Chapter 91

When Ye Xiao arrived at the fourth floor, he clearly felt that the library was enveloped in a layer of restriction.

Most of these restrictions are of the array formation type.

Array formations are created by using specially refined minerals, combined with specific routes, to generate special energy.

This special energy can be in the form of an attack or defense.

Regardless of the form, it can unleash tremendous power.

Array formations are the protective umbrella for the high-level cultivation techniques hidden in major libraries and also serve as the first line of security.

Therefore, they are generally constructed and maintained by top array formation experts from the Nine Provinces Alliance.

This is also why, despite being a Grandmaster, Yang Zhengyi could not easily steal the cultivation techniques before.

However, Ye Xiao has a certificate issued by the librarian, so he can easily enter the fourth floor.

There are quite a few people on the fourth floor, even a bit crowded.

There are probably one or two hundred people.

Compared to the lower floors, this number is not much, but every person here has a cultivation level of at least Fifth Rank of the Postnatal Realm, excluding Fifth Rank.

In other words, these people are the pillars of Jianghai City.

They are very likely to advance to the Grandmaster Realm in the next few decades.

When Ye Xiao arrived, many eyes fell on him. Seeing that he only revealed a Second Rank of the Postnatal Realm, they couldn't help but raise their eyebrows slightly, with a hint of confusion.

It seemed they were wondering how a Second Rank of the Postnatal Realm trash could have the qualifications to enter the fourth floor.

Ye Xiao ignored the crowd and walked straight over, beginning to search for the books he wanted.

Surprisingly, there were indeed many pleasant surprises on the fourth floor.

As soon as Ye Xiao approached one of the bookshelves and extended his hand to touch a book, the Golden Book spirit soul in his body suddenly pulsed violently.

This made him slightly taken aback, but then he felt a surge of joy and reached out to take the book.

It wasn't a book on alchemy but a book on martial arts.

Ye Xiao had previously practiced some martial arts, and the basic techniques he found were only two.

He didn't expect to find a third one here.

He quickly studied it and imprinted it in his spirit soul.

Then, he continued to search for alchemy techniques.

During this process, he occasionally encountered other series of basic techniques that the Golden Book had not yet collected.

Since Ye Xiao had practiced the Tai Xuan Tian Gang mental cultivation technique, his mind was very agile, like a computer.

So he clearly understood that the probability of finding a basic technique here was much higher, about ten to fifteen times higher than on the lower floors.

This means that while it might take reading ten thousand books to find a basic technique on the lower floors, it might only take reading a thousand books here to find one.

Upon careful consideration, this makes sense because the techniques here are all above the Extraordinary level, while those on the lower floors are mostly ordinary level.

The engraving and copying of techniques require the martial artist to have sufficient experience and a certain level.

Ordinary techniques have a low entry threshold, so many people can copy them.

Some martial artists at the Third or Fourth Rank of the Postnatal Realm might even be able to modify an ordinary-level technique.

However, Extraordinary-level techniques require Grandmaster-level experts to modify.

This greatly reduces the number of techniques.

Invisibly, this has eliminated a large number of useless books for Ye Xiao.

Although Extraordinary-level techniques are slightly slower to read than ordinary techniques, for Ye Xiao, this difference is negligible.

After all, his cultivation is already quite high, and a little bit of comprehension can quickly lead to mastery.

However, what Ye Xiao was mainly looking for were alchemy techniques.

In half a day, he found about three basic alchemy techniques.

This brought his total to eight basic alchemy techniques.

However, the Golden Book spirit soul had not yet emitted a faint glow, and he didn't know how many more techniques were needed to break through and merge.

"Duang~!"

Soon, the library's closing bell rang. Although Ye Xiao wasn't working today, he still had to leave when the library closed in the evening.

After a quick tidy-up, Ye Xiao followed the crowd and left the fourth floor.

With the certificate issued by the librarian, he estimated that he would be in luck for the next month, able to visit the fourth floor from time to time to read books.

What a pleasant feeling.

However, when Ye Xiao walked out of the fourth floor and came to the hall below, an alarm sounded at the entrance.

Then, several members of the security team rushed in.

Ye Xiao couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly.

"What's going on?"

Gu Hai, who was in the crowd, glanced at him and quietly approached to give a reminder.

"Old Ye, quickly leave. Your library has detected the波动 of a star beast."

Ye Xiao was slightly stunned. The library has a star beast波动?

He didn't feel anything at all.

Just as he was confused, a silver-white fox suddenly darted out from upstairs.

"There it is! It's there!"

"Quick! Catch it!"

The entire library instantly fell into chaos.

People rushed out frantically, while the security team members pursued the fox frantically.

The silver-white fox glanced at the crowd, its eyes filled with pain and sorrow.

Even its bright little eyes welled up with tears.

When its eyes met Ye Xiao's, they suddenly shrank, and it immediately jumped away.

Its eyes became panicked and self-reproachful.

It seemed to not want Ye Xiao to see it in this state.

But Ye Xiao understood.

That wasn't a star beast; it was Ning Yuheng!

Ning Yuheng is a descendant of the Silver Fox clan, and the last time Elwang's soul body possessed him, it did something that gradually activated the star beast bloodline in his body.

Once a human's star beast bloodline is activated, it can potentially devour the human bloodline and transform into a star beast.

This is why countries around the world are wary of half-beasts.

No one knows when they might become unstable or what might cause a drastic change.

However, didn't Ye Xiao already use a healing technique to suppress Ning Yuheng's silver fox bloodline?

Why did it fail?

At the time, he had thoroughly searched with his mental energy, and Elwang had left no mental imprint, so it was impossible for him to have any further effect on Ning Yuheng.

By now, the commotion in the library had gradually subsided, leaving only some residual noise.

The security team members were all chasing after the direction Ning Yuheng had fled.

Even with his toes, Ye Xiao could guess what would happen to Ning Yuheng if he were caught.

After a moment's thought, Ye Xiao followed the crowd and left the library.