Killing God - Chapter 139

Chapter 139 Secret Scroll
His footsteps stepped on the thick dust, leaving behind clear footprints. The wooden staircase that had been deep for a long time let out a deep chuckle, causing people to worry if it would collapse under the heavy pressure.

Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened. Shen Shi followed the wooden stairs and walked all the way to the second floor of the library.

As he looked down, the second floor of the small building was extremely dark. Shen Shi, who was standing at the stairs, opened his eyes and could only vaguely see that the area of the second floor was slightly smaller than the first floor. At the same time, there were a few black shadows standing there in the dim shadows. From the looks of it, it seemed to be very similar to those bookshelves on the first floor.

It should also be a place to store books, right? Shen Shi thought in his heart. He searched for a window beside him and quickly opened it. Suddenly, a burst of bright light and fresh breeze surged over. He narrowed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and then turned around to observe the place again.

Sure enough, it was similar to the decoration on the first floor. However, there were only two bookshelves on the second floor of the small building, and there was nothing else. Moreover, there weren’t many books on the bookshelves. At most, there were only about one-third of the bookshelves. Compared to the full downstairs, the bookshelves were much weaker.

“Huh?” Shen Shi was somewhat curious. He strolled to the bookshelf and swept his hand through the old dust. Then, he casually took out a few books to read.

After reading a few books roughly, Shen Shi discovered that the scrolls here did not seem to be much different from the scrolls on the first floor in terms of content. Most likely, when the books were collected in the past, the shelves on the first floor were full, and the rest were directly received on the second floor. It was not that the scrolls on the second floor were any more precious than the scrolls on the first floor.

With this discovery, Shen Shi’s curiosity dimmed a lot. However, since books were similar, there was no big difference between reading on the first floor and reading on the second floor. At present, Shen Shi was too lazy to go downstairs. He stood in front of the two bookshelves on the second floor and slowly flipped through the scrolls. When he saw something interesting, he took it out and flipped through it a few times. If it really aroused his interest, he directly stuffed it into his bosom, which he would keep for a closer look in the future.

A gentle breeze blew into the small building through the window, bringing with it a refreshing coolness, and time slipped by unknowingly between the lines. Shen Shi’s gaze lingered on these scrolls. For some reason, he suddenly felt as if he had returned to when he was a teenager studying in the Heavenly First Floor. And now, all of this seemed to have become an unreal dream …

At that moment, he felt a little lost in his heart. However, he quickly recovered from his inexplicable emotions. He smiled self-deprecatingly, gently closed the page in his hand and casually placed it on the bookshelf. After closing his eyes and being quiet for a moment, he continued walking behind the bookshelf.

I don’t know how many scrolls were collected in the small library that year, Which senior of the Black Phoenix Demon race, But for now, at least, Shen Shi didn’t seem to notice any good books that aroused his interest in these scrolls. Moreover, looking at the scrolls and ancient books in the small building, he could see that the contents recorded therein were often myriad and strange. History, humanities, geography, stories, legends, lectures, and so on were almost all there, but they were not categorized, giving off a very chaotic feeling.

Perhaps that senior from the Black Phoenix Monstrous Clan was just trying to be elegant? A disrespectful thought flashed through Shen Shi’s mind. In the past, when he was chatting with the old white monkey, he had heard the old monkey say that although the majority of ordinary monsters didn’t read books now, in the Heavenly Yao Court of the past, collecting scrolls was an extremely elegant and popular thing amongst those wealthy and powerful high-tier monsters. There were also some demons who admired the glorious days of the Heavenly Yao Palace, and there were also some who collected scrolls of ancient books as an elegant collection.

However, if he really liked to collect scrolls, how could he not carefully take care of them and arrange them in different categories? It was most likely unreliable.

Shen Shi curled his lips and gently scratched the scrolls and covers on the bookshelves with his fingers. Occasionally, he paused for a moment and took out a book to flip through for a while. Then, he put it back on the bookshelves and continued searching for books. He had unknowingly seen two rows of shelves, but he didn’t feel that there were any particularly precious books. Only the bottom shelves of the last shelf were left.

There weren’t many books here. There were only a dozen or so. Furthermore, when no one was flipping through them, these scrolls looked like they were lying in a mess. The cover of the scrolls looked very old. It was obvious that they weren’t that precious when they were collected here back then. They were left here by the owner at will.

Shen Shi squatted down, not holding much hope. Just like before, he casually flipped through the scrolls.

Read one, lose one, read one, and lose another. As expected, there are many useless and boring miscellaneous books. I wonder how they were included back then. The Black Phoenix Monstrous Clan that collected the books probably has a bad taste.

In such a short moment, he had almost finished reading the scrolls on the bookshelf at the bottom. He shook his head. Just as he was about to stand up, a flash of light suddenly appeared at the corner of Shen Shi’s eyes. He saw that there seemed to be a piece of broken paper casually thrown at the end of the bookshelf, with some faint handwriting on it. From the looks of it, the paper was already worn out, and after countless years, the dust on it was probably not even half an inch thick. Even most of the handwriting was blocked. Only one or two words could be vaguely seen, and it was somewhat blurry. It seemed to be a few words similar to “Yin Yang”.

Shen Shi paused for a moment and shook his head without thinking. He was too lazy to flip through the dirty paper. He stood up and walked towards the stairs, preparing to go to the first floor to look for Old Bai Monkey.

The deep sound of footsteps echoed on the wooden stairs. However, after a moment, it suddenly stopped. Then, the sound of footsteps sounded again. For some reason, Shen Shi turned around and squatted down in front of the bookshelf again. Then, he picked up the broken piece of paper.

