Chapter 70: Book Tower

Chapter 70: Book Tower

Once the two cultivators had left, Wang Hong tidied up and set out again, heading towards the Task Hall to complete his assigned tasks.

At the Task Hall, he queued up and submitted Elixir and Spirit Herb. One hundred Elixirs earned him one hundred contribution points, while seven Spirit Herbs brought in one hundred and forty contribution points, totaling two hundred and forty contribution points.

Returning to the Book Tower, he exchanged greetings with the two guards at the entrance before entering.

Inside the building was a spacious hall with two doors on one of the walls. The door above one was labeled "Entrance," and the other was labeled "Exit."

Both the entrance and exit were guarded by Foundation Building cultivators in purple robes.

Approaching the entrance door, Wang Hong was stopped by the guard.Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

"Show your token."

Wang Hong quickly retrieved the sect token and handed it over to the Purple-robed daoist.

The daoist took the token, placed it on a magical weapon, and after a faint glow, returned the token to Wang Hong.

With the token in hand, Wang Hong entered through the entrance, finding himself surrounded by rows of bookshelves with neatly arranged books, each labeled with categories such as spirit ore, spirit wood, Spirit Herb, spirit fruit, Demonic Beast, demonic insects, miscellaneous records, Geography, Customs, and more.

Although the classifications were detailed and comprehensive, they mainly covered basic knowledge of the Cultivation World. Wang Hong speculated that advanced topics like techniques, alchemy, and artifact refining might be on the upper floors.

The nearest section to him was the spirit wood category. Wang Hong walked over, picking up a Jade Scroll at random. As he probed with his spiritual sense, he discovered it was a book specifically discussing the various impacts of different soils on the growth of spirit wood.

He was amazed by the numerous types of soils mentioned, something he had never heard of before. Fortunately, his unique spatial ability allowed him to cultivate almost any spiritual object.

Suddenly, he wondered about the type of soil in his Space. He carefully examined the Jade Scroll but found no similarities.

Deciding not to delve deeper into it, Wang Hong moved on, selecting another Jade Scroll that focused on the appraisal and identification of different spirit woods, explaining their properties, characteristics, and suitable applications.

Picking up several more scrolls, he realized they all contained knowledge about spirit wood that he had never encountered before.

Moving to the familiar Spirit Herb area, he found even more books. Dozens of shelves surrounded him, filled with Spirit Herb-related scrolls.

Wang Hong wondered, "What if I lend the Jade Scrolls to someone secretly? Can the sect really monitor me?"

Leaving the Book Tower, Wang Hong returned to Task Hall to pick up twenty new tasksten Alchemy tasks and ten Spiritual Medicine tasks. While he found Spiritual Medicine tasks easier, he dared not accept all of them.

Submitting various Spiritual Medicine regularly might arouse suspicion since the required Spiritual Medicine wasn't the mass-produced type cultivated by the sect. Explaining the source of his Spiritual Medicine could be problematic.

Back in his courtyard, Wang Hong examined the duplicated Jade Scrolls. He realized his initial concerns were unnecessary. The spiritual imprint he left on the blank Jade Scrolls acted like a lock, and only his spiritual sense, like a matching key, could access them. Any other intrusion would trigger the hidden restrictions and destroy the Jade Scrolls.

Considering the vast heritage of a sect spanning thousands of years, Wang Hong realized he couldn't easily exploit loopholes.

For the next month, Wang Hong followed a routinecrafting two Elixirs daily, cultivating for three hours, and spending the remaining time in his Space, studying the contents of the ten Jade Scrolls.

Although a month passed in the outside world, Wang Hong experienced two years within his Space, finally completing the study of the ten Jade Scrolls.

He then exchanged his findings for contribution points, used them to copy more Jade Scrolls, and continued this cycle for six months. The days were monotonous yet fulfilling, and Wang Hong found joy and satisfaction in his immersive learning.

Today, Wang Hong achieved a breakthrough, reaching the eighth level of Qi Cultivation.

His Alchemy skills also progressed, achieving a success rate of ninety percent, with at least one high-quality pill per furnace.

After completing his tasks, Wang Hong decided not to pick up new ones. He planned to visit Azure Void City.

With over half a year passed, items in the shops there should have sold. During this time, he accumulated some Elixirs, and Zhang Chunfeng helped refine more. Returning to Azure Void City would allow him to exchange them for Spirit Stones and expand his Space once again.

Wang Hong packed lightly, informed the sect of his temporary absence, and took off in the Windsoar Boat towards Azure Void City.

Wearing the standard Qingxu Sect dark robe, cultivators with some discernment would avoid targeting him to prevent potential consequences from the sect.

As for deliberately posing as a loose cultivator to attract bandits and then counter-attacking for treasures, he had no time for such activities.

He didn't care much about the few hundred Spirit Stones in the pockets of bandits. Bandits mostly targeted struggling loose cultivators, even if they squeezed them dry, the loot wouldn't amount to much.

Originally a journey of seven days, he reached Azure Void City in just five days with the Windsoar Boat.

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