Chương 52: System, Look! It’s Your Long-Lost Sister!

It's Your Long-Lost Sister!

After witnessing Azure Emperor being thrown into space, I was momentarily speechless before shifting my focus to others. Over the next few hours, I watched different scenes through [Scan] until Ren Qingquan finally regained consciousness in the morning. This lazy guy had slept for an astonishing 18 hours straight! Once awake, Ren Qingquan sat up and looked around his environment in a dazed manner. It lasted for a whole minute before I could hear him groggily think, 'Where am I? What am I doing here? Who am I?'

He asked several questions as he stretched. At last, Ren Qingquan finally regained his senses.

"This is definitely the best sleep I've had in the last week."

"Time to check the items I obtained yesterday!" Ren Qingquan opened the pouch he had received from the Disciple Registration Hall, then took the book with the sect rules and an introduction written on it. The book is only a little over 30 pages, with information packed as concisely as possible.

'System, I am too lazy to read it all. Can you help me summarize it?' [Host, did you think of the System as your AI Assistant? Stop asking for stupid things and just read it! The information in that book is already as concise as possible.]'Then, System, can you help me activate [Calculate] to let me memorize this faster?' [Alright.] Ren Qingquan picked up the book and began reading it. Thanks to [Calculate]'s help, Ren Qingquan finished reading after ten minutes.

'Alright, I think I've got the gist of what I need to do. I guess I'll need to find a new cultivation method that can help me break through, because I don't think I can find the advanced part of the Body Tempering Method in this Pure Wave Sect that I somehow joined muddleheadedly.'

"But first, I need to do something even more important." Ren Qingquan shouted in his mind, 'System, open my status screen. After dealing with this mess, my mind is a bit cloudy, and I kinda forget how deep in debt I am.' [Name: Ren Qingquan Point: -23 Cultivation realm: Peak Qi Refining. Cultivation method: Body Tempering Method. Cultivation Technique: Soul Swallowing Technique, Blood Nurturing Technique, Four Direction Sword (Level 1 / 4), Yang Armor (Level 1 / 4), Feather Step (Level 1 / 4). Profession: Corpse Refiner. System function: Devour, Scan, Calculate, Transfer, Map, Mission, Skill Learning, Selective Devour, One Hit Kill.]'Ohhh… It doesn't seem that bad,' he thought before closing the panel. Afterward, Ren Qingquan left his new house, thinking, 'I'll check the sect's library to find a suitable cultivation technique to switch to.' When he opened the System Map, which now showed the Pure Wave Sect map copied from Ren QIngquan's map, he asked, 'System, mark the location of the library.'

Within the Pure Wave Sect, each mountain has its own library, so I marked the library on the mountain where Ren Qingquan is currently located. The library is located near the mountain peak, which isn't far from Ren Qingquan's current location. Without even using any technique, Ren Qingquan soon arrived at the library. Perhaps because the land near the mountain peak is so precious, the library is quite simple. It's just a two-storied pagoda that doesn't take up too much space.

On top of the door, there's a sign that reads 'Outer Sect Mountain No. 174's Library.' After entering the library, I prepared my [Scan] to steal- Ahem take a peek at the books in the library. But after spreading my [Scan] until it enveloped the entire library, I only felt confusion. Where are the books? There are only seven books in the damn library! Shouldn't a library at least have a shelf full of books?

Instead of shelves filled with books, the library's first floor has only a single librarian, who looks to be in her early thirties, sitting behind a receptionist's desk. Except for the librarian, there are only a few study carrels with six people sitting at a distance away from each other. Each of them, including the librarian, holds exactly one book, which is the seven books I detected before.

As for the second floor, it's mostly empty except for the massive octagonal mirror that hangs from the ceiling, a few stacks of papers, and some block-shaped jades placed haphazardly in a corner. After entering, Ren Qingquan also noticed the library's unusual condition and asked the librarian as nicely as he could. After all, the librarian is someone in the Foundation building realm and could slap him to death.

"Why are there no books in the library?" The librarian smiled, "Are you a new junior brother?" Ren QIngquan nodded while smiling, "How does senior sister know?" After he said so, Ren Qingquan internally screamed while trying his best to keep his smile, 'Argggg, I felt like a xianxia-specific chuunibyou after saying that. Why does this stupid place have to call other senior sisters that and junior brothers this? My embarrassment nerve almost exploded!'

If you find this story on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the infringement. Blissfully ignorant of Ren Qingquan's crazed inner monologue, the librarian responded warmly, "Because only new disciples would ask that kind of question."

Then the librarian said, "Anyway, in the Pure Wave Sect, we no longer use books, jade slips, or other physical methods to record our techniques and place them in the library, because some talented people are born with a special divine sense that allows them to penetrate formations and other protective measures to forcibly read the information inside a book or on jade slips.

That's why our sect now keeps cultivation methods, techniques, and other important knowledge inside the database of our sect weapon, the Heaven Prying Mirror."

"You can browse the book's synopsis through the mirror replica on the library's second floor. After you find a suitable book and pay for it, the mirror will inscribe the book you want to read. You can also pay more to have the information inscribed on a one-time-use jade slip that lets you memorize it directly. Of course, that doesn't mean instant mastery of a technique or cultivation method, because it'll only help you memorize the book you choose."

After she explained everything, the librarian also thoughtfully brought Ren Qingquan to the second floor. Standing under the massive octagonal mirror hanging from the ceiling, the librarian asked, "Did you bring your identification token?" Ren Qingquan nodded and took the identification mirror from the pouch at his waist.

