Book Author (Two-in-One)

"Then why do you still nurture these Book Essence?" Ma Feifei was very curious. They only come once every thousand years, and the other party can't even enter this world. Why not just run away?

Moreover, according to what the white-haired old man said earlier, if this is a world within a book, then he could simply jump out of this world and go to the so-called 'real world' to seek higher and better opportunities. Why would he stay here to help that so-called god nurture the Book Essence? Isn't that just crazy?

"Because I am Book-Nurturing Slave, without these Book Essence, I would die even faster." The white-haired old man stretched out his hand, and the blue light circle flew back to his chest and entered his body.

"Is this what they call books nourishing people and people nourishing books?" Ma Feifei muttered to himself. But the white-haired old man's situation was clearly not like that, because the Book Essence was constantly absorbing his Origin Power within his body. If this continued, sooner or later the white-haired old man would have his Origin Power drained by the Book Essence, and at that time the white-haired old man would inevitably die.

"Then how can I save you?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.

Since the Book Essence Book Spirit will die after the white-haired old man leaves, it seems that even Ma Feifei has no way to save him.

The white-haired old man slowly stood up, his gaze fixed intently on Ma Feifei, and said, "I've heard that comprehending the books in the Mysterious Bookstore can grant one Book Spirit infusion. If I can comprehend the Book Spirit of a book of Yellow Quality or higher from the Mysterious Bookstore, I can be freed from this job of Book-Nurturing Slave."

After listening, Ma Feifei roughly understood what the white-haired old man meant. The so-called divine being residing within the white-haired old man's body was exactly the same as the Book Essence and Book Essence Book Spirit in the books in Ma Feifei's Mysterious Bookstore. Since the white-haired old man now had to rely on these Book Essence to survive, he could naturally rely on the Book Essence Book Spirit in the books in the Mysterious Bookstore as well.

And most importantly, the former is nurturing the Book Essence, while the latter is comprehending its Book Spirit.

Although both were inhabited by Book Essence or Book Spirit, the results were different.

The former refers to people serving the Book Essence, while the latter refers to the Book Spirit serving people.

One consumes Origin Power, while the other not only does not consume Origin Power, but can also obtain powerful benefits from the book through the Book Spirit.

The two are worlds apart.

However, since the Mysterious Bookstore is open to the public, the old man could simply go to Dubian Town if he wanted to go; there was no need for him to ask Ma Feifei for help.

"This old man cannot leave the territory of the Vast Academy." The white-haired elder seemed to know Ma Feifei's thoughts, pointing to the Thousand Leaf Tree in the courtyard, and said, "This tree is called the Thousand Leaf Tree. This old man cannot stray too far from it, otherwise he will immediately be devoured and killed by the three hundred and fifty Book Essence within his body."

Ma Feifei nodded upon hearing this. The Book Essence was probably a means for the other party to control the white-haired old man. The Thousand Leaf Tree should have been set up with some kind of powerful secret technique. Once the Thousand Leaf Tree sensed that the white-haired old man had left the range of the Thousand Leaf Tree, this secret technique would be triggered, directly urging the Book Essence to backfire on the white-haired old man.

With this method at his disposal, the white-haired old man was essentially under his complete control.

But then again, why would Ma Feifei help him?

Although he now knows all this from the white-haired old man, the so-called god cannot actually enter this world. In other words, the so-called enemy does not exist at all. At least the other party does not even know who Ma Feifei is. Ma Feifei is not worried about conflict with the other party. He can still run his Bookstore in peace, upgrade his Bookstore slowly, and finally step by step step into the Immortal Realm.

"I certainly won't let the shopkeeper do this favor for nothing. I can offer something in exchange," the white-haired old man said solemnly.

"What is it?" Ma Feifei asked.

"That Thousand Leaf Tree," the white-haired old man said, pointing to the thousand- Thousand Leaf Tree, "Although I don't know exactly what its purpose is, besides nurturing these three hundred and fifty Book Essence, the task that god entrusted to me was this Thousand Leaf Tree."

Ma Feifei looked at the Thousand Leaf Tree, recalling what Liuli had just told him. After hesitating for a moment, he finally nodded and agreed, "Okay, I can help you, but whether you can comprehend it depends on your own comprehension."

For Ma Feifei, a Yellow Quality book is only worth two million Spirit Crystal, which is definitely worthless compared to this Thousand Leaf Tree. Exchanging a Yellow Quality book for a Thousand Leaf Tree is the best deal imaginable.

Of course, his only worry was whether that so-called god would come after him if he found out.

