"How about this, my disciples and I go to the library to check the scrolls. You can contact other immortal sects and ask what the reason is. As for the other disciples, you can go back and rest for the time being."
Just when Chu Qi was having difficulty thinking of a reason, Elder Qingyue made suggestions to the headmaster and others.
"!"
He could actually go to the library with his master!
Chu Qi suppressed his excitement, his eyes shining slightly.
"That's good. There are many scrolls in the library, so it will be faster for medical disciples to find the scrolls."
The headmaster nodded in agreement.
*
There are two kinds of scrolls in the Tianxuan Sect’s library. One is a scroll made of pieces of spiritual jade. When the spiritual energy of the spiritual jade is exhausted, it will be damaged. It can only be preserved for about a thousand years.
The other type is a scroll made using ancient methods. First, paper is made from thousand-year-old sacred wood, and then inscriptions are made on it using ink from sacred spring pine. The spiritual energy lasts for a long time, and the contents of the scroll can be preserved for ten thousand years.
Because the book is imbued with the aura of spiritual wood, it would be faster for medical disciples with wood spiritual roots to read it.
After Elder Qingyue led Chu Qi away from Zizai Peak, he sent a message to Bai Xuan, asking her to rush from Zhongling Peak to Yuxiu Peak and go to the library to read the scroll records together.
There are three medical practitioners in the Tianxuan Sect. If they don't call Bai Xuan over, they may not be able to finish searching the scroll on the fifth floor within one day.
"This is a temporary jade pass that allows you to enter the fifth level of the barrier."
Elder Qingyue handed two jade pass tokens to Chu Qi and Bai Xuan respectively, and then instructed them carefully.
"After you enter, remember not to casually check those scrolls with red magic spells around them. Those are sealed forbidden techniques. Only the head of the sect is qualified to check them. If others accidentally take a look, they will be attacked by the magic spells around the scrolls. Have you remembered all this?"
"I've made note of this, and will follow Master's instructions."
Bai Xuan and Chu Qi answered in unison.
"Okay, follow me in."
Elder Qingyue led the two of them into the library of Yuxiu Peak. After the errand disciple guarding the door confirmed the identities of the three people, he stood aside respectfully and waited.
There are many small barriers in the library, which separate the various scrolls in order to facilitate the disciples in the sect to read. But these are the locations of the scrolls on the fourth floor of the library.
Chu Qi followed Elder Qingyue's steps and stepped onto the fifth step of the library. He found that all he could see were books piled on the ground. Not only were they arranged in no order, but some of the books were even spread out and scattered in the corners.
"This... is this the fifth floor of our Tianxuan Sect's library?!"
Bai Xuan was stunned, and spoke with a tone of disbelief.
Since joining the sect, this is the first time that Bai Xuan has the opportunity to enter this rumored "forbidden area that only the sect leader and elders are qualified to enter."
If it weren't for the barrier in the library that would spontaneously perform cleaning magic every day, this place would probably still be covered with a thick layer of dust, making it look like a garbage dump.
"Ahem." Elder Qingyue coughed twice, cleared his throat, and said tactfully, "The scroll made of the ten-thousand-year-old spiritual wood itself has some spirituality. In addition, the runes and spells recorded in the scroll are also... very good and powerful. Over time, the scroll will easily breed some spiritual intelligence and will... look for a place suitable for itself to stay."
In the end, the scene before the three people's eyes became like this, with the books flying around and overlapping each other in all directions.
No wonder the head master nodded in agreement so readily. Presumably, there were no wood spiritual roots among the sword-cultivating disciples. If they did not get close to the scrolls made of ten-thousand-year-old spiritual wood, they would probably cause them to fly around, and the scene would become even more chaotic.
"Now, I will teach you how to find the scrolls you need. Release your spiritual power, then use your spiritual sense to connect with the scrolls. Tell them what you are looking for, and they may actively come closer to you. If they don't actively come closer to you, it means they are too far away, and you need to look deeper."
Elder Qingyue teaches with great care.
Bai Xuan and Chu Qi nodded, indicating that they had taken note of it.
"Chu Qi goes east, Bai Xuan goes south, and I go north." The west was the entrance they came in, and it was just right that the three of them were responsible for their respective duties.
Chu Qi followed Elder Qingyue's instructions and walked towards the east side of the fifth floor of the library.
In fact, he could only take a few steps before he was blocked by piles of books on the ground.
If you want to go further, you must first "read and organize" the books in front of you.
Taking a deep breath, Chu Qi adjusted his state and concentrated on mobilizing the spiritual power in his body.
