Watch out! Something's wrong with this guard.

So here's the question: what can you do when faced with a rich young lady who likes to take long, drawn-out breaths?

Should I punch her in the head and make her cry?

That definitely won't do, so of course I laughed.

What? You can't laugh? You have to laugh even if you can't.

"Miss, please tell me what to do, and I'll do whatever you say." Lu Yunshi asked helplessly.

"Actually, it's nothing. It's mainly for your own good. After all, I've considered that you naturally have less time to cultivate now, so you should spend all the necessary time on me as your master... and on cultivation. As for other things or people, I don't think you have much time or need to contact them, right?" Lu Yunxi said meaningfully.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yunshi's eyes darted around, and then he quickly understood what the other party meant. He pretended to hesitate for a moment before agreeing.

"Naturally, as Miss said, I will devote more time to cultivation."

Anyway, it's just a matter of saying a few words. People will still do what they're supposed to do. It's normal to be outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant.

"Hmm?" Lu Yunxi's tone was displeased, and she stared sharply at Lu Yunshi. Upon seeing this, Lu Yunshi immediately finished speaking.

"Of course, there's also you, Miss."

Hearing this, Lu Yunxi was slightly satisfied, and then she glanced at the courtyard gate behind her.

"This place is nice, but it's not good that I, as the host, can't go in."

"Of course this is not good. It was something I didn't think of. Please come with me, Miss, so I can obtain the qualification for you to enter this place at will," Lu Yunshi said obediently.

After a while, once everything was done, Lu Yunshi was finally able to see the young lady off. Perhaps because Lu Yunshi had performed quite well today, Lu Yunxi was in a good mood before leaving. She even turned back after taking a few steps and said goodbye.

Goodbye, Lu Yunshi.

Goodbye, you stinky Yun Shi!

Several seconds later, Lu Yunshi tapped his head. In the brief moment of distraction, he seemed to hear a sound, as if something was trying to rush out from the depths of his mind. But the feeling was fleeting, and he couldn't grasp it. He could only return to his room with doubt and lie down on the bed to rest.

Practice?

Cultivation my ass! He's already pushed himself to the limit, can't he enjoy himself a bit?

Well, actually, Lu Yunshi's cultivation won't make any progress now. He's already at the peak of his cultivation, and the next step is to prepare for the breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage.

In other words, apart from breaking through, there's nothing more for Lu Yunshi to cultivate in the Body Tempering Realm.

If he wanted to practice, he could only learn combat skills, but Lu Yunshi already knew all the combat skills he had learned, except for the Emperor Ice Sword Technique.

Lu Yunshi now has very few rivals in the Body Tempering Realm, except for those silly people who lower their cultivation level.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Lu Yunshi got up early, tidied himself up, and headed to the library, a quaint and ancient building, about several hundred square meters in size and five stories high.

For the academy's standards, this size is quite small, but Lu Yunshi knew that it must be much larger than it appeared.

There are very few powerful beings in the entire Five Realms who have mastered the power of space, but this spatial expansion technology was mastered and continued by a certain genius of the human race. Even without understanding the power of space, one can still use a certain method to control a certain amount of spatial power.

Of course, the technology is not widely mastered and only has a functional role; space expansion technology is already at its limit in this area.

Without much thought, Lu Yunshi opened the door to the library and stepped inside. It was indeed many times larger than it looked. The countless books on the first floor alone astonished Lu Yunshi.

"Read a book, or borrow a book?"

An aged voice came from the side. Lu Yunshi looked over and saw an old man with a cane sitting at a table dozens of meters away, staring at the book in his hands with an expression as calm as an ancient well, without ever raising his eyes.

Lu Yunshi walked up to the old man and gave his answer. "I'll borrow the book!"

The books on the first floor of the library are open to all. There are no combat techniques or cultivation methods stored here; it is simply a place to broaden students' horizons and knowledge. So, the first floor is purely for reading.

The second floor and beyond is used to store combat techniques and cultivation methods. If you want to see them, you have to pay a price. If you want to take them away, you have to pay another price to lend them out.

The old man's question about reading or borrowing books was actually asking Lu Yun whether he wanted to go upstairs.

The old man glanced at Lu Yunshi and then said, "The second floor is 5,000 gold coins per hour, the third floor is 15,000 gold coins per hour, and the fourth floor is 50,000 gold coins per half hour. The price will be calculated separately after you find the book you want to borrow."

"It's really expensive." Lu Yunshi sighed. With such a short time, is it really possible to choose?

Suddenly, he realized the old man hadn't mentioned the fifth floor, so he couldn't help but ask, "What about the fifth floor?"

"The fifth floor?" the old man repeated, then shook his head slightly. "You are not allowed to enter the fifth floor."

'No entry to the fifth floor? Then why create a fifth floor in the first place?'

Lu Yunshi felt something was strange, but he didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he took out the ring that Shangguan Yue had given him earlier and placed it in front of the other person.

This time, the old man's expression finally changed. He looked up at Lu Yunshi with a hint of surprise in his eyes.

"You are Xiaoyue's..."

“I am the teacher’s student,” Lu Yunshi said with a smile.

The old man nodded slightly upon hearing this, but the surprise in his eyes remained. It seemed that Lu Yunshi's answer had not resolved his doubts. However, he did not ask any further questions and instead pushed the ring back.

"You can stay on the second, third, or fourth floor for an hour at will, and bring me whatever you want."

As he spoke, the old man raised his hand and suddenly struck Lu Yunshi's forehead with a rune. While Lu Yunshi was touching his forehead in surprise, the old man continued to speak.

"This mark will prevent you from remembering the content of the cultivation techniques and combat skills you see. No matter how much you see, you will quickly forget it. But even the gradually forgotten memories are enough for you to choose the cultivation techniques and combat skills you like. Bring what you want to me, and I will help you remove the mark."

Lu Yunshi lowered his hand, nodded slightly to the old man, and said respectfully, "Thank you, senior."

The old man did not respond, but simply returned his attention to the book.

Since the other party was unwilling to talk to him, Lu Yunshi naturally had no reason to stay any longer. However, before leaving, he suddenly stopped, hesitated for a moment, and then turned back to ask a question.

"Senior, are there any books about techniques like the Blood Soul Seal in this library?"

Upon hearing this, the old man slightly raised his eyes, remained silent for two seconds, and then asked a question in return.

"Want to learn?"

"I won't learn it!" Lu Yunshi smiled. "Just interested."

"...On the first floor, on the 1335th bookshelf, all the books related to this type of technique are there. On the fourth floor, on the 213th bookshelf, the Blood Soul Seal is placed."