In the Sutra Repository, the sounds of Su Xi's movements and the rustling of pages could be heard intermittently.
However, each time, she would merely pick up a book and flip through it rapidly, her eyes not even glancing at the pages. A smile, like that of a victor, graced her lips.
Su Xi's movements were swift. She had already finished flipping through every book on the first floor. Without wasting any time, she proceeded to the second floor.
On the second floor, someone stood beside a bookshelf, agonizingly reciting a cultivation technique.
The look on his face was as if he had endured something far worse than eating feces.
Although cultivators possessed strong memories, the more profound the cultivation technique, the more intricate and complex it became. Memorizing it within a short period consumed considerable mental energy.
Thus, despite not having studied for long, sweat beaded on his forehead, and his mouth felt parched.
Whether due to nervousness or the sheer exertion of recitation, his expression was extremely contorted, and his mind was clearly on the verge of collapse.
He noticed Su Xi, who had only spent about thirty seconds flipping through books, and his expression instantly changed.
(ΩДΩ).
Was Su Xi employing the long-lost Quantum Speed Reading? Kuai Shu Ge.
The torment he was enduring, coupled with his inner fervor, suddenly sparked a desire to become her disciple and learn from her.
If he could learn it, he would no longer be tortured by these awkward cultivation techniques.
So, he mustered his courage and walked towards Su Xi, assuming a humble posture of seeking instruction, "Junior Sister Su Xi, can you teach me how to use Quantum Speed Reading?"
Su Xi looked at the unfamiliar man before her and twitched her lips.
Had this person's brain turned to mush from reciting texts that he would believe such nonsense about Quantum Speed Reading?
Clearing her throat, Su Xi explained, "I'm just a bit of a neat freak. I can't stand this place being too dirty. I don't know Quantum Speed Reading."
Upon hearing this, Wu Ruidong glanced behind Su Xi. Indeed, the books Su Xi had flipped through were spotlessly clean, not only free of dust but looking as good as new.
Confirming that Su Xi was not lying, Wu Ruidong's face instantly fell into an expression of utter defeat.
o(╥﹏╥)o.
Couldn't she avoid misleading him? Didn't she know his time was pressing?
He had only memorized half of the book in his hand, and now he wouldn't be able to finish it.
"Junior Sister, please continue," Wu Ruidong said with a dry laugh, stepping aside to bury his head back in his recitation.
"Wait a moment, let me clean your book first," Su Xi said, taking the book from Wu Ruidong's hand. Before he could react, she returned it.
Wu Ruidong shot Su Xi a glare and chose to ignore her trivial behavior, settling down to recite the cultivation technique in his hands.
After cleaning up the second floor, Su Xi moved on to the third.
Huan Jie, a genius of the Luo Yi Sect, possessed keen intelligence. Furthermore, he was currently reciting a cultivation technique he was proficient in, and he quickly finished memorizing the Yellow-grade high-tier technique in his hand.
Seeing Su Xi cleaning, he couldn't help but taunt, "Junior Sister Su Xi, have you perhaps absorbed too much from the pond water, and now you're looking for a place to release it?"
Facing Huan Jie's mockery, Su Xi replied without even looking up, "You've drunk no less than I have. Want to help out?"
"You." Hearing Su Xi's retort, Huan Jie instinctively wanted to strike her.
However, he remembered he was still in the Sutra Repository. If he were to act, while it might vent his anger, he would also lose the opportunity to recite his cultivation technique.
Su Xi, by slacking off herself, was clearly trying to drag him down with her.
Seeing through Su Xi's scheme, he suppressed his anger and said sternly, "Hmph, if you don't cherish opportunities, you might as well leave them to those who need them."
Hearing Huan Jie's words, Su Xi stopped her actions and walked towards him.
"What do you want to do?" Huan Jie, seeing Su Xi approach, assumed she was going to attack and immediately braced himself.
If Su Xi truly lost her temper and attacked, he wouldn't hesitate to retaliate.
But he suddenly realized that Su Xi merely took the book from his hand and did not attack.
Huan Jie felt he had been toyed with and angrily questioned, "What are you doing?"
Su Xi pointed to the book in Huan Jie's hand and replied with a straight face, "You don't need to thank me for helping you clean. I'm just doing it to make myself more comfortable."
Faced with Su Xi's non-sequitur reply, Huan Jie felt utterly speechless, and his anger dissipated. Why waste his time arguing with a fool?
In his mind, he had already concocted many stories about Su Xi, waiting to spread them widely once they were outside.
Su Xi ignored Huan Jie's thoughts and continued to clean other areas.
With her current abilities, she certainly wasn't tidying the Sutra Repository out of sheer goodwill. Instead, she was using her 108k high-definition camera to scan all the ancient texts into her computer for easier reading later.
To achieve the greatest returns within a limited time, one had to employ certain methods.
As more than half of the time for an incense stick had passed, Su Xi suddenly discovered a incomplete book in a corner of the bookshelf, and her face lit up with joy.
In the novels she had idly read in the past, such unremarkable books were often rare treasures. Once obtained, they could alter one's destiny and defy the heavens.
She never expected her luck to be so good as to encounter such an opportunity.
At that moment, she seemed to see a beautiful future of commanding armies and looking down upon the world. Her enemies would kneel before her, at her mercy.
However, as she opened the book in her hand with full confidence, her mouth instantly formed an "O" shape, and she was speechless for a long time.
It wasn't because the content of the book was shocking, but because there was nothing inside. Even the paper was yellowed.
"Damn it!" Su Xi blurted out a curse upon seeing the situation, feeling utterly dejected.
Indeed, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Heaven, why must you play such games with her?
Just as she was about to toss the ruined book back and look for another,
She found the book in her hand beginning to liquefy, eventually adhering to her arm, impossible to shake off. Then, the liquefied substance from the book flowed down her arm and directly merged into her body.
Before Su Xi could even process what was happening, she instantly felt a book appear in her mind.
The book in her mind was identical to the ruined one she had just seen. The only difference was that the book in her mind was filled with dense, illegible characters. Although she couldn't understand a single word.
The moment this book appeared in Su Xi's mind, Lin Qing suddenly looked in the direction of the Sutra Repository, a look of puzzlement on his face.
But he soon shook his head, thinking he was mistaken.
That thing had long been lost; how could it possibly reappear?
Su Xi struggled to discern what the book in her mind contained. Suddenly, she noticed that the incomprehensible symbols on the cover instantly transformed into familiar characters.
On the cover of the ruined book, two majestic and ancient characters, "Tian Fu," appeared before her eyes.
And these two characters seemed to possess a magical power. Just by looking at them, Su Xi found herself unable to avert her gaze.
In mere breaths, she felt as if she had lived through centuries.
Her entire body felt as if it had been beaten hundreds of times, filled with soreness.
Huan Jie, seeing Su Xi standing motionless, holding a book, with an even more mocking expression on his face.
Time was almost up; would diligent study now be of any use to Su Xi?
Self-deception would only lead to her own ruin.