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"This is the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s Scripture Pavilion!"

Jiang Zuo arrived before a seven-story-tall, cyan-colored tower.

The cyan tower was simple, ancient, and weathered, exuding an aura of immense age.

Upon closer inspection, he could see marks on the tower’s body left by blades and axes.

This tower, which seemed extraordinary yet also somewhat plain, stood alone on a patch of green grass with not a single guard in sight.

Even the entrance to the small tower was unguarded.

Jiang Zuo strode forward and stepped into the tower.

The scenery before Jiang Zuo’s eyes changed abruptly, and he found himself in a spacious hall filled with bookshelves.

That’s right—this small tower, the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s Scripture Pavilion, was actually a Pocket World Spirit Treasure!

Over the past few months, Jiang Zuo had already heard rumors about this tower.

The tower was named the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower. It was part of the sect’s foundation, left behind by a senior expert from the Black Tortoise Dao Sect before his ascension.

Not only was this tower a Pocket World Spirit Treasure, but it also housed an Artifact Spirit.

Therefore, the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s Cultivation Techniques were stored inside this Spirit Treasure, completely safe from theft or plunder.

To enter the tower, one had to possess an authorized Token. Only when the Token matched the holder’s identity could they gain entry.

As a Direct Disciple, one of the functions of Jiang Zuo’s Identity Token was to grant him basically unrestricted access to the sect’s grounds.

If it weren’t for that, it wouldn’t have taken over a week to create.

’Looks like this is the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion.’

Jiang Zuo glanced around and saw many young disciples anxiously browsing the information on the books on each shelf.

𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Most of the people on the first floor were Outer Disciples.

It wasn’t easy for Outer Disciples to enter the Scripture Pavilion; they had to spend contribution points to exchange for a special single-use Token.

After entering, they could only stay for one hour. Within this time, they had to choose their desired Cultivation Technique. When their time was up, they would be automatically teleported out.

That was why Outer Disciples, having a rare opportunity to enter, cherished every second.

No one gave Jiang Zuo a second glance when he came in.

’As expected, my storage pouch is unusable.’

Jiang Zuo tried to open his storage pouch and found that, just as the rumors said, it couldn’t be opened inside the Scripture Pavilion.

No wonder such a massive Scripture Pavilion required no guards.

’Can the Pet Spirit Garden be used?’

Jiang Zuo was a little curious, but he didn’t try it.

The Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower had an Artifact Spirit; it might notice something.

"You there, kid. Were you just trying to secretly use a storage pouch? What are you up to, trying to steal a Cultivation Technique Secret Manual?"

Just as Jiang Zuo was thinking this, the figure of a child with the air of a stuffy old man quietly appeared beside him.

Jiang Zuo glanced around and saw that no one nearby reacted, so he knew that this child was probably only visible to him.

"This disciple greets Elder Jing Lun. It is my first time in the Scripture Pavilion, and I was curious about it. I’d heard many rumors, so I just wanted to test one out."

"I haven’t even touched a single book. I have absolutely no intention of stealing anything."

Jiang Zuo hurriedly said to the child.

This child was apparently the Artifact Spirit of the Ten Thousand Dao Scripture Tower. As for why the Artifact Spirit was still a child when the tower had existed for at least ten thousand years...

Jiang Zuo had heard it was because Artifact Spirits don’t mature with age. They only change when they undergo a breakthrough by Crossing the Tribulation.

If it never managed to cross a tribulation and break through, it would remain a child forever.

It was said that in their child form, an Artifact Spirit’s intelligence wasn’t very high.

"Oh, it’s you. The new disciple that Luo the kid took in recently. I’ve heard about you, and that breeding manual you wrote wasn’t bad. Since it’s you, I’ll believe you."

The child confirmed Jiang Zuo’s Identity Token and spoke with a look of realization.

"Where did you hear about me, Elder Jing Lun?"

Jiang Zuo couldn’t help but ask curiously.

"Hehe, there are several disciples who specifically tell me all the sect’s gossip! That book of yours is pretty good. If you can write another book of similar quality in the future, or find a book I don’t have in my collection, I can trade you something from my personal collection!"

The child said smugly with a chuckle.

"You have your own collection? Aren’t all the books here the sect’s?"

Jiang Zuo said in surprise.

"Hmph, ignorant! Only the first five floors here contain the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s collection. The top two floors are all my personal treasures!"

"My collection is huge, and it includes all sorts of high-level Cultivation Techniques!"

"As long as you can find a book that I don’t have, I’ll let you browse my personal collection!"

The child huffed, looking down on the ignorant boy before him.

"Any book will do?"

Jiang Zuo asked after a moment of thought.

"Of course! As long as I don’t already have it, anything goes!"

"But don’t you dare try to fool me with some random junk. If I find out, I won’t be so polite!"

The child finished by threatening Jiang Zuo with a harrumph.

"Alright. If I find one, I’ll be sure to bring it to you."

Jiang Zuo nodded, his mind already hatching another plan.

He now possessed Divine Sense. By using a Divine Sense Jade Tube, he could record a vast amount of information inside a Jade Tube in a short time.

And after gaining Divine Sense, Jiang Zuo could now recall most of the books he had ever read.

He could simply choose to copy a book. By setting aside some time each day, he could finish one in a few days if he took his time.

"Elder Jing Lun, I’d like to find some books on the fundamental knowledge of cultivation. Do you know where such books are located?"

With Jiang Zuo’s permissions, he could exchange for Cultivation Techniques up to the third floor of the Scripture Pavilion to practice. Once his Cultivation was higher, he could also access the fourth and fifth floors.

As for the first floor, Jiang Zuo could borrow any book or Cultivation Technique without spending any contribution points.

