Chek Jing

Pulled into the barrier by Xiao Xun'er, the flowers and grass vanished, replaced by three rows of bookshelves over two meters tall and a fairly small room.

In one corner of the room, a white-clad young woman leaned quietly against the wall, elegantly flipping through a book.

The white-clad young woman stood five or six meters in front of Xiao Ni and the other. She had clearly noticed their arrival, yet she didn't look up, only pausing slightly as she turned the pages.

"Um... are you the librarian here? What book are you reading? Does Black Jade Pavilion sell books too?" After patiently waiting for a moment without hearing the white-clad young woman speak, Xiao Ni stepped forward two paces and asked with a smile.

"Quiet." The white-clad young woman blandly uttered a single word. Xiao Ni could only shut his mouth and search for the exit with Xiao Xun'er.

There was no helping it. He wanted the white-clad young woman to take them to see Chekenao, or at least point them in the right direction. Yet before he could explain why they were there, she had told him to be quiet, so they could only leave first.

In any case, there had to be other people in Black Jade Pavilion. If this girl didn't want to talk, they could just ask someone else.

"Um... we couldn't find the exit. Could you take us out first? We're here to see Senior Nao." After circling around without finding any exit, Xiao Ni could only return and ask the white-clad young woman for help.

This time, he was less than two meters away from her, while Xiao Xun'er bent down to look at the contents of the book in her hands.

She felt that the white-clad young woman didn't seem fond of talking, so she wanted to find an opening through the book. In the end, she failed, because it was filled with strange, indecipherable symbols that she couldn't understand at all.

"Wait." The white-clad young woman once again blandly said a single word. This time, she raised her head and glanced at Xiao Xun'er.

In her eyes, Xiao Xun'er was beautiful—more beautiful than any woman she had ever seen. Even she herself fell far short by comparison.

"Fine." Hearing her words, Xiao Ni sighed helplessly and could only obediently stand to one side.

This was someone else's territory, so they had to follow someone else's rules. They had plenty of time anyway, so waiting a little longer was no big deal. Still, this white-clad young woman seemed rather quiet. Could she have some psychological condition like depression or autism?

"Name." After roughly two breaths of silence, the white-clad young woman suddenly popped out another two words.

She hadn't seen strangers here in a very long time. Now that such a beauty had arrived, she naturally wanted to say a few more words.

"Oh, I'm Xiao Ni." Xiao Ni moved a little closer to the white-clad young woman, thinking they would finally be able to leave soon.

However, the white-clad young woman didn't look at him. She merely stared quietly at Xiao Xun'er, as though Xiao Ni didn't exist at all. Looking closely, there even seemed to be a drop of drool at the corner of her mouth.

Xiao Ni suddenly understood. So the white-clad young woman had only been asking for Xun'er's name. She had absolutely no interest in him.

Fine. Whoever she wanted to know about didn't matter, as long as she could send them out quickly and let them meet Senior Nao.

As for who this young woman was and why she was alone in this library, he had no interest in finding out.

"Xiao Xun'er." After calmly stating her name, Xiao Xun'er said nothing more, but a strange light appeared in the white-clad young woman's eyes.

"That's a very nice name." The white-clad young woman elegantly raised her hand, wanting to stroke Xiao Xun'er's little face, but Xiao Xun'er immediately stepped back two paces.

She wouldn't let anyone touch her face so easily, even if the other person was a woman!

"You can actually say six words! I thought you could only say one or two words at a time." The white-clad young woman's attention had remained fixed on Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Ni felt humiliated. He immediately stepped in front of her and took Xiao Xun'er's jade-like hand.

"My name is Chek Jing." The white-clad young woman gave Xiao Xun'er an elegant smile, her eyes filled with admiration.

Clearly, Xiao Ni had been ignored again.

Luckily she's a woman. If she were a man and kept looking at Xun'er like that, I'd probably have started hitting people already. Feeling deeply displeased, Xiao Ni waited a moment before asking again, "Now that we've introduced ourselves, can we leave?"

He hadn't minded waiting here for however long it took before, but Chek Jing kept ignoring him and had even tried to touch Xun'er. He truly didn't want to stay any longer.

"Wait." Chek Jing's gaze remained on Xiao Xun'er, as though Xiao Xun'er, rather than Xiao Ni, had asked the question.

"How much longer?" Xiao Ni continued asking, doing his best to keep smiling.

He could force himself to keep waiting, but there had to be a limit, right? If Chek Jing made them wait several more hours, he definitely wouldn't stand for it. He might even tear this place apart.

"Half an hour." Chek Jing answered casually, and Xiao Ni immediately became unhappy.

"What? You're actually making us wait another half hour? Are you joking with me?" Xiao Ni's smile vanished as surging Dou Qi burst forth, and his gaze turned hostile.

At that moment, Xiao Ni stood directly in front of Chek Jing. Even if she wanted to ignore him, she couldn't.

"Come with me." Seeing Xiao Ni grow angry, Chek Jing immediately closed the book in her hands and walked toward the bookshelf in the center.

Sigh, she had wanted to spend a little more time with Xun'er, but this kid insisted on leaving so urgently. She could only compromise. There was no helping it—he was a Dou Master, and she couldn't afford to provoke him.

"Sure enough, strength is what really talks. Xun'er, let's go." Xiao Ni proudly raised his fist, then followed after her with Xiao Xun'er.

Chek Jing was far too good at putting on airs. If he'd known it was this easy to make her lead the way, he would have displayed his strength as a Dou Master from the start.

Tsk, tsk. He had only revealed the strength of a One-Star Dou Master, and Chek Jing had already become so cooperative. If he directly revealed the strength of a Four-Star Dou Master, would Chek Jing be too unsteady to even walk?

Rumble...

Chek Jing removed three palm-thick books from the third shelf. A muffled rumble came from beneath the ground, followed by a mysterious energy flowing across the floor toward the northern wall. Light blazed from the wall, and before long, two doors appeared.

A stone wall two or three meters long separated the two doors. One opened to the left, while the other opened to the right, and they were perfectly symmetrical in size.

"I didn't expect such a secret mechanism to be hidden in this bookshelf." Xiao Ni pulled Xiao Xun'er to within two or three meters of the doors and couldn't help clicking his tongue.

"On the left..." Chek Jing wanted to say something, but before she could finish the first two words, Xiao Ni had already pulled Xiao Xun'er over, pushed open the left door, and strode inside.

Seeing how quickly the two moved, Chek Jing helplessly shook her head and muttered softly, "That kid didn't let me finish speaking. If anything happens later, Xun'er, please don't blame me."

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