooks. Sometimes we would read the notes of seniors, but more of them developed as we pleased. At that time, our own elective courses were very strange. Haha, sometimes I thought about it, and I did take a lot of detours, but..."

Xiao Lin understood that Shuguang Academy adopted a completely open and freestyle learning back then, while the current teaching model is closer to China's traditional education system.

The man frowned, probably even he couldn't explain the pros and cons of it. Finally, he just said: "In fact, the academy does not need too many students who develop as they please. For the long-term development of the colony, systematic teaching is also a matter of course. Let me give you the simplest example. The Dragon Eagle Knights in New Washington is basically the strongest combat power of the Americans, but if you want to cultivate the Dragon Eagle Knights, the course electives are almost fixed, advanced knights, advanced Warcraft, advanced dragon spear techniques, etc. Do you understand?"

"Targeted training." Xiao Lin nodded and understood. From the perspective of the college, cultivating students who are in line with their own development can indeed accelerate the construction of the colony. Whatever the colony lacks, it will offer courses. But from the perspective of the students, Xiao Lin obviously yearns for the free-style teaching in the past.

The man didn't want to talk more about this topic, so he shook his head and said, "I'm talking about it far. The idea you mentioned is not something that no one has tried, but I haven't seen it myself, so I'm very interested. I can give you all these basic skills books for free."

Xiao Lin was about to be happy, but the man changed his tone: "But it is not for you at once. Skill books must be read to others to show their value. It is a pity to put them here, but I don't want you to ruin these things, so you can only choose no more than five books every time you come. Next time I come, I need to know your learning progress and then judge whether I want to continue giving you skills books."

After hearing this request, Xiao Lin hesitated. He was invited to come to New Washington this time, but if he wanted to come by himself next time, Shuguang Academy might not let him go.

Even if he is allowed to come, he will probably not be treated as he is now. Super potions and anti-gravity jewelry must not be considered. He doesn't think that the small amount of new coins on his body can afford it. He is indeed very interested in the skill books full of notes in men's hands, but he hesitated that these things may not be worth the troubles he has to go to New Washington.

"Lin, Mr. Lin," Xiao Lin thought about the man's surname and asked, "Why don't you go back to our own Dawn City?"

"Personal reason, I can't go back." The man was not willing to talk deeply, so Xiao Lin had to give up.

The man was amused and laughed: "Although these notes are not very valuable now, believe me, you will never find such a good thing elsewhere. The annotations in these skill books are priceless for freshmen."
Chapter completed!