Killing God - Chapter 293

Chapter 293 Ancient Books
When he walked out of the inn, Shen Shi had a calm expression. At the same time, he carefully observed his surroundings and discovered that no one noticed him, including the people in the inn.

Just like that, he calmly walked to the long street outside. Standing amidst the bustling crowd, he slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. At least for now, it seemed that no one had discovered this place. He subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction of the inn. Ling Chunni’s shadow flashed in his mind, and complex thoughts arose in his heart, but more of it was warmth.

With such caution, Ling Chunnie hid in the inn temporarily and didn’t show up. Of course, she was worried about the possible revenge of the Beast Alliance cultivators after killing Jiang Hei Hu. Although there weren’t any exceptionally powerful cultivators among the five sects of the Beast Alliance, as native sects here in Floating Cloud City, they had always been tight-knit and had a large number of disciples, so it wasn’t easy to provoke them.

As a disciple of Lingxiao Sect, Basically, he wouldn’t be too afraid of such a small sect, At worst, he directly returned to Golden Rainbow Mountain. The Beast Alliance definitely had no way to deal with him. However, if the other party found out that he was related to Jiang Hei Hu’s death, when he came down the mountain or was left alone, with Shen Shi’s current Elemental Condensation Realm cultivation, if he encountered an inexplicable black hand somewhere in the wilderness, it would also be a headache.

In comparison, the Beast Alliance might have some misgivings about the Soaring Firmament Sect, but to an ordinary woman like Ling Chunni, who was helpless, she was like a fierce tiger that could easily devour her flesh and blood. This was also the reason why Shen Shi and Ling Chunni had to carefully avoid the Beast Alliance.

After recalling what had happened in the alley that day, including some small places, Shen Shi finally confirmed that there shouldn’t be any obvious loophole clues left behind. Even if the members of the Beast Alliance were local snakes, it shouldn’t be an easy task to find their heads in the vast sea of people.

After his heart relaxed a little, he turned around and left. He did not stay in Floating Cloud City anymore. He went straight out of the city and headed straight for the shore of the sea. After Lingxiao Sect’s Sea Crossing Immortal Ark arrived, he returned to Golden Rainbow Mountain by boat.

After not returning to the mountains for a while, Lingxiao Sect didn’t look any different from before. The majestic peak of the Immortal Clan’s scenic spot was floating out of the dust, and the cultivators roaming the mountains and forests were all famous cultivators with extraordinary artifacts, a scene of a secluded paradise.

Shen Shi first returned to his cave. After finishing up and resting for a while, he saw that it was still early and left for Guanhai platform. As the sea breeze blew past, many disciples of Lingxiao Sect were still walking around under the pillar, making it seem very lively.

Compared to when they went down the mountain, Shen Shi could clearly feel that almost no one had noticed him this time. Thinking about how the malicious rumors spread that day, he had become an ignorant and shameless villain in the eyes of everyone. He only wanted to join the Zhong Clan. To this day, it still made Shen Shi somewhat depressed. At the same time, he also thought of Zhong Qinglu.

The source of the rumors, Of course, he had gone to the Zhong Clan with her a month ago, However, for some unknown reason, he angered Zhong Liancheng. Shen Shi originally thought that as long as Zhong Qing revealed a few words of explanation, the rumors would naturally dissipate. Who would have thought that after Zhong Qinglu returned to the mountain, she would directly cultivate in seclusion, causing the rumors to flourish. Shen Shi was also surprised by this. Logically speaking, Zhong Qinglu shouldn’t be like this?

However, he couldn’t help but believe that the matter was right in front of him. In the end, he was forced to go down the mountain to avoid this inexplicable limelight under the advice of Friend Sun. Fortunately, from the looks of it, this time, the results were quite good.

He walked around the viewing platform for a while and strolled around several important halls, especially the White Crane Hall, where the sect issued various missions. At the same time, he originally intended to see if there were any suitable missions. The cultivation of the sect was fundamental. Of course, he couldn’t give up lazily. The sudden encounter with Ling Chunni in Floating Cloud City also gave him a faint sense of urgency.

After all, renting an inn was not a long-term plan, so he had thought about buying a small house in Floating Cloud City and had hesitated for a while, but this time, he made up his mind.

It was a strange feeling. It had never appeared before, but after last night, he suddenly had the thought of taking care of that woman and giving her a safe place to live.

That thought was so intense that it surprised Shen Shi himself.

White Crane Hall was one of the liveliest places on Golden Rainbow Mountain. It was unknown how many disciples from Lingxiao Sect would arrive here in a single day, and they were almost always filled with people. When Shen Shi walked into White Crane Hall, Almost as well, He scanned through the two rows of task boards and found a few tasks he liked. As he was weighing them in his heart, he overheard two disciples of Lingxiao Sect who seemed to be slightly older than him chatting. In his words, he vaguely mentioned the words Pill Hall and Zhong Qinglu. Immediately, he became interested.

As he pretended to look at the board, he quietly approached the two of them. After listening carefully to their conversation for a while, he gradually realized that what they were talking about was the most widely concerned thing in Lingxiao Sect Mountain Gate recently.

