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On the last day of the Dao Conference, Xiaoxiao came out less and less frequently, but the time he came out was getting longer and longer. At first, he came out every hour, and then once every two hours. Every time, he would show the contents of his storage bag on the Zhengyang Stone.
I don't know where Xiaoxiao learned this from, but he put the several kinds of spiritual stones he was selling on a snow-white plate. He would grab them with his claws and show them to everyone before eating them. Sometimes he would break these snacks apart, and some of the crispy spiritual stones would make a crisp sound, and the residue would fall into the plate. As for the meat products, he would also tear them apart for everyone to see, and the delicious smell attracted everyone to buy them.
By selling three or five spirit stones in small portions, Xiaoxiao earned more and more spirit stones. Later, when he didn't have time to pick up the spirit stones, he would act cute and dance the wing dance in front of everyone, and everyone would smile and put the spirit stones into his small storage bag.
When Master Ye preached, he was serious and solemn, but when Xiaoxiao came out to sell snacks, he was lively and cute. Usually when Master Ye preached, his aura was too serious, especially when his sword intent was surging, it would stun some weaker cultivators. This time, I don't know if it was because of Xiaoxiao, the usual situation of one sword stunning people did not happen.
The lively and lovely Xiaoxiao made the serious dojo more relaxed and smiling, and everyone could harvest delicious food when spreading the spirit stones. In the end, Xiaoxiao sold out her storage bag, Ye Wenqiu also finished his talk, and everyone left happily.
Only Du Heng was on edge, fearing that Xiaoxiao might get into an accident. He didn't breathe a sigh of relief until it was over.
At the end, Ji Qingyan appeared. He bowed to the monks and told them that Master Ye's sermon was over and they could go back. After saying this, he disappeared.
Jinghong, who had been sitting like a rock, now had light in her eyes again. She looked at Ji Qingyan's face infatuatedly, as if that was the meaning of her life.
However, as everyone said, even though Jinghong liked Ji Qingyan to the point of obsession, she never said a word to him.
When the show was over, Du Heng deliberately left a little later and observed Jing Hong. The light in Jing Hong's eyes faded again after Ji Qing Yan left. She seemed to have had all her strength drained away, and she staggered when she stood up.
Finally, she left the stone forest illusion like other monks without looking back.
Du Heng was puzzled. What was Jinghong doing?
After Du Heng came out of the illusion, he was stopped by Gu Lingfeng. Gu Lingfeng didn't want to talk anymore. He pointed tiredly in the direction of the side hall and said to Du Heng: "Grand Elder Ye is calling you."
Du Heng and Xuan Yu looked at each other. He felt uneasy. Could it be that Master Ye and his disciples had discovered the identities of Xiaoyu and the others?
As a result, before he reached the side hall door, he saw Xiaoxiao coming towards him. Xiaoxiao held the storage bag in her mouth, flapped her little wings, and happily jumped into Du Heng's arms: "Chirp!"
He placed the storage bag in Du Heng's hand with care, and asked Du Heng to open it. Du Heng opened it and saw that it was full of sparkling spiritual stones. He touched Xiao Xiao's head and returned the storage bag to Xiao Xiao: "Be good, these are the spiritual stones you earned, you can spend them as you like."
He has money, and now the canteen is running very stably, with income coming in every day. After hearing this, Xiaoxiao kept stuffing the storage bag into Du Heng's arms.
Feng Gui said slowly: "You accept it, he wants you to make more delicious food for him."
At this time, Xiao Ye with disheveled hair walked out from the side door. Ye Wenqiu turned into the delicate and beautiful child again! However, when Du Heng saw his face, he only thought of the handsome man standing on the Zhengyang Stone who slapped people away with a sword.
Ye Wenqiu looked up at Du Heng and said, "Xiaoxiao pestered me to bring him to the dojo, so I had no choice but to bring him. Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened this time. Now I'm returning it to you. Don't let your spirit pet sell things in the future."
Du Heng had a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat. He really wanted to yell, "It's not me! I didn't!"
However, facing Ye Wenqiu's calm face, Du Heng could only nod timidly: "Okay."
