Chapter 21
A Chance Encounter
Xiao Tian felt that staying in this library was really unbearable. His senior brother, who was good at cooking and good-looking, had been staring at him ever since he arrived at the library.
He looked like he was about to devour himself.
"My mother says that the prettier a woman is, the more likely she is to lie! My senior brother is a man, so he shouldn't lie, right?"
Xiao Tian, who was secretly missing home in bed yesterday, suddenly felt like crying again.
Just as Xiao Tian was about to shed another tear, Su Yi's impatient scolding startled him and made him stop crying.
What did I do to offend this senior brother?
After thinking it over, Xiao Tian realized that he must have eaten too much, and his senior brother was angry with him because he worked too hard cooking.
But this handsome senior's cooking is really delicious!
She's only slightly worse than my mother!
Xiao Tian, who felt he had angered Su Yi, instinctively wanted to find someone to rely on.
Among the group of people who came with him, Yin Chaoge always had a cold expression, and Shi Buran, who shared a room with him, was also not talkative. Only Gu Wanquan, the older brother who made people feel close when he smiled, could give him a sense of security.
As for why they didn't look for Wen Daoyi and Ling Yao?
Xiao Tian, who considered himself a man, felt that hiding behind a girl was too embarrassing!
Therefore, in the Sutra Pavilion, Xiao Tian followed Gu Wan around like a shadow.
Gu Wanquan took one step, and he followed one step.
The burly man, over 1.8 meters tall, looked somewhat comical as he weakly followed behind Gu Wan, who was only 1.78 meters tall.
Feeling a bit puzzled by being followed, Gu Wanquan turned around, looked at the timid Xiao Tian in front of him, and asked with a gentle smile, "Junior Brother Xiao, is there something you need?"
"Huh? No, no!" Xiao Tian said instinctively after a moment of surprise.
"Then why didn't you choose a combat skill or a spell, junior brother?" Gu Wanquan asked in confusion.
"Um, well, I don't know many characters, and I think Senior Brother Gu is very powerful. I'd like to ask him to help me choose some cultivation techniques!" Xiao Tian said in a moment of inspiration.
"I see!" Gu Wanquan suddenly realized, then led Xiao Tian to a row of bookshelves, gently pointing to them and saying, "I see that Junior Brother's blood and energy are abundant, very suitable for the path of body cultivation. These are all methods for body tempering; Junior Brother can take a look at them at will!"
After stammering for a long time, Xiao Tian finally managed to squeeze out, "Senior brother, I don't know many characters!"
Gu Wanquan tilted his head, looking at Xiao Tian whose face was starting to turn red, and asked curiously, "Not many characters? How many do you know?"
Xiao Tian, his face flushed, hesitated for a long time before scratching his head and saying, "I can recognize my own name now."
Even Gu Wanquan was taken aback by Xiao Tian's straightforward answer.
So you're saying you don't know many characters, you only recognize two?
Xiao Tian said somewhat shyly, "Senior brother, could you teach me to read and cultivate?"
Gu Wanquan looked at the shy Xiao Tian in front of him, thought for a moment, and a hint of amusement appeared in his eyes.
With his mutated spiritual root, Xiao Tian's future achievements are limitless.
Having gone to great lengths to join the Luoxia Immortal Sect, he would certainly need the support of his subordinates to climb to a high position.
Thinking of this, Gu Wanquan generously said, "We are now fellow disciples. Since my junior brother has made a request, I naturally won't stand idly by!"
Xiao Tian looked at Gu Wanquan, who was dressed in white, with some emotion and said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Senior Brother! You're such a good person!"
Gu Wanquan, who had been forcibly given a "good guy" card, didn't care and casually flipped through a few sword manuals.
These are merely simple methods that involve infusing true qi and activating the five elements.
I had already tried this simple method this morning, and I had mastered it without a teacher, allowing me to imbue the sword with my true energy.
The sword techniques in the library have fancy names, but they're not very useful to me.
