Martial Saint through Reading

At the same time, he gently spread out the Sword Gourd Spirit, just enough to cover the Wenyuan Hall, and no further.

Walking deeper into the hall, using the Sword Gourd Spirit, he began searching for books.

In the Wenyuan Pavilion, there were countless books, from poetry and classics to politics, agriculture, medicine, history, music, chess, etiquette, and more.

Some books Chu Ming had already read, so he wouldn’t waste time on them again. For those he hadn’t read, he would rank them by priority.

The Sword Gourd Spirit scanned the data, while his hands kept flipping through the books.

One book... two books... three books...

Time passed, and more and more books were being perused.

He didn’t know how many books he had gone through, nor how much time had passed.

In a certain instant.

Crack...

It seemed something was broken.

Suspending the book in his hand, Chu Ming stood still, eyes glowing, a smile on his face.

On the panel.

Reading: Hundred Eyes Linglong

Progress: 1/100

Effect: Ten lines at a glance, never forget, Integration, Inference, Nothing Escapes the Eye, Hundred Eyes Linglong

”Hundred Eyes Linglong...”

The reading skill, stuck at the Nothing Escapes the Eye stage, finally broke through under the impact of a vast amount of books, gaining new abilities.

Chu Ming lowered his eyelids, looking at the book in his hand.

His thumb rested on the side of the open page, gently flipping the pages, and then slowly releasing the thumb.

Rustle...

The sound of pages turning rapidly, within just a few breaths, a book was completely flipped through.

Not only flipped through, but the content of the book had also transformed into the waters of the Book Collection Lake in the Sea of Consciousness.

The power of Hundred Eyes Linglong was like having a hundred pairs of eyes simultaneously browsing books, instantly transforming them into book collection fragments.

Putting this book back on the shelf, Chu Ming simultaneously took out two more books, one in each hand.

Rustle...

Turning pages like a passing cloud, within a few breaths, the content of two books transformed into information fragments.

Above the Book Collection Lake in the Sea of Consciousness, the fragments that once fell like light rain, now poured down like a torrential storm.

He did not pause, continuing to browse.

Rustle...

The sound of pages turning echoed continuously within the hall.

Several periods passed in this manner, and Chu Ming had already browsed through over a thousand books, expanding the Book Collection Lake in the Sea of Consciousness by a full thirty percent.

He stopped and picked up a book, reading it slowly.

Not because he couldn’t continue, but because someone had arrived outside the hall.

The Sword Gourd Spirit detected Tang Bai entering with three others, each carrying stacks of books half a person high.

Without looking for Chu Ming, Tang Bai stood at the entrance, ordering the three to neatly organize the books.

Then he walked a lap inside the hall, seeing the young man earnestly reading by a bookshelf, did not inquire or disturb, and left stepping away.

Once Tang Bai left the hall, Chu Ming put the book back, quickly walked towards the newly organized books, with a barely noticeable look of surprise on his face.

The Sword Gourd Spirit detected that among the thirty books organized, there was one particularly special.

”Sword Gourd Spirit!”

Chu Ming pulled out a heavy book from the high golden shelf, unable to suppress himself from quickly flipping through it.

This book was precisely the travelogue that led him to comprehend the Sword Gourd Spirit, and it was thicker than any he had obtained before.

Rustle, rustle, rustle...

The pages flipped swiftly, as Chu Ming’s eyes gradually shone with brightness.

”The complete Sword Gourd Spirit travelogue!”

The travelogue’s content transformed into skill fragments, gathering and floating in the Sea of Consciousness Technique Lake.

The water below the Book Collection Lake seemed to sense something.

Waves arose without wind, white caps growing higher with each wave, as if determined to sweep all the travelogue fragments from above into the lake.

Plop! Plop!

Finally, under a massive wave, the travelogue fragments floating high were swept into the lake.

On the panel

Sword Gourd Spirit (Spiritual Soul)

Progress: 1/100

In an instant, Chu Ming felt an unprecedented clarity.

It was like eyes covered with a black cloth suddenly opened, witnessing the first ray of morning sunlight, a clarity that even felt piercing at first.

As his eyes adjusted, everything in the world became crisp and perceptible.

Without actively employing microscopic observation, he could sense the minute particles floating in the air within the hall, as well as various colors of Primordial Qi.

With the Sword Gourd Spirit activated, the entire hall was scanned into the Sea of Consciousness as if it had existed in his mind for a long time, familiar enough to know where there were flaws invisible to the naked eye.

With merely a thought, he knew which bookshelf held which book, which book had been recently handled...