Chapter 36: Theft


    While the two Spatial Tempering cultivators were still specting about what was happening, the figure had already appeared in a ck hall.


    The hall wasn''t veryrge, only around 200 to 300 feet in size, and there was a thick white jade pir standing at its center. There were countless runes inscribed upon the surface of the stone pir, and gentle yellow light was radiating from the top of the pir, forming a dome-shaped yellow light barrier that epassed a certain area.


    Around a dozen red stone cabs could be seen within that area, but it was impossible to see what was inside the cabs, giving them a rather mysterious air.


    The figure remained on the spot as he carefully inspected the yellow light barrier up ahead with blue light shing in his eyes.


    Momentster, he swept a hand through the air, releasing dozens of bursts of ck light, which were quickly revealed to be a series of ck array gs thatnded around the yellow barrier in an orderly fashion.


    Immediately thereafter, he made a hand seal, and pirs of ck light erupted out of the array gs beforeing together in mid-air, forming an evenrger ck light barrier thatpletely epassed the entire yellow barrier beneath it.


    The yellow light barrier already took up close to half of the space within the hall, and the ck light barrier epassed virtually the entire hall.


    The figure then opened his mouth to release a burst of azure qi thatnded upon the yellow light barrier, attempting to bypass it just as he had done with all of the previous restrictions.


    However, in an unexpected turn of events, the azure qi had only just corroded a palm-sized hole into the light barrier when the surface of the light barrier suddenly began to glow brightly, releasing countless bursts of yellow light that enveloped the cloud of azure qi.


    At the same time, the runes on the white jade pir at the center of the light barrier lit up in unison, and the yellow light barrier shed brightly as countless dazzling threads of yellow light appeared, wrapping themselves around the cloud of azure qi before constricting viciously.


    The azure qi was instantly sliced into countless shreds that quickly dissipated, following which the yellow light also receded, and the hole in the light barrier sealed over again.


    The figure''s expression remainedpletely unchanged upon seeing this, seemingly not very surprised by this oue. After scrutinizing the white jade pir for some time, he flipped a hand over to produce around a dozen more array gs of different colors.


    With a casual flick of his wrist, all of the array gs spread through the area, hovering in mid-air to form a strange ovr array that seemed to bepletely random and erratic, but there was far more to the array than met the eye.


    As the figure continued to cycle through a series of hand seals, ck light shed from his hands incessantly, and the dozen or so array gs also began to glow with light of different colors as they struck the yellow light barrier like a series of javelins, driving their way in like nails to encircle an area that was around 10 feet in size.


    The surface of the yellow light barrier shed wildly as it resisted the advance of the array gs, and at the same time, a burst of powerful magic power fluctuations surged through the air. However, these fluctuations would instantly vanish as soon as they made contact with the ck light barrier, unable to spread any further beyond that.


    The figure chanted aplex incantation, and the dozen or so array gs shed brightly as they sped up drastically, finallypletely embedding themselves into the light barrier.


    In the next instant, the yellow light on the surface of the light barrier in the section encircled within the array gs quickly dimmed.


    The figure immediately released another burst of azure qi out of his mouth, and this time, the weakened light barrier was unable to offer any resistance, and most of it was eroded away in the blink of an eye.


    However, the runes on the white jade pir suddenly began to sh brightly, and the rest of the yellow light barrier outside the encircled area also glowed with dazzling radiance. An enormous outpouring of yellow light emerged, surging toward the area encircled by the array gs like a violent wave, but the array gs managed to keep the turbulent yellow light firmly at bay.


    Fierce magic power fluctuations proliferated through the air, only to be contained by the ck light barrier. However, the magic power fluctuations on this asion were incredibly fierce, and the ck light barrier began to buzz and tremble incessantly, seemingly on the verge of being overwhelmed.


    Thankfully, it only took around two or three seconds before arge hole was eroded into the section of the yellow light barrier encircled by the array gs.


    The figure immediately flew through the hole in the light barrier,nding near the white jade pir before opening his mouth to release a cloud of dense ck qi. The ck qi enveloped the jade pir, and at the same time, he made a hand seal before releasing a string of ck incantation seals onto the pir.


    The ck qi quickly spread over the jade pir, staining all of the runes on its surface ck.


    The light glowing from the jade pir quickly dimmed, and the fierce light surging over the yellow light barrier also slowly receded. Soon, everything was back to normal.


    With a wave of the figure''s hand, the dozen or so array gs flew out of the light barrier before returning to his grasp, and they were promptly stowed away.


