Chapter 209: The Book of Wisdom of Will Declan

“What’s there to be surprised about? I’m just writing the Book of Wisdom of Veldkrant, or the Book of Wisdom for short. It’s a book that records my wisdom.” Little Ville didn’t even look up, continuing to write and draw, though he seemed to be struggling a bit.

Yamei frowned, asking in confusion, “Are you sick? What’s the use of writing this stuff?”

Lilith, who had walked over, also nodded repeatedly, “You’re really good at knight training, but you’ve only just started in the wizard profession, not even at the entry level. To write a Book of Wisdom, you’re really audacious.”

Little Ville shrugged helplessly, a little troubled, “Actually, I didn’t want to, but Professor Weizel left me a mess before, making many wizards think I had seen the Book of Wisdom, which is why I was able to advance to intermediate knight in half a year. Some wizards have even started coming to my door. For people like that, direct denial is useless, and I can’t just send them away like a playboy, so I had to write one myself.”

“Let me see what you’ve written, if it can fool me.” Yamei had no habit of being polite; she snatched Little Ville’s notebook. Seeing Yamei’s lack of formality, Lilith temporarily put aside her reserve. She also wanted to know what kind of Book of Wisdom the person she had been chasing recently could write.

A fool is a fool not because of ignorance, but because of a lack of self-awareness; a wise person is wise not because of omniscience, but because of the pursuit of knowledge.

A fool uses the body to monitor the mind; a wise person uses the mind to monitor the body.

The wise create rules, the strong maintain rules, the weak follow rules, and the foolish break rules.

The wise seek everything from themselves; the foolish seek everything from others.

The wise see letting go as progress; the foolish see letting go as despair. The height of letting go is the degree of happiness.

Constantly arguing with others is foolish; having no disputes with others is wise.

The wise seek common ground; the foolish seek differences.

The clever toil and the wise worry; the incompetent have no desires.

Only smart people put in the hard work. If you identify the correct direction and put in rough, diligent effort, success won’t be too far away.

When you are ignorant, please listen carefully, and do not let your ignorance become a reason for self-righteousness.

If you succeed, it’s just a new beginning. If you fail, it’s also just a new beginning, but can you adapt to it?

Don’t judge a hero by success or failure, because no matter if a hero ultimately fails, they must have succeeded at some point along the way.

Learn to think, be clear-headed, understand your own insignificance, and avoid self-indulgence. The nail that sticks out gets hammered. Don’t always try to stand out, because you’re not as strong as you think.

Without effort, there is no success. Sometimes, if you don’t work hard enough, you won’t know what despair is. Only those who have truly worked hard know how important talent is.

Genius is ninety-nine percent perspiration and one percent inspiration, but that one percent of inspiration determines whether the ninety-nine percent is useful. Without talent, one hundred percent effort is in vain.

The ugly duckling could turn into a swan not because of how hard it tried, but because it was a swan to begin with.

Your wholehearted efforts are sometimes not as good as someone else’s casual attempts.

After so much effort, if you had any talent, there should be some signs of success by now. If not, it means you truly have no talent at all.

Don’t worry about things you can’t solve today, because you still won’t be able to solve them tomorrow.

After ten years of continuous effort and struggle, you finally transformed from an ignorant youth into an ignorant young man. A few decades later, you successfully became an ignorant old man.

No one will mock your dreams; they only mock your abilities.

After a spontaneous trip, nothing changed except that the things that needed to be done were delayed even longer.

What kind of people create what kind of environment? Don’t always feel that your surroundings are not good enough for you.

If it’s gold, it will always shine. If it’s a stone, it won’t shine anywhere.

That’s how life is: there’s laughter and tears. Some people are mainly responsible for laughter, and others are mainly responsible for tears.

Some people aren’t winning at the starting line; they’re born directly at the finish line.

Everyone has the right to happiness; only a few have the ability to be happy.

Live well; there’s a new setback every day.

Just keep going, and you’ll find that luck always happens to someone else.

If life deceives you today, don’t be sad, don’t cry, because tomorrow life will continue to deceive you.

Don’t say life hurt you; life doesn’t even know who you are.

Reading through them one by one, Yamei and Lilith were initially very inspired, feeling as if this was a true Book of Wisdom, filled with life philosophies that invigorated them after reading. But the later content felt increasingly off; why such a sudden contrast?

“Are you sure this thing can be called the Book of Wisdom?” Lilith’s forehead was lined with black, wishing she could go up and give that scoundrel a good beating.

Little Ville nodded, “Please use the full title: The Book of Wisdom of Veldkrant. Miss Lilith Kendall, which of my wise statements do you find problematic?”

