Chapter 66: The Sacred Light Forbidden Book

  After having a dinner of venison, Laga first came to the bar in the tavern and continued to work on his unfinished tasks.

  A wine glass looks easier to clean than a table, chair or bench, but it's not an easy task to do it well. Leiga has seen Xiepu wiping the wine glass - fine, perfect and accurate, just wiping the wine glass, but it feels like practicing finger flexibility.

  Lei Ga tried to imitate from memory, but couldn't quite get it. He didn't force it either, and instead carefully wiped the wine cup inside and out a hundred times before leaving the counter and heading towards the back of the tavern to fulfill his deserved punishment - cleaning the storage room.

  The sky was already dark at this time, and through the gap of the storage room door, a faint blue light emitted by the magic candle could be seen.

  The storage room was originally a ruined wall behind the Crow's Nest Tavern, with three walls collapsed. Now it has been repaired by Shep and serves as a warehouse for storing important items.

  Lei Ga pushed open the unstable wooden door and walked in, seeing under the candlelight that precious items such as herbs, tools, and books were all scattered and piled up on the floor.

  He didn't say another word and started searching one by one, categorizing the items and putting them away.

  Herbs and alchemy tools were reduced by half, leaving only some basic things, including strong recovery potions and underwater breathing potions that Rega was familiar with, which wasn't very troublesome to clean up.

  The magic candles were originally not just two, but Rega didn't find any other candles. It seems that they were sold by Shep for gold coins. These magical household items are very valuable and are a must-have for wealthy families, but they don't help much in improving Rega's abilities. Shep selling them was the right decision.

  The treasure chest was left with only one, and the other magic boxes were kept in the kitchen by Chef to store meat products because they could maintain a constant temperature, which also led to many truly valuable items being placed on the floor of the storage room.

  Lei Ga Xing opened the only treasure chest in the storage room and found it was filled with glittering gold coins. The gold coins reflected dazzling light under the shining of the magic candlelight.

  Putting thousands of gold coins in a place like this, aren't you afraid of being stolen?

  But as soon as this thought emerged, Leiga couldn't help but mock himself. Looking around the four continents, who else could steal things under the eyes of a top-notch assassin?

  He casually closed the treasure chest of gold coins and began to sort out other items, without any attachment to those dazzling golden lights.

  Among all of Xu Lingtian's inheritance, the vast majority of things had been dealt with by Xie Pu. Not only were there only two magic candles left, but many identical types of herbs and alchemy tools also only had that small necessary part left, the only items that hadn't been dealt with were books.

  Xie Pu didn't sell a single book, instead he moved all the books from Xu Lingtian's storage room over. It can be seen that he regards books as his true treasure. Any material wealth and gold coins will eventually run out, but the knowledge gained from books will never be depleted.

  And these books also became one of Lega's priorities for sorting out.

  Anyway, Xie Pu won't let him sleep tonight, so Le Ga sits on the floor and flips through those ancient classics one by one.

  Most of the books are alchemy guides. From basic explanations of alchemy to more advanced synthesis formulas, and even illustrated guides to various herbs, they all have detailed introductions. Rega marked some useful formulas, such as the configuration methods for restorative potions and underwater breathing potions, waiting for a leisurely day to study them.

  Although he wasn't particularly interested in alchemy, knowing more about potions would definitely be beneficial. Moreover, he had previously planned to practice swordsmanship underwater, so concocting a water-breathing potion was necessary.

  As for some extremely difficult ones, such as the limited invincibility potion, he decided not to waste his energy studying them.

  Apart from the piles of alchemy books, there were also some records of strange events on the Four Kings Continent, such as "The Underground Water Pattern of the Kingdom of Flow". The author of this book put forward an incredible point of view, believing that as long as the Kingdom of Flow could dig a serpentine tunnel and divert the Angry River flowing through the other three countries into it, they would be able to reactivate the underground water.

  Lei Ga found it laughable that the Flowing Kingdom could obtain the rights to the Angry River port only by invading other countries. But if they had the power to invade other countries, why would they still need to divert underground water? The author of this must have been kicked in the head by a Mongdo beast.

  Lei Ga put down "The Underground Water Pattern of the Kingdom of Run" and picked up another beautifully bound book, "Snow Love".

  This book, in the form of poetry, tells the story of a noble girl from the Maple Snow Kingdom who, after a series of emotional entanglements, falls in love with her own barbarian slave. After the slave is put to death, she seeks revenge on life.

  The story is full of holes and lacks logic, with many explicit descriptions. It tells the story of a noble girl who was first toyed with by her noble cousin, then willingly gave herself to other nobles to prove her love for him. Later, she discovered that her cousin was also playing with her sister and stepmother, leading her to abandon all restraint and go to a brothel, where she was played with by strangers. When forced to sleep with over a dozen strong men at the same time, her male slave, who had been silently protecting her, finally erupted in anger, killing the men who were playing with her. He then took off his pants to reveal his true feelings to the noble girl, and upon seeing his large endowment, she reignited her passion for him. The two of them then engaged in a passionate encounter on the spot...

