Princess Ruth was startled, she closed the book in panic with a "snap" sound, and looked at the air in front of her seriously, extremely seriously. It's like there's a big diamond weighing one pound hidden in the air, ready to fall out at any time.
"Da da da… "
Richard came closer and then quickly walked away again. It turned out that Richard just remembered something and suddenly walked to a nearby wooden shelf, took a book and read it for a few times, then walked back.
Princess Ruth squinted her eyes, glanced once, twice, and three times to make sure that Richard was really far away and didn't notice her at all. She took a deep breath and opened the book again.
"I didn't read, I didn't read, I didn't read." Princess Ruth muttered in a low voice, covering her face with her hands, then perfectly exposing her eyes from the gaps between her fingers, browsing the contents of the book.
Large sections of content that constantly repeat a single syllable, large sections of blank content that give people unlimited reverie, constantly enter the eyes of Princess Ruth.
Princess Ruth's body couldn't help but tense up, her legs were pressed together and clamped, her whole body twisted unnaturally, and the temperature on her cheeks continued to rise.
One page, two pages, three pages…
Princess Ruth felt that her whole face was on fire, her mouth was so dry, and her breath was hot. But it was like eating a forbidden fruit. I couldn't stop at all. I reached out to turn the page, and then turned the page...
That night, she was addicted to reading and couldn't help herself.
Until the end, Princess Ruth didn't know how many pages she had read. She only felt that the text kept shaking in front of her eyes, and Elizabeth, II and her many lovers were about to walk out of the book. My body was weak and leaning against the bookshelf, my upper and lower eyelids were closed together, my head rested on the bookshelf, I fell into a drowsy sleep, and entered a dreamland full of charming and colorful dreams.
…
On the other side, Richard had no idea or cared about what Princess Ruth was doing, and was constantly browsing books one after another in the library.
Calculating the time in my mind, my browsing speed continued to increase, turning pages almost at a glance. Once you realize that the content of the book has no possible connection with the information you want, throw it away without ceremony and replace it with another one.
In this way, Richard browsed through one bookshelf after another.
In the process, he did learn some information about the former Black Spirit Empire, but it was too little for him and of no great use. And the content in the book does not mention anything about the secret of the Black Spirit King.
He still needs to keep browsing and searching until he finds what he wants.
Finally, Richard walked to a bookshelf near the edge wall.
After a quick glance, Richard saw that the books on this bookshelf were a bit primitive and heavy, and the covers had a metallic texture.
Pulling out a book from the bookshelf, Richard found that the book was heavy. He knocked on the cover and saw that the whole book was shaking slightly - the book turned out to be a metal shell. It seemed that it had been treated with special anti-corrosion treatment, and there was no rust on it. Mark of.
"This shouldn't be an ordinary book."
With this thought in his mind, Richard slowly turned to the first page. As soon as my eyes landed on it, I couldn't help but squint because I saw a pattern in the middle of the first page - a familiar pattern!
Black triangle, inscribed circle, bisecting triangle and vertical line of the circle.
The symbol of the Black Spirit Empire!
Richard's eyes became serious, he took a deep breath and prepared to scroll down.
At this moment, a cough sounded from behind.
"Ahem!"
After hearing the voice, Richard's eyes suddenly shrank, his muscles all over his body contracted, and he became highly vigilant and entered a fighting posture.
The reason for this was because he could tell that the cough was hoarse and old, and it definitely did not come from Princess Ruth, who was also staying in the library with him.
So who could it be
Richard suddenly turned his head and looked behind him, and saw an old man in yellow clothes, who didn't know when he appeared.
The other person's face was wrinkled, his beard and hair were all white, and he looked to be in his seventies or eighties. His hands hung weakly on his chest, and the backs of his hands were covered with brown age spots.
"Boy, how are you?" The old man in yellow greeted him expressionlessly, showing no emotion or anger.
Richard did not relax his vigilance at all, and asked aloud: "Who are you...?"
"Me?" the old man said, "I come from the Holy Mountain."
"Holy mountain? What holy mountain?"
"Oh, what holy mountain?" The old man seemed to have heard the most incredible thing. "What kind of holy mountain do you think it should be? There is only one holy mountain on the entire east coast, and even the whole world. I come from the only, ancient, and eternal place. The sacred and inviolable holy mountain!"
Richard's eyes narrowed. He didn't want to have too much discussion with the old man about a confidential place name, and said: "Okay, you are from the Holy Mountain, I understand. Then what do you want to do here?"
The old man chuckled: "The purpose of my coming here is actually very simple, that is to stop your stupid behavior."
"Stop my stupid behavior?"
"Yes, stop your stupid behavior." The old man nodded, "I am from the Holy Mountain, but I am also the caretaker of this library. You can be called... administrator. The existence of this library is more important than you think. Even the current king of the Black Holy Mountain Kingdom cannot fully understand the truth.
There are many things hidden here, many secrets. Some of them can be known to others, but some of them can never be known to others and can only be sealed here.
What you are about to read now are some secrets that cannot be known to others. So, you have to stop and leave. understand? "
Richard raised his eyebrows.
The old man continued to speak, looking quite serious: "I know that you are a very powerful boy. You are smarter and better than many people. I believe that your future will be unlimited, and you may not be able to restrain the entire East Coast. you.
But the smarter the person is, the more he should know how to be humble, and the smarter the person is, the more he should know when to pretend to be confused. Now is the time to be humble and play dumb. Because there are some things that you are destined to be unable to touch. Once you try to touch them, the price will be unbearable! "
"Then what if I have to be exposed to and endure this?" Richard asked, holding the book and asking, "For example, what if I have to turn to the next page and read the content on it?"
The old man's expression turned cold: "I said, you shouldn't be like this. If you must do it forcefully, you will get an outcome you don't want at all."
"Really? But I feel that retreating in front of the thing I am most curious about is the outcome I least want to get." Richard looked directly at the old man and said, without much hesitation in the next moment, he opened the book in his hand. Book page, body slightly bent, ready for battle.