The next day, Yu Xiaochuan received a map of the area around Nuoding City from Xiao Chenyu.
But after looking at the map, Yu Xiaochuan frowned. He could not find a waterfall on it. "Is this the whole map?"
"Boss Yu, this is the whole map. You know my father is only the lord of Nuoding City. This map already covers a huge area. It should be enough for sightseeing, right?"
Xiao Chenyu inwardly cried out in dismay. He had not expected Yu Xiaochuan's requirements to be so high.
This map already covered a vast stretch of territory around Nuoding City, yet Yu Xiaochuan was still dissatisfied.
But this was already the limit of what his family could manage. His father was only the lord of little Nuoding City. Larger maps were simply beyond his reach.
"It's fine. Think of something and find me some larger maps. This tiny area isn't enough for me to have fun in."
Yu Xiaochuan put the map away and told Xiao Chenyu to keep finding him more maps.
He felt that the waterfall hiding the Blue Silver Emperor was somewhere near Nuoding City.
Perhaps it was close at a Titled Douluo's traveling speed, but for ordinary people, that sort of closeness might not be so close at all. He would have to expand the search area.
"All right, I'll think of something..."
After hearing Yu Xiaochuan's words, Xiao Chenyu left with a miserable expression. Where was he supposed to get a larger map?
These things were not so easy to obtain.
Even the map he had given Yu Xiaochuan would not have been so easy to get if he had not been the son of Nuoding City's lord.
After Xiao Chenyu left, Yu Xiaochuan recalled the information about the waterfall where the Blue Silver Emperor was hidden.
He remembered that it was twenty meters wide and two hundred meters tall.
Those features were certainly extremely distinctive.
In Yu Xiaochuan's previous life, a casual search online would have turned up some information. But here on the Douluo Continent, apart from Martial Souls and Soul Tools, things were no different from ancient times. Finding it would not be so convenient.
Perhaps he could find something in books about geography?
Yu Xiaochuan searched around Nuoding City and actually found a bookstore. Unfortunately, its collection was not particularly extensive, and the books were all copied by hand, mostly by servants.
Yu Xiaochuan went inside and looked around. Its collection was not even as extensive as his family's!
"The waterfall is twenty meters wide, which means the river channel is twenty meters wide. A river twenty meters wide?"
Yu Xiaochuan pondered. Perhaps the map simply had not marked the waterfall?
Whatever the case, he would search first. He really could not resign himself to giving up without even looking.
Yu Xiaochuan immediately asked his teacher for leave and went out to search for that waterfall.
After searching for several days, Yu Xiaochuan returned covered in dust and dirt, having found nothing. It seemed that waterfall was not so close after all.
After returning to the dormitory, Yu Xiaochuan washed himself thoroughly, then saw Yu Xiaogang waiting for him there.
"Did you need something, Grandmaster? If it's about adoption, then don't bother."
Yu Xiaochuan was already annoyed. Seeing Yu Xiaogang come to corner him, he assumed he had come to take him as his adopted son again, and his tone was very stiff.
"Xiaochuan, I heard from your teacher that you took several days off to go out and play as soon as you enrolled, so I came to see you. Since you want to become a master of theory, you shouldn't be so lax."
Yu Xiaogang had heard about Yu Xiaochuan's activities and therefore came to see him. He did not want a promising seedling of a theoretical master to be ruined just like that.
What he had said a few days earlier had, in the end, only been words spoken in anger.
"The teachers at Nuoding Academy teach nothing but common knowledge. Even if I listened, it wouldn't be of any use to me. Since you also come from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Grandmaster, you ought to know that."
The moment Yu Xiaochuan heard him, he knew Yu Xiaogang had not given up on his designs. But then he thought of Grandmaster's two walls of books, and an idea stirred in his mind. "I want to read. Grandmaster, lend me your books."
"You... very well. I'll lend you my books, but don't neglect your studies like this anymore."
Yu Xiaogang was helpless too. It was a good thing that the boy was willing to read, so he could only agree with utter resignation.
If Yu Xiaochuan had been someone unrelated to him and had rejected him twice, he certainly would not have bothered with him anymore. Even if Yu Xiaochuan took leave to go out and play, he would have paid no attention.
But who could help the fact that Yu Xiaochuan belonged to the same clan as him?
Now he had to look after him whether he wanted to or not. After all, Yu Xiaochuan had come to study at Nuoding Academy because of him. Even if Yu Xiaochuan was unwilling to become his adopted son, he still had to give him some guidance.
"Then thank you, Grandmaster."
A smile appeared on Yu Xiaochuan's face. He would see just how extensive Yu Xiaogang's collection was!
Yu Xiaochuan followed Yu Xiaogang to the top floor of the dormitory building and entered a small room in the corner.
The room was not large, containing only a bed and a desk. What drew the eye most were the bookshelves lining two walls, packed with all kinds of books.
"I collected these books one by one. Quite a few of them were written by me. They can be considered the most precious wealth I've accumulated over the better part of my life."
Seeing Yu Xiaochuan's excitement, a hint of pride appeared in Yu Xiaogang's eyes as well. "Xiaochuan, you may read any of my books you like. Just take good care of them."
"Yes, yes! Thank you so much, Grandmaster. You really are a good person!"
Yu Xiaochuan deftly handed Yu Xiaogang a good-guy card and began reading through the books.
There were quite a few books he had read in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but there were also some he had not.
Yu Xiaochuan read very quickly. After spending a month finishing Yu Xiaogang's collection, he knew there was no hope of finding anything here.
Because Yu Xiaogang's interests were lopsided.
Most of Yu Xiaogang's books concerned Martial Souls and Soul Beasts. There were simply no books on subjects such as culture or geography.
"What should I do..."
Yu Xiaochuan pondered. Perhaps he should visit the imperial libraries of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire?
Wait. Apart from the imperial families of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire, there was another place with a vast collection of books.
That was-Spirit Hall!
Compared with gaining access to the imperial collections of the Star Luo Empire and the Heaven Dou Empire, gaining access to Spirit Hall's books would be much easier for Yu Xiaochuan.
After all, the current Supreme Pontiff was Bibi Dong!
She had only taken office a year earlier.
And Yu Xiaochuan belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, his Martial Soul was also an external beast Martial Soul, and his name differed from Yu Xiaogang's by only one character.
No matter how one looked at it, he was a second Yu Xiaogang. Apart from being a little more handsome than Yu Xiaogang, everything else was very similar.
"If I joined Spirit Hall and wanted to read its books, would Bibi Dong agree?"
Yu Xiaochuan fell into silent contemplation.
Whatever the case, he had to give it a try.
If he could make contact with Bibi Dong and even gain her trust, it would not matter if he failed to find the Blue Silver Emperor and the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.
After all, with Bibi Dong's help, he could simply pummel Dugu Bo into oblivion. Wouldn't he then have as many immortal herbs as he wanted?
With one nine-grade purple ganoderma, perhaps Caterpie would immediately evolve into Rayquaza.