[Book Consumed]

[Book Consumed]

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[Book Consumed]

[Cultivation Technique Leveled Up]

[Progress 39%]

The speed was improved significantly. This time it will take him a single night instead of a week to reach a breakthrough.

He doesn't plan to wait for a night. There's still time for him but he's not wasting any of them.

'I'll give up on buying from my neighbors. Tang Jie is kind that's why she let me off. If I met other people things would've got worse.'

'I should head to the library, I could get some books at that place. At the same time, It allows me to thank Master Yu.'

Zhen Lun opened the door of his room, getting himself ready to visit the library but he unexpected to find a giant bulky man stood in front of his room.

Zhen Lun wasn't frightened by it or anything. He didn't feel any hostile intention that was forwarded to him.

The bulky man which was taller than the door was glaring toward Zhen Lun. Instead of being hostile toward him, he felt that the man was curious about something.

After a few second of sightseeing by the bulky man, he left without saying a word.

'Does all core disciple like that?' Zhen Lun eyebrows twitched. He was confused by the man's actions.

Sigh*

'Next time I'll just exit through the windows, It'll be no problem for me after I reach Bone Tempering Realm. I will climb my way down. it is the best way to avoid the core disciples.'

Zhen Lun left quickly as possible, After a few minutes of running. Zhen Lun finally arrived at the library.

Puff*

'It's sure a long way from there to here.' Zhen Lun breathed out a heavy hot air.

This time he gets to look at the library carefully. The building was enormous, The shape was like a pagoda, with ten-tiered floors, Instead of storing relics, It was books that were stored inside this building. The building was carefully built, it was even scripted with a bunch of runes, to protect intruders from getting in. The only way to enter was the entrance of the library.

Zhen Lun headed inside, Master Yu like usual was sitting on the chair as he reads a book.

"Zhen Lun thank Master Yu for granting me permission to stay there." Zhen Lun bowed while clasping his fist.

"Ho, Master Yu? You sure know how to sweet talk." Elder Yu put down his book to look at Zhen Lun.

"Don't need to thank me. You will have to depend on your capability if you want to stay there longer." Elder Yu hinted.

'Hm? What is Master Yu trying to say?' Zhen Lun didn't get the hint that Elder Yu was trying to say.

"You came here all the way here from your place didn't just to thank me right?" Elder Yu smiled at him as he picks his books once more.

"How did Master Yu found out?" Zhen Lun scratched his head pretended to be embarrassed. "I came here to buy some cultivation technique books."

"Hm? didn't we prepare some at your place?" Elder Yu furrowed his eyebrows.

'Was he bullied by someone?' Elder Yu thought that someone stole his books or something.

"Those books do not suit me. So, I would like to personally choose them myself." Zhen Lun said earnestly.

"I see, once you've done choosing, come back here." Elder Yu handed a token to Zhen Lun.

The token was necessary as it let you enter the first floor without any suppression. Sadly, this token will only work on the first floor.

"Zhen Lun, thanks, Master Yu." As he received the token from Elder Yu, Zhen Lun headed upstairs excitedly.

'That Old Bai Lin, I thought I told him to inform the core disciples to not involve themselves with Zhen Lun at the moment. It seems like I would have to head there to teach those brats some lesson after this.' Elder Yu has a furious expression, his sullen mood affected the aura around him, making him looks terrifying.

The people that came to the library didn't dare to approach Master Yu as they don't want to get expelled.

---

'If I'm not wrong, they are around here.' He went to the left corner side where the books he was looking for was located.

There he finds three shelves with various types of cultivation technique books.

Each shelf has six rows, which means there are eighteen rows that I can steal-- I mean examine.

Cough*

Zhen Lun carefully examined them one by one, each row of books were written by different person. Therefore, the quality of the book varies depending on the ability of the writer.

Starting from the first shelf, Zhen Lun grabbed one of the books from bottom rows. He pretended to flips the pages of the book so that other people weren't suspicious of him. After flipping a few pages, he then proceeds with the next one.

This continues until he finished scanning all eighteen rows. It took him about an hour to finish flipping through them. Out of three hundred and sixty books, sixty-eight of them has the quality of one, fifty-two of them has the quality of two, one hundred fifteen of them has the quality of three, seventy-four has the quality of four, forty-nine of them has the quality of five and only two of them has the quality of eight.

As Zhen Lun was busy examining, someone suddenly talked to him.

"It's you! Why are you here?" A girl screamed at Zhen Lun.

Hearing the familiar voice, Zhen Lun look at the girl. It turned out to be, Sister Tang.

"Oh, Sister Tang, you're looking for books too?" Zhen Lun smiled.

