Time flew by. In just a blink of an eye, Zhang Lisheng had already spent a whole month in the Mountain Gate library.
These 30 days of reading had benefited him a lot. He finally understood that even though witchcraft was innate, there were safe ways to progress step by step in the Three Gates of Life, Death, and Sacrifice when he tried to become a wizard. There would not be much harm even if he did not become a wizard. He did not need to use his blood to feed the worms and risk his life to fight for that tiny chance of success like how he used to.
He understood that there were many ways to help him make a breakthrough before Rank-6 Wizard. Not only that, as long as there were enough resources, it was not like there were no shortcuts to the cultivation path after Rank-6 Wizard.
He knew that the concentration of the wizard tribe's bloodline that he inherited was actually very poor. If it was not for the fact that he had inexplicably obtained the magical ability to enhance his own wizard power with the enemy's negative emotions, he would most likely be a Rank-2 Wizard at most.
He understood that after a wizard who cultivated the Gate of Death made a breakthrough to Rank-6 Wizard, if he blindly chose a powerful wizard gu to transform, he would still end up with a slim chance of survival even if he was well prepared and had the protection of a Grand Wizard. The fact that he could transform three ancient strange worms and a metamorphosed foreign world's demonic worm without dying meant that his luck was comparable to hitting the Powerball ten times in a row. His luck was simply incredible.
On top of that, he also learned that the true powerhouses of witchcraft who were honed step by step from mountains of corpses and seas of blood to protect the human tribes in ancient times all had their own unique fighting style. A change in their fighting concept could make a tremendous change in their strength …
However, the more Zhang Lisheng learned about witchcraft, the more confused he became.
"If I were to be used as an example, 90% of the books in this library that recorded witchcraft's general knowledge are all lies. Am I just too strange or is it that most of the books collected by the Gate of Witchcraft for thousands of years are all wrong …" Sitting on the wooden chair and sighing, the young man muttered to himself as he closed a book titled General Witchcraft Cultivation.
Actually, he already had an answer in his heart at this moment. He knew that he could not learn from the path that he had taken.
After figuring this out, Zhang Lisheng stood up and took the borrowed book to a counter made of brown wood. He said to a teenage girl who was busy sorting out the borrowing records on the third floor of the library, "Sister Rong, I want to return the book."
"Sure, Lisheng. Look at the table of contents first and call me when you're done," The girl replied without even lifting her head.
"No, I'm leaving."
"Hey, you're leaving early today." The girl raised her head and glanced at the young man. She flipped through the book he borrowed from the beginning to the end, and when she saw that there were no defects or smears, she put it away and casually said, "The book is fine, but why are you leaving so early today?"
"Now that I've understood it all of a sudden, I feel that I might as well go back …" Zhang Lisheng smiled and blurted out in a genteel manner before turning around to walk down the stairs.
After leaving the library, he only felt refreshed. Walking along the street to the other side of the mountain road, he stepped on the stone slabs and came to the foot of the mountain. Initially, he planned to leave the Gate of Witchcraft and never return, but he saw that there were 20 to 30 Gate of Witchcraft's disciples dressed in green robes and three to four silver-clothed disciples guarding in front of the cave where the Mountain Gate's exit was located.
In front of those disciples, a group of wizards wearing variegated trousers and robes were talking at the same time, each with a different attitude. "Senior Brothers, I want to be an official disciple of the Gate of Witchcraft, but I can't do it!
Right now, it's all of you who refuse to accept me into the Gate of Witchcraft, and now, you want me to stay here? Tell me, what do you want me to stay here for? "
"You guys are being too unreasonable. I came here to spend money. What's the meaning of you guys blocking the way back now?
Other people might be afraid of you, but I'm not! From the perspective of a lawyer, let me tell you clearly that the Witchcraft's Mountain Gate is not a vacuum zone outside of the law … "
"Please help me, Senior Brothers! I really have something urgent to attend to! What's the meaning of this by suddenly blocking the gate for no reason?"
In the face of all kinds of excuses, the Gate of Witchcraft's disciples guarding the cave only replied, "Please return to the city. No matter what, the passage will not be opened today.
However, from now on, all of your expenses in the Mountain Gate will be borne by the Gate of Witchcraft. "
Upon hearing the words of those Gate of Witchcraft's disciples from afar, Zhang Lisheng was taken aback. With a frown, he muttered, "Blocked …"
Even though he had already understood how powerful those green-robed and silver-clothed disciples were, and they looked no different from clay chickens and pottery dogs, Zhang Lisheng still did not dare to cast his omniscient power to escape under the eyes of those mysterious True Wizards of the Gate of Witchcraft. He could only turn around and return to the mountain city to inquire about the reason for the gate being blocked.
When he came here, he only wanted to leave, so he did not notice the abnormality in the mountain city. Now that he returned with the intention of inquiring about the news, Zhang Lisheng realized that some people in the entire city seemed to be restless. Most of the pedestrians had a complicated expression on their faces. Some of them thanked him in fear while some of them thanked him in joy. However, their footsteps had become hasty.
In such a situation, it was not good for him to simply stop a passerby and ask. After pondering for a while, the young man could only walk back to the small courtyard where he lived in the Gate of Witchcraft.
