readytorunbook Chapter 288 Sutra Pavilion
Chapter 288 Sutra Pavilion
Chapter 288: Sutra Pavilion
It is always heart-wrenching to see a beautiful woman in tears.
And what is most pitiful about her is the moment when her tears are on the verge of falling, yet she remains strong and endures.
No wonder they say that tenderness is like water. To determine whether a woman is moved, one must see if there are... hmm, tears.
Of course, Zhang Chi couldn't bear to see Long Yan cry again. At this moment, he could naturally touch Long Yan's face as a matter of course.
"It's all my fault."
Zhang Chi took the blame first.
Of course, this was also the truth. If it weren't for his greed wanting everything, Long Yan and Miao Yin wouldn't have to be sad.
But Long Yan didn't think so. She only felt that Zhang Chi was particularly responsible.
Although he provoked Miao Yin, that was Miao Yin's problem and had nothing to do with Zhang Chi.
Thinking about Miao Yin hugging Zhang Chi, she didn't want to show weakness either. She forcefully pulled Zhang Chi into her embrace.
"I won't let anyone take you away!"
Long Yan secretly made up her mind to protect her partner.
The two embraced for a long time, and Long Yan's hot blood gradually cooled down. Only then did she realize that it was inappropriate for her and Zhang Chi to be so intimate.
But since they had already embraced, they might as well pretend nothing happened!
However, the hand Zhang Chi placed on her waist seemed to have a magical power. Although Zhang Chi didn't make any inappropriate moves like a gentleman, Long Yan still felt a strange heat spreading from there, gradually spreading throughout her body. She felt like she was becoming a bit strange.
All her strength seemed to have disappeared, and she just wanted to lean on Zhang Chi's embrace.
No, she couldn't be like this.
Long Yan felt that if she continued like this, she would be very embarrassed, so she quickly broke free from Zhang Chi's embrace.
"Um... I have something to do, you go and do your own thing."
"Uh..."
Zhang Chi knew that she was probably feeling shy, and he didn't intend to force her to stay. He said, "I don't have anything to do, but I want to take a look at the books in the Dragon Transformation Palace's Sutra Pavilion. Can you lend me an identity token?"
"Here you go."
Long Yan knew that Zhang Chi liked reading, so she gave him her identity token.
"You can freely read the books in the Sutra Pavilion's outer chamber, but not the inner chamber for now."
Long Yan reminded Zhang Chi. She was relatively rule-abiding. The books in the inner chamber could only be borrowed by internal personnel with permission and a certain contribution to the sect.
She didn't make an exception back then and only went in to read after completing some tasks.
Of course, the Dragon Transformation Technique, a family secret technique, was not among them.
Only members of the Long family and those recognized by the Long family could learn the Dragon Transformation Technique. It was not included in the inner chamber.
Long Yan had also figured it out. She would teach Zhang Chi the Dragon Transformation Technique after he cultivated the Dragon Transformation Art in the future.
With Zhang Chi's talent, he should be invincible at the same realm.
"Thank you, I only need to look at the books in the outer chamber."
After receiving the token, Zhang Chi bid farewell and headed straight to the Sutra Pavilion.
The Sutra Pavilion in the Dragon Transformation Palace was quite large, about five times the size of the Sword Sect's Sutra Pavilion.
Walking into the pavilion and looking at the densely packed books on the shelves, Zhang Chi felt a headache.
He actually didn't like reading.
He had grown tired of reading in his previous life. Reading in school, reading after graduation, and reading for work.
In addition to books, there were various cases and files, and he mostly read criminal-related cases. After reading so many, his mind had been contaminated.
But he couldn't not read either. Although most of the time he could only be a mascot, mascots also had their own role.
For those who could potentially face a life sentence, he would never let them be sentenced to death. That was professional ethics.
After coming to the Immortal Cultivation World, Zhang Chi had no choice but to read.
In the past, reading books was just a means of making a living, and being a mediocre student was not a dead end.
