Caiqiu Calendar, Year 297, October 10, early morning
"Ha... enough, it’s time to go back!"
After spending four days in the Governor Mansion’s Book Collection Tower, Xia Hong gently yawned, stretched lazily, and placed a copy of "Moao River Four Vassal Areas" back on the shelf. He looked around, shook his head, and directly headed downstairs.
The harvest from this visit to the Book Collection Tower was immense!
"Six martial arts skills, one castrated version of Battle Style Fist, three sets of saber techniques, and two sets of swordsmanship, all refined after sneaking and learning in Cai Qiu. The boost in power is at most forty percent, giving them away won’t hurt."
Books, put simply, are knowledge, a summary of predecessors’ experiences; put on a grand scale, they are the ladder of human progress, so wherever they are, they are extremely precious.
This three-story Cai Qiu Book Collection Tower houses at least ten thousand books, covering geography, cultivation, harvesting, hunting, martial arts, cultivation, Cold Beast, and even deceitful monsters, almost every aspect there is.
From these ten thousand books, the deep foundation of the feudal town can be seen.
As a time traveler, Xia Hong naturally understands the importance of books. Before the First Year of Great Xia, he had Xia Chuan begin piling the Cold Beast Record. Later, he had Yue Feng pile the Da Xia Chronicle, and he himself participated in the formulation and pilation of Xia Li. Under his lordship’s emphasis, from the Eight Departments down to the mon folk, there has already been a prevalent trend of book writing in Great Xia.
Yet, even so, in Great Xia, all the books formed that have collection significance total just over four hundred.
If only all these ten thousand books could be moved back to Great Xia!
Countless times in the past five days, such impulsive thoughts surged in Xia Hong’s mind, but he naturally wouldn’t truly act on them.
Even though weak, he can feel that this three-story small building houses at least ten Xianyang Level presences, with a few that are not even weaker than him.
Whether he can grab those books under their noses is another matter, and even if he did, could he smoothly leave this Governor Mansion?
Of course, these are all idle talks. In summary, this Book Collection Tower, which condenses Cai Qiu’s nearly three hundred years of historical experience and holds over a thousand precious martial arts classics, naturally wouldn’t let him in easily.
Six martial arts skills were the "entrance fee" Xia Hong submitted to the Governor Mansion.
For Xia Hong, these six martial arts skills aren’t particularly precious, but it’s a different story for Cai Qiu.
As early as the beginning of the year during a confrontation with Cai Yunzhou, Xia Hong had speculated that the martial arts level of Cai Qiu Feudal Town was inferior to Great Xia’s.
Cai Yunzhou is the City Lord of Qinghua City, a direct third-generation descendant of the Landgrave, needless to say about his identity and status. The martial arts he cultivates must be the finest in all of Cai Qiu.
On the day of the battle at the city gate, his power only increased a little over thirty percent when he used the Heaven-pulling Sword Technique, proving Cai Qiu’s finest martial arts are roughly at this level.
Subsequent months in Cai Qiu have already confirmed Xia Hong’s speculation.
"The martial arts level of Great Xia, before my skills successfully transcended, only needs the Long Fist’s force pattern to be refined to Transformation Realm to achieve a thirty percent boost. With martial arts techniques, the boost can reach an astonishing fifty percent;
After transcending skills, with Law-level martial arts imitation and deconstruction, my understanding of martial arts reached a new height. Once the feudal town affairs are settled, this time returning, I can raise this boost even higher..."
Xia Hong’s eyes brightened slightly and he continued heading downstairs.
In short, six martial arts skills with a maximum forty percent boost are extremely precious to Cai Qiu, and they indeed secured him five days in the Book Collection Tower.
"It’s a win-win, not only entering the Book Collection Tower, but these six martial arts being gifted raises the credibility of my Daqin Prince identity in their eyes, thus further emphasizing my background and origins."
Xia Hong’s mouth formed a slight smile, and he quickly descended to the first floor, heading towards the exit.
In the Governor Mansion alone, there are no fewer than a thousand Cai clan direct descendants, and counting the maids and servants, there are over twenty thousand in the entire mansion, thus many people naturally enter and exit the Book Collection Tower regularly.
Though Xia Hong wore only a simple black silk garment, without any accessories on his head or waist, upon seeing him e down from upstairs, people dared not slight him, only showed a bit of curiosity.
Quickly, he reached the doorway.
At the entrance of the Book Collection Tower, there was a recliner where an elderly man with gray hair, full of wrinkles, dressed in a simple blue cotton outfit, lay on it. His eyes were closed, barely breathing, exhibiting a near-death posture.
Those entering and exiting the tower mostly ignored the old man, except Xia Hong, who, passing by his side, merely nodded slightly at him.
"This elder in blue, with basic strength of at least 50 jun, is stronger than the eldest prince Cai Yunlan, the strongest person I’ve encountered since entering the mansion nearly four months ago. Yet, none of the Cai clan descendants entering and exiting the Book Collection Tower recognize him!"
Xia Hong couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, clearly understanding it’s not simply that these Governor Mansion descendants are oblivious but rather that the Governor Mansion, or the core upper echelons of the Cai clan, are incredibly secretive, with most of the Cai clan descendants unaware of the true powerhouses within their own family.
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