Starting Cultivation in Wasteland

Chapter 494: Chapter 366: Pact Manuscript

In the end, there is always a gap between ordinary people and superpower warriors.

Attributeless is a distant legend among superpower warriors, so it’s not surprising that Rose remembered it as ”All Attributes.”

The key is that although the term was used incorrectly, there isn’t much difference in the expression.

”All Attributes?” Sofia’s eyes lit up, ”Isn’t that, isn’t that... finding a treasure?”

She didn’t dare to be presumptuous against the supreme, but when it comes to A-level, she felt she could muster some courage.

The main reason is that she is used to interacting with Panda, even if he occasionally releases some aura, generally he won’t erupt.

Moreover, since the other party is generous with tips, Sofia felt a sense of affinity, it is precisely heroes are used to being common.

Now hearing that this person is actually All Attributes... if she can truly capture his heart, wouldn’t that lead to the pinnacle of life?

”You two still haven’t finished?” Qu Jianlei’s voice came from the lounge.

Having ambition is good, but being so fixated on me, that’s not acceptable.

”I’ll repeat, these matters must be kept to yourselves. If you can’t do it... I can help you two right now.”

Upon hearing this, Sofia couldn’t help but stick out her tongue, then quietly asked her sister, ”How can he help us?”

Rose closed one eye and made a shooting gesture—even though superpower warriors hardly use guns to kill.

Sofia’s expression changed again, and she finally shut her mouth resentfully.

The other two A-levels in the lounge actually noticed their conversation.

Seeing Panda’s voice stop them, Hilton snorted lightly and spoke discontentedly.

”Not much aptitude, but sure thinking a lot... Panda, you really pamper them.”

”Entering the mundane world is also a form of cultivation,” Qu Jianlei replied casually, ”Let’s continue our discussion.”

”Entering the mundane world is also cultivation?” The dark-skinned man’s eyes lit up, ”That sounds intriguing, who said it?”

”Who said it doesn’t matter,” Qu Jianlei waved his hand, ”Strictly speaking, is there any place in life that isn’t cultivation?”

”Hmm,” Hilton’s eyes lit up hearing this, ”I discover you have a lot of famous lines; your organization is really something!”

Qu Jianlei waved his hand, ”Since you all are so stingy, I’ll stop saying famous lines from now on.”

”Not really stingy, right?” The dark-skinned man frowned slightly, ”Isn’t the Superpower Covenant Book supposed to be used at times like this?”

The three of them discussed for quite a while but still didn’t agree on terms of mutual trust.

However, the whole matter’s background and aftermath were already sorted out.

The root cause of the matter was Qu Jianlei had encountered Hilton’s brother at the night market.

He wanted to score a bargain but that was impossible, as the organization already determined the ancient relic might be related to ancient superpower cultivation.

They placed it on the stall just to see if anyone could recognize its origin.

Qu Jianlei failed to get a bargain and even got watched.

However, due to the mix of various people at the night market, too many were watching him, he didn’t sense any obvious malice, so he didn’t pay attention.

The organization was very cautious, seeing he bought B-level and A-level crystals, decided not to handle him lightly.

The key was his complete lack of interest in C-level crystals, behind this behavior... is indeed terrifying upon consideration.

Therefore, the organization merely sent people to quietly observe Qu Jianlei’s actions.

They were shocked to find that this superpower warrior actually went to the Old City Library to become a librarian.

No one would believe he merely wanted to read books—even if Qu Jianlei personally explained so, they wouldn’t accept it.

Come on, at least a B-level superpower warrior, a job worth four hundred a month... can these two possibly coexist?

Even if Qu Jianlei went to the City Library, the organization might not be concerned, but the Old City Library is different.

In terms of quantity, it has fewer books than the City Library, but it was the first library on Star No. 2, sufficiently deep-rooted.

Upon investigation, the organization discovered the Old City Library indeed had antique pieces that might involve superpower cultivation!

Thus, this Panda going to the library was simply being drunk yet not focusing on wine!

After realizing this, the organization sent people to take action, the things you want, we also want!

So strictly speaking, the theft at the Rare Books Tower really lies with Qu Jianlei.

As for Panda stopping and beating Zheng Yan, it indirectly proved one point—if you weren’t guilty, why not use your superpower?

Even at this time, the organization didn’t intend to take action against Qu Jianlei.

But during his second visit to the black market, he was noticed again, and ironically, he bought a book ’Array Basics.’

The book was a fake but genuinely old, Panda buying it clearly had his ideas.

So the organization finally decided to make contact with Panda, but the method of contact... was somewhat inappropriate.

This is roughly what happened, but once Qu Jianlei understood the process, he felt uneasy.

The other party’s firm handling isn’t too hard for him to accept, many superpower warriors do act selfishly unaware of others.

However, the incident at the Rare Books Tower being counted against him feels really bad—am I really that prone to attracting trouble?

