King of Ten Thousand Books
"Children speak without restraint. 😎🐨 ♢🐻" Ma Feifei chased Liuli away; the girl's serious-sounding nonsense was truly hard to handle.
"Liuli, what a beautiful name." Cang Lan praised sincerely as he watched Liuli's retreating figure.
Ma Feifei smiled but didn't respond to Cang Lan's words. In fact, he didn't know how to respond either. He hadn't chosen the name Liuli, so whether it sounded good or not was none of his business.
Of course, the most important thing is what kind of topics these are? They're completely irrelevant!
Seeing Ma Feifei's expression, Cang Lan immediately understood what he meant. She brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and took out a book with a white cover from her spatial ring.
When Ma Feifei saw the book, her eyelids twitched involuntarily. If Ma Feifei wasn't mistaken, this should be the "Tribulation Book" that Liuli had given her.
"I wonder why the shopkeeper gave Lan a book like this?" Cang Lan asked, handing the white-covered book to Ma Feifei.
"Huh?" Ma Feifei didn't quite understand what he meant when he heard this. He took the book that Cang Lan handed him and looked at the cover.
On the left side of the cover, from top to bottom, are three large characters: "Cang Lan Tribulation".
"Is the Tribulation Book now exclusively for Cang Lan?" Ma Feifei thought to himself as he looked at the three words. Liuli had told him it was the Tribulation Book, but now it had become "Cang Lan Tribulation," which likely meant that the system had automatically bound the Tribulation Book to Cang Lan after Liuli gave it to him, making it "Cang Lan Tribulation."
Does that mean that no one except Cang Lan can enter this Tribulation Book?
"There's more below." Thinking of this, Ma Feifei suddenly noticed a line of smaller print below, which read, "A gift from the Mysterious Bookstore. The person who Tribulation Book must go to the Mysterious Bookstore within half a month. Otherwise, they will bear the consequences."
"What does this mean?" Upon seeing the following sentence, Ma Feifei's eyes were filled with doubt. Could it be that this Tribulation Book has a time limit?
"Shopkeeper?" Cang Lan called softly when she saw Ma Feifei deep in thought.
"Oh..." Ma Feifei snapped out of her daze, glanced at Liuli picking and eating Plum Blossom Liuli the plum tree, then looked at the Tribulation Book in her hand, and finally looked at Cang Lan, saying, "Grand Dean, did you open this book yesterday?"
Upon hearing this, Cang Lan nodded and replied, "It's open, but it's completely blank inside; there's nothing there."
Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei knew that, as Liuli had described, the missing signature was likely the reason Cang Lan couldn't see any of the contents of the Tribulation Book.
So, does this mean the small print below is guiding cultivators who have obtained the Tribulation Book to the Mysterious Bookstore to find the Tribulation Book to unlocking it?
To be honest, Ma Feifei thinks it's very likely that the Tribulation Book was given away by Liuli. Liuli is currently unknown to the public. For example, yesterday Liuli gave the Tribulation Book to Cang Lan. If the Tribulation Book didn't have this sentence at the bottom, Cang Lan probably wouldn't have connected this Tribulation Book with the Mysterious Bookstore.
Thinking of this, Ma Feifei slowly opened the "Cang Lan Tribulation" book in his hand.
"Ding~!"
Suddenly, a system notification sounded in Ma Feifei's mind.
"The owner of the Tribulation Book has been detected to meet the conditions for activating the Tribulation Book. Does the host agree to activate the 'Cang Lan Tribulation'? If the host chooses to activate the 'Cang Lan Tribulation,' the owner of the Tribulation Book must enter the world within the Book of 'Cang Lan Tribulation' within one month. They must either pass through and enter the Immortal Realm, or perish. (Note: The Book of Tribulation Book Tribulation Book World has nine difficulties, and the chance of survival is slim.)"
"Uh..." Upon hearing the system's notification, Ma Feifei's hand, which was turning the pages of the book, instantly stopped.
This is what's called signing!
By opening this book, one agrees to activate this Tribulation Book, and the owner of this Tribulation Book must enter the world within the Book of "Cang Lan Tribulation" within one month.
That's pretty awesome!
