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 The lonely figure of a young man walking through the dark empty streets could be seen. His steps were hurried as he pulled his coat to cover his neck. The chill of the winter day penetrates deep under his skin.
 After a few quick turns, he comes to a stop in front of a small two-story building.
 "I still can't believe it," he muttered under his breath before he took a step forward. His hand moved to his pockets as he rummaged for the keys before he made his way forward.
 The bells chimed as he stepped inside the old dark bookstore. The nostalgic smell of books engulfed him, bringing him a sense of solace. The young man's hand subconsciously traced the wall to his right where he found the light switch.
 A second later, light found its way inside the small bookstore, illuminating the various shelves filled with all sorts of books. Two tall shelves greeted him, one to his right, another to his left, both almost reaching the ceiling.
 The ground was littered with all sorts of books, some stacked on top of each other, others simply blocking the way. Trying to be extra careful, the young man walked slowly, his right-hand touching the various books with a sad expression on his face.
 At the end of the hallway was the counter, where an old PC rested, next to it was a picture frame facing downwards, along with a stack of papers spread across the desk. His grief-stricken expression deepened as he grabbed the picture.
 A young boy with a wide grin on his face greeted him. Shaking his head, a sad smile made its way to his face as he mumbled: "So you did keep it after all."
 It has been close to three years since the last time he's been here. Three years since he last saw his grandpa... He knew that his grandad's condition was not the best, but he always managed to convince himself that he would visit soon, that he would take a break and head back to see him.
 Work had preoccupied his mind, and he ended up pushing it back every time, finding all sorts of excuses not to come. His grandfather was a stubborn man, he never said anything, not told anyone until it was too late.
 Now all he had left was this rundown building. Struggling to keep the tears at bay, the young man's eyes fell on a certain letter resting at the edge of the desk. His grandfather's familiar handwriting prompted him to grab it almost instantly.
 'To Lucien, If you are reading this, then I am afraid I'm no longer there. It's a shame since this would mean I was unable to teach you. Forgive this old man, I hesitated for far too long and now I ran out of time. I have left you a present in your favorite section. The choice is yours, love grandpa.'
 A frown quickly made its way across Lucien's face. The content of the letter was not what he expected. He stood there motionless for a while, trying to understand what this means.
 "Unable to teach? Teach me what?" He muttered to himself before continuing, "My favorite section."
 Saying that Lucien turned towards the left shelve, his eyes scanning it with curiosity. His favorite section had always been fantasy. His grandad didn't quite like it but he still kept a small section at the bottom of the left shelf dedicated to him.
 Familiar titles greeted him until he came across a strange book, one he had never seen before.
 "What's this?"
 Almost as if by instinct, Lucien pulled the book. A large complicated magic circle was on its hard brown cover. Its surface was smooth and cold to the touch, giving him a strange feeling. The book was thick, almost twice the size of any he had ever seen.
 He struggled to move it towards the desk and put it down with a loud thump. "A new story?" He wondered, yet for some reason, his heart began to throb in excitement.
 Almost as if he was possessed, Lucien opened the first page.
 "Magic is how the Divine come to our rescue, how the Devils and Monsters reach in and cause harm with their temptations. Be aware, be good, and be very careful what you wish for. There is always a fee."
 The bold words stunned Lucien for a second before a chuckle escaped his mouth. "A novel? Still, the writing style is quite weird."
 At the bottom of the page was a somewhat familiar name. "Oliver Wood. Is this book written by someone in our family?" Wondered Lucien, "But I don't think I know anyone called Oliver?" Glancing at the ancient book, a wild thought ran through his mind.
 "An ancestor?" Shaking his head he turned over the next page.
 Countless complicated patterns and symbols, weird runes unlike any he had ever seen before, alongside a few messy notes. Simply looking at everything caused his eyes to spin.
 "What the hell is this?" He frowned in confusion.
 Turning over another page, symbols more complicated and complex greeted him causing his frown to deepen. Was this joke from his old pops? This didn't seem like any sort of novel he had ever read before. If anything it looked like a creepy old witchcraft book.
 Still, Lucien kept turning the pages patiently trying to find something he could understand. After a while, his eyes lit up as he came across what seemed like relatively simple instructions for a spell.
 Before he tried, hesitation flashed through his eyes as he glanced at the ancient book. "What am I even doing?" With a self-deprecating laugh, Lucien was about to close the book when he reluctantly paused.
 "I mean one try, it can't hurt. Besides no one is here to witness my embarrassment."
 With his mind full of determination, Lucien carefully follows the instructions. He quickly dusted the ground, removed his thick coat, and laid it on the ground, he then removed his cap causing his messy medium-length dark hair to cascade down on his face, before he sat down cross-legged.
 Closing his eyes, he tried to empty his mind from all stray thoughts, something that surprisingly came easy to him. Breath in, breath out, breath in, breath out. He continued with the set of breathing exercises for a couple of minutes until his mind was as still as a lake. He then recited the incantation:
 "Akal, Timest, Adu, Aman."
 "Akal, Timest, Adu, Aman."
 "Akal, Timest, Adu, Aman."
 "Akal, Timest, Adu, Aman."
 By the time he finished his chant, a strange unfamiliar power engulfed him. Panicking, Lucien hurriedly opened his eyes only to find himself in a foreign plane. He was standing in a large space. In front, he could see countless tall mountains ahead, to his left was a vast sea of flames, and to his right tornadoes danced about in the distance, behind him was a massive sea.
 "What-" glancing at his surroundings, Lucien found himself standing on top of a tall white pillar, overlooking everything from above.
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 Following the unfortunate news of his grandfather’s passing, Lucien is forced to go back to his old hometown. As the sole living relative, he gets to inherit his old pop’s bookstore. A place where he had spent most of his childhood.
 There, however, he finds an ancient book that ends up shaking his view on the world and raising the curtain over a side he never knew existed, one filled with magic, mythical creatures, and all sorts of dangers.
 “Wait a minute! Are you telling me, grandpa was a wizard?!”
 Follow Lucien as he slowly unveils the mysteries of this hidden world, meets new people, saves princesses, befriends dragons, and uncovers the ancient secrets of his bloodline.
 This is the story of the Bookstore Mage.
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 This story is set in a modern-day setting. It’s not earth but a parallel world similar to ours with different countries and all of that.
 There will be some world-hoping elements down the line.
 There will be some elements of army building.
 There will be pets.
 There will not be any harem, I’m not confident enough to write a realistic one without compromising the relationships.
 There will be a realistic development of both the MC’s powers and his relationships.
 This will seem like a slow start, but it will hopefully pick up the pace whilst still being enjoyable.
 I’m not writing the chapters now, this is an old draft I had for a long time. So the updates will be consistent.
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 Once through, Lin Shu came to a huge fantasy world.
 
