As night fell, Zou Zhongyi arrived at the guest room of the Archives and found Yang Yuanliu buried beneath piles of books. A gratified look appeared in his eyes.
Such a promising seedling—if only he could stay... Sigh! At my age, I'm still dreaming.
With a kindly smile, he entered the room.
"Greetings, Curator."
The moment Yang Yuanliu saw him, he rose and bowed.
"There's no one else here, so no need for so many formalities."
Zou Zhongyi waved a hand. "Yuanliu, I borrowed the original copy of the Records of Eight Nations you mentioned last time from Old Man Feng."
"Really? Thank you, Curator!"
Yang Yuanliu's eyes lit up with delight. He carefully accepted the ancient original, its pages yellowed and darkened with age, cradling it in his hands as though he had found a priceless treasure.
Zou Zhongyi stroked his long beard. "A small matter, a small matter. I won't disturb you any longer. If anything puzzles you, use the Mind Transmission Token to call me at any time."
With that, Zou Zhongyi's figure turned into wisps of smoke and drifted away.
Yang Yuanliu then opened the original Records of Eight Nations and began studying its contents intently.
The so-called Eight Nations referred to the histories of the eight countries that had existed in this region before Tiger Chasing established its Dynasty.
Tiger Chasing had wiped out the other seven nations before completing the Dynasty's unification.
Following Chen Yang's instructions, Yang Yuanliu had been secretly searching for information regarding the Lesser Treasure Realm that had appeared more than ten years ago.
Yet he quickly realized that the matter was far from simple, because Chengtian Academy's library held no records related to it whatsoever.
After arriving at the Archives, he found it even stranger.
For even in the historical