Ling Shuangshuang took a deep breath, then pulled out a solid purple-black jade pendant from her sleeve. The texture of the pendant was entirely different from ordinary jade slips. Its surface flowed with profound purple patterns, like some ancient bloodline seal, exuding an oppressive aura that made one afraid to look directly at it.
"You two take a look at this, and then decide whether you want to stop me." Saying that, Ling Shuangshuang casually tossed the jade pendant to the two of them.
The moment the two guarding clan elders took the jade pendant, their pupils shrank sharply. This was the highest authority token of the Lingxiao Divine Dynasty—the Purple Zenith Token.
The words of whoever held this token carried more weight than the Emperor himself. In the entire Lingxiao Divine Dynasty, no more than three people possessed this token, and each of them was a supreme mighty figure at the Immortal Emperor level.
The holder of this token could mobilize all the resources of the Divine Dynasty, bypass all rules and procedures, and issue unquestionable orders directly.
The two clan elders looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion. They couldn't understand how such a precious Purple Zenith Token could appear in Ling Shuangshuang's hands. Although she was the princess most favored by the Emperor, not even the Emperor himself possessed this token.
But the two did not dare to ask too much. Who knew if this was the will of some patriarch? The two nodded to Ling Shuangshuang:
"Since Her Highness the Princess possesses the Purple Zenith Token, then naturally you can bring anyone in and out of the Scripture Pavilion as you please. Please."
After speaking, the two stepped back, making way for Qin Hao and Ling Shuangshuang.
Ling Shuangshuang took back the Purple Zenith Token, then shot a triumphant glance at Qin Hao. That look seemed to say: See that? This young lady does what she says.
Qin Hao followed Ling Shuangshuang into the Scripture Pavilion. Just as Qin Hao was about to head upstairs, Ling Shuangshuang spoke up:
"Ye Hao, I've brought you to the Scripture Pavilion, but how many cultivation methods and divine abilities you can observe will depend on your own capabilities."
"The cultivation methods collected in the Scripture Pavilion are all unpassed secrets of my Lingxiao Divine Dynasty. Every method and divine ability here has its own will, and some even contain the Dao rhyme left behind by seniors who previously studied them."
"If you only choose from the first floor, then you only need to face the will and Dao rhyme of a single cultivation method. But if you want to go upstairs, you will have to face the combined will and Dao rhyme of an entire floor of cultivation methods."
"The higher the floor, the stronger the cultivation methods and divine abilities, and the stronger the lingering senior Dao rhyme and the method's own will will be. The pressure you face will also be correspondingly greater."
Speaking up to here, Ling Shuangshuang paused. "This isn't me deliberately making things difficult for you. This is simply the rule of the Lingxiao Divine Dynasty's Scripture Pavilion. Everyone must abide by it, and even my royal father is no exception."
Qin Hao nodded to show his understanding. It was just the will of some cultivation methods and the lingering Dao rhyme of seniors. Qin Hao didn't take these things seriously at all.
After pondering for a moment, Qin Hao still decided to start from the first floor and read his way up floor by floor. After all, he didn't come here to learn these cultivation methods and divine abilities of the Lingxiao Divine Dynasty. He came to find the weaknesses of the cultivators from the Ten Directions and Nine Netherworlds.
Qin Hao shuttled between the bookshelves on the first floor without stopping, his gaze like lightning. He casually took down a divine ability manual. Before the will of the method and the lingering power on it could even act up, Qin Hao's dual pupils flashed, forcefully suppressing them.
Ling Shuangshuang leaned against the handrail, her arms crossed over her chest, one leg bent with her toes tapping the stairs. Her bare feet shone with a faint luster under the purple light.
She tilted her head to look at Qin Hao, her frown deepening. She noticed something: Qin Hao was completely skimming through them like viewing flowers on horseback. He swallowed every cultivation method and divine ability whole, flipping to the next one without a single moment of thought.
Although the cultivation methods and divine abilities on the first floor of the Scripture Pavilion were of the lowest grade inside the pavilion, that was only relative to the precious methods and abilities deeper within. If any of these methods and abilities were placed in the outside world, wouldn't they be enough to set off a storm of blood and gore?
If you want to reference other cultivation methods and divine abilities to create your own, you first have to master the essence of the referenced methods, right? But look at this Ye Hao—he would take down a book and put it back in less than ten breaths of time. With this speed, let alone mastering the essence, he probably didn't even have time to comprehend anything.
