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Published at 29th of March 2024 06:41:34 AM


Chapter 51: Library

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Chapter 51: Library

Many of the Inner Court Disciples were set ablaze by the idea of finding another huge treasure trove. There was more than a few who imagined having unfettered access to that Treasury they had saw earlier. No one had been allowed upstairs to view the Technique Library so the temptation was not nearly as great as the hundreds of treasures they all personally watched the Peak Master take for herself. Truly, the treasures were claimed for the use of the whole Sect, but in their eyes she was the one collecting them all and laughing haughtily down at them. Many dreamed of the day they could be the one looking down from on high and taking all the spoils for themselves.

With these thoughts in mind they rapidly dispersed into the Soul Taming Abode and started collecting objects that Sage, Ding Zhen and the others had missed. With their limited space those five had only been able to collect the most valuable things but given the scope of this place there was still many things that were quite valuable. Sheets off of beds made of rare and ancient silks. Intricately embroidered clothing with historical styles made of rare materials. Dishes and silverware made of unique metals and high quality jade. Small knick knacks, memorabilia, tokens, toys, and other small objects that were common long ago and had become rarities in the current times. So many common everyday items from hundreds or thousands of years ago would be worth quite a lot to collectors of ancient objects. They werent worth as much as weapons, armor or other objects that could assist a Cultivator, but even a single ancient music box could easily be worth enough for a mortal to live their whole life as a member of the nobility. The origin of this chapter's debut can be traced to N0v3l--B1n.

Soon, the majority of the fifty Inner Court Disciples had left the Library leaving behind only Sage, Ding Zhen and the other four, two unlucky Elders, and four Inner Court Disciples that were already eagerly pulling books off shelves. These four seemed to be entranced by the knowledge before them even if they werent allowed to peruse the History books or the Techniques on the second and third floors. Ding Zhen, Chang Xia, Lai Rong and the other two had already completely stuffed their storage bags with loot. They had already picked out all the best stuff from the Soul Taming Abode so they were just waiting around in the library. The two girls, Chang Xia and Lai Rong, actually took over a table and started comparing the jewelry and cosmetics that they had found and started trading back and forth. Sage chuckled and moved over towards the desk in front of the filing cabinets. Slithering over it and moving around behind to start searching through the filing system. Finding what he was looking for, he heads off down the aisles between the bookshelves and made his way over to a specific section.

The next day, Sage was interrupted from his study as Peak Master Zhen called everyone back to the Library and tasked them to continue with their exploration of the Saffron Swamp. The Peak Master and three Elders that were previously in reserve would be continuing the cataloguing of the Technique Library before moving down to the second floor history books. At this time, forty five of the Disciples took off to continue the exploration. Five of them had stayed behind to continue reading the books on the first floor. This of course included those four excited fellows from the day before who had got permission to reorganize the search parties and have the four of them placed on a single team. Additionally, there was one other Inner Court Disciple that had been injured while battling with a Demonic Beast a few days ago and he was added to the team to get more resting time.

Sage on the other hand spent the whole day outside of the Soul Taming Abode setting up a plethora of arrays. The other Formation Master Elder was busy with the Technique Library, which Sage assumed had an array section, and so Sage was in charge of rebuilding the defenses. The Soul Taming Abode had its own defenses, but the Peak Master was not satisfied using someone elses arrays as there was no telling who else could decipher them. Additionally, Sage had to make the defenses large enough to accomodate the Flying Ship they journeyed to the Saffron Swamp on as well as a secondary campsite in case anything untoward happened and they had to abandon the Soul Taming Abode. Sage was annoyed at the amount of work, but at the same time his new nature approved of the Elders cautious nature. Most of the Elders in the Holy Flame Sect seemed to be very careful in their dealings. It makes sense the Holy Flame Sect relies on their skilled Professionals and not on powerful Cultivators. They have to all be very good at getting the upper hand in business deals and not being tricked.

Sage spent the next day after that building up the food supplies again. Hed not prepared any meals for a few days so the stored food level had dropped. The Disciples didnt forget to bring back more food, so it was only a matter of spending a day butchering the animals and prepping more meals. There was a special type of Storage Chest that had an array formation which kept the contents at a low temperature. Sage immediately started calling them Ice Chests and even flipped it onto the side so it opened like a refrigerator. The others found it strange but didnt stop him, even in this world it was best not to antagonize the one cooking your food.




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