 Moreover, a limited-time seckill system is bound.
 
 As long as every 168 hours, that is, one week, the system will open the instant kill mall for a limited time, and all prices will be connected to one spiritual stone.
 
 Innate Dao Body, 1 Spirit Stone!
 
 Chaos body, 1 spirit stone!
 
 Hongmeng Taoist body, 1 spirit stone!
 
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 Heavy pupil, 1 spirit stone!
 
 Time and Space God Eye, 1 Spirit Stone!
 
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 Execution Sword, 1 Spiritual Sense!
 
 The map of mountains and rivers, 1 spiritual stone!
 
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 Seeing this time-limited instant kill product and price, Lin Shu went crazy.
 
 What kind of enchanting goods are these, buy it!&nbsp;purchase!&nbsp;purchase……
 
 With the time-limited instant kill system, Lin Shu climbed to the top of the world step by step!
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 As soon as Lu Xuan woke up, he became an ordinary spiritual planter in Sanxiufang City, guarding a one-acre three-point spiritual field, and living in the world of practice. 
 Fortunately, I accidentally discovered that every time a spiritual plant matures, I can get extra rewards. 
 Harvest a sword grass and get a sword pill. 
 Harvest a Xuan Chong vine and get a share of Yin Xingsha. 
 Harvest a Youquan flower and get a piece of Zhiyan Pill Recipe. 
 … 
 From then on, he guarded his spiritual field peacefully, and sat and watched the world of practice turbulent and vicissitudes. 
 “What about fighting skills, exploring secret realms, seeking immortal fate, obtaining magic weapons…all have nothing to do with me!” 
 “I just want to farm quietly.”
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 He became a villain through the book and stole the protagonist's real wife at the beginning.
 Jiang Chen expressed that he was very panicked. What should he do if he is going to be killed by the protagonist in one day?
 Fortunately, the unlimited identity system is activated, a new identity is created every day, and the identities can be superimposed.
 Day one: Became the son of the chairman of Jiangtian Group.
 The next day: Became the president of Renli Bank and had a year-end friendship.
 Day Three: Became the Shura God of War that everyone abroad feared
 Day 4: He actually became a provincial judge
 Day Five: Became one of the four legendary instructors of the Destiny Killer Organization?
 Day six: Became the founder of the Space-based Organization and the Infinite Emperor.
 What's exaggerated is that every ten identities can be synthesized into an even more exaggerated identity.
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 There were always villains with frustrating fates and miserable lives, here the heroine transmigrated to save the villain’s miserable life.
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 The day when the koi demon fish carp was transformed into a human form, he was stunned by a thunderbolt, and when he woke up, he found that he was wearing a cannon fodder supporting role in a novel brought back by sister Longnv. 
 The supporting role is Yu Lili, whose parents are scumbags, and signed up for 200,000 star coins to deceive her to live in the extremely dangerous barren star. 
 Poor Yu Lili, a combat scum with double E in physique and spirit, became cold on the first day of the barren star. 
 I have read the novel and know how dangerous the live broadcast is: I can’t, I can’t let me out! 
 It’s a pity that the spaceship that sent them has long since left, and the next time they come will be three months later. 
 Fish Carp Carp: As the monster circle with the lowest force value, it can only rely on good luck. 
 So the live audience will see: 
 The anchor A worked hard to find two sour fruits to eat, and an unmutated rabbit was directly killed on the stone beside the fish and carp. 
 The anchor B bumped into the site of a ferocious alien from time to time, and Yu Lili walked for a long time without encountering a first-class alien. 
 In the evening, anchor C made 18 traps and was slept for three hours before being attacked by alien beasts. When Yu Lili was sleepy, he found a comfortable tree hole and slept peacefully all night. 
 Audience: You are afraid that you are broadcasting live on a fake star! 
 Fish Carp Carp: Barren Star is not that dangerous! 
 Everyone thought that Yu Lili was a lucky weak chicken, until that day Yu Lili, in order to save people and faced a fourth-level alien beast, plucked up his courage and stretched out his pink and tender fist. 
 In the next second, the alien beast flew ten meters away. 
 Anchor and audience: stunned.jpg 
 Fish Carp Carp: So weak! I can’t even beat a weak chicken like me, shame on the beast! 
 Others: You are afraid that you have misunderstood the word weak chicken!
 One-sentence introduction: The live broadcast of Desolate Star Survival is not so dangerous! 
