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"To be honest, we are quite interested in your sect's sword control techniques. Would you mind if we could borrow them for a look?" Zicomo made his request.

Zicomo had long been looking forward to learning the sword control technique from Mount Shu. He had previously asked Huo Xuan if he could teach him the technique, but Huo Xuan refused.

Sword control techniques aren't considered particularly precious within the Shu Mountain sect; in fact, they're practically a mandatory introductory skill for all Shu Mountain disciples. However, since it's a sect-specific technique, Huo Xuan can't easily pass it on to outsiders, so the sect leader has to make the final decision.

After pondering for a moment, Dao Xuan said, "The Sword Control Technique is a sect-specific method, and I cannot easily pass it on to outsiders. However, I can hire a few of you to become guest elders of Mount Shu. What do you think?"

Dao Xuan was making his own calculations.

Of the three, Hermione, the weakest, could overpower Qingxuan, and Lani was far superior to him. Not to mention the unfathomable Qicomo.

If Dao Xuan didn't recruit these three experts, he must be out of his mind.

Zicomo saw through Dao Xuan's thoughts, raised an eyebrow and said, "Are you sure? You know we're here for tourism, and we'll be going back to England in a while, so we won't be able to fulfill our duties as elders."

"Fellow Daoist, rest assured, there are not many restrictions on guest elders. They only need to help when the sect is in danger. Once you become guest elders, you can enter the library to borrow the sect's spells. The sword control technique you want is in there."

Since Dao Xuan had already said so much, Zicomo felt embarrassed to refuse any longer.

It was mainly his last sentence that was so captivating.

After becoming a guest elder, one can enter the Shu Mountain Library. This was something that Zikomo, who loved collecting all kinds of books, could not refuse.

Seeing that Qi Kemo agreed, Dao Xuan took out three tokens and handed them to Qi Kemo and the other two.

"These are tokens issued by the sect to guest elders. They are your identification documents, so please make sure you keep them safe."

Dao Xuan did not stay with Qi Kemo for long. After chatting with Qi Kemo for a while, he took his leave.

Judging from the way he occasionally let out a trace of his aura, Zicomo guessed that his cultivation level was not yet fully consolidated.

As the sect leader, Dao Xuan was quite responsible. He was afraid of neglecting Qi Kemo and the others, and came out even though he had just broken through to a higher realm and hadn't fully consolidated his gains. He was also thinking about recruiting guest elders for the sect.

After Dao Xuan left, Qi Kemo approached Huo Xuan and asked her to lead the way to the library.

"The library is divided into five floors. The first four floors correspond to the four realms of refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao. It contains magic techniques created or collected by the predecessors of Shu Mountain. Of course, there are also some strange tales and historical records in there."

Huo Xuan explained to Qi Kemo and the other two, "The spells on the fifth level have been sealed away because they are too powerful, offensive to nature, and have demanding learning conditions. Only those who have made special contributions to the sect, apart from the sect leader, can enter."

Huo Xuan led the three to the library, showed their tokens to the elder guarding the library, and then went inside.

"This is... a jade slip for transferring skills?" Zicomo asked uncertainly.

Upon entering the library, what greeted the eye was not a variety of books, but a dazzling array of jade slips.

"Well, you have good insight, young man!" Huo Xuan confirmed Qi Kemo's guess.

She explained, "It is said that the library used to be filled with all kinds of books, and each time the books needed to be maintained, a lot of effort was required. Later, a certain elder in the weapon-refining sect found it troublesome and created this kind of jade slip for transferring skills."

Upon hearing this, Zicomo thought to himself, "Indeed, laziness is the greatest motivator. Sometimes, people will do anything to save themselves trouble."

Hermione walked to the shelf where the jade slips were displayed and picked one up at random.

"Simply place the jade slip on your forehead to sense its contents," Huo Xuan advised.

Hermione did as she was told, and sure enough, a message appeared in her mind.

This jade slip contains a simple fire spell, with an effect similar to a raging fire, but with significantly less power.

After all, it's a spell from the first floor of the library. If it were too powerful, those Shushan disciples at the Qi Refining stage would probably be exhausted after using it just once.

Hermione exclaimed, "This is so convenient! Harry and the others will probably love it!"

She said this because Harry had complained that Hogwarts' textbooks were too cumbersome. Ron, the simpleton, even asked the absurd question of why people couldn't read with their eyes closed.

Zicomo was more concerned about another issue than this.

"Won't these jade slips for transferring skills break down after a long time?" Zicomo asked.

"Of course, but the jade slips used for transferring skills are all backed up, so we can just replace them when they break."

Huo Xuan's tone was filled with displeasure.

It was previously mentioned that the inventor of the jade slip for transferring power was an elder in weapon crafting. Clearly, the task of supplementing the jade slips was handled by Elder Huo Xuan, the same elder in weapon crafting.

Zicomo didn't say anything more, but instead looked at the jade slips in the library, and an idea suddenly popped into his mind.

He extended his spiritual power, attempting to contact the jade slip.

The contents of the jade slip appeared in his mind.

Zicomo was overjoyed. Just as he had guessed, he could directly read the contents of the jade slip using his mental power.

The library has a rule that neither elders nor disciples are allowed to borrow too many jade slips at once.

