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"Hmm?" You Xiang had a strange look on her face as she asked, "Why do I smell a burnt stench?"

The others were also stunned as they smelled the scent.

Ruo Yun took out a handful of Spirit Sword and cut the three heads of Demonic Wolf. Immediately, a wave of black gas floated out.

"What's going on?" Ruo Yun was surprised. He didn't even use the fire cultivation technique, how could he use it to beat the three Demonic Wolf to such a state?

Di Chen explained: "Earlier, I refined a fire attribute demonic beast's beast core, and its energy was filled with heat. This fist may seem like a brute strength, but in reality, it is equivalent to a fire cultivation technique."

When he was at Ten Thousand Swords Gate, Di Chen had already eaten the spirit beast core guarding the mountain, and the flames entered his body, filling it up with his flesh and blood. His body was filled with the berserk heat, even the majority of fire cultivation technique did not have the same level of heat as Di Chen.

When the few of them heard this, their faces were filled with astonishment and envy. They thought to themselves, why didn't such a good thing happen to them?

Jing Lan laughed: "Although Di Chen has not broken through to the ninth stage of martial arts, there are very few people who are his match at the moment. If he were to raise his cultivation by a little, then he would be even stronger.

The others also agreed with him. If it was before, Bai Xun would definitely retort, but now, it was not his place to say anything else.

"Oh right," You Qin asked. "Di Chen, what else do you need? After you finish preparing, we will bring you to a place."

Di Chen thought for a while, then said: "I want to raise my cultivation realm, it would be best to find a place like the Academy to buy some ancient books first."

Previously, Di Chen brought back a lot of ancient books from Ten Thousand Swords Gate, but the contents of those books were at odds with Di Chen's thoughts. The books were filled with slave thoughts, so Di Chen did not plan to read them anymore.

You Qin was silent for a moment, then said: "There is such a place in Crystal City, I'll take you there."

After walking through the streets and alleys, they finally found an ancient book house. The sign outside hung with the words "Xiang Nan book house", and after they entered, they saw a white-haired old man holding a book and reading it carefully, as if he did not see Di Chen and the rest. He did not even glance at Di Chen.

Inside the bookstore, there were only a few Humble Class children reading books. On both sides, there were bookshelves filled with books, but what surprised Di Chen was that there were actually many forbidden books inside.

The Thousand Autumn Dynasty forbids the sale of forbidden books, but this place was publicly displayed on the bookshelves. Di Chen thought to himself, This old man was also powerful.

"Di Chen, go and choose your book. We'll wait for you outside."

You Qin said. This place was filled with books by the ancient scholars, there were some famous people there, some were chatting about geographically, some were weird novels, and some were poems. She was not interested in these books at all.

As a scholar, Di Chen could tell at a glance just how good the books were.

"Hm?" Guan Canghai? " The title was very interesting, he took the book and looked, the author's name was Ni Ming, Di Chen remembered this person, the person who was the top scholar when Di Chen participated in the Imperial examinations, Di Chen did not expect to see his book.

This book was a travel diary, recording the ten years of wandering on the sea. He had been to many places, seen too many literary customs, and would carefully record the local interesting stories every time he went there, followed by her own feelings. Di Chen was not interested in the human customs, but Di Chen was very curious about his feelings.

However, in reality, Di Chen did not know that he was actually the top scholar. It was only because someone had seen through his idea in the article that he had been disqualified from being the top scholar.

"Although this Frowning is not a great scholar of his generation, his words are filled with the comprehension of his life. This kind of essay is indeed suitable for cultivation."

Di Chen kept the < Observing the Vast Ocean > book and then continued to browse the bookshelves.

"Hmm?" It was the first time that Di Chen had seen a book that could also release the power of a scholar. Di Chen suddenly remembered that the words that he wrote with the power of a scholar were actually just the power of a scholar, he thought that maybe this was the case, it seemed like this was a literati.

Di Chen did not open the books, he kept the books, these two were enough for him to cultivate. He walked over to the old man and handed him the two books: "Elder, I will buy these two books and accept them."

The old man casually glanced at the two books, then raised his head to look at Di Chen. No one knew what he was thinking, then casually said: "One hundred million."

Di Chen was startled, but did not say anything. He opened his own money pouch, but the pouch only had a few hundred silver, he then remembered that he had used up all his silver to help Zi Yan cultivate his martial soul.

Di Chen scratched his head and walked out. When he saw Di Chen coming out, he smiled and asked: "Have you bought it yet?"

Di Chen said awkwardly: "I don't have enough money, can you lend me some?"

"Sure," You Qin was also very polite as she asked, "No need to borrow, I'll gift it to you. Is five million silver enough?"

