Martial Academy.
Library Tower.
Jiang Ning straightened his appearance. After making sure he had left no traces behind, he headed toward the Library Tower.
First floor.
"Good morning, Senior!" Jiang Ning greeted with a smile. Without waiting for the tower keeper's response, he headed straight for the second floor.
He knew the tower keeper would not respond.
Nor did he mind.
When on someone else's turf, being polite never hurt.
"Was it him?" The one-eyed old man guarding the tower watched Jiang Ning's departing back, a thoughtful glint flashing through his eye.
"Impossible!" He silently rejected his own guess, then slowly shook his head. "With his appearance, even taking marrow refinement into account, he cannot be much older than thirty. Besides, he has only been coming to the Library Tower these past few days. Even if he encountered the Wind-Thunder Steps, there is no way he could have comprehended them to perfection."
Second floor.
With a flash, Jiang Ning arrived at the row of shelves he had not finished browsing yesterday.
[Heart-Urging Palm]
He picked up a manual for a low-grade martial art and began to leaf through it slowly.
Then, he repeatedly paced back and forth through the empty corridor on the second floor.
The Martial Academy students on the second floor were no longer surprised by this sight.
They had long known that Jiang Ning had a habit of pacing about while reading martial arts manuals.
[Literacy experience +1] [Literacy experience +1] [Wind-Thunder Steps experience +1] [Literacy experience +1] [.]
As time slowly passed.
The experience values of Literacy and Wind-Thunder Steps steadily rose.
Compared with Wind-Thunder Steps, Literacy's experience value increased at a noticeably faster rate.
In the blink of an eye.
It was noon.
Bright sunlight streamed through the windows onto the second floor.