The old man's gaze had already become sharp. He raised all ten of his fingers, as if preparing to do something.
But as soon as he saw this metal seal, the old man froze.
His hands also stopped moving.
"Strange, why would you have something that belongs to us Spire Keeper"
The old man muttered.
He looked at Gu Qing Shan with a strange expression.
Looking at the seal, Gu Qing Shan recalled what happened on his way to Huang Quan.
He explained: "I once saved someone — — no, that shouldn't be considered saving, since someone gave me this seal anyways"
In the dark tunnel, that person still died in the end.
But from the look of it, he seemed to be glad about that.
He seemed to have a spare body in another world.
Hearing Gu Qing Shan's words, the old man was even more confused.
The old man took out a seal and showed it to Gu Qing Shan.
"Look, this is my seal, it's exactly the same as yours, so can I examine yours?"
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the seal, confirming that it was exactly the same.
If that's the case, that person really did mention that he was a member of the Spire Keeper Association.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "Go ahead"
"Thank you"
The old man picked up Gu Qing Shan's seal and carefully examined it under the light of the flame.
"Dispelling the false and retaining the true" he muttered.
The flame quickly descended and enveloped the seal.
After a brief moment of intense burning, the flame faded away.
But the seal was completely unharmed, glowing in the darkness.
"This is the real deal"
Saying so, the old man's tone became serious.
Since he was able to obtain this seal, he's the Keeper's benefactor, so I can't use rude methods to examine him.
With that in mind, the old man gracefully bowed and asked: "Pardon me for asking, but what exactly happened? If you're willing to tell me where this seal came from, I'll repay you "
At this point, a young man ran down the stairs of the Spire.
"Teacher, all the guests have arrived, it's time to set sail" the young man hurriedly reported.
"You go up first. Let them wait," the old man said simply.
The young man looked at the old man, then looked at Gu Qing Shan, then turned around and left helplessly.
Gu Qing Shan took this opportunity to think back.
Back then, he was trying to save someone. Coupled with the old man's current attitude, it didn't seem like it was a big deal to tell him what happened back then.
Gu Qing Shan organized her thoughts and explained what had happened.
When the old man heard this, he looked at the metal seal again.
"Verify," he said.
The metal seal immediately emitted a soft light that enveloped Gu Qing Shan.
The old man nodded with a smile on his face.
He returned the seal to Gu Qing Shan.
"So it's the benefactor of our association."
As the old man spoke, he stretched out his hand and pulled forcefully in the void.
A miniature bookshelf appeared out of thin air.
However, there were only three books on the shelf.
Their covers were red, yellow, and blue.
"The Samsara world itself is a unique existence, and the dark tunnel is one of the most deserving places to explore. They show us the miraculous world of the Samsara, as well as the unimaginable cycle structure" the old man casually explained.
"In front of the Demon Lord's modified weapons, although the Association's scholars possess wisdom that far surpasses that of normal people, they are still the most fragile of existences. We've always been worried that their souls would be taken away"
"But you've saved the soul of a great scholar, this is very commendable"
Saying so, the old man pushed the miniature bookshelf in front of Gu Qing Shan.
"Please pick one out of these three books as my reward for your bravery."
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the three books.
There was nothing special about the three books, they all appeared to be thick books, but the covers were different.
"That's too expensive, and I didn't do anything at all" he politely refused.
"That's fine, please choose one. You're a friend of our Spire's guardian, if you refuse, you'll only make things difficult for us" the old man smiled and said.
Gu Qing Shan didn't refuse anymore and said: "But I don't know what these three books are for"
"If you don't mind me asking, I can see that your killing intent is quite extraordinary — — - you should be someone who's killed billions of living beings" the old man carefully said.
"That's right" Gu Qing Shan nodded.
In hell, when the dead were disobedient, he once killed every single villain in hell to deter them.
Seeing how calm he was, the old man also relaxed his tone: "The book with the red cover records a few famous Divine Skills of the 300 million World Layers, if you're willing, you can take this book with you right now"
Gu Qing Shan glanced at the book with the red cover.
