Chapter 787: One Night Watching the Stunning Swan Book

The library of Jinghong Hall was imposing and grand, standing out prominently in the quiet darkness.

A few moments later, Zhang Xuan landed on a large tree in the courtyard.

"The academy's library requires a student ID and academic credits; otherwise, entry is impossible..."

He scratched his head.

He had thought that once he found the library, he could simply push the door open and quietly read the books. Only upon arrival did he realize that was not the case at all.

The academy's library, like the Sea of Weapons during the artificer examination, required a student ID and academic credits for access. He possessed neither, so even though he was right there, it would likely be difficult to enter.

If he forced his way in, triggering the mechanisms might alert the academy elders, causing significant trouble.

"Surely... after coming all this way, I can't just turn around and leave?"

A wave of helplessness washed over him.

He had arrived, and returning without reading any books, empty-handed, was simply unacceptable.

"That's right! The mechanisms and formations of this library are effective against cultivators. But what about a witch soul? A witch soul is incorporeal, invisible even. It shouldn't be affected by these, right?"

An idea sparked in his mind.

The library is controlled by formations and mechanisms that verify academic credits and student IDs. A witch soul is incorporeal, invisible even. It shouldn't be affected by these, right?

Previously, even if his witch soul could move, it had to touch the books with its palm to transfer them into the Library. But now, simply looking at them is enough... This means a witch soul alone can transfer books into his consciousness!

"Let's try it!"

The more he thought about it, the more excited he became. After concealing his body among the thick leaves, he willed his spirit to move, and his witch soul left his body.

In the dark night, like a phantom, it slowly drifted downwards.

The library's main door was tightly shut. In a nearby room, several students were standing guard.

Just as he was wondering how to get in, he heard footsteps behind him. A figure slowly approached.

With a thought, his witch soul hid to one side.

"Seniors, I'd like to enter the library to look up some information!" The figure approached and bowed to the students on guard.

It was a woman around thirty years old. On the Master Teacher emblem on her chest, five stars sparkled brightly.

A five-star low-tier Master Teacher, she should be a second-year student.

"Student ID, academic credits!" A senior student in charge of the library lifted his eyelids.

These students were likely working part-time, guarding the library to earn academic credits.

"Yes!" The student handed over her ID and credit card.

A moment later, the senior student nodded: "You are a second-year student, so you can only view books up to the third-year level and below. If you exceed this, you will be immediately expelled. Furthermore, one academic credit grants you ten hours of access. You are not allowed to remove any books, nor are you allowed to transcribe them!"

"Yes!" The student nodded.

She already knew these rules by heart.

"Alright, you may enter!"

After explaining the rules, the senior student waved his hand. The student walked forward with her student ID and credit card, placing them gently on the stone platform in front of the door. With a creak, the library's main door slowly opened.

"What a chance!"

Knowing someone was entering was a perfect opportunity. Zhang Xuan no longer hesitated. His witch soul closely followed, and with a flash, it slipped inside.

Upon entering the doorway, a spacious hall immediately appeared before him. The walls were adorned with various luminous pearls, illuminating the interior brightly, as if it were daylight.

Rows upon rows of bookshelves lined up before him, filled with countless books.

"As expected of the Master Teacher Academy, its collection is truly abundant..."

Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

The Encompassing Arts profession was considered relatively niche. Under normal circumstances, there wouldn't be many books on it. But this was the Master Teacher Academy, where everyone was a Master Teacher with their own thoughts and insights. Over time, the collection of books grew significantly.

"First, I'll record them; I can examine them in detail later..."

Knowing there were too many books, and that specifically searching for soul cultivation techniques would be troublesome, his witch soul flickered to the beginning of the bookshelves, and he concentrated his gaze.

"Flaws!"

He murmured softly in his mind, immediately feeling books one by one being copied into the Library.

His eyes were like a scanner; as soon as he looked, he could fully record the content. The speed was indeed several times faster than his previous method of running through.

"Excellent..."

His eyes glowed as Zhang Xuan concentrated his spirit, his gaze like lightning.

Countless books flickered past, and the bookshelves within his mind continuously became more abundant with more and more books.

Two hours later, all the books on the bookshelves in the great hall had been scanned by him, and corresponding volumes had formed in his mind.

"To the second floor..."

After finishing the first floor, his witch soul moved, arriving on the second floor.

This floor clearly had many fewer books than the first, but their content was more advanced.

Encompassing Arts Masters, like Alchemists and Artificers, were also divided into nine stars. The first floor contained content from apprentice to peak four-star, while the second floor covered cultivation techniques and content for various five-star low-tier dance arts.

Zhang Xuan accepted all, moving along the bookshelves, looking at them one by one.

An hour later, he had also recorded all the content on this floor.

"Continue..."

Knowing he had finally made it to Jinghong Hall, and it would be a waste not to read more, he quickly moved towards the third floor.

Under normal circumstances, first-year students could only access books on the first and second floors; the third floor was inaccessible. This was a barrier specifically set up by the academy to prevent students from biting off more than they could chew.