During this period of time, Zhang Lisheng was busy reading books in the library. He would come back to the small courtyard for a night every seven to eight days. Not only that, but he would appear to be taciturn every time he came back. Fortunately, he had always been very polite to those so-called Senior Brothers. Adding on to the fact that the halo of Su Deli had yet to fade away, he was quite popular with them.
When Chu Xiang saw him pushing the door open and standing in the middle of the courtyard, wearing a green robe but carrying a waterproof hiking bag of miscellaneous brand on his back, looking nondescript and ready to go, he laughed out loud. "Haha … Junior Brother Zhang, I knew that you'd definitely come back early today. How is it? Which team are you assigned to now?"
"What team are you talking about, Senior Brother Chu?" Zhang Lisheng smiled wryly. "I've been reading for more than 20 days and my head is dizzy. Today, I wanted to go outside to take a breath of fresh air, but I found out that the Mountain Gate is actually sealed. The people on the street are also panicking, so I came back to ask Senior Brothers what's going on?"
"You haven't received any news yet? It's impossible! The teams going to the Oasis World have already been assigned …" Chu Xiang looked at Zhang Lisheng with a strange expression on his face.
Before he could finish his words, the courtyard door was pushed open. Min Lan, who was wearing a long golden dress, strode in. When she was about to speak, she saw Zhang Lisheng standing beside her. Stunned, she said without any rhyme or reason, "What a coincidence to bump into you as soon as I enter the courtyard. Lisheng, get ready. I'll pick you up later and we'll set off to the foreign world that has just appeared in China." Then, she turned around to leave.
"Wait, Sister Min Lan! W-What's going on?" Zhang Lisheng grabbed Min Lan and asked in astonishment.
The girl's body froze when her wrist was grabbed by the young man. Then, she shook her hand off forcefully and glared at him. What she saw was indeed a thin and confused face.
"I'll chop off your hand if you make a move again next time!" Most of the anger in her heart had disappeared, so Min Lan did not flare up. Instead, she spat in a low voice and explained in a whisper, "This time, the Gate will do its best to cooperate with the government to explore the Oasis World. All the disciples who have some ability will be dispatched.
You've just entered the Gate, so you won't have a chance to go. However, when Big Boss Su remembered that you have the experience of living in the foreign world, not to mention that it's also in the jungle area, she decided to include you. "
"Is the Oasis World a foreign world that's similar to the Cretaceous Period on Earth?" The young man asked with a jolt.
"Yes."
To a Gate of Death's wizard who was also an outstanding biologist, it was a huge temptation to go to a foreign world that was similar to the Cretaceous Period where Earth's biological species flourished the most brilliantly. Zhang Lisheng immediately replied insincerely, "Since I've joined the Gate of Witchcraft, of course, I'll have to contribute to the Gate. It's only right that Big Boss Su wants me to go."
"It's good that you have such thoughts. Hurry up and prepare." Min Lan nodded and glanced at the young man before walking away.
At this time, when Chu Xiang saw that an elite disciple had personally come to inform Zhang Lisheng to go together, the strange expression on his face had long been swept away. Shaking his head, he said, "No wonder Junior Brother Zhang still doesn't know about the situation. So it turns out that you're following Big Boss Su directly. It's really that we, the grassroots, really can't be compared to you."
"Senior Brother Chu is the vanguard, I can't be compared to you." Zhang Lisheng smiled noncommittally and clasped his hands at Chu Xiang before returning to his room. There was nothing much for him to prepare, so he just drank two cans of Coke and lay on the bed to rest for a while before waiting for Min Lan to come again.
When the girl saw that the young man still appeared in front of her empty-handed, she asked, "Lisheng, why didn't you bring anything with you? I don't care about anything else, but you should at least bring a few packs of feed to feed your wizard gus, right?"
"You mean those 'good stuff' compressed from expired plasma and animal fat?" Zhang Lisheng shrugged. "I don't have any wizard gus with me at all, so it's useless even if I buy them."
"I thought you have a spell to hide your wizard gus. Y-You usually don't bring any wizard gus with you, so what kind of Gate of Death's wizard are you?
Ah, forget it, I didn't expect you to fight anyway, but it's really inappropriate for you to be empty-handed. "Min Lan pondered for a while and threw her backpack to Zhang Lisheng." Help me carry it so it can be considered as a shelter.
Don't look down on those tricks in the Gate. In fact, those are the most practical methods that the senior Grand Wizards and True Wizards have researched bit by bit for thousands of years.
Everyone knows that the wizard gus fed by their own blood essence or fresh flesh is the most ferocious, but the consumption is just too great. Unless it's a Grand Wizard like Junior Uncle Chen who has deliberately cultivated the Gu Nest Spell, otherwise, it's inevitable that they would have to resort to tricks. "
"Sister, is the Junior Uncle Chen that you mentioned the same Junior Uncle Chen who came to Guawo Village with all of you to look for me that day?" Zhang Lisheng, who was following behind Min Lan, had a jolt in his heart as he asked like he was telling a tongue twister.
"Of course it's him! Junior Uncle Chen and my master have been sent by Old God Su to Big Boss Su's side. They said that they're helping to guide the juniors, but actually, they're just following orders," Min Lan whispered.
"In that case, the method that Junior Uncle Chen used to crawl out of his nostrils with the winged flying snake is not a spell but a kind of sorcery?" A strong interest rose in the young man's heart as he asked.
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