The ancestor is incompetent!

Chapter 34 Sutra Pavilion

Elder Huang explained many key points to Li Yuan before letting him go.

Most of the books in the Sutra Library are the collections accumulated by the Qi Ling Sect over thousands of years. There is not a single complete set of skills, but only many techniques, fragments and even single copies of unclear origins.

In addition, there are a lot of common sense of cultivation, historical records, and miscellaneous things, which add up to a huge amount of 100,000. In this regard, even the Tongshan Wang family and the other two sects combined cannot compare with the foundation of the Qiling Sect.

Of course, one of the few benefits of being a caretaker elder is that you don’t have to pay for spirit stones to read books.

Li Yuan not only wanted to find a leisurely job, but also wanted to make up for his lack of knowledge.

He had no noble family, true teacher, or supporting companion to ask for advice and guidance, so he would take these 100,000 volumes of books as his teacher, friend, and companion.

Li Yuan walked into the Sutra Repository. Due to the existence of the dust-avoiding ban, there were no cobwebs or heavy dust here.

What catches your eye are rows of old books. These bookshelves are made of century-old agarwood and can last for thousands of years without decaying or decaying.

But even though it is made of such old wood, the Sutra Library has been rebuilt three times, which is enough to show how long the heritage of Qi Lingmen is.

Li Yuan walked along the bookshelf, pulled out a book at random, and glanced at the book list.

"Genealogy of the Yu Family of Youshan"

He flipped through a few pages, which were filled with the names of the descendants of a family of immortal cultivators. Li Yuan put them back without any interest, and then took out another book.

"The Secret History of Fairies"

He opened it, took a look, and reluctantly put it back. It was a fantasy diary of some casual cultivator.

He continued searching patiently, and turned out one dusty ancient book after another.

"The Heartless Technique of Killing Mother"

"Secrets of the bedroom"

"Recipes for the Ten Famous Monster Dishes"

"The Story of Xiting Peony"

……

Li Yuan searched through nearly a thousand books before he finally found a few readable ones.

Looking at the scattered books on the ground as if they had been robbed, Li Yuan flicked his sleeves, put the books back, then carried four ancient books to the bookcase and acted as a guard elder.

Li Yuan opened the book "The Complete Story of Spiritual Roots" in front of him and read it carefully.

“The theory of spiritual roots can be traced back to ancient times, when the immortals spread the teachings throughout the universe, opened up the great road, and all cultivation flourished.

Since then, spiritual roots have been the fundamental measure of spiritual practice.

The world of immortal cultivation has experienced thousands of wars, the immortal calendar has been lost, and many Taoist calendars have been thrown into disarray, so there is no time without calendar.

After a long period of time, all paths and laws have changed.

However, the theory of the classification of spiritual roots has never been lost. There are three grades and seven levels to determine the aptitude for cultivation.

From high to low, they are divided into heavenly spiritual roots, earthly spiritual roots, and human spiritual roots. The earthly and human spiritual roots are further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.

It is said that the Heavenly Spiritual Root is the reincarnation of an immortal, born extraordinary and untraceable. ..."

In the eyes of the cultivators in the world of immortal cultivation, earth-grade spiritual roots are second only to heaven-grade spiritual roots, but in reality, the gap is huge. Heaven-grade spiritual roots are born with life, and all living things are faithful to one and the same.

Even a mortal with a top-grade earth-grade spiritual root like Li Yunming is still not even one-tenth as good as a heaven-grade one.

Besides, the difference between earth-grade spiritual roots and human-grade spiritual roots is not only in the speed of cultivation, the depth of mana accumulation, and the probability of encountering bottlenecks, but also in luck.

Although the earth has no life, it has luck. If you get the chance, you can achieve great destiny one day.

As for his character and spiritual roots, he is an ordinary person of the mundane world, without sex, without fame, and without luck.

These are all mysterious and mysterious legends of fate. As for the difference in spiritual roots in cultivation, even low-grade earth-grade spiritual roots are ten times faster than high-grade human-grade spiritual roots. If you add the lower chance of encountering bottlenecks and the stronger effect of swallowing pills, it is not an exaggeration to say that the difference is 10 to 20 times.

Spiritual roots are not divided into the five elements, or rather, they belong to the five elements.

Because the human race is born with a precious body, with Dantian Shenque, and all five elements, if anyone has only a single spiritual root in their body, they will definitely die. If the five elements are not balanced, the body will die before it is repaired.

The basis for dividing the spiritual roots of heaven, earth and man into three levels is not only the destiny of nature, but also the affinity with the power of heaven and earth. Those who are close to heaven and earth will naturally have stronger spiritual roots, and they will guide more spiritual energy of heaven and earth during cultivation, so their cultivation speed will be faster and they will be less likely to encounter bottlenecks.