However, Jiang Zuo wasn’t in a hurry to find a Cultivation Technique to practice. His current priority was to first supplement his knowledge of cultivation and figure out exactly what his own situation was.

If he still couldn’t figure it out, he would have a reason to ask Luo Taidong for guidance.

"The books in the left corner of the first floor. There are some in the left corner of the second floor as well."

The child said this and then vanished, leaving Jiang Zuo alone.

Jiang Zuo walked to the bookshelves in the left corner of the first floor and began to slowly browse through them.

For the next few days, apart from training the four Cloud Rock Eagles, Jiang Zuo spent almost all his time holed up in the Scripture Pavilion.

「One week later.」

’I’ve read all the relevant cultivation books I could find, and I have a general understanding of my own situation now.’

’Supreme-grade Spirit Roots of all five attributes have probably never appeared in this world before.’

’However, there are records of people with two, or even three, supreme-grade Spirit Roots in *Curious Tales and Miscellaneous Talk*.’

’People with this kind of heaven-defying cultivation aptitude can consider cultivating two or three Cultivation Techniques simultaneously.’

’If one chooses to cultivate this way, they will need corresponding Five Elements Spiritual Soil and Five Elements Spirit Seeds of the respective attributes when forging their Dao Foundation and breaking through to the Divine Body realm.’

’It’s equivalent to cultivating several Divine Trees of different attributes inside one’s body at the same time.’

’Cultivators who train this way are incredibly powerful, but their cultivation is also extremely difficult.’

’Especially during a breakthrough, the cultivation progress of both techniques must be perfectly identical. A slight imbalance could cause them to be permanently stuck in that realm, unable to advance another step.’

’But the craziest part is that when Crossing the Tribulation to break through, the intensity of the Tribulation Thunder they face is multiplied.’

’Therefore, those with such aptitude who plan to cultivate this way must think thrice before acting.’

’As for a Spirit Body, that’s even more powerful!’

’When the owner of a Spirit Body cultivates a Magic of the corresponding attribute, their cultivation speed is terrifyingly fast.’

’Damage taken from Magic of the same attribute is greatly reduced, while the damage they deal to enemies with that Magic is greatly increased.’

’Most importantly, when practicing a Cultivation Technique, they basically never encounter bottlenecks. As long as their Cultivation is sufficient, breaking through to the next realm is as simple as eating and drinking.’

’What’s even more enviable is that during the Tribulation Crossing, the power of the Tribulation Thunder is drastically reduced, so there’s almost no need to worry about failing.’

’But all of this applies to cases of a single Spirit Body, or at most, two.’

’A Five Elements Spirit Body like mine is also unprecedented.’

In a corner of the Scripture Pavilion, Jiang Zuo closed his eyes and began to ponder after returning the last book he had finished reading.

He now had answers to most of his questions.

But as for why the Five Elements Spirit Body would be targeted by this world’s Celestial Dao, he still didn’t have a clue.

’The Five Elements Spirit Body must hold some secret, but finding it will likely be a matter of fate. Even if I ask Master, he probably wouldn’t know either.’

’Forget it. I’ll search for the answer slowly in the future. For now, I need to decide which five Cultivation Techniques to exchange for and cultivate.’

Unable to find the most important answer, Jiang Zuo didn’t dwell on it.

With a single thought, he prepared to select suitable Cultivation Techniques.

Jiang Zuo had already made up his mind to cultivate Cultivation Techniques of all five attributes simultaneously.

He was now Luo Taidong’s Direct Disciple on Taihao Peak, where the Spiritual Qi was incredibly dense. Even with his monstrous Qi Sea and the need to cultivate five Cultivation Techniques at once, he figured his progress wouldn’t be too slow given his aptitude.

As for cultivating only one Cultivation Technique, that was naturally out of the question for Jiang Zuo.

Others might have to consider it, but Jiang Zuo didn’t even need to think about it.

He had plenty of time, so of course he would aim for the best.

Once he became powerful through his cultivation, he would show the geniuses of his generation what it meant to be invincible within the same realm!

’I already have the Cyan Wood Nirvana Skill, but I should still exchange for a Wood Attribute Cultivation Technique to practice with, just in case I have to explain myself later.’

Jiang Zuo went up to the second and third floors of the Scripture Pavilion and began to select his Cultivation Techniques.

As a major sect that had once produced an Ascension Cultivator, the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s Scripture Pavilion possessed an immense number of Cultivation Techniques.

Jiang Zuo looked for a while, feeling dazzled by the sheer number of choices.

If a disciple with a time limit had come up here, they probably wouldn’t have known which Cultivation Technique was the best one to pick.

’The Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s main Cultivation Technique is the Earth Attribute Black Tortoise Primordial Skill.’

’Besides that, the Metal Attribute Golden Thunder Demon-Breaking Technique and the Wood Attribute Wood Heart Clarity Technique are both rated by the Artifact Spirit in the Scripture Pavilion as Celestial Level Cultivation Techniques.’

’Although they are all Low-Grade Celestial Tier, as long as one cultivates them to Perfection, they can reach the Manifestation Realm.’

’Even as a Direct Disciple, I can only exchange for the first two levels of these three Cultivation Techniques at present.’

’There are also quite a few Water and Fire Attribute Cultivation Techniques, but the best among them are only Upper-Grade Earth Tier.’

’An Upper-Grade Earth Tier technique, cultivated to its limit, can only take you to the late-stage Fruit Realm.’

’When cultivating multiple techniques, balance is paramount. Therefore, the Water and Fire Cultivation Techniques must also be Celestial Tier.’

’But if even the Black Tortoise Dao Sect’s Scripture Pavilion doesn’t have Celestial Tier techniques for those attributes, where else can I find them?’

’The Artifact Spirit?’