Chapter 203 "This sword is named Wujiu." ...
Asagiri nodded seriously, but still couldn't help asking, "If I finish reading those books and learn what's in them, will I be able to cultivate?"
The fairy in charge smiled and tapped Chaowu's forehead. "Then you'll probably have to read all the books in the Heavenly Book Pavilion."
Asagiri nodded seriously, "I will read it all and I will definitely cultivate diligently."
The fairy in charge didn't take her words seriously; cultivation was never that easy.
Even she, through diligent cultivation, has spent thousands of years to reach her current state. It's not that I look down on Chaowu, but her foundation was inherently weaker, making cultivation far more difficult for her than for Chaowu.
They didn't discourage her or deny her abilities. They told her that even if it was slow, she could still improve through diligent practice.
"Then hurry up and clean the temple, then go to the Heavenly Book Pavilion to read books. After you finish reading those books, you might find a cultivation method that suits you."
"Okay." Asagiri agreed seriously, and then her cleaning speed increased considerably.
With his mind preoccupied with going to the Heavenly Book Pavilion, he didn't even glance at Xuanwu's portrait again.
After she finished cleaning the temple, she hurriedly went to the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
Asarum left the temple, she rushed off in one direction without looking up. After walking for a while, she suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky.
"Oh no, I forgot to ask the Fairy in charge how to get to the Heavenly Book Pavilion. Immortal Xiang Bei, do you know where the Heavenly Book Pavilion is?"
Xiang Bei didn't speak, but looked directly at the system.
The large screen split into two, displaying an overhead view of the divine realm before Xiang Bei's eyes. He pointed out a direction to Chao Wu, instructing her to simply follow.
There were quite a few people in the Heavenly Book Pavilion, and many immortals were going in and out of the entrance, each carrying a book.
After entering, Chaowu was stunned by the scene inside the Heavenly Book Pavilion.
At first glance, there are so many books, stretching as far as the eye can see from top to bottom, and the bookshelves are packed with books.
It made Asagiri's scalp tingle.
"So many books!"
The bold promises I made earlier now seem a little uneasy.
When will she ever finish reading all these books?
Don't hesitate any longer, or you'll waste more time. Go ask the immortal at the entrance who looks like he manages the Heavenly Book Pavilion, and find a book suitable for your cultivation.
Asagiri thought Xiang Bei Sanxian's words made a lot of sense, and walked towards the immortal at the door. The person was dressed in blue, with only a simple wooden hairpin in his hair, and had an air of grandeur in every gesture.
He was also holding a book in his hand and reading it.
"My lord, may I ask..."
Upon hearing this, the immortal looked up at Chaowu, nodded to her, and gestured for her to sit down. "This fairy looks unfamiliar. Did you ascend to heaven recently?"
Asagiri nodded, thought for a moment, then shook her head and explained in a low voice, "I didn't ascend recently. I came from Penglai Immortal Island and am currently on duty in the temple of Xuanwu Divine Lord."
Before anyone else could ask anything, Asagiri blurted out everything on her own.
Xiang Bei kept rubbing her forehead in the space, "This is too honest. They didn't even ask, why did you say so much?"
"Don't get agitated, host. The female lead's situation is different from others; she's an honest and good girl," the system comforted her.
"Is this the time to be honest?" Xiang Beike hadn't forgotten that before the female protagonist was reincarnated, the truth about being falsely accused of burning the Spirit Udumbara and killing her adoptive brother hadn't been revealed yet.
Just because the male lead doesn't recognize the female lead doesn't mean others won't.
If she were recognized by the real culprit, given Asagiri's current abilities, she wouldn't even be able to protect herself.
In the future, don't say so much about things that people haven't asked.
Asagiri looked at the words floating in front of her, not understanding why. What she was talking about wasn't a secret at all.
Her job at the Xuanwu Temple would be known to most people if they asked around.
Just listen to me, don't say so much.
"Okay, I understand." Asagiri nodded in the direction of the text.
The immortal lord who was talking to Chaowu noticed that she looked a little strange, her gaze was fixed on the top of his head, and she even looked up, but saw nothing.
