511: Dayu Queen

Heavenly Palace, Wenlan Pavilion.

After leaving the Golden Luan Hall, Yang Dian strolled to the ancient-looking building, which housed the wisdom of thousands of worlds and countless civilizations.

“Zero, can you scan the Formation protecting the Wenlan Pavilion for weak points or energy nodes?”

The simplest way to empty the Wenlan Pavilion was to pack up the entire Wenlan Pavilion and take it away.

Yang Dian thought so, and was prepared to do so.

However, the Wenlan Pavilion was connected to the Heavenly Capital, and the entire Heavenly Capital was an enormous Formation; it functioned as a Formation node.

It wouldn't be easy to pack up the entire Wenlan Pavilion and take it away.

So Yang Dian wanted Zero to find weak points, to make it easier for him to move the Wenlan Pavilion.

Unfortunately, Zero’s answer disappointed Yang Dian:

“The Great Yu Immortal Dynasty’s Formation contains an unknown magnetic field. Once radar is used to scan the Formation, it will disrupt this magnetic field and trigger the Formation’s alarm.”

“Is that so?”

Yang Dian rubbed his brow, a little troubled.

If he couldn't find a weak point in the Formation, it meant he couldn't move the Wenlan Pavilion silently.

If he caused a big commotion, the Great Yu Celestial Emperor would truly instantly kill him.

It wasn’t a problem if his Martial Dao True Body was instantly killed; the problem was the knowledge of the various worlds within the Wenlan Pavilion.

“Forget it, if there’s really no other way, I’ll just have to move them one by one.”

“At most, the Dimension Butterfly will suffer a bit.”

Strolling into the Wenlan Pavilion, the three large characters “Linlan World” on the screen wall behind the door immediately caught Yang Dian's eye.

Around the large characters were some densely packed smaller characters, which required a closer look to read.

“Immortal Dynasty Year Three, the Immortal Emperor annihilated the Cangqing Empire in Linlan World, expanded its territory by seven continents, and saved tens of millions of people…”

After scanning the text on the screen wall, Yang Dian understood.

This floor contained various kinds of knowledge from a world called Linlan.

The Cangqing Empire was the most powerful nation in the Linlan World.

As for the knowledge, it included, but was not limited to, information on Cultivation, technology, humanities, and history.

Turning his head to glance at the staircase nearby, Yang Dian wasn't in a hurry to go upstairs. Instead, he walked around the screen wall and officially entered the Wenlan Pavilion.

“Mineral resources, flora and fauna, humanities and history, Cultivation Technique…”

“Tsk, the Great Yu Immortal Dynasty was quite meticulous; they even categorized and arranged these things so clearly.”

“It saves me a lot of trouble.”

Amidst his thoughts, Yang Dian walked to the bookshelf containing Cultivation Techniques and casually took a book from it.

“Qingmu Longevity Skill.”

“Eh? Such good luck, the first one I pick is one of the standard Cultivation Techniques for protagonists?”

No sooner had he spoken than a small entity, draped in white cloth and resembling a ghost, silently appeared before the bookshelf, even before Yang Dian could open the book.

“Eh? Where did the ‘Qingmu Longevity Skill’ go?”

The little entity muttered to itself after it emerged, then darted into the bookshelf.

A moment later, it re-emerged from the bookshelf, looking somewhat bewildered.

“Six breaths ago, someone took the ‘Qingmu Longevity Skill’.”

“But besides Yaoyao, there’s no one else in the Wenlan Pavilion, right?”

“Could Yaoyao have taken the ‘Qingmu Longevity Skill’?”

“But Yaoyao is clearly on the seventy-second floor…”

Standing in the spatial interlayer, watching the ‘ghost’ gradually become bewildered in its soliloquy, its eyes slowly twisting into a spiral pattern, Yang Dian couldn't help but smile.

“Is this little entity the Wenlan Pavilion’s artifact spirit? The Formation spirit protecting the Wenlan Pavilion, or an existence similar to a book spirit?”

No sooner had the thought of doubt arisen than a bright silver spatial door appeared beside the ‘ghost’.

Then, a little girl, about six or seven years old, with an upward-pointing braid and holding a thick roll of bamboo slips, walked out of the spatial door.

“Xiao Ling, you haven’t helped me translate the ‘Qiankun Wuding Skill’ yet, why did you suddenly run off?”

The little ghost stretched out its short arm and pointed at the bookshelf with a missing book:

“Someone just took the ‘Qingmu Longevity Skill’.”

