Chapter Eighteen: The Book Storage Pavilion

  When Jiang Mu found out that Jiang Huan was going to go out and cultivate bitterly, she couldn't help but remind him again, then specially made the braised pork that Jiang Huan liked the most. Seeing Jiang Huan eat it all up, Jiang Mu's heart felt a little better.

  Jiang Hao rarely relaxed, so he went to the Jiang family's library. Although Jiang Hao was a bastard and not valued, he still had this basic right. He knew too little about himself, so he decided to learn more before leaving, as he would definitely be traveling through this region in the future, traversing this vast and mysterious continent.

  Since learning from a young age that he couldn't cultivate, Jiang Huan had never been interested in the library, even though his mother told him multiple times that there was much to learn within. He always treated her words as nothing more than background noise. It wasn't until after meeting Ye Tian that Jiang Huan realized how little he knew, and that he was completely ignorant of the continent's history. So, during his free time, Jiang Huan decided to make up for lost time, otherwise he would be at a disadvantage in the future, not knowing this or that.

  The Jiang family, as the number one family in Sun City, naturally has unparalleled cultivation resources. Two-thirds of the industries in Sun City belong to the Jiang family, and the remaining one-third, although not belonging to the Jiang family, are also under their control. For ordinary people, if they can cultivate to the level of a war master, it would be an absolute strongman. However, in the Jiang family, there is a family rule that if a family member does not reach the level of a war master before the age of 15, they will be demoted. Once demoted, it means that the family's cultivation resources will no longer be available to them.

  The Book Pavilion, a seven-story building stands in the central position of the Jiang family's mansion, occupying a large area. The first to fourth floors are for the family members to read, while the fifth and sixth floors are used to store the family's high-level martial arts techniques. It is heavily guarded at ordinary times, and only the family elders can browse. As for the highest seventh floor, only the generations of the family head can enter, where there are ancestral tablets of the Jiang family ancestors and some priceless treasures.

  Jiang Hao handed his token to the gatekeeper and then pushed open the door and stepped inside.

  The shelves were lined up in rows, with many jade slips neatly placed on top. For a moment, seeing so many books, Jiang Huan suddenly didn't know where to start, and if he read each one, it would probably take a year to finish them all.

  "Tsk tsk, I didn't expect your family to have so many books. Hehe, you little brat doesn't understand anything, what a waste of resources." The voice of the Tyrant King echoed again.

  "Master, you're awake. I couldn't cultivate before, what's the use of reading these books?" Jiang Huan scratched his head in embarrassment.

  "I didn't blame you either, I was just a bit surprised. Do you plan on reading all the books here?"

  "I'd like to too, but this is just too much. Even if I read ten lines at a time, it would take me a whole year to finish." Jiang Hao said with a bitter face, helplessly.

  "Heh heh, have you forgotten your master? I can help you print out all of it and store it in your pendant space, so you can review it anytime." Arcane smiled.

  "Really? All of it? Then you can also imprint the four-layered and above battle techniques, that's a huge profit for me." Jiang Huan heard Shi Tian's words, and his eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness.

  "Hmm, that's natural. Originally, those battle techniques were not even worth mentioning in my eyes, but since you need them, I'll just give them to you. You can take a look at them yourself later."

  Only to see the tyrant releasing a soul power that is invisible to the naked eye, instantly enveloping the entire library. At this time, there are still many Jiang family disciples in the library. When the soul power sweeps over them, those disciples have a moment of being seen through, but only for an instant.

  On the sixth floor, a frail old man wrapped in black robes suddenly opened his eyes and muttered: "Could it be that I was mistaken?" After investigating for a while, he seemed to have found nothing and closed his eyes again, falling into silence.

  "Huh? Jiang Hao, it seems that the strength of your Jiang family is not as simple as it appears on the surface." After a moment, Yi Tian slowly withdrew his divine sense and said calmly.

  "Master, what did you find?" Jiang Hao looked at Yi Tian and asked awkwardly.

