Headless Immortal

Chapter 58 Library
"go out?"

Zhou Changcai craned his neck to look at the two people who were leaving.

Watching Lü He and Cheng Yan's retreating figures, Zhou Changcai sighed inwardly.

In the past, he wouldn't have thought much of it, but now that he lives under the same roof with someone who is ambitious and studious, it makes him feel uneasy and uneasy.

I don't know what's wrong with him, since he's clearly not interested in reading.

The more I think about it, the more annoyed I feel.

Unable to bear loneliness, he knew he wasn't cut out for studying.

Unlike Wu Agui, who was a lecherous reincarnation, Zhou Changcai was also skilled at whoring and gambling. However, whoring was meaningless to Zhou Changcai, just like taking a dump or urinating, a routine matter. Only gambling was interesting, giving people an indescribable sense of comfort.

Sure enough, on the very first day, he became familiar with the good-for-nothings in the school.

He heard that every evening, the students would go to an underground market, located in the temples and shrines behind the academy on the north side of the mountain. As long as you had money, you could have anything. So he decided to take Wu Agui with him to visit the temples and shrines behind the mountain.

Upon hearing that there was a woman, Wu Agui's eyes widened and gleamed. He rubbed his hands together and said, "You understand me best, Brother Changcai. Come on, let's go for a walk in the back mountain together."

……

While the library is indeed an important place, it does not prevent students from coming here to study.

The senior brother on night patrol carefully examined the bronze lamps extending from the pillar.

The lampshade is made of a thin layer of glass, so even if the bronze lamp is knocked over, it will not catch fire.

The deacon instructed that no open flames should be used without permission, and that books and scriptures should not be destroyed; whatever was taken from must be returned to its place.

The two men, having received their waist tokens, stepped into the towering treasure pavilion.

Students are only allowed to enter the first three floors; entry to any higher floors is prohibited.

Cheng Yan and Lü He found an open space and set up a table.

I moved over to the existing desk and lit a lamp to study.

As soon as Grey Treasure entered, it lay down on the floor and sniffed carefully, then, as if it had found its way, it dashed off into the darkness.

"Hey."

Cheng Yan didn't dare to shout loudly in the library. Even such a slight sound aroused the dissatisfaction of several senior brothers not far away. They had no choice but to beg Uncle Cat to hurry up and chase after Hui Bao, so as not to let Hui Bao cause a big disaster.

Old Cat Lu Xun did not stop him immediately, but strolled leisurely behind Grey Treasure, perhaps because Grey Treasure had discovered some treasure again.

Grey Bao pressed its nose against the red brick, its bottom sticking up high, as if it were wiping the floor with a rag.

It sniffed around, then stopped halfway, changed direction, and began climbing the wooden stairs. Unlike the ostentatious and flashy Drunken Tower, the library was simple and grand, seemingly built entirely according to strict rules.

The number of students studying on the second floor has decreased by more than half, but the number has rebounded on the third floor.

Grey did not stop.

Old Cat Lu Xun chased Grey Treasure all the way up to the fourth floor.

They had just arrived.

The previously somewhat bright fourth floor was suddenly plunged into darkness, with pairs of small eyes staring at the two uninvited guests.

Grey Squeak turned to look at the old cat.

The White Deer Grotto Academy has a long history, and things that are old often become spirits and cause trouble. Although the lights weren't completely bright just now, they were still flickering like candlelight. Now, this abnormal behavior must be the work of the little spirits in the library.

The old cat wasn't interested in the little elves in the academy. It meowed softly, signaling Grey Treasure to continue searching.

Grey was initially a little afraid of unfamiliar surroundings, but with Black Cat backing him up, he suddenly became much bolder.

Once again, it pressed its nose to the ground, sniffed left and right to find its way, and then ran along the ground like a bulldozer. After a while, it led the big black cat to the ten-foot-long staircase leading to the fifth floor, and was about to lift its leg to go up.

thump.

Grey fell flat on his backside.

He rubbed his face, wincing, his black bean eyes searching for the reason.

Lu Xun, the black cat, pondered for a moment, as if an invisible wall was blocking their way.

"hey-hey."

A laugh that was covered by a hand came from the darkness.

"what."

After the laughter began, a series of strange laughs suddenly filled the surroundings: "Hahaha!"

Lu Xun, the black cat, turned his golden beast eyes back and looked at the dark figure with a clear, twilight-like quality. He leaped forward and pinned down the little black figure that was trying to run away with one paw.

