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Chapter 253: Mysterious ancient books

Chapter 253: Mysterious ancient books

Ling Tian fell silent for a moment, then said indifferently, "If soldiers come, block them, if water comes, flood it with earth. Young man, have some confidence in yourself. I believe you can protect Xue Jiu!"

Leng Xuan sighed in his heart and replied, "I understand, Old Master. I will try my best."

Ling Tian said, "Hmm, let’s leave it at that for now. I am busy with some corporate affairs."

Leng Xuan responded, "Alright, I won’t disturb you any longer, Old Master. Goodbye!"

After hanging up the phone, Leng Xuan immediately took a taxi, and after more than half an hour, he finally arrived at the entrance of the Huaxia Library. He paid the fare and got out of the taxi.

The Huaxia Library was the largest library in Baiyun City and the whole country, with three floors. After entering, Leng Xuan asked a staff member and learned that the third layer was the ancient books section, so he took the elevator directly up.

Exiting the elevator, Leng Xuan found that the collection of ancient books on the third floor was truly vast; at a glance, there must have been no fewer than a hundred thousand books, with many areas sectioned off.

In front of the elevator, there was also a notice board with a map differentiating various types of ancient books. Leng Xuan took a few glances at it and then followed the routes indicated on the sign to find the small area dedicated to ancient books on Qi cultivation and health preservation.

There weren’t many books here about Qi cultivation and health preservation, but there were still four to five hundred of them. Leng Xuan casually took one out, looked it over for a while, and then put it back. After repeating this process with more than a dozen books and not finding any that were close to the category of cultivation, just as he was starting to feel disappointed, suddenly, The Hundred Treasure Mirror in his arms vibrated slightly, which took him by surprise. Could there be a cultivation-related treasure here?

Thinking of this possibility, Leng Xuan even pulled up his collar to check and indeed, The Hundred Treasure Mirror emitted a faint glow. Although not very strong, Leng Xuan could be sure that there definitely was an artifact left by a cultivator in this area. But looking around, aside from the books, there were no other items in this place, which puzzled him considerably, as he had never heard of a cultivator imbuing their spiritual power into books.

Confused as he was, Leng Xuan still took The Hundred Treasure Mirror into his hands and walked a few steps, only to find the light on it dim down. He felt a strange sensation in his heart, stepped back a few paces, and the faint light shone brightly again. Then he walked in another direction for two steps, and at that moment, the light from The Hundred Treasure Mirror became a bit brighter, but on the third step, the glow began to weaken again.

"Hmm, it should be right around here!" Leng Xuan muttered to himself, then stepped back and faced the bookshelf to start his search. With the area narrowed down to this range, he quickly found an ancient book with a yellowed cover that seemed to be quite old. As he took it out to inspect it, the glow from The Hundred Treasure Mirror suddenly brightened almost twice as much.

Leng Xuan was slightly startled. Although there were not many people on the third floor, if even one or two of them noticed, he would inevitably run into trouble. However, while he was getting a bit anxious, The Hundred Treasure Mirror, as if it understood his concerns, suddenly retracted all its light.

Leng Xuan was slightly taken aback and thought, ’How could this be? Is this book in my hand not the treasure identified by The Hundred Treasure Mirror?’ Just as this thought appeared, The Hundred Treasure Mirror emitted a ray of light again.

Leng Xuan immediately guessed something. Could it be that The Hundred Treasure Mirror could communicate with his mind? Trying to connect with it through his thoughts, he asked it to retract its light and, to his amazement, the device obediently withdrew its glow. Then, when Leng Xuan asked it to release light again, it automatically emitted a glow.