82: Chapter 41, the Library of Scriptures, is now free!

After finishing the intelligence report from the Liuyang Sword Sect, there were no major waves in the local area.

Bihai Immortal City did have some trouble; sea beasts were frantically attacking the protective Formation.

Fortunately, it was a Golden Core protective Formation, so these Foundation Establishment sea beasts posed no threat.

Next, Chen Xuan began reading the intelligence from the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce.

"Huh?" Chen Xuan took a delicate sip of clear tea.

"The other two presidents are inviting me to meet?"

Based on the timeline, President Liu Yishou should still be alive, but it was unknown who held the other Qingyuan Token.

The first rule of the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce was to recognize the token, not the person.

"Should I go?" Chen Xuan felt there was no need to meet.

But meeting might not be bad; old friends were still around.

More than forty years had passed for the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce; he wondered how it had changed.

Thirty years since Reincarnation, plus a dozen or so years of the mystery of the womb; it had been over forty years since his previous life.

He had single-handedly built up the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce, and now it was spread across the Southern Region, driving the trend of the Spirit Beast craze.

Any Qi Refining Cultivator who didn't have a Spirit Beast from the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce seemed outdated.

Taking a look might be good.

Next was news from the Southern Border, much the same as before.

Following that was the preparation progress for the auction.

The Xiao Family was indeed very concerned about the auction; presumably, it was for the [ascension spirit liquid] to improve their Spiritual Root Aptitude.

After decades of research, it was finally out.

Chen Xuan thought that if he had had this item in his previous life, perhaps his Pseudo Spiritual Root could have been elevated to a Medium Grade Spiritual Root!

In this life, he had truly caught up to good times.

Chen Xuan continued reading, his eyes instantly narrowing:

"Maitreya!"

These two keywords appeared in the next Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce intelligence report.

The Liuyang Sword Sect focused on major world events, while the intelligence from the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce focused on people's livelihoods and public opinion.

"The faith of the Maitreya's Descent and Maitreya's Salvation has already spread widely among Qi Refining Cultivators."

"Many people have joined the White Lotus Sect, wanting to support each other and progress together."

Chen Xuan scanned through this content, feeling a headache coming on.

He had seen [Maitreya] before! Back then, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator had unleashed the secret technique of the Maitreya's Descent; the scene of that peerless high attack and high defense still left a deep impression on Chen Xuan.

Even with his current cultivation level, facing a Maitreya's Descent would be a nine-deaths-and-one-life situation.

Foundation Establishment is Foundation Establishment, and Maitreya is Maitreya.

Maitreya was by no means as simple as an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator; if one truly thought that, when meeting Maitreya, death would not be far away.

Thinking of this, Chen Xuan immediately wrote a reply.

He requested the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce to focus on monitoring the branches of the Maitreya faith.

He would also cooperate and mobilize the Liuyang Sword Sect to encircle and suppress these evil Cultivators.

Yes, Chen Xuan wanted to mobilize the Fusheng Sect behind the Qingyuan Chamber of Commerce, along with the Liuyang Sword Sect behind him now, to jointly encircle and suppress the Maitreya forces of the White Lotus Sect.

How terrifying that thing was, Chen Xuan had seen it personally.

Furthermore, there was almost no cost to it.

That was the most terrifying part.

Evil Cultivators were sometimes even more terrifying than the demonic Cultivators who escaped from the Southern Border.

Evil Cultivators directly changed the moral compass and values of ordinary Cultivators.

At most, demonic Cultivators just had more extreme methods and were more bloodthirsty.

Even in a contest of who was worse, they still won.

"I have contribution points now."

Thinking of a happy matter, Chen Xuan grinned.

"The Scripture Pavilion is free!"

Yes, for Chen Xuan, who had reincarnated a hundred times, the most important thing, besides his current cultivation, was his memory.

Having memories meant having foundation.

Wasn't the Canglan Art he was practicing in this life the perfect embodiment of this?

Chen Xuan stood up and left the Immortal Cave, seeing a young girl with yellow hair in the distance; in his memory, she was Liu Lili's Daoist attendant.

The Daoist attendant saw him and unexpectedly turned around and ran away, her eyes bright and lively.

What was the meaning of this?

Chen Xuan frowned in irritation but didn't think much of it, steering his escape light and flying toward the Scripture Pavilion.

...

The next day, he had drained all his contribution points.

Chen Xuan felt unprecedented satisfaction.