  "Heh, actually nothing much, just some subtle fluctuations above the library, seems to be a seal set up by some powerful people. If my soul power hadn't reached the Heavenly Realm, I reckon it wouldn't have been so easy to break through the seal without alarming those people." Di Tian thought back to the earlier fluctuations and estimated that this library was guarded by at least one strong person with powers no less than Zi Feng's.

  "Is he stronger than my dad? I didn't know that." Jiang Hao's curiosity was piqued by Di Tian's words, and he hastily asked in pursuit.

  "Heh heh, there are some things that it's better for you not to know. Alright, I've printed everything out here, so you can come back and read it in the pendant space anytime." Yu Tian seemed unwilling to continue speaking.

  Jiang Hao saw a reluctant expression on Tian's face, and he couldn't help but release his divine sense to explore the space of the pendant. Unexpectedly, the current pendant space had expanded to hundreds of meters in diameter, which seemed to be another proof of his overall strength increase. In a corner of the space, there were densely packed jade slips, apparently the results of Tian's imprinting.

  "Heh heh, didn't expect that I'd clear out the entire library." Jiang Huan rubbed his hands together, excitedly smiling.

  "I just helped you tidy up a bit, threw away some trash, so take your time to look at the rest, anyway there's plenty of time later."

  Jiang Hao responded with a sound and then retreated from the space, calculating the time, it had been several hours since he entered, and since everything was already imprinted, there was no need to stay any longer. He took back his waist card from the gatekeeper, Jiang Hao directly swept out of the Jiang family's mansion, heading towards the Exchange Hall.

  Just as he was about to leave, Jiang Huan rushed to the Gathering Treasure Pavilion without stopping and went straight to the second floor. Since he had learned that he was a member of the Jiang family last time, those young servants were particularly enthusiastic. When they found out that Jiang Huan came to buy medicine and necessities, they all helped him find the medicine in a flurry, leaving Jiang Huan dazed. In fact, what Jiang Huan didn't know was that since he took out so many second-grade beast cores last time, Zhou Mengyan had already instructed to put his name on the list of distinguished guests.

  Very smoothly, Jiang Hao spent only a few tens of thousands of gold coins to buy a large quantity of medicinal materials, and even bought a dan furnace and some jade bottles and boxes. Jiang Hao thanked the young servants, put all the medicinal materials into his necklace in one go, and casually rewarded them with some money.

  "Huh? Why didn't I see Zhou Mengyan handling things today?" Jiang Hao was just about to go downstairs when he suddenly thought of something and turned back to ask the little servant who had sent him off.

  "Oh, Young Master Jiang, it's like this, Manager Zhou has been transferred to the headquarters." The little servant was taken aback and hastily replied, "Do you have something to ask Manager Zhou?"

  "Nothing, I just asked casually." Jiang Hao's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment that was hard to detect, and he responded faintly before turning around and leaving the Treasure Pavilion.

  Everything was ready, Jiang Huan also put his mind at ease, and then went to the city to take a stroll around, before returning home to chat with his mother.

  "Hao'er, you want to go out and gain experience, I don't object, but you have to be careful by yourself. Your older brother was also on his own when he was your age." Jiang Mu still had some concerns about Jiang Hao.

  "Mother, I already know, I don't want to be bullied by others like before and have no power to fight back, so I must go out. As for other things, please rest assured, I will be careful, but I worry that if I leave, the housekeeper and the steward will trouble you again." Jiang Hao thought for a moment and said seriously.

  "Hao'er, I know you're sensible, don't worry, I won't provoke them and they won't bully me either. When the time comes and you've grown stronger, you can protect your mother." Jiang Mu said with a relieved expression as she looked at Jiang Hao.

  Jiang Hao chatted with his mother for a while, then returned to his small hut, thinking that he would set out tomorrow, and his heart was always filled with a faint sense of melancholy that couldn't be shaken off.

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