Hearing what the elderly mage said, Zhao Xu felt a little unbelievable and turned around to glance at the thousands of bookshelves.
"Isn't this too much?" Zhao Xu said.
Just walking past the bookshelves one by one and looking at the titles of the books, he might not be able to finish it even if he spends an afternoon here.
Not to mention finding the book that leads to the "Legendary Library".
This is all a bit wishful thinking.
After hearing Zhao Xu's words, the mage who was already too old to move just lowered his head and recalled, "Every mage who arrived here for the first time has had this thought."
"It's just that if you can't prove your potential, why should the association let you have access to the 'Legendary Library'?"
At this time, Zhao Xu was no longer tempted. He was concentrating on thinking about every word the old man said.
"Then I would like to ask, what is that legendary library like?" Zhao Xu asked.
"It holds much of the ancient knowledge and secrets of this world."
"Just go look for it. If you can't find it within three hours, it means you don't have the fate either. Just take the elevator back by yourself. Ahem." The old mage couldn't help but cough a few times.
Zhao Xu knew that there must be a shortcut to this.
At this time, Zhao Xu also began to take the bookshelf on this floor seriously. He no longer focused on each book on the bookshelf, but directly looked at each bookshelf one by one.
After arriving at the back shelves of bookshelves, Zhao Xu discovered that the themes of those books were no longer the original primitive and evil rituals. Many other genres began to appear, such as "God and Divinity", "Theory of Godhead", "Three Magical Crisis", "Dragon Poem" and other classics began to appear.
Zhao Xu also understood that the books in this abandoned library were not just forbidden evil elements, but were diverse.
It's just that Zhao Xu was quite confused when he looked at the titles of the books. The titles of some of these books don't look out of date at all. Why would an old man say that most of them are out of date
When Zhao Xu walked through one-third of the bookshelf, he discovered that the books on this floor also corresponded to the more than ten kinds of knowledge and skills.
Moreover, the books on this level look more advanced and practical.
Just as Zhao Xu kept bending step by step to explore the books on the bookshelves.
The old mage looked at Zhao Xu with bright eyes, as if he was examining him.
It took Zhao Xu a full two hours to barely skim through the nearly a thousand bookshelves on this floor. It became even more difficult to count when counting the stacks of classics on each bookshelf reaching the ceiling.
But during the process, Zhao Xu noticed something. There was a teaching book on the goddess of magic in the collection of books.
Although Zhao Xu is an incompetent Level 1 priest, he still possesses some basic skills, and he has also read through the goddess's teachings.
Zhao Xu could be sure of the style of that book. It was not currently released by the church, nor was it even any version that had ever been released.
But the style of the holy emblem in that book is indeed the latest. That was the holy emblem re-issued by the goddess of magic Sisylvina when she obtained a new priesthood three years ago.
Therefore, based on the holy emblem, Zhao Xu was very sure that the history of that book would never exceed three years.
According to the Church's principles of dealing with the Goddess of Magic, they will not apply magic and let the holy emblems on all books be automatically changed. In their view, doing so is a betrayal of history.
So Zhao Xu is very sure that the book will not be put in for more than three years.
This is contrary to the thick layer of dust on all the books here.
Zhao Xu stood on the wall with his hands behind his hands and scanned the entire library. The old mage was standing on the other side of the end, lowering his head and wiping his lenses.
Suddenly, something stirred in Zhao Xu's mind.
He understood that the old man said that most of the classics here were invalid.
There may be a verbal trap hidden in this sentence.
Although Zhao Xu did not look carefully, he already knew that there were many books introducing rituals here.
Ritual, strictly speaking, is another more primitive form of magic. And they can be cast by non-casters.
They do not require any spell slots, nor do they need to be prepared in advance, and there is no limit to the number of rituals they can perform per day.
The only troublesome thing is that the ritual takes a long time to perform, and it even has to be performed at a specific time to be effective, and the materials are also complicated.
For example, Antinoya once gave Zhao Xu the awakening expertise and even the "intelligent heart caster" ability, all of which were performed through rituals.
The "caster level +1" necklace owned by Wang Ningwei was created through ritual.
The old mage's words were untrue, which meant that the ritual here was useful.
"I want a list of all books and classics." Zhao Xu shouted loudly to the old man at this time.
After hearing what Zhao Xu said, the old mage didn't say much, but pointed at Zhao Xu's back.
When Zhao Xu turned around, he had already discovered that on the white wall at the end of the abandoned library, book titles began to appear one after another.
At the same time, the book titles all stretched out lines, pointing to a common bookshelf number.
"The entrance to the 'Legendary Library'." Zhao Xu spoke first with a gambling mentality.
However, those book titles remained unmoved, and they just continued to pop up with new titles, squeezing the entire wall a little bit full.
He really thought too much.
