In consideration of the little radish on the sword, the speed of Zhu Yao's flying sword this time had evidently slowed down. It was even slower than the celestial boat she was sitting on earlier, and her speed could be said to be crawling like a tortoise.
And, she had even changed her direction at the last moment, as she planned to make a trip to Azureflight first, and send the little radish into school.
Chen Ning, this shameless beast, once again, wanted to use the excuse that it was along the way to pester her.
However, not long after she left the forest, she bumped into a person.
That was an Azoth-stage practitioner. PS: Human practitioner!
Chen Ning seemed to recognize him. Looking at him from afar, his brows began to frown, and his face was filled with irritation.
"Master." That person cupped his fists and bowed towards Chen Ning. He did not even look at Zhu Yao at the side, and his face even carried a faint arrogant expression. "The preparations for this year's Treasure Inspection Conference have been completed. Is master going to head to Treasure Seeking Island immediately?"
"Not going." Chen Ning coldly replied with these two words.
That person seemed to have never expected that he would reply in such a manner, and was instantly dumbfounded. A moment later, he regained his senses, and advised. "Master, you were the one who personally presided over the Treasure Inspection Conferences in the past years. There are many people, and if you don't go, I'm afraid this Treasure Inspection Conference will go into chaos, and it will not be able to continue."
"Then I won't do it."
That Azoth-stage practitioner stiffened, as though he could not believe his own ears. He looked at Chen Ning with a shocked expression, as though every inch of his body was screaming.
Master, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you, master? That's your favourite activity in the past, you know.
"Enough, if there's nothing else, hurry and leave." Chen Ning waved his hands at him, as though he was chasing away a fly.
That person had a dumbfounded look, as he simply could not understand why his master would change like this after a trip to a faraway place. He couldn't have been taken over, right?
"What's a Treasure Inspection Conference?" Zhu Yao could not help but ask.
Chen Ning chuckled at her, and said without a care. "Nothing much, it's just a place that sells some small items."
"A trade association?" Zhu Yao said. She had been in this world for so long, yet, she had yet to properly stroll around the streets.
"This isn't an ordinary merchant guild." The Golden Core human cultivator saw the confusion on her face. He could not help but raise his head and say proudly, "This is a Chamber of Commerce that is held by my Qiwu Pavilion once every hundred years. The items auctioned there are all rare treasures. Even ancient Cultivation Techniques are not something that can be easily found. There are also rare immortal herbs and all kinds of high-grade magic tools. As long as you have spirit stones, you can bid for them. "
"Oh." So it was an auction, and it sounded rather high-end. Zhu Yao turned to look at Chen Ning. "Even if you have something to do, you should go ahead. There's no need to send me off."
Hearing that, Chen Ning's face completely collapsed. Just a moment ago, she looked as if there was no room for discussion. She turned her head and glared at the culprit, layers of murderous aura surging out.
The Golden Core Human Cultivator broke out in cold sweat. He was just speaking the truth. Which part of his sentence had stepped on a landmine? Only then did he turn his head to look at the two people beside his master.
That child, with one look, was obviously a mortal. As for the woman next to him, he couldn't see through her cultivation. It seemed that she must be above the Nascent Soul realm. Seeing how Master valued her so much, could it be that she was a Soul Formation cultivator?
He suddenly understood. It seemed like his master wanted the other party to stay. He quickly began to mend the pen after the sheep were lost. "Fellow Daoist, the Treasure Inspection Conference is bustling with activity. Fellow Daoist, why don't we go take a look together? "
"I still have something to do." Although she was a little curious, it was inconvenient to bring a little radish along.
"Qiwu Pavilion's main branch is right in front, it won't take up too much time." He continued to persuade. "Furthermore, there are many precious items inside. Not only are there rare treasures, there are even ancient Mystic Art manuals. There's everything you need."
"Ancient Mystic Art manuals?" Zhu Yao was startled for a moment, as she suddenly recalled the strange shadow behind Mu Meiyan.
"That's right. In Qiwu Pavilion's Book Depository, there are various ancient Mystic Art manuals. They have the most complete collection in the entire cultivation world."
Mu Meiyan and Yue Hanxin's war of attrition, would officially begin a hundred years later. Right now, the two of them were accumulating their strength, along with the occasional verbal quarrel.
Zhu Yao was completely unable to interfere in these matters. After all, she couldn't possibly come all the way here to stop the fight, right? Furthermore, Zhu Yao had already made sufficient preparations. Hence, in these hundred years, she didn't know what she should do for a moment either.
Why not investigate that shadow that gave her a bad feeling?
Zhu Yao hesitated for a moment, as she looked towards Chen Ning at the side with an expectant look.
"Is the information in that whatever Book Depository is really that complete?"
Chen Ning hurriedly nodded heavily. "As long as it's in this world, the Book Depository will have it. Especially in the top floor, there are even many hidden techniques and ancient books."
"Isn't the top floor a place that only master can enter?" That Azoth Core suddenly muttered.
Chen Ning immediately turned around and glared at him, before instantly shutting his mouth. Master is so scary today. For a moment, he was even more curious about the identity of the person next to him.
"Then let's go." Zhu Yao finally nodded, as she flew towards the direction where that Azoth Core practitioner came from earlier.
"Lord, wait for me." Chen Ning immediately followed after her joyfully.
