He can get a lot of money by selling gold, jewelry and other useless things, and enchanted equipment has basically no effect on his current strength.
On the contrary, those inconspicuous books are what he desperately wants now.
Because he can use this to better understand the world, especially the Holy Spirit and Demon God in this world.
But in a medieval-style world like this, books are not so easy to obtain. Most of the books sold in grocery stores are biographies.
Really valuable books, especially books that reveal the true origin of the world, may not be available if you have money, they all depend on luck.
Many of them are in the hands of some nobles, ancient tombs and mages, and are displayed as collections.
And who is the largest noble in Xueman City?
Naturally, it was Balgruuf, the lord of Snowrun City in front of him.
That's why he made a request to see Balgruuf's collection of books.
"It seems that you are a very smart adventurer. No problem, I will ask the guard to take you to the court mage Farenjia. All my books are at his place, and you can borrow them there."
When he heard that Li Chuan changed his reward requirements, Balgruuf was not angry, but instead admired Li Chuan even more.
Only people at his level will understand that knowledge is the most important thing. For adventurers, money and weapons can indeed improve their strength.
But if you don’t have enough knowledge, your next adventure may be your last.
Also, since Xueman City is currently under martial law, the finances are a little tight, so of course he is very willing to spend less money.
So, under the leadership of a guard, Li Chuan walked through the meeting hall and saw Farenjia, the royal mage of Xueman City, in a very spacious room on the left.
"The lord is really going to find trouble for me. Doesn't he know that I'm looking for various records about the dragon clan?"
After listening to the guards conveying Balgruuf's order, Farenjia complained, then looked Li Chuan up and down and said:
"I didn't expect that a barbaric adventurer would actually want to become a thinker and scholar.
Since the lord has agreed, you can read the book here. The books are on the shelves in the room behind me.
But I'm going to give you some warning.
First, you are not allowed to take any book out of this room. You can only stay in the room and read.
Second, you are not allowed to disturb the place where I put the books. I have been searching for information recently, where I got the books from, and I will put them back after reading them.
Third, you are absolutely not allowed to damage any book, otherwise even if the lord intercedes, I will use magic to burn you into a puddle of ashes to grow my medicinal herbs.
The destruction magic of my secret fire Farenjia can be ranked among the top among all the mages in Skyrim!"
"no problem!"
Li Chuan smiled slightly, but he was not angry because of Farenjia's attitude.
It's quite good. You can not only read a book, but also get in touch with this magician who seems to be very powerful, and really understand the magic in this world.
Seeing that Li Chuan had a good attitude, Farenjia's attitude also improved significantly, and he was taken to the back room filled with rows of bookshelves.
"Although my collection of books here is far inferior to that of Winterfort, it is definitely better than that of any other city. If you have the patience, take a good look. It will be very beneficial to your future adventures."
After leading Li Chuan to the back room and briefly explaining a few words, Farenjia hurriedly continued to study his plan against the "dragon".
Li Chuan also began to browse the catalog on the bookshelf:
"The First Seed", "Sun High", "Starry Night", "Olav and the Dragon", "The Glory of Boethea", "A Brief History of the Empire I", "A Brief History of the Empire II".
The books on several bookshelves add up to hundreds of books.
And there are indeed many books in it that allow him to have a deep understanding of the world.
"The Legend of Creation"
Li Chuan took out the book he was most interested in from the bookshelf, found a chair, sat down, and started reading.
It was late at night before he left Longlin Castle and rented a room at the Mare Banner Hotel below.
In the next few days, Li Chuan went back and forth between Longlin Fort and Mare Banner almost every day, spending his days reading books and learning about the history of the world.
Because of his extremely fast reading speed and terrifying memory, in just three days, he had read through most of the books in Long Linbao.
Only then did he have a true understanding of the world of "The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim".
Different books, especially the records in books by authors of different races, have different views in some aspects, but generally speaking, he has summarized some relatively reliable conclusions.
The world of The Elder Scrolls is not a round sky but a planet, which people call "Nairn".
In the Dawn Era recorded in mythology, time is not linear, but chaotic. Li Chuan understood this to be similar to the state before Pangu opened the world.
Later, a being in the chaos called "God's Head" had a dream, and then the world split into Anu and Padome.
They represent "eternity" and "change" respectively.
The collision between Anu and Padome produced Orbis. Orbis was understood by Li Chuan as the meaning of the universe, and it sounds similar to the Big Bang.
Anu represents time, and later split into the time dragon god Akatosh.
Padome represents space, and later split into the snake god Lorkhan.
Later, different gods were born in this universe, and these gods were collectively called "original spirits".
For unknown reasons, Lorkhan began to persuade Akatosh and encourage the original spirits who were later born to create the world with him.
So the original spirit symbolizing "eternity" turned into Idra, and the original spirit symbolizing "change" turned into Daedra.
Then there was an extremely powerful being in the original spirit called Magnus. He was appointed as the chief architect of creation, created the material form of the mortal world, and planned the direction of the major planets in the universe.
But when the world was truly created, the original spirits discovered that the new world was different from what Lorkhan said. It was not eternal, but was constantly changing, and began to absorb their energy, trying to trap them here.
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Some of the original spirits who responded quickly broke through the restraints and escaped to the light realm under the leadership of Magnus.
Among them, the gap created by Magnus formed the sun, while the gaps created by other primitive spirits formed the stars in the sky now.
These gaps also allow the energy of the light world to flow into the mortal world, and the energy used by magicians when they perform magic comes from this.
However, it was introduced in several books about gods that the reason why people can use magic is not taught by the dragon family, but by the elemental god Jinales, the widow of Lockhan.