Moreover, he couldn’t quite accept the review method for the cooperation results.

During these days at the library, his time wasn’t wasted; at least he learned what the Superpower Covenant Book was — he had never heard of it before.

To be more precise, it should be called an Oath Book, reportedly an ancient method handed down, where violators inevitably face punishment.

The book doesn’t provide detailed explanations, but Qu Jianlei vaguely felt that it might involve the element of causality.

That’s why he wouldn’t agree to sign this covenant book; why chain himself with causality without reason? Is it because he’s overeaten?

However, the two people opposite him believed that if he refused to sign such a fair covenant book, it clearly showed a lack of sincerity!

The two sides had argued for quite a while when Qu Jianlei brought up the old topic again, ”First, I need to know what book you’ve taken!”

”That’s not possible,” the dark-skinned man bluntly stated, ”You understand the knowledge barrier; why should we give you our information for free?”

Hilton followed up with another line, ”If you don’t sign the covenant book, it always feels like a lack of sincerity.”

Then, are they going to fall into a deadlock again? Qu Jianlei raised his eyebrows helplessly.

”I don’t have much information reserve, but to prevent overlapping, I still hope to see what book it is first.”

”You might think the future results are something I already know; under such circumstances, signing the covenant book would be unfair to me!”

Sharing one’s accumulated knowledge as new results is truly unfair.

But existing accumulation and new gains... it’s really hard to separate them.

For example, Qu Jianlei benefited from the cooperation, but it was mainly because of enough accumulated knowledge; how should the results be shared?

In fact, he was quite certain about this: if it was really related to the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram, he knew far more than the other party did.

So, truly, he couldn’t sign this covenant — he genuinely didn’t want to easily engage with causality.

The dark-skinned man felt a bit helpless too, he smiled wryly, ”You sure have confidence in yourself.”

”How about this,” Hilton suggested a new idea, ”Let’s assume your abilities are strong, and your knowledge is also rich.”

In related knowledge, I indeed have more than you! Qu Jianlei rolled his eyes.

”Then let me ask a question,” Hilton ignored his expression, ”How do you call that ancient item?”

”If you say it correctly, we can tell you what we took from the Rare Books Tower.”

With that, he glanced at the dark-skinned man, ”Is that okay?”

The dark-skinned man thought for a while, then nodded, ”It’s okay.”

This was a genuine test to see if the other one’s breadth of knowledge was good enough.

Qu Jianlei thought for a moment, nodded slightly, ”If I didn’t mistake it, that’s a broken ’Eight Trigrams Map’, is there a problem?”

Hilton was visibly startled at the words, then smiled and replied, ”Well, there’s no problem, but there’s a small discrepancy.”

”Strictly speaking, it should be called the ’Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram’; what you said was not quite accurate.”

Remarkably, he pronounced the words ”Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram” in the Divine Land language, unlike the Imperial tongue.

It’s just that there’s an unknown accent mixed in, making it hard to listen to.

”Haha,” Qu Jianlei laughed indifferently, ”If you think you’re right, then you’re right.”

Tai Chi gives birth to Two Principles, Two Principles give birth to Four Symbols, Four Symbols give birth to Eight Trigrams... Are there really big differences between the Eight Trigrams Map and the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram?

He purely didn’t want the other party to know more about the Blue Star culture, so he only said three words.

Who would’ve thought that they actually knew the full name, which was interesting too.

However, Hilton pursued the matter earnestly, he frowned, speaking seriously, ”Then what is the difference between these two names?”

Qu Jianlei spread his hands, ”Why should I tell you? As you said, the information barrier objective exists.”

At this moment, the dark-skinned man spoke up, ”Forget it, the Eight Trigrams Map is also a way to say it... not wrong.”

Turns out they were playing a double act here? Qu Jianlei understood in his heart that Hilton purely wanted to dig some knowledge out.

So he spoke calmly, ”I’ve already named the ancient item; now can you tell me what book is in the Rare Books Tower?”

Hilton was still hesitating, but the dark-skinned man quickly spoke, ”Just the cover is enough, right?”

He also wasn’t some good guy; the deeper meaning behind his words was that Qu Jianlei also only gave a supposedly ancient name.

Hilton did not voice any opposition; people in the organization were curious about Panda’s background, probing further wasn’t a big deal either.

Qu Jianlei raised an eyebrow, ”No need to sign the covenant book, right?”

”For now, you don’t need to sign,” the dark-skinned man confidently replied, ”It’s just the book cover, nothing big.”

Then he displayed an image, ”Is this book... have you seen it, Panda?”

Qu Jianlei looked at the image and was immediately stunned, his facial expression becoming somewhat peculiar.

In reality, a violent storm surged in his heart, far from the calm he showed.

Having such an expression was already considered successful management.

Because there were three handwritten characters on the cover — in the Divine Land script!