This Child Was Too Honest, Ancient Bronze Heavenly Book Seal!

Clear Abyss Sect, Scripture Pavilion.

It was an octagonal building, its layers overlapping as they rose, reaching an astonishing height of a hundred zhang.

Quite a few disciples went in and out.

The moment Li Mo appeared at the entrance, he was greeted by countless gazes.

"Is that Disciple Li?"

"Senior Brother Li is really handsome. Especially when he smiles—he's so gentle, unlike those other true disciples who are so aloof."

"That's the Crimson Firmament Sword at his waist, right? To obtain a Mystic Weapon at such a young age, his swordsmanship must be impressive."

"Who knows what happened at Divine Blade Cave yesterday? The earth veins actually erupted ahead of time."

"Alas, Elder Han He has sealed off everything below the third level of Divine Blade Cave. I'm afraid disciples will have a hard time obtaining Mystic Weapons there in the future."

"Many elders don't even have Mystic Artifacts. It has nothing to do with us disciples anyway."

The whispers were not loud.

But Li Mo heard them clearly.

"Elder Han He sure acted quickly."

"Although the old man cares about his reputation, he really is reliable when it comes to getting things done."

As he pondered this, Li Mo arrived at the first-floor counter.

When the inner sect steward saw him, he immediately put on a smile.

"Disciple Li, are you planning to go to the fifth floor and claim the reward for the sect trial?"

"That's right."

Li Mo nodded and handed over his waist token.

"Er... Disciple Li, the fifth floor only has some Intermediate Martial Arts."

The inner sect steward reminded him.

Suitable Intermediate Martial Arts were rather difficult for inner sect disciples to obtain.

But a true disciple should not be lacking something like that, should he?

Li Mo merely smiled without answering.

The inner sect steward suddenly remembered that although Disciple Li was a true disciple, his master was Elder Shang Wu...

Everything made sense at once.

"You may choose two Intermediate Martial Arts. Please."

"Thank you."

Before long, the steward had finished recording everything.

Li Mo then turned and went upstairs.

There were still quite a few Clear Abyss Sect disciples on the second floor of the Scripture Pavilion.

The bottom three floors held only low-grade martial arts, along with various biographies and miscellaneous books.

Li Mo did not linger and continued up the stairs.

On the fourth floor, the number of people was noticeably smaller.

This floor stored Elementary Martial Arts, as well as various kinds of knowledge, such as alchemy, forging, and raising exotic beasts.

Most of those browsing the books here were inner sect disciples.

Li Mo took a brief look around.

There were even books about cooking.

However, after picking one up and scanning a couple of pages, Little Li's mouth twitched, and he put it back.

"No wonder the food in Clear Abyss Sect's cafeteria is so mediocre."

Li Mo decided that it was nowhere near as good as the cookbook he had received from his investment return.

The fifth floor.

There were even fewer people here.

Only disciples who had completed sect missions and accumulated a certain amount of contribution points could spend those points to come up.

"Hammer techniques..."

Li Mo walked to the area where martial arts for weapons were stored.

"Quenching Hammer Technique... It's for forging."

"Tiger Roar Hammer... Suitable for a long-handled war hammer? Not really..."

All right.

It seemed that Little Li himself was not the only one who disliked smashing people with hammers.

The Scripture Pavilion was supposed to contain everything under the heavens, yet it could not produce more than a few hammer techniques.

That made sense.

In the martial world, people had only ever heard of a Sword God, a Blade Sect Master, or a Spear Immortal.

When had anyone ever heard of someone whose title included a hammer?

Hammer techniques were already obscure enough.

And the Calamity Meteor Hammer was a short-handled hammer, making it the most obscure of the obscure.

"Brother Li!"

At that moment, a familiar young voice suddenly came from nearby.

Li Mo turned around and saw Murong Xiao waving to him from not far away.

"You came to choose a martial art too?"

Li Mo asked in surprise.

Divine Weapon Peak had immense power and wealth.

Yet it had still allowed a true disciple to personally come to the Scripture Pavilion for a martial art.

"Brother Li, you misunderstand."

"I didn't tell my master."

Murong Xiao gave a bitter smile.

He explained briefly, and when Li Mo activated his Heavenly Mandate Divine Eye again, he immediately understood.

[Name: Murong Xiao.]

[Age: 16.]

[Innate Bone: Cry-Dragon Body.]

