Chapter 123: The Book Pavilion
"Here, this is the Book Pavilion!" Jiang Jianqiu said loudly.
Ling Shengxue looked up, and by the light of the wind lamp, he could see a two-story attic standing by the wall in front, this attic was not too big, the whole building was boxy, and it was built there alone, which seemed a little isolated.
"Let's go in!" Jiang Jianqiu stepped forward quickly, pushed open the door of this attic with both hands, with a soft creak, the two doors retreated inside, and a slightly musty smell of books came to the face, Ling Shengxue looked up, the door was dark and dreary, and he couldn't see anything.
Jiang Jianqiu took the wind lantern from Ling Shengxue's hand, walked into the book pavilion, and said as he walked: "Usually few people come here, that is, Senior Brother Han occasionally comes over to find some books. The piles of books have never been sorted out here, and they are covered in dust. ”
Ling Shengxue walked into the book pavilion, looked up, between the lights and shadows, he could see that there were seven or eight bookshelves that went straight to the roof neatly arranged in this room, and the shelves were densely packed with books of different sizes, these books were placed very casually, some of the covers were facing outward, some were facing inward, and some were directly facing the sky, as Jiang Jianqiu said, they were "stacked" here. The books are covered with a thick layer of dust, and it seems that this place is indeed rarely visited.
"There are so many books...... Ling Shengxue glanced around and whispered.
"Yes, it is said that these books were pulled in a car. Senior Brother Wan Qing's father was the generalissimo of the Tang Kingdom, and he was an old friend of the master, and he helped build the entire Huaishan faction. However, the books sent were messy, there were everything, and there were not many books related to cultivation, so everyone was not interested in these books on weekdays. ”
"I see...... Ling Shengxue nodded. At this time, Jiang Jianqiu walked to the center of the room, there was a small square table, four benches, he lit the candles on the square table, and the room suddenly brightened a lot, "Okay, look, the books are here." ”
Ling Shengxue nodded, walked towards the bookshelf in front of her, picked up a book by candlelight, and looked at it carefully. Since she was a child, she has only been able to read in the ice cave, and now in this quiet library, it seems that she has returned to the cold ice palace, leaving only the boundless sea of books to accompany her.
Ling Shengxue read them one by one, and the books here are really all-encompassing, from astronomy, down to geography, Middle-earth, overseas strange talks, it is really strange. Occasionally, there are some books on superficial cultivation methods such as the Foundation Building Compendium, but she actually has no special interest in cultivation, and now she has just come to the outside world, and the most urgent thing is to understand the world.
Ling Shengxue's figure walked slowly between the various bookshelves, taking a book in her hand from time to time, and when she had taken seven or eight books, she put it back on the square table in the center first.
Jiang Jianqiu sat on the edge of the square table, watching this little girl shuttling between the bookshelves, and at first there was something to say to her without saying a word, but Ling Shengxue seemed to be immersed in this sea of books, and completely ignored him, Jiang Jianqiu was bored, only felt that the drowsiness was getting heavier and heavier, and his eyelids couldn't help fighting, and then he fell asleep on the square table.
"Smack!" With a heavy sound, Jiang Jianqiu was suddenly awakened. He looked up, but it was Ling Shengxue who piled a thick stack of books on the square table, "It's almost, take these back first." Ling Shengxue took a light breath and clapped her hands.
Jiang Jianqiu looked at the thick piles of books on the table in front of him, if they were piled together, he was afraid that they would be a head taller than him and Ling Shengxue's height, he was a little suspicious for a while, did this little girl plan to move this book pavilion away?
"There are so many books, how many lifetimes can you read them, and the two of us, how can we move them?"
"Just move a few more times, it's late tonight, I'll take a few books back, and I'll pick up the rest tomorrow." Ling Shengxue said lightly.
