After being freed from the identity of the Earthly Ghost Turtle, Meng Zhou began to consider his next steps.

Sneaking into the Xingxiu Sea is only the first step of the plan. There is still a long way to go before using this fourth-level spiritual vein to break the pill and become an infant.

Moreover, now there is another huge obstacle standing in front of him, which he did not expect at all when he made the plan.

"Xingxiu Tianchi!" Meng Zhou whispered softly in his heart.

…

In order to avoid leaving any traces as much as possible, although Meng Zhou used the female cultivator Fan Ling to sneak into the Xingxiu Sea, he deliberately did not use her to spy on the Xingxiu Sea.

His only interaction with this woman was to take a "hitchhike" with her return.

On Kou Chong's side, Meng Zhou often used the monkey demon's vision to observe Kou Chong's life and improve his understanding of Xingxiu Palace.

Through Kou Chong's dedicated exploration these days, Meng Zhou also gained a deep understanding of the "Xingxiu Tianchi".

…

On Lingming Island.

Inside a large stone hall.

Inside the hall, the space is very large.

Excellent lighting, transparent and bright.

In the empty hall, there are bookshelves one after another made of stone with a texture like black jade.

The spacing between each bookshelf is very large, and each bookshelf is equipped with insect-proof, moisture-proof and other functions.

On the bookshelf, there are volumes of paper books arranged in categories.

In addition to paper books, there are also special books that use bamboo slips, wooden slips, silk fabrics, and even animal skins or even tree bark to carry text or pictures.

Most of these books have a long history, and they can survive to this day thanks to the proper preservation of Xingxiu Palace and the conscious maintenance of all Xingxiu Palace residents.

Although, Xingxiu Palace did not know how many copies of the contents recorded in these books were secretly copied using jade slips.

If you want to look up some information, you can search directly on the jade slips with your spiritual consciousness, which is much more efficient than coming here to search through books one by one.

But when the Xingxiu Palace monks want to find an answer to the doubts in their hearts, this hall will still be their first choice.

Buried in a sea of ​​books, through time, have a direct dialogue with the collections accumulated by these Xingxiu Palace people from generation to generation, and exchange and discuss with the deep wisdom hidden in the classics.

When they look through these books, they see more than just the content contained in the text.

There is also every word itself written by the author's own hand.

The words written by the writers with their heart and wisdom are like solid music, like the continuous gurgling water, the heavy pause of the strokes, and even the trembling of a certain line, it is likely that there is something hidden in the book.

A certain throbbing in the reader’s state of mind at that time...

If you can completely immerse yourself in them and go deep into the words of these books, you can really touch the soul of the author, the wisdom and even some subtle thoughts that are not really recorded in words.

This kind of experience cannot be given by viewing the information on the jade slips.

This is a situation that can only be triggered by directly reading the first-hand text notes written by the author, completely immersing yourself in them, and even putting yourself in his shoes.

This is also the true expectation in the hearts of those who come here to seek answers to some confusions in their hearts.

They try to find a certain paragraph of words that makes their eyes light up and can even dispel all the gloom in their hearts from these words that are as numerous as the rivers of sand.

This was how Yanzhuang used to be.

The same is true for Kou Chong now.

At this moment, Kou Chong was sitting casually on the smooth and cold floor of the hall, with stacks of books piled around him.

The height of the pile of books exceeded the height of his body.

At this moment, a figure came from a distance and stopped outside the "maze array" formed by stacks of books.

This was a thin old man. At this moment, he had a straight face and looked at Kou Chong with anger, who was completely ignorant of the outside world.

"Kou Chong!" The old man suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted directly to Kou Chong who was buried in a pile of old papers.

Kou Chong didn't react at all.

"Kou Chong!"

The old man shouted again, this time, there was undisguised anger in his voice.

In addition to anger, there is also a wonderful power mixed with it.

When this sound entered Kou Chong's ears, it was like ox hair needles piercing Kou Chong's eardrums.

Kou Chong, who had no reaction at first, immediately let out a scream and even wanted to jump up on the spot.