    Immediately thereafter, the figure flipped a hand over to produce a stack of yellow array gs, which shot forth as around a dozen streaks of light that struck the yellow light barrier from the inside.


    These array gs flew into the light barrier before vanishing without encountering any resistance.


    The entire yellow light barrier rippled momentarily before returning to normal, and therge hole that had been corroded into its surface also quickly sealed over again.


    Only then did the figure direct his attention toward the dozen or so stone cabs positioned around the jade pir.


    Every single one of the stone cabs was enshrouded within a dark red light barrier.


    The figure made his way over to one of the stone cabs, then opened his mouth to release a burst of azure qi onto the light barrier without any hesitation. The affected area of the light barrier instantly began to ripple violently, and the red light quickly began to fade, looking as if it were about to be snuffed out imminently.


    Right at this moment, specks of white light appeared on the surface of the red light barrier, and the red and white lights intertwined to keep the azure qi at bay.


    At the same time, the deafening sound of a huge gong being struck rang out deep within the hall.


    The space around the figure rippled slightly, and he seemed to have been caught off guard by this.


    However, in the next instant, he immediately began to chant an incantation while making a series of hand seals, and the cloud of azure qi immediately began to churn violently, taking on various different forms to attack the red and white restriction, but no matter what form the azure qi took on, it was still unable to break through.


    All of a sudden, the figure dispelled the cloud of azure qi in a decisive manner with a wave of his hand. He then joined his index and middle fingers together before pressing them against his be, and a ck rift suddenly split open there before widening to reveal an inky-ck eyeball.


    ck runes emerged within the eyeball, and a beam of ck light around as thick as a human finger shot out before striking the restriction around the stone cab in a sh.


    In the face of the beam of ck light, the red and white restriction was instantly punctured before shattering with a dull thump.


    At the same time, a burst of enormous spiritual sense erupted out of the figure''s be before splitting itself up into around a dozen portions, each of which entered a jade slip before rapidly inspecting its contents.


    With the strike of that gong, all of the restrictions outside the scripture library instantly began to sh wildly while a piercing rm rang out.


    "Someone''s broken into the scripture library!"


    "Who would dare to do that? They must have a death wish!"


    "Could it be the same bastard that broke into the Heavenly Talisman Hall two days ago?"


    A series of furious voices rang out as one figure after another converged toward the scripture library from all directions.


    With the precedent set by the Heavenly Talisman Hall incident, the patrols didn''t hesitate at all, informing the sect''s higher-ups of the situation while the most powerful patrol group leaders among them instantly charged into the scripture library.


    Lights appeared all over the Cold me Sect in the night, and a chaoticmotion erupted.


    The first people to react were actually the two Spatial Tempering cultivators at the entrance of the inner library.


    As soon as the rm was raised, the two of them immediately sprang to their feet with furious expressions.


    Someone had snuck into the inner library right under their noses!


    Could it really have been a Grand Ascension cultivator?


    That same thought immediately urred to both of them, but this wasn''t the time to be pondering such matters. Each of them quickly summoned a jade talisman, but one was of a crescent shape, while the other was ovr in form.


    The two jade talismans were ced together to form aplete circle, which was immediately adhered to a certain part of the stone door.


    The rippling restriction on the door quickly vanished, and the stone door swung open, following which the two of them immediately flew in without any hesitation.


    Both of them faltered slightly at the sight of the ck light barrier before them.


    In a state of urgency, the portly monk quickly made a decision, gritting his teeth as he flipped a hand over to produce a round mirror.


    He made a hand seal, and gray light shed from the mirror before it released a thick beam of gray light, which struck the ck light barrier with a deafening boom.


    The light barrier churned violently asrge ripples surged over its surface, but it wasn''t immediately destroyed.


    At the same time, the thin man summoned four azure flying swords, which circled around briefly in the air before transforming into four azure lotus flowers.


    Countless streaks of azure sword qi erupted out of the four azure lotus flowers, all of which struck the ck light barrier.


    Finally, the ck barrier was unable to withstand the assault and was torn apart to reveal the scene within.


    "Stop!"


    The two Spatial Tempering cultivators were quite relieved to see the indistinct silver figure within the light barrier, but at the same time, they were also furious and embarrassed.


    The figure was only giving off a Nascent Soul aura!


    However, the figure paid no heed to the two Spatial Tempering cultivators. He had just finished inspecting the contents of the jade slips in one of the stone cabs, and he quickly moved on to another one.


    Another beam of ck light shot out of his be to shatter the restriction around that stone cab, following which he calmly released his spiritual sense again to glean the contents of the jade slips in the cab.