Within the Scripture Hall of the Five Viscera Temple.
After Fang Shu verified his identity plaque, he paced into the library reserved for Foundation Establishment Earth Immortals.
Standing before row after row of bookshelves, unconcealed delight shone in his eyes.
"As expected of an immortal sect ruling a region—even at the Foundation Establishment stage, it possesses so many cultivation methods and incantations!" he marveled inwardly.
After wandering about at random for a few rounds, passing all manner of spells and cultivation arts, Fang Shu's steps finally halted before the shelves of texts concerning Gu Dao.
He released his divine sense. Whenever it lightly touched a jade slip on the shelves, the slip would hum and tremble, sending him a strand of divine intent that informed him exactly what text it contained.
Fang Shu gave them a rough once-over and immediately revealed a hint of surprise.
He stared fixedly at several jade slips, studying them for a moment before finally sighing inwardly.
There was no other reason.
These jade slips had been left in the Scripture Hall by his master, Long Gu, for the temple's Foundation Establishment Earth Immortals to study and exchange for.
Unfortunately, Master Long had already perished like a fragrant blossom, and he did not know whether the temple had learned of it yet.
Fang Shu came back to himself and examined the Foundation Establishment texts Long Gu had left behind, checking the price of each one.
Very soon, his brow rose slightly.
Every text that could remain here required one merit to exchange for. Some of them also required an additional payment of spirit stones beyond the merit before they could be acquired.
Of course, this rule applied to Foundation Establishment Earth Immortals. Qi Refinement disciples like Fang Shu, who had obtained merit in advance, enjoyed tremendous