After receiving Yun Tian's approval, Ye Xiu sent someone to fetch Nie Li during the break between classes and told him he would be helping out at the Library. Nie Li immediately understood the dean's intention-this was clearly a measure to protect him. What puzzled him, however, was the dean's pointed warning: "Once you reach the Library, you must not disturb the librarian."
Those words stirred Nie Li's curiosity. He could barely suppress the urge to find out just who this mysterious librarian was. Why would even the dean, a man of such standing and esteem, treat him with such deference? More importantly, despite all his experience in his previous life, he had never even heard this person's name!
He turned it over in his mind but could make no sense of it. Still, this hardly seemed the time to dwell on the matter. Nie Li decided to set his questions aside for now rather than keep wrestling with them. After all, his immediate priority was to follow the dean's arrangements and head to the Library to begin his duties.
Afterward, Nie Li moved into the Library with Lu Piao, Du Ze, and the others. Looking at them, he said,
"All right, we'll be staying here from now on."
"Nie Li, there's only three months left before the wager is settled. How are we going to reach Bronze rank?"
"Exactly, Nie Li. Our soul force is still nowhere near a hundred."
The others had the same question.
"Don't worry. Leave it to me. I have a way, but first, I need to test the forms of your soul seas."
As he spoke, Nie Li tipped several new Soul Crystals out of his bag.
"Nie Li, didn't we already get tested when school started?"
"That test wasn't accurate. With so many