Chương 10: I Want To Be A Necromancer!

While Ren Qingquan stands before the library, I use our connection to borrow Ren Qingquan's senses. From his eyes, I could see the Ren family's library on my own. The library consisted of a five-storied pagoda. The exteriors of the first through fourth floors are filled with intricate engravings and carry marks of time. As for the fifth floor, it somehow looked much more pristine compared to the other floors. After Ren Qingquan entered the pagoda, he saw an old man sitting behind a table while dozing off.

Sensing Ren Qingquan's entry, he slightly opened one of his eyes and said, "Ren Wangzhen's grandson? Show me your identity token and you can enter." Ren Qingquan took a jade token from his pocket and respectfully handed it to the old man. As for why he does so respectfully. It's because Ren Qingquan has just seen the massive blue dots representing that old man on the map.

Compared to his small Martial Master level dot, the old man's dot is around the same size as his grandfather's, which means he is also at the level of Martial Lord. That's right, this old man is the hidden master librarian that's often seen in xianxia novels. After the old man took Ren Qingquan's jade token, he stamped some papers with it and returned it to Ren Qingquan while reciting a long list of rules.

"As a core member of Ren family, you may copy the books from the first, second, and third floors as much as you want. This year, you have up to an hour to read and brought one of the books on the fourth floor here so I can transcribe it for you. Don't try to do something funny inside the fourth floor as I have my own means to sense the whole library. The time starts upon reaching the fourth floor, so spend your time wisely."

"As for whether or not you have brought a book. Once the time passes, you will be immediately kicked off the fourth floor. Also, I must repeat this for everyone. You are not allowed to share the books in the library without permission!" After speaking, the old man closed his eyes and continued to doze off.

"Thank you, I understand." Ren Qingquan thanked the old man and began to explore the surroundings with curiosity. Except for Ren Qingquan and the old man. On the first floor of the Ren family's library, there are also several people looking around the bookshelf. The original Ren Qingquan rarely visited the library. Furthermore, he always visited it with Ren Shiluo, who always immediately brought him to the second floor and above. So, Ren Qingquan didn't know much about the books placed on the library's first floor.

While glancing around like a curious kid, I could feel Ren Qingquan's excitement as his thoughts were filled with nothing but the word 'martial arts book.' He quickly walked towards a random shelf and picked a book. Seeing the word 'My Domineering Sect Master's Tender Love Vol. 1' on the cover. I could see Ren Qingquan's flabbergasted expression.

'Maybe those books contains some sort of encrypted information?' Ren Qingquan thought while skimming through it. Once he reached the end of the book and saw the word 'Contribution of Ren family's sixty fourth matriarch, Ren Shiyun' written on it. His expression turned weird.

'Why is there a romance novel inside a martial art family's library?! Where is the martial arts book that has been promised?!' Ren Qingquan returned the book and looked at the book held by the surrounding people. He saw several people holding books with online novel-like titles and massaged his temple. To be honest, I was also speechless when I realized those books were novels. What's with the titles 'My Senior Brother Loves To Pester Me', 'Slaying Monsters, Annihilating Demons Vol.

3', or 'The Venerable Demonic Cultivator Is Doting Me Vol. 7' If that's not weird enough. I actually saw a teenage boy reading a book titled 'My Secret Adventure With Demoness Lin (With Illustration)' while blushing and constantly looking around. Did that guy actually read an adult novel in public?! I must praise his guts. After praising that boy, I turned my attention to Ren Qingquan, who was skimming through several novels. While skimming through some novels in search of hidden techniques.

He accidentally found an interesting series and somehow spent an entire hour reading up to volume 3 of the book. To be honest, I am also pretty interested in the novel Ren Qingquan is reading. But there is another important thing. So I decided to remind him. [Ding! The book that the host read isn't included in the mission's target.] Luckily, Ren Qingauan regained his senses upon seeing my message and unwillingly returned that book to the shelves. I must praise my own brilliant idea.

If I hadn't added a deadline, Ren Qingquan might still waste his time on the library's first floor, busy reading novels.

Ren Qingquan unwillingly returned the book to the bookshelf and entered the second floor. Compared to the first floor. The books on the second floor are much more normal. If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. There are books about general knowledge like history and geography, theories about martial arts, and several other miscellaneous topics. After picking a book called 'Introduction To The World's History'.

Ren Qingquan sat at a table and began reading. As he reads the book, I activate Ren Qingquan's [Scan] and record the text word for word. It took me five minutes to record the whole book. Which should be pretty fast. By the time I finished, I saw Ren Qingquan busy copying the book in his hand. I got a bit curious and asked. [Host, what are you doing?]'Hmm? System?' Ren Qingquan raised his eyebrows.

'I am copying the book to complete the system mission.' Ehh? Is he actually trying to complete my mission? I thought he was just bored and decided to waste time. Now I think about it. It seems I forgot to tell him he could simply ask me to use [Scan] and record the book he wanted to collect. [Actually, the host may activate 'Scan' on books to record them into the system database. Host may read the recorded information in the system library upon meeting the unlocking criteria.]'Eh?'

Ren Qingquan accidentally put too much force on the quill in his hand and caused it to snap.