Ye Wenqiu asked Du Heng again, facing his face: "Do you understand what I said?" Du Heng was immediately shocked. This feeling, like being checked by a teacher, made him feel cold on his back: "I understand!"
Ye Wenqiu said: "If you understand, you can go to the library to find a sword manual suitable for you. You have a single-grade wood spiritual root, and there are many sword techniques suitable for wood spiritual root practice."
Du Heng: ...No, Master Ye, when did you know about my spiritual roots?
Ye Wenqiu looked at Du Heng expectantly with his hands in his pockets: "Fried fish, do you have any more?" Du Heng subconsciously touched the storage bag: "Yes, yes."
So Ye Wenqiu left contentedly with a bag of crispy fish, leaving Du Heng confused. Du Heng scratched his cheek in confusion: "He specifically asked someone to ask me to stay just for a bag of dried fish?"
Xiaoxiao reminded Du Heng in a chirping voice that a small dried fish cost five spirit stones, and there were at least two hundred dried fish in that bag, so more than a thousand spirit stones were gone.
Du Heng rubbed Xiaoxiao's head with his backhand: "Don't be too greedy. Elder Ye has helped you earn so many spirit stones. You should be grateful."
Xiaoxiao was angry at what Du Heng said. He knew how to be grateful! His uncle often taught him to be grateful! Xiaoxiao was angry and prepared to ignore Du Heng for the time being. He climbed into Feng Gui's arms to seek comfort.
Feng Gui touched Xiao Xiao's hair suspiciously: "Huh? The sun rose from the west today?" Usually, this guy wanted to stay eight feet away from him when walking? However, it was rare for his nephew to be so close to him, and Feng Gui said he enjoyed it very much.
Several people walked towards the outside of Zhengyang Palace, chatting and laughing. Now they were going to the library of Shenxu Palace to help Du Heng choose sword tactics. The library was on the east side of Shenhua Peak. After walking down the wide steps for an incense stick, there would be a small path leading to the library.
While walking on the path, Du Heng looked around and said, "You're walking really fast." Xuan Yu asked, "What's fast?"
Du Heng said, "I was talking about the cultivators who came to the meeting. It hasn't been long since then, and they all ran away." Xuan Yu said, "Of course, all the answers that can be answered in the Stone Forest Illusion have been answered. After the dojo is disbanded, the inner disciples must go back to practice, and the independent cultivators and disciples from other sects cannot stay in Shenhua Peak."
At this time, Du Heng could not help but sigh at the convenience of being a disciple of Shenxu Palace. Even though he was just a disciple on a mission, he could still stay in Shenhua Peak.
Not long after, they saw the legendary library. The library of Shenxu Palace was an eight-story tower, with a white body and a gilded top. Those who didn't know thought it was a Buddhist stupa, but the cold sword spirit lingering around the tower was completely different from that of the Buddhist sect.
Du Heng had seen this tower before. When he first saw it, he glanced at it from the air and saw the roof of the library. There was a huge night-shining pearl on the roof. During the day, it looked like there was a glow on the pearl. At night, the pearl could illuminate the area around the library for several miles.
Du Heng stared at the night-shining pearl that was bigger than his head: "This pearl..." Feng Gui put his hands in his pockets and squinted his eyes and said: "What's wrong?"
Du Heng said with envy: "It should be worth a lot, right?" Feng Gui smiled: "Of course, this is a pearl shipped from the deep sea, which was given to Wuwang Jianzun by Xiaoyu herself."
Du Heng turned his head to look at Xuan Yu, who calmly said, "After reading so many of their books, we have to show our appreciation. Moreover, when the cultivation world was in chaos, Shenxu Palace sent many disciples to fight against the monsters. This is what they deserve."
After saying this, Xuan Yu looked at Du Heng with a smile: "Do you like this kind of bead? The Water Tribe has a bigger one than this one. When I have a chance to go to the Water Tribe in the future, I will get it and give it to you." Du Heng waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, I'm just taking a look."
The library occupies a favorable position at the foot of the mountain east of Shenxu Palace. Below the Night Pearl is the tower. On the eaves of the tower are copper bells as big as heads, each of which has a hollow copper ball. When the breeze blows, the copper ball hits the copper bell, and the melodious sound of ding-dong-dang can be heard from far away.
