Chu Ming quickly walked to the book wall, selected a book from it, pretended to be looking at it, but actually spread out the Sword Gourd Spirit, and began to read truly.
Not long after he stepped into the Book Wall Space, outside, Can Jue and Can Quan, the two Temple Teachers, respectfully arrived in the depths of the Confucius Temple.
"That kid came?" Lord Temple Priest Xuanyuan Huikong lit a stick of incense and placed it in the incense burner before the Saint Statue.
"Reporting to the Lord Temple Priest, he has arrived."
"Has he been with that Ji Wujiang from Qin Kingdom these days?" Xuanyuan Huikong asked again.
"With Ji Wujiang from Qin Kingdom, Wuding Sheng from Wuding Kingdom, Baihong Nanyou from White Rainbow Kingdom, and Baman Mountain from Ba Kingdom, the four of them together."
Can Jue and Can Quan seemed to hold all the movements of Chu Ming and the people related to him.
"That Baihong Nanyou from White Rainbow Kingdom specially brought a girl about the same age as Chu Ming, named Yin Fang. This girl almost goes to Chu Ming’s place every day..."
"Young people all come through like this." Xuanyuan Huikong interrupted Can Jue’s words, chuckled softly, "It doesn’t matter if it’s delayed for two or three days. Since he’s back, let’s guide him well this time."
"When he comes out of the Book Collection Space, guide him into Literary Dao cultivation."
"Yes..."
"...."
...
Two days later.
"Still not out?" Xuanyuan Huikong lit three sticks of incense, with his brows tightly knitted.
"Reporting to the Lord Temple Priest, he hasn’t come out."
"Stayed in the Book Collection Space for two full days without rest in between?"
"No."
Xuanyuan Huikong’s brows furrowed even deeper.
"If he still hasn’t come out in half a day, wake him up forcibly."
"Yes."
"...."
...
In the Book Collection Space.
Chu Ming held the tenth book in his hands, but the Sword Gourd Spirit had already covered the two thousandth book.
There were indeed many books in the Book Collection Space, a rough estimate would say about thirty thousand, but excluding the duplicates, the ones truly helpful to him were only about three thousand, roughly ten percent.
Book and Painting Realm: Golden House in the Book
Progress: 97/100
Effect: Possesses the original ability in reading and calligraphy and painting, the Golden House in the book, creating its own universe.
97...98...99...
Whoa—
When the two thousand and first book was finished, the Golden House in the Sea of Consciousness’s Book Collection Lake emitted a dazzling golden light.
The collision expanded, in the blink of an eye, enlarged to twice its original size.
There was originally fifty zhang of space, but now it was a full hundred zhang in range.
In the Golden House Space, the Cold Flood Dragon that had been brought in over the past two days tucked its head, not daring to look at the turbulent endless golden characters above.
Terrifying! So terrifying!
Each of those golden characters exuded a terrifying pressure. It felt that randomly if a few fell, they could crush it.
What the hell is this place!
The Cold Flood Dragon longed for its Cold Pool.
Outside.
Chu Ming sensed the doubled Golden House space, and a look of joy swept across his face.
Although the anticipated new abilities had not appeared, the hundred-zhang space, sufficient to put several palaces in, was still delightful.
The key is...
Book and Painting Realm: Golden House in the Book
Progress: 100/1000
Effect: Possesses the original ability in reading and calligraphy and painting, the Golden House in the book, creating its own universe.
"The Book and Painting Realm can still progress further!"
This was what he was most looking forward to.
After pausing slightly, Chu Ming’s eyes returned to calmness.
In the Book Collection Space of the Celestial Veil Kingdom’s Confucius Temple, joy was not shown on his face.
"Two days have passed, almost time, better go out first."
There were still nearly a thousand books in the Book Collection Space left unvisited, but because there were other things to do, he could only exit the Book Collection Space first.
At the moment he exited, in the depths of the Confucius Temple.
"Lord Temple Priest, Chu Ming has come out."
Can Jue and Can Quan, the two Temple Teachers, immediately came to report.
"Good, I know, you go guide him on the path to Literary Cultivation..." Xuanyuan Huikong suddenly paused, "Wait, call that kid here, I’ll guide him personally."
Can Jue and Can Quan were stunned for a moment, feeling a sense of envy.
"...Yes." The two immediately withdrew.
Before long, they came to the place of books.
"Chu Ming, the Lord Temple Priest requests your presence."
"Alright, thank you both."
Chu Ming was also planning to find Lord Temple Priest.
Passing through several buildings, the two Temple Teachers led him into the great hall laden with smoke.
"Sit."
Lord Temple Priest Xuanyuan Huikong sat on the cushion above.
"Chu Ming," he looked at the white-robed scholar, his expression slightly cold, "Have you read the Literary Cultivation entry-level method I gave you?"
Chu Ming cupped his hands, "Yes, I have read it."
When he passed the Confucius Temple’s opening examination, the Lord Temple Priest had given him the entry-level cultivation technique for Literary Cultivation, a method named "Meng Xue Zhujing".
The content was not much, but rather mysterious.
After acquiring it, Chu Ming scanned through it and finished it in a glance, gaining further insight into the Literary Cultivation method of the Celestial Veil Kingdom.
The so-called Literary Cultivation, in essence, is still the cultivation of Primordial Qi, differing from the Primordial Qi Warrior itself, it seeks to communicate with the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi using one’s spiritual power, while Literary Cultivation borrows from the Classics.
Comprehending the Classics, from the Classics, understanding Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.
Compared to the direct Primordial Qi Cultivation Method, Literary Cultivation focuses more on the comprehension of the Classics.
The requirement for spiritual power in Primordial Qi cultivation has uncertainty, while Literary Cultivation has opened up a new Primordial Qi cultivation method, which in turn lowers the entry-level threshold for Primordial Qi cultivation.
Of course, it is just the entry-level threshold, regardless of the original Primordial Qi cultivation or Literary Cultivation, wanting to go far is still increasingly difficult.
"Meng Xue Zhujing" for Chu Ming, besides being peculiar, inherently poses no difficulty.
Yet, Lord Temple Priest Xuanyuan Huikong seemed not very convinced.
"Read?" He slowly stood up, walked to the side, lit three sticks of incense, "Recite the beginning."
Next to him, Can Jue and Can Quan exchanged glances, both knew that the Lord Temple Priest intended to give a gentle reprimand to this newly admitted direct disciple of the temple.