Di Chen said with a bitter smile: "One hundred million."

Hearing that, You Qin's face turned pale, one hundred million gold was not a small sum, even she felt pained.

Bai Xun immediately jumped up and scolded: "Di Chen, don't be too greedy, we saved your life, and even brought you here to buy the things you need, but you actually said one hundred million, why don't you just die?"

One hundred million silver could even buy many rare pills, and could at least make a martial king and raise his cultivation by several levels. Forget about a martial king, even Jing Lan would be reluctant to part with such a Martial King.

You Xiang said with good will: "Di Chen, aren't you being too deceitful, I will help you talk inside, the price is too high."

After she finished speaking, she angrily rushed in. To her, many martial arts techniques didn't require such a price. Why would a scholar's book need such a price?

You Xiang rushed in and shouted, "Old man, it's just two books, but you only need a hundred million gold. Aren't you being too greedy?"

The old man did not even look at You Xiang as he continued to flip through the books in his hands.

Bai Xun scolded in anger: "Those scholars from the academy only look at a little more than 10 taels of silver at most, but you, you actually want 1 million taels for two broken books, we warriors do not even need 1 hundred million taels, what right do you have to take it?"

The old man was too lazy to look at him and continued to read his book.

Seeing that the old man had ignored him, Bai Xun slapped the table heavily, just as he was about to curse angrily …

At this time, the old man suddenly raised his head, and looked coldly at Bai Xun.

Bai Xun only felt a gust of cold air entering his body, he was so scared that his expression changed, as though he had met some terrifying danger, and he swallowed his words back.

Jing Lan realized that the old man's strength was not ordinary and immediately bowed: "Senior, we were being unreasonable just now, I hope senior will not bother with us."

The old man calmed down and said, "These two books are one hundred million taels. If you are willing to buy them, then buy them. If you are unwilling, then put them back. No one will force you to buy them."

Jing Lan did not know whether this book was good or bad, or whether it was useful to the literati, but she looked at Di Chen and let him make the decision.

Di Chen calmly replied: "We bought it …"

Then, he looked at You Qin and said, "This one hundred million silver is yours to lend to me. I'll pay it back later."

Seeing that Di Chen was no longer adamant, he took out a money pouch and said: "Alright, here is one hundred million."

"Idiot …" Bai Xun cursed in a low voice, he did not think that the book would have much use.

Di Chen gave the money to the old man, bowed to him, kept the two books and left. Jing Lan also clasped her hands in respect.

After exiting the library, Di Chen stopped and turned to say: "This senior must be very extraordinary, I'm guessing that he is also a literati."

Jing Lan also felt the terrifying aura of the old man a moment ago, and said: "I really didn't think that such a terrifying person would be hiding here, I wonder what realm he is at."

Ruo Yun was silent for a moment, then said: "Who do you think is stronger between him and the old Sect Leader?"

Hearing that, everyone was startled, no one had any opinions, only a serious face, to be able to compare this old man with their Sect Leader, how strong could he be?

You Qin smiled and said: "It isn't strange for there to be many hidden experts in the continent of martial arts, let's go, in a while, we will meet with those people. During this time, let Elder Di Chen cultivate and strive to break through the King Wen's six stages, then we can have more confidence."

When that group of people were mentioned, they all had a solemn expression on their faces. It was obvious that everyone was extremely respectful towards that person.

"Let's not talk about this …" Jing Lan said: "Di Chen, first, find a place to cultivate in the Scholar's Realm. It's best if you can break through King Wen's six stages within half a month."

To break through a small realm in half a month's time was extremely difficult for Di Chen. Di Chen inwardly thought that since these fellows were so anxious to let him level up, they must have encountered some troublesome matters.

Afterwards, everyone brought Di Chen to an inn and arranged a room for him to cultivate.

In a certain guest room.

Ruo Yun looked at Jing Lan and asked: "Are you preparing to let Di Chen compete with that person in You Qin's place?"

Jing Lan said with a grave expression on her face: "You Qin's strength is not bad, but her time in cultivation is too short, I believe I cannot defeat that person, and cannot take the risk.

When You Qin heard this, she also laughed bitterly. In fact, she herself did not have the confidence to deal with that person, hence she agreed to what Jing Lan had done.

You Qin was worried: "But Di Chen is not from our Nether Moon Sect, I'm afraid they will not agree."

This was a problem. Jing Lan wanted Di Chen to fight in his place, but the problem was that he did not want Di Chen to know their identities.

Jing Lan could not think of a solution at the moment, so she said: "Let's see, let's go, they must be waiting for us right now. You Qin, you will go with us, You Xiang, Bai Xun, you two stay behind."