The thin Primary Exploration of Snow Mountain and Ocean of Qi was like a mountain pressing on his hand. He took a deep breath and turned his eyes to look out of the window for a long time. When the verdant treetops dyed his tired and dry eyes green, he lowered his head again and continued to read silently. After a while, he raised his head again and looked at the snow-white roof for a rest.
In the beginning, when he was reading these magical cultivation books, he could only hold on for a few sentences. But now, he could hold on for a longer and longer time. Although he still didn't know what he was reading every day when he returned to Lin 47th Street, he had a very vague but clear feeling that he was reading more and more every day.
The reason why he could hold on for a longer time was not that his resistance to the talisman and ink characters in the books was getting stronger and stronger, but his willpower was getting tougher and tougher in this war. Besides, he was constantly looking for a suitable time combination between rest and reading, looking for all the ways to hold on for a longer time.
"You'll die if you keep reading like this."
The female professor who had been writing regular script in Small Regular Script by the window slowly raised her head and put the elegant pen in her hand on the inkstone. She looked at Ning Que, who was about to fall, and said in a gentle voice.
Ning Que slowly closed the book, turned around with difficulty, and made a deep bow to the female professor by the window. Xie Chengyun, who was at the end of the bookshelf, also slowly closed the book and politely nodded to the female professor.
As the only two students who persisted on this floor, they certainly knew that there was always a female professor sitting by the window. However, it seemed that she was always writing regular script in Small Regular Script. No matter if someone was in a coma or something else, she would never raise her head. So she gradually became a corner of the scenery and a non-existent existence.
Today, the female professor finally put down her pen and began to speak.
"The cultivation books on this floor were all written by Grand Cultivators with Psyche Power. In other words, every ink character in these books is the best work of Divine Talisman Masters."
Looking at Xie Chengyun sitting cross-legged on the ground, the female professor said, "Both of you have great perseverance, and can even be said to be the most persevering students in the Academy in the past ten years. But you must know that perseverance is useless to see through the supreme products of Divine Talisman Masters. You must have the ability of Seethrough Upper Class if you want to enter, break and understand the book."
Then she turned to look at Ning Que and said with a little pity, "Xie Chengyun has passed the State of Perception and is about to enter the No Doubts State, so he can hold on for a longer time. What's more, what he has learned in the building will be good for his cultivation. But your physique is not suitable for cultivation at all. You can only rely on your willpower to hold on here, which will do you no good. It's better … to go back early."
Ning Que stood where he was and kept silent for a long time. Suddenly, he bowed deeply to the female professor and asked sincerely, "May I ask if you are at the upper state of Seethrough?"
The female professor shook her head.
Ning Que understood. He smiled gently and continued to ask, "May I ask if you had reached the upper state of Seethrough when you first entered the Academy?"
The female professor smiled and understood what he meant.
Ning Que bowed deeply to the ground again and said sincerely, "I want to continue to read for a few more days."
The female professor looked at him with appreciation and said, "After all, you still have to act according to your ability. If you are stubborn, don't blame me for stopping you."
"Yes, sir."
Not long after this conversation, Ning Que and Xie Chengyun fainted again one after another. The four deacons in Academy robes had long been accustomed to this, and even knew their weight clearly. They picked them up expressionlessly and went downstairs without saying anything.
The dense green of the forest in late spring penetrated through the window to the second floor of the old library. The female professor looked at the spring scenery outside the window and shook her head with a smile. Then she lowered her head and continued to write her regular script. Just then, the instructor of the old library came up from downstairs and came to her. He bowed very respectfully and said, "Teacher, I have one thing that I don't understand."
The female professor looked at him and said gently, "I have also found some wonderful things that I don't understand recently. We might as well discuss them together."
The instructor of the old library sighed and said, "I've been watching these two students for a few days. Xie Chengyun has the foundation of cultivation and extraordinary perseverance. It's not easy for him to stay upstairs for so many days, but it's not rare after all. But Ning Que is obviously a mortal, so why can he stay for so long? It doesn't make sense. "
The female professor looked at the ink gradually stained on the tip of the elegant brush and said softly after a moment of silence, "I remember many years ago, the teacher once said that if a person's willpower is strong enough, then even God will be afraid … I think this child named Ning Que is probably such a person with strong willpower."
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For the next few days, things seemed to be as usual. They attended classes in the morning, had lunch at noon, and went upstairs in the afternoon. Under the gaze of all the students and instructors of the Academy, Ning Que and Xie Chengyun went upstairs one after another and were carried out one after the other. Just when this situation seemed to become a daily scene, there was finally a new change.