Is there something on my head?
"No, no, nothing at all," Asagiri quickly waved her hand.
The other person nodded and took out a notebook. "You're here to find a book, right? What book are you looking for?"
Asagiri nodded quickly and whispered her request.
"Books about cultivation? I wonder how your cultivation is progressing, and what kind of books you need?"
Asagiri frowned and pondered for a moment, "Do I really have to say this?"
"It would be best if you could tell me the exact location of the books, and more specific information about the books would make your cultivation easier."
[Have him find the basics of magic.]
Asagiri glanced at the passing words and repeated Xiang Bei's words.
The immortal lord looked somewhat surprised, his eyes filled with curiosity as he stared at Chaowu, seemingly unable to understand why Chaowu, a minor immortal who had ascended to heaven, would need to read even basic introductory books.
"Isn't it here?"
"Yes, there are definitely some, but these books haven't been read for many years, and we don't know where they've been placed. Don't worry, Fairy, we will definitely be able to find them."
"Thank you, Immortal Lord, for your trouble." Asagiri said, her cheeks flushed, quite embarrassed.
No one had read them for many years, but today she wanted to find those books to read. Asagiri sat there upright, not knowing what to say for a moment.
The immortal lord hesitated several times before finally unable to hold back and asked Chaowu, "Fairy, you don't even know the basics of cultivation, so how did you ascend to this realm?"
After hearing what Chao Shuang said, the other party kept praising her, "Your fortune is truly remarkable. It's a real pity that you're only a minor fairy maiden. To be able to ascend without cultivation, you must have great achievements in the future."
Xiang Bei didn't expect Chao Wu to be so quick to react in this regard. As soon as she was asked, she blurted out all the truths, and Xiang Bei couldn't stop her.
Unaware of Xiang Bei's feelings, Chao Wu gazed intently at the Immortal Lord, "Leaving aside your great achievements, since you are in charge of managing the Heavenly Book Pavilion, you must know this place very well. If I can finish reading all the books here, will I be able to find a cultivation method suitable for me?"
Long ago, when Chaowu ascended to Penglai, he also worried about his cultivation. Later, he came to terms with it and stopped worrying about it.
Now, after being enlightened by Xiang Bei, she began to worry again.
“Cultivation is not an easy thing. Since your foundation is weak, you have to start by cultivating the most basic spells. Even if you cultivate for thousands of years, you will eventually gain something.”
"Thousands, thousands of years?"
"The lifespan of a god is long; a thousand or ten thousand years is nothing," the immortal lord said with a smile.
Asagiri counted on her fingers carefully, "But it will take a long time."
“Cultivation is not something that can be accomplished overnight. If you, Fairy, do not have the perseverance and willpower, you don’t need to read these books. Just be content with the status quo.”
"No, no, no, I want to read them. I will definitely read all the books here." Asagiri shook her head repeatedly.
She simply sighed and showed no intention of giving up on cultivation. What did a long time matter? As long as she worked hard, she refused to believe that she couldn't improve her magical power.
The immortal lord was amused by her appearance and pondered for a moment, "Fairy, you must have extraordinary abilities to ascend. Why not look for your own opportunity to ascend? If you find the right method, it wouldn't be surprising if your cultivation progressed by leaps and bounds."
Asagiri understands this principle. Some people ascend to immortality through their own hard work and study, while others only need a suitable opportunity to suddenly understand the Great Dao and ascend.
People's opportunities are different from each other.
However, Asagiri has not found her own opportunity, and none of the cultivation methods she has tried so far have been of any use.
The immortal who spoke introduced himself as Chen Yi. Seeing Chao Wu's troubled expression, he did not ask any further questions and spoke very politely.
"Please wait a moment while I find the location of the book."
The man reached out and brushed the bronze mirror in front of him, tilting his head to look at the fog. In the mirror was a tiny figure, no bigger than a palm, sitting cross-legged, eyes closed, muttering something incoherently, and then saying a name.
"Fairy, this is where the books are hidden. If you really can't find them, you can ask the book spirit to take you there."