The sound did not make people feel irritated at all. Du Heng squinted his eyes and listened for a while, then exclaimed: "This wind chime is so nice."
Jing Nan chuckled: "This is a soothing bell, it can calm a person's soul, and the sound is naturally pleasant. Shenxu Palace has many cultivators with gold and fire spiritual roots. The cultivators with these two spiritual roots have strong anger in their hearts, and sometimes they will quarrel over a disagreement. In order to prevent the angry cultivators from fighting in the library and destroying their collections, the library of Shenxu Palace has hung so many soothing bells."
Du Heng was educated: "So that's how it is."
As they were talking, they were already close to the library. Miraculously, there was a small spiritual spring in front of the tower, and a green lotus grew in the spring. Next to the spiritual spring, there were pavilions and corridors surrounding it, and monks were discussing scriptures in low voices on the corridors.
Jing Nan couldn't take his eyes off the lotus. He secretly tugged at Feng Gui's sleeve and said, "Xixi, look at the ninth-grade blue lotus. It's a pity that it hasn't bloomed. Can we get some leaves to take with us?"
Feng Gui sighed, "Stop messing around. Do you want to be entertained by the sword cultivator using the Immortal Execution Formation? There are so many people here, just give up on this idea." Jing Nan not only did not give up, but also showed a cunning smile: "Hehehe."
Jing Nan pulled Xiao Xiao out of Feng Gui's arms and said, "Little darling, I need your help!" Xiao Xiao looked at Jing Nan in horror: "Chirp?"
Xuan Yu took Du Heng's hand and strode towards the steps in front of the tower: "The first to third floors of the library contain ordinary skills. The skills on the fourth to sixth floors are much better. Let's go directly to the fourth floor and above."
Du Heng asked, "Are those advanced techniques not allowed to be seen by disciples like us on missions?"
When Du Heng read fantasy novels before, the rules in the big sects were very strict, especially those skills, the cultivators who obtained them would guard them strictly and not let others see them. Could Shenxu Palace be open to everyone?
Xuan Yu said: "Of course not, but we can use a little trick." Du Heng asked curiously: "What little trick?"
When Xuan Yu arrived in front of the tower, a Taoist boy in a moon-white robe stopped them and said, "Please show your identity tablets." Du Heng then understood what Xuan Yu's little trick was. Xuan Yu took out a moist tablet from his sleeve and handed it to the Taoist boy.
Du Heng also took out a spirit tablet from his sleeve. He remembered that his spirit tablet was yellow, like the color of amber. But now this spirit tablet has become the same material as the one in Xuan Yu's hand, and only inner disciples have spirit tablets of this material.
Du Heng looked up at Xuan Yu, only to see Xuan Yu looking at Du Heng innocently. Du Heng then realized that Xuan Yu had changed into the clothes of an inner disciple without knowing when. He smiled at him, and Du Heng's eyes widened. Then he looked down at himself, and Du Heng himself had also changed into the robes of an inner disciple!
When the Taoist boy saw the spirit tablet, he bowed and said, "Brother, please come in."
Du Heng walked into the library, and his eyes lit up as he entered. He saw rows of cabinets in front of him, filled with various classics and sword techniques. Some of the classics were engraved on bamboo slips, some on jade, some on parchment, and some on silk... There was a dazzling array of things, and there was nothing that Du Heng could not think of.
Du Heng was amazed: "Wow, so many."
For the first time in his life, he knew what the ocean of knowledge was. But now the question was, could he find what he wanted in so many books?
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Xuan Yu patted Du Heng gently and said, "Come here."
Du Heng followed Xuan Yu's instructions and looked at the edge of the bookshelf. He saw a huge black stone on the edge of the bookshelf. Looking closely, the black stone was shining with golden light. Next to the stone, there were dozens of monks with their eyes closed. Some of them were looking at the stone and muttering something.
Du Heng was puzzled: "What is this?"
