Xu Yang saw the two men out, intending to return to the quiet chamber and continue cultivating.
"Twenty-sixth in the Cloud Ascension Rankings. He's bound to amount to something, but unfortunately, he's offended both the Kong Family and the Xiao Family."
"Even if those two millennium families won't stoop to taking action themselves, he won't escape Huo Xiaochेन."
"We should keep our distance from now on. We don't want to get dragged into this. The people backing us have ties to either the Xiao Family or the Kong Family."
"And here I thought we'd get to befriend another promising genius..."
Their voices drifted faintly to Xu Yang as he entered the quiet chamber and resumed cultivating.
That afternoon, he emerged from the quiet chamber, took his identity waist token, and headed to the Book Repository.
The Book Repository collected all sorts of books: astronomy, geography, biographies, cultivation insights, miscellaneous records and observations. Apart from martial cultivation methods, it could be said to have everything.
The Book Repository stood six stories tall, cast entirely from an unknown material and covered in mysterious runes.
These runes resembled those inscribed in his quiet chamber. They could both block probing spiritual senses and absorb spirit qi.
When Xu Yang arrived at the Book Repository, he found very few people there. At the entrance, a middle-aged man sat behind a desk, reading a book.
Noticing Xu Yang approach, he unhurriedly put down his book. "The Book Repository costs one academic credit per day. We close in less than four hours today. Are you sure you want to enter?"
Xu Yang: ...
The booklet had only given a general introduction to the Book Repository, without mentioning academic credits. He had thought these miscellaneous books would be free to read, but they required credits too.
And