After entering the Library Pavilion, Chu Kuangren headed straight for the third floor. Everything stored here was a high-grade wondrous technique, including quite a few Sword Dao methods.
The Thousand-Blade Sword Art that his body's original owner had previously studied, for instance, was among them.
There were quite a few people on the third floor, most of them inner and outer disciples. The sight of Chu Kuangren drew every one of their gazes.
"Look, it's Chu Kuangren."
"What do you mean, Chu Kuangren? You should call him Eldest Senior Brother now."
"Exactly. I heard even Daoist Disciple Nangong Huang lost to him and accepted his defeat wholeheartedly. His title as Mystic Heaven's chief disciple is fully deserved now."
"I've long heard that Eldest Senior Brother's splendor could eclipse even the sun and moon in the sky. It really is true!"
"To think such a man exists in this world..."
Countless disciples whispered among themselves, and the previously quiet Library Pavilion grew somewhat noisy. Chu Kuangren's brows furrowed slightly.
"Silence."
An aged voice rang out.
The Seventh Elder had noticed everyone's unusual behavior and spoken up to stop them.
At the Seventh Elder's command, the noise immediately subsided, but everyone still cast glances at Chu Kuangren, whether deliberately or otherwise.
Chu Kuangren could only pretend he saw nothing. He walked straight to a row of shelves and took down a Sword Dao scripture.
"A high-grade wondrous technique, Fufeng Thirteen Swords."
Chu Kuangren softly read the scripture's name aloud.
Then he stepped aside and began reading.
Before long, Chu Kuangren understood all the mysteries of the Fufeng Thirteen Swords. He had completely mastered this wondrous technique.
Someone with the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Sword Heart was a born Sword Dao cultivator, capable of quickly mastering any Sword Dao method. It was extraordinarily terrifying.
Chu Kuangren could comprehend even a Sage Law like the Purple Star Emperor Heaven Sword Art in less than half a day, let alone this high-grade wondrous technique.
After learning one Sword Dao scripture, Chu Kuangren wanted to test the limits of his Nine-Orifice Exquisite Sword Heart. Rather than hurry to the fourth floor to study Supreme Law, he lingered on the third.
He continued studying the other Sword Dao methods on the third floor.
"Green Wind Sword Shadow."
"Pine Moon Sword Art."
"Li Twenty-Six Sword Forms."
"Evil-Warding Sword Technique... uh, what a fine name."
"Heavenly Dragon Swift Sword."
"Yin-Yang Two Modes Sword."
Each time Chu Kuangren pulled a Sword Dao scripture from the shelves, he stood there and leafed through it for a while, quickly mastering it. As he comprehended one Sword Dao method after another, his understanding of the Sword Dao seemed to deepen.
Meanwhile, the people in the Library Pavilion watched in bewilderment as Chu Kuangren kept finding books, leafing through them, finding books, leafing through them, finding books...
"What is Eldest Senior Brother doing?"
"Right? He puts every book back almost as soon as he picks it up. If he isn't going to study it, why take it out?"
"Strange. What did Eldest Senior Brother come to the Library Pavilion for?"
Countless disciples could make neither head nor tail of it.
Some female disciples watched Chu Kuangren searching for books and turning their pages with a sparkle in their eyes. "I never imagined Eldest Senior Brother could look so handsome even while leafing through books."
Time passed, and a morning went by.
As Chu Kuangren studied more Sword Dao scriptures and his understanding of the Sword Dao deepened, he actually began turning the pages faster and faster.
The third floor of the Library Pavilion held over ten thousand Cultivation Techniques. As the Mystic Heaven Sect specialized in the Sword Dao, Sword Dao methods accounted for around thirty percent of them.
In a single morning, Chu Kuangren had actually learned five or six hundred of those three thousand Sword Dao methods. Few would have believed it if word got out.
On the first floor of the Library Pavilion.
The Seventh Elder sat in a reclining chair, his eyes slightly closed as he released his spiritual sense to observe Chu Kuangren's every move on the third floor.
"What is the chief disciple doing?" The Seventh Elder suddenly opened his eyes, a puzzled expression appearing on his face.