However, from what the white-haired old man had just said, Ma Feifei could guess that the god was not able to do whatever he wanted, and could not even enter this world, so this trouble should not exist.

Even if we take a step back and say that we're all authors, who's afraid of whom!

"Thank you, shopkeeper!" The white-haired old man finally showed a relieved smile and bowed his hands in thanks.

Ma Feifei waved his hand and returned the greeting, saying, "May I ask your honorable name, sir?"

It's rare to chat for so long without even knowing who the other person is.

The white-haired old man cupped his hands in greeting. "I am from Wan Jianshan."

Ma Feifei said "Oh," and was about to reply with "I've heard so much about you."

"Holy crap!" Suddenly, Mo Xie jumped up from the ground, pointed at the white-haired old man, and exclaimed in surprise, "Wan Jianshan, the founder of the Vast Academy!"

"It is indeed this old man," Wan Jianshan replied with a smile.

Even Ma Feifei was a little surprised to encounter an old monster who had lived for over five thousand years. However, he then remembered that Wan Jianshan had already entered the Immortal Realm, so he wasn't too surprised.

"Huh? Didn't you faint?" Ma Feifei finally realized what was happening and asked Mo Xie.

"Hehe, I'm awake, I'm awake." Mo Xie rubbed his hands together, saying shyly.

Ma Feifei rolled her eyes and said, "Since you've heard everything, then you're not leaving. The Bookstore happens to need a lackey to serve tea and water, and you seem like a good fit. So come back with me."

"Ah..." Mo Xie was stunned, a bitter smile appearing on his face. Had he gone from being the Demon Cult Leader to a menial laborer just from eavesdropping a little?

"No, Father, he wants the book." Liuli scrambled down from Ma Feifei's arms, then handed the Tribulation Book from her bib to Mo Xie, saying seriously, "This is your Tribulation Book, take it quickly."

"Huh?" Mo Xie was a little confused. He didn't want to become an immortal in the first place, and now that he knew so much, how could he dare to do it? So he turned to look at Ma Feifei with a pitiful look.

"Ahem, you take it first, we'll see how things go later." Ma Feifei waved his hand and said. Even if Mo Xie got the book, whether he could get in really depended on Ma Feifei. Without Ma Feifei's permission, Mo Xie wouldn't be able to use the book.

"Alright." Mo Xie had no choice but to accept the book.

Then Liuli began to tell Mo Xie what he needed to pay attention to, while Ma Feifei turned to look at Wan Jianshan, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Dean Wan, what you need may take a little time, is that alright?"

Ma Feifei currently doesn't have any Yellow Quality books, and the only place he can find books in the Bookstore is in a drawer, so Ma Feifei has to go back to the Bookstore.

"Of course, I await good news." Wan Jianshan was not in a hurry at all. He had waited for so many years, a little more time wouldn't make a difference.

"In that case, I'll take my leave." Having asked all the questions he needed to, and seeing no point in staying any longer, Ma Feifei took his leave.

"This old man sees you off, shopkeeper," Wan Jianshan said, bowing respectfully.

So, led by Wan Jianshan, Ma Feifei and the others left Thousand Leaf Garden. They parted ways at the entrance of Thousand Leaf Garden. Ma Feifei, along with Liuli and Mo Xie, went to say goodbye to Cang Lan and then embarked on their journey back to Dubian Town.

Back at the Bookstore, after making arrangements for Mo Xie, Ma Feifei hurriedly retreated to his room, entered his mind, and found the system. He needed to verify these things one by one.

"System, are there any other Mysterious Bookstore System in this world?" As soon as Ma Feifei entered the system, he went straight to the point. Confirming whether the other party was the system owner was Ma Feifei's most important concern.

" In Myriad Worlds, there is only one like this." The system's mechanical voice rang out.

After hearing this, Ma Feifei felt relieved. Since the system said so, the possibility of a second Mysterious Bookstore System in this world could be ruled out, as could the possibility that the other party was also a transmigrator. In this way, Ma Feifei was still the protagonist.

"Then why are there people in this world who can write books with all sorts of magical effects? Aren't the books in the Mysterious Bookstore unique?" This was Ma Feifei's second question. If the other person wasn't someone with a system, then how did they create such books?

You must understand that these are no ordinary books. No one in the world except Ma Feifei can Mimic them. Even if Ma Feifei didn't rely on the system, and even if he remembered the contents of those books, he wouldn't be able to make them into books with all sorts of magical effects.

Not to mention, one can also possess the magical world within the book, and the Book Spirit.

The system remained silent for a long time.