The moment spiritual power surged out from Chu Qi's fingertips, the books that were originally lying on the ground all rushed towards him.
He was too willful and scattered the books all over the ground. He quickly rolled up his body and flew towards Chu Qi.
When Chu Qi was circulating his spiritual power, Elder Qingyue and Bai Xuan both looked back with a sense of something.
After the two of them released their spiritual power, Shujuan procrastinated lazily, looking not very enthusiastic.
But it was very lively on Chu Qi's side, with most of the books scrambling to get close to him.
"Master, my junior brother has been promoted!" Bai Xuan said with emotion.
After not seeing each other for three months, Chu Qi's cultivation had actually advanced to a higher level!
"Yes, I thought it would take at least a day or two to finish reading all the books on the fifth floor, but now it seems there is no need to worry. With your Junior Brother here, we, the Master and the Disciple, may be able to have half a day of leisure."
Previously in the main hall of Zizai Peak, Chu Qi's aura was low-key and not noticeable at all. Now it seems that Chu Qi has gained a lot from this experience.
In time, Chu Qi will achieve higher attainments.
As a master, Elder Qingyue was happy but also a little sad. He was afraid that it would not be long before his disciple's cultivation would surpass his own. By then, he would not be able to teach him anything and would have to rely on his disciple to figure things out on his own.
*
Over there, Chu Qi was immersed in the subtle connection with the book.
There were many answers he wanted to find, but they couldn't be too obvious at the beginning, so he could only ask about the Yunxi Secret Realm first.
The book was attracted by his spiritual energy and almost couldn't wait to move closer to his hand.
Chu Qi's spiritual sense was screening quickly, and before long, he actually found some records about the Yunxi Secret Realm.
It turns out that the Cloud Breath Secret Realm originated from ancient times, and it existed when the Tianxuan Sect was first established. At first, it was open once every ten years, and later on, the number of years it was open became longer and longer.
In the last thousand years, it has gradually stabilized to once every hundred years.
This is probably related to the decrease in the concentration of spiritual energy in the Yunhua Realm.
It’s a little strange to think about it now.
It seems that no cultivator has ever ascended to heaven in the Yunhua Realm in the past ten thousand years.
However, in the ancient times when spiritual energy was strong, there was not a single senior who achieved enlightenment.
Even Chu Qi, the founder of the Tianxuan Sect, had not heard any definite rumors about his ascension.
While thinking, Chu Qi unknowingly walked from the outer layer to the inner layer.
With the divine sense to filter the books, although they all wanted to get close to Chu Qi, they followed an orderly arrangement, and irrelevant books no longer competed to get close.
So, wherever Chu Qi went, the books were sorted out spontaneously, not as messy as they were at the beginning.
However, there were also some scrolls floating motionless in the remote air, unmoved by the spiritual power released by Chu Qi.
A circle of red magic spell lingered around them. These were the scrolls that Elder Qingyue had specifically instructed not to be viewed casually.
Chu Qi walked around a corner and the space behind him was quiet and empty. Bai Xuan and Elder Qingyue were on the other side of the library.
Without anyone noticing, Chu Qi carefully used his spiritual sense to ask the book questions about "the founder of the Tianxuan Sect" and "the dual cultivation of medicine and swordsmanship".
“Clatter, clatter!”
Suddenly, there was a noisy sound of pages turning around. They became a little excited from their original quiet state, with an indescribable restlessness.
Chu Qi was shocked and quickly withdrew his spiritual power to avoid causing trouble.
After the spiritual power was withdrawn, the surrounding books returned to silence.
Before Chu Qi could breathe a sigh of relief, the red scroll that had been floating motionless in the air slowly moved towards him.
"..." The red magic spell carried a malicious aura, causing the books that were closest to it to scatter to the side and not dare to move forward.
"?"
Could it be that the answer he was looking for was in this volume that could not be flipped through at will
Chu Qi was confused.
But even if the answer was right in front of him, he was not the head of the sect and could not read the scroll, so he could only give up.
When Chu Qi felt regretful, the vine ring on his wrist suddenly extended a thin branch and moved closer to the red scroll.
“No…” Chu Qi said in a low voice, trying to stop Teng Huan’s behavior.
However, after sensing the aura of the vine ring, the red book spontaneously removed the red spiritual spells around it and lost its previous bad aura.
“It’s still possible.”
It was not the first time that Chu Qi had seen the magical powers of the vine ring, but every time he was amazed.
Without the obstruction of the red spiritual spell, Chu Qi's spiritual sense swept across the scroll, and shock gradually appeared on his face.
