Unfortunately, a water attribute treasure like the thousand-year-old Water Essence was hard to come by, and it was just as difficult to find as the Real Spirit Dragon Veins.
Su Yu couldn't help but feel lucky that he had made the wise decision to read the ancient books.
It was difficult to find such an obscure use in ordinary ancient books. Only the mysterious civilization of the ancient times had such a magical use left.
The news of the Fire Essence Jade was a pleasant surprise. In comparison, the news of the curse made Su Yu's heart sink.
The curse was more difficult to deal with than Su Yu had imagined.
It was a kind of sorcery in the ancient times. It was mysterious and complicated, and it was said that it had been passed down from a mysterious race other than the human race.
There were many kinds of curses, and according to the ancient books, there were more than a million known curses!
The same symptoms could be hundreds or thousands of different curses, so it was difficult to distinguish which kind of curse it was based on the symptoms alone.
If the curse was removed without any knowledge, it could cause the curse to explode!
For example, Su Yu's Evil Spirit Haunting Curse was only slowly devouring his soul, causing it to weaken gradually.
However, if it was removed carelessly, the curse would explode in the form of self-destruction, devouring all of Su Yu's soul energy and killing him on the spot!
As long as the curse was not removed, it would be a hidden danger.
The Ghost Buddha who had cast the curse was already dead, so the only way to remove the curse was Su Yu himself. Once his soul reached the Almighty level, he could suppress the curse and expel it by force.
There was no other way.
The existence of the curse made Su Yu determined to improve his soul energy at all costs. He had to seize every opportunity to improve his soul energy with the Heart Refining Mortal Dust Liquid.
Fortunately, the seeds of the various materials of the Heart Refining Mortal Dust Liquid in the Nine Jade Spiritual Pearl had already sprouted. With the Supreme Growing Soil's nature-defying properties, it would only take three to five days for the materials to mature.
Apart from the Fire Essence Jade and the curse, the Saint Blood Soul Nourishing Stone that Su Yu was very curious about was nowhere to be found.
Su Yu had checked all the materials related to stones in the shop, but there was no mention of the Saint Blood Soul Nourishing Stone. It was as if such a thing did not exist.
Could the Evil God have lied to me? Su Yu could not help but be confused. However, the Evil God's tone and shocked expression appeared in his mind, and it did not seem to be faked.
After thinking for a while, Su Yu looked at the piles of ancient books in front of him and could not help but wonder … Is it because I haven't read enough ancient books?
It was a pity that there were only so many related books in Shizhen Library.
In the end, the only thing he hadn't seen was the ancient authentic work with a golden cover that Gongsun Wuxie had flipped through.
With a shred of curiosity, Su Yu flipped open the ancient authentic writings. As he flipped through a few of them, a decaying aura of the vicissitudes of time assaulted him, intoxicating him.
Su Yu could not help but sigh inwardly. What kind of era was the ancient era? Why did they leave behind such a flourishing civilization and not be inherited by the current human race? "
In the ancient books, there were many things that hadn't been passed down in the modern era, such as the miraculous use of the Fire Essence Jade that Su Yu had discovered. If Su Yu hadn't gone through several hundred ancient books, he probably wouldn't have been able to discover such a great hidden use from a single line of small words.
He thought about the Zhenlong Continent, where he had been born. That continent had once been a barren continent. Later on, when Shen Yichen and the others had arrived, the continent had once shown signs of prosperity. Unfortunately, it had been destroyed by the Blood Emperor, and its civilization had been severed.
Could it be that the human civilization of the Jiuzhou Continent had a similar reason?
Filled with doubts, Su Yu continued to read the ancient authentic writings earnestly.
As he flipped through the ancient book, Su Yu discovered that it was a dilapidated book. Its cover was intact, but the inside was badly damaged. Most of the pages had been decayed by time and space, turning into dust. Only a few words remained.
"Fairy Mountain's End," "Godseeking Road," "All Stars Rise."
None of the words were continuous, and they were all intermittent, with only a few words remaining.
Su Yu couldn't help but furrow his brows. "What the hell is this?"
After reading it for a long time, Su Yu still couldn't figure out the content of the ancient authentic writings. Was it a description of the ancient era? But, those words were really strange.
After flipping through it again and again, Su Yu's face was filled with bewilderment. He couldn't figure out what extraordinary thing Gongsun Wuxie had discovered in this book, which had made her so excited.
After a moment's deliberation, Su Yu gave up on reading the words. Instead, he stared at the decayed, illegible handwriting.
It was impossible to discern the nearly obliterated handwriting with the naked eye.
Fortunately, Su Yu's eyesight was far superior to that of ordinary people, and he could even see the leg hairs of a mosquito clearly. Although the handwriting was blurry, it wasn't impossible for him to read it.
Su Yu's pupils gradually shrank as he stared at the obliterated handwriting.
Today, the ink on the paper had long since faded, leaving only the remnants of the brush marks.
After flipping through it for a full hour, Su Yu finally caught a glimpse of a clue. His heart skipped a beat. On the middle page, he recognized a few lines of small words, and he finally understood what kind of book this was!
This wasn't a book that introduced the ancient era at all, but a handwritten note left behind by a man named Yaomu Daoren, which recorded his life experiences!
According to the remnant handwriting, he was a peerless strong man who surpassed All Creations in the ancient era, and his combat power was no less than a prefecture's king.
Later, he fell in a place called the Desolate Evil Jungle, and this handwritten note had inadvertently flowed out of the Desolate Evil Jungle. However, no one knew that this handwritten note had such a shocking origin!
A prefecture's king was a peerless strong man who was above All Creations, and a supreme being who ruled over the Jiuzhou continent.