But he was pinned to the ground by an invisible force.

Apart from barely lifting his head, he could no longer make any movements.

"Ah, Uncle Zheng!"

The old man known as "Uncle Zheng" is the current steward of the main hall here. Although, according to the rules of the Xingxiu Palace, as long as the cultivation level is in the same realm, they should treat each other as peers, and refer to each other as senior brothers, junior brothers, and senior sisters.

But the old man is really too old. If you really want to talk about it, he is even older than the Yuan Ying ancestor who died in his prime. A "young boy" like Kou Chong would not dare to call him carelessly. "Senior Brother Zheng", gradually, the old man named Zheng also got the conventional title of "Uncle Zheng".

"Uncle Zheng" gave a slight hum as a response.

He immediately noticed Kou Chong's red eyes, and then saw his face that looked too haggard due to long-term overdraft.

When the old man saw this, the anger in his heart immediately disappeared by eighty-nine points, and his voice quietly softened.

"How many times have I told you? Just read books in a disciplined manner. You can only take out a maximum of ten books at a time. After reading, return them to where they were before you can pick them up again!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Kou Chong who was sitting casually on the ground, then glanced at the piles of books surrounding him in the center, and his voice rose again:

"Besides, don't I provide you with tables and chairs here?

If you want to read a book, just read it in an upright manner. What are you like now?

If everyone behaves as randomly as you do, no one will be able to watch it for a long time!"

After listening to the old man's reprimand, Kou Chong stood up with a stern expression, bowed to the old man, and explained:

"Uncle Zheng, believe me, I must have been fascinated just now. I didn't want to run back and forth, so I just browsed at the bookshelf. I don't know why, so I sat down, and the books around me were piling up more and more... I

It’s really not intentional!”

The old man snorted.

"It doesn't matter whether you did it on purpose or not, you just did it.

...This is my third warning. If you ignore my words again, I will drive you away directly. You will never come here again!"

After hearing this, Kou Chong finally showed a nervous look on his face and put away all the little thoughts in his heart.

"Uncle Zheng, please wait a moment. I will correct it right now. I will correct it immediately!"

As he spoke, Kou Chong stretched out his hand and touched it gently, and all the books on the ground floated gently under the support of a gentle force.

Then, these books quickly dispersed, like tired birds returning to their nests, returning to different empty spaces on different bookshelves.

During the whole process, Kou Chong was cautious, as if he was afraid of bumping into them due to his rudeness.

After all the books were returned to their places, Kou Chong looked at the old man with a look on his face asking for credit.

As if to say: "Look, I have done everything you asked me to do."

The old man nodded with satisfaction, but warned again: "Remember, this won't happen again!"

"Hey, I took note of it... then you can do your work."

With that said, Kou Chong turned around and walked towards other bookshelf areas.

At this moment, the old man suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute."

Hearing this, Kou Chong stopped, turned around, and looked at the old man with doubts on his face.

The old man stared at Kou Chong and said, "You are in a very bad state now."

Kou Chong nodded, did not reply, and continued to look at "Uncle Zheng". The look of confusion on his face did not disappear, but intensified.

"If I remember correctly, you came here very quickly after you returned from the Juye wilderness half a year ago.

I stayed here for half a year and never went out again, right?"

"Well, yes." Kou Chong replied.

The old man nodded, thought for a while, and said: "I roughly understand what you are looking for. I can tell you clearly that if you continue to search like this, you will not get any results even if you stay here for a hundred years."

When Kou Chong heard this, he looked startled, and then murmured: "You mean, there is nothing I'm looking for here?"

The old man shook his head and said: "I don't know about that. I'm just a manager. If you ask me, who should I ask?"

Kou Chong was obviously not satisfied with his answer and muttered:

"Then why are you so sure that there will be no results if I stay here for a hundred years!

Since you don’t know, you shouldn’t say such things for no reason. Isn’t it fun to kill people’s hearts?!”

The old man shook his head again, "Is this what I'm talking about? I'm talking about your attitude and method of doing things!"
To be continued...