Li Bieli Returns
Just as Ma Feifei was temporarily deciding to leave the intelligent Sky-reaching Ape Monkey on the Book Battle Continent, the system suddenly gave a new answer.
"Actually, the host can use the teleportation privilege of the Mysterious Bookstore employee to return to the Azure Dragon Continent."
Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei's face lit up with joy, and she clapped her hands, saying, "That's right! How come I didn't think of that?"
After the Bookstore was upgraded, the system specifically granted employees the right to teleport back to the Mysterious Bookstore for free. This was a savior-like act, meaning that if the Mysterious Bookstore encountered danger, employees could return to the Bookstore in time to provide assistance.
The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey is the guardian Divine Beast of the Mysterious Bookstore, and naturally, it is an employee of the Mysterious Bookstore, thus entitled to this privilege.
Of course, there is a prerequisite: employees must wear uniforms specially issued by Mysterious Bookstore and use the uniforms as a medium for cross-border teleportation.
This is why the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey couldn't teleport back freely when it was taken away; it wasn't wearing its employee uniform at the time, and it was always bound, so it never had the chance to use that right.
"Do you still have any employee uniforms?" Ma Feifei asked the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey.
The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey shook its head and said, "Xun Ling took the spatial ring and didn't return it to me."
Upon hearing this, Ma Feifei couldn't help but mutter, "Xun Ling is still so dishonest! He actually dared to hide things and not return them. But it's okay, he'll have to cough them up later."
After saying that, Ma Feifei took out an employee uniform from her spatial ring and made him put it on, then said, "Put on this uniform, then go back to the Mysterious Bookstore. You know how to get back, right?"
The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey nodded; he was aware of this employee benefit.
"Okay, hurry back, I'll be there soon." Ma Feifei then signaled the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey to hurry up, and returned to the room Wang Han had prepared for him. After seeing the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey disappear, he summoned the teleportation array, stepped in, and was back in his room in the Mysterious Bookstore in the next moment.
"Crunch"
Ma Feifei opened the door and found the sky outside to be a clear blue, but something was off. The yard was completely silent, and it felt like something was constantly falling from above. Ma Feifei looked up and was startled. "Holy crap! Who triggered the world in the book? And it's a Yellow Quality book!"
Above the Mysterious Bookstore, a golden book was constantly turning its pages. Above the book was a huge projection. Because it was in a blind spot, Ma Feifei couldn't see what was in the projection, nor did he know who had opened the world in the book.
"Master!" The Sky-reaching Ape Monkey ran out of the Bookstore; he had been teleported to a place that happened to be inside the Bookstore.
"Is anyone in the Bookstore?" Ma Feifei asked curiously.
"It's deserted, but the outside is packed with cultivators," said the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey.
Ma Feifei nodded, without changing his appearance back, and gestured for the Sky-reaching Ape Monkey to stay in the courtyard and not go out. He then went out through the back door and went around to the front to see what had happened.
Opening the back door, it was quiet outside, but already packed with people. Ma Feifei stood there, unsure how to push her way forward.
The onlookers didn't notice Ma Feifei's appearance. Occasionally, someone would catch a glimpse of her but showed no expression. After all, Ma Feifei hadn't changed back to her original appearance, so it was normal that no one recognized her.
"Excuse me, excuse me." Ma Feifei's shamelessness kicked in again as he kept pushing forward, trying to squeeze towards the women, all the while pretending to be innocent. He received countless eye rolls and whispered scoldings. Finally, Ma Feifei was able to see the projected image.
Inside the projection, a huge sky scene appeared, surrounded by monks of various shapes sitting on floating clouds. In the center was a huge circular hall, with an old man standing in the center of the hall. Opposite the old man was a huge golden Buddha statue.
"What book is this? And the scene looks familiar!" Ma Feifei frowned as he looked at the scene in the projection. Because the old man was facing away from the projection, Ma Feifei couldn't see his face clearly, but it felt somewhat familiar.
Thinking of this, Ma Feifei nudged a cultivator beside him and asked in a low voice, "Brother, may I ask who is inside?"
The cultivator who was bumped by Ma Feifei was relatively young and was engrossed in his reading when he was bumped into. Naturally, he was not in a good mood, and he frowned, giving Ma Feifei a dissatisfied look.
But upon seeing that Ma Feifei's aura was completely concealed, making it impossible to Detect his cultivation level, he was immediately startled. The displeasure on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a smile as he explained, "This senior must be new here. The person inside is a Carrying Book Slave from the Mysterious Bookstore named Li Bieli. As for the name of this book, he doesn't know."
"Li Bieli!" Ma Feifei looked puzzled upon hearing this. Wasn't Li Bieli supposed to be heading to the extreme cold? Why was he in Dubian Town?
"You don't even know this book?! This is the Yellow Quality book, the Diamond Sutra, that Li Bieli always carries with him!" The conversation between the two was overheard by others, and someone interrupted.
"But then again, didn't Li Bieli head north? Why is he back?" Some people shared Ma Feifei's confusion. When Li Bieli left the Mysterious Bookstore and walked north, it attracted a lot of attention. In fact, wherever Li Bieli went, he was constantly being watched by those who cared.
"That's right! We only received news at the end of last year that he had just stepped into the Northern Liang Great Grassland, a place of extreme cold ahead. Based on the distance he traveled on foot, he shouldn't have been able to return so quickly." Some discussions seemed to open up a floodgate of conversation for everyone, and one by one, they voiced their doubts.
Ma Feifei listened silently to their conversation, while his consciousness entered his mind to inquire about Li Bieli's situation through the system.
"Ding! The Carrying Book Slave Li Bieli has successfully withstood the extreme cold, thus receiving a reward for tempering himself. According to the rules, he will be directly teleported back to the Mysterious Bookstore to receive this reward. After the reward, the host can perform a new round of evolution on him." The system notification answered Ma Feifei's question and made Ma Feifei suddenly realize the truth.
It turns out that Li Bieli had already completed the route planned by the system at the beginning. The reason he returned to the Mysterious Bookstore to access the Yellow Quality book, the Diamond Sutra, was to accept the reward given by the system.
Everything before that was fine, but the later evolution puzzled Ma Feifei. Did the system have some new arrangements for Li Bieli after the reward?
"Buzz"
Suddenly, a beam of intense golden light burst forth from the projection. Ma Feifei looked over and saw that the enormous golden Buddha statue in front of Li Bieli had suddenly shot a beam of golden light at him.