“But I didn't receive any instruction that someone had entered the Wenlan Pavilion to take a book, so I came to check.”

The little girl blinked, glancing in Yang Dian’s direction:

“You mean someone, like me, came to the Wenlan Pavilion to secretly read books?”

“And you still haven’t found him?”

The little ghost put its hands on its hips:

“You’re not secretly reading books.”

“You read with my permission!”

The little girl hugged the little ghost:

“But you seem to be just a small book spirit of the Wenlan Pavilion, without the authority to let people read, right?”

The little book spirit tilted its head back:

“Who said I don’t!”

“I have memorized all the books in the Wenlan Pavilion. If I want to, I can perfectly recite any book.”

“Although the Wenlan Pavilion has a rule against ordinary people reading books, it doesn’t have a rule against me telling others the contents of books.”

“The bamboo slips in your hand are not actually bamboo slips, but the book soul I took from the bookshelf.”

As it spoke, it bumped its head against the bamboo slips.

Then, the bamboo slips, like it, turned translucent.

“See.”

“I didn’t let you read the book.”

“You’re reading the book soul.”

Yang Dian gave the little book spirit a thumbs-up.

It knew how to twist concepts.

Just as Yang Dian was contemplating whether it would be too troublesome to take all the books from the Wenlan Pavilion and if he should change his target to take the little book spirit instead, he noticed the little girl looking in his direction:

“Big brother, would you please put the ‘Qingmu Longevity Skill’ back on the shelf? If the Scholar of the Archives discovers a missing book, he will punish the little book spirit.”

Yang Dian pointed to himself with his index finger in surprise.

Seeing the little girl nod, he then stepped out of the spatial interlayer and formally entered the Wenlan Pavilion.

“You can see me?”

The little girl blinked at Yang Dian:

“You’re just standing there, of course Yaoyao can see you.”

The startled little book spirit stood in front of the girl:

“Who are you? Why are you in the Wenlan Pavilion!”

Seeing the ‘Qingmu Longevity Skill’ in Yang Dian’s hand, it said somewhat indignantly:

“Without a decree from His Majesty and the Academy, unauthorized viewing of Cultivation methods from other worlds is a capital offense!”

Yang Dian glanced at the translucent bamboo slips in the little girl's hand:

“If I’m guilty of a capital offense, then won’t she have to be buried with me?”

“Yaoyao didn’t read a book,” the little book spirit said righteously:

“Yaoyao read the book soul I condensed!”

“6.” Yang Dian gave the little book spirit a thumbs-up, then reached out and made a grasping motion towards the little book spirit, and the little entity was scooped into his palm.

“Since you’re making it sound so serious, then I won’t read it.” Casually placing the ‘Qingmu Longevity Skill’ back on the shelf, Yang Dian then squeezed the cold little book spirit in his palm:

“You help me condense book souls.”

“Just replicate the entire Wenlan Pavilion, one-to-one.”

As soon as Yang Dian finished speaking, the little book spirit conveyed an emotion of rather dying than submitting.

Yang Dian chuckled, then stroked the head of the little girl beside him:

“Little sister, I want the books in the Wenlan Pavilion. Would you ask the little book spirit to make a copy for me?”

The little girl stared blankly at Yang Dian for a while, then suddenly spoke:

“You are not from my Immortal Dynasty, are you?”

Before Yang Dian could speak, the little girl looked at him with a hint of anticipation and said:

“Big brother, can you take Yaoyao away from the Immortal Dynasty?”

Looking at the little girl with a pleading expression, Yang Dian frowned slightly before asking:

“Why should I take you with me?”

“Also, you haven’t told me yet how you saw me just now.”

“You were just standing there, Yaoyao saw you, so I saw you.” After answering Yang Dian’s question, the little girl said somewhat unhappily:

“As for why Yaoyao wants you to take Yaoyao away, it’s because Yaoyao isn’t happy in the Immortal Dynasty.”

“The nannies in the Heavenly Palace are so mean; they not only don’t let Yaoyao read the books Yaoyao likes, but they also keep making Yaoyao do things Yaoyao doesn’t like.”

“That’s why Yaoyao wants to leave the Immortal Dynasty and go to a place where no one can control Yaoyao.”

Yang Dian heard this and looked the little girl up and down.

Then, as if he had suddenly discovered something, he said with interest:

“Yaoyao?”

“Should I call you Yaoyao, or should I call you Great Yu Empress?”