When you enter the library, you will immediately be greeted by a unique smell of books. Xue Yi took a deep breath and looked around. I saw that the first floor of this library pavilion covers an area of hundreds of square meters, and the bookshelves are silently arranged in the whole room, and there are dense books of all kinds on the body.

"This is the Library Pavilion. Zhou Shang looked at the room full of books and Xue Yi, who was shocked, and said, "There are more than ninety percent of the books collected by my Zhou family here, including combat techniques, tactics, all kinds of knowledge, doctrines, as well as some strange scriptures and even side doors, a total of more than 50,000 volumes, which is the foundation of our Zhou family's prosperity for hundreds of years." ”

"It's a hundred-year-old family. Xue Yi was sincerely admired. These collections are clearly the result of the unremitting efforts of generations of the Zhou family.

"There are three rules here. First, it is strictly forbidden for any member of any clan to damage any book for any reason. Second, no one is allowed to take books out of the cabinet without the permission of the elders of the cabinet. Thirdly, the books must be returned within seven days at the latest. Once these three articles are violated, the family rules will be dealt with. Zhou Shang recited it in one breath.

Xue Yi nodded lightly when he heard this. If you don't follow the rules, you don't make a circle. The library pavilion is related to the foundation of the Zhou Mansion, and it is impossible not to be strict.

Xue Yi stepped forward, looked at the signs on the bookshelf carefully, and soon saw the bookshelf where the combat skills were stored, and immediately picked up a handful, opened it and saw that it was a simple first-order combat skill.

"By the way, you just said ...... Is it the elder at the door?" Xue Yi put down the first-order combat skill, looked up at the vast collection of books on the shelves, and suddenly asked.

"Shhhh The two people outside the gate didn't have the strength of the Spirit Rhino Realm, they were just decorations, and the Nine Elders were the real gatekeepers of this library pavilion. The Library Pavilion is so important, how could my Zhou Mansion not send a strong person to guard it strictly? Not only him, but also many elders secretly are staring here. ”

"The strength of the Nine Elders...... Very strong?" Xue Yi also asked in a low voice.

"Of course, he is one of the few Sky Realm powerhouses in the mansion!" Zhou Shang said.

Xue Yi was taken aback. According to his estimates, there were only six or seven Sky Realm powerhouses in the Zhou Mansion at most, but he didn't expect that there was one guarding the door of this library pavilion. However, the temperament of these nine elders was a little strange.

It's not good to talk about such a strong man behind your back, especially in a place like the Library Pavilion. The two of them quickly shut up, just quietly reviewing their books. The library is divided into two floors, and the first floor houses more than ninety percent of the total, accounting for the vast majority of the collection. There are very few books on the second layer, but they are of higher quality, with the existence of third-order combat skills and third-order formations, as well as some ancient books with profound meanings. Moreover, access to the second tier is restricted, and people with lower status are not eligible to enter. However, Zhou Shang and Xue Yi are obviously not among them. Therefore, out of curiosity, Xue Yi also went up to visit, and did not take away a copy of combat skills. The first is that the cultivation difficulty of the third-order combat technique is still relatively large for him now, he has the Tianyuan Town Demon Finger and the Shadow Footwork, which already requires him to invest a lot of energy in cultivation, and there is no need to cultivate the third-order combat skill without experience. The second is to borrow third-order combat skills from it, which requires the personal approval of the mansion master Zhou Yuntian. And Zhou Yuntian was still in Qingyang City at this time, and he didn't want to trouble again.

After carefully selecting three second-order combat skills, Xue Yi beckoned Zhou Shang to leave. Two of these three combat skills are offensive and one is defensive, which is very suitable for self-cultivation today. In terms of attack power, although he has the incomparable power of the Tianyuan Town Demon Finger, this thing consumes too much and cannot be used easily. And the defensive aspect is also his weakness, so he made this choice. The cultivation of the second-order combat technique is not very difficult for me now, and it can be practiced in a short period of time, and there is no need to hone it for a long time like the Shadow Footwork.

Walking out of the library pavilion, the Nine Elders were still lying on the steps, only to move east because the sun was deflection.

