97 Chapter 97 (1/2)
The second trial wasn't anything out of the ordinary, at least not for Matt. The boss monster looked like a giant head of an obese person with tentacles coming out of its neck area which it used to move and wiggle around the main boss room. He was already 90% sure that the person that designed this so-called tower trial was someone from Earth. If they weren't from Earth they must have either came from a very similar place or they visited it for an undisclosed amount of time.
The monster went through some generic boss phases where it ducked its head into the fleshy wall and started attacking everyone with its tentacles. While doing so the main body couldn't be damaged and the cultivators couldn't do anything besides dodging. It was even telegraphing some of its attacks which allowed the people to dodge with ease. Soon enough the monster was dead and they were taken back to the library.
”That went rather well brother Dong, I'm sure we can get through this trial and get the treasure at the end! But even this Library here is already a treasure trove, only if it weren't only techniques for Qi cultivation juniors.”
Huo Qiang furrowed his brows a bit while picking up a fire elemental cultivation technique from the side.
”Oh... I think there will be more than only those...”
Matt said while walking up to the elevator, Feng Liena next to him as she was curious about what he was doing.
”Do you know something about this magical door, Brother Dong?”
She asked while glancing between the elevator and him curiously. Matt smiled a bit as that face that she was making was kind of cute.
'I sure hope this works, otherwise, I'll look a bit silly...'
He pressed the button to open up the door and waited. Soon enough the doors opened themselves up and revealed an open area inside.
”See, now it opens. I bet we can go to the second level of the library with this elevator.”
The people gathered around him, slowly going inside and looking at the buttons that ranged from one to seven.
”So this is called an elevator? What a strange name... how do you know this, Brother Dong?”
Feng Liena asked, her face beaming with curiosity while Matt's palms started to sweat.
”I ah... left my clan for ten years and traveled the world, I came across a lot of ancient ruins and found a lot of wisdom that described things like these here...”
Feng Liena clapped her hands while smiling up to Zhang Dong as if she bought his excuse.
”Ah, that explains why you are so knowledgeable about these trials. When we get out I must also travel the world and visite those sites!”
The girl pumped herself up a bit while the old lady from the side started shaking her head.
”You must not young Matriarch, you are supposed to lead our clan now, we can't have you going around visiting strange dangerous places!”
The old woman was clearly against it, the happy expression vanished from Liena's face and got replaced by a cute pout. That was not something a woman in her forties should probably do, which made Matt chuckle a bit.
”Brother Dong you laughed, how could you!”
She pointed an accusing finger at the man that tried to cover his face up with his sleeve.
”I don't know what you are talking about Sister Liena... you sure it wasn't Brother Qiang?”
Qiang looked from the side, eyes narrowing as he looked at Zhang Dong.
”Hey, don't get me involved in this!”
The atmosphere in the elevator became a bit lighthearted as the cultivators started laughing, soon enough they heard a beep and the door opened up to a similar-looking library room. The people spread out to see what was on this level, Matt grasped one book and was surprised when he read the title.
”Oh? It's an encyclopedia about basic herbs found in the world?”
”Hey, these aren't combat manuals or cultivation manuals, they are books about various occupations.”
This level had the basic knowledge required to be an Apothecary or an Alchemist that forged pills that cultivators were so crazy to devour at astonishing rates. This wasn't all though, there were crafting manuals, manuals about the anatomy of the human or beast body that would help you become a beast tamer or a physician.
”This is even better than the first level... if we could only get this out of here...”
Huo Qiang lamented while going through the books, he knew well that these books were a treasure trove of wisdom that you could build a strong clan or sect on. What was an Apothecary? It was someone who could make magical pills that increased the rate of someone's cultivation. There were various pill formulas here that even though they were most suited for Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators, were quite the gem.
This wasn't all, there were formation array manuals ones for aspiring blacksmiths with a lot of blueprints for defensive and offensive treasures. There was everything to start you off and set you on the path of a master in a given occupation.