 Concept: Good luck is also a kind of strength. 
 Content Labels: Science Fiction Time and Space Interstellar Live Streaming 
 Search keywords: protagonist: fish carp ┃ supporting role: ┃ other:
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 After crossing, I discovered that there is a resurgence in the East and there is a dawn in the West. 
 The steam cannon and the mysterious collision, the Western extraordinary gradually awakened. 
 [Blasting Master] + [Steam Expert] = [Machinist] 
 [Soul Master] + [Swordsman] = [Curse Swordsman] 
 A variety of advanced, transfer and hidden professions, as well as never-ending exploration. 
 As the mystery of the West gradually unfolded, the ancient gods gradually recovered, and a world full of freshness began to kick off in front of Sulu. 
 The old god is recovering, the new god is rising, what should ordinary people do? Fortunately, there is a property panel!
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 Similar to the Victorian world! 
 Mysterious creatures under steampunk! Unknown treasure! And the lost legend! 
 An artificial creature weapon travels into this wonderful world! 
 Complete a wonderful life!
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 Waking from sleep, Sade found himself in a large cave, and became an infant just a few months old? Endless waves of sleepiness and hunger engulfed him and made him feel deep despair. But just as he thought that he was going to starve to death here, an enormous figure landed in front of him. This was a creature that only appeared in the myths and legends — a Great Dragon! And this place was the Great Dragon’s nest! From then, Sade started his life being raised by a Great Dragon……
 More than ten years later, Sade had matured into an adult and came to the human civilization, shocking the entire magical world! Not only was Sade proficient in Draconic Spell, but the power of those spells was also comparable to an actual Great Dragon. He had all sorts of incredible magic items, almost as though it wasn’t strange at all for divine items to appear in his hands. He was the richest man in the world, it seemed that there was simply no end to his treasure stash, enough to buy an entire kingdom even. He was the son of the Great Dragon! Sade·Prescott!
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 Lu Changge crossed into the fantasy world because of an accident, and became the headmaster of a sect.
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 But Lu Changge found out? You turned out to be a bachelor commander? Is he alone in the entire sect? How to do? So panic!
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 Just when Lu Changge was in despair, he awakened the patriarchal master system.
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 As long as he accepted his apprentice and made his apprentice stronger, he could also become stronger!
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 But Lu Changge didn't understand cultivation at all, so he didn't know anything.
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 How could he make his apprentice stronger?
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 So Lu Changge had to fool around.
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 Just slashing the root of a tree with a sword will let the apprentice comprehend the unique swordsmanship.
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 A knife mark was drawn on the ground so that the apprentice could comprehend the peerless sword technique.
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 Stew a pot of vegetable leaf soup, and let the apprentice understand the unique method of alchemy.
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 Draw a picture of the five Olympic rings, so that the apprentice can understand the peerless formation.
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 Just say a proverb, and let the apprentice understand the method of fortune-telling. ...
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 Years later, these apprentices have become peerless masters of Megatron.
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 Moreover, Lu Changge discovered that since the female emperor's disciple has become a peerless master, there are hundreds of millions of points in her eyes that are not right. Is it necessary... , so I had no choice but to be invincible", "This teacher is a respectable person, if something happens, he is really good" and so on.
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 [Super Burning Heavenly Master + National Adventure Adventure + Five Thunder Methods + Sword Cultivation + Decisive Killing]!
 The secret realm of national destiny is opened.
 From 420 countries, three people are randomly selected to enter the secret realm to survive.
 Survive for 10 days and you will be rewarded with [Aura Revival]!
