Taking Stock of the Spoils

Led by Su Yuanshan, Lin Fan stepped into the White Ram Gang's Scripture Repository. A stale scent of old paper and ink washed over him. Rows of wooden bookshelves stood against the walls, crammed layer upon layer with scrolls and volumes covering everything under the sun. There were basic martial arts of the jianghu, weapon techniques, cultivation manuals, and mystical arts—all collected here.

Lin Fan slowly walked through them, his gaze swiftly sweeping across the shelves. In the end, it settled on a thin booklet placed by itself on a separate sandalwood shelf, one that recorded an Inner Qi circulation technique. He had not expected the White Ram Gang to possess an Inner Qi Circulation Method as well. After taking it out, Lin Fan carefully tucked the booklet into his robes, placing it together with the oilpaper-wrapped volume dropped by the Flower Thief and keeping them close to his body.

The remaining books included manuals of various saber and spear techniques, jianghu miscellanies, folk remedies for injuries, and quite a few notes recording the local mountains and terrain as well as contacts for jianghu informants. Their value varied, but they were not without use. There were simply too many of them; even with the ultra-high cultivation effect acceleration activated, it would be difficult for him to finish reading them in a short time.

Lin Fan turned to Su Yuanshan beside him. "I'll keep this core Inner Qi circulation method for now. The Su Family can make a copy later. As for all the remaining books, I'll trouble the Su Family guards to pack them up and send every last one to Sunset Glow Courtyard."

Su Yuanshan looked around at the books filling the repository and nodded. "Alright. I'll immediately arrange manpower to pack them carefully and move them with caution."