Xuan Yu took Du Heng to the stone and explained, "This is a mysterious stone, which contains sword intent. Because the books on each floor of the library are so large, it is impossible for everyone to read them one by one. In order to save time and energy, the monks of Shenxu Palace would leave a trace of sword intent in the stone when they collected these sword techniques. People who come to look for sword techniques only need to immerse their consciousness in the mysterious stone, and they can quickly confirm whether there is what they want to find on this floor."
Du Heng was shocked again. Isn’t this... quick search?
The group of sword cultivators in Shenxu Palace are amazing! Compared with the quick search of entries in my hometown, the search in Shenxu Palace is actually three-dimensional.
Xuan Yu took Du Heng to stand in front of the black stone. He said to Du Heng slowly, "Immerse your consciousness in the black stone, and then release your spiritual energy, and you will attract sword techniques that match your energy. Maybe you can attract dozens of them at once. You can distinguish them carefully. If the sword intent makes you feel comfortable, you can write it down. We will then look for sword techniques based on the sword intent. If you don't attract the right sword intent, don't worry. There are still five floors upstairs. We can look for it one by one."
Du Heng felt a little nervous and excited at the same time. He nodded hurriedly: "Yeah!"
He stood in front of the black stone and extended his spiritual sense. He had extended his spiritual sense many times before. When he was pulling weeds in the village before, his spiritual sense and spiritual energy would attach to the grass, and he could pull out the grass with just a little effort. But when his spiritual sense attached to the grass, Du Heng felt like he had become a grass.
When his consciousness touched the black stone, Du Heng thought it would touch a hard surface. However, his consciousness easily penetrated the black stone. Then his eyes went dark, and his consciousness fell into a vast and peaceful place. When he closed his eyes, it was not black. Du Heng saw countless sword lights that were entangled and entangled.
These sword lights are colorful. Some are excited and manic, wandering in the darkness, some are quiet and reserved, some are quietly sinking to the bottom, some are spinning regularly, and some are hanging in the air motionlessly. How can this be sword lights? These are clearly people of all kinds!
There were dozens of spiritual consciousnesses around Du Heng, selecting sword intents. Some of those spiritual consciousnesses were like phantoms, while some could condense into human form. Du Heng looked at his own spiritual consciousness, and was sorry... he didn't even see his feet.
He separated a little spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy flew to the place where the sword light was the most. Soon Du Heng saw three blue sword lights rushing towards his spiritual light. Among these three sword lights, one was extremely fast, and the other two were slightly behind. Before the faster sword light approached the spiritual energy, part of the spiritual energy was swallowed by the sword light.
Du Heng was shocked. This was out of the question! He immediately dodged the sword light. The sword light turned around twice and found that Du Heng was avoiding it. It staggered away. Du Heng was like seeing a person who was cursing and leaving. He actually felt a little sorry for the sword light.
There were two more sword lights, one of which turned around and left before it reached Du Heng's spiritual energy. Only one sword light circled around Du Heng's spiritual energy for a few times, and Du Heng tried to control the sword light.
This feeling was quite exciting. In his mind, if he wanted the sword light to move, it would move. If he wanted it to settle, it would settle. Du Heng's consciousness probed towards the sword light, and a faint sword intent flowed along with his consciousness into his sea of consciousness.
The name of the sword technique, "Spring Breeze Sword", appeared in his mind.
Du Heng opened his eyes and looked at Xuan Yu excitedly: "Xuan Yu Xuan Yu, there is a copy of Spring Breeze Sword!"
Xuan Yu said encouragingly, "Okay, I'll write down the name. We'll find it later. It seems that this is the only technique that suits you on this level. Let's go up and see if there's a more suitable technique."
Next to the black stone was a formation leading to the second floor. Du Heng said confidently, "I didn't expect that my spiritual energy could really attract the sword intent."
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "Yes, these sword intentions have been in the black stone all year round. As long as there is similar spiritual energy to stimulate them, they can sense it."
After reading the Xuanshi on the second and third floors, Du Heng found two more sword techniques that were similar in use. His initial enthusiasm for finding the Spring Breeze Sword was not as high. He said to Xuan Yu with some confusion: "It's so strange, Xuan Yu, why do I feel less happy the more sword techniques I find?"