Ling Shuangshuang waited a little longer. Seeing that Qin Hao was still frantically skimming, she finally couldn't hold back anymore.
Ling Shuangshuang jumped down from the stairs, her bare feet landing silently. In a few steps, she walked over to Qin Hao. Seeing that Qin Hao was about to pick up another divine ability to flip through, Ling Shuangshuang reached out and pressed down on Qin Hao's wrist.
"Wait, Ye Hao, what exactly are you doing?"
Qin Hao stopped his movements and turned his head to look at Ling Shuangshuang. "I'm learning the cultivation methods and divine abilities you have here. What's wrong? Isn't it just that I'm reading a bit much? You couldn't be this stingy, could you?"
"Learning?" Ling Shuangshuang repeated the word, the corner of her mouth twitching. "You call this learning? You pick up a book and put it down in less than ten breaths. Are you learning, or are you dusting the books here?"
"Didn't you tell me you wanted to reference some powerful cultivation methods to create your own method and divine ability? To reference them, you first have to understand them! Flipping through them randomly like this, how can you absorb the essence and create your own cultivation method and divine ability?"
"If you think the cultivation methods here aren't good enough, then go to the higher floors. With your strength, the ninth floor might be a bit risky, but you can still go up to the seventh or eighth floor. Don't read them one by one like this; it's a waste of everyone's time."
Qin Hao gently brushed away Ling Shuangshuang's hand from his wrist, then pulled out the cultivation method.
"Who told you I didn't understand them? The cultivation methods I read earlier, not only did I understand them, I even learned them. This is true for every single one, otherwise I wouldn't have moved on to the next book."
Qin Hao's tone was as calm as if he were remarking on the nice weather today. Although his voice wasn't loud, in this quiet Scripture Pavilion, every word was exceptionally clear.
Ling Shuangshuang froze for a moment, her frown tightening. "What? In just ten breaths of time, you understood it? And learned it?"
"Young man, you talk big!" The two guarding clan elders also arrived behind Qin Hao. "This old man has guarded this Scripture Pavilion for eight hundred years. In eight hundred years, I have only managed to understand half of the books on the first floor. You little fellow are speaking far too arrogantly."
The commotion on Qin Hao's side quickly attracted the other clan members of the Divine Dynasty who were also selecting cultivation methods and divine abilities here. Everyone peeked out from between the bookshelves, looking curiously toward Qin Hao's direction.
"Who is this guy? I've never seen him before, yet he talks so big. Which of the cultivation methods here wasn't created by the ancient sages and mighty figures of our Divine Dynasty? We study a single cultivation method for ten or twenty years and still wouldn't dare say we've learned it. He just looked at each book for ten breaths of time and dares to say he learned it?"
"Hmph, he's definitely bragging, trying to show off in front of Her Highness the Little Princess. Learning a cultivation method in ten breaths, who is he trying to fool?"
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ive and Ruthless] Before his transmigration, Ye Xuan was playing a game called "Severing Emotions to Attain the Dao." The game's core wasn't about leveling up by fighting monsters, but about conquering various "bad women" with wicked personalities and cold, fickle natures. There was only one method to conquer them: stay unwaveringly by their side, then die at a critical moment, driving them to madness after losing the protagonist. The higher their level of regret, the higher the player's score. To dominate the server, Ye Xuan conquered all the bad women. In the early stages, he showered them with boundless tenderness, only to choose to sacrifice himself for them later, making them weep bitterly and drown in regret. Among them were: Xia Lengyue, the unfaithful immortal wife who chased after powerful men and discarded her husband like trash. Ye Qingcheng, the Demonic Venerable of the Joyous Union Sect, who appeared pure and innocent but was, in reality, promiscuous. Wu Lingxiao, the Empress of the Great Xia Dynasty, who lusted after men and loved maintaining a harem. Bai Qiangu of the Endless Demonic Sect: a bloodthirsty mass murderer. However, when the protagonist transmigrated into the game world, he made a horrifying discovery. Eight hundred years had already passed. The bad women he had conquered had now each become deities and revered ancestors. Faced with the endless stream of toxic women coming for him, Ye Xuan could only rely on his god-tier acting skills to carve a path of survival through this world of treacherous women.
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