[Realm: Seven Meridians of the Blood-Qi Realm.]

[Heaven's Mandate: Blue with a tinge of gray.]

[Evaluation: His father is human, while his mother is a transformed Cry Dragon. He has a kind nature, yet suffers greatly from the influence of his own bloodline. If he can combine the strengths of both, his future will be limitless; if he combines both weaknesses, he will bring disaster upon an entire region.]

[Recent Encounter: Influenced by his bloodline, he has often been plagued by distracting thoughts lately and plagued by nightmares. For days on end, he has dreamed of his hands being drenched in blood. He therefore wishes to find a mental cultivation method that can calm his mind and settle his spirit.]

"My master still doesn't know that my half-demon bloodline comes from a Cry Dragon..."

Murong Xiao sighed with a troubled expression.

"So that's why you came to the Scripture Pavilion by yourself?"

Li Mo's expression turned strange.

Murong Xiao nodded. "That's right. If the old man asks, I don't want to deceive him, but I don't dare tell him the truth either. So I simply didn't tell him..."

Li Mo: "..."

Elder Han He was so easygoing. If Murong Xiao took the long way around and asked for a mental cultivation method, it would be a piece of cake. The elder might even toss him a Superior Martial Art directly.

This child was truly too honest.

"You should be able to find a mental cultivation method."

"But don't expect an Intermediate Martial Art to suppress your bloodline."

Li Mo shook his head.

"Then what should I do... Hmm?"

Murong Xiao looked troubled, genuinely unsure what to do. A booklet suddenly found its way into his hands.

"This is..."

"Golden Bell Shield, a Superior Body-Tempering Martial Art."

"Huh?"

Murong Xiao opened and closed his mouth, utterly bewildered. He had no idea why Brother Li had stuffed a body-tempering martial art into his hands.

"Why must calming the heart and concentrating the spirit involve a mental cultivation method?"

Li Mo helplessly glanced at the unfortunate child.

"This Superior Martial Art comes from the Buddhist school and contains Buddhist principles. It is a method for cultivating both body and mind."

"If you master the Golden Bell Shield, what need have you to fear being plagued by distracting thoughts?"

"Golden Bell Shield..."

Light returned to Murong Xiao's dim eyes.

However, he soon grew awkward again. He tugged at his clothes, hesitating to speak...

"You don't need to feel burdened."

Li Mo patted the Crimson Firmament Sword at his waist. "I obtained a Mystic Artifact from Divine Weapon Peak. It's far more precious than a Superior Martial Art, so consider this a return of the favor."

In truth, it was not only the Crimson Firmament Sword.

Whenever he gave something away, the other party might make a small profit, but he would always earn far more.

"Divine Weapon Peak is Divine Weapon Peak. How can this count as returning a favor..."

"Brother Li, I've received another great kindness from you."

Murong Xiao pressed his lips tightly together, so moved that words failed him.

Seeing him like this,

Li Mo suspected that aside from asking him to bear a child, Murong Xiao would not even frown at anything else he requested.

"When you go down the mountain to carry out a sect mission, be sure to notify me."

"A sect mission..."

This included true disciples as well.

All Clear Abyss Sect disciples had to complete sect missions, large or small, at regular intervals.

It was mandatory.

After all, if Clear Abyss Sect did nothing but stand around here, no one would acknowledge it as the foremost sect of Purple Sun Prefecture.

"I've indeed been planning to do that lately."

"Then I'll have to trouble you when the time comes."

Li Mo agreed.

The Murong Clan held considerable influence in Purple Sun Prefecture and could be considered one of the local powers. No matter what mission he took, they could make things easier for him.

"Then I'll head back and study the Golden Bell Shield!"

Only then did Murong Xiao reveal a smile.

"Go on."

After he left,

the system promptly sent a notification.

[Congratulations, host. You have successfully invested one Superior Martial Art in Murong Xiao and helped him escape the troubles of his bloodline.]

[Investment Return: One Ancient Bronze Heavenly Book Seal.]

[Ancient Bronze Heavenly Book Seal]: "Stamp it onto any martial art to derive and perfect it, thereby increasing the martial art's grade. At most, it can raise a martial art to the level of an ultimate art."

"Good stuff!"

A Superior Martial Art could become an ultimate art.

And he could even choose the type of ultimate art!

The return Murong Xiao had brought him this time had exceeded his expectations somewhat!