Ning Que asked the instructor and found out that he could bring shell-free, oil-free and crumble-free food into the old library. So he brought a few pieces of white bread with him today. However, he was stopped by someone when he was about to enter the old library.
"How long are you going to be angry?" Situ Yilan held Jin Wucai's little hand and looked at him angrily. Looking at his pale cheeks, she softened her heart and said in a low voice, "Now the whole Academy knows that you are the most persevering students. Why do you still want to continue?"
Ning Que rubbed his sore eyes and looked at her inexplicably, as if he did not understand what she said. In fact, he did not understand. However, this expression was more like some kind of provocation in the eyes of the onlookers.
Situ Yilan said angrily, "Look at you now. You have dark circles and a pale face. You will be blown down by the wind, just like that lecher Chu Youxian. We all know that you can't cultivate like us. In this case, what's the point of you going upstairs? Why do you still have to fight with Xie Chengyun and continue to go upstairs? "
Chu Youxian squeezed out of the crowd and held Ning Que's left arm. He looked at Situ Yilan and raised his eyebrows, saying, "Miss Situ, although you are the daughter of Yunhui General, some words can't be said. I am lecherous, but not a ghost."
Then he turned to look at Ning Que's pale cheeks and said with great sincerity and regret, "But to be honest, I also advise you not to go upstairs. Why do you have to be angry? Even if you give up now, you, an ordinary person, have fought with the cultivation genius Xie Chengyun until now. Who wouldn't praise you? "
Ning Que smiled and looked at the crowd in front of him. He said, "I think you really misunderstood. I just want to go upstairs to read. It has nothing to do with being angry or fighting. I think Xie Chengyun also thinks so."
"You don't know what he thinks."
Situ Yilan looked at him and said seriously, "Xie Chengyun only has one purpose to enter the Academy, and that is to enter the Second Floor. If he can't even compete with you, how can he have enough confidence to enter the real Second Floor?"
"The Second Floor?" Ning Que frowned slightly and felt that he had heard this saying somewhere. He scratched his head and said, "Don't Xie Chengyun and I read books on the Second Floor every day?"
"You don't even know the Second Floor? Then why do you work so hard to go upstairs every day? "
Situ Yilan opened her eyes wide and looked at him as if she was looking at an immortal. She explained in surprise, "The Second Floor of the Academy is not the Second Floor of the old library. It is a very wonderful place. All the real sages have studied on the Second Floor. I heard that there are many Supermundane Sublime Beings in it."
"What does it have to do with upstairs?" Ning Que pointed to the roof blankly.
"Because the door to the Second Floor is on the Second Floor of the old library." Situ Yilan said grumpily, "I know it's a little hard to say, but you only need to know that it is very difficult to enter the Second Floor of the Academy. I heard that only seven or eight people have entered in the past ten years. Since you don't have this idea, why do you want to get involved with Xie Chengyun?"
Ning Que looked at her and said with a smile, "You mean, in order not to affect Xie Chengyun's cultivation and not to hurt his confidence to enter the Second Floor, you should ask me to … give up voluntarily?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the surrounding crowd went silent because such a request didn't make sense no matter what, and it seemed to be extremely rude. Jin Wucai, who had been standing silently beside Situ Yilan, bit her lower lip and broke away from her companion's hand. She walked to Ning Que and bowed very seriously. She said in a slightly trembling voice, "Student Ning, please help me. Xie Chengyun … Xie Chengyun vomited blood after returning home last night. He really can't hold on anymore."
It was the first time that Ning Que knew that the young man who went upstairs with him every day had paid such a heavy price for this. He fell into silence thinking of his vomiting every night and the concern on Sangsang's little face.
At this moment, Zhong Dajun looked at him coldly and said, "Do you need to beg this kind of person in a humble manner? I don't believe that an ordinary person can stay upstairs for so many days. When Chengyun was upstairs crying blood and reading every day, who knows what he was doing upstairs. Maybe he was just resting with his eyes closed. "
Xie Chengyun was a gifted scholar from the South Jin Kingdom. When he passed through Yangguan, he stayed in Zhong Dajun's mansion. They were well-known and appreciated each other, so they got along very well.
Zhong Dajun had already been extremely angry seeing his friend being forced to go upstairs by Ning Que every day until he vomited blood last night. Of course, even he himself did not know the real reason that made him say such a malicious speculation was that he was unwilling to let all the Academy's attention be taken away by the soldier from the border town.
The malicious speculation seemed to be very consistent with the real situation, so the students looked at Ning Que in a somewhat complicated way. At this moment, two carriages came along the stone path outside the building. Xie Chengyun, whose face was snow-white, was helped to get off the carriage. He stared blankly at this side, but never said a word.
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