"Summoning ritual." Zhao Xu continued to whisper.
Suddenly, the ink-like rune lines on the entire wall were shattered and then reorganized one by one.
"Searching for Objects, One Hundred and Forty-Four Ritual of Summoning", the title of the book immediately caught Zhao Xu's eyes.
After writing down the number, he walked directly to the bookshelf and picked out the book.
At the same time, Zhao Xu also pulled out the hanging key and inserted it into the lock to unlock it. The whole process went smoothly without any lag.
Not feeling any changes in the book, Zhao Xu began to read the book carefully.
It's just that this classic is a large-opened book, like a picture album, and there are very few illustrations in it, and the text is densely packed together.
If Zhao Xu wanted to perform the ritual later, he would not be able to spend much time reading this book.
And he must immediately retrieve the ritual he wants from this book without a catalog.
Zhao Xu thought about it for a moment and then laughed on the spot. Others may not be able to do anything, but he happens to have mastered too many spells.
Level 1 Spell—Scholar's Touch.
This spell allows the caster to roughly read a book from beginning to end, but this level cannot reach intensive reading, and it cannot be used for some special magic books.
Therefore, this spell is not a very common spell for spellcasters.
But now Zhao Xu only needs to know the ritual he wants to use and where it is in the book. This spell is enough.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu immediately took out the spell-casting equipment "thin crystal disc" and the spell materials "parchment" and "tinder" in his backpack.
Zhao Xu had equipment such as crystal disks and parchment, but it was the "tinder" that made Zhao Xu frown.
When entering an academic library, everyone is still required to store flammable items, even if the library has various fire prevention measures.
Zhao Xu stored his tinder and alcohol in the cabinet at that time.
Now if Zhao Xu goes to the first floor to get back the spell materials, he can't guarantee that he can come back to this floor again. The words on the parchment Antinoya gave him have disappeared.
If Zhao Xu mastered the "supernatural spell" ability of the spell guardian, he would be able to cast spells without materials.
Even if he masters the "Spellcasting without Materials" expertise, he can also save these materials that are less than 1 GP.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xu looked at the potential points. He could use the potential points to simulate expertise.
After reaching level 3, Zhao Xu has regained 5 potential points. In this way, he can spend 1 potential point to simulate the feat of "casting without materials".
However, Zhao Xu had more abundant means at this time.
After thinking about it, Zhao Xu waved his hand, and a piece of tinder appeared in the air between the lightning and flint, and landed lightly on his hand.
The first-level arcane spell "Summoning Spell Materials" can conjure inexpensive spell materials to prevent the caster from encountering the dilemma of not having spell materials.
Zhao Xu also didn't expect that with the spell material package, he would be able to use this spell one day.
After completing this, Zhao Xu immediately used the summoned spell materials to cast the "Scholar's Touch" spell.
After he came into contact with that classic, the contents of the book immediately flashed through Zhao Xu's heart like a movie.
After receiving the feedback, Zhao Xu directly turned to page 312 of "One Hundred and Forty-four Rituals of Finding Objects and Summoning" and read through the 39th ritual above.
Thinking that time was urgent, Zhao Xu hurriedly found an open space, and then started to carve mysterious symbols with the charcoal pen in his hand according to the content in the book.
After a total of sixty-seven, Zhao Xu sketched another star map, and then used the classics as a medium to start chanting the incantation.
Compared to the spell, which takes less than 6 seconds, the chanting time of this ritual is as long as 45 minutes.
Zhao Xu was already scrambling for the last few minutes.
When the old mage saw Zhao Xu's actions, he just nodded silently and didn't say much.
At the last minute, after Zhao Xu recited the last incantation of the ceremony, a powerful mysterious power was poured into his body from the void.
Zhao Xu shouted on the spot: "Look for the books in the 'Legendary Library'."
Suddenly a white light emerged from Zhao Xu's fingertips. Zhao Xu understood that the place where the light was pointing was exactly where the book was.
He quickly looked along the light, only to find that the light was pointed directly at the old mage in front of him.
In other words, the incarnation of the legendary library is the old man in front of him.
At this time, the old mage had turned around and slowly looked up at the layers of bookshelves, "The current legendary library is actually just a fragment of time."
"The 'Legendary Library' was first built by the second-generation Magic Goddess. She tried to gather all the knowledge and mysteries of the world into it. It was later unfortunately destroyed during the God War."
"After that, the third-generation Magic Goddess took pity on the difficulty of the 'Legendary Library', and she had gained a lot of knowledge in it, so she used her divine power to restore it."
"Spellcaster Zhongxia, I now make a contract with you. From now on, you can visit the 'Legendary Library' once a week. But you must swear an oath not to reveal the secrets. Are you willing?"
The old man, who was also the incarnation of the will of the "Legendary Library", looked at Zhao Xu and said.
(End of chapter)