Gu Wanquan casually picked out a few books, and then picked out a body-strengthening technique for Xiao Tian and handed it to him.
But then she heard a series of hurried footsteps and rushed over in a panic!
"Kid, let me see!"
"No, Senior Brother Su!"
"Hurry, let me see!"
Desperately guarding the martial arts technique Gu Wanquan had given him, Xiao Tian shook his head like a rattle drum, not bothering to block Su Yi's outstretched hand. He gently pushed Su Yi, sending her flying.
Su Yi, who flew out and crashed into the bookshelf, felt a surge of blood and qi. She felt that if this were a game, she would have lost at least one-tenth of her health.
No wonder he's destined to be the future Emperor Xiao, who can shatter the heavens with a single punch!
I've only just started cultivating, yet I already possess such power!
"Are you alright, Senior Brother Su?" Xiao Tian, who was holding the cultivation manual, looked at Su Yi with some concern.
Although Senior Brother Su is handsome, his physique is a bit too weak!
Suppressing her surging blood and qi, Su Yi forced a smile, realizing her lapse in composure, and quickly tried to cover it up, saying, "I'm fine, I was just curious what skill Senior Brother Gu chose for you."
"Look at this!" Xiao Tian held up the skill book for Su Yi to see.
On the yellowed skill book, three powerful characters are written: "Bullish Strength"!
Su Yi almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He had taken a hit for nothing, and the target was even wrong. What bad luck!
"You're so tough, it suits you perfectly!" Su Yi said with a dry laugh.
"Yes, Senior Brother Gu is such a kind person. He not only helped me choose a cultivation method, but also said he would teach me to read!" Xiao Tian looked at Gu Wanquan with admiration and praised him.
But when Su Yi and Xiao Tian both looked at Gu Wanquan, they found that Gu Wanquan was standing in front of the bookshelf without moving!
Standing in front of the bookshelf, Gu Wanquan held half a yellowed piece of paper in his hand, on which was written the character "sword" with sharp strokes!
When Su Yi saw the paper in Gu Wanquan's hand, her pupils shrank. Gu Wanquan's opportunity had arrived!
At this moment, Gu Wanquan, holding the paper in both hands, seemed completely isolated from the world, as if the whole world consisted only of himself and the half-piece of paper in his hands.
The word "sword" on the paper seemed to come alive in Gu Wanquan's eyes.
Countless profound sword techniques appeared before his eyes!
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the entire scripture pavilion began to surge wildly towards Gu Wanquan, causing the surrounding bookshelves to tremble slightly.
"boom!"
"Fourth level of Qi Refining!"
"Level 5 Qi Refining!"
Standing still, Gu Wanquan suddenly began to break through his cultivation realm, breaking through two realms in one go!
Su Yi gasped. This was a strange phenomenon in the world that only occurred after players completed the advancement mission in "Immortal Path"!
This is what the NPCs refer to as "sudden enlightenment"!
Just by glancing at that tattered piece of paper, this cunning worm in front of me was able to break through two realms in a row?
Good heavens, look what you've done!
The people in the scripture pavilion also heard the strange noise and rushed over to Su Yi's side, where they naturally saw Gu Wanquan, who was in a state of enlightenment.
Su Yi waved to the crowd and said in a low voice, "Don't go up. Senior Brother Gu seems to have some kind of enlightenment. Don't disturb him."
When Gu Wanquan regained consciousness, he turned his head and saw Su Yi and the others protecting him all around him.
A strange light flashed in his eyes, then his face returned to its standard smile as he cupped his hands in thanks to everyone, saying, "Thank you all for protecting me!"
"Senior Brother Gu, what did you suddenly realize?" Xiao Tian asked curiously, craning his neck.
Gu Wanquan looked at the half-finished piece of paper in his hand and said with a touch of emotion:
"I think I vaguely understand how to wield a sword!"
Su Yi pursed his lips. He had comprehended a mythical-level sword technique, and he just casually said that he could wield a sword?
