#891 - Chapter 891: Ancient Books That Require Self-Castration

Climbing the stone slab "pathway" along the mountain depression to the top of Sword Cave, one could see pavilions nestled among the towering rocks on each peak. Waterfalls cascaded down the cliffs like curtains, and ancient trees and strange vines surrounded the deep pools, with rainbows and colorful lights floating all around.

Faintly hearing the birds singing in the secluded valley, it was a world of immortals isolated from everything.

Sect Master Luo Yangtian often walked along the stone slabs to the top of Sword Cave, overlooking the entire Star River Sect, taking in the prosperous, solemn, and majestic scenery of the sect.

Whenever this happened, the pride in his heart rippled out like waves, a feeling that made one's heart yearn.

The Star River Sect had once again regained its glory in his hands. As the Sect Master, he felt that he had not failed the expectations of the previous patriarchs.

Next, he had to repair the Star River, ensuring starlight paved the way every time he appeared, so as to demonstrate the status and aura of the Sect Master.

Subconsciously, he scanned his storage ring with his divine sense and found that the number of spirit stones had sharply decreased. Such a large and prosperous sect consumed spirit stones like flowing water.

Therefore, Luo Yangtian had to ponder how to obtain spirit stones. After a period of hard thinking, he realized that he could only take a long-term view and sighed in resignation.

Meanwhile, the disciples of逍遥 Peak had been collecting and restoring various cultivation methods and classics in the藏书阁.

In the past year alone, they had repaired tens of thousands of volumes. They handed over any incomprehensible, yellowed ancient texts or other incomplete fragments to Luo Yangtian.

However, they later discovered that the ancient books they sent were not given special treatment, so they had to take them back.

Even Sect Master Luo Yangtian could not understand these ancient books and could only let them gather dust and continue to accumulate in the river of time.

Once, a piece of yellowed ancient book with almost blurred writing was blown away by the wind. The disciples chased after it, but still could not prevent it from falling into the Bitter Sea. Soon, the yellowed paper was soaked by the seawater.

"Ah, stop it!" Lin Yaoyao, who was running at the front, shouted almost frantically. Ye Kong sat by the Bitter Sea, holding a small fishing rod, looking at his disciples chasing after him with a surprised expression.

"What's the panic?" Ye Kong asked calmly.

"Master, this ancient book has existed for too long. Perhaps we cannot understand it, but what if a person with extraordinary talent emerges among the descendants?"

Xiao Bai, who had caught up, explained seriously while panting.

Ye Kong looked at Lin Yaoyao, then at Xiao Bai and the others, "You, you, and you, can't understand it?"

Ye Kong's reaction made his disciples feel inexplicable, as if he could understand it.

If you could understand it, would you still be at the Qi Refining stage?

Ye Kong beckoned to the carp in the Bitter Sea. The carp spat bubbles and swam around in the Bitter Sea, its mouth slightly open, biting the pieces of paper soaked in seawater, jumping up and spitting them onto the shore.

It was thought that the records on the ancient book would become blurred after being soaked in water, but unexpectedly, the water of the Bitter Sea seemed to only wash away some dust, making the ancient book look clearer at this moment.

It was not that the water of this Bitter Sea was special, but that Ye Kong silently stretched out a finger and poured a stream of spiritual power into the water, causing the ink that had been washed away by the water to reunite.

He did all of this so subtly that none of his disciples noticed.

"Isn't this the ancient《无相劫指》?" Ye Kong said lightly.

"Even the Sect Master can't understand this book, Master, you actually…" Lin Yaoyao said with a strange expression.

"This cultivation method is a bit evil, I don't recommend you cultivate it. If you don't believe me, go ask Yun Zu," Ye Kong said, touching his small fishing rod and looking at the ripples on the surface of the Bitter Sea.

The disciples, with faces full of doubt, took the ancient book and flew quickly to Heavenly Sword Peak to find Yun Zu.

Yun had been busy repairing Heavenly Sword Peak during this time and was finally about to begin arranging the formation for Sword Cave.

This meant that the moment the God-Slaying Formation was completed, Heavenly Sword Peak would reach a new level.

Yun had just taken a sip of tea while sitting on the Peak Master's seat when he saw the disciples of逍遥 Peak rushing over in a hurry.

She could only pout and reluctantly take the ancient book and throw it back into the藏书阁.

Since then, occasionally disciples would take ancient books to Ye Kong for advice, and Ye Kong would give some guidance based on the disciples' understanding.

He even deliberately pretended not to understand and ran to the Bitter Sea to ask, but Ye Kong did not expose them. His tone and expression were very calm, and he would answer whatever they asked.

Unexpectedly, the Qi Refining Master had quite high comprehension, which caused a stir among the disciples.

Thinking about it, the Master was good in other aspects except for being unable to establish a foundation. He was handsome, had a good personality, and was also good to his disciples.

This day, Ye Kong had just completed his day's fishing task and found that the system panel was lit with a red background light. He curiously clicked on it.

It turned out that there was still one item in a free gift pack that had not been extracted. Ye Kong scanned it with his divine sense and clicked on it.

A white light flashed, and a black bead appeared in his hand.

Ye Kong held it in his hand, like a small black steel ball he played with when he was a child.

Although it looked ordinary on the outside, Ye Kong could feel the huge energy contained within. This one alone could destroy the entire Star River Sect.

Ye Kong didn't think much about it, played with it in his hand for a while, and then put it into his storage ring.

At this time, a spiritual power fluctuation was transmitted from his ear. Ye Kong poured spiritual power into it, and Yun's voice appeared in his mind: "Peak Master Ye, the God-Slaying Formation of Sword Cave is about to be repaired, please prepare yourself."

Ye Kong waved his hand gently, the voice disappeared. He pondered for a while, it was time to go to紫霞阁.

Unconsciously, his divine sense scanned the red crystal lying quietly in the storage ring again, it was time to find its owner.

Ye Kong's mind moved, and the next second, he disappeared from the spot. There was a "咻" sound of flying through the sky.

Because the speed was too fast, the vibration caused by compressing the air spread out like ripples. Only those with high cultivation could detect this change.

When his figure stabilized again, Ye Kong had already appeared in the议事大厅 of紫霞阁. Ye Ling, wearing a purple凤冠霞帔, was noble and dignified, and was seriously reviewing奏章.

She was completely unaware that there was an extra person in the hall, until玄 noticed that the aura was wrong. He looked puzzled and hurried into the hall.