Chapter 2297 — A Visitor to the Library Pavilion
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Admittedly, Wei Zhao's plan was a good one: go and pretend to deliver a warning, then slip away like the golden cicada shedding its shell. Though it did mean helping Wei Zhao, once the Twelfth Elder and the Second and Third Protectors returned, Wei Zhao would already be gone, ready to make his escape.
"Since that is so, I will release your acupoints for you," Wei Zhao said. After Lazi stopped the car, he unblocked them.
"Many thanks, Mr. Zhang!" Lazi said gratefully. "Over there is the Library Pavilion. You must be careful, Mr. Zhang!"
Wei Zhao waved a hand, pushed open the door and got out. With a flicker of movement, he vanished in the direction of the Library Pavilion...
"So fast... worthy of a mid-stage Earth Rank master..." Lazi clicked his tongue in amazement.
The Tagan clan's Library Pavilion was, frankly, not very large. It was a standalone two-story building, but once inside it became clear that the space was big and the shelves were few! Perhaps this was a common failing of such families; they lacked the deep reserves of those ancient sects and ancient clans.
This Library Pavilion was much bigger than the Hidden Han family's, but still not as big as Wei Zhao had expected...
Seeing this, Wei Zhao grew somewhat puzzled. What exactly was the relationship between those Heaven Rank masters and the Tagan clan? Earlier, Wei Zhao's thinking had been constrained; being in danger, he had had no time to consider it carefully. But now, weighing and pondering it at leisure, he began to have doubts.
What virtue or ability did the Tagan clan possess that it could command so many Heaven Rank masters? Yet judging by appearances, these Heaven Rank masters did not seem to be the Tagan clan's own forces. Perhaps the Tagan clan was merely a subordinate power of theirs, much like the relationship between certain hidden families and ancient sects. Or perhaps it was also because Tagan Long was a disciple of that great sect, and so these Heaven Rank masters looked after the Tagan clan with particular care?
As for the books here, one glance was enough to disappoint Wei Zhao. There was nothing too remarkable—just ordinary mental cultivation formulas and martial techniques; from their names alone one could tell they were not superior methods or skills. And yet, some things could not be judged by their names alone.
But this time Wei Zhao's visit was pressed for time. He had no leisure to leaf through them one by one, nor could he possibly carry all these books away. Taking a single manual on forging the spirit-essence necklace would probably go unnoticed by the Tagan clan, but take too many and they would likely hunt him down in a frenzy—the loss would outweigh the gain.
At this moment the Library Pavilion was very quiet, utterly deserted. At this hour, probably no Tagan clan disciple would come here. Wei Zhao swiftly searched the shelves for the secret manual on forging the spirit-essence necklace.
There were not many books in the Library Pavilion, so with Wei Zhao's keen eyes, his gaze quickly fell upon the spine of a book on the topmost level of the leftmost shelf—"Methods for Forging the Spirit-Essence Necklace"!
This was the very book. Wei Zhao swiftly pulled it out and, holding it in his hands, leafed roughly through it by moonlight. It was a thread-bound handwritten copy, the characters written large, so that even under the moonlight they were legible. Sure enough, among the required materials, the first item was the spirit-essence inner core of a spirit beast!
Having confirmed this was what he sought, Wei Zhao read no further but quickly tucked it into his robes. Just as he was about to leave the Library Pavilion and go make trouble for Tagan Long, his steps suddenly halted. He sensed a nameless danger—a cultivator was walking toward the Library Pavilion. Judging by the fluctuation of true qi in the man's body, he should be an early-stage Profound Rank master!