  This book should not be called "Snow Love", but rather "How She Was Played by a Group of Men and Eventually Became a Woman Who Played with a Group of Men" - Fortunately, both of them died in the end.

  This book wasn't anything special, but what's good about it is that it's actually written in both Common Speech and Barbarian Language, with each sentence of Common Speech followed by the corresponding Barbarian Language, unfortunately without any grammatical introduction.

  Lei Ga tried to read a few sentences of the barbarian language, but the pronunciation was really awkward and difficult to learn, and it was dull and tasteless, so he threw this book into the mountain of books.

  "The Forest of Jylland Hunting Guide" is quite practical, this book introduces the distribution area and precautions of the barbaric beasts in the Kingdom of Forest Rock in the form of illustrations. Rega made a mark, thinking that it will definitely be useful in the future.

  There is also "The Legend of Huayun", which tells the story of a talented young man who single-handedly goes to the palace, defeats all the king's warriors, and forces the king to marry his daughter to him. Leiga was just getting into it when the plot suddenly stopped at the scene where the talented young man enters the bridal chamber, greatly disappointing him.

  What Rega cherished the most was a book called "The Habits of Ancient Dragons". The pages of this book were made entirely from the skin of three-star barbarian beasts, each piece of leather flawless. Holding the thick book in his hands was like holding several thousand years of history.

  On the flyleaf of the book there is a line of handwritten small characters: This book is the explicit order of the Holy Light Sisterhood, readers please do not show it to others, so as to avoid unnecessary trouble.

  The font is neat and has a flavor of ancient calligraphy, but it's obviously not the original author's handwriting. It seems that this book was written before the Holy Light Sisterhood brainwashed the masses.

  The content of the book is also rich and colorful, starting from the climate and geography of the Four Kings Continent, and explaining in detail the survival characteristics of ancient giant dragons. The book not only describes in detail the five major dragon clans, as well as their unique abilities, but also explains why the powerful dragon clan was forced out of the historical stage by the insignificant human beings.

  The reproduction of giant dragons is completely different from that of humans. Humans can reproduce after a pregnancy of ten months, while giant dragons need to lay dragon eggs and then incubate for a full hundred years before producing new offspring. The life cycle of giant dragons is also different from that of humans. After the young dragon hatches from the egg, it takes another hundred years to grow into a dragon shape, and another hundred years to become an adult dragon. A newly matured giant dragon can transform into a human-like appearance, but only in its late teens.

  The life cycle of the giant dragon is very long, with six or seven hundred years being a normal lifespan, and some dragons can live for thousands of years. It is precisely because of this that older generations of giant dragons often kill young dragons to consolidate their own position, and only a few young dragons in a batch of dragon eggs can escape disaster. At the same time, human reproduction has been increasing rapidly, and when the number of humans reaches an overwhelming advantage, resisting the rule of the dragon clan becomes a natural consequence.

  The old giant dragon was killed by the dragon slayers in battle, and the new young dragon did not have a dragon shape, unable to resist the angry iron hooves of the slave humans, the precarious situation inevitably led to the destruction of the powerful dragon clan.

  These detailed materials just complemented some of the historical accounts of the "Dragon Epoch" that Xie Pu had told him.

  Lei Ga was immersed in the vast ocean of books, and after finishing a thick copy of "Habits of Ancient Dragons", it was already early morning on the second day.

  Dawn light shone through the window and into the room, and a savory aroma wafted from the kitchen.

  Lei Ga rubbed his eyes, carefully put away the book, and then got up to leave the storage room, coming into the kitchen.

  "Come on down and eat." Xie Pu simply glanced at him and continued to busy himself in front of the large pot.

  Lei Ga immediately shouted towards the attic: "Brother Ya, dinner is ready!"

  "Wow!"

  The crow glided out of the room on the gallery and landed lightly on Lega's shoulder, just as it had fallen onto Shep's. Lega didn't take it for just a bird, and it also generated basic trust in Lega.

  Lei Ga sat down at the dinner table, and the crow jumped off his shoulder, standing in front of its own plate.

  Today's breakfast was still a dish of venison, paired with deer blood and tiger whip wine. After a large bowl of venison was brought up, Leiga didn't stand on ceremony and immediately wolfed it down.

  "Have you been reading all night?"

  Xie Pu ate while asking slowly and calmly.

  "Uh-huh."

  Lei Ga apologized and said: "I've been reading too much, the storage room hasn't been tidied up yet."

  "It doesn't matter, just tidy up when you have time."

  "What books have you read?"

  Lei Ga roughly went through the book he had browsed for one night and added his own unique insights into the content of the book.

  Xie Pu listened and didn't express any opinion, but said calmly: "After finishing breakfast, continue to wipe the table, chairs, benches, and wine cups one hundred times, then you can be free - not just today, but every day from now on, this is your daily task as a partner."

  Lei Ga hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask: "Will you train me during free activity time? I really want to learn that move you transmitted from the Void Shadow last time."