Chapter 284: Cardinal Library (1/2)

Alex walked out of the room a little early and went to talk with Ma Rong.

”Master, are you there?” he asked as he knocked on the door. He didn't dare use his spiritual sense to check inside as that would be intrusive to his master's personal space and a stupid move in general.

”Come in,” she said and called him in.

Alex walked in through the automatically unlocked door and saw Ma Rong cultivating on top of her bed.

”What's wrong? You need something?” she asked.

”It's… I'm actually here to talk about Wan Li,” he said.

”Wan Li? What about him?” Ma Rong asked with a weird face.

”Wan Li looks like he is really hardworking and genuinely interested in alchemy. But he seems to be held back by his bad memory. I was wondering if I should give him a Spirit cleansing lily or not,” Alex said.

”You have more? I thought you used up all?” Ma Rong asked with surprise.

”I was planning to use them up, but for some reason, I can no longer use them. I was going to check about that in today's visit to the library though,” Alex said.

”Hmm… Wan Li is a good boy. He will definitely benefit from the lily if he got one,” Ma Rong said. ”However, those lilies are something you got. You don't need to hand them over to people just because you feel sorry for them. Keep them to yourself. Just because it's not working right now doesn't mean it won't work forever.”

”Maybe you just need to break through to make it work again,” Ma Rong said.

Alex got to thinking. ”I hadn't thought of that. Of course, maybe I need to be in a higher realm and then it will work,” he said.

”Okay, I shall do that master,” he said.

”Alright. Are you ready to leave? People should be gathering by now,” Ma Rong said.

”Hm…” Alex checked the time and saw that an hour had passed. It was time to leave for the library. He and Ma Rong walked out of the room and saw a few disciples were waiting outside the door.

Wan Li had also come out at some point and was waiting with Fan Ruogang and Zhou Mei.

Ma Rong decided to wait for a few more minutes and started walking down the stairs. Soon, the entire group was out of the hotel.

Alex took out the map he had bought the other day and gave it to his master, but she already seemed to be in the know about the location of the library.

”Haha, disciple Yu, you seem to forget that we come here every year. We are more or less familiar with the layout of the entire capital,” the second elder said.

Alex felt a little bashful but didn't let it show on his face.