Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 32 - Human-shaped Baidu Yue Qianqian_1

Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Human-shaped Baidu, Yue Qianqian_1

Chapter 32: Chapter 32: Human-shaped Baidu, Yue Qianqian_1

“What are you looking at?” Jiang Hanyun noticed that Li Xuan kept looking back and couldn’t help but ask curiously, “Are you still thinking about that intestine thing?”

She hesitated slightly as she said this, “Why would those wild wolves like to eat human intestines? Is it true or false? What about the stuff inside, isn’t it disgusting?”

“How could it be fake?” Li Xuan knew that wild animals eat the gastrointestinal tracts of herbivores, firstly because the organs are soft and strong in scent — in their eyes, the stronger the scent, the more delicious. Second, for the undigested food inside, which can help them supplement vitamins. However, this modern knowledge is hard to explain.

“Isn’t the logic quite simple? Your dog can’t get rid of the habit of eating feces, right? The dog is descended from a wolf.”

“So that’s how it is. No wonder.” Jiang Hanyun suddenly realized, “No wonder dogs have such a disgusting habit. It turns out that it has been passed down from their ancestors.”

Li Xuan couldn’t help but crack a smile, feeling that this superior of his was quite adorable.

Previously, when Li Xuan encountered a spell cultivator from the fourth house level, the first reaction of Miss Xiaowei was to let him hide rather than intercept. This showed what kind of person Jiang Hanyun was.

At this moment, Jiang Hanyun fell into contemplation again, “So it seems, this is indeed suspicious. But don’t worry, I have already instructed Liu Dianshi, he will investigate this matter thoroughly.”

While the two were talking, Jiang Hanyun was already commanding the Earth Dragon to enter the city gate of Nanjing City. She had official duties to attend to, so after returning to Zhuque Hall, she hurriedly left. Li Xuan, who was left behind, sank his face and headed towards the book collection building in the backyard of Zhuque Hall.

That was his purpose for coming to the Liudao Division today, but it was delayed until now because Jiang Hanyun had conscripted him.

And now, Li Xuan could not wait even a moment longer. He felt that he was racing against time.

The cold and numb sensation lingering in his heart deepened his sense of crisis. The red-dressed female ghost behind him was like the Sword of Damocles hanging over his head, ready to fall on him at any moment.

To ensure his safety, Li Xuan had to trace the origin. He needed to figure out what exactly this red-dressed female ghost was, what was its background, what was causing the green spots on his chest, and then look for ways to exorcise it.

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The book collection building of Zhuque Hall was famous in the Great Jin Dynasty. It was established 1,100 years ago by the fifth Fumo Venerable of the Liudao Division, and had been expanded and extended throughout the years.

To this day, this wooden tower, which is about twenty In height and divided into twelve levels, has stored more than 1.7 million diagrams, books, and secret books collected by the Liudao Division since its establishment, becoming a holy place in the heart of all cultivators.

The various knowledge, methods, cultivation techniques and so on recorded here, whether in terms of quality or quantity, are no less than the most complete heritage of the Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist schools, or even surpass them.

Similarly, there are book collection buildings in the Qinglong Hall, Baihu Hall, and Xuanwu Hall.

With his current identity, Li Xuan could only enter the first three levels of this book collection building. But that was enough, as the “Monster Guide” compiled by the official of the former Da Shang Dynasty was located on the second floor of this building.

This is currently universally recognized by all sides of the Great Jin Dynasty as the most detailed and comprehensive canonical text on the types and characteristics of demons and ghosts in the world. Its simplified version,”Extra Monster Guide”, is a test that all apprentices of the Liudao Division must pass.

Legend has it that the divine beast Baize once served the order of Emperor Huang and wrote the “Picture of Baize”, recording the affairs of all ghosts and gods, mainly 1,520 types of ancient spirits and transforming ghosts, as well as the corresponding exorcism methods. Unfortunately, it has now been lost and only fragments are circulating in the world.

Therefore, at present, “Monster Guide” is the most comprehensive canonical text on the records of demons and ghosts.

As soon as Li Xuan walked into this book collection building, he was noticed by several surprised gazes. He glanced casually and found that they were basically apprentices of his own class, and they were a few acquaintances of his predecessor in the Liudao Division.

All of these people were looking at him with expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

Li Xuan ignored these gazes, he went straight to the second floor to find the “Monster Guide” and another book “Extra Monster Guide”, then found a quiet corner to sit down and read. The latter was composed by the fifth state preceptor of the Da Jin, as its name suggests, this book is a supplement and correction to the “Monster Guide”.