[Since the whereabouts of the founder became unknown, the entire Tianxuan Sect has been in a state of panic. In addition, evil realms have appeared in many places in the Yunhua Realm, and more and more disciples have been sent out to suppress the evil realms, but fewer and fewer disciples have returned.]
[In order to solve this urgent problem, the headmaster finally agreed to let some of his disciples with excellent talents practice sword cultivation and medical cultivation at the same time. Everyone thought that this would carry forward the inheritance of the ancestors, but in fact, this was the beginning of a disaster. ]
[At the beginning of practicing the Dual Heart Method, there will be signs of going astray, but with the help of the Elder Medical Cultivator's Heart Cleansing Technique, it can be controlled. But when the disciples are going through the tribulation, the heavenly thunder will drop an extra thunder of heavenly punishment. The Great Dao is ruthless, and all the disciples who survived the going astray were unable to survive the thunder of heavenly punishment.]
[After that, the head of the sect was deeply saddened and sealed the inheritance of the Dual Heart Method as a forbidden technique, strictly forbidding the disciples to learn it. After all, the inheritance of the ancestor can only be passed on in two ways, the sword cultivation inheritance and the medical cultivation inheritance.]
It’s actually like this!
No wonder when he was undergoing the Nascent Soul Tribulation, there was a lingering thunder tribulation in the sky.
Chu Qi recalled it with some fear.
If he had not controlled the growth of sword energy in time after killing the evildoer, he would probably have been regarded by the Heavenly Dao as a cultivator practicing the Dual Heart Method and would have been struck by an extra heavenly thunder.
Chu Qi put the scroll back far away, and the red magic spell spontaneously condensed around it, making it seem as if nothing had happened.
However, all the disciples failed in practicing the Dual Heart Method, so how did the founder succeed
Chu Qi hesitated in his heart and couldn't help looking for the next answer in the book. But even the red scroll only recorded the ambiguous statement that "the founder was gifted and extraordinary, so he was able to achieve the great Dao with the dual heart method."
This is really frustrating.
Chu Qi sighed in his heart, and then thought of the Medicine King Valley in the Middle Earth of Jiuzhou. I wonder if the library has any records about this.
Soon, Chu Qi found some information.
What surprised him was that there was not only news about Medicine King Valley, but also records of how the ancestor learned the Dual Heart Method.
[The Medicine King Valley is far away from the Tianxuan Sect and is an ancient power. After the Grandmaster returned to the Yunhua Realm after training, he brought back a descendant of the Medicine King Valley. This person has an extremely high level of innate wood spiritual roots and is very skilled in medicine. He often discussed Taoism with the Grandmaster. After he left, the Grandmaster sat in meditation for 81 days and suddenly realized the Double Heart Method.]
The medical skills of Yaowang Valley are of great help to the Dual Heart Method.
But Yaowang Valley is very far away from Tianxuan Sect. How far is it
Chu Qi put down the book and fell into deep thought. He was wearing the treasure of Medicine King Valley on his wrist. Although he could not study the medical skills of Medicine King Valley in detail, with the help of the vine ring, he should not be much different.
However, with the thunder of heavenly punishment there, practicing the Dual Heart Method is very risky. Without a 90% certainty, Chu Qi would not try it rashly.
“Junior brother, junior brother!”
Bai Xuan's voice came from the other side of the corner.
"Senior sister, I'm here." Chu Qi responded and stepped away from the red book. It would be better not to expose the fact that he could use the vine ring to read the red book. After all, reading the banned book privately would be punished.
"I didn't expect you to have read and sorted through so many books. Master asked me to tell you that he found out the reason why the Cloud Secret Realm was closed early. We can leave the library now."
"Okay, thank you for calling me, Senior Sister."
Chu Qi nodded in response. This time he didn't have enough time to come to the fifth floor of the library, otherwise Chu Qi would like to look carefully for the books about evil spirits.
Yan Jiuge's demonic attacks kept coming back, which really worried Chu Qi.
Chu Qi followed Bai Xuan out of the fifth floor of the library. Elder Qingyue was already standing at the exit waiting for them. He was holding a scroll in his hand and looked a little worried. The news he got from the records was probably not very good.
"I will go to Zizai Peak in a while, you two should go back to Zhongling Peak to rest first." Elder Qingyue ordered. He wanted to send the scroll to Zizai Peak and discuss matters with the headmaster. One of his disciples had just returned from training, and the other had been busy all day, so there was no need for them to go with him for another trip.
(End of this chapter)