"Ah, I'm sorry, I made a mistake." The clerk adjusted her glasses: "It seems that you are indeed a first-time guest, so I will tell you the rules of the bookstore, and please abide by them."
Liu Lidao: "Please."
"As a first-time guest, you can purchase a book for free. When you touch the cover of the book, you can perceive an excerpt or basic message of the book, but you cannot open it to read it. Once you open it, you have to buy it."
Liu Lidao: "This is no problem, what else is there?"
"No." The clerk said, "You can start choosing books."
Weird... Liu Li slandered.
The Nameless Bookstore is indeed a strange place, and its existence alone is enough to become an urban legend.
Liu Li walked among the bookshelves. Each book had a different name. There seemed to be no identical books here:
"Explanation of Ancient Taoist Concepts"
"Metaphors About the Week"
"Book of Defilement"
…
Liu Li touched "Explanation of Ancient Taoist Concepts" casually, and a meaning immediately came to his mind.
"...the so-called dual cultivation of life and nature. Cultivating one's nature is like Zhou Gong dreaming of a butterfly, pursuing the pursuit of breaking out of the cocoon. Cultivating one's life is to temper the cocoon shell and pursue its life stone. It is the highest concept and unreachable ideal of Taoism."
Liu Li was feeling it seriously, but the meaning was interrupted.
"The bottom is gone?" Liu Li asked subconsciously.
"You have to buy it before you can read the content of the book. Many books can only be touched by excerpts," the shop assistant reminded.
Liu Li suppressed his curiosity and did not choose to buy this book. It looked like an academic book, not a magic spell or a cultivation scripture. Liu Li believed that it would have no effect on improving strength.
He put his hand on the "Book of Defilement" again, and another message came:
"...The human body and soul are the most holy and pure, because they are perfect and short-lived. Any arrogant person who wants to ascend upwards and seek long years must make a choice: either the soul will fall or the body will corrupt. "
Upon sensing this message, Liu Li instinctively frowned, feeling that this book was a bit sinister and that the content contained in it seemed to be explaining some kind of evil cultivation technique.
After walking a few more steps, Liu Li looked at the various books on the bookshelf and chose another one with a name that looked very pleasing to his eyes. He felt it through touch.
This book is called "Prophecy", and Liu Li guessed that it might be about some kind of divination technique.
"...Wise men who peer into the future know how to answer metaphors with metaphors, and use known connections to metaphorize unknown connections, trying their best to avoid mentioning it directly. There must be a reason behind this, but the reason can only be answered with metaphors: Shy Princess Destiny is an evil and cruel tyrant who doesn't like people prying at her and her things."
What is this and what?
For the first time, Liu Li discovered that even though some people couldn’t understand the meaning of what he felt, could he speak in human language?
Liu Li continued to read one book after another, feeling the meaning on them. There were also some books. When he touched the books, what he got was not excerpts, but the evaluation of the books by a certain being.
"The Exploration of Supersensory": The author re-views supersensory from the perspective of psychology and endocrinology. The perspective is very novel and explains how the mental state of supersensory affects the physical body in reality through the nervous system. It is worthy of occultism and Science-based people buy reading.
"Secret of Kaiyang Star": The leadership skills of organizing soldiers, the provocation skills of provoking the enemy, the war cry of heroic bravery, and the skills of using daggers, spears, bows and arrows, throwing guns, assault rifles or nuclear missiles, they are all essentially similar. Location: The war star shining in the sky. This book introduces the secret power of Kaiyang Star in a simple and easy-to-understand way, and is suitable for mystics who want to take the road of struggle.
Liu Li felt the different connotations conveyed by many books, suddenly felt a little uncomfortable, and covered his forehead.
"Sir, please don't endlessly perceive the meaning of books. This is harmful to your astral body." The clerk reminded: "Just choose what you are interested in."
"Uh..." Liu Li asked, "Do you have any recommendations?"
"If you want, I recommend this book." She pointed to a book high on the bookshelf next to her, and Liu Li saw the title "Seven Lots of Clouds".
"It looks like a Taoist classic." Liu Li thought to himself. He walked over and touched the cover of the book, and a wave of meaning poured into his mind:
"...Taoist is the ultimate truth of nothingness; magician is the mysterious trick of change..."
Liu Li put down his hand and shook his head. He instinctively felt that this book was not suitable for him.
"It seems to be some kind of root method similar to "The One Sutra". I have the "One Sutra" and I don't need this anymore." Liu Li thought.
Liu Li asked: "Are there any others? I think this one is not suitable for me."
"Well..." the clerk said thoughtfully, "You can also learn languages. Look, on the bookshelf here, there are "Celtic, Gaelic, Briton and Welsh", "Anglo", " "Old Norse", "Old Chinese"..."
Liu Li said: "I feel that adding an unpopular language won't help me much. Are there any books on spells?"
"You're really picky." The clerk seemed a little dissatisfied: "You don't listen to suggestions, you make your own choice!"
What a cool attitude!
Liu Li thought, forget it, the first book selection is free, it’s free, so don’t get angry with her.
Liu Li didn't find the magic book he wanted, so he followed his intuition and took "Explanation of Ancient Taoist Concepts". He felt that this was the first book he chose to touch when he entered the bookstore. Perhaps his inner intuition told him, You should choose this book.
After taking the book off the bookshelf, Liu Li asked: "Is this enough?"
"If you have a chance in the future, you can come to our bookstore as a customer." the clerk said.
"I have another question." Liu Li asked: "Why do you think I am a second-time customer? Is it because I found this place through an address clue?"
"Ah... it's not..." the clerk said, "It's because you practiced a scripture that was leaked from our store. So I felt a familiar aura."
"Scripture?" Liu Li frowned: "Which one?"
"I can't remember clearly." The clerk said, "Our bookstore has sold so many scriptures. Which one is it specifically? Let me think about it."
She suddenly came close to Liu Li's body and sniffed.
"The smell of seeds and plants, the salty smell of the sea of bitterness, the light of candles... That should be that unknown ancient Taoist scripture. I was deeply impressed by it. Even though the Taoist scripture no longer has any meaning, it is still rated as One of the top Taoist scriptures in our store.”
Liu Li was stunned when he heard this.
"The person who bought it was a foreigner?" Liu Li asked.
The clerk said: "I have an obligation to keep customers' privacy confidential."
Liu Li thought for a moment and said urgently: "Please tell me, this is very important to me. The person who bought the Taoism may be my lost relative!"
The clerk said: "Then tell me about one of your relatives first."
Liu Li thought for a while and said: "His name is Taylor, and he is a distant relative of mine. I have a very close correspondence with him. He often writes to me when he is abroad, telling me about his dreams of being trapped in a mental hospital... …”
The clerk interrupted Liu Li: "Is the Taylor you are talking about male or female?"
Liu Li wondered if there was anything else to ask. He said, "Of course it's a male."
The clerk said: "This relative of yours has nothing to do with the customer who purchased the Aisle Sutra. I will not inform you of the relevant information anymore. Please leave."
Liu Li was still asking, but everything around him disappeared, like an illusion. Liu Li stood on the street, holding only the "Explanation of Ancient Taoist Concepts" in his hand.