Xuan Yu saw Du Heng's confusion at a glance, and he explained: "That's because the three sword moves you chose are all similar when used, and none of them are too good. They don't make you feel particularly familiar or particularly resistant."
Du Heng felt lost but also agreed with Xuan Yu: "Yes, it's just like cooking. A dish tastes delicious the first time you eat it, but when you eat something similar, you'll think it's just so-so." Alas, he always thought he was not a picky person, so why was he so picky about swordsmanship?
Xuan Yu still comforted him: "Don't worry, there are three more floors above, maybe there are better swordsmanship."
When they arrived at the fourth floor, Du Heng saw that there were more cultivators standing next to Xuan Shi than downstairs. Du Heng discovered the difference between the people here and the people downstairs with a quick scan of his spiritual sense. The people here had higher cultivation levels. As expected, this was a place that only inner disciples could come to. Du Heng felt a little uneasy. He whispered to Xuan Yu, "Will we be exposed?"
Xuan Yu was calm and composed: "No."
There were people in both the inner and outer gates. There were so many cultivators in Shenxu Palace, and not every inner disciple would recognize all of them. As long as the spirit tablet was fine and the clothes they wore were fine, they could openly say that they were from the inner gate! The spirit tablet and clothes had been dealt with by Xuan Yu before entering the building. Not to mention, Du Heng, wearing a moon-white Taoist robe, looked like a decent person.
However, before Xuan Yu finished speaking, he heard someone calling Du Heng: "Hey? Junior Brother Du, you are here in the library too? What are you looking for?"
Du Heng looked in the direction of the sound. Oh my goodness, isn't this the sword cultivator who often eats in his cafeteria? ! What a mistake!
Fortunately, Du Heng was thick-skinned. He smiled and said, "Elder Ye asked me to come to the library to see if there is any sword technique suitable for me to practice. Brother, you are here too? What a coincidence."
The swordsman smiled and said, "Yes, yes, yes. If you want to find the sword techniques, you can definitely find them in the library. You've come to the right place! Are you coming from the three floors below?"
Du Heng said embarrassedly: "Yes, I found three sword manuals down there, and I feel that it is not worth it." The sword cultivator was so frank that Du Heng felt embarrassed. He felt that the moon-white Taoist robe on his body was like a slap in the face.
The sword cultivator curled his lips and said, "Hey, the sword techniques downstairs are indeed ordinary. If you want to find it, start from the fourth floor. Come on, stand here and look for it."
The man made room for Du Heng in front of the black stone: "The fourth-layer black stone was hit by Haoran's sword last time, so it's a bit out of order. It would be better if you stand here."
Du Heng was very grateful: "Thank you, Senior Brother!"
However, once Du Heng's consciousness probed into the black stone, his consciousness was like a stone sinking into the sea. The sword light in the black stone was much stronger than the three floors below, and the color was much more gorgeous. But no matter how hard he tried, those dazzling sword lights ignored him. Even those sword lights that looked green did not move at all because of Du Heng's spiritual energy.
When Du Heng opened his eyes, he looked confused: "... No... Ignore me... Is it because I didn't use enough strength?"
Xuan Yu also put his consciousness into the black stone to test it. When he opened his eyes, he heard the sword cultivator comforting Du Heng: "It may not be your problem. There may be something wrong with the black stone. Why don't you try another position?"
Xuan Yu said: "It's not the problem of the black stone, but the sword techniques stored here are all suitable for gold spiritual roots. Du Heng has wood spiritual roots."
Upon hearing this, the sword cultivator slapped his head and said, "Oh, look at my memory. Right, right, right, the sword techniques are divided according to spiritual roots starting from the fourth floor. Because most of the cultivators who practice swordsmanship are cultivators with gold spiritual roots and fire spiritual roots, the sword manuals here are mainly for those with gold spiritual roots. If you want to find sword techniques suitable for those with wood spiritual roots, you have to go to the sixth floor. I remember that the techniques on the sixth floor are more diverse."
Du Heng politely bowed to Jian Xiuxing: "Thank you for your guidance, Senior Brother."