It could be said he was refreshed and invigorated.

He had read to his heart's content, truly satisfied!

Chen Xuan even recalled the days before his Transmigration, when he would stay up all night chasing novel updates.

Every time he read a volume of the Daoist scriptures, Chen Xuan felt as if he had discovered a new world.

This time, he mainly read books on Tier 2 Cultivation Arts such as Talisman and Alchemy.

On one hand, it was because of the bonus from [Talisman Expert], combined with decades of experience from his previous life.

Although he had also studied other Cultivation Arts in the later stages, and apart from Formation, where his progress was not great, he was quite skilled in Alchemy and others as a Qi Refining Cultivator.

Naturally, he did better in his old trade.

"Unexpectedly, the Tier 2 correspondances actually have intricate connections with Foundation Establishment cultivation."

"I originally wanted to try it out."

Chen Xuan shook his head inwardly.

It was almost impossible to craft items above one's tier.

Tier 2 Talismans, Medicinal Pills, and Artifact Refining all required Foundation Establishment-level magic power.

Foundation Establishment required achieving the unity of Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

One must know not only the 'what' but also the 'why'.

Tier 2 Cultivation Arts required magic power to be flawless and leak-free.

In other words, Essence, Qi, and Spirit must be perfectly unified.

It was not like Qi Refining Cultivators who could just practice and produce results.

Naturally, before Qi Refining Cultivators advanced to Foundation Establishment, they could not achieve the unity of Essence, Qi, and Spirit, and their magic power would have leaks, so they naturally could not craft Tier 2 items.

Chen Xuan inwardly thought himself quite clever, but he also felt a pang of bitterness.

Even though he had practiced many methods in his previous life, he hadn't collected any Tier 2 Cultivation Arts.

These upper Sects and cultivation families were subconsciously preventing the spread of Tier 2 Cultivation Arts.

Even the Cultivation Arts he practiced at the Liuyang Sword Sect required a Dao Oath, forbidding them from being passed on.

In his previous life, one didn't even need to think about Cultivation Arts that had leaked out; they were either obtained by families to develop secretly, or obtained by the three major Sects.

Regardless, the result was always that they were not spread outside.

Of course, it was also very clear.

Over ninety percent of all Cultivators in the Southern Region were at the Qi Refining stage.

Tier 1 Cultivation Arts were already enough.

And the Cultivators who occupied ninety percent of the wealth and resources above them were Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Cultivators.

For them, Cultivation Arts Tier 2 and above had value and meaning.

Therefore, the circulation of Tier 2 Cultivation Arts was strictly restricted.

As for Tier 2 Cultivation Techniques, they were not as strictly restricted as Cultivation Arts and often leaked out.

It could be considered a disguised way of cultivating Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment Cultivators to increase the foundation of the Southern Region.

After Chen Xuan cupped his hands and bid farewell to the old man at the Scripture Pavilion, he was about to steer his magic sword and fly away.

A lively figure in bright yellow caught his eye.

"Junior Brother Yun!"

"You finally came out of seclusion!"

"Senior Sister has missed you to death!"

Liu Lili boldly blocked him and pulled him into her embrace.

A bright, sunny fragrance entered his nostrils, and Chen Xuan, who had spent the night reading Daoist scriptures, felt a jolt of spirit.

And the soft sensations on his face felt like drifting in the ocean.

It was truly so blissful that he didn't want to leave.

"Senior Sister, let go of me, I am not a child anymore."

Chen Xuan immersed himself for only a moment before reaching out to push her away.

The few Disciples around watched from afar with their peripheral vision.

The new generation of Disciples, the candidate for the next Saintess of the Liuyang Sword Sect, Liu Lili!

Was currently all over a Golden Core seed.

Rumors about the two had been circulating before, and now, it made the Disciples unable to walk away.

They transmitted voices to each other: 'Don't move, just look with your peripheral vision. I have already activated the Earth-Listening Technique; what they are saying is so ambiguous.'

'Damn, brother, I'm really interested in this. You must tell me.'

'That's a must, we're brothers. Wait, no, Saintess Liu said she is dying?'

'Huh?'

'Junior Brother said, Senior Sister, I have a child?'

The Disciple transmitting the voice was a bit doubtful himself?

He had just learned this Earth-Listening Technique; he must practice it more when he returned.

"Brother, are you sure?" the Disciple known as the Little Trumpet asked the other.

"Of course!"

"Damn! Big news! I'm going to send this intelligence to the Three-Body People immediately!"