469 Trip to the library (1/2)
But while my past self would lament over the lost chance to get laid once again along with all the points that I missed by not doing so, I was quite happy with the first opportunity in a while to scout the place in the open, looking for any sort of library that would help me fill the blanks in my knowledge about this place and its history, not to speak about their own understanding of the cultivation.
While the benefits I would get from catching up with their techniques wouldn't be as great as to warrant such a huge priority I placed this matter on, if I wanted to use even a bit more of my strength that I did during the exams, I had to know what kind of effects I would be able to reproduce to mask the foreign source of my power!
In the end, my performance during the challenge would be more about how closely I could replicate the effects of the techniques that this sect came up with while maintaining the power level I would like to use. While winning the fight would never pose any problem for me considering how weak the middle tier disciples were compared to my real self, even without using my still idle points on upgrading my statistics, but doing so in a sketchy way could bring the onslaught of the highest tiered fighters right on my head, forcing me to invest those points and potentially waste my opportunity to do so only after learning everything I could from this place!
While I was thinking about all the steps that I would've to take in order to prepare for the challenge in just a few days, I never stopped the movement of my legs, finally reaching the first target of my silly journey with the help of several fellow disciples of the goose sect that I asked for the directions.
Contrary to my expectations, rather than being one of the inner chambers of the main mansion, the library of my master was located at the end of the long corridor, directly carved into the mountain. With close to no finishing touches to the simple, stone walls, one could think that all the effort of the builders that crafted this entire place went into the mansion alone, leaving this insanely important building with nothing but a few workers tasked with finishing it by themselves.
Yet my perception of this place changed as soon as I crossed the threshold of the building, faced with something that I never expected to meet in such a rundown place that its sole access point indicated it would be!
Even when compared to the barrier that protected the city walls, in fact, there wasn't that much to compare at all! While the city defences could barely hold a head-on assault from my pure, unfiltered yet unupgraded strength, this barrier wouldn't even flinch if I were to use all the power I had in order to break it!
To be honest, I wasn't even sure if using all kinds of crafty methods along with upgrading my statistics to their current maximum would allow me to break into this place!
”Who are you?”
As I was in awe of the insane strength of the barrier stretching in front of my eyes, I completely forgot about the shed itself, missing the moment when a simple-looking, light-blue disciple unravelled himself from behind the shed, instantly taxing me with his sharp eyes.
”Ah, I'm sorry. I'm Peter, a newly admitted direct disciple of the elder Monica of the Goose Sect. I came here in hopes of finding a certain technique manual that could help me reinforce my cultivation before the intersect challenge would begin!”