The swordsman waved his hand and said, "You're welcome. By the way, Junior Brother Du, when will the dining hall open for dinner? I haven't seen you prepare meals in the past two days, and I really miss the stir-fried pork you made."
Du Heng said with a hearty smile: "We will have lunch at noon tomorrow, Senior Brother, remember to come and eat. I will stir-fry some pork tomorrow."
When waving goodbye to his senior brother, Xuan Yu couldn't hold back his smile: "You are now a celebrity in Shenxu Palace." Du Heng was happy and embarrassed: "Hehe, I didn't expect to meet a cultivator who often eats in the dining hall here."
Xuan Yu smiled and said, "That's good." The cultivator knew that Du Heng was a disciple on a mission but still lent a hand. The Shenxu Palace has a very upright tradition.
After hearing the sword cultivator's words, Du Heng and the others ignored the black stone on the fifth floor and went straight to the sixth floor. There were more people on the sixth floor than on the fourth and fifth floors. There were not only disciples from the Shenxu Palace, but also cultivators from other sects.
Du Heng was puzzled: "What... is going on?"
Xuan Yu said slowly, "The Ten Thousand Sects Conference is about to be held. Recently, many people have come to Shenxu Palace. Most of them are the best from other sects. The cultivators of Shenxu Palace are not conservative. Among them, there are disciples who are on good terms with other sects. I heard that inner disciples can bring a disciple from other sects to the library to read the sword manual, but they cannot take them out. These people should have been brought in by the inner disciples, right?"
Du Heng nodded: "Shenxu Palace is quite open-minded."
Xuan Yu said: "In fact, human cultivators are very united. Each cultivator has his own moral principles. After experiencing the war ten thousand years ago, they have long understood that only cooperation can lead to common progress. In the face of life and death, only by joining hands can there be a glimmer of hope."
Xuan Yu said: "Not only the Shenxu Palace, but also the library pavilions of other sects are basically open to outside cultivators."
Du Heng sighed, "This is different from the world of cultivation that I know." If Du Heng had not been scared half to death by Yan Buhui and his chicken as soon as he arrived, he would have been persuaded by Xuan Yu.
Xuan Yu chuckled and said, "Humans are very magical animals. They can be very united or very loose. They can be very evil or very kind." Du Heng responded, "Ah, this is probably human nature."
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The color of the black stone on the sixth floor is different from that on the fifth floor. The black stone here is lighter and looks slightly white. How to describe this feeling? Du Heng feels that this color is like the black stone fading, but it is not ugly.
Xuan Yu said: "This is not a black stone, it's a black crystal stone." Du Heng looked at Xuan Yu suspiciously and said in his heart: Don't think you can fool me because I don't know the value of it!
Xuan Yu said: "Mysterious crystal stone is more rare than black stone. This kind of ore is hard and can store more sword intent. Moreover, the amount of things stored in black crystal stone is larger and the preservation time is longer. I think the sixth floor should have gathered a lot of sword intent, so it is safer to use black crystal stone."
Du Heng nodded: "Yeah." He listened to what Xuan Yu said. Anyway, he had poor eyesight, and apart from feeling that this stone had some brighter spots than the stones below, nothing else was obvious.
Standing in front of the black crystal stone, Du Heng probed his spiritual sense into it. As soon as his spiritual sense entered the black crystal stone, Du Heng saw the dazzling sword light surrounding it. The feeling of the black stone and the black crystal stone was indeed different. Du Heng felt that his spiritual sense was wrapped by the black crystal stone. For a moment, he felt a panic in his heart, fearing that he was trapped in the black crystal stone.
However, his worries were unnecessary. He heard Xuan Yu's voice in his ear: "What's wrong?" Du Heng closed his eyes and shook his head: "Nothing, I just feel that the inside of the black crystal stone is very closed."
Xuan Yu chuckled and said, "Yes, that's why the spiritual energy won't leak out, and the sword intent can be preserved for a longer time." Du Heng nodded in understanding, "Yeah."
It may be because the spiritual energy has not leaked out, or it may be because there are a lot of five elements of sword energy gathered here, and the sword energy here is particularly active. Du Heng just probed out a little spiritual energy, and hundreds of deep and shallow spiritual lights flew over. The huge number made Du Heng feel flattered.