Jiang Jianqiu pursed his lips, it seems that this little junior sister really has a lot of quirks, he has always had a headache when he reads, and Senior Brother Han's class is definitely a way to escape. Usually letting him read was like killing him, but now Ling Shengxue wanted to take so many books back and study them slowly, which seemed to him to be unbelievable.
At this moment, an old voice sounded outside the door of the Book Pavilion: "I thought it was a disciple who forgot to turn off the lights, it turned out to be you two little guys, who didn't sleep late at night, what did you do in this Book Pavilion?"
Jiang Jianqiu was stunned for a moment, then stood up and shouted loudly, "Master, your old man is here." ”
An old man with gray hair walked in at the door, it was Ling Nanzi, the head of the Huaishan faction. He looked at Jiang Ling and the others, smiled and nodded.
Ling Shengxue also opened her mouth at this moment and said, "Master, Senior Brother Han asked me to come to the Book Pavilion to find some books to read, so I came over to take a look." ”
Ling Nanzi nodded with a smile and said, "Well, I know that you like to read, but there is no need to move so much, this book pavilion will not run away, you can take a few fewer books and come over to replace them from time to time." According to your approach, I'm afraid that this library will be emptied by you in a few days. ”
Ling Shengxue's face turned red, but she didn't speak.
Ling Nanzi looked at Jiang Jianqiu on the side again, and said, "You kid, you are still so energetic after standing upside down on the photo wall all day, go back to sleep." ”
Jiang Jianqiu responded with a smile, and said in his heart that if it weren't for the steamed bun of his senior brother, the ghost would have come to this bookstore with her in the middle of the night. He saluted his master, turned around and walked out of the library, and trotted all the way back to his room to rest.
After seeing Jiang Jianqiu walk out of the book pavilion, Ling Nanzi turned to look at Ling Shengxue and said with a smile, "Have you already made new friends?"
Ling Shengxue was worrying about which books to take back at the moment, and said coldly when she heard this: "He insisted on coming with me, this senior brother acted recklessly, I don't want to be friends with him." ”
Ling Nanzi stroked his beard, laughed, and asked, "Are you still comfortable in the Huaishan Sect?"
Ling Shengxue nodded and said, "Everyone is very good to me, and Senior Brother has thought about me very carefully. ”
"I was going to start dissipating the cold in your body tomorrow, but since you have encountered it, let's start today. Ling Nanzi walked up to Ling Shengxue and motioned for her to sit down at the square table. He walked around behind Ling Shengxue and stretched out his right hand against the back of her neck, "The cold qi in your body has been lingering for a long time, it has been ingrained deeply, and it may be a little painful when it is dispersed, you should be patient a little." ”
Ling Shengxue sat there quietly, only to feel a stream of heat injected into her body from the back of her head, spreading out in the meridians, and wherever this heat flow went, it seemed that there were thousands of small insects constantly gnawing at her own flesh. The sensation was painful and numb, and she frowned slightly, trying to endure the pain spreading throughout her body. In about a quarter of an hour, the current of heat had swam through her body. Ling Nanzi withdrew his hand, at this moment Ling Shengxue was already covered with sweat, and the clothes on the front and back of his heart were soaked with sweat.
"In the future, this pain will be reduced step by step, and after a month, the cold qi in your body will be cleared, and then you can start cultivating with other junior brothers. Ling Nanzi nodded, this doll's endurance far exceeded that of ordinary people.
"Shengxue knows. Ling Shengxue's voice was a little weak, and her whole body was almost in a state of collapse, and she couldn't exert any strength lazily.
Ling Nanzi waved his hand, Ling Shengxue only felt an invisible force holding herself up in the air, floating towards the door, Ling Nanzi said on the side, "I'll send you back to rest first." Although Jianqiu is a little stubborn, he has a good nature, you can get closer to him. ”
Ling Shengxue floated in the air, hurriedly stretched out her hand to grab a few books on the table, hugged them in her arms, and said two words softly:
"Don't. ”