After learning of this limitation, Zicomo thought his plan to acquire the entire library was doomed, but unexpectedly, a new opportunity arose. The library was filled with jade slips for transferring cultivation techniques, which could be read using mental power.

This is undoubtedly good news for him.

With his powerful mental strength, Zikomo could forcibly imprint the contents of these jade slips into his mind, and then slowly read and master them.

Just like when he recorded the Slytherin legacy.

Chapter 181 Refining the Natal Flying Sword, the Spirit of the Dark Moon Greatsword

Zicomo extended his mental energy, imprinting all the jade slips containing the transmission of skills from the library into his mind, layer by layer.

After he finished scanning the fourth floor, he tried to probe the fifth floor with his spiritual power, but was blocked by a barrier.

That makes sense; since it's a sealed-off section, it's natural that it would be protected by restrictions.

Although Zikomo could have broken through these barriers with his powerful mental strength, he didn't. Forcing a breakthrough would mean destroying these restrictions, and he had just agreed to become a guest elder; he couldn't very well cause trouble in someone else's home right away, could he?

Zicomo was already quite satisfied with being able to collect the spellbooks from the first four levels.

In the end, Zicomo only borrowed the jade slip containing the technique of sword control, and a jade slip titled "The Book of Strange Beasts."

Hermione was inclined to take a few more, but at Zicomo's prompting, she simply picked one that interested her. As for Lani, there weren't any spells here that particularly interested her.

After returning to the courtyard arranged for them by Shushan, Hermione asked, "Cousin, why didn't you let me take a few more pieces earlier?"

“There’s no need. I’ve already made a copy of all the jade slips in the library,” Zicomo said.

"When did you do it?"

The little witch was puzzled; she hadn't seen Zicomo's movements.

“I used my mental power to imprint all the contents of those jade slips into my mind, which is why you didn’t notice my actions,” Zicomo explained.

Hermione exclaimed in sudden realization, "So that's how you use mental power!"

“Of course, but it requires a high level of mental strength,” Zicomo said. “Alright, I’m going to take a break and sort out the contents of these jade slips.”

The library of books in Mount Shu was enormous. After imprinting all the information from the jade slips into his mind, even with Zicomo's powerful mental strength, he felt somewhat exhausted.

After greeting the two women, Zicomo went back to his room to rest.

Zicomo took out his long-unused 'magic book,' which was his magical tablet computer.

His 'magic book' has a mental transmission function, which can transfer the memory information in his mind to the 'magic book'. It can also help organize information, saving Zikomo the trouble of copying the contents of the jade slips one by one.

After connecting his mental energy to the 'magic book', Zicomo closed his eyes to rest.

Zicomo did not finish the transmission until sunset.

After finishing, Zicomo didn't rush to read the contents, but instead took out the Darkmoon Greatsword that Lani had given him.

While he was resting with his eyes closed, he took the opportunity to review the Sword Control Technique and has already mastered its basic techniques.

To use the sword control technique, you first need your own flying sword.

The disciples of Mount Shu will apply to the sect to obtain a sword blank, and through continuous refinement, it will eventually be transformed into their natal flying sword.

Incidentally, these sword blanks from Mount Shu were also prepared by the weapon-refining elder. This shows that the weapon-refining elder is indeed a very busy position.

Zicomo didn't need to use a sword blank; he had a better option: the Darkmoon Greatsword in his hand.

This is the Moon Greatsword, a gift from successive Queens of Caria to their partners, and it is made of the moon itself.

Of course, the moon mentioned here refers to the artificial moon that the Eternal City once created.

This artificial moon was shattered in the conflict between the Eternal City and the Supreme Will. The survivors of the Eternal City collected some of the fragments and forged them into the Greatsword of the Moon, which became a symbolic gift from Queen Caria to her partner.

(The royal family of Caria is descended from the Eternals.)

In addition, some small fragments were made into an item that Old Man Ring players are very familiar with, namely the Memory Stone.

The Memory Stone is a square, black stone that has been crafted into the shape of a necklace. It is a secret treasure of magicians.

It can increase memory slots, also known as spell slots.

This is equivalent to a memory stone helping you remember a certain spell. You no longer need to consider its casting steps and conditions. You only need to input magic power into it to cast that spell.

Zicomo collected a few memory stones while traveling along the border, but they weren't of much use to him. After all, with his talent, there wasn't a single spell he couldn't learn.

Getting back to the main point, the Darkmoon Greatsword that Lani gave to Qi Komo is extremely precious and can never be compared to the mass-produced sword blanks of Shu Mountain.

The better the material of your natal flying sword, the faster it can fly, the stronger its attack power, and the higher its growth potential.

During the refining process, the disciples of Mount Shu had to constantly search for various precious materials to enhance their natal flying swords, while Qikomo simply skipped this process.

Of course, he could later incorporate precious materials into the Darkmoon Greatsword to improve its quality. However, finding materials capable of enhancing the Darkmoon Greatsword would likely be no easy task. But that's a story for another time.

The Darkmoon Greatsword was a weapon that Zicomo often used, and he was very familiar with it, so the forging process went very smoothly.

In no time, Zicomo established a mental connection with the Darkmoon Greatsword. Zicomo could sense a faint consciousness emanating from the Darkmoon Greatsword, which was likely the sword spirit of his natal flying sword as recorded in the Sword Control Technique.