Looking at the sword energy that was circling around him, Du Heng suddenly had an idea. He felt that a trace of sword energy was resonating with his spiritual energy. How to describe this feeling? It was like meeting an old friend again, which made people excited.
Du Heng looked at the sword energy, which was green, like the color of young shoots just emerging from the soil in spring. Du Heng waved at it, and it came over like a puppy.
Du Heng had chosen three sword techniques downstairs before, but none of them worked. As soon as he got hold of this sword light, a wonderful idea came to Du Heng's mind: This is it! Du Heng felt like he was alive. As long as he moved his mind, the sword spirit jumped with his spiritual energy.
Du Heng's consciousness probed into the sword light, and he received the message of the sword's intention. The magical thing was that the name of the sword formula was the same as the name of the skill he was practicing, both of which were called Endless Life.
Du Heng opened his eyes and looked at Xuan Yu with a smile: "Found it! The name of the sword technique is Endless Life!"
Hearing this name, Xuan Yu's eyes became very gentle: "Well, it's a good name. It sounds very suitable for you."
Du Heng's eyes narrowed as he smiled: "If my master knew that I chose this sword technique, he would be very happy. I didn't expect that there is a sword technique in the world with the same name as hers!"
Xuan Yu nodded with a smile: "Yes!"
According to the sword formula, the Life-giving Skill was located on the fourth floor of the eighth shelf in Area D. Du Heng immediately took Xuan Yu's hand and ran to Area D. He really wanted to take a look at the sword formula. He would copy it down later and start practicing it today!
When he found the location of the book, he saw a tall monk standing in front of the bookshelf, holding a book of exercises in his hand and reading it intently. Du Heng said to him politely, "Brother, can we go over there for a moment?"
The monk closed the technique in his hand and said to Du Heng gently, "Please do as you wish."
Du Heng hurriedly dragged Xuan Yu to search the fourth grid. The fourth grid was ten feet long and contained more than six hundred manuals. Du Heng searched three times but couldn't find the "Sheng Sheng Bu Xi". He scratched his head in confusion: "Hey? The manual is not there?"
Xuan Yu said: "It's possible, maybe it was borrowed by a cultivator from the sect and hasn't been returned yet."
Du Heng encouraged himself: "It's okay. If we don't find it today, we can come back tomorrow. Anyway, I know the technique is here, so I will guard it here every day!"
Du Heng said to Xuan Yu, "Let's go back first. We have gained a lot today by knowing the location of the technique." Xuan Yu was about to nod when he heard an uncertain voice behind him, "Is it... Daoist Fellow Du Heng and Daoist Fellow Yu Xuan?"
Du Heng looked in the direction of the sound and saw Xu Changge walking towards him in front of the bookshelf! Du Heng was happy: "Hey? Xu Changge! Oh, no, I should call you Brother Xu now!"
The green-robed monk standing in front of the bookshelf closed the book and asked Xu Changge gently, "Is he the junior fellow disciple that Daoyou Xu is familiar with?"
Xu Changge nodded, and said to the blue-clothed cultivator: "They are the independent cultivators who led us across the river in Dongji Mountain that I told you about." Xu Changge's stern face showed surprise: "Why did you come to Shenxu Palace? When did you become inner disciples? Since you are here, why don't you come to see me?"
Xuan Yu said calmly: "He is not an inner sect disciple, but a sect mission disciple."
Xu Changge looked at Xuan Yu's clothes in surprise: "But..."
Xuan Yu said calmly: "Oh, I changed the color of my clothes just to sneak in."
Xu Changge: ...
Du Heng smiled and said, "Originally, we wanted to come and see you, but Xiaoyu and the others waited in a long line and didn't get to see you."
Xu Changge's handsome face turned red. "Is this... like this? I have been in seclusion since I came back from Dongji Mountain, and I have only come out these two days. Junior Brother Du, which mountain are you guys on now? I will come back to look for you."
Du Heng said: "We are on a mission in the dining hall, specializing in cooking."
Xu Changge suddenly remembered something: "Is it the First Dining Hall of Shenxiu Peak? After I came out of retreat, I heard that there was a mission disciple in the First Dining Hall who could cook delicious dishes. So it was you!"
