Chapter 20 – The first page (2/2)

He pushed the door and entered. The first thing he saw was rows and rows of bookshelves. The bookshelves occupied most of the library and it was hard to see the end of it. It gave him a sense of visual stimulation. Countless books were packed upon the shelves, and Chen Chang Sheng was happy to see this image. When he noticed that the dusts weren’t as much as he saw yesterday, he was even happier.

The Classical Teaching was in ruins for many years. The desks and chairs inside the other buildings were stolen and sold. There wasn’t even any bed left in the dorms. Officer Xin requested the department to speed up the cleaning and repairing process last night. Since this library was closed, it was protected very nicely.

Chen Chang Sheng got some cleaning tools and cleaned around the library for a bit. Suddenly he noticed the floor and shiny and reflective, it was actually made from the expensive sandalwood. He shook his head, he thought to himself, who would’ve knew that this academy was so rich during its peak, but fell into the dusts for so many years?

What should he do next?

It’s time for him to xiuxing.

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Chen Chang Sheng found an index in the drawer of the library and walked into the long shelves. It didn’t take too long for him to find the first book he desired.

The book’s title was “Purification”.

The name of the book was simple, just from a single glance you know it talked about the process and instructions of the Purification Stage. But due to its simplicity, it was also common.

To defend against the Demon race which held powerful strength and enormous talents, it was forbidden to keep the basics of xiuxing and ways of Purification as a secret in the human world – of course, the large sects have their own ways – but the basics of xiuxinig was just like the stone pillars of the Mausoleum of Knowledge, everyone could see and study them.

This book of Purification was a xiuxing instruction that could be bought from any city or village.

But Chen Chang Sheng never read it, because during the past fourteen years in his life, his master always told him it was unnecessary. It won’t be late for him to study when it was his time to study. When he asked when it would be his time, Chen Chang Sheng’s master never answered him. Right before he left Xi Ning and said he will travel to the capital and visit the Mausoleum of Knowledge and Temple Ling Yan…..

That day, his master finally said to him, “Then, you can start xiuxing.“

He picked up the “Purification” and walked to the door. He sat on the mobbed floor and used the sunlight to read. He opened the first page.

Logically speaking, he should be excited or even nervous at this moment.

But he wasn’t.

During this process, there was not a single change in his expression. It was very calm, it seemed like he underwent this process countless times.

If others were watching this scene, they wouldn’t have guessed that it was his first time reading books about xiuxing.

In the General’s Mansion and the Heavenly Academy, he said this sentence, “It’s not that I can’t xiuxing, it’s just I haven’t started to xiuxing.”

He had millions of chances to start xiuxing, but it wasn’t his time yet.

He waited for a long time, and this day finally arrived. Perhaps he waited too long and he was too exhausted to be excited. All that was left was calmness.

He flipped open the first page of the book.

There started out with a single line.

“The meaning will be understood after hundred times of reading.”