What kind of treasure was hidden in the place where he fell?
Su Yu immediately looked down, hoping to find the place where he had passed away in detail in the handwritten book.
Unfortunately, in the end, he only obtained information about the Desolate Evil Jungle. Apart from that, there was no other information, which disappointed Su Yu greatly.
According to the description of the book, the Desolate Evil Jungle was an extremely vast area that was rarely visited by humans. It covered a radius of millions of miles. Even with Su Yu's speed, it would still take him several days and nights to cross the Desolate Evil Jungle, so how could he possibly find the place where he passed away?
Moreover, just from the name alone, one could tell that the Desolate Evil Jungle was not a good place, and it must be very dangerous.
Su Yu took a light breath, calmed himself down, and re-examined the ancient authentic work. He hadn't expected that such an ancient book would end up in this kind of book yard, which was quite surprising.
After he finished reading, Su Yu looked at the time. Almost two hours had passed, and it was time to get up and leave. However, just as he was about to put down the scroll in his hand, his expression changed slightly.
He suddenly noticed that there was a very faint sound coming from within the scroll. It sounded like the rustling of sand, which was very faint.
In the ears of ordinary people, the sound only lasted for a moment, and most people wouldn't notice it at all. However, Su Yu was in a time acceleration state, so the short rustling sound seemed to have been stretched out 400 times in front of him!
In Su Yu's ears, it was only one or two breaths' time, but in the ears of others, it was obvious how short it was. Perhaps even the All Creations strong men wouldn't be able to notice the rustling sound in the book.
"What's inside?" Su Yu thought to himself. With a thought, he immediately activated his Soul Eyes and looked through the whole book.
With his Transparent Eyes, nothing could hide from him!
Sure enough, Su Yu found that there were two grains of golden sand inside each page of the book!
Although the handwritten book was dilapidated, not a single page was missing, and it was very complete.
Without a doubt, there was a great secret hidden in the golden sand. It was very likely that Yaomu Daoren had deliberately left it in the book to prevent the handwriting from being damaged.
Su Yu's heart skipped a beat. However, under the watchful eyes of the attendants, he did not want to show it. He quickly regained his composure and flipped open the ancient authentic work of art. His right palm carelessly touched every page of the book.
The waiters who were watching from the side noticed that Su Yu had slowed down, and they could barely see his figure flipping through the pages.
"This person is really strange. How could he flip through the pages so quickly just now?" One of the waiters said. He was really shocked by Su Yu's action of flipping through the book and almost setting it on fire.
Zhao Chuan sneered and said, "Wouldn't he dare to be slow? It's 10,000 crystals for two hours! If it were me, I would also flip through the pages at the risk of my life! Unfortunately, he thinks that he's smart, and thinks that he can finish reading the book just like that? All the books in our Shizhen Library have seals, so whether a person has finished reading all the contents or not will be recorded. Later, we just need to check the seals inside, and we'll be able to make him show his true colors. Humph! Since he dared to be so arrogant, he must pay the price! "
After a while, Su Yu let out a light breath and put down the ancient authentic work as if nothing had happened. He clenched his right hand into a fist, and at the same time, he stopped accelerating time. He looked up at the waiters and asked, "How long has it been?"
"Two hours? Haha, you finished it pretty quickly." Zhao Chuan had a faint smile on his face.
Su Yu said leisurely, "Of course. Alright, here are the 10,000 crystals."
He casually threw 10,000 crystals to Zhao Chuan. He had only spent so much to finish reading half of the books in the library. It was really a good deal.
According to an ordinary person's speed, it would take at least a million crystals to finish reading all these books.
It was only ten thousand crystals, yet Su Yu had managed to gain so much. Su Yu had really made a huge profit!
Zhao Chuan grabbed the ring and scanned its contents. His pupils shrank slightly. It really was 10,000 crystals! He couldn't help but size up Su Yu. He hadn't expected that this old man from the Red Blood Palace would have such wealth. 10,000 crystals was a huge sum, even for an Almighty Divine Master.
"If there's nothing else, I'll leave." Su Yu stretched his body and strode out.
"Wait!" Zhao Chuan, along with a few other attendants, blocked Su Yu's way.
Su Yu squinted his eyes slightly. "Oh? Does the Shizhen Library do the business of killing people and robbing people?"
"What are you talking about? Our Shizhen Library does business openly! "Zhao Chuan raised his eyebrows.
Su Yu said calmly, "Oh? So, the money is too little? "
Zhao Chuan sneered. "Don't pretend that you don't understand! Let me ask you, do you remember the rules I mentioned? "
Rules? Su Yu thought for a moment, then said, "Are you talking about the rule that I have to finish borrowing all the books on the spot, and only then am I allowed to leave?"
Zhao Chuan gave him a look that said, "Good that you know, then why don't you go back and continue reading? If you don't finish reading all the books, don't even think about leaving. Also, I advise you to prepare the crystals. If you don't have enough crystals, the Shizhen Library will follow the rules and sell you for money! Don't blame us for not showing respect to the Red Blood Palace! I told you to get lost when you came, but you didn't want to. Now, you can't even leave now! "
Su Yu was surprised. "Oh, I see. Didn't I finish reading all the books? What proof do you have that I didn't finish reading them? "
Zhao Chuan looked at him with disdain. "I knew you would say that!"
As he spoke, he randomly picked out a book that Su Yu had borrowed and sneered. "I'm afraid you don't know this, but all books have seals on them. As long as you inject a bit of Vital Energy into them, the seals will react and record the reading progress of the previous owner. The more you finish reading, the redder the light emitted by the seals will be. The deepest color will be blood red. On the contrary, if you don't read a single word, it will be pure white!"
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