Recalled that incident Sister Tang can't help but become furious. "Shut up! I gave you all of them because they are low-quality books. So, I came here to look for a better one. Humph." Sister Tang blushed as she was embarrassed. "And don't talk to me."

Ignoring the last sentences, He decided to offer her a book that he has examined. He handed her the one that was rated eight by his system. "If that so, this book will suit you."

"Hmph, I can choose my own book." Sister Tang grumpily said as turned down his offer.

"I've read all of them, this one here definitely was the best compared to others. Trust me." Zhen Lun offered again as he was determined to give Sister Tang, He wanted to repay the favor.

Sister Tang still ignored him, she went and grabbed a book from the shelves as she was minding her own business. Even though she was like that Zhen Lun can see that her eyes kept peeking at him.

Realizing that, Zhen Lun kept persisting it, reaching his hand toward her.

After a few minutes, Sister Tang gave out a big sighed. She finally gave in.

"...Alright, Alright. I'll accept only if it truly as what you say." Sister Tang quickly grabs the book as she doesn't want Zhen Lun to keeps stretching his hands toward her.

Seeing that Zhen Lun was still staring at her, she quickly finds some excuses to leave. "T-this seems a little bit decent compared to what I owned last time. I'll accept them for your sake then." Sister Tang was blushing as she hastily left down the stairs.

'Now, how do I explain to Master Yu that I wanted all these books?' He can't take all of them and say he needed them, can he?

---

Downstair, Sister Tang was paying for the book Zhen Lun chosen.

"Elder Yu, are you okay? Did someone angered you?" Sister Tang asked politely with the tone of being worried.

"It's nothing." Elder Yu calmly put down the book. As Elder Yu did that, he sensed something surprising. "Did you coincidentally chosen that book or did you find something peculiar within it?" Elder Yu strokes his beard as he asked.

"T-this? It's a junior of mine that chose it for me. If I'm not wrong, he's the one that Elder Yu issued to stayed at Core Disciple's apartment."

"You mean Zhen Lun? He chose that for you?" Elder Yu looked at the book on her hand with his eyebrows raised.

"Yes, His name is Zhen Lun. Why? Is this book special?" Sister Tang inspected the book again but she didn't find anything special about it.

She accepted the book from Zhen Lun out of kindness only.

"That book was indeed special. I wrote that book myself." Elder Yu smiled.

"In fact, I only put two of them on the shelves, hoping that someone could find it." Elder Yu stroke his beard.

"Really!?" Sister Tang gulped.

Remembering what Zhen Lun said, she felt ashamed. She thought that he was only acting cool. 'So, he knew that this book was special?'

"Should I return it?" Sister Tang asked sheepishly.

"Since he found that book, he should be able to notice the other one that I've hidden. Well, If he didn't notice that book and still gave it to you. This means, there's something suspicious going on." Elder Yu calmly said.

Realizing what is Elder Yu trying to hint at, she suddenly became flustered. She quickly tried to clear the misunderstanding. "It's not what Elder think, we only met today. More importantly, he's only Spirit Condensing Realm."

Hearing the response that he expected, Elder Yu simply smiled. "Alright, since you have found my book, I will have to reward you."

"There's no need for you to pay for the book. This is the reward for finding my book, the Token of the Seventh Floor."

"With the token, you can visit the seventh floor anytime you like. Remember that once you activate the token, it will vanishes. I suggest that before you have reached Body Harmonizing Realm, you should keep the token for now."

"T-this, Thank you, Elder Yu!" Sister Tang bowed respectfully, deeps down she was agitated. The Seventh Floor wasn't a place that everyone could visit. She can't even visit the sixth floor even though she's a core disciple, she only has the right to visit the fifth floor at most.

"Don't thank me," Elder Yu said as he waved his hand.

"You should thank that boy. Since I doubt that he will ask a favor from you, I would like to ask a favor in his place." "Please keep him safe from others, is that fine with you?"

"I'll do my best!" Sister Tang clasped her fist and bowed.

Just as Sister Tang about to leave, a commotion was heard outside of the library. Those group of people was formed due to Elder Yu's bad mood. They didn't dare to enter the library because they scared that it will bother Elder Yu. They can only wait outside, waiting for the storm to pass away.

"Look! What is that guy doing?"

"Is he trying to create ruckus in the library?"

"Elder Yu's mood just got better by conversing with Goddess Tang, This dude is ruining it."

"Yeah, he'll probably get expelled."

The crowd whispered to each other as they gossiped about a single guy that stood out.