Ma Feifei waited for a while, her eyes full of doubt, and asked again, "System, are you there? Can you explain why?"

The system remained silent for more than ten seconds.

Just when Ma Feifei thought the system would never give him this answer again, the system's voice finally rang out.

"There is a profession called Writer, the most prestigious profession in Myriad Worlds. Writers can use their pens to create all kinds of magical worlds, and can even make the intangible real, allowing people to gain powerful strength from books."

"Author?" Ma Feifei was shocked. This was the first time he had heard of this profession from the system. Moreover, according to the system, the so-called author seemed to be similar to the current Mysterious Bookstore, whose books possessed various magical effects.

"Are there authors in this world?" Ma Feifei asked somewhat nervously, sensing that the idea of an author might be detrimental to him.

"Let's finish the task first..." The system suddenly said this and then disappeared.

"I..." Ma Feifei was a little confused. Did this mean the system was looking down on her?

"Am I not fast enough at completing the task?" Ma Feifei angrily logged out of the system, tossed and turned on the bed, his mind filled with Wan Jianshan and the system's words.

Based on the system's response, Ma Feifei was basically certain that the god Wan Jianshan spoke of was not a real god. His identity was very likely the 'author' mentioned by the system. That 'author' wanted Wan Jianshan to serve him, so he used some means to help Wan Jianshan break through to the Immortal Realm, thus making Wan Jianshan his Book-Nurturing Slave and putting the Book Essence of 350 Blue Quality books into Wan Jianshan's body.

There's also the Thousand Leaf Tree. The Thousand Leaf Tree is the best material for making medium-quality book pages. Since he is a book author, he must care a lot about the Thousand Leaf Tree. However, the Thousand Leaf Tree takes five thousand years to mature, so in order to prevent the Thousand Leaf Tree from being damaged during this period, he had Wan Jianshan guard the Thousand Leaf Tree.

After all, in this world, Wan Jianshan is the only immortal, and with Wan Jianshan's protection, the safety of Thousand Leaf Tree can be guaranteed.

Therefore, all that the god did was for the sake of his Book Essence and pages.

Ordinary people would never care about the Book Essence's pages to this extent, so that god must be the author the system was talking about.

"Tsk tsk, author, what an amazing profession." Ma Feifei reached under his pillow and pulled out the book "The Legend of Bai Jie." Looking at the white cover, Ma Feifei suddenly exclaimed, "I've written so many classic books, I should be considered an author, right?"

When Ma Feifei and the others returned to the Bookstore, it was morning. Ma Feifei spent the whole afternoon fiddling around in the room, took a nap, and Yawn leave the room until around 2 p. m., only to find Zhang Yunji waiting outside.

"Shop owner," Zhang Yunji chuckled.

"What's wrong?" Ma Feifei asked curiously as she walked towards the rocking chair under the maple tree.

"Shopkeeper, have some watermelon." Zhang Caicai, ever the opportunist, quickly served up a slice of chilled watermelon.

Ma Feifei took the watermelon casually, turned around and sat on the rocking chair, took a bite of the watermelon, and instantly felt much more energetic.

"His Your Majesty has come to the Bookstore several times these past two days while you were away," Zhang Yunji said softly.

"Sister Gongsun? Hasn't she gone back yet?" Ma Feifei asked curiously. He had originally planned to go find Gongsun Qiong a couple of days ago, but Liuli dragged him away halfway. Two more days had passed, and Gongsun Qiong was Empress; logically, she shouldn't be staying in Dubian Town for long.

"Her Your Majesty returned to the capital yesterday, but she asked me to pass on a message to you. She said that if you have time, you should go to the capital. It has been three months since the Confucian Dao Academy academies were established in various colleges, and she hopes you can go and inspect them and see if there are any shortcomings." Zhang Yunji relayed the message verbatim.

"The Confucian Dao Academy?" Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei did some calculations. It was almost October, and the Confucian Dao Academy had opened in August, so it had indeed been three months.

"Okay, I'll go to the capital in a while," Ma Feifei mumbled, taking a bite of watermelon.

"Hmm? Is there anything else?" Ma Feifei couldn't help but ask when Zhang Yunji didn't leave.

Zhang Yunji chuckled and said somewhat embarrassedly, "It's like this, shopkeeper. My master is currently working alone at a branch store, right? Liu Ying misses him terribly, so I was wondering if it would be possible for her to go to the branch store and help my master out or something?"

Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei immediately understood the implication of Zhang Yunji's words: he was indirectly trying to get Liu Ying into the Mysterious Bookstore as an employee!

Ma Feifei thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Alright, let her go to the branch to help out."