Chapter 132 Wandering

Huan Yin won the literary duel with Zhao Wo, and also won the respect of Zhao Wo and all the casual cultivators in the valley. A strong person is respected everywhere, no matter if he is strong in martial arts or literature.

From that day on, Zhao Wo would come to the valley every day as promised to give lectures to all casual cultivators for two hours, rain or shine, and for free. He really admired Huan Yin, so he kept his promise.

Huan Yin would also go to the valley to listen to Zhao Wo's lectures every day, and he had to admit that Zhao Wo's sword-making attainments were far superior to Xu Yin's. He benefited a lot from Zhao Wo's knowledge, especially the experience of sword-making and the control of flames.

When Zhao Wo talked about materials, he would always ask Huan Yin to go to the hillside to talk about his own views, because he felt that Huan Yin's knowledge of materials was far better than his. In this way, Huan Yin would occasionally act as a lecturer for all the casual cultivators and impart knowledge to them.

Not only in the valley, Zhao Wo would often talk to Huan Yin privately about sword-making. The two of them admired each other, and sometimes even had long talks, which allowed them to learn from each other's strengths and make great progress.

Soon, Huan Yin's first month at Yijian Peak passed. Now, Huan Yin has completely established his foothold at Yijian Peak, and he has made great progress in this month.

However, Huan Yin gradually became distressed by the lack of classics and the inability to practice. Take the classics first. The classics he brought from Wuliangmen are about to be finished. For someone like him who has to read books for several hours every day, it is like a disaster. After all, he can have such a great achievement in identifying materials, all thanks to reading a lot of books. If he stops, his progress will also stagnate.

As for practical operation, this is a very important exercise for swordsmiths. Because swordsmithing is a kind of practice. If it is separated from practice, the knowledge will become a formality and exist only on paper. You know, the weapon master selection test will definitely test swordsmithing. But so far, except for the occasional invitation from Zhao Wo to try sword-making, Huan Yin had little chance to actually do it.

Finally, one day, Huan Yin asked Ji Cangqiong where the classics were collected at Yijianfeng, and then set off - he decided to solve the problem of his lack of classics first.

According to Ji Cangqiong, the classics on sword-making at Yijianfeng are all collected in the fourth-level Nine-Layer Pagoda. This Nine-Layer Pagoda, as the name suggests, has nine floors.

When the Nine-Layer Pagoda was first built, it was originally open to all Yijianfeng disciples. After all, the disciples' willingness to study classics is something that the sect should encourage. However, as Yijianfeng grew stronger, the number of Yijianfeng disciples became more and more amazing, and the sword-making classics in the Nine-Layer Pagoda became more and more popular.

Until I don't know when, there was a situation where a disciple of Yijianfeng borrowed the classics from the Nine-Layer Pagoda and did not return them, resulting in the loss of some of the classics in the Nine-Layer Pagoda. The leader of Yijianfeng was furious and ordered strict supervision of the Nine-Layer Pagoda from then on. The classics could only be read in the pagoda and were not allowed to be borrowed. Moreover, any disciple of Yijianfeng who wanted to read the classics had to pay a certain amount of spirit stones.

According to the regulations, Yijianfeng disciples who wanted to enter the first floor to read the classics usually had to pay three spirit stones. Then from the second floor onwards, the spirit stones to be paid doubled layer by layer. Originally, such a fee was not high, but Yijianfeng wanted to ensure that all disciples who entered the tower to borrow classics really needed it, rather than occupying the classics for no reason.

However, before the selection of weapon masters, the Nine-Layer Pagoda became a treasure land for participating disciples and foreign casual cultivators, which made the pressure on the Nine-Layer Pagoda increase sharply. Therefore, Yijianfeng issued another rule. Any Yijianfeng disciple who wanted to enter the Nine-Layered Pagoda within two years before the weapon master selection test had to pay ten times the amount of spirit stones to enter the tower to read the classics for one hour.

Such a rule made the Yijianfeng disciples feel pressured immediately. After all, it was too expensive to pay ten times the amount of spirit stones and add a time limit of one hour to read the classics. Especially for those high-level classics, it would cost a lot of spirit stones to read them.

The above rule was already very harsh, but this rule was only for the disciples of Yijianfeng. If "outside participating casual cultivators" wanted to enter the Nine-Layered Pagoda to read the classics, Yijianfeng's rule would require them to pay ten times more!

In this way, casual cultivators needed to read the classics, and the spirit stones they needed to pay were one hundred times the amount of spirit stones that Yijianfeng disciples usually paid to read the classics! Such a rule could almost completely block the way for casual cultivators, because most casual cultivators were poor and had poor sword-making attainments. What they need most is the classics, but they simply cannot afford such a high price. This is why Ji Cangqiong wants to gather these scattered cultivators together to borrow classics, because only in this way can they have a little hope.