For some reason, Ma Feifei suddenly had a wicked idea: if anyone offended him in the future, he would have Ma Feifei deliver a "Tribulation Book" Liuli them. Once that person received the Tribulation Book, they would have to come to the Mysterious Bookstore to find Ma Feifei. What? Not coming? Didn't you see the words "bear the consequences"?
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If he comes, that would be even better. We can just open the Tribulation Book World for him. Once inside, he can either become an immortal or die. How wonderful!
As for becoming an immortal, Ma Feifei felt the possibility was still very low, especially since the Tribulation Book only offered two choices. The probability of successfully passing through the Tribulation Book World was definitely much lower than the probability of failure. This reasoning could be seen from the system's annotations. "Nine tribulations in the Tribulation Book, one chance of survival." In other words, there were nine tribulations inside, but only one chance of survival, making it a life-or-death situation.
Despite the fact that Grand Dean Cang Lan had cultivated to the Half-Immortal Realm, Ma Feifei felt that if she were to enter the Tribulation Book World, she might very well perish.
In general, the Tribulation Book is a place where opportunities and dangers coexist. Basically, cultivators who enter the Tribulation Book World must be prepared to die; otherwise, it is best not to go in.
"Ahem." Ma Feifei silently withdrew her hand from the book, looked at Cang Lan, and said with a smile, "Grand Dean, please wait a moment."
"Okay." Although Cang Lan didn't know what Ma Feifei was going to do, she still nodded in a friendly manner.
Ma Feifei then got up and walked towards Liuli. Liuli seemed to really like eating Plum Blossom; she was picking and eating Plum Blossom under the plum tree, a happy look on her face.
"Father, have Liuli." Seeing Ma Feifei approaching, Ma Feifei happily offered him a freshly picked Plum Blossom.
Ma Feifei held Plum Blossom in her mouth, chewing it. She then moved closer to Liuli, instantly setting up a Soundproof array around them. Only then did Ma Feifei point to the Tribulation Book in her hand and ask, "Daughter, what will happen if I refuse to sign this book?"
Ma Feifei felt this thing was really a trap. It seemed that whoever obtained this Tribulation Book would only have two choices in their fate, especially for Cang Lan. She shouldn't be very old, but she had already entered the Half-Immortal Realm. At this rate, she only needed to wait for Ma Feifei to Heavenly Dao, and she could naturally enter the Immortal Realm. Why would she need to risk her life in the Tribulation Book World?
Ma Feifei felt that this book would be most suitable for describing Saint Chu Feng Yiming.
"Father, you are the owner of the Mysterious Bookstore, the King of Ten Thousand Books. If you refuse, this Tribulation Book will disappear, but Mother will also lose the chance to enter the Tribulation Book World," Liuli replied, smacking her lips.
"King of Ten Thousand Books? That title is pretty cool!" I don't know what was wrong with Ma Feifei's thinking; he completely ignored the important matters and only remembered those four words.
"Yes, yes, Father, all the Book Spirit in the world are under your control, isn't that amazing!" Liuli flattered Ma Feifei with a grin.
"It sounds impressive, but those Book Spirit don't seem to listen to me!" Ma Feifei said doubtfully. At least he couldn't make the books on the bookshelf that possessed Book Spirit obey his commands and fly around.
"Because Father, your level is still relatively low. Once you level up, it will be fine, and then you can release them all," Liuli explained, eating another Plum Blossom.
"Release them? You mean those Book Spirit?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.
Liuli nodded and tapped the spatial ring on Ma Feifei's hand.
"Whoosh~"
A treasure chest flew out, with Ma Feifei's name written on it. It contained the Mythic-grade- quality book that the system had rewarded him with yesterday.
"Ding ding ding~~"
The treasure chest circled around the two of them, seemingly jubilant. Occasionally, Tackle sound could be heard from inside the chest, clearly from the Mythic-grade- quality book Tackle. However, how could it possibly open a treasure chest given by the system?
"Father, you see, it really wants to come out, but because it's restricted, it can only stay inside the books for now," Liuli said, pointing to Ma Feifei's treasure chest.
"Should I upgrade my cultivation level or my Bookstore level?" Ma Feifei asked expectantly.
"I want them all!"