But in the Immortal Cultivation World, if you don't study well, you won't have the ability to deal with crises. Who knows, one day you might die due to your own ignorance.
If possible, he prefers to read novels, the more mindless and exciting, the better.
He just likes the feeling of the words passing through his mind, taking his mind away with them.
Unfortunately, those beautiful times cannot be returned.
Zhang Chi sighed inwardly, then began to look for books.
The reason why the Dragon Transformation Palace has so many books is because it has accumulated for thousands of years in the Coiling Dragon River Basin.
The books in the outer pavilion are divided into three levels.
The lowest level is paper books, with simple materials and not very important information. They are like some cultural works in the mortal realm and some major events that have occurred in the mortal realm.
These are not very valuable to cultivators, but they need to be preserved.
Slightly better are the jade slip books, usually engraved by cultivators, with various contents, including cultivation experiences and personal experiences.
The highest level is the silk books, which generally record various techniques or particularly important illustrations.
Zhang Chi searched through the jade slip area for a long time and finally found a special collection - an inventory of the major techniques in the Western State.
This is exactly what Zhang Chi needs.
Previously, when Zhang Chi was in the Sword Sect, he could only see the spells of the various sects within the Dragon River Basin. He didn't know much about the broader territory.
Some scattered records have been written about the cultivation techniques of people outside the Dragon River, but they have not been systematically summarized.
"The strongest technique in the Western State - the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra."
"???"
Zhang Chi was full of question marks.
This Great Sun Tathagata Sutra should be a Buddhist technique, right?
But the Eastern Emperor Palace is an imperial power, which is the least compatible with the Buddhist Gate.
The Buddhist Gate in this world seems to be very low-key. Zhang Chi has hardly heard any news about the Buddhist Gate, and there is no record in the books. But the Buddhist Gate's techniques are quite common.
Like the Celestial Melody Pavilion's Six Melodies of Heaven, Wenren Li's Unmoving Bright King, and now the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra.
It's very strange.
These cultivators clearly have nothing to do with the Buddhist Gate.
Zhang Chi felt strange in his heart, but he didn't delve into it for the time being.
The Buddhist Gate is hidden, naturally there is a reason for it.
In fact, the Daoist sects are also hidden. There are Taoist temples everywhere, but they don't worship deities like the Three Pure Ones, but rather powerful cultivators who have actually existed.
With Zhang Chi's current strength, he temporarily doesn't have the ability to explore these hidden abilities, so he can only turn a blind eye for now.
Continuing to read, of course, there won't be the content of the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra in the jade slips, only the description of its effects.
One is that practicing it brings balance and harmony, able to draw upon the power of the sun. It can strengthen the physical body and enhance the spirit. When fighting against others, as long as it is under the sunlight, the true essence is like an endless stream.
There are also some powerful spells that are associated with the Great Sun Tathagata Sutra, which have both defensive and healing effects, as well as the power to suppress and eliminate evil.
Overall, those who practice this technique can fight, recover, and be both a warrior and a mage. It emphasizes being well-rounded, so it was chosen as the first technique in the Western State.
Of course, the author's writing may also have some political factors.
After all, the Eastern Emperor Palace is the largest power. If they are not ranked first, it wouldn't be appropriate for anyone else to be ranked first.
Zhang Chi continued reading.
"The most mysterious technique in the Western State - the Snow Mountain Ritual Dance. The Snow Mountain Ritual Dance is the inheritance of the Snow Mountain Temple, and only the priests and Saintesses can learn it. It possesses an unpredictable power."
The Snow Mountain Temple used to be ranked first in the Western State, but later, when the Ice Origin Sect split off, the Snow Mountain Temple dropped to second place.
This is a very mysterious sect, usually very low-key. It's best not to provoke them, as no one knows what cards they hold.
The author of the inventory didn't write much about it, just briefly mentioned it, and then mentioned the third-ranked technique - the White Tiger Sacred Heart Art...
ps: Third update.
(End of this chapter)