The Heaven Sect's Library Pavilion was located halfway up Heaven Pillar Peak.
It was a seven-story tower that covered an enormous area.
From a distance, its green tiles and upturned eaves looked ancient and solemn.
Faintly, flowing light circulated over the tower, suggesting an extremely powerful protective formation had been laid down.
Only after Jiang Fan drew closer did he realize that the grandeur of the Library Pavilion far exceeded his imagination.
Not only was it several times larger than the Library Pavilion of the Falling Cloud Sect, it also carried a weighty sense of history, as though it had been standing for a thousand years.
Thirty-six white jade pillars encircled the tower, each carved with a different totem.
In the plaza before the pavilion, disciples occasionally arrived on flying swords, landed, and respectfully stepped inside. The atmosphere was solemn.
Jiang Fan arrived at the entrance and looked up.
The first-floor doors alone were a full hundred feet tall, carved from a single piece of Black Iron Wood.
Eight ancient seal-script characters were carved into the doors: "Store scriptures and gather classics; Dao follows nature."
Beneath the lintel stood a long table, behind which sat two stewards, registering the disciples who entered.
"Name?"
"Identity Token?"
"How long will you be entering for?"
Soon it was Jiang Fan's turn. One of the stewards did not even raise his head as he asked lazily.
Jiang Fan handed over his Identity Token and Purple Gold Token.
"Duan Gang!"
"This is proof of my access rights!"
The steward had originally been absent-minded, casually sweeping the two tokens toward himself.
But in the next instant, when he caught sight of the faint glow rising from the Purple Gold Token, his heart jolted.
"This is... a Purple Gold Token?"
He raised his head and sized Jiang