What a show-off!
After finishing his sentence, Gu Wanquan looked at Xiao Tian apologetically and said, "Junior Brother Xiao, I originally promised to help you learn to read, but I've only just begun to grasp the basics and need to work on it for the next few days, so I'll have to postpone what I promised!"
Seeing the slight disappointment in Xiao Tian's eyes, Gu Wanquan pointed at Su Yi and said with a smile, "Although I can't help you, Junior Brother Su would be happy to do you a favor!"
"???" Su Yi was about to ask why, but swallowed the words back down.
I haven't acquired that copying skill yet, and I'm too embarrassed to refuse outright.
When Yin Chaoge and the others saw that Gu Wanquan had suddenly surpassed everyone else by a large margin, a fighting spirit of defiance rose in their eyes.
As fellow geniuses, who would willingly submit to someone else?
I'll practice more when I get back!
We must surpass Gu Wanquan!
While everyone else was determined to go back and train diligently, Gu Wanquan prepared to leave first to go back and fully comprehend his newly acquired combat skills.
Su Yi immediately panicked and said, "Senior Brother Gu, have you forgotten something?"
Originally, I wanted to remind Gu Wanquan not to forget to continue choosing skills for Xiao Tian, at least to pick out that copy skill before leaving!
Gu Wanquan, who was eager to return and comprehend his combat skills, assumed that Su Yi didn't know how to teach Xiao Tian to read and was only going to give him a perfunctory answer.
He casually picked up a skill book from the bookshelf, handed it to Su Yi with a gentle smile, and said, "Junior Brother Su, just give it to Junior Brother Xiao according to the instructions on this!"
"Fine, fine, fine. You just pass the buck to others when something goes wrong. You're so casual about how you handle things!" Seeing Gu Wanquan's perfunctory expression, Su Yi's impression of this cunning worm dropped even further.
But when Su Yi looked at the skill book that Gu Wanquan handed her, she was stunned.
That similarly yellowed skill book contained only two simple words:
"Copy"!
He looked like he was about to devour himself.
"My mother says that the prettier a woman is, the more likely she is to lie! My senior brother is a man, so he shouldn't lie, right?"
Xiao Tian, who was secretly missing home in bed yesterday, suddenly felt like crying again.
Just as Xiao Tian was about to shed another tear, Su Yi's impatient scolding startled him and made him stop crying.
What did I do to offend this senior brother?
After thinking it over, Xiao Tian realized that he must have eaten too much, and his senior brother was angry with him because he worked too hard cooking.
But this handsome senior's cooking is really delicious!
She's only slightly worse than my mother!
Xiao Tian, who felt he had angered Su Yi, instinctively wanted to find someone to rely on.
Among the group of people who came with him, Yin Chaoge always had a cold expression, and Shi Buran, who shared a room with him, was also not talkative. Only Gu Wanquan, the older brother who made people feel close when he smiled, could give him a sense of security.
As for why they didn't look for Wen Daoyi and Ling Yao?
Xiao Tian, who considered himself a man, felt that hiding behind a girl was too embarrassing!
Therefore, in the Sutra Pavilion, Xiao Tian followed Gu Wan around like a shadow.
Gu Wanquan took one step, and he followed one step.
The burly man, over 1.8 meters tall, looked somewhat comical as he weakly followed behind Gu Wan, who was only 1.78 meters tall.
Feeling a bit puzzled by being followed, Gu Wanquan turned around, looked at the timid Xiao Tian in front of him, and asked with a gentle smile, "Junior Brother Xiao, is there something you need?"
"Huh? No, no!" Xiao Tian said instinctively after a moment of surprise.
"Then why didn't you choose a combat skill or a spell, junior brother?" Gu Wanquan asked in confusion.
"Um, well, I don't know many characters, and I think Senior Brother Gu is very powerful. I'd like to ask him to help me choose some cultivation techniques!" Xiao Tian said in a moment of inspiration.
