On a small hilltop, a modest stone house stood quietly.
"Creak!"
Qin Guan arrived before the stone house and gently pushed open the door.
A heavy, ancient aura rushed toward him.
Qin Guan looked curiously inside. Everything was warm and tranquil.
Inside the house, rows upon rows of ancient manuals, animal-hide scrolls, and bamboo-slip scriptures were neatly arranged on stone shelves, layer upon layer, stretching boundlessly into the distance.
From the outside, the stone house looked small, yet once inside, its end could not be seen at a glance.
Filled with curiosity, Qin Guan stepped into the library.
An aged antiquity permeated the air. The entire library was so quiet that it seemed one could hear time flowing by.
"This feeling is so strange. I'm someone who doesn't like studying, yet after coming in here and seeing so many books, I don't have a headache at all. Instead, my heart feels calm, without the slightest resistance."
Qin Guan walked on, clicking his tongue in amazement.
Golden Profound Heavenly Dao followed behind him and smiled. "Realm Lord, people should still read more books. As the saying goes, within books are houses of gold, and within books are beauties fair as jade. Reading more never does any harm.
"Here lie ten thousand ancient scrolls—every scroll conceals the Great Dao, every page bears an era. Ordinary cultivators could spend their entire lives without the chance to glimpse even a single word. As you stand within this place, your mind is steeped in the Dao resonance of eternity, so naturally your heart is calm and your spirit at peace."
Qin Guan nodded and asked curiously, "Have you finished reading all the books here?"
"I have. When this subordinate had nothing to do in the past, I loved coming here to read. I know the