After a bit of thought, he looked at the other two books.
Since these three books were placed side by side, the other two must also be quite decent.
Seeing him looking at the other two books, the old man understood.
He pointed at the yellow cover book and introduced it: "Travelling across infinite worlds has always been a lonely thing, and since you've come here alone, I don't know if you have a girlfriend or not, so I took the liberty to prepare this yellow summoning book for you"
"Summoning book?" Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
"That's right, this book records the contact information of beautiful girls, you can summon them as companions for a certain period of time to chat, travel, fight, or do other interesting things with them — — of course, all of these have already been paid in advance, so there's no need for financial disputes"
"A total of 97 peerless beauties, they usually travel across the 600 million World Layers, each of them has an uncountable number of fans who wish to catch a glimpse of their beauty"
"These ladies have all signed a contract with our Spire, willing to accompany our guests on a wonderful journey" the old man pridefully declared.
Listening to the old man's introduction, Gu Qing Shan's gaze moved towards the last book.
A blue cover book.
Seeing this, the old man continued to introduce, "As for the last book with a blue cover, it's used for communication."
"What do you mean?"
"I saw that you only know a single obscure human language, so I prepared this Infinite Worlds Common Dictionary"
"As long as you hold it in your hand, it will tell you all the languages that we currently know — — - there are too many languages in the 900 million World Layers, so it would take you about a hundred breaths' worth of time to learn a few billion languages"
"Then, please pick one of them, sir" the old man concluded.
Gu Qing Shan's gaze scanned through the three books.
He suddenly recalled the various languages that he heard from the crowd outside the Spire.
None of them I understand.
With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan took out the blue cover book without hesitation.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir, I'll accept this book" Gu Qing Shan politely expressed his gratitude.
As he held the book in his hand, a series of whispers came out from it.
After listening for a bit, Gu Qing Shan felt that he naturally understood a few dozen languages.
"How miraculous" Gu Qing Shan muttered.
The old man's expression changed a bit, but a hint of praise appeared in his eyes.
"Why didn't you choose the other two?" he asked.
"Communication between living beings is the hardest thing to do — — - many times, as long as we can understand each other, many things will become simple" Gu Qing Shan replied.
The old man nodded again and again, saying: "That is indeed the case, this blue cover book was a great invention that our Spire's scholars spent all of their efforts to create"
"This Infinite Worlds Common Dictionary is an extremely precious item in the outside world, enough to buy an entire World Layer without a problem — — of course, this book can only be used by a single person"
Gu Qing Shan was shocked and couldn't help but ask: "It's that expensive?"
A World Layer …
There are trillions of worlds in a single World Layer.
The old man pridefully replied: "Just as you said, many peerless Combatants would only realize the importance of language after they left their own world"
"They can't even communicate with others. That's the most painful thing."
"There are language books for sale in every World Layer, even Super Dimensional worlds, but the one that knows the most languages is definitely this blue cover book of our Spire Keeper Association"
Gu Qing Shan added: "And the most expensive"
The old man laughed: "You get what you pay for, that's only natural"
Gu Qing Shan also smiled.
He was actually thinking about something else.
The Spire Keeper Association was able to collect so many languages from trillions of World Layers, just how much power does that require?
Compared to that, what are those so-called peerless Combatants?
Seeing that Gu Qing Shan had chosen Infinite Worlds Common Dictionary, the old man put the other two books away.
He led Gu Qing Shan up the steep stairs all the way to the top of the Spire.
From here, one could see the entire sky and the ocean.
Three passengers were already waiting here.
Seeing the new passengers, the three of them couldn't help but look over.
"Teacher, it's already past time" the young man came out from the side.
"It's fine, destroy the world now"
"Yes"
The young man took out a hand grenade.
He pulled out the pin on the grenade, raised his hand, and threw it into the vast sea.
The young man glanced at his pocket watch.
"The world will be destroyed in 100 breaths' worth of time"
He reported.
"Very well, we'll start the ship now, you go get ready" the old man said.
"Yes"
The young man accepted his order and left.
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