"Ninth Elder, I will take these combat skills out of cultivation and return them within seven days, can you?" Xue Yi walked down the steps and hugged his fist at Ninth Elder.

The Nine Elders still opened their eyes slightly, and waved their hands to signal them to leave. Seeing this, Xue Yi glanced at Zhou Shang, then turned around and walked towards the gate.

Just as he was about to step out of the door, another person came in. Seeing the oncoming two, the man was obviously stunned. But when he recognized Xue Yi, his face didn't look very good.

"Zhou Shang, why do you have time to come here?" The man glanced at Xue Yi, then turned his head to look at Zhou Shang on the side, and said stiffly.

"I'm fine, I'm here to accompany Xue Yi. It's you, second brother, I haven't seen you come to the Library Pavilion for a long time, why are you here today?" Zhou Shang didn't have a smile on his face, and said.

Only then did Xue Yi know that the person in front of him was Zhou Yuntian's second son, the second son of Zhou Mansion, and Zhou Shang's second brother, Xue Jian.

Zhou Yuntian has three sons and no daughters. The eldest son's name is Xue Yan, who likes literature and does not like martial arts, and is determined to manage government affairs and business, and now runs the Zhou Mansion business house in Qingyang City all the year round. The second son's name is Xue Jian, Xi Wen does not practice martial arts, because he is eight years older than Zhou Shang, his strength is not weak now, and he already has the strength to approach the earth realm. However, the earth realm is a threshold, and his current strength is progressing slowly. Because of his strong strength and the high-level of the Zhou Mansion, he is responsible for escorting the caravans of the Zhou Mansion to various places for business all the year round. And the youngest is Zhou Shang. However, although Zhou Shang is more than ten years younger than Zhou Yan and eight years younger than Zhou Jian, he is the son with the strongest potential and the most loved by Zhou Yuntian, and Zhou Yuntian has always cultivated him as the next lord of the Zhou Mansion. For this, Zhou Yan, who has a mild temperament, has no opinion, but Zhou Jian, who is usually a little mean, is secretly dissatisfied, and has had many festivals with Zhou Shang on some trivial matters. I had heard of this when I was still Zhou Shang's subordinate before. Unexpectedly, this time, the two of them actually met here.

Hearing what Zhou Shang said, Zhou Jiancai shifted his gaze to Xue Yi on this side again, looked him up and down, and then looked at the three battle skills in his hand, and his face suddenly changed.

"Who allowed you to bring it out of the Library Pavilion?" Zhou Jian's tone was cold.

"I examined your body when you were unconscious just now, you are born with excellent qualifications, you are a rare good seedling, I have seen it for the first time in many years, so I moved the heart of accepting apprentices. Before that, I had never been alone, and if you worship me as a teacher today, you will be my big apprentice, would you like to?" Xuan Ye looked at Xue Yi, and his tone didn't seem like he was joking.

"This—" Xue Yi hesitated. The origin of this man who called himself Xuan Ye is unknown, but his cultivation is indeed extremely high, but why does he want to accept himself as an apprentice for no reason?

"I can't hide it, I'm a casual cultivator, not in any force, not in any sect. I was seriously wounded while exploring a ruin in the Far North, and I managed to save my life, but I was hunted down by a group of people who wanted to make money. It would have been easy for me to clean them up when I was in my prime, but now I can't protect myself. Now I have been injured by that old thing Nanxun Gong again, and my life is in danger, if I can't find some genius earth treasure to heal my injuries, I'm afraid my life will not be saved. Xuan Ye sighed, his face gloomy.

"What?" Xue Yi was startled, and when he looked at Xuan Ye carefully, he did find that his face was extremely pale. Xue Yi had eaten hundreds of meals in the village when he was a child, and learned a little medical skills from Lang in the village, this Xuan Ye was indeed lacking in qi, and the loss of qi and blood was a sign of physical injury.

"Therefore, I am afraid that I will not live long, and I will not be able to pass on a powerful cultivation to future generations when I am dying. You said that you are a subordinate of the Zhou Mansion, but I see that you are full of internal qi, your limbs are vigorous, and your eyes are clear, obviously you have a foundation of at least six layers, and it is by no means as simple as a subordinate. You must be secretly going out this night for cultivation, right?" Xuan Ye said lightly.