On the way to the Scripture Repository, Tianxin Yunlan only occasionally introduced the Heavenly Heart Sect's buildings and grounds. She said nothing else, maintaining a businesslike air of sacred detachment, as though she were an entirely different person from before.
Upon reaching the Scripture Repository, Tianxin Yunlan merely told the elder on duty, "I was ordered to bring the Sky-Supporting High Priest here to browse." Then she led Xiao Ying inside without difficulty. She never said whose orders she was following, nor did she need a token or anything of the sort. Xiao Ying gained a profound appreciation of her exceptional standing: within the Heavenly Heart Sect, her presence truly opened more doors than even Nuwa's.
The Scripture Repository was a vast, deep space that contained Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed. It was divided into several floors, with rows of bookshelves standing like a forest. A small number of jade slips floated in midair, surrounded by dense restrictions and formations that required tokens of the corresponding rank to unlock.
Tianxin Yunlan led Xiao Ying straight to the seventh floor, which corresponded to the Immortal King level. The Heavenly Heart disciples they encountered along the way addressed her by a variety of titles: senior sister, martial aunt, martial grandmother, immortal maiden, and others. No one directly called her "Holy Maiden"; most determined seniority by cultivation realm.
The seventh floor covered several thousand square meters, but held only twenty or thirty bookshelves, arranged to either side. The shelves mainly contained ancient books and scrolls made from beast hide, iron, gold, jade, and other materials. Almost all were unique copies or secret arts. In the center floated countless jade slips, shining with all manner of light.
Tianxin Yunlan produced a jade token, formed hand seals to communicate with the formation, and drew