Though, the Azoth Core practitioner at the back was stunned by his words. Lord? When did the word 'Lord' appear above master's head? He had been the manager of Qiwu Pavilion for so many years, how could he not know? Wasn't Qiwu Pavilion opened by master?
The manager indicated that his brain was insufficient.
— — — —
Tenth-ranked demonic beasts could transform, and demonic beasts had always had a longer lifespan than human practitioners. However, ascension wasn't easy, hence, many demonic beasts would not easily ascend to the eleventh rank before their lifespan ended.
Because the eleventh rank meant that they had entered the ascension period, and ascension lightning tribulation might descend one day. It would be fine if they could ascend, but if they couldn't, their souls would be scattered.
However, the lifespan of a tenth-ranked demonic beast was simply too long. If they stayed in the forest for too long, they would eventually get bored. Chen Ning was a demonic beast that was bored to the point of pain.
After he rose to the tenth-ranked, he transformed and mixed into a human practitioner. He even had a very good business mind, as he opened a shop in a human practitioner's town. Because he was a high-ranked demonic beast, the spiritual grasses, spiritual medicines, rare treasures and whatnot in the forest could be picked by him as he pleased. The other demonic beasts did not dare to have the slightest bit of objection either.
Hence, this business naturally grew bigger and bigger. In a short ten thousand years, Qiwu Pavilion had become the largest chain shopping center in the cultivation world.
When Zhu Yao arrived at the so-called Qiwu Pavilion, she was shocked. She had thought that it would at most be a place similar to a large supermarket, however, she realized that Qiwu Pavilion was actually referring to an entire street.
On the street, there were talismans, mystic tools, herbs, pellets, and even pawnshops.
Zhu Yao silently glanced at Chen Ning, and in an instant, she felt as though she was looking at the owner of a fish pond.
The entire street was contracted by him!
And, from what that Azoth-ranked human practitioner said earlier, this was only a part of the main shop. In the other cultivation markets, there were other branches.
Zhu Yao instantly felt a little frenzied.
Chen Ning, you're so successful as a beast, have you ever thought about the feelings of humans?
— — —
The so-called Book Depository was a small building with five floors. The area it occupied wasn't huge, and from afar, it looked very much like an ancient tower. However, when she entered, she realized that it was a completely different world inside. The inside was twice as big as it looked from the outside, and there were bookshelves everywhere. On the shelves, there were small compartments, and all of them were stored jade tablets.
Chen Ning passionately introduced every single floor. Usually, the first floor stored various miscellaneous records, the basics of various life skills such as artificing, talismans, and the various Mystic Arts that could be cultivated from Essence to Foundation. The second and third floors stored the Mystic Arts that could be cultivated from Foundation to Azoth-ranked practitioners, as well as the recipes for mid-ranked life skills. The fourth floor was where only Nascent Soul practitioners and above could enter the high-ranked skills section.
Hence, the first floor was basically filled with a sea of people, while the second and third floors only had a few people. The fourth floor was even more so, extremely quiet. Most probably, there wouldn't even be one or two customers in a few years.
As for the fifth floor, it was Chen Ning's private place. According to the Azoth-ranked manager who came to receive them, no one had ever entered it before.
And now, Chen Ning was actually inviting Zhu Yao to climb up.
Zhu Yao rolled her eyes at him, and immediately headed to the first floor. What she wanted to find was information regarding that shadow, and not some incredible Mystic Arts. Usually, when one cultivated to the Demigod realm, they would already know all the Mystic Arts they should know, so naturally, they wouldn't be interested in these things. Furthermore, the things her master left for her, she couldn't even finish reading them, alright?
Looking at the densely packed jade tablets, Zhu Yao was very glad that there was still something as useful as divine sense in this world, and she didn't have to read them one by one. Sweeping her divine sense across them, she basically knew a thing or two about the contents engraved in every single jade tablet.
Zhu Yao walked back and forth on the first floor, specifically looking for those records of strange objects, or the contents of rumours. However, she was completely unable to find the contents she wanted.
She could only head up to the second floor. The books on the second floor were even simpler, other than Mystic Arts, there were only recipes.
Until an hour later, when she had basically scanned through all the jade tablets on the first to fourth floors, she still did not have the slightest bit of information regarding that shadow.
"Lord, why don't we head to the fifth floor to take a look?" Chen Ning once again strongly suggested. "That place is filled with the various lost Mystic Arts that I personally collected. There are also many remnant pages of ancient scrolls and secret records. Furthermore, there's definitely only one of them, and outsiders don't even know about them. "
Zhu Yao frowned, as she faintly felt that he was a little unreliable. The items here, the higher the floor, the lesser the contents. Especially the fourth floor, there were only a dozen or so jade tablets in total. It could be imagined that there wouldn't be many things on the fifth floor.
"Lord, since we're already here, why don't we take a look?"
"Then let's take a look." Since they were already here, then Chen Ning joyfully led the way.
Only then did Chen Ning happily lead the way at the front. The fifth floor was much smaller compared to the lower floor. It was simply a study room. The difference was, the ones on the lower floors were all jade tablets, while the ones on the upper floors were books or scrolls.
However, the books were slightly yellowed. Although they were all protected by formations, they seemed to have existed for a very long time.
"Every single book here has been painstakingly collected." Chen Ning had a complacent look on his face, as he proudly introduced. "Every single book has its own story, and many of them are even brought out from some ancient ruins that have already disappeared. They have already been lost for a very long time, and are extremely precious."
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