With a tremble, the dust instantly flew up, as if time had settled on this book for countless hours. In the end, it turned into countless fine particles of dust. Through the dust, Shen Shi brought the book closer to the light. A few lines of handwriting appeared on the ancient and dilapidated paper,

Yin and Yang, the Dao of Heaven and Earth, the Compendium of All Things, the parents of change, the beginning of life and death, the Divine Palace. (Note 1).

Yin Yang …

The Dao of Yin and Yang?

Shen Shi silently stared at the broken piece of paper in his hand and coldly stared at the handwriting on it. He looked at this arduous and profound passage again and again, and the light in his eyes gradually brightened.

He pondered silently for a long time, then began to carefully examine the broken piece of paper, turning it over and over again. However, apart from the passage on the paper, there did not seem to be any other traces on the broken piece of paper.

Shen Shi slowly frowned and hesitated for a moment. He suddenly ignored the dirt on the ground and directly lay on the bottom of the dusty bookshelf, carefully searching every inch of it.

Inch by inch, inch by inch, inch by inch, the ancient bookshelf quietly slid through the gap between his fingertips, and dust fell silently. When he accidentally knocked lightly on a certain place, the bookshelf would still emit a deep muffled sound, until at a certain corner, the echo suddenly became thicker.

Shen Shi’s hand gesture paused. After knocking a few more times, After confirming that the corner of the bookshelf was different, His eyes grew brighter and brighter, and he did not hesitate. He directly began to remove the wooden frame. After a few rounds of tampering, he finally opened a crack in the thick wooden frame. Then, Shen Shi saw a deep circular ditch dug out from within a wooden beam. A black scroll was lying there quietly.

Shen Shi’s heartbeat suddenly became intense, and even his breathing became somewhat rapid. He grabbed the black scroll that had been hidden in the dust and carefully forgotten for countless years, turned around, and looked at the bottom of the scroll.

Under the shadows, a faint golden light flashed through the depths of the black.

It was a lifelike flower, as if it had crossed the ages and never withered–

Seven-leaved Golden Sunflower.

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At the entrance of the small building, the little black pig’s ears twitched, as if it suddenly appeared somewhat restless.

It looked around. The nearest building was a secluded place. There was not even a single person, let alone any strange sounds. At about the same time, a loud noise suddenly came from somewhere far away from the mansion. It seemed as if something shocking had happened.

However, such a distant matter was of no interest to this delicious little black pig. At this time, it circled around the door of the small building a few times and felt hungry.

There seemed to be nothing to eat in the surroundings. The little black pig helplessly waved its head and thought for a moment. Finally, it turned around and walked into the small building.

The pig’s feet left a clear footprint in the dust on the ground. The little black pig quickly saw that the old monkey demon was standing by a bookshelf, holding a book scroll and concentrating on it. It seemed that it did not notice him at all.

Anyway, this old bastard wouldn’t normally give him anything to eat. Little Hei’s pig chuckled a few times and ignored the Old Bai monkey. He turned around and looked for it. He didn’t see Shen Shi’s shadow, but he saw the staircase in front of him and the footprints on the staircase.

Little Hei ran over and took three and two steps to the second floor. Although the dust here seemed heavier than the first floor, which made the Little Hei pig feel a little uncomfortable, it quickly saw Shen Shi and immediately became happy. It hurriedly moved over and rubbed against Shen Shi’s feet.

However, Shen Shi’s appearance at this moment seemed rather strange. He was holding a strange black scroll in his hand, observing it over and over again and pondering for a moment, but he didn’t notice that the Little Hei pig had run to his side at all. However, after Little Hei Pig persisted in dawdling, Shen Shi finally regained his senses and glanced at Little Hei Pig.

The little black pig greeted its master’s gaze and snorted twice. The little curled-up pig’s tail even shook a few times, revealing a somewhat flattering look.

Shen Shi had brought Little Black for three years, and he knew the habits of Little Black Pig like the back of his hand. He could tell at a glance that this fellow was hungry again and came to ask for food from him. Normally, he would play with Little Black for a while, but at this time, his entire mind was on the black scroll. He really didn’t have the mood to pay attention to Little Black Pig, so he casually stretched out his hand to his waist to take off the food sack and directly threw it to Little Black Pig.

He usually prepares some food for Little Hei, It was hung in a sack at his waist. At the same time, because the little Ruyi Ring that he had brought to the Demon Realm back then had been damaged, some important items that were close to him were also stored in some cloth sacks, including those magical talismans that he usually made. As a result, there were several sacks hanging on his belt. However, the food sack was a sack, so it was easy to recognize.

Pig Little Hei saw Shen Shi throw a bag over. Instantly, he became excited. Over the years, it had long been accustomed to Shen Shi’s feeding. She happily grabbed the cloth bag and was just about to snuff it open with her nose, but looking at the dirty dust around her, the Little Hei pig revealed a look of disdain. She picked up the cloth bag and ran down the stairs. She ran out of the small building and returned to the stone steps outside the small building before putting the cloth bag down.

Haha, today’s bag seems to be bigger than usual. It looks like we can have a full meal!

Little Black thought in his heart, and then he used his nose to open the mouth of the bag.

There was a faint saliva sound. For some reason, there was no meat that he liked the most. Instead, a moment later, under Little Hei’s stunned pig eyes, a warm, smooth, green, yellow, and purple bead rolled out. It circled twice in front of it, and then seemed to roll down the stone steps.

Little Hei stretched out his hoof and pulled the strange pearl back. However, its eyes stared at the pearl. As the light flickered, it was stunned for a moment.

(Note 1: The phrase “Su Wen · Yin Yang Ying Xiang Da Lun”).