However, while such a barrier was simple to block students, blocking a witch soul was much harder. With a thought, his witch soul transformed into a stream, slipped through the barrier, and ascended.

The books on the third floor were even scarcer, and this time he finished reading all of them in half an hour.

Following that were the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors!

It didn't take long; the content of all six floors was imprinted in his mind. The latter three floors combined only took an hour.

In other words, in less than five hours, all the books in Jinghong Hall's library had been absorbed into his mind.

"I'll go back and examine them carefully later!"

With a slight smile, Zhang Xuan's face was filled with satisfaction.

He had previously wondered how he would find an opportunity to come to Jinghong Hall to read books. Unexpectedly, he completed it simply by following Hu Yaoyao.

And with this experience of using his witch soul to read books, could he do the same thing when he enters other academies to read books in the future?

"If so, within ten days, I could likely finish reading all the books from the ten major academies. By then... I could aim for higher realms, even Saint, and leave this place smoothly!"

His eyes gleamed.

As long as he had enough books and could compile enough Heaven's Path cultivation techniques, advancing would be as simple as drinking water.

His purpose in coming to the Master Teacher Academy was to read books. Now that he had leveled up, his witch soul could accomplish this, allowing him to learn in secret.

Academic credits and the like wouldn't matter, even if he didn't have them.

In this way, he could likely finish all the content in ten days, organize it into Heaven's Path books, and break through in one fell swoop!

Within ten days, to advance from Bridge Heaven realm, consecutively breaking through to Unity, Void-Treading, Cocoon Seal, Half-Saint, Conferred Saint, and Saint — six major realms... And he also had to learn the ten major professions, reaching peak six-star in all of them...

Just thinking about it was exhilarating.

"First, I'll try out the Encompassing Arts Master..."

Knowing this was just a hypothesis, and that actual implementation might be more troublesome than it seemed, Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, focusing his spirit on his sea of consciousness.

Brand new Heaven's Path Encompassing Arts cultivation techniques, one by one, appeared before his eyes.

There were six in total.

Representing levels from one-star to six-star.

"Books about the soul!"

He turned to glance outside, realizing it was almost dawn. There wasn't enough time to study, so Zhang Xuan could only look at the other books on the shelves.

Following his thought, numerous books concerning soul cultivation all gathered together.

"Correct!"

He murmured again, and a brand new volume appeared.

Knowing this might be related to whether he could suppress the innate fetal poison in his witch soul, Zhang Xuan suppressed his excitement and quickly looked through it.

He quickly finished reading.

His expression turned grim.

"These are just methods for strengthening the soul, and the content is incomplete. They won't have much effect on the fetal poison..."

The Heaven's Path cultivation technique formed from these many books could increase soul strength, but it couldn't deal with the innate fetal poison.

In other words, after all his efforts throughout the night, he hadn't found a way to counter the innate fetal poison in his witch soul.

"What now?"

A look of frustration crossed his face.

For him now, the immediate priority wasn't to strengthen his witch soul, but to find a way to suppress the innate fetal poison within it. Otherwise, if the latter were to act out, he might not even know how he died.

He had thought that Encompassing Arts Masters, with their deep research into souls, would allow him to find a good method by collecting books here. But now it seemed he had been too naive.

That's right. If innate fetal poison were truly that easy to resolve, Master Kong, the Celestial Being, would surely have found a solution earlier than him, and wouldn't have needed to break through to a nine-star Master Teacher to completely resolve it.

"These methods can increase soul power strength. I'll see if I can integrate them into the witch soul cultivation technique!"

These alone, being unsystematic, couldn't yet form a Heaven's Path cultivation technique. However, he had previously obtained witch soul cultivation techniques from Mo Hunsheng, covering Transcendent Mortal through Saint 9-dan. He could see if the two could be merged to form a Heaven's Path level technique.

Previously, the Heaven's Path level techniques only formed up to the Spirit Unification realm. Thus, his soul power had only cultivated to that realm. Now that he had found so many books, he could try merging them.

"Correct!"

He placed these books together with the witch soul cultivation techniques.

With a soft murmur.

Two books appeared before his eyes. He quickly picked them up and casually flipped them open.

"Witch soul cultivation techniques for the Bridge Heaven and Unity realms... no flaws! They have all reached Heaven's Path level!"

He finished reading them in no time, and Zhang Xuan was so excited he almost laughed aloud.

He had thought he gained nothing, but unexpectedly, when these secret manuals were placed together with the witch soul cultivation techniques, they perfectly generated Heaven's Path level secret manuals.

The cultivation techniques for the Bridge Heaven and Unity realms were now complete.

With these two volumes, it was foreseeable that he could easily allow his soul to break through to the Unity realm, significantly increasing his strength once more.

The increase in soul power, while not completely resolving the innate fetal poison, could still restrain it.

"Alright, it's dawn. It's time to go back..."

After finishing all this, he looked outside again and saw the sun rising in the east, the sky already bright.