It is because of their poor affinity with heaven and earth that people become mediocre in character and spiritual roots.

Even in aristocratic families, no matter how close the blood relationship is, if one's spiritual roots are only of average or low quality, then he or she will most likely lose the possibility of the family supporting him or her in building the foundation.

If you have good luck, you can still grit your teeth and give it a try. After all, there is a 30 to 50 percent chance.

People with average or low-level spiritual roots have only a 10% or a 10% chance respectively, which is equivalent to wasted spiritual roots, and their entire lives will be wasted in the Qi Refining realm.

Seeing this, Li Yuan's heart tightened. His spiritual roots were only of average quality. If he did not have the spiritual secret of the Lower Yuan, he was afraid that he would never be able to perfect Qi Refining in his entire life.

But now, even if he had this method, the probability would be no more than 30%. Even if the legendary powerful spiritual awareness was helpful in breaking through the realm, the chance would only be 50%.

Even if the earth-grade spiritual roots are only of low grade, there is at least a 50% chance of success. If other auxiliary things are added, it will naturally be a sure thing!
This is the gap between spiritual roots, like the difference between heaven and earth.

Faced with such a gap, Li Yuan could only sigh silently in his heart.

He picked up a book about talismans and read it carefully.

After several months of rotation, only three or five disciples would come in every ten days or half a month to look through the ancient books in the Sutra Library.

Li Yuan was also happy to have some free time, and he continued to read books. He looked at many illustrations of spiritual plants and learned about nearly a thousand kinds of magical herbs.

On this day, at noon outside the Sutra Library, a disciple hurriedly walked in, looked around the somewhat shabby study room, and came to the bookcase, only to find that it was empty.

He shouted, "Where are the people? Where are the people? Why are the people guarding the Sutra Library missing?"

"Who's making noise?" A rather impatient voice sounded. A pile of books on the bookshelf blocked the view. Li Yuan poked his head out from the pile of books. An old book was still on his hair, making him look quite funny.

But after seeing clearly, the disciple was so frightened that he bowed and said: "I am blind and have disturbed the elder's meditation. Elder, please forgive me!"

Li Yuan stretched lazily and calmly tidied up the bookcase. "One spirit stone is required for borrowing for one hour. If you want to copy a thousand words, one spirit stone is required. For every two thousand words, one more spirit stone is required. You are not allowed to damage the books or take them out of the Sutra Library without permission." "Disciple...disciple borrows ancient books. Here are five spirit stones."

The yellow-robed disciple hurriedly handed over five spirit stones, which were swept away by Li Yuan with a flick of his sleeve. The spirit stones disappeared in an instant, and a piece of ancient paper appeared, "Write down your peak affiliation and name."

The yellow-robed disciple picked up the pen with shaking hands, wrote the four big characters "Qi Feng Wang Song", and then handed it out.

"Please put these books back in order for me." Li Yuan said casually.

"Yes! Elder!" Wang Song held the ancient books and stepped into the demolished Sutra Library.

Often there is no one to be seen in the Sutra Repository for half a day, but today it is rare to see someone coming here so early in the morning.

Li Yuan glanced at Wang Song and found that he was putting the ancient books he was reading back in place one by one. He stopped looking at him and continued reading the book he had not finished yet.

Time passed quickly, and dusk fell in the blink of an eye. Li Yuan rubbed his eyes tired and stretched, and found that Wang Song was still among the books, holding a copy of "Wilderness Notes" in his hand, lost in thought.

He wanted to warn him out loud, but his consciousness subconsciously swept over, causing Li Yuan to pause and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

It was simply because the internal organs of the disciple in front of him were in some strange suspended state.

Other elders might not be able to detect this state, but Li Yuan's spiritual awareness is so strong that it is comparable to that of a person at the peak of Qi Refining, and he is good at refining puppets so he can see through the state of his physical body.

In this situation, there are only two possibilities!
One possibility is that he is practicing some kind of secret technique, and the other possibility is that he has entered some kind of spiritual space through some kind of miraculous encounter like him!
Obviously, given his current condition, he is the second one.

In an instant, several thoughts arose in Li Yuan's mind, but after a moment's hesitation, those thoughts of killing and stealing treasures were suppressed.

After all, this is the Qi Ling Mountain Gate, with many forbidden formations and an old ancestor in charge. Once anyone is found harming a fellow disciple, all his cultivation will be ruined!

Li Yuan calmed down, but also broke out in a cold sweat. If he could see through other people's adventures, then how many people could see through his own adventures?

Another more terrifying fact is that Li Yuan is not the only one who has such great luck and fortune. Obviously, although such people are rare, there are always some. However, it has never been heard of anyone with low spiritual roots going against the will of heaven and breaking through the true cultivation, let alone reaching higher realms.

