B2 - Chapter 59


    Im happy to contribute, Brother Yang!


    In Su Rous defense, she didnt seem annoyed by actually having to help William.


    Excuse me for a moment, Brother Yang, Junior Wei, Su Rou said before returning to her group to say some quick farewells.


    Senior Su is talented in multiple things, Williammented, mindful that she could hear everything.


    She is, Lan Yang agreed. Be sure to use the chance well. She will undoubtedly rise high once she is admitted into the Golden Pill Peak.


    He took that as code to keep her upied so she couldnt bother him. That was very doable. It seemed like the trip to the library would be fruitful before he had even entered the building.


    Lets go! Su Rou cheered as she walked back to them. Junior Wei, feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I will do my best to help if it''s in my capabilities!


    I think thats my job, Su Rou, Lan Yangmented as he led them inside.


    So? Brother Yang, you never wanted to be a mentor before. Its not fair you were picked when I applied so many times.


    I think part of that has to do with you stationed in Dazhou Kingdom, Lan Yang said with a pointed look. It didnt escape anyone why you were so eager to be a mentor not that it stopped you from leaving your post.


    Eh, Su Rou shrugged shamelessly. If the sect wont let me use an official excuse, Ill do it anyway. What can they do? Punish me?


    William saw Lan Yang roll his eyes when Su Rou snorted inughter at the thought of being punished.


    Ah, Junior Wei, that doesnt mean I just wanted to be a mentor to free myself from Dazhou Kingdom. It was a happy side effect, Su Rou defended when she realized he could have taken it the wrong way. You wont believe how backwards that ce is. Its as if they purposely avoid making their lives easier. No wonder they are so weak. The cultivators there spend far too much time on useless


    Thats enough, Su Rou, Lan Yang interrupted her rant. Dont spread nder of an allied kingdom.


    William wanted to ask where this kingdom was, but with the sudden silence and Su Rous awkward expression, he figured it might be better to look at a map and find the answer himself.


    Lan Yang stopped them at the edge, where the entrance hallway opened into the massive first floor.


    Silence is encouraged past this area, and if the overseers feel you are too disruptive, they can, and will, eject you from the library. If need be, they will ban you from further visits until the Punishment Hall is satisfied that you are apologetic enough. When we speak, keep it to a whisper. The formations will be able to iste the sound. Understood?


    Uh, yes, William nodded, wondering why there would be a system in ce that was so easy to abuse by these overseers. The answer was simple. This was a cultivation world where strength was everything, no matter how pretty the paint was on top.


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    And it wasnt lost to him that, yet again, formations were used.


    Good, follow me.


    Su Rou smiled at William and motioned with her head to go first. He stepped into the library and immediately heard unnatural silence. Yes, he could <em>hear</em> it.


    As he looked around, he noticed a disciple reading a manual. The pages didnt make any noise as he turned them. A girl wearing shoes with heels passed them, but her footsteps were muted on the tiles.


    These were all things that William could quickly get ustomed to. His uneasiness mainly came from the loss of a sound that he had unknowingly filtered out of his daily life, though it had always been in the background.


    His beating heart.


    He pressed his hand to the center of his chest, frown decreasing slightly when he felt the steady beating under his palm.


    I had the same expression, Junior Wei, Su Rou whispered next to him. Youll appreciate the total silence soon.


    William was skeptical. It was necessary to silence the heart, too?


    It drove some disciples mad in the early days, she shrugged as they followed Lan Yang to something that looked like an information desk. It might have been some issue with the formations back then, but nobody cares enough to change what works well.


    William tilted his head in thought, isting the constant beat of his heart and imagining that being the only thing he could hear.


    It wouldnt be pleasant, but just like outside the library, he was sure it would eventually be easy to tune it out as white noise. He supposed it was a hypothetical situation.


    There are multiple stations like this scattered on every floor, Lan Yang said quietly when they reached the circr station. It looked like a high-standing desk with four manuals spread apart evenly. The books act as catalogs of everything viewable for you, and Im sure you know how they are activated.


    The Inner Court pass, William replied. Without it, most of the sect would be inessible to him, and it made sense that it also applied here.


    Correct, Lan Yang backed away slightly. Why dont you try it?


    Er, sure, he pulled out his pass andid it down on the nk state next to a book. He was getting used to seeing them everywhere. The nk te started glowing a dull white.


    William flipped the book open to see a list. It was like a phonebook. He wasnt sure. Those were basically nonexistent on Earth, but he had heard about them, which seemed simr.


    At least the list was alphabetical, so it was fairly easy for him to flip to egg. He wasnt ready for the pages and pages of lists that were apparently books about eggs. One even seemed to be something about cooking them.


    Thankfully, William soon found what he was looking for. The problem now was that there was nothing else on the page.


    Tap what you want to find with your finger, Lan Yang gave him the next step.


    He did so, and the tables surface immediately darkened to reveal a floorn. A red dashed line appeared next.


    This was basically an interactive map for the library. Wang Xiaoling was proved right again by calling the sect fancy.


    J-7, William said out loud, reading the destinationbel on the map. It was a section of the library.


    Thats to the end over there, Su Roumented, pointing behind him. Before you rush off, Junior Wei, would you like some beginner lessons in healing? Its unlikely you will be able to understand it, but as you said, it might be a matter of life and death.


    His eyes widened briefly before nodding quickly, not wanting the offer to go away.


    Great! Su Rao cheered in a hissed whisper. Brother Yang, lets rent a room and prepare him.


    Sounds good to me, Lan Yang agreed readily before addressing William. Anything else you want to know?


    He had plenty of questions, but those could wait until after. No, I''m fine.


    Then well take our leave. Try to stay around J-7. Ill get you in an hour or so after setup isplete, Lan Yan smiled.


    Sounds perfect, Senior Yang, William smiled. It grew wider into a grin as he nced at the dashed line againtime to learn more about the egg that eats corpses.