That was Grand Elder Yun Ni, who was one of the five Grand Elders and also presided over the pill hall at the entrance of Lingxiao Sect’s first hall. She had already left seclusion today, and immediately announced that a pill gathering would be held among the disciples of the pill hall. Seven disciples of the younger generation who were acknowledged to be talented in the pill dao would work together to refine spirit pills, and the best of them would be the winner.

The winner would naturally receive a reward. However, there was another reason why everyone in the Ling Xiao Sect was paying attention to this matter. It was because it was almost certain that Elder Yun Ni would recruit another disciple at this pill gathering. This opportunity was extremely precious, and those who could obtain this opportunity would be tantamount to ascending to the heavens in a single step. In addition, some elders in the Ling Xiao Sect had recently spread the word, More than half a year later was the once-in-a-decade Four Righteous Clans Convention, At that time, Sect Leader Huaiyuan and several Origin Core Realm elders would be in charge of the formation. They would select a group of elite disciples from the Divine Concept and Origin Condensation Realm disciples to head to the Origin Sect. If they had the chance, they would even have the chance to enter the Heaven Seeking Secret Realm that the Origin Sect was famous for, that would be another great opportunity.

Legend has it that Du Tiejian, the current Sect Leader Huaiyuan’s eldest disciple, is young, yet his cultivation is astonishingly strong. He has already reached the peak of the Divine Concept and is only a step away from the Origin Core Realm. And looking at its roots, Of course, Senior Brother Du’s innate talent is excellent, But ten years ago, at the four-pronged conference, After entering the Heaven Seeking Secret Realm, Du Tiejian shone brightly. He had defeated many other disciples who had entered the secret realm in succession, Thus, he was able to break through the results of the Grand Meeting of Origin Sect disciples who had ruled over the secret realm for many years, and obtained a great fate. After returning to the mountain, his cultivation increased by leaps and bounds. Even the Heaven Splitting Demon Sword, which he had never left his body to symbolize his status and possessed unparalleled might, was obtained from the Heaven Seeking Secret Realm.

In the cultivation world, the cultivation realm, or the strength of a cultivator, was the root of everything. With Du Tiejian as a ready-made example, a natural person would yearn for Wentian Secret Realm. Before that, the most important thing was obviously to be selected to be on the list to go to Yuanshi Sect.

The atmosphere in the Lingxiao Sect Sect had gradually become tense as the Four Great Meetings approached. According to past practice, every Grand Daoist at the Origin Core Realm would be given at least one spot in the sect if there were suitable disciples under their seats. That was why Elder Yun Ni’s pill gathering had attracted the attention of the crowd, and there was a faint intention to officially open the four main sects’ congress to compete for the precursor.

After listening to this, Shen Shi basically understood the origin of the matter. He thought to himself that this pill meeting was so important. No wonder Zhong Qinglu paid so much attention to it. She went into seclusion to refine pills the moment she returned to the mountain. However … he secretly sighed in his heart. For a moment, he didn’t know why he was still slightly disappointed. Perhaps, all he hoped for that day was for her to come out and say a few words.

Don’t you even have time to say a few words and explain?

Shen Shi smiled bitterly, shook his head, and walked out of White Crane Hall.

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After walking a few steps outside the White Crane Hall, he originally wanted to turn around the cave residence, but after hesitating for a moment, he suddenly remembered the matter that Gu Lingyun had asked him to explain to him in Floating Cloud City. After standing in place and pondering for a while, thinking that Gu Lingyun had treated him well that day, Shen Shi still turned around and walked towards the direction of the Book Hall.

Right now, he was a direct disciple of the Lingxiao Sect Sect. Apart from the tightly protected sect manuals and secret manuals, there were no restrictions on the countless miscellaneous ancient books that he had collected over the generations. It could be said that he was free to read them.

Therefore, after Shen Shi verified the identity of the Cloud Talisman at the entrance of the library, he smoothly entered the belly of the back hall mountain and arrived at the legendary “Sea of Books.”

“Mount Shu” and “Sea of Books” referred to the two places where the Origin Sect and the Ling Xiao Sect were known to have the most books in the world. Naturally, Shen Shi had never seen the famous mountain of books in the Origin Sect before, but he had already entered the Sea of Books a few times in the past, so he was barely familiar with it.

The so-called “Sea of Books” was actually an incomparably large cave dug in the belly of Golden Rainbow Mountain. It was thousands of feet deep and dozens of floors up and down. Each floor had hundreds of tall bookshelves. The bookshelves were filled with scrolls and ancient books. At first glance, they were invisible and boundless like the sea, hence their name.

Shen Shi walked down the stone steps. Being in this endless sea of books was truly a joyous thing for a book lover. However, if he added a phrase in front of him to find a name from it, and there was practically no trace of any clues that could be traced and could only be read through one book at a time, then it would be a catastrophe.

The ancient books of the Heavenly Yao Royal Court were at the bottom of the sea of books. As Shen Shi descended, he saw many figures of Lingxiao Sect disciples walking in between the bookshelves. There were both men and women. Most of them had calm and focused expressions. It was obvious that they had come here because they loved books or were searching for doubts.

