Mu Zixi, with a rather bored look on her face, played with her pigtails as she walked past one of the halos.
Unlike the others, she had set her sights on something and managed to find what she was looking for right away.
It wasn’t every day that they got to enter the library, so she didn’t want to just register her stuff and head out so quickly. Everyone was still inside. It would’ve been boring for her to stay outside all on her own, so she’d stayed inside the library.
She scanned her surroundings as she aimlessly walked around.
The halos were rather mystical. They would light up immediately once someone entered them, preventing another from getting inside.
Mu Zixi walked around and found something wasn’t right. She counted the halos that were lit up.
“Eight?”
“Why are there only eight halos lit up when there are eleven of us here?” she thought.
“Where are the other three?
“We aren’t allowed to enter the third floor, so are there still people on the first floor, then?”
She frowned, finding this turn of events amusing, and ran all the way downstairs.
…
Swoop, swoop, swoop.
Swoop, swoop, swoop.
Rhythmic and minute shaking sounds were heard. Mu Zixi sneaked up on the source of the sounds.
“Zhou Tianshen?” she thought.
“What is he doing?”
Mu Zixi was puzzled.
She saw the stout kid pick up a book and shake it before returning it to its place and reaching for another one.
That wasn’t all. Mu Zixi looked on, finding it scary when he suddenly stopped at a corner and pounced on a dusty box, his eyes lighting up as if he’d found some kind of treasure.
He then got up there, pushed the box away, and started fiddling with the dust.
He seemed to be having a good time.
Mu Zixi was completely baffled, and was feeling a little puzzled at this sight. Who would’ve thought the stout guy would actually enjoy games that were so childish?
But this was the Spiritual Library Division. He was here to play games instead of selecting spiritual techniques?
“Zhou Tianshen!”
“What are you doing?” she yelled at him, arms akimbo.
The stout guy, who was busy moving the boxes, was startled, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was only Mu Zixi.
“Gosh, you scared me to death. I thought the caretakers were here…”
“Hmph, so you’re telling me that you can just fool around as long as the caretakers aren’t here?”
Zhou Tianshen was stunned when he heard this. Then, wiping the sweat from his brow, he said, “I’m not fooling around. I’m looking for techniques!”
Mu Zixi, amused, watched his blackened hand leave marks behind on his face and said, “Look at your messy face. Since when do people go about looking for techniques like this?”
“Yeah, that’s what you think.” Zhou Tianshen said, disgruntled. Then he pointed at Xu Xiaoshou. “Xu Xiaoshou’s looking for techniques like this too, okay?”
Xu Xiaoshou?
Mu Zixi looked in the direction he was pointing and immediately spotted a lanky figure.
However, the sight that greeted them was completely different from what they’d expected.
Xu Xiaoshou, who was in his simple white garb, was leaning on a shelf, a book in his hands. He looked dazed, as if he were pondering some big question that was bothering him.
The bit of sunlight coming from the windows above shone on the young man’s chiseled face, making the scene look like something out of a painting.
Zhou Tiansheng was completely baffled.
Mu Zixi got engrossed in the scene for a bit before recalling how Xu Xiaoshou had wiped at his neck, saying that it stank. She then quickly snapped back to reality.
She looked at Zhou Tianshen and snickered. “Well, the way you both look for spiritual techniques is definitely really similar.”
Zhou Tianshen was all quiet as he looked at his blackened hand, then at Xu Xiaoshou’s clean face, feeling that he’d been several cheated.
“I think I need to explain myself…”
“No need to explain anything. Better get your face washed instead.”
“Oh? Don’t you wanna know the secret to that guy becoming the champion?”
“I’m no… huh? What did you say? Come again?”
“Well, I’d better just get my face washed.”
“Wait, hold on. Come here for a bit.”
…
Xu Xiaoshou naturally wasn’t just acting cool in a sunny place because he’d sensed the two’s conversation and what they were doing.
He was actually engrossed by the broken piece he’d found.