Chapter 7 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios  Editor: Atlas Studios

Ren Jie contemplated for quite a while before he was finally able to endure the urge to cultivate. There were some things that just could not be rushed. He should first understand the things which he needed to learn about before finding a chance to explore that cultivation technique. Furthermore, his current location was unsuitable for cultivation.

After deliberating about that, Ren Jie stored that jade memory tablet carefully and tidied the shattered jade case and the broken fragments of the ten middle-grade spiritual jades. Afterward, he continued what he was doing before—reading and reading even more.

Ren Jie’s reading speed accelerated. He could finish books in a sweeping glance if they had some similarities with the books that he had read before.

In the Ren family abode situated at the most prosperous region of the Jade Capital, there was a wooden lodge located in the middle of a unique natural forest.

“Library pavilion? You’re saying that he is still in the library pavilion after twenty-two hours?” The sixth master Ren Tianzong was weaving some adorable little animals using grass with his own hands. Upon hearing the news, he paused once again and looked at Wan Hong in surprise.

Wan Hong nodded in confirmation. “I was astounded too when I first heard the news. I even went to check it out secretly. I observed him for two full hours. He was indeed reading in the library pavilion,” he replied.

“What books were he reading? Bring them over for me to have a look.” The sixth master Ren Tianzong could not convince himself to believe what he heard. He could relate if that rascal learned to behave perversely. Ren Jie might have been suppressed for too long such that he ended up having an outburst after not being able to tolerate the old guys anymore. However, how could he be reading? Since he was young, that rascal would turn sleepy every time he read.

He had been punished many times when he was younger because of that. Despite how they punished him, Ren Jie would still turn sleepy whenever he read. Even if there was someone monitoring him while holding a wooden rod, he was still unable to continue reading.

“This… Sixth Master, this might not be very convenient,” Wan Hong said in a troubled tone.

“Is it because he is still reading those books? If that’s the case, bring them over once he has finished reading them.” The sixth master Ren Tianzong thought Wan Hong was concerned that those books that Ren Jie read were still left in the room, making it inconvenient to bring them over immediately.

“That is not the issue,” Wan Hong said with a bitter smile. “The family master read too many books to be carried over. The total number is now approaching two hundred, and the figure is continuously rising at the moment.”

“Two hundred books?” The sixth master Ren Tianzong thought he had heard it wrongly, or it could be that Wan Hong had reported the wrong number.

“There are indeed two hundred books, and that figure is still rising currently.” Wan Hong asserted before continuing with his report, “The family head was reading at a very fast speed. It seemed as though he only spent a short while on each book. If it was not for the fact that such a long time has passed, I would not have dared to believe that he was really reading.”

What use was there to finish hundreds of books in a short span of time? When one reached a certain cultivation stage, he could record some information swiftly using his divine sense. Once his divine sense reached an even higher threshold, everything he read would leap to the eye. However, Ren Jie was only at the Body Refinement Realm. How was it possible that he possessed that skill?

Could it be that he was searching for something?

“I’ll tell you what—bring me a catalog of all the books that he read. Bring the first dozen or so books he read too.” The sixth master Ren Tianzong contemplated for a while before immediately giving Wan Hong his orders.

Soon after, the sixth master Ren Tianzong looked at a list filled with book names. Afterward, he casually picked up some of the books on the table.

History of the Clear Jade Dynasty, Travels to a Hundred Countries, Introduction to Cultivation Basics, Ren Family Clan Records…

The sixth master Ren Tianzong looked at the books and discovered that the initial books that Ren Jie read were all the most basic things. However, he could somewhat discover a hidden pattern behind the books Ren Jie chose. Could it be that after Ren Jie was beaten badly, he could not stand the suppression by the family clan elders and finally decided to be ambitious? If that was the case, Big Brother could truly… be assured.

“OK, put these back. It is time to change the people in the library pavilion. Go and choose a new batch of people to manage the library pavilion and send those original people to secluded cultivation. Without my orders, no one is to meet them. Additionally, the whereabouts and information about the family head should not be available to the family clan in the future. Send all the news to me directly. If anyone else were to be found tracking the whereabouts of the family head, either control them immediately or get rid of them directly.”

“Yes.” Upon hearing the order, Wan Hong felt his blood boiling in anticipation. When he was young, he had always hoped to rule the world while staying by the sixth master’s side and follow his orders. However, he was too young at that time and was only able to participate in small scale battles occasionally. When he was older, the sixth master had withdrawn from outside matters and lived here in solitude. After all those years, he finally managed to hear the sixth master issue orders again.