Xuan Yu said slowly, "Is Daoist Xu familiar with the library?" Xu Changge nodded, "I am quite familiar with it. Daoist Yuxuan, is there anything you want to find?"
Xuan Yu said: "Du Heng has found a sword technique suitable for his practice, named Endless Life. However, the sword technique is not in the right place. Can Fellow Daoist Xu help keep an eye on it? If the sword technique is back, can you help Du Heng keep it?"
Hearing the words "eternal life", Xu Changge looked at the blue-robed monk next to him in surprise: "Senior Brother Qi?"
The green-robed monk bowed to Du Heng and the others and said, "I am Qi Yushu from Dingkun Sect. The sword technique of endless life that you want is in my hands." Qi Yushu was holding a sword technique book with a green cover, on which were written four neatly-written characters: endless life.
Du Heng scratched his head: "Brother, do you also want this sword manual?"
As he spoke, Du Heng looked at Qi Yushu's face. Du Heng had not noticed Qi Yushu's face before, but now he saw that Qi Yushu looked like a young man from a noble family who had walked out of a book. He was graceful and gentle like jade, and every hair on his body showed the temperament of a gentleman.
It's good to deal with such people. Du Heng negotiated: "How about you read it first, Senior Brother? When you're done, show it to me."
Qi Yushu held the book in both hands and said with a smile, "I am following the order of my master to copy the Eternal Life Sword Art. It will take five days to complete the copy. If you need it urgently, you can take a look first."
Du Heng looked at the sword formula in Qi Yushu's hand and asked, "Transcribe?" Can't cultivators read books and record them in their spiritual consciousness with just a glance? Why use such a troublesome method as rubbing?
Qi Yushu said slowly, "This sword manual is a unique copy. The sect copied it before, but it was accidentally lost later. Master ordered me to copy it and return it to the sect so that future disciples can comprehend it."
Xuan Yu looked Qi Yushu up and down and asked, "Are you a cultivator from Dingkun Sect? What is your relationship with Sect Master Wen Qiong?"
Qi Yushu said calmly: "Wen Qiong is my master."
Xuan Yu nodded: "Take it back and make a copy first. When you are done, come to the dining hall and let me know."
Qi Yushu said gently: "Okay."
Qi Yushu's cultivation level was at the late stage of the Golden Core, comparable to Xu Changge's. His status was much higher than Xuan Yu's, a casual cultivator, but the two did not look down on Xuan Yu.
Xu Changge even said, "After Senior Brother Qi has finished making the rubbings, I will make another copy for Junior Brother Du. Rare copies cannot be taken out of the library, but rubbings can be made. This way, Junior Brother Du can look through it anytime he has questions."
Xuan Yu and Du Heng bowed and said, "Thank you, Brother Xu."
Qi Yushu stayed in front of the bookshelf and continued to memorize the sword tactics. Du Heng scanned the words on the sword tactics with his spiritual sense. The words on the top were not difficult to remember, but there were pictures under the words. Nowadays, it is popular in the cultivation world to use obscure words to record sword tactics. There are not many sword tactics with both pictures and texts. Qi Yushu not only had to copy the words on the top, but also the pictures, which was quite difficult.
You have to know that the handwritten copy is not as good as the sword techniques recorded in jade with spiritual energy. The sword techniques memorized with spiritual energy are convenient, and they can be copied as long as the spiritual energy moves. However, the handwritten copy not only needs to use spiritual energy to memorize the content, but also needs to be written down by hand.
This is a tough job, and Du Heng feels that he can't do it.
The author has something to say: So far, Du Heng’s fifth senior brother, third senior sister, and eldest senior brother have all appeared. When Yan Buhui appears again, Du Heng will be a strong man with countless fan clubs.
In fact, I have a very troubling problem, that is, whether I am writing or in life, I often can't figure out the seniority. For example, Xu Changge is Ji Qingyan's disciple, and Ji Qingyan is Ye Wenqiu's disciple, so should Xu Changge call Jiang Shangzhou his great-grandmaster? Every time I write, I am full of uncertainty.
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