Long Xiaoqi did not object to the group's decision not to join the expedition.

She just wanted to report everyone's decision to the leader after the meeting, but she found out that the leader had already gone out on business.

Standing outside the door of the main hall, Long Xiaoqi thought carefully for a long time.

“… Never mind. This is too much trouble.”

"Whatever."

She slowly returned to the guest room area, but saw Wei Dongliu leaning on the railing in the corridor and looking into the distance, as if he was waiting for her.

"Friend Long." He turned around and said with a bow.

"Just call me Xiao Qi." Long Xiao Qi said softly, "That's what Sister Li calls me, too."

Sister Li? Wei Dongliu's mind turned and he realized that she was referring to Jiang Li'an.

Perhaps it was because Jiang Li'an and Long Xiaoqi had a closer relationship, so they had different names for each other in private. Now that Long Xiaoqi had noticed Witch Jiang's attitude towards Wei Dongliu, he planned to pull him into this private circle.

"Xiao Qi, it's still some time before the Ten Thousand Mountains are open. I'm very bored living alone in the guest room. Can I find some books to read here?" Wei Dongliu said with a tentative smile.

"Sure." Long Xiaoqi answered without any ulterior motives, "We have a Sutra Library, and visitors are allowed to enter the outer area. I can take you there."

Wei Dongliu was overjoyed. He originally thought that he could only ask Long Xiaoqi to help borrow the book, but he didn't expect that he would be allowed to go in and look for the book!

This Donghuang Dao is indeed a ragtag sect among the six paths of the Demon Sect. Its management system is surprisingly loose! This is cause for celebration!

Long Xiaoqi brought Wei Dongliu to the Sutra Repository, only to find that the huge attic was empty, with no one in it.

Even the Shushan Sword Immortal, who is the least fond of reading, has one or two such people in the Sutra Repository. It can only be said that demons may not like to be test-takers.

"You can't go into the inner room." Long Xiaoqi pointed out to him, "You can read the books outside, but you can't take them away."

"I understand." Wei Dongliu said sincerely, "Thank you, Miss Xiaoqi."

"You're welcome." Long Xiaoqi lowered his head, seeming a little embarrassed. "I'm leaving first. Do you know the way here?"

"Of course I recognize it."

"Uh-huh."

Long Xiaoqi turned and left, while Wei Dongliu strolled in the Sutra Library, searching through the classics carefully.

The characteristics of the Sutra Repository of the later period of Jiejiao have been clearly differentiated from those of Chenjiao. The most typical one is that "technique is more important than law", placing more powerful and quick-to-learn Taoist scriptures in a position on the periphery within easy reach.

As for the profound and difficult Taoist methods that require a long period of practice, they are basically hidden in deep corners and no one cares about them.

Wei Dongliu roughly guessed that this was also due to the defeat of the Jie Sect after the Great War of Chan and Jie, which caused the monks to have a strong sense of crisis and put "saving their lives" in a more important position.

When it comes to quickly improving combat power, the simplest and most effective way is to "use external objects."

Judging from the scriptures in this scripture-repository, three schools had already developed in the later period of Jiejiao, namely "commanding the heavenly demons", "commanding the dark ghosts" and "commanding the monster beasts", which just correspond to the later heavenly demon school, the dark ghost school and the beast taming school.

According to this classification, Wei Dongliu quickly found the library area for controlling monsters.

As for the monsters, according to the records of the Jiejiao monks, they are divided into five types: "蠃, 砃, 禪, 羽, 離, and 鲲".

"羽" refers to flying birds, "毛" refers to walking animals, "细" refers to fish and amphibians, "蠃" refers to mollusks with smooth body surfaces, and "昆" refers to insects with shells.

After searching in "Kunlei" for a long time, Wei Dongliu found many books related to the Golden Silkworm Gu.

