Things Seen in the Library

Warm water washed over his body, rinsing away sweat and dust.

After washing up, Wu Tong put on the brand-new school uniform issued by the Academy. The uniform was navy blue overall, felt quite nice to the touch, and carried a faint, delicate fragrance.

Wu Tong was very satisfied. After all, he had always liked navy blue. In Yan Huang culture, navy blue had a deep cultural meaning, representing steadiness and elegance.

Dressed neatly, Wu Tong looked like an elegant recluse, gleaming with a dazzling blue edge beneath the lingering glow of dusk.

After straightening his clothes, Wu Tong did not return to the dormitory. Instead, he walked straight toward the Academy library.

Once he entered the library, the atmosphere in the air instantly turned quiet and solemn, seeming especially peaceful and serene. A single door seemed to separate two worlds.

Outside the door was noise and clamor; inside the door was stillness and silence.

All around the room was quiet, with only the occasional sound of pages turning and faint footsteps, as if the entire world were holding its breath to listen.

Sunlight spilled through the windows onto the bookshelves, forming mottled patches of light and shadow that gave off a warm, comfortable feeling.

The neatly arranged books on the shelves seemed to be waiting for someone to leaf through them, each book giving off its own unique charm.

Since it was already close to evening, there were not many people in the library, making it seem especially spacious. The aisles were open, and seats could be found everywhere.

A few readers sat quietly in corners, reading with full concentration, occasionally raising their heads in thought, immersed in the ocean of knowledge.

The air was filled with the scent of books and a faint woody fragrance, making one feel refreshed and relaxed.

Wu Tong entered, casually pulled a book from a row of shelves in the spirit beast classification section, found an unoccupied corner, and sat down.

"Spirit Beast Atlas — Soul Hunting Forest Edition"

After glancing at the book's title, Wu Tong began flipping through it.

Over these three days, Wu Tong had formed a rough idea of how to develop his Martial Soul.

After all, the talent called Comprehension Against Heaven from the novels he had read in his previous life was like a finished product to the current Wu Tong. What Wu Tong needed to do now was infer the process from that finished product.

After his Martial Soul awakened, Wu Tong's Brain had been baptized by Soul Power. His twice-developed Brain accepted and understood knowledge at a speed that was worlds apart from before.

If he wanted to achieve the effect of heaven-defying comprehension, then the choice of Spirit Ring was absolutely crucial.

After all, he did not have Twin Martial Souls. With only nine Spirit Rings available, if he wanted to reach his goal, choosing those Spirit Rings would be a process that required time. Therefore, for Wu Tong, there would never be enough time.

So, in hunting Spirit Rings, especially the first Spirit Ring of his Martial Soul, if he chose well, it might cause his Martial Soul to undergo a small degree of mutation.

In the original work, after Tang San hunted a Mandala Serpent as his first Spirit Ring, his Blue Silver Grass gained some of the Mandala Serpent's toughness and toxic traits, producing a small degree of evolution.

From this, it could be seen that the first Spirit Ring hunted held enormous significance for a Spirit Master.

As for his own first Spirit Ring, Wu Tong decided to choose a spirit beast that could give his Brain the ability of Absolute Memory, then obtain its Spirit Ring.

Absolute Memory would allow Wu Tong to gather knowledge more quickly and save time, without wasting precious time on collecting information.

Dream Butterfly, butterfly-type spirit beast, ordinary bloodline. It can use the scale powder on its wings to make other creatures enter dreams...

"Entering dreams? No... but it might be useful in the future. I'll note it down."

Wu Tong shook his head and rejected this spirit beast.

Nine-Leaf Star Luo, plant-type spirit beast. It possesses the ability to receive and absorb the power of the stars for cultivation. It has vast Spiritual Power, is edible, and after consumption, raises Spiritual Power...

No good. Next.

Moonlight Bitter Bamboo... raising Soul Power was no good.

Celestial Star Moth... no good.

Brain-Devouring Ape... no good.

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"I finally found it!!!"

One week later.

From the originally peaceful and silent library, a low roar that could no longer be held back suddenly rang out.

Wu Tong was staring at the book in his hands, his entire body trembling with excitement.

Mind's Eye Golden Fox, fox-type spirit beast, Golden Bloodline. A strategist among spirit beasts, possessing extraordinary wisdom. It can command spirit beasts to ambush other spirit beasts. It possesses powerful Spiritual Power, can hypnotize other creatures, is cunning and sinister, and above all, holds grudges.

According to records, there was once a Soul Elder who injured a thousand-year Mind's Eye Golden Fox, but failed to kill it and let it escape. More than ten years later, when that Spirit Master had broken through to Spirit Emperor and was hunting a Spirit Ring, he was ambushed by a ten-thousand-year Mind's Eye Golden Fox and fell heavily wounded. If not for his companions finding and saving him, he might already have lost his life. While seriously injured, that Spirit Master saw the long-healed wound on the Mind's Eye Golden Fox's chest and recognized it as the spirit beast that had escaped back then. After he recovered, the Spirit Master recorded the incident.

For a spirit beast seeking revenge, ten years was not too late. A mere thousand-year spirit beast that had not yet awakened Spiritual Intelligence could already possess such a memory. From this, one could see just how formidable the Mind's Eye Golden Fox's memory was.

That was right. Mind's Eye Golden Fox, it was you.

Tears welled in Wu Tong's eyes. It had been a week. Wu Tong had spent almost every day soaking in the library, looking through information.

But most of the spirit beasts he had seen did not meet his requirements. Some could only increase Soul Power. Others had too many traits, making it impossible to extract the right one accurately, so he could only give them up with a heavy heart.

Finally, today, Wu Tong had found the spirit beast most suitable for him.