Chapter 130 Ancient Books

When he walked out of the inn, Shen Shi had a calm expression, and at the same time secretly carefully observed the surroundings, and found that no one noticed him here, including the people in the inn.

He walked calmly out onto the long street, standing in the midst of the bustling crowds, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, at least for now, it seemed that no one had discovered this place. He subconsciously glanced back in the direction of the inn, the shadow of Ling Chunni flashed in his mind, and a little complicated thoughts floated in his heart, but more than that, it was still a little warm.

Carefully letting Ling Chunni hide in the inn for the time being and not showing up like this was of course because he was afraid of the possible revenge of the monks of the Beast Alliance after killing Jiang Heihu. Although there are no particularly outstanding and powerful great cultivators among the five sects of the Beast Alliance, as the indigenous sect here in Liuyun City, they have always been very tightly together, and at the same time, there are many disciples, so they are not easy to mess with.

Shen Shi himself, as a disciple of Lingxiao Sect, basically wouldn't be too afraid of this kind of small sect, the big deal was that he would go back to Jinhong Mountain directly, and the Beast Alliance would definitely have no way to take him, but if the other party found out that he had something to do with Jiang Heihu's death, when he had something to do or was left alone, with Shen Shi's current path of the first level of the Ning Yuan Realm, in case he encountered an inexplicable black hand in some wilderness, it would also be a headache.

In contrast, the Beast Alliance may still have some scruples about Ling Xiao Sect, but for an ordinary woman like Ling Chunni, who is helpless, she is like a tiger that devours people, and she can easily eat her flesh and blood, which is also the reason why Shen Shi and Ling Chunni have always had to carefully avoid the Beast Alliance.

Thinking back on what happened in the alley that day, including some small places, Shen Shi finally confirmed that there should be no obvious clues left, even if the people of the Beast Alliance are the head snakes, it should not be easy to find their own heads from the vast sea of people.

After his heart was a little wider, he turned around and left, and did not continue to stay in Liuyun City, he went straight out of this big city and went straight to the shore of the sea, and after the arrival of the Lingxiao Sect's sea-crossing immortal boat, he took a boat back to Jinhong Mountain.

There was no return to the mountain for a period of time, Lingxiao Sect did not look any different from the past, the majestic peak of the immortal family was in the realm, floating out of the dust, and the people who walked in the mountains and forests were all famous monks with extraordinary instruments, a scene of paradise.

Shen Shi first went back to his cave house, and after a little tidying up and resting, he saw that it was still early, and then went out to the viewing platform. The sea breeze was blowing, and under the Hongjun pillar, a large number of Lingxiao Sect disciples were still walking around here, which seemed very lively.

Compared with when he went down the mountain, Shen Shi obviously felt that almost no one noticed him this time, thinking that the vicious rumors spread that day, he seemed to have become a shameless villain in the eyes of everyone, and he only wanted to climb the Zhong family, and it still made Shen Shi a little depressed, and at the same time, he thought of Zhong Qinglu.

The source of the rumors, of course, was that he went to Zhong's house with her a month ago, but for some reason he angered Zhong Liancheng, Shen Shi originally thought that as long as Zhong Qinglu came out to explain a few words, the rumors would naturally disappear, but who knew that after Zhong Qinglu returned to the mountain, he directly retreated and cultivated, so that this rumor spread more and more, Shen Shi was also a little surprised in his heart, it stands to reason that Zhong Qinglu shouldn't be like this?

It's just that the matter is in front of him, and he can't help but believe it, and in the end, he was forced to go down the mountain to avoid this inexplicable limelight under Sun You's advice, but fortunately, it seems that the effect of going down the mountain this time is still good.

He walked around the viewing platform for a while, visiting several important halls, especially the White Crane Hall, where the sect issued various tasks, and at the same time, he planned to see if there were any suitable tasks. The cultivation here in the sect is fundamental, of course, he can't give up lazily, and this sudden love affair with Ling Chunni in Liuyun City also made him feel a faint sense of urgency in his heart.

After all, renting an inn all the time was not a long-term solution, so he had thought about and hesitated to buy a cottage in Liuyun City, but this time he made up his mind all at once.

It was a strange state of mind, which had never been seen before, but after last night, he suddenly had a thought in his heart to take care of the woman and give her a safe place to live.

That thought was so strong that it made Shen Shi himself a little surprised.

The White Crane Hall is one of the most lively places on Jinhong Mountain, and I don't know how many disciples of the Lingxiao Sect will come here during the day, and it is full of people almost at any time. When Shen Shi walked into the White Crane Hall, it was almost the same, he browsed in front of the two rows of task boards, found a few tasks he liked, and when he was weighing them in his heart, he overheard two disciples of the Ling Xiao Sect who looked to be slightly older than him not far from him chatting, but in his words, he vaguely mentioned the words of Dantang and Zhong Qinglu, and he immediately fell into his heart.

While pretending to look at the board, he quietly moved closer to the place where the two of them were, and then listened carefully to their conversation for a while, and gradually realized that what they were talking about was the most widely concerned thing in the Lingxiao Sect recently.