Even he could not guess what lay behind Chu Kuangren's actions. Could he master Cultivation Techniques simply by leafing through books like that?
The thought surfaced in the Seventh Elder's mind.
Then he shook his head, finding it somewhat absurd.
Yet when he remembered that Chu Kuangren possessed a Supreme Dao Body, he could not help wavering in astonishment and doubt. "They say the Nine-Orifice Exquisite Sword Heart can quickly master Sword Dao methods. Could the chief disciple really be studying?"
He recalled the scriptures Chu Kuangren had leafed through earlier.
Without exception, they had all been Cultivation Techniques related to the Sword Dao.
The possibility made the Seventh Elder's scalp prickle.
Could a Supreme Dao Body truly be this terrifying?!
The Seventh Elder released his spiritual sense and continued observing Chu Kuangren.
Six hundred books, seven hundred, eight hundred...
Eleven hundred books, twelve hundred, thirteen hundred...
Chu Kuangren kept reading the Sword Dao scriptures on the third floor of the Library Pavilion, and his understanding of the Sword Dao rapidly improved.
The next day.
After Chu Kuangren finished his sixteen hundred and tenth sword scripture, an incredibly profound Sword Dao Rhythm gradually began emanating from him.
The Seventh Elder, who had been watching Chu Kuangren all along, felt that Daoist Rhythme of the sword. His mind shook, and his face filled with shock.
"The Dao follows nature. The chief disciple is gaining enlightenment!"
Enlightenment was an extraordinarily rare state for cultivators.
Some cultivators could spend their entire lives without ever attaining it.
Legend spoke of an emperor in ancient times who had sat motionless beneath a tree for three days and nights, then broken through three realms in a single day to become an unparalleled Sage King!
Others had fully comprehended an emperor scripture while in a state of enlightenment.
There were countless such stories.
Without exception, however, those who gained enlightenment reaped tremendous rewards!
"No, I must notify the sect leader and the others."
The Seventh Elder hurriedly took out a communication compass and notified Venerable Xuanqi.
Almost the very next second after he sent the message, Venerable Xuanqi arrived at the Library Pavilion. When he saw Chu Kuangren leafing through a book, his face immediately lit up with delight. "The Dao follows nature. He really is gaining enlightenment!"
"Quickly, get everyone else out of the Library Pavilion. Whatever you do, don't disturb Kuangren's enlightenment. Then seal this place off and don't let anyone approach!"
Venerable Xuanqi spoke hurriedly.
A state of enlightenment was extraordinarily rare. He could not let anyone disturb Chu Kuangren. Ruining someone's enlightenment was practically equivalent to killing their parents!
Soon, the other disciples in the Library Pavilion were led outside without understanding what was happening. Then Venerable Xuanqi and the elders stood guard around the Library Pavilion, allowing no one else to approach.
Chu Kuangren's enlightenment shook almost the entire Mystic Heaven Sect.
Many disciples watched in shock as Venerable Xuanqi and the other higher-ups, normally as elusive as divine dragons whose heads appeared but whose tails remained unseen, gathered at the Library Pavilion.
"What's going on? Why have all these big shots come out?"
"From the looks of it, they seem to be... guarding something?"
"Guarding something? Are you kidding? Even an almighty Supreme Supreme like the sect leader has come out, and you're telling me they're guarding something? Who could possibly command such treatment, having so many big shots protect him during cultivation?"
"It seems Eldest Senior Brother is the only person in the Library Pavilion right now!"
"I just heard an elder mention enlightenment. Could Eldest Senior Brother be gaining enlightenment, and the sect leader and the others are protecting him?"
"Enlightenment! Eldest Senior Brother is actually gaining enlightenment!"
"If that's the case, it makes sense. It looks like the sect leader and the others really do value Eldest Senior Brother, to protect him during cultivation themselves."
"Enlightenment... I'm a little lost. Wasn't Eldest Senior Brother just playing around, leafing through books in the Library Pavilion? Can leafing through books somehow turn into enlightenment?"
"Eldest Senior Brother truly is a divine man!"
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