Chapter 28: First Arrival at the Library

"Really? For free?"

Upon hearing Bai Wenyang's words, a look of disbelief crossed Ye Qingxuan's face.

Was the Xuantian Sect's support for Blessed Cultivator disciples really this significant?

Not only was there a free supply of doubled cultivation resources, but even various related knowledge inheritances could be obtained for free?

However, upon second thought, Ye Qingxuan understood the Xuantian Sect's reasoning.

All the Blessed Lands were located within the Xuantian Mountain Range. Once a Blessed Cultivator passed away, the ownership of the Blessed Land would ultimately remain in the hands of the Xuantian Sect.

The Xuantian Sect's early investment would eventually feed back into the Xuantian Mountain Range, and the ultimate beneficiary would only be the master of the range—the Xuantian Sect.

A Blessed Cultivator was essentially nothing more than a tool!

But even so, Ye Qingxuan had to admit that the Xuantian Sect's level of support for Blessed Cultivators was indeed immense.

The key was that the Xuantian Sect would not encroach upon the interests of the Blessed Cultivator disciples during their lifetimes. That was enough!

There is no such thing as a free lunch; one receives benefits in life and repays the debt after death!

Ye Qingxuan did not resent this practice of the Xuantian Sect. In his view, this approach was quite humane.

Knowing that everything he wanted was in the Library, Ye Qingxuan did not linger. He prepared to head to the Xuantian Sect's Library to take a look!

Before leaving, Ye Qingxuan specifically purchased a batch of spiritual herbs used for a series of first-grade pills, such as Qi-Inducing Pills, Detoxification Pills, Qi-Supplementing Pills, and Grass-Returning Pills.

He only purchased enough herbs for ten doses of each pill. It wasn't much, as these pills were merely for practice.

Although he had no immediate use for these pills, experimenting with the refinement of different types would ultimately be helpful for his future path as an alchemist.

In any case, the pill recipes were already included in the fifth-grade alchemist inheritance given to him by his clan, so there was no need to buy the recipes.

Mastering the refinement methods for these pills would surely prove useful at some point in the future.

Leaving the market, Ye Qingxuan learned the location of the Library from the disciples guarding the teleportation array. After several transfers via the array, he finally arrived at the Library's location!

The Xuantian Sect's Library was not built upon any particular mountain peak!

The Library itself was a mountain peak, but the interior had been hollowed out by the Xuantian Sect and transformed into a massive repository of books!

Standing before the main gates of the Library, Ye Qingxuan felt as small as an ant.

But he was not shocked!

Joking aside, having been in the Earth-Mystic Realm for so long, he was no longer the person he used to be.

A mere Library was no longer enough to shock him.

As Ye Qingxuan stepped calmly through the gates of the Library, he found the interior space to be much larger than he had imagined. Rows of bookshelves, so high they seemed to touch the ceiling, were packed densely with books!

He picked up a book at random; the texture was very comfortable, as if it were made from a special jade-like material.

Upon opening it, he found the content was merely a travelogue recorded by some senior brother during his travels.

Aside from the sections containing the sect's secret inheritances, the Library contained almost everything else imaginable.

Furthermore, these books were free; as long as they were not taken out of the Library, anyone could transcribe them at will.

The only requirement was that the transcribed books must not be distributed externally. After all, the Xuantian Sect did not want the books accumulated over generations to be easily stolen by outsiders, effectively doing their work for them!

Ye Qingxuan scanned the area and noticed a fair number of cultivators coming and going.

"So much free time? Doesn't everyone need to be busy cultivating?"

After a silent complaint in his heart, Ye Qingxuan began to look around.

Soon, he found the Library's management office not far from the main entrance!

Approaching closer, he saw a disheveled old man dozing off behind the management counter, seemingly completely indifferent to everything happening in the Library.

However, Ye Qingxuan did not underestimate the old man. Instead, he took out his disciple token, held it in his hands, bowed respectfully, and said

"Ye Qingxuan, a disciple of the Blessed Cultivation Academy, greets the Elder! This disciple wishes to..."

