Huang Tian and Li Ruoxue stood under a large locust tree outside the library door, waiting for Li Xingkong to come over. The weather was very hot, and the cicadas on the tree were singing loudly, which made people feel a nameless irritability.
Li Ruoxue looked anxiously at the direction they came from, because the library was in a remote location and there was only one way to get there.
A long time passed before Li Xingkong arrived belatedly.
Seeing Li Xingkong's dejected look, Li Ruoxue asked, "What's wrong with you? Don't you think Father agrees? Don't be careful. If you can't do it, you still have me. As long as I take action, I can definitely defeat Father."
Huang Tian's heart sank, his hopes were dashed, and he felt a little lost. The Continent of Gods and Demons was so big, and there were no clues about the Four Swords of the Immortals. If it was lost in the other six forbidden lands or the four major battlefields, how would he find it?
"Hey!" Li Xingkong sighed, and continued: "My father only gave me this piece of stuff." As he said this, Li Xingkong took out the token that Li Changfeng gave him.
Li Ruoxue took it and took a look and cursed: "You Li Xingkong, isn't this just a token to enter the library, and you actually lied to us!"
Hearing Li Ruoxue's words, Huang Tian, who was originally bald, suddenly became energetic and said: "So Xingkong, you got the token. I thought I didn't get it, so I was very sad."
Li Xingkong laughed and said, "Let's go in quickly. We'll probably have to look for it later."
The library has two floors. The first floor is empty and has nothing. There is a staircase in the corner against the wall, which leads to the second floor. The three of them walked along the stairs to the second floor.
The style of the second floor is obviously different from that of the first floor. Rows of bookshelves are neatly arranged. Looking around, the bookshelves are filled with books. There is an old man sitting there by the window, taking a nap.
The old man is very old, with only a few sparse white hairs on his head, his beard has fallen out, and the wrinkles on his face are like old tree bark.
"Sleepy old man, if I had known this, we wouldn't have to go to great lengths to find the father to get the token." Li Ruoxue said in a low voice.
"Where did those three dolls come from? This is not a place for you to play. Get down quickly." As soon as Li Ruoxue finished speaking, an old voice echoed from the second floor.
"Who is talking?" The three of them were very surprised. There were only the three of them and the old man on the second floor. The three of them all looked at the old man and found that he was still napping and showed no sign of speaking.
Just as the three of them were looking around, the voice sounded again. "No need to look for it, I'm right in front of you."
Hearing the sound, the three of them naturally looked at the old man's position again, but found that at some point, the old man had already arrived in front of the three of them.
None of the three of them knew how the old man got here. He was clearly napping in front of the window just now. Could it be that he had eyes on his forehead?
Li Xingkong and Li Ruoxue subconsciously took a few steps back, only to find that Huang Tian was still standing there, and the old man was also looking at Huang Tian curiously.
"How come someone from the Bing family came to the Imperial Palace?" the old man said, obviously knowing Huang Tian's identity.
Huang Tian was not surprised either. Mr. Zhong once said that anyone of a certain age could tell that, and presumably the old man in front of him was also a certain age.
"So it's you old guy, you're not dead yet!" Li Ruoxue actually knew this old man who seemed to be in his twilight years.
"Hey, I'm quite old. I wanted to die for a while but couldn't." The old man said with dull eyes.
"Old guy, you also know that he is from the Bing family? So what kind of family is the Bing family?" Li Ruoxue asked.
The old man glanced at Li Ruoxue, looking a little listless, and his voice was a little weak, and said: "The little girl is still so rude, she doesn't remember the lessons she learned when she was a child."
After hearing what the old man said, Li Ruoxue remembered that when she was six years old, she ran to the library to play and was caught by the old man in front of her and spanked.
Li Ruoxue was ashamed and angry, and she felt resentful in her heart. She didn't expect this old man to have such a good memory. I had almost forgotten what happened more than ten years ago, but he still remembered it so clearly.
"The royal family of the Qinglong Empire has nothing to do with the Bing family. You haven't told me yet why the Bing family members came to the library in the heart of my palace." The old man asked the same question again.
"Old man, it's like this. He is a good friend of ours. This time we came to the library only with my father's permission." Li Xingkong explained.
"It's not true, bring me the token." The old man said.
Li Xingkong took out the token and handed it to the old man. The old man took it and looked at it, then handed it to Li Xingkong and said: "Since you have the token, you can read the books here as you like, but remember, they cannot be damaged.
, you must return it to its original location after reading it.”
"We understand. Thank you, old man." Li Xingkong said.
"Hey, old guy, you haven't answered my question yet!" Li Ruoxue shouted when she saw the old man was about to leave.
The old man who was about to leave heard Li Ruoxue's words and appeared in front of Li Ruoxue in an instant. He stared at him and said, "Little girl, why should I answer your question?"
After finishing speaking, the old man suddenly appeared a few meters away from Li Ruoxue, like a ghost, coming and going without a trace. "After reading this, you must put it back to its original position. I, old man, will continue to go to bed."
"Old guy, how dare you treat this princess like this? I must ask my father to drive him out of the palace when he returns." Li Ruoxue said through gritted teeth.
"To be honest, Li Changfeng is not qualified yet. Even if he comes in person, he still has to be polite to me." The old man said with his eyes closed.
"You..." Li Ruoxue wanted to argue, but was stopped by Li Xingkong.
"Okay, after all, the old man is also an elder, so be polite. Let's go find clues first!" Li Xingkong said.
Li Ruoxue snorted, somewhat unwillingly.
Looking at the labels on the rows of bookshelves, the three of them directly skipped bookshelves such as **Tricks.
The three of them searched in the library for a long time and read many historical records, but they still could not find any information about the Four Swords of Zhu Xian.
Just when the three of them were lost, Huang Tian saw a dusty book in a remote corner. Huang Tian walked over, took the book off the shelf, and gently wiped away the dust on it.
"Taikou script, the cover of this book is actually written in Taikoo script." Huang Tian was very excited after seeing the handwriting on the cover of the book. Nowadays, almost no one knows Taikoo script, let alone writes it. And the words on it are ancient.
Incomparable, it has obviously experienced the wasted years, and it is full of the breath of time.
Huang Tian was extremely excited, maybe he could find some clues about the Four Swords of Zhu Xian from this book.
Hearing Huang Tian's call, Li Xingkong and Li Ruoxue also came over. Seeing the book, Li Ruoxue said: "Are you sure this is ancient writing? Why is it not the same as the handwriting on the cliff that time?"
Huang Tian couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart and said excitedly: "What I saw on the cliff that day was a cursive font from the ancient period. It was difficult to recognize, but this one is different. This one uses regular script. As long as the characters are not too uncommon,
I can recognize them all.”
"Then hurry up and take a look. Maybe there is news about the Four Swords of Zhuxian that you mentioned." Li Ruoxue urged.
Huang Tian sat on the ground, his hands trembling a little, and he gently opened the pages of the book, and the five characters "Ancient Fengyun Lu" appeared in his sight.