"You can bring it out and point it at the mirror." The librarian pointed to the mirror on the ceiling. Ren Qingquan held his identification toward the octagonal mirror, which soon shot a beam of golden light toward Ren Qingquan's identification token. Soon, the mirror stopped shooting a beam of light at Ren Qingquan's identification token. Instead, it shot a new beam of light in front of Ren Qingquan. From the beam of light, a golden holographic screen appeared in front of him.

On it, many book titles were listed, with their prices written beside each title. Wait a minute... A holographic book list? This thing is stealing my idea! I want my intellectual property protected!

'System, look! It's your sister!' Ren Qingquan blurted in his mind as he looked at the golden holographic screen in front of him. (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ Your damned sister is a hologram!' Wait a minute, System, I just realized something.' Ren QIngquan suddenly changed the topic.' Can you [Scan] the information from this hologram?' Ren QIngquan's question gave me a bad feeling. I quickly used [Scan] on both the holographic screen and the mirror hanging on the ceiling, but except for the interior of the mirror, which was filled with energy and runes, I didn't detect anything else. I tried to use [Scan] on the mirror and hologram a few more times, but I still couldn't find a way to force a peek at the information stored on the mirror. With a heavy heart, I sent the news to Ren Qingquan. [No] Ren Qingquan expressionlessly closed the holographic screen in front of him and turned to the librarian who had helped him." Thank you, senior sister, for your help, but it seems I don't have enough money to buy what I need."" Don't mind it. That's just my job." The librarian waved her hand." If you lack money, I recommend you visit the Mission Hall when you have the time. You can complete missions to collect spirit stones for the book you wanted."" Thank you for your advice." Ren Qingquan left the library and returned to his house. After arriving at his new house, Ren Qingquan sat on his bed in despair.' To think my dependable free book cheat has been nullified in this place.' I am also in despair about the Pure Wave Sect's protection of important books. Still, I am a professional System (fake) and need to provide other alternatives for Ren Qingquan to advance and strengthen himself. [Host, the System has a suitable cultivation technique for you among the books that have been scanned in the Martial Arts World.]'Martial Arts World?' [It's the world where you came from. The System has decided to call it the Martial Arts World because everyone there practiced martial arts.]'Whoa, we have a genius namer here. Please stop naming things from now on.' [Then, host, what are you going to name the world you were transmigrated into?]'The… the- umm… The… The Great… The Great Martial Emperor World?' Ren Qingquan: (⸝⸝╸-╺⸝⸝) System: [(¬_¬)]'We- well… Now that I think about it, the Martial Arts World is pretty good. It's a functional name that's easy to remember! You can even name the current world the Cultivation World to follow the established naming convention.' When I heard Ren Qingquan's last sentence, I sighed. Although I hate to admit it, it seems Ren Qingquan and I are indeed two peas in a pod. To think he actually chose to name the current world the Cultivation World. Unaware of my melancholy, Ren Qingquan asked, 'System, show me the cultivation method you've prepared for me.' [Here you go.] I opened a screen filled with dense text and human anatomy diagrams illustrating the Spirit Qi circulation pathways. Ren Qingquan ignored the dense text and headache-inducing images to read the title.' Basic Fundamental Principles To Create A Cultivation Method (That Even A Spiritually Enlightened Pig Can Learn).' Reading the title in his mind, Ren Qingquan's brain failed to process it for a moment. After feeling speechless at the super stupid title, Ren Qingquan asked, 'System, did you send the wrong screen? This one doesn't seem to be a Cultivation Method. Instead, it seems to show how to make a cultivation method.'' Do you want me to make my own Cultivation Method to show how much of a genius I am?' Ren Qingquan thought. Somehow, I could feel he was extremely smug as he said it. So I decided to take him down a peg. [Pffftt. What kind of idiot would ever ask you to make a cultivation method? The title isn't important. Although the books indeed have much important knowledge on creating cultivation methods, those are far too advanced for you.] [What System wants you to read is the Cultivation Method it used as an example to explain some points in creating a Cultivation Method.] The book indeed has a stupid title, but it's probably one of the most precious books I've scanned in the Martial Arts World. Not only does it cover the process of creating a personal cultivation method up to the Nascent Soul Realm, but it also includes several cultivation methods. Among them is a cultivation method called the 'Basic Fundamental Cultivation Method'. Given that it also uses the words 'basic' and 'fundamental' in its title, it is probably something the author of 'Basic Fundamental Principles To Create A Cultivation Method (That Even A Spiritually Enlightened Pig Can Learn)' made themselves. Anyway, the Basic Fundamental Cultivation Method is pretty average in all aspects, except that it can be cultivated through the Nascent Soul stage and allows the cultivator to easily switch to other cultivation methods without damaging their cultivation. Normally, switching cultivation methods requires the user to slowly change the spirit qi they have refined through their current method into the spirit qi refined by their new method. But some special cultivation methods, like this one, are neutral and are basically the proverbial blank page among cultivation methods. The cultivator could easily dye them in with whatever cultivation technique they liked later, without taking too long to re-refine their spirit qi. Actually, from my study, the Pure Wave Sect's basic cultivation technique also has this effect. However, the Pure Wave Sect's cultivation technique Ren Qingquan got is only the Qi Refining Section. And as noted before, Ren Qingquan doesn't have enough money to purchase the subsequent section.