Reincarnation: The Soul of Dashul

In the quaint and elegantly decorated apartment, rows of neat bookshelves stand tall. The dark wood, weathered by time, appears even more dignified and substantial. A faint aroma of wood mingles with the fragrance of books and paper, creating a sense of tranquility and comfort.

In front of the first row of bookshelves, a blue-green jade plate floated in the air, emitting a soft light. The patterns on it were ever-changing, without a fixed design; sometimes it looked like quicksand, and sometimes like waves.

The old sweeper infused the jade tablet with Leido's elemental power, and the patterns on it transformed into regular vortices, then into mysterious messages in the form of ring patterns, and finally displayed a three-dimensional pattern like a holographic illusion.

Completely bewildered, Leido couldn't understand any of this, while the old sweeper was beaming with excitement, his cloudy eyes suddenly clear and bright: "So that's how it is... So that's how it is! Hahaha..."

The old man sweeping the floor laughed throughout the spacious inner library. This supreme Dharma King, who had reached the pinnacle of his cultivation, was now like a child, his hearty laughter lingering for a long time, reverberating among the layers of bookshelves.

"That's strange... I poured spiritual and magical energy into the jade tablet before, but there was no reaction. How come it seems like my Yuan energy activated it when Teacher tried it?" Leido was very curious and wanted to ask the old sweeper for clarification.

But the next second, the old sweeper smiled and looked up with a sigh, then suddenly disappeared, leaving only a crack in the ground. In an instant, even that crack vanished, as if he had come and gone without a trace.

Ledo looked at the jade tablet helplessly. He stretched out his left hand and, imitating the old sweeper, channeled his Yuan energy into the blue-green jade tablet. What the jade tablet displayed was still the same as what Ledo had seen in the ancient tree secret realm.

"These strange coordinates again? They seem to be scattered across different floors of a tower. Do we really have to investigate them one by one? Wouldn't that be exhausting?"

Looking at the numerous cursors on the jade tablet, Leido observed them and found no difference from what he had seen before. After probing repeatedly without discovering anything else, he suddenly felt bored and put the jade tablet back into the Mountain and Sea Map.

"It's too late now... I'll go to the artifact shop to choose a magical artifact tomorrow morning." Leido's magical artifact, the Tarot Cards, has been destroyed by Kimina. He does need a suitable magical artifact now, but there's no rush.

Leido casually unfurled the Mountain and Sea Map on the wall inside the museum, leaped into the small world, and began his cultivation. In the past few days, he has been browsing through numerous books while consolidating his newly advanced cultivation level, resulting in a significant increase in his strength.

The next day, the old sweeper still did not appear in the library. Leido thought he would greet the old man before going to the instrument room as a sign of courtesy, but he did not see the old man until the afternoon.

So Ledo didn't wait any longer. He tidied up the books in the library and walked towards the corridor leading to the instrument hall. A moment later, he came to a large wooden door. Ledo looked up and found that there was no doorknob.

"That's strange... Should I just push it open? This wood... looks familiar!"

Leido observed carefully with a puzzled look. The wooden door was a traditional double door, five or six meters high and seven or eight meters wide. It looked huge and heavy, standing tall like a silent monument.

Both door panels are carved from a single piece of mysterious wood, appearing quite thick. Their surfaces are covered with grooves and cracks eroded by time, which only adds to their majestic and imposing presence.

The two doors on the left and right were perfectly sealed together, with dark energy emanating from the seams, as if they were firmly fitted together. Strangely, despite the enormous size of the door, Leido could not find any door handles, door rings, or keyholes.

The massive wooden door has a seamless surface, as if refusing to be touched by mortals in an ordinary way. The entire door tilts slightly inward, guarding the secret of the treasure vault behind it with immense power.

Leido observed for a long time but still didn't know how to open the door. Helplessly, he stretched out his hands, braced them against the two door panels, steadied himself, and tried to push the wooden door open directly.

"Where did this idiot come from? This is the highest magic academy in the Magic Empire, of course it can only be opened with magic!" Just then, a deep and strange voice came from the door, and then a gargoyle face protruded from the door panel.

"Holy crap... a spirit artifact? Could even the door be a demonic artifact?" In the otherwise quiet inner chamber, the gargoyle suddenly spoke, startling even the mighty Ledo. He defensively took two steps back, almost throwing a punch.

"You're the magic artifact! You've been a magic artifact from beginning to end! You're infuriating me! I'm the guardian beast of the inner palace!" The gargoyle was so angry when it heard Leido say that it was a magic artifact that its cursing turned into human profanities.

"The gatekeeper? Weren't you dead? Killed by the legendary puppet last time?" Ledo recalled the time when the Crystal Palace's weapon shop was infiltrated by an undercover agent. The guardian spirit was the soul of a level nine peak magical beast, yet it was silently killed by the undercover agent, who also stole the Angel's Heart.

"Aaaaah! You're the one who's dead...you're completely dead...I'm not that stupid cat! I'm a level 10 magical beast...level 10!" The gargoyle was so angry when it heard Ledo say it was dead that it almost jumped off the door again.

Leido was puzzled, thinking that the gargoyle was too sensitive. He was just telling the truth, not deliberately targeting it or insulting it. However, he was too lazy to explain and found the guardian beast quite interesting.

"The librarian sent me. I need to go in. Could you please open the door for me?" Leido introduced himself as the old sweeper, hoping the guardian monster would open the door for him.

"Hmph! Even if the Supreme Dharma King came, he would still have to chant the opening incantation!" The gargoyle was clearly still angry and didn't care about anything else.

"A spell? My teacher didn't tell me the incantation!" Leido frowned upon hearing this. The old sweeper had indeed forgotten to tell him the incantation to open the door.

"Then get out of here... Don't disturb my rest. The manners of human children are getting worse with each generation!" The gargoyle glared, opened its mouth wide, and smacked its lips as it chased people away. Its fangs of varying lengths looked quite intimidating.

“That won’t do… I have a permission mark! This…” Leido wanted to take out the mark that the old sweeper had marked for him, but he found that the mark was on the golden primordial spirit. The primordial spirit is not like a shell coin badge, which can be taken out at will.

"What mark? I can't sense it... Hurry up and get out of the way!" The gargoyle seemed to only be able to talk; otherwise, given his temper, if he could fight, he would have already slapped Ledo away.

"Fine, let's just try it then." Ledo seemed to realize that the gargoyle was trapped at the door and couldn't be driven away by magic. He wouldn't give up easily, so he put his hands on the door again, trying to force it open.

"Hahaha... You think you can force your way through? This door was made from a whole ten-thousand-year-old white ironwood tree and was crafted by the Supreme Dharma King. Even a Saint Magician couldn't forcibly destroy it!"

The gargoyle laughed triumphantly as it watched Leido try to force open the door. It didn't stop Leido, wanting to watch a good show first before thoroughly humiliating him.

"I was wondering why it sounded so familiar? It turns out it's the Strange Tree Demon clan... Ten Thousand Year White Iron Birch? It's really powerful..." Upon hearing the familiar name, Leido paused for a moment, but his hands didn't stop moving.

Ledo seemed to sense the weight of the wooden door. He then bent his knees slightly and squatted down to steady himself. He then exerted all his strength by pushing against the door with both palms.

"bang bang bang..."

With a heavy scraping sound, the huge wooden door was easily pushed open. The gargoyle was utterly horrified, his eyes nearly popping out of his head.