'Are you saying I am just wasting my time by copying this book?' [Correct.] Ren Qingquan: (⁠ノ⁠｀⁠Д⁠´⁠)⁠ノ⁠彡⁠┻⁠━⁠┻'Tell me that from the beginning!' Ren Qingquan slammed his book shut and shouted in his mind.

'System, activate [Scan]!' I sent him a notification. [Please wait, System is recording.] After five minutes, which is the time I spent to [Scan] the book before. I sent him another notification. [Scan completed.] After seeing the notification, Ren Qingquan picked several other random, seemingly useful general books and began scanning them to complete the missions. While scanning his seventh book, Ren Qingquan arrived in front of a slightly more dusty bookshelf and picked a book from it.

Seeing the title 'Basic Of Array Formation', both Ren Qingquan and I became confused. My [Scan] skimmed through the titles on the surrounding shelves and found that most were about cultivation. Why does a martial arts world have something that comes straight out of xianxia novels? I tried to probe inside the original Ren Qingquan's memory and found nothing related to cultivator.

Then, I tried to look for more information from the memory and found a memory when Ren Shiluo brought a much younger-looking Ren Qingquan into the library several times. At that time, the young Ren Qingquan had also found a cultivation book and become curious. So, he asked Ren Shiluo about it. Ren Shiluo said those techniques required spirit qi to use. But, there is no spirit qi at all in the world, which makes them mostly useless. That's why they are placed on the library's second floor.

When I heard Ren Shiluo's explanation within the original Ren Qingquan's memory, I nodded, finding it incredibly logical. No wonder the original Ren Qingquan hasn't seen any trace of a cultivator in his life. There isn't any spirit qi in the world. Is this world actually in some sort of dharma-ending era I've sometimes read in novels? The era where spirit qi disappears, and cultivation becomes a legend? So, these cultivation books are actually relics from the ancient era? Wait a minute!

I suddenly recalled Xiao Cai's healing technique. That technique is unmartial art-ific, or whatever the equivalent of unscientific for martial arts is. Is it possible that what she has been using is actually a cultivation technique? Furthermore, she activated that technique by drawing on energy unlike that of other martial artists. I suspect that energy is actually the spirit qi mentioned by Ren Shiluo before. How did Xiao Cai get the spirit qi if it didn't exist in the world?

Furthermore, I am pretty sure I've detected a faint energy I've suspected to be spirit qi inside Ren Shiluo's body, too. This world is growing ever more confusing, and the people around Ren Qingquan are growing even more suspicious.

While I am thinking about many things, Ren Qingquan is checking around the bookshelf and finds several other books. There are books called 'Basic Of Alchemy', 'How To Manage Fire Temperatures On A Type-31 Mass Produced Alchemy Cauldron', 'Rain Gathering Art', 'Decomposing Mystic Art', and many other cultivation-related titles. There is actually a weirdly titled book, but I decided to ignore it.

After asking me to [Scan] all of them, Ren Qingquan grabbed a book titled 'Basic of Corpse Refining' and silently stared at it. Suddenly, he asked me, 'Sytem, do you think this techniques are legit and there are cultivators in this world?' Are you just asking me that question after you've told me to [Scan] and record several books? I am not sure what he is planning, but I decided to share some information I've guessed with Ren Qingquan. [The technique is most likely real. System has also seen the host's maid has used something like a cultivation technique to heal the host when you're unconscious.]'Then, why didn't I see any cultivator in the original Ren Qingquan's memory?' [It seems to be because there's no spirit qi in this world.]'Then, how does Xiao Cai got a spirit qi to activate a cultivation technique?' [Please find it out by yourself. The System isn't omniscient.] Ren Qingquan shrugged at my reply, 'Well, I am kinda interested in this corpse refining skill.

It's pretty much the necromancy of cultivation world, right?' He then went into a trance while reminiscing.

'I'm pretty sure the last few novels I read before I reincarnated is a novel with necromancer protagonist. So, I wanna be a necromancer too!' I became extremely speechless. Are you seriously selecting your future path that mindlessly? Is that even how a normal person's brain usually works? After I scanned that book, Ren Qingquan told me to [Scan] a few other books about general knowledge and completed a part of the mission I gave him.

After he finished, I saw him walk up the stairs and enter the third floor of the library. Unlike the first and second floor where there are quite a lot of people. There is only one man on the third floor. Furthermore, he is currently looking around the bookshelves with a serious expression. Ren Qingquan ignored that person and looked at the surrounding bookshelves. The third floor is filled with books on martial arts methods and basic martial arts techniques.

Those are pretty much useless for the current Ren Qingquan. Compared to the low-level methods on the third floor, which only allow the user to reach the Martial Grandmaster realm. His Flame Tempering Method is already among one of the most powerful martial arts methods in the world. It allows him to reach the Martial Emperor level, which is the peak of the world. As for a martial arts technique, his Iron Palm technique is already one of the best close combat techniques.

It combined defense and attack into a single technique. Furthermore, learning even one martial arts technique takes a long time, and mastering a technique is more important than learning many techniques. So, Ren Qingquan simply picked 20 relatively thinner thread-bound books and asked me to [Scan] them. It seems he has realized my scanning speed is related to the book's size. After spending three minutes on average to [Scan] each book. Ren Qingquan finally completed the mission I gave him.

[Congratulations on completing a mission! You've been rewarded with the System Library function.]