That is, Yun Ni, the Great Elder who was among the five elders and presided over the Dan Hall of the first hall of the Ling Xiao Sect at the same time, had already left the customs today, and immediately announced that a Dan meeting would be held among the disciples of the Dan Hall, and seven young disciples who were recognized as having outstanding talents in the Dan Dao would refine the spirit pill together, and the best of them would win.

The winner will naturally have a reward, but at the moment, there is another reason why everyone in the Ling Xiao Sect is looking at this matter, because it is almost certain that Elder Yunni will once again include a disciple in this Dan meeting, and this opportunity is extremely precious, and those who can get this opportunity are like one step to the sky. In addition, there have been rumors from the elders of the Lingxiao Sect recently, and in more than half a year, it will be the semi-annual Four Righteous Famous Sect Conference, at that time, headed by the master Huaiyuan Zhenren, several Yuan Dan Realm elders will press the formation, and a group of elite disciples will be selected from the disciples of the Divine Conception and Ning Yuan Realm to go to the Yuan Shi Gate, and if there is a chance, there will even be a chance to enter the world-famous "Wentian Secret Realm" of the Yuan Shi Gate, then it will be another great opportunity.

Legend has it that Du Tiejian, the eldest disciple under the seat of Huaiyuan Zhenren, is young, but his Taoism is amazingly strong, and he has reached the peak of his divine artistic conception, and he is only one step away from the Yuan Dan realm. And the root cause is, of course, that Senior Brother Du is extremely talented and has excellent roots, but ten years ago, in the Four Righteous Conference, Du Tiejian shined after entering the Wentian Secret Realm, and defeated many other famous disciples who entered the secret realm in a row, thus breaking the result of the secret realm conference that has been dominated by the disciples of the Yuan Shimen for many years, and then obtained a great immortal fate, and after returning to the mountain, the Tao has advanced by leaps and bounds, and even the Heaven Opening Demon Sword that he has never left his body now has become a symbol of his status and is extremely powerful, is also obtained from the Wentian Secret Realm.

In the cultivation realm, the Dao realm, or the strength of the monk, is the root of everything, with Du Tiejian such a ready-made example, naturally everyone will yearn for the secret realm of the heavens, and before that, obviously the most important thing is to be selected to go to the Yuan Shi Gate first.

It is because as the period of the Four Righteous Conferences is gradually approaching, the atmosphere within the Lingxiao Sect has gradually become tense, and according to past conventions, generally speaking, if every great true person in the Yuan Dan Realm has a suitable disciple under him, almost all of them will be given at least one place in the sect. Therefore, this Dan meeting held by Elder Yunni attracted the attention of all people, and there was a faint sense of the precursor to the competition for candidates for the Four Righteous Sect Conference.

After listening all the way, Shen Shi basically understood the ins and outs of the matter, thinking that this time the Dan would be so important, no wonder Zhong Qinglu attached so much importance to it, and retreated to the alchemy as soon as he returned to the mountain. It's just that...... He sighed secretly in his heart, and for a while he didn't know why he was still a little lost, perhaps, in fact, what he was looking forward to that day was just for her to come out and say a few words.

Don't even have time to say a few words or explain a little?

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

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After taking a few steps outside the White Crane Hall, he wanted to go back to the cave mansion, but after hesitating for a moment, he suddenly remembered what Gu Lingyun in Liuyun City had asked him to explain. Standing in place and muttering for a while, thinking that Gu Lingyun could be regarded as good to himself after all, Shen Shi still turned around and walked in the direction of the study hall.

He is now a disciple of the Lingxiao Sect, and when he comes to the study hall, in addition to the tightly guarded secrets of the sect, the countless miscellaneous books and ancient books collected by the past dynasties have no restrictions on him, and it can be said that he can be watched.

Therefore, after Shen Shi checked the cloud talisman at the door of the study hall to prove his identity, he smoothly entered the belly of the apse mountain and came to the legendary "sea of books." ”

The two places of "Book Mountain" and "Book Sea" refer to the two places of Yuan Shimen and Lingxiao Sect respectively, which are known as the largest collection of books in the world.

It is said that it is a "sea of books", in fact, it is a huge cave dug out in the belly of Jinhong Mountain, thousands of feet deep, dozens of layers up and down, each layer has hundreds of tall bookshelves, the stacked bookshelves are full of books and classics, at a glance can not see the edge, the vast is like the sea, hence the name.

Shen Shi walked all the way down the stone steps, in the middle of this endless sea of books, it was really a very happy thing for a book lover, but if he added a sentence in front of this to find a name from it, and there were almost no traces of clues to trace and could only be looked at one by one, it would be a disaster.

The ancient books of the Heavenly Demon Court era were at the lowest level of the sea of books, Shen Shi went all the way down, and saw that there were many figures of Lingxiao Sect disciples walking around among the many layers of bookshelves, both men and women, most of them looked focused and calm, obviously they all loved books or were looking for some doubts before coming here.

