Chapter 12

"What do you mean by that?"

"Act! Keep acting for me!"

Gu Hai's face was full of disdain.

"I see, so the reason you never go to Hong Langman is because you have a girlfriend who is fair-skinned, beautiful, and has long legs!"

Ye Xiao: "???"

His brows knitted tightly.

"Are you out of your mind? I don't have a girlfriend."

"See~! You still say you don't have one. Look at the girl who always sits in your section."

Gu Hai pointed angrily at Qin Yuyan, who was far away.

When Ye Xiao saw her, he couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

It was her.

Her student ID had fallen here yesterday. However, if he said he knew her now, it would inevitably make Gu Hai misunderstand.

So, he shook his head slightly.

"I don't know her."

In fact, he really didn't know Qin Yuyan. He had only spoken to her a few times.

"Really don't know her?"

"More real than you being a man."

"Alright, I'll get her WeChat."

Gu Hai quickly ran over and asked with a sly look on his face:

"Hello, I..."

"Get lost!"

Before Gu Hai could finish, the other person coldly spat out a single word, "Get lost," which instantly wiped the smile off his face.

He touched his nose and immediately left in embarrassment, while Ye Xiao walked over to him.

"Let you show off. Come on, let's go eat."

Gu Hai gave him a rather resentful glance.

"Eat, eat, eat, all you think about is eating. I really don't understand how heaven could give such a good-looking face to you. And you, you don't even like to chase girls. Let me tell you, Old Ye, you're just wasting a good thing, and you'll get what you deserve sooner or later."

Ye Xiao just smiled and didn't argue.

Gu Hai was right; when it came to his looks, he had always been very aware of them.

Moreover, as his strength gradually increased, his hidden aura also grew continuously.

Unfortunately... he didn't like the feeling of being tightly bound. Right now, he wanted to enjoy the freedom of being single.

Of course, from another perspective, it could also be said that he was confident in his looks and could find a girlfriend anytime, so he wasn't in a hurry.

After lunch, Gu Hai returned to the dormitory for a nap, while Ye Xiao, as usual, came up to read.

Not long after, Qin Yuyan walked over, a bit uncertain, and asked cautiously:

"Um... I wanted to ask if you saw my student ID yesterday?"

Ye Xiao kept his head down, reading and responded without looking up:

"Left first row, top right corner of the bookshelf."

Qin Yuyan was taken aback, walked over, and indeed found her student ID.

She quickly walked over.

"Thank you. I thought I had lost it on the way."

"Uh-huh."

Ye Xiao responded with a single indifferent word, and his cold attitude made Qin Yuyan feel slightly awkward.

No boy had ever been so cold to her before.

However, upon closer inspection, this little librarian was indeed very good-looking, and he probably didn't lack for female company, so it was normal for him not to care about her.

"Um... can I ask another question?"

Ye Xiao's eyebrows slightly raised, and he put down his book.

"Go ahead."

"I want to learn knife techniques, but the knife techniques here are too varied. Since you are the librarian, you must know these books well. Could you recommend some good books about knife techniques or which knife techniques are more popular?"

Ye Xiao's eyes glanced at her right hand. The base of her thumb, the middle of her index finger, and the lower left corner of her palm, although still relatively soft, were clearly calloused compared to other areas. Since she didn't know knife techniques, she was likely practicing sword techniques.

Her cultivation level, of course, didn't escape Ye Xiao's notice; she was already at the Fifth Rank of the Later Heaven stage.

At her age, to cultivate to the Fifth Rank of the Later Heaven stage, her talent was undoubtedly strong.

If she switched to learning knife techniques now, it would waste a lot of time and also lose the years of accumulation and expertise in sword techniques.

But... what did that have to do with him?

What she wanted to learn was her freedom, and he just needed to do his job as a librarian.

After a two-second silence, he continued:

"Books that are popular with others may not suit you. After all, most people who practice knife techniques are men.

Moreover, the knife techniques practiced by men are mostly of the grand and expansive type.

The seventh book on the fifth shelf of the third row, the Falling Snow Knife, is continuous and graceful, with less consumption of spiritual energy, suitable for girls.

The eleventh book on the second shelf of the fourth row, the Luo Family Knife, has a solid foundation, suitable for beginners in knife techniques.

The sixth book on the first shelf of the fifth row, the Fox Hunting Knife, has a strange and versatile technique, effective in defeating enemies.

For beginners, start with these three knife techniques."

Qin Yuyan couldn't help but be surprised:

"Wow, it seems you have a deep understanding of knife techniques. Your strength must be quite formidable, right?"

After all, she had only asked Ye Xiao to recommend some techniques, but he had selected three very suitable ones and explained the advantages of each.

"You're overthinking it. If I were that strong, I wouldn't be a librarian. Besides, I only know the techniques in my section; I have no idea about the others."

Qin Yuyan nodded. Ye Xiao was right; a person with deep cultivation would be sought after by the military or major companies, not working as a librarian.

Moreover, as a librarian, it was only natural that he knew the types and characteristics of the techniques in his section.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

He casually said two words and continued to read, his head still down. Qin Yuyan knew that Ye Xiao didn't want to talk to her anymore, so she turned to find those books and went to the first-floor hall to rent them.

The library has two ways to rent books: through the librarian in the section or at the first-floor hall.

Qin Yuyan knew that Ye Xiao probably didn't like being disturbed, so she didn't ask him to handle the rental procedures for her.

As for Ye Xiao, he had overestimated his luck and underestimated the skill of the plagiarizers.

In the morning, he had read nearly two hundred techniques and selected three origin heart techniques. From noon to the end of his shift, he read nearly a thousand books but only found one independent origin heart technique. The rest were all plagiarized, similar to his other five origin heart techniques.

But it wasn't entirely bad luck, as he had also found an origin sword technique during the selection process.

This brought his total number of origin sword techniques to eight. In the golden book, the eight pages recording the origin sword techniques had started to emit a faint golden glow.

This meant that he was close to being able to fuse a highly advanced sword technique.

He was probably just one or two basic sword techniques away.