The other party handed her a piece of paper with the location of the book written on it, as well as a bookmark with words engraved on it. They said that as long as she read the words on the bookmark, the spirit of the words would appear and take Chaowu to the book she needed.
The things in the Heavenly Book Pavilion dazzled Chaowu. As she went up the stairs, she saw immortals reading or meditating on each floor.
Stop looking, can you even find where you're going?
Asagiri quickly snapped out of her daze and looked at the note in her hand: "Second bookshelf on the right side of the east side."
Then he looked up at the sky and chuckled awkwardly.
She didn't even know which side was east.
Let's ask the Book Spirit to lead the way.
This Heavenly Book Pavilion is so vast that it changes with the time of day. Not to mention Chaowu, a little fairy who is visiting for the first time, even those who come often need the guidance of the Word Spirit.
The system can only show the approximate locations of various places in the divine realm; it can't see the interior.
Asagiri looked at the bookmark in her hand and murmured the name on it.
A flash of light appeared, and a tiny figure, no bigger than a palm, emerged from the bookmark, floating in mid-air. It glanced at the note with practiced ease, then cupped its hands in a gesture of respect to Chaowu, saying, "Fairy, please follow me."
Following behind the spirit, Chaowu quickly found the place.
Compared to other places, there isn't a single deity here.
The spirit stopped in front of one of the books and gestured for Chaowu to take it out. "Even children from the divine realm wouldn't come here. Fairy, please feel free to read here."
Asagiri nodded vigorously. "Thank you."
"You're welcome. Just call me when you're ready to leave, Fairy." After saying that, Zi Ling returned to the bookmark.
Chaowu flipped through the books that Immortal Lord Chenyi had found for her and read for a while, and actually gained some insights.
Understanding is one thing, doing it is another.
Asagiri tried to draw the surrounding spiritual energy into her body, but the spiritual energy would disappear automatically after staying in her body for a short time.
This situation is the same as when she was on Penglai Immortal Island. As long as she absorbs spiritual energy into her body, it will quickly dissipate.
[It's not that the spiritual energy dissipated; the spiritual energy you introduced into your body didn't escape, it's still inside you.]
"If the spiritual energy is still in my body, why can't I sense its presence?"
Xiang Bei felt that it was most likely related to the seal that the female protagonist's parents had placed on her, which prevented her from cultivating.
Before Xiang Bei could speak, the spirit that had just replied to the bookmark reappeared. It grabbed Chao Wu's collar and sniffed her furtively, its expression very serious.
"That's strange, why has the fragrance disappeared?"
"A scent?" Asagiri raised her hand and sniffed her sleeve. "There's no scent at all."
"Yes, definitely, I can't be wrong," Zi Ling said confidently.
No matter how hard Chaowu tried to smell it, she couldn't detect the fragrance that Ziling had described, so she gave up and continued reading the book.
Zi Ling circled around Chao Wu again and again, and finally couldn't help but ask, "How's your reading going? If you have any questions, just ask me. There's nothing here that I don't know."
Upon hearing this, Asagiri immediately told Ziling about her situation.
"Do you know what happened? The spiritual energy I absorbed into my body disappeared for no reason, and it didn't even go out."
The spirit's smug expression froze instantly; it had never heard of such a situation before.
"Wait a minute, let me look for it for you."
The spirit sat cross-legged in mid-air, its body flashing with light. As its expression grew more and more solemn, it finally fainted and fell from mid-air.
Asagiri quickly reached out and caught it. "Are you alright?"
Zi Ling recovered and sat cross-legged in Chao Wu's palm. "Impossible! Why wouldn't it be there? It's impossible. We'll definitely find it."
Seeing that Zi Ling's hair was standing on end, Chao Wu quickly said, "If you can't find it, that's fine. Don't force it. I'm already used to it."
“No, I will definitely find it.” Zi Ling stood in Chao Wu’s palm, her hands behind her back, and said, “This Heavenly Book Pavilion was created by the Mother Goddess. It was through the concerted efforts of all the gods that it was able to collect all the books that could be found in the eight wastelands and six directions. Your situation is indeed special, but I believe that it is impossible that there is no record of it.”
Seeing that the spirit was so stubborn, Asagiri let it go.