"I see!" Gu Wanquan suddenly realized, then led Xiao Tian to a row of bookshelves, gently pointing to them and saying, "I see that Junior Brother's blood and energy are abundant, very suitable for the path of body cultivation. These are all methods for body tempering; Junior Brother can take a look at them at will!"
After stammering for a long time, Xiao Tian finally managed to squeeze out, "Senior brother, I don't know many characters!"
Gu Wanquan tilted his head, looking at Xiao Tian whose face was starting to turn red, and asked curiously, "Not many characters? How many do you know?"
Xiao Tian, his face flushed, hesitated for a long time before scratching his head and saying, "I can recognize my own name now."
Even Gu Wanquan was taken aback by Xiao Tian's straightforward answer.
So you're saying you don't know many characters, you only recognize two?
Xiao Tian said somewhat shyly, "Senior brother, could you teach me to read and cultivate?"
Gu Wanquan looked at the shy Xiao Tian in front of him, thought for a moment, and a hint of amusement appeared in his eyes.
With his mutated spiritual root, Xiao Tian's future achievements are limitless.
Having gone to great lengths to join the Luoxia Immortal Sect, he would certainly need the support of his subordinates to climb to a high position.
Thinking of this, Gu Wanquan generously said, "We are now fellow disciples. Since my junior brother has made a request, I naturally won't stand idly by!"
Xiao Tian looked at Gu Wanquan, who was dressed in white, with some emotion and said gratefully, "Thank you so much, Senior Brother! You're such a good person!"
Gu Wanquan, who had been forcibly given a "good guy" card, didn't care and casually flipped through a few sword manuals.
These are merely simple methods that involve infusing true qi and activating the five elements.
I had already tried this simple method this morning, and I had mastered it without a teacher, allowing me to imbue the sword with my true energy.
The sword techniques in the library have fancy names, but they're not very useful to me.
Gu Wanquan casually picked out a few books, and then picked out a body-strengthening technique for Xiao Tian and handed it to him.
But then she heard a series of hurried footsteps and rushed over in a panic!
"Kid, let me see!"
"No, Senior Brother Su!"
"Hurry, let me see!"
Desperately guarding the martial arts technique Gu Wanquan had given him, Xiao Tian shook his head like a rattle drum, not bothering to block Su Yi's outstretched hand. He gently pushed Su Yi, sending her flying.
Su Yi, who flew out and crashed into the bookshelf, felt a surge of blood and qi. She felt that if this were a game, she would have lost at least one-tenth of her health.
No wonder he's destined to be the future Emperor Xiao, who can shatter the heavens with a single punch!
I've only just started cultivating, yet I already possess such power!
"Are you alright, Senior Brother Su?" Xiao Tian, who was holding the cultivation manual, looked at Su Yi with some concern.
Although Senior Brother Su is handsome, his physique is a bit too weak!
Suppressing her surging blood and qi, Su Yi forced a smile, realizing her lapse in composure, and quickly tried to cover it up, saying, "I'm fine, I was just curious what skill Senior Brother Gu chose for you."
"Look at this!" Xiao Tian held up the skill book for Su Yi to see.
On the yellowed skill book, three powerful characters are written: "Bullish Strength"!
Su Yi almost spat out a mouthful of blood. He had taken a hit for nothing, and the target was even wrong. What bad luck!
"You're so tough, it suits you perfectly!" Su Yi said with a dry laugh.
"Yes, Senior Brother Gu is such a kind person. He not only helped me choose a cultivation method, but also said he would teach me to read!" Xiao Tian looked at Gu Wanquan with admiration and praised him.
But when Su Yi and Xiao Tian both looked at Gu Wanquan, they found that Gu Wanquan was standing in front of the bookshelf without moving!
Standing in front of the bookshelf, Gu Wanquan held half a yellowed piece of paper in his hand, on which was written the character "sword" with sharp strokes!