Before he could finish, the dozing old man suddenly waved a hand, and Ye Qingxuan instantly vanished from his spot.

"Always knowing how to disturb an old man's nap. Young people these days! They have no respect for their elders!"

With that, the old man rolled over, changed his position, and continued his nap.

In a certain space within the Library, Ye Qingxuan's figure suddenly appeared.

After a moment of uncertainty, Ye Qingxuan gradually calmed down. After surveying the space, he realized he was alone.

Then, Ye Qingxuan turned his gaze toward a bookshelf not far in front of him.

He stepped forward to check the catalog of these books; almost all of them were related to Blessed Cultivation.

However, upon browsing, he found that they mostly consisted of knowledge regarding spiritual plants, spiritual veins, and Blessed Lands, without any accompanying techniques or spells.

"No wonder these Blessed Cultivation books are kept in the Library; it turns out they don't include the sect's technique inheritances!"

Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but feel a bit disappointed, but he then shook his head and mocked himself

"I suppose I was being a bit too greedy!"

After all, they were free; one couldn't demand too much!

In reality, what Ye Qingxuan did not know was that this special space within the Library was not the only one; there were others containing books with more specialized or precious content.

However, because the content of those books was so specialized or precious, although they were housed in the Library, there were reading thresholds in place.

For the books in the space where Ye Qingxuan was currently located, besides disciples of the Blessed Cultivation Academy, one generally needed to be at the level of a core disciple or higher to enter and view them.

Therefore, the content recorded in these books was not as "cheap" as Ye Qingxuan had imagined.

Within the space, Ye Qingxuan began to patiently browse the books.

He discovered that the vast majority of the content focused on various methods for upgrading spiritual veins, as well as introductions to spiritual plants beneficial to Blessed Lands and precautions for their cultivation.

The spiritual vein was the key to a Blessed Land. Only when the spiritual vein upgraded would the Blessed Land undergo a subtle upgrade as well. A first-grade spiritual vein corresponded to a first-grade Blessed Land; both spiritual veins and Blessed Lands were categorized from grades one to ten in a one-to-one correspondence.

Regarding the assistance of Blessed Land upgrades, the books placed heavy emphasis on three specific spiritual plants: Spirit Gathering Grass, Spirit Purifying Tree, and Earth Spirit Flower!

These three plants could grow continuously through the cultivation of a Blessed Land.

The Earth Spirit Flower in particular was vital; high-grade Earth Spirit Flowers could gather the twelve great elemental essences within the Earth-Mystic Realm, serving as the key to stabilizing the interior of a Blessed Land and upgrading it to a higher grade.

As for the Spirit Gathering Grass and the Spirit Purifying Tree, one could gather spiritual energy to accelerate the growth of the Blessed Land, while the other could assist the spiritual vein in purifying the Blessed Land's negative energy, maintaining the purity of its origin. Both could provide significant assistance to the upgrading of a Blessed Land!

This knowledge could fill the gaps in a Blessed Cultivator's foundational knowledge, but how a Blessed Land should specifically be developed still depended on the individual cultivator's planning.

After all, knowing the method was one thing; being able to actually cultivate these plants and make them grow rapidly enough to drive the upgrade of the Blessed Land was quite another.

After finishing these books, Ye Qingxuan fell into slight contemplation

"Among the spiritual herb seeds given to me by my clan, there are seeds for Spirit Gathering Grass and Earth Spirit Flower. However, the Spirit Purifying Tree does not fall under the category of spiritual herbs, so the seeds provided by my clan do not include them!"

"But, the Spirit Purifying Tree shouldn't be hard to obtain within the Xuantian Sect!"

Countless spiritual plants had been born within the Xuantian Mountain Range. Having occupied the range for so many years, the Xuantian Sect likely wouldn't consider mere Spirit Purifying Tree seeds to be precious!

Thus, Ye Qingxuan was not worried about being unable to find Spirit Purifying Tree seeds within the Xuantian Sect!