However, as he gradually reached the bottom of the sea of books, the other figures within his line of sight began to diminish. When he reached the bottom fourth floor, there was no longer a single figure in the surroundings.

This was because no one would be interested in the Heavenly Yao Royal Court that had been wiped out ten thousand years ago, including the ancient scrolls that had been passed down from that era.

Back then, Lingxiao Sect had obtained quite a few ancient books from the Heavenly Yao Royal Court. According to Shen Shi’s previous experience, the bottom four floors were almost all scrolls from that time. It was simply harder to find clues to that mysterious Huang Ming from this vast sea of books than to look for a needle in a haystack.

Shen Shi sighed helplessly. His footsteps paused at the fourth floor. Previously, when he came here, he had almost always searched through the shelves on this floor. However, he had only come a few times. Compared to the vast number of scrolls here, the books he had read were still like a drop in the ocean.

He was in a good mood when he came over, but when he saw so many scrolls that were like mountains and seas, he couldn’t help but feel depressed. He bitterly smiled and simply didn’t stop at this level anymore. He strolled down again.

Every layer of the sea of books looked almost identical. The scroll’s unique fragrance floated in the air. Unknowingly, Shen Shi walked to the bottom layer.

This was a place he had never been before. He turned around and looked around. Shen Shi discovered that it seemed to be because when he dug the cave back then, the bottom part of the cave was somewhat small. Therefore, this floor was roughly half smaller than the upper levels. There were only about 70 or 80 bookshelves, but it was still quite spectacular.

As he walked around, the surroundings were completely silent. Obviously, no one would come here normally. Shen Shi even saw a layer of dust on some bookshelves.

Scrolls of ancient books stood quietly on the bookshelves, seemingly sleeping peacefully. It was unknown how many years they had spent in the belly of this mountain, and among them, had anyone ever come to wake them up?

Ten thousand years ago, did they also experience the temper of blood and fire? Did they also personally witness that grand and tragic battle between demons and humans?

Shen Shi sighed in his heart. He slowly walked to the side and walked past a row of bookshelves. He looked at the boundless scrolls, but for some reason, he was unable to lift his spirits and flip through them. Thus, he strolled along with his heart. However, after walking past two bookshelves, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, instantly startling Shen Shi.

It was a skinny old man with a thin face and white eyebrows. He had a bunch of goatee under his chin and was dressed in ordinary clothes. He seemed to be an ordinary disciple of Lingxiao Sect.

There were a large number of disciples in the Lingxiao Sect Sect. Naturally, there were also some old men whose talent was limited throughout their lives. It seemed that this old man was one of them. However, he didn’t expect to see him at the bottom of the sea of books. This surprised Shen Shi.

At the same time, the old man seemed to have noticed Shen Shi as well. Looking up at him, it seemed a bit strange. It seemed that there were indeed few people at the bottom of the sea of books, so everyone was surprised.

Shen Shi first smiled at the old man and nodded slightly. As a greeting, the old man raised his white eyebrows. From the look on his face, he seemed to be shocked again. However, his expression quickly calmed down. He also nodded to Shen Shi as a response.

It was rare to see a person here. Shen Shi was able to escape from the inexplicable frustration just now. After thinking for a moment, he searched the bookshelf not far away from the old man and casually took out an ancient book to read.

The two of them didn’t say anything and didn’t mean to say anything else. Just like this, they stood together and quietly looked at the scroll. Time seemed to have slowed down on the side of the sea of books. Time passed quietly as they flipped through the books.

Shen Shi flipped through it for a while and found nothing unsurprising. Speaking of the deep enmity between the human and demon races, the ancient texts of the Heavenly Yao Royal Court ten thousand years ago were almost identical to those of the human race today. It was also a strange thing. Back then, when Demon race was still alive, it was said that they had taught the humans how to read and write. On the other hand, the humans claimed that the humans had existed since ancient times and had a longer history than Demon race. Therefore, this text was created by the humans.

There were many different opinions, and they had always been entangled. There was not a single conclusion. However, since the human race was prosperous now, even the latter was naturally popular. Shen Shi did not have the mood to carefully distinguish between them.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a commotion coming from the side. He turned around and saw that the old man shook his head. There was a hint of disdain on his face. He casually threw the ancient book on the bookshelf and muttered in a low voice. It was as if he was complaining and sneered. Then, he walked away with his hands behind his back.

Shen Shi didn’t care either. He was just about to turn around when his gaze suddenly narrowed when he landed on the cover of the ancient book that the old man had left behind. There was a line of words written on it,

On Five Elements Techniques.

Shen Shi was stunned for a moment. Then, he raised his eyebrows and put down the ancient book in his hand. He walked over and picked up the book. He opened the title page and began to read it carefully.

In the distance, after the old man walked a distance, he suddenly felt something. He was stunned for a moment. He then turned around and saw that under the tall bookshelf, the young disciple of Lingxiao Sect was standing there, holding the Five Elements Technique Complex, and enjoying it. .