When Su Yi saw the paper in Gu Wanquan's hand, her pupils shrank. Gu Wanquan's opportunity had arrived!
At this moment, Gu Wanquan, holding the paper in both hands, seemed completely isolated from the world, as if the whole world consisted only of himself and the half-piece of paper in his hands.
The word "sword" on the paper seemed to come alive in Gu Wanquan's eyes.
Countless profound sword techniques appeared before his eyes!
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth within the entire scripture pavilion began to surge wildly towards Gu Wanquan, causing the surrounding bookshelves to tremble slightly.
"boom!"
"Fourth level of Qi Refining!"
"Level 5 Qi Refining!"
Standing still, Gu Wanquan suddenly began to break through his cultivation realm, breaking through two realms in one go!
Su Yi gasped. This was a strange phenomenon in the world that only occurred after players completed the advancement mission in "Immortal Path"!
This is what the NPCs refer to as "sudden enlightenment"!
Just by glancing at that tattered piece of paper, this cunning worm in front of me was able to break through two realms in a row?
Good heavens, look what you've done!
The people in the scripture pavilion also heard the strange noise and rushed over to Su Yi's side, where they naturally saw Gu Wanquan, who was in a state of enlightenment.
Su Yi waved to the crowd and said in a low voice, "Don't go up. Senior Brother Gu seems to have some kind of enlightenment. Don't disturb him."
When Gu Wanquan regained consciousness, he turned his head and saw Su Yi and the others protecting him all around him.
A strange light flashed in his eyes, then his face returned to its standard smile as he cupped his hands in thanks to everyone, saying, "Thank you all for protecting me!"
"Senior Brother Gu, what did you suddenly realize?" Xiao Tian asked curiously, craning his neck.
Gu Wanquan looked at the half-finished piece of paper in his hand and said with a touch of emotion:
"I think I vaguely understand how to wield a sword!"
Su Yi pursed his lips. He had comprehended a mythical-level sword technique, and he just casually said that he could wield a sword?
What a show-off!
After finishing his sentence, Gu Wanquan looked at Xiao Tian apologetically and said, "Junior Brother Xiao, I originally promised to help you learn to read, but I've only just begun to grasp the basics and need to work on it for the next few days, so I'll have to postpone what I promised!"
Seeing the slight disappointment in Xiao Tian's eyes, Gu Wanquan pointed at Su Yi and said with a smile, "Although I can't help you, Junior Brother Su would be happy to do you a favor!"
"???" Su Yi was about to ask why, but swallowed the words back down.
I haven't acquired that copying skill yet, and I'm too embarrassed to refuse outright.
When Yin Chaoge and the others saw that Gu Wanquan had suddenly surpassed everyone else by a large margin, a fighting spirit of defiance rose in their eyes.
As fellow geniuses, who would willingly submit to someone else?
I'll practice more when I get back!
We must surpass Gu Wanquan!
While everyone else was determined to go back and train diligently, Gu Wanquan prepared to leave first to go back and fully comprehend his newly acquired combat skills.
Su Yi immediately panicked and said, "Senior Brother Gu, have you forgotten something?"
Originally, I wanted to remind Gu Wanquan not to forget to continue choosing skills for Xiao Tian, at least to pick out that copy skill before leaving!
Gu Wanquan, who was eager to return and comprehend his combat skills, assumed that Su Yi didn't know how to teach Xiao Tian to read and was only going to give him a perfunctory answer.
He casually picked up a skill book from the bookshelf, handed it to Su Yi with a gentle smile, and said, "Junior Brother Su, just give it to Junior Brother Xiao according to the instructions on this!"
"Fine, fine, fine. You just pass the buck to others when something goes wrong. You're so casual about how you handle things!" Seeing Gu Wanquan's perfunctory expression, Su Yi's impression of this cunning worm dropped even further.
But when Su Yi looked at the skill book that Gu Wanquan handed her, she was stunned.
That similarly yellowed skill book contained only two simple words:
"Copy"!