Seeing that the spirit had fainted several times, Chaowu had no choice but to put down the book and urge it to give up.
Zi Ling looked at Chao Wu with a probing gaze, "Are you really just a minor immortal from Penglai Immortal Island?"
"Yeah, I can't get up here by myself."
"No, you're definitely not an ordinary fairy. Do you know what that fragrance I just smelled was?"
Little did Asagiri know, she hadn't smelled anything.
"It's the scent of the Mother Goddess."
Lian Chaowu was puzzled. The spirit of the characters sat cross-legged in her palm and said, "The Heavenly Book Pavilion doesn't look big from the outside, but it contains a whole universe inside. This is because it is a magic array. This magic array was set up by the Mother Goddess herself, and we spirits of the characters who guide the way in the magic array were also carved by the Mother Goddess herself."
Zi Ling jumped down from Chao Wu's palm, put her hands behind her back, and said, "Back then, the Eight Desolations and Six Directions were constantly at war. The Mother Goddess and the Father God joined forces to quell the chaos. To repair the damage caused by the war, the Father God sacrificed himself, bringing peace to the world. The Mother Goddess re-established order for this world, which is how the Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man came to be. She also chose a suitable ruler for Heaven and Earth, who became the first Heavenly Emperor, Shao Yuan."
Asagiri listened intently, resting her chin on her hand. It was the first time she had ever heard of these things. When Ziling stopped talking, she pressed on, "And then what happened?"
"Later, after the Mother Goddess finished everything, she could no longer hold on. Before her soul returned to the void, she left a sword there."
Following the direction the spirit pointed, Chao Wu turned his head to look.
Suddenly, the scene before her changed. It was as if she had traversed a long void and seen a sword standing at the end of the sky.
"This sword is named Wujiu."
Asagiri stared blankly at the Wujiu Sword, instinctively clutching her chest.
She seemed to feel a surge of spiritual energy emanating from her body.
When she tried to sense it more closely, she found nothing, as if it were all her imagination.
"Before her death, the Mother Goddess said that the Heavenly Emperor was merely acting as the ruler of the divine realm, and only the one who could pull out that sword would be the true ruler of the three realms. Unfortunately, the Mother Goddess's soul returned to the void tens of thousands of years ago, and since then, the Heavenly Emperor has changed several times, but no deity has ever been able to truly pull out that sword."
Asagiri suddenly looked up at the sword, her lips moved, and she said, "That sword seems to be chiming?"
Zi Ling looked at Chao Wu and suddenly laughed, "You said you heard the sound of a sword ringing out?"
Asagiri nodded hesitantly, "Was that the sound of a sword? It should be the sound it made."
"Impossible, how could this be? In tens of thousands of years, you are the first female immortal to claim to have heard the sound of a sword. Even the son of the Father God and Mother God, Lord Xuanwu, has never heard the sound of a sword. You must have misheard."
“But…” Asagiri pointed in the direction of the sword, “it really is calling out.”
Zi Ling glanced at Chao Wu, then at the direction of the sword, jumped up, grabbed Chao Wu's fingers, and pulled her towards the sword.
By the time Asagiri came to her senses, she was already standing in front of the sword.
"Since you say you heard the sword sing, then try to see if you can draw it."
Asagiri looked at the sword, the sound of its clanging disappeared from her ears again.
Go up and try it; you never know when you might be able to pull it out.
Looking at the sword standing above, Chao Wu stepped up the steps, and when her hand grasped the hilt of Wu Jiu's sword, Zi Ling's eyes widened.
For tens of thousands of years, countless immortals have tried to draw the sword; all sorts of immortals, gods, and goddesses have tried.
Even immortals couldn't climb the steps.
Some, though they stepped onto the steps, could not grasp the sword hilt. The sword was protected by a barrier left by the Mother Goddess, and those with excessive selfish desires could not touch it.
There are also immortals who can grasp the sword, but cannot draw it.
At this moment, a little fairy who didn't even know how to cultivate steadily stepped onto the sword platform and placed her hand on the sword hilt. Zi Ling looked at Chao Wu's hand and nervously swallowed.
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