The little man panicked and cried out, "Old man, save me!"

The old man, who had been dozing in the pavilion, suddenly awoke with a start. He lost his footing, tumbled down, and landed on the floor in surprise. "Where did this tiger come from?" he exclaimed.

"It's not a tiger at all, old scholar, are you getting old and your eyesight is failing?" The big face on the plaque chuckled.

A small bronze lamp, hidden behind a bookshelf, swayed and flickered, its flame gradually stabilizing and illuminating the scene not far away. A large black cat was holding down an ink sprite, its golden beastly eyes surveying the surroundings.

The old man swayed slightly, and suddenly grew from a jar-like figure into a hunched old man, stretching out his hand with a broad smile: "Li Nu."

He was about to pick up the black cat when he said that.

The black cat snatched the dark figure in its mouth, darted back, and its eyes darted around.

"Help! Help!" the Mo man cried out in terror.

At this shout, the previously quiet library was suddenly filled with clanging and banging sounds, and in no time all sorts of strange elves had gathered around.

Grey was so frightened that he quickly shrank behind the old cat's hind legs.

The old man reassured them, "Let him go, we won't hurt you!"

The old cat slowly put the ink-man down.

The ink-wielder scrambled and hid behind the old scholar.

The monsters started talking all at once.

Lu Xun narrowed his golden eyes and thought to himself, "How strange."

These little sprites didn't seem dangerous at all, yet they could all speak.

Lu Xun, the black cat, pointed with his paw at the stairs that were about ten feet high.

The old scholar picked up a bronze lamp with hands and feet, and said with a smile, "To go up to the fifth floor, you need the master's approval. Even we don't go up there often."

"I've never seen you before."

The eyes, as big as lanterns, stared at the black cat and mouse, and chuckled, "A cat and mouse duo."

"It must have become a spirit."

"Yeah, yeah."

"..."

The monsters chattered amongst themselves, and the bolder ones began to circle around the black cat and the mouse. They had seen many cats before, but this was the first time they had seen one as intelligent as the one before them, and they all speculated about its origin.

The academy has no shortage of spirits and monsters.

Grey Treasure relaxed after realizing they weren't hostile.

Lu Xun glanced at the staircase leading to the fifth floor, then looked back at it: "Meow...woohoo? (Strange, it can even talk.)"

Since he couldn't go up to the fifth floor to search for treasure, Lu Xun planned to take Gray Treasure back to the first floor. He still needed to learn to read and write, and secondly, he had to go to the ancient pine forest at midnight to keep his appointment to learn the Ape Form Fist.

The old scholar stroked his white beard and said with a smile, "You mean this? Whenever the academy is bustling, the master would enlighten the newly formed spirits, and they would be able to speak human language."

A look of surprise appeared on the black cat's round face.

That's exactly what he meant. I didn't expect the old scholar to understand cat language.

What surprised him even more was that these little monsters were actually enlightened and could speak.

This teacher must be quite capable to be able to make the little monster speak.

Thinking of this, Lu Xun turned his head to look at the fifth floor, fearing that even if there were any treasures up there, he wouldn't be able to take them away.

A gentleman loves money, but he acquires it in a proper way; it's best not to cause trouble. The black cat, Lu Xun, gently held Grey Treasure in its mouth, nodded slightly to the old man, and with a few leaps, descended four floors along the stair beams.

……

Cheng Yan opened the book, and a black cat's head popped out.

Upon closer inspection, he saw a large rat lying at his feet, pulling his long robe over its belly, and then turning over to find a comfortable position to lie down.

Cheng Yan smiled knowingly and moved the books aside.

He spread out a sheet of Xuan paper that took up half of the table and began grinding the ink himself.

The black cat stretched out its furry paw, and with a whoosh, a sharp claw shot out. It dipped the claw in the inkstone and began copying the book, starting with the poem that the teacher had taught at noon.

Cheng Yan did the same, except he used a wolf-hair brush instead of his fingers.

The two of them, a person and a cat, were writing at their desks in perfect harmony.

When Lü He returned from relieving himself, his eyes widened in disbelief.

"Brother Cheng... Brother Cheng."

"Shhh."

Cheng Yan made a shushing gesture.

Lu He shook his head helplessly. These days, even monsters are starting to imitate them.

Do we still need to take the imperial examination?

(End of this chapter)