Unfortunately, most of the records are about praising how powerful the Golden Silkworm Gu is, but there are very few books discussing its cultivation, feeding, and use. Even if there are any, they are only mentioned in a few words, which are surprisingly similar to the books in Tiangong Workshop.

Wei Dongliu suddenly had a bad premonition: Could it be that the method of using the Golden Silkworm Gu, which can contain hundreds of poisons, was originally passed down orally from master to disciple in the Jiejiao without being recorded in writing?

That would be bad! Now that Jiejiao has been destroyed and the Beast Taming Sect has also declined, where can I find someone to ask?

"Are you looking for this book?" A voice suddenly came from the side.

Wei Dongliu turned his head and saw Tu Shanjun standing opposite the bookshelf with a smile on his face, handing him a jade slip.

Wow, it turns out to be the big monster I saw last time. I didn’t recognize it at first glance after he changed into women’s clothes!

Taking the jade slip and scanning it with his spiritual sense, Wei Dongliu was delighted, but said calmly:

"Yes, thank you, senior."

"Why don't you want to join the expedition?" Tu Shanjun asked.

"Who is the senior?" Wei Dongliu asked instead of answering.

"The guest elder of the Donghuang Dao, Hu Li."

Hu Li, a fox... Wei Dongliu pretended to be unaware and said:

"Senior Hu, if a tree stands out in the forest, the wind will destroy it."

"They have forests, but you don't." Tushanjun, now a female monk who changed her name to Hu Li, said with a smile, "The mortal world is originally a loose group of people. Who are you afraid of making you jealous?"

"It's never wrong to be careful." Wei Dongliu said perfunctorily.

Of course he couldn't tell the other person that he had so many secrets.

Even if the existence of the Ten Thousand Ghosts Evil Sword is exposed, the Yin Gui Dao will come and kill you directly, and will not care whether you are a mortal or not.

"Too cautious, no point." Hu Li smiled and covered his mouth, then suddenly asked, "How do you know Qilin?"

"I don't know him." Wei Dongliu was not stunned by her sudden attack, but answered calmly, "This is also the first time that Senior Qilin and I have met."

"It won't pay attention to the name of an unknown person casually." Hu Li smiled meaningfully.

"Why don't you ask it directly, senior?" Wei Dongliu responded directly.

"If it was willing to pay attention to me, I would have asked it long ago." Hu Li waved his hand indifferently and turned to leave.

"Are you really not planning to join the expedition?" She suddenly turned around and said, "I'm also in the team, I can take care of you."

"Thank you for your concern, senior." Wei Dongliu said with a bow, "I have nothing to repay you for."

Having nothing to repay means that he dare not accept it, so Hu Li chuckled for the last time and left gracefully.

Wei Dongliu watched her leave, and only when she was far away did he start to think seriously.

How come Tushan Jun appears here?

Since she claimed to be a guest elder of Donghuang Dao, the rumor that Donghuang Dao was infiltrated by demons has almost been confirmed.

From the perspective of demons, the importance of weakening Shushan is definitely far greater than weakening the magic path, so the expedition is unlikely to be a trap.

But even so, Wei Dongliu didn't want to deal with the big bosses of the magic world.

Isn’t the ginger witch who can help me brush up the synchronization value cute?

After recording the contents of the jade slip in his hand using the Kunlun Mirror, Wei Dongliu left with satisfaction.

When I walked to the door of my room, I suddenly heard a scream from the other end of the corridor.

It seems to be the voice of Witch Jiang.

He went over to take a look, and saw Jiang Li'an falling to the ground, covering her cheek with her hands, tears in her eyes, and a red slap mark on her face.

The person who slapped her just now was a strange-looking female monk with upside-down triangular eyes and sunken cheekbones. Judging from her appearance, she looked like a mean and vicious person.

"The Heavenly Demon Sect is handling its own private affairs!" Seeing Wei Dongliu approaching, he immediately glared at him and shouted coldly, "Stay away! Don't seek your own death!"