However, as he gradually walked to the bottom of the sea of books, the other figures in his sight began to thin and decrease, and by the time he reached the bottom of the penultimate floor, there was no longer a single figure around.

Because no one would be interested in the Heavenly Demon Court, which had long since been wiped out thousands of years ago, including the scrolls and texts that had been handed down from that era.

Back then, Ling Xiaozong had obtained a lot of ancient books from the Heavenly Demon Royal Court, and according to Shen Shi's previous experience, the bottom four layers were almost all the books at that time, and it was even more difficult to find the clues of the mysterious Huang Ming from this vast sea of books than to find a needle in a haystack.

Shen Shi sighed helplessly, and his footsteps paused here on the fourth floor, when he came here before, he almost always looked for and read on the bookshelves on this floor, but he came here a few times, and the books he had seen and looked for were still like a drop in the ocean compared to the total number of books here.

He was in a good mood when he came over, but as soon as he saw so many books like mountains and seas, he suddenly felt a burst of irrepressible frustration, smiled bitterly, and simply stopped staying on this floor, and walked directly down again.

Each layer of the sea of books looked almost identical, and the unique fragrance of the book wafted into the air, and before he knew it, Shen Shi had walked to the bottom layer.

This is a place he has never been, and after looking around, Shen Shi found that it seemed that because when the cave was dug back then, the bottom place was a little small, so this floor was about half smaller than the upper levels, and the bookshelves were only about seventy or eighty, but it still looked quite spectacular.

As he walked around, there was silence all around, obviously no one would come here on weekdays, and Shen Shi even saw a layer of dust falling on the corners of some bookshelves.

One by one, the books and ancient books, standing quietly on the shelves, as if sleeping peacefully, I don't know how many years have been spent in the belly of this mountain, and in this one, has anyone ever come to wake them up?

10,000 years ago, did they also experience the tempering of blood and fire, and did they also witness that magnificent and tragic battle of demons?

With a little emotion in his heart, Shen Shi slowly walked to the side, walked past a row of bookshelves, looked at the vast volumes, but for some reason he couldn't lift the spirit to open them, so he walked casually. Just walked past the two bookshelves, and on the side in front of him, a figure suddenly appeared, which suddenly startled Shen Shi.

It was an old man who looked a little thin, with a thin face, white hair and eyebrows, a bunch of goatee under his chin, and ordinary clothes, which seemed to be an ordinary disciple of the Lingxiao Sect.

There are a large number of disciples in the Lingxiao Sect, and naturally there are some old people who are limited in talent and have limited achievements in their lifetimes, and it seems that this is also one of them, but he didn't expect to see it at the bottom of this sea of books, which made Shen Shi a little surprised.

At the same time, the old man seemed to be aware of Shen Shi, and when he raised his eyes to him, it seemed a little strange, it seemed that there were indeed few people at the bottom of this sea of books on weekdays, so everyone was so surprised.

Shen Shi first smiled at the old man, nodded slightly, and said hello, the old man raised his eyebrows, and seemed to be taken aback in his expression, but soon his face calmed down, and he also bowed his head to Shen Shi, which was regarded as a response.

It was rare to see a person here, Shen Shi got out of the inexplicable frustration just now, thought about it, and looked for it on the bookshelf not far from the old man, and casually took out an ancient book and read it.

The two of them didn't say a word, and they didn't mean to say anything, so they stood in one place, looking at the scroll calmly and quietly, time seemed to slow down on the side of the sea of books, and time passed quietly only in the gentle sound of turning the book.

Shen Shi looked at it for a while, and it was not surprising that there was no gain, speaking of which, the blood and blood of the two clans of the human and demon clans were not in the same place, but the ancient book text of the Heavenly Demon King Court ten thousand years ago was almost exactly the same as the text of the human race today, which was also a strange thing. When the demon clan was still there, they all said that they taught the human race to read and write, and the human race claimed that the human race had existed since ancient times, and the history was longer than that of the demon race, so this text was originally founded by the human race.

There are many different kinds of theories, and they have always been entangled, and there is no conclusive conclusion, but now that the human race is strong, it is natural that the latter statement is popular, and Shen Shi has no heart to carefully distinguish it.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a movement next to him, turned his head to look, but saw the old man shook his head, his face seemed to have a little disdain, and he casually threw the ancient book in his hand on the shelf, muttered twice in his mouth, seemed to complain and sneered, and then walked away with his hand.

Shen Shi didn't care, he was about to turn around, and then suddenly his eyes froze, but he fell on the cover page of the ancient book that was dropped by the old man, and saw a line of text written on it:

"Miscellaneous Treatise on the Five Elements of Magic".

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

And in the distance, after the old man walked out of a distance, he suddenly felt something, stunned for a moment, and then looked back, only to see that under the tall bookshelf, the young disciple of the Ling Xiao Sect was standing there, holding the book "Miscellaneous Treatises on the Five Elements of Magic", but he was reading it with relish.