However, there is still a way for people to enter the tower and borrow classics without paying any spirit stones. And this method has no identity restrictions and no time restrictions. In other words, as long as the conditions for using this method are met, anyone can enter and exit the Nine-Layered Tower at will.

Yijianfeng stipulates that no matter who it is, as long as they can pass the assessment of a certain level and obtain the recognition of the Nine-Layered Tower, they can enter and exit that level freely. In other words, if you pass the assessment of the first level of the Nine-Layered Tower, you can enter the first level at will. And if you pass the assessment of all nine levels, you can also pass the entire Nine-Layered Tower at will.

Such a rule shows the respect and admiration of Yijianfeng for capable people, and is actually an encouragement to the practitioners of instrument studies. Encourage them to improve themselves. As long as they are strong enough, the Nine-Layer Pagoda is no longer a place to spend spirit stones for them, but a reward.

Huan Yin asked Ji Cangqiong what the assessment in the Nine-Layer Pagoda was, but Ji Cangqiong didn't know, because he didn't even think about taking the assessment, after all, he knew that he was not capable enough.

Soon, Huan Yin came to the place where the fourth-level Nine-Layer Pagoda of Yijianfeng was located. In sight, a blue pagoda that was so high that the top could not be seen stood, and around this pagoda, there were nine light pillars surrounding it.

Among these nine light pillars, eight were on both sides of the pagoda. The four light pillars on the left were white, and the four on the right were blue. In these eight light pillars, there were many words flowing in the middle. Huan Yin looked closely and found that those words were all people's names. Different light columns contain different numbers of names. The number of names in the white light column on the left is obviously much more than that in the blue light column on the right.

However, the most special one is the golden light column in front of the pagoda. This light column is more than three times thicker than the other eight light columns, but there is only one name floating inside.

Those are three big characters - Lan Yanzi.

Huan Yin was deeply shocked by the magnificent momentum of the Yijianfeng Book Collection Pagoda. He watched it for a long time, and he didn't know whether he was secretly comparing the book collection place of Wuliangmen with the nine-story pagoda in front of him. Then he took a deep breath and walked towards the bottom of the pagoda.

As he approached, the constantly changing light curtain at the pagoda gate and the three golden "Nine-story Pagoda" characters on the pagoda gate caught Huan Yin's eyes. He walked to the light curtain and took out three hundred spirit stones and put them into the light curtain according to the method Ji Cangqiong told him, and then a suction force was transmitted to him.

Huan Yin's eyes blurred, and he disappeared outside the tower gate in an instant. When he saw the scene clearly again, he was already on the first floor of the Nine-Layer Tower.

Huan Yin appeared in the center of the first floor, and all around him were bookshelves, which blocked his sight and made it difficult to look far. Even the floor above Huan Yin's head was made into a bookcase, and many books were stuck in the bookcase. As long as you stretch out your hand, they will fall into your hand.

From time to time, a few monks who came here to read the classics passed by Huan Yin, and they all cast strange eyes on Huan Yin. Because the monks who passed by Huan Yin were all wearing the clothes of Yijianfeng disciples, and none of them were casual cultivators. I'm afraid that in the hearts of these Yijianfeng disciples, either they think Huan Yin is a sucker, or they look down on Huan Yin. After all, in the minds of Yijianfeng weapon cultivators, the level of foreign casual cultivators is too low and not worth mentioning at all.

Huan Yin ignored the eyes of the people around him. He spent three hundred spirit stones to enter this place, not to stroll around. Although three hundred spirit stones are nothing to him, he knows that he only has one hour.

Huan Yin began to walk, and while walking, his eyes kept sweeping around and above his head. He wanted to find the classics he needed, and then hurry up to read them.

However, Huan Yin walked for a moment in this place full of bookshelves and books, but he didn't find a classic that he hadn't read. Although this place is not small, although there are indeed many books here, Huan Yin has read them all!

Huan Yin's face was a little ugly, because he had almost walked through the whole place, but found nothing. If there is really no classic he wants here, then wouldn't he really spend three hundred spirit stones to stroll here?

The disciples of Yijian Peak around saw Huan Yin, the "outsider participating in the test", constantly wandering around this floor, but never took down a classic to read, and there was a trace of contempt in their eyes.

In their opinion, it was fine that this casual cultivator did not value his spirit stones and time, but he entered the tower but did not read anything. Isn't this an insult to knowledge?

"My fellow cultivator, if you don't want to read, please leave here. This is a place for us to increase our knowledge, not a market for wandering around." Finally, an older middle-aged female cultivator couldn't help it and accused Huan Yin.

Huan Yin looked at her and was stunned for a moment. He found that he seemed to be misunderstood, but he couldn't say anything because he had just walked through the whole place but didn't find a book he hadn't read. What should he do?

Huan Yin gave the female cultivator an apologetic smile, then he was ruthless in his heart, took out six hundred spirit stones and walked towards the light curtain leading to the second floor.

Since he came here, how could he return empty-handed?