Chapter 051: “The Zhou Tian Ming Gu Method”

On that rainy night, when Xiao Chen heard Chen Xiao’s words, he couldn’t help but think of his own exceptional attributes—mental rank at level three, supernatural potential below F, yet an astonishing attribute affinity of two thousand. Such a person, even without spiritual energy, would be terrifyingly capable of communicating with elemental forces through sheer mental power. With an attribute affinity of two thousand, even if Chen Xiao fell into the sea, he wouldn’t drown without doing anything, not to mention that he already possessed spiritual energy equivalent to that of a level-three sorcerer. After thinking this through, Xiao Chen hesitated no longer and immediately took Chen Xiao away.

Just a few steps away from Xiao Chen’s office, a young man appearing to be in his late twenties or early thirties, with an arrogant expression, came walking toward them.
“Hey, isn’t this Team Leader Yu Ye? Who is this? A newcomer from the Xuan Group?”
The young man showed a hint of surprise on his face, but his eyes were filled with mockery.
“Hehehe, I heard that the members of your group disrupted the entire ‘Soul of China’ plan, causing the Japanese spies who were about to be exposed to disappear again. Team Leader Yu Ye, you can’t shirk responsibility for this.”
This was the headquarters of ‘Soul of China,’ yet this young man spoke boldly without restraint.
“The higher-ups will handle this matter. It’s not your place to interfere,” Xiao Chen said calmly, even wearing a faint smile.
“Yu Ye, don’t get too complacent. If it weren’t for your family backing you to suppress this matter, you probably wouldn’t have gotten away so easily. Hmph.”
The young man snorted coldly and turned to leave, but then he turned back, glanced at Chen Xiao, and smirked eerily.
“Who is he?”
Chen Xiao looked at Yu Ye and asked.
“He’s Ouyang Zheng, a member of the Huang Group of ‘Soul of China,’ from an ancient martial arts family in China,” Yu Ye replied. “Ancient martial arts families and supernatural ability families have never gotten along well. That’s why within ‘Soul of China,’ the Huang Group, composed of pure martial artists, often has minor conflicts with the Xuan Group, made up of those with supernatural abilities.”
Chen Xiao nodded. Where there are people, there are disputes. Even within ‘Soul of China,’ it wasn’t different. Perhaps they would unite against external threats, but once those threats were eliminated, internal divisions were inevitable. Though Chen Xiao didn’t understand what Yu Ye meant by “minor conflicts.”
“Anyway, just be careful,” Yu Chen said vaguely.
This left Chen Xiao somewhat puzzled.

Soon, the two arrived at a library that wasn’t very large. In terms of size and collection, it was far inferior to the two libraries Chen Xiao had visited before. Yet this library exuded an ancient atmosphere—each bookshelf was carved from the finest sandalwood, and even every book was protected by spiritual energy. The entire library was surrounded by a strange barrier, which Yu Chen had to open using a peculiar key.

“This is one of the most important scripture repositories in the entire Huaxia Nation. Normally, ordinary members of the Soul of Huaxia are not allowed to enter here. But given your significant contributions to the country and your role in reversing its major losses, I can grant you permission to browse these texts here. However, the time allowed is only half an hour, and you must not damage or take any of the books or documents out of here,” Yuye Xiaochen said solemnly.

Chen Xiao also realized the importance of this place. He nodded slowly and then entered the library.

The library was about the same size as the classroom where Chen Xiao had his lessons. There were seven bookshelves carved from sandalwood, with only dozens of books on each shelf.

Chen Xiao used his mental power to scan through these scriptures, but to his shock, he found that waves of spiritual energy emanated from the shelves, completely neutralizing his mental power.

“It seems I’ll have to search through them one by one with my eyes,” Chen Xiao thought to himself, relieved that the library wasn’t very large and there weren’t many books—otherwise, half an hour would definitely not be enough.

The books on the shelves were extremely ancient and weathered, clearly original copies, not reproductions. Chen Xiao walked up to one of the shelves, picked up a book at random, and found that it was written entirely in ancient Huaxia script.

“Good thing my grandfather taught me this kind of script; otherwise, I’d be in real trouble now,” Chen Xiao said, putting the book—written by an abler person named Li Xiaozhen—back in its place, feeling grateful.

“These are useless to me. I’d better hurry up and find mental meditation methods.”

Chen Xiao quickly moved between the seven shelves, scanning the titles of the books at a glance.

“I found it!”

Chen Xiao’s eyes lit up. He quickly picked up an ancient book titled *Zhou Tian Ming Gu Fa* from the shelf and flipped through it. Sure enough, it contained methods on how ablers could meditate to enhance their mental power. Moreover, the methods were quite complete and didn’t require any further steps.

Chen Xiao checked the time—there were still twenty minutes left. He quickly used his mental power to scan the text, engraving it deeply in his mind.

The spiritual energy waves from the shelves could only interfere with his mental scanning of the books, but once the books were removed from the shelves, that energy could no longer stop him from scanning them.

After quickly memorizing the contents of *Zhou Tian Ming Gu Fa*, Chen Xiao found three more mental meditation methods and memorized them all as well. Now, with his strong mental power—especially his exceptional memory in developing his mental sea—memorizing several books was no problem at all.

After comparing these basic mental meditation methods, Chen Xiao decided to use *Zhou Tian Ming Gu Fa* to refine his mental power.

With less than ten minutes left before the half-hour deadline, Chen Xiao decided not to waste a second. He began flipping through and recording the contents of other scriptures at high speed.

Soon, half an hour passed.

“Hey… If time in the God Lord’s Space still existed, it would be great if I could bring all the books here to read in the God Lord’s Space.” Chen Xiao reluctantly put down the book in his hands and left the library. It wasn’t that he wanted to leave; rather, the library began to strangely repel him. After half an hour, a terrifying force emerged throughout the library, constantly pushing Chen Xiao’s body outward, with the force growing stronger by the moment. “It seems there are still many things in this world that I can’t understand.” Chen Xiao stepped out of the library and immediately saw Yu Ye Xiao Chen standing aside, waiting for him quietly. “So, which one did you choose?” Yu Ye Xiao Chen asked. “‘The Ancient Methods of the Cosmic Abyss’,” Chen Xiao replied. “You’ve good taste—always picking the best ones,” Yu Ye Xiao Chen said with a smile. “Come, I’ll take you to the training room for the Xuan Group. Go and get familiar with it first. As for the school, I’ve already taken care of that for you. You don’t need to worry about that.”