A guy came down from the stairs, carrying two stacks of books. That guy walked down, heading directly toward Elder Yu's desk. He carefully put those book on the desk and then went upstairs again, leaving those books in front of Elder Yu.

Elder Yu didn't say anything at all about the man's unrespectful action, leaving the crowd outside dumbstruck.

"Elder Yu probably tried to smile but he was angry inside, right?"

"Yeah or else it'll make no sense."

They knew Elder Yu temperament. In their eyes, Elder Yu is an aloof elder with bad temperament. There were such cases that happened before. He was a disciple that accidentally yelled in the library out of excitement but not only he was punished brutally, he was also expelled and blacklisted from attending this place.

Being blacklisted by Peerless Sky Sect means that his hope for joining other sect was close to zero.

Who would let a blacklisted disciple of Peerless Sky Sect, which was considered low-grade academy into their place? It would tarnish their reputation. That poor guy has probably given up on pursuing the path of martial artists.

After a while, The same rude man came back again with another stack of books. They heard him said something like this. "Elder Yu, I'll be buying these books. How much are they?"

"I respect that man's courage."

"Wow, he dares to say that?"

"He's dead."

The crowd whispered to each other as they expect the man to get killed right away.

But, Elder Yu suddenly laughed. "HAHAHAHA!"

"EH?!" The crowd jaws dropped to the ground. They expected Elder Yu to expel the man but instead of being furious toward the man, Elder Yu unexpectedly laughed heartily??

Sister Tang, which stood on the side, was also confused. She cannot comprehend the current situation. She never saw Elder Yu laughed out loud before.

As for Zhen Lun, he also has the same expression as Sister Tang. 'What's wrong, did Elder Yu gone mad? Should I bring those book back?'

He didn't take all of them, he only took the books with quality four and above.

"I-I'll explain, Master Yu, don't be angry. I-I" Zhen Lun nervously tried his best to calm Elder Yu.

"Why are you nervous? Did you offended me?" Elder Yu interrupted as he strokes his beard.

"B-because the books?" Zhen Lun shrugged.

The atmosphere of the room went awkward. The room went silent for a while. No one dares to speak at all.

The crowd wanted to bellow at Zhen Lun but they can only swallow their words, they all felt that Zhen Lun is stupid.

'You knew that it is unrespectful but you still dare? I commended your courage' They were yelling at Zhen Lun in their mind.

Zhen Lun tried to change the atmosphere of the room so he finally spoke.

"How much are the books?" Zhen Lun asked.

"Each book costs 15 silver coin but because you grabbed so many. I can't give out for free what a shame but for, finding my book. I still have to reward you." Elder Yu handed the same token to Zhen Lun.

"The token I handed to you will be useful once you've reach Body Harmonizing Realm. Come find me after you reach that realm." Elder Yu said nonchalantly.

He doesn't know which book Elder Yu is talking about. There was too many. But since Elder Yu said so Zhen Lun decided to just accept the offer.

"I'll accept it then." At the same time, Zhen Lun handed over the money for the book. It cost him 19 gold. It was supposedly 18 gold and 60 silver coins but it was too troublesome.

Understanding Zhen Lun's intention, Elder Yu nodded.

Zhen Lun stowed all those books in his Inventory that was provided by the system without raising suspicion among other people.

The only thing that surprised them was that Zhen Lun having a dimensional ring.

"That guy has a dimensional ring?"

"He should be from a highly influential family but what is that guy doing here?"

Their question wasn't that weird, Having dimensional ring means some sort of status. It proves that they have a strong background. But why is Zhen Lun attended a low-grade academy?

Elder Yu that saw the Dimensional Ring wasn't shocked or something. Instead, he felt that it's a normal thing that Zhen Lun have it.

It was a shame that Sister Tang has already slipped away from the library. The moment Elder Yu gave Zhen Lun the token, she has left the library. she can't bear to stay any longer. It's too much embarrassment for her.

Giving out every book she has to the man, only to found out that Zhen Lun accepted them all without saying anything.

Afterward, she met him at the library, turned out that Zhen Lun probably threw her books away to find a better quality book. More importantly, Zhen Lun didn't laugh at her, she also gave her a book, not an ordinary one but Elder Yu's personal book.

The more she thinks about it, the more she doubts herself. 'Am I the senior or he is? Why am I the one that getting pitied?'

'I'll be sure to repay my debt.'

---

Meanwhile, the innocent Zhen Lun was thinking about something.

"Phew... Thank god Elder Yu didn't say anything. If he did I'll be in trouble."

He has thought of a few reasons to buy those many books but all of them doesn't make sense. If Elder Yu asked why would he buy so many books, he'll be in a tough position.