He read through the book at an extremely fast speed, and the “Monster Guide” recorded about 9,000 different types of demons. However, of these, there are only a little over one thousand kinds of ghosts.

Li Xuan didn’t strive for a thorough understanding, he just skimmed over the images and characteristics of these ghosts, looking for similarities to the red-dressed female ghost behind him. If there were none, he turned the page immediately.

About two hours later, Li Xuan’s face gradually turned dark.

He had already flipped through more than nine hundred pages, yet there was not a single one that could make a tenth house level of martial cultivator, under the use of Spirit Eye Technique, fail to detect their presence.

He could no longer flip through the following hundreds of pages, as the contents behind this were all sealed with charms and required a certain level of cultivation to be able to be viewed.

The value of the “Monster Guide” lay in the fact that it had images of each and every demon and ghost recorded. However, these images also made the book itself extremely dangerous.

—— Some powerful monsters, even if only looking at their depictions, could cause a person’s soul to be impacted, and even draw the attention of these powerful monsters to the reader, hence bringing disaster.

Li Xuan continued to look at the “Extra Monster Guide,” but to no avail.

The various menacing ghosts described in it were all less capable than the red-clothed female ghost behind him, at least those outside of the Seal did not.

Li Xuan couldn’t help but frown, with an expression of helplessness in his eyes.

Apart from the “Monster Guide” and the “Extra Monster Guide,” there were thousands of books in the book collection building introducing various kinds of evil spirits. Yet most of them were repetitive, and very few went beyond the guide.

As for these few, Li Xuan was unsure of where to start.

There was no way, the original body had read far too few books. This guy also cheated his way through the assessment of the “Simple Demon Guide” before, among the over one hundred commonly found grudge ghosts and fierce demons recorded, Li Xuan’s original body couldn’t even recognize half of them.

Just as Li Xuan was looking quite grumpy about this, his gaze suddenly spotted someone.

It was a young girl with a familiar silhouette, once the memory of this girl surfaced in Li Xuan’s mind, his eyes immediately lit up. He immediately got up and walked over, sitting down opposite the girl.

The latter was deeply engrossed in a brick-like book, with books piled up like mountains on both sides.

She was completely unaware of Li Xuan’s arrival, not until Li Xuan cleared his throat. The girl suddenly woke up, like a scared rabbit, looked at Li Xuan with a touch of terror, “It’s you? What…what do you want?”

Li Xuan deliberately gave the girl a once-over, her face was covered with a thin layer of red gauze, hiding her face. However, her figure was explosive, her loose overcoat couldn’t hide it, and her voice was soft and weak, like a mountain spring.

This was one of the apprentices from the same session as the original body in Li Xuan’s memory, her name was Yue Qianqian, known by the nickname, ‘Book Lover.’

The two had the fortune of being classmates for three months, but the original body of Li Xuan had no contact with this girl. She left an impression on his original body because she never showed her face, and was famously introverted and shy, she never interacted with others —— in a training class with less than thirty people, it was quite eccentric; the second reason was her obsession with books, almost every time the original body of Li Xuan went to class, he could see this girl engrossed in a book.

Worth mentioning is, in the last selection examination for the thirty slots, this girl was one of the three chosen to be a part of Liudao Division, completely based on her real ability, not by pulling strings.

Her eruditeness left several auditors shocked. Moreover, within less than half a year of joining, she was granted the official title of ‘Boshi of Demons,’ an internal civil official position in the Liudao Division, a 7th-rank official, only those with extensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of all the monsters and demons in the world could hold this position.

Those who could ascend to this position were basically walking libraries.

“Long time no see, Yue, You’ve been— hey, hey, hey, don’t go!”

Li Xuan’s words were not even halfway out when he saw the girl across from him was sweeping up her books at a rapid pace, ready to leave with the books. Li Xuan, out of desperation, could only yank at the girl’s skirt. This made Yue Qianqian more terrified, and also attracted many disdainful and warning glances in the building.

Li Xuan quickly let go of his hand and bowed to Yue Qianqian: “I came to seek your help, Yue! I was a little anxious, I hope you can understand.”

He thought it would be better to lower his posture and be straightforward, otherwise, this girl in front of him would truly be scared off by him.

This is unbelievable, he is the gentleman Li Qianzhi! Does this woman need to be so afraid of him?

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