Li Yuan had a lot of thoughts in his mind, but he suppressed them. He just wanted to be more cautious about his possession of the Ten Thousand Wood Realm! He must not be seen to be watching him!
Just as he was thinking again and again about his past shortcomings, Wang Song in the Sutra Library came to his senses. Although his expression was calm, there was still a hint of uncontrollable joy in his eyes.

"Excuse me, elder!" Wang Song came out with three books and said, "Elder, please help me make rubbings of these three ancient books."

Li Yuan's cultivation skills were countless times stronger than this kid's, so naturally he could not detect any strange color, and he only said: "Three books require a total of thirteen spirit stones, and if you use the jade slip, you need to charge an additional two spirit stones.

"

"For this, I'd better choose to use book paper."

After hearing the price, Wang Song felt a little painful on his face and said tactfully.

Li Yuan swept his mind expressionlessly, and cinnabar ink instantly flew up and landed on sheets of rice paper to print the contents of the books, which were then cut into three new books. The whole process was smooth and flowing, just like movable type printing in the mortal world.

"Thirteen spirit stones." Li Yuan handed him the book.

Wang Song hurriedly handed over the spirit stone, took the book respectfully, and said, "Thank you, Elder!"

"It is rare to find a disciple who can calm down and read thousands of books. Just come often in the future. I will take care of you a little next time."

After receiving the spirit stone, Li Yuan obviously had a smile on his face. He praised him a few words and watched the man leave.

Perhaps in Wang Song's cognition, he is just an ordinary supporting elder, and Wang Song himself is the real son of destiny.

Once this idea arises, it will affect people's minds.

Li Yuan took him as a warning and adjusted his mindset again.

After seeing Wang Song leave, it was already dark, so he closed the door of the Sutra Library and lifted the curfew.

Then he scanned the area with his mind and found no one around, so he took out the three old books that Wang Song wanted to print and placed them in front of him.

"Ancient Capital Zhizhang"

"Dashun Xingchu Destruction Chronicle"

"Wasteland Notes"

Since this guy wanted to delay the printing of these three books, there must be one book that he could see through with his special ability, and then he used the other two books as a cover.

Either these three books are ancient books containing secrets.

Li Yuan's mind swept over the three books and he checked them carefully, but found nothing unusual.

But he was not discouraged. After all, if it was so easy to find, others would have got there first and would not have waited until now.

Since it can’t be seen on the surface, let’s look at the content!
Li Yuan began to read by the lamp at night and did not stop until dawn. After finishing the first two books, he continued to read the third one, as if he was going to pass the imperial examination.

This time, Li Yuan read all three books with a skeptical attitude and found that the most likely one was the Wilderness Notes, whose content and writing style were illogical and contained many inappropriate words.

Li Yuan took out a large piece of rice paper and wrote down all the illogical and inappropriate words one by one on the rice paper in order of the pages.

When he found the inappropriate part in the last paragraph and pasted it on rice paper, he took a closer look and found that it was actually a secret method hidden in an ancient book!
This secret method is called Gui Zang Qian Yin Jue, which can conceal the breath, naturalize thousands of possible scenarios and imitate the same environmental breath in times of crisis, thus hiding in the invisible.

"What a secret technique!"

Li Yuan didn't care that he had been busy all night. His eyes were red from overusing his spiritual sense. He put all the books in order, hid the secretary, and then opened the door of the Sutra Library, looking forward to the figure's return.

However, Wang Song is obviously not a wealthy man. He spent his entire year's salary at one time, so he might not be able to come in the short term.

But Li Yuan was not discouraged. Instead, he took the initiative to ask the peak master Chen Guan to become the permanent elder guarding the Sutra Library. He practiced while waiting for the arrival of the son of destiny, Wang Song.

Hard work pays off. As Li Yuan waited, Wang Song would come to the Sutra Library once every few months. Every time he left, Li Yuan would secretly note down the books he had read for a long time, and then use various methods to test him after he left.

Unfortunately, I am not lucky enough to find out what secrets these books hold.

In this way, time passed slowly, and the people of Qi Ling Sect gradually forgot about this unknown elder again. Even though he once shocked everyone in the sect, time and new people would eventually dilute the deeds of his predecessors.

In the blink of an eye, Li Yuan was already sixty-eight years old. He had also gotten used to being an unknown elder who guarded the Sutra Repository. His life was leisurely and comfortable, and it was never his turn to do any dangerous chores.

After several years of hard training, his spiritual bones were moved from his head to the eighteen vertebrae at the back of his spine, which means he has reached the middle stage of the bone-condensing realm, which was known as the late stage of Qi Refining in ancient times.

(End of this chapter)