 Survive for 30 days and you will be rewarded with [Heavenly Skill]!
 Rice: Soldier King + Parkour Coach + Wilderness Master!
 Sakura: Great Swordsman + Ninja + Sumo Wrestler!
 Even Bangzi has a combination of Taekwondo + fitness trainer + foodie!
 …
 Here in the Dragon Kingdom, the style of painting has suddenly changed.
 Wearing a red shirt, a spear, and a dashing girl in her twenties, Ling Xue, the descendant of Emei!
 Plus the popular actress Bai Lu,
 There was also a black-robed Taoist priest who looked lazy and yawned six times in one sentence.
 The other spectators looked at the contestants from the Dragon Kingdom, each one more unreliable than the other, and smiled crookedly. They felt that these three weirdos from the Dragon Kingdom could not survive for ten minutes in the secret realm.
 But when something strange happens, the other players are struggling to survive.
 Emei Lingxue has one shot and one person, and can lead the team to survive for 20 days.
 Until she encountered an evil dragon, the thousand-year-old evil dragon sent her flying a hundred meters with one move.
 When everyone feels hopeless.
 The Taoist priest who had been lazy stretched his waist.
 "The Xuanzong of Heaven and Earth, with all the powerful roots, cultivated for hundreds of millions of kalpas, and proved my magical powers!"
 The golden light curse came out of the body, he jumped lightly, and stood on the head of the evil dragon with his hands behind his back.
 With a backhand palm, the thunder in the palm directly hit the dragon, and the hammer exploded all the way.
 Netizens around the world were shocked.
 Is this guy in black robe so strong?
 Is he really a genius?
 Zhang Tianfan: "What black robe? I'm just afraid of getting the purple robe dirty, so can't I wear it backwards?"
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 The demons are dancing wildly, and the end of the world is a catastrophe. 
 The first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty. 
 Emperor Yuanwu "Zhou Di" was ignorant and ignorant. In order to gain immortality, he pursued the "immortal path", which led to the corruption of the court and the rule of treacherous ministers. The people were in dire straits and had to change their sons for food. 
 Xu Qing traveled through time and became an ordinary beggar in a border town. He was abandoned because he was mentally retarded when he was born. Fortunately, he was saved by the old beggar Jiuzhi and lived to the age of sixteen. 
 In such troubled times. 
 As an ordinary mortal, Xu Qing can hardly survive. Fortunately, he possesses the treasure "Illustrated Book of All Things", which can collect all things in the world for strengthening. 
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 [Bajiquan LV1: 0/10 (This is a fierce and powerful short boxing style. Its movements are fast, unpretentious, and the force is extremely strong, penetrating through the fingertips.)]... [Bajiquan LVMAX: MAX/MAX (contains the secret of boxing, the eight extremes of the fist, and the world collapses with one punch) 
 [Iron Sword LV1: 0/5 (This is an ordinary iron sword made by an ordinary blacksmith.)]... [Iron Sword LVMAX: MAX/MAX (contains the secret of swordsmanship, the sword cuts all things, and the world falls with one sword fall. ) 
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 [Cauliflower snake LV1: 0/10 (This is an ordinary cauliflower snake, with strong winding strength and sharp snake teeth.)]... [Cauliflower snake LVMAX: MAX/MAX (ancient giant python, Can swallow heaven and earth, nightmare of countless worlds, snake of destruction.) 
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 Xu Qing used the power of the "Illustrated Book of All Things" to upgrade all things and grow up step by step. From an ordinary mortal, he gradually became an immortal god standing above all living beings.
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 Blue Star is digitalized, and the world has entered the era of job change!
 Under the circumstances that everyone wants to change jobs to become a father and become a long-range fort.
 Gu Yun has acquired a unique profession - melee magic god!
 【Ding! Your "Thunder Strike" is transformed into - lv999. God's Punishment Punch! 】
 【Ding! Your "big fireball" is transformed into - lv999. Dari Tathagata palm! 】
 ...
 Flaming Mountain Boss Iron Fan Princess: "Master! I am willing to be your pet, please don't take a picture of this palm!"
 The giant prophet of the Magic Association: "Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!
 God-level BOSS Succubus Queen: "Woo~ Master, I've made a mistake! Take away the supernatural powers!"
 ...
 When everyone was in despair, Gu Yun appeared and slapped Ares, the demon god who came before him after so much hardship, to death.
 School girl Zhu Xingyu looked at Gu Yun with nympho eyes:
 "Godfather, please take me away! I...can do anything!"
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