“Can I beat you up?” Lilith expressed her indignation directly with action, though she couldn’t beat Little Ville in a fight, and the person next to her who could truly defeat Little Ville had already been completely stunned by the Book of Wisdom of Veldkrant.

“This, this is the true Book of Wisdom? How amazing!” Yamei exclaimed with every sentence she read, causing Little Ville and Lilith to widen their eyes, both showing expressions of disbelief. It actually managed to fool someone!

Hearing the word “wisdom,” Nicole immediately became interested and quietly leaned closer. The notebook read: The Book of Wisdom of Veldkrant.

Is this the crystallization of wisdom from Veldkrant, the one who calls all the shots in the Ten Thousand Affairs Shop, is liked and constantly flattered by everyone, and is known as the number one genius knight in Drake City at such a young age? If she learned it, could she become as powerful as him? She really wanted it.

Indeed, in Nicole’s eyes, Little Ville was incredibly, incredibly powerful. He had his own big house and could arrange for her to live in a comfortable house too. He had an endless supply of delicious food every day, and could even take her to eat. Everything he wanted to do, he could accomplish with great ease, as if nothing could ever trouble him.

“C-can I read it from the beginning?” Poor Nicole, having arrived a little late, had only seen the last part and felt somewhat shocked. The successful young man was indeed extraordinary.

“I suggest you read it from back to front, little by little.” Little Ville knew he had played a trick with this thing; different people would have different insights, and for the same person, reading it forwards versus backwards would have different effects.

Yamei immediately became interested when she heard Little Ville’s words, so she pulled Nicole along to read it line by line from back to front.

On the other side, Lilith, who had lost interest, asked in confusion, “How did you come up with so many twisted theories?”

Little Ville’s face showed a hint of weariness upon hearing this. “You should have a general idea about the Bloody Devil Sacrifice at Mirdis Intermediate Academy, right?”

“I know, that was your claim to fame, being able to suppress a devil. You’re quite the arrogant one.” Lilith swore directly; this scoundrel had such good luck.

“Actually, before the devil was suppressed, it had a great battle with me on the soul level. If it weren’t for the Seven-Layered Tower, I might have died long ago. A large part of what I’ve just written down are the words the devil used to attack me. So, this Book of Wisdom is actually the devil’s Book of Wisdom.” Little Ville’s words greatly surprised Lilith, who, after a moment of thought, suddenly realized, “No wonder I felt strange; it turns out it’s the devil’s Book of Wisdom.”

“Those who would be hit hard by this book are definitely not people like you and Yamei, who were born with a silver spoon in their mouths, but rather bottom-tier individuals like Nicole, who live in dire straits every day. But there’s a process to it. If she reads it forwards, it would indeed be a huge blow to her. But if she reads it backwards, the initial bitterness followed by sweetness will actually ignite her fighting spirit.” Little Ville chuckled, “People who are willing to believe that the Book of Wisdom is in my hands are generally not successful people, because successful people are quite rational and don’t have so many unnecessary hopes and gambling tendencies. So, after they get my Book of Wisdom of Veldkrant, as long as they read it straight through, they will definitely gain a lot.”

“You’re really devious!” Lilith complimented Little Ville, “But is it really okay to leak the devil’s knowledge like this?”

“Don’t underestimate human wisdom. Once a move is made, a counter will quickly follow. Once these things become familiar to people, the devil’s tricks will basically be ineffective in the future,” Little Ville said nonchalantly. “It’s like Angor practicing the Imitation Twin-Tailed Cat Body Tempering Fist. At first, he was very uncomfortable, but after a few painful times, he became numb to it. Now, isn’t he practicing it quite skillfully?”

After reading it through completely from back to front, Yamei pouted, not entirely pleased, while Nicole showed an expression of excitement and reverence, “This Book of Wisdom is so amazing! Can I copy a version?”

“No problem, it’s just a little something I casually put together, no need to pay too much attention to it.” Little Ville’s words directly struck Nicole, just as the book itself stated: sometimes, your wholehearted efforts are truly not as good as someone else’s casual attempts.

The white-haired patriarch thought every day about how to teach his clansmen, but he had never been able to form his own system. Yet, this genius boy spent only half an hour casually writing, and completed a work that the patriarch had not finished in decades.

Is this what a genius is? I need to work hard too. I feel like I’ve grown a lot by being with him. It seems I also have talent!

The first three readers of Little Ville’s Book of Wisdom of Veldkrant: one was indifferent, one saw it as a joke, and the last one was encouraged and is still looking for the free novel “The Troubles of a Young Wizard”? Search directly on Baidu: “Yikan Xiaoshuo” Reading novels is very simple! (=Yikan Xiaoshuo)