Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Thousand Shadow Wind-Supporting Technique

At that moment, Wei Yun Xi held “Analysis of Mountain Terrain and Ley Lines in the Vast Cosmos Realm” and read through it. It mainly talked about famous mountain ranges in the Vast Cosmos Realm and how those mountains formed and developed. It also mixed in some feng shui and geomancy. She found it fascinating and silently memorized the parts she liked.

Ever since she cultivated to Qi Refining Level Four, she could clearly feel her spiritual sense had grown stronger. Its coverage could even rival the spiritual sense of an early Foundation Establishment cultivator. It had helped her a lot during the entrance assessment. Otherwise, she would not have been able to avoid Wei Yun Qing.

But in clan school, she had also learned that aside from probing the environment, it was best not to casually scan people with higher cultivation than her. That was easily seen as provocation. As for scanning people with lower cultivation, they would not notice anyway.

Using her spiritual sense to read and memorize was far faster than simply memorizing by brute force. That was why she had finished two books in a single day yesterday.

For this entire day, Wei Yun Xi clutched this one book and read it. Besides her own interest, it was also because she remembered that in the novel, not long after the Wei Family disciples entered the sect, Wei Yun Qing had unexpectedly gained a technique. It was found in the library, and on the surface it seemed unrelated to Wei Yun Xi.

But Wei Yun Xi was certain that Wei Yun Qing must have used Wei Yun Xi’s hand to obtain that technique. As for how, Wei Yun Xi glanced at Wei Yun Qing reading nearby, and she already had a plan in mind.

No wonder Wei Yun Qing insisted on coming to the library with her these past two days. She clearly had no good intentions. She even read through every book Wei Yun Xi had already read. Wei Yun Xi could guess what she wanted without even trying.

But for now, Wei Yun Xi had not discovered anything yet, so she did not need to rush. And there was no way she would hand over a chance she had already gotten.

Over the next five days, Wei Yun Xi went to the library as usual. Wei Yun Qing also endured it and accompanied her for five days, but in the end, she gained nothing.

On the night of the fifth day, Wei Yun Ying grabbed Wei Yun Xi as she came back. “Yun Xi, you’ve been camping out in the library every day lately. Did you get anything?”

Wei Yun Xi smiled and said, “A lot. I saw many strange stories, and even storybooks. Today I read ‘The Two or Three Things I Have to Tell About Myself and the Founding Patriarch of Hao Ran Sect.’ It talks about secret details of Hao Ran Sect’s founding patriarch.”

Wei Yun Ying’s curiosity was immediately hooked. “Really? Then I’ll go read it sometime too, just to relax.”

“Mhm! The first floor books can be read by anyone, so they’re placed a bit messily,” Wei Yun Xi said.

The two chatted back and forth and did not avoid Wei Yun Qing at all. But Wei Yun Qing’s patience had reached its limit. She did not want to waste time tagging along with Wei Yun Xi anymore. She had to cultivate as soon as possible. The matter of proving whether the Illusion Realm was real or fake could only be put aside for now.

Wei Yun Xi did not know what Wei Yun Qing was thinking. The next day, she still went to the library to read, only this time without Wei Yun Qing trailing her.

Wei Yun Xi asked in surprise, “Sister, you’re not coming to the library with me anymore?”

Wei Yun Qing was impatient inside, but she smiled on the surface. “I’ve accompanied you for so long and already confirmed there’s no danger around you. Now I can relax and go cultivate in the Cultivation Hall, so I won’t accompany you. Be careful.”

“Okay. Thank you for the reminder, Sister,” Wei Yun Xi said, smiling.

Then she continued going to the library