Lin Ke sensed something was amiss, and first shifted his stool.
He blocked Fu Tan's view beneath the heated brick bed.
"Of course I'd be willing to accompany you, senior brother."
"It's just that I haven't made any contributions to the sect."
"If I go to the Gold-Storing Academy to ask for spell arts now, I'm afraid the elder won't agree."
Fu Tan's eyes rolled. "Ah, don't worry, junior brother. Those elders want to build a good relationship with our master."
"They'll do us this favor."
Lin Ke distinctly caught the scent of a plot. "Senior brother, you're already Master's eldest disciple, and now you're a Nascent Soul Cultivator. You're certain to become a pillar of the sect someday."
"So it's perfectly reasonable for you to visit the Scripture Repository Academy. It's only right, and you don't need to rely on Master's standing."
"But I won't go inside. I'm still not very proficient at using witch gu power, and even if I obtained spell arts, I'm not ready to learn them."
"If I asked for spell arts but couldn't learn them, wouldn't that disgrace Master? That... wouldn't be appropriate."
Fu Tan had never been one for so many twists and turns. Listening to Lin Ke ramble on, he simply laid his cards on the table.
"Junior Brother Lin, it seems you don't know yet. The Gu Generals and Purple Mansion Insects you cultivated have already earned you quite a few contribution points."
"Here in the Illusionless Gu Sect, Contribution Points for the Scripture Repository Academy are accumulated separately."
"You can exchange them for two or three Divine-Level Cultivation Techniques. Look, junior brother, you can't use them all anyway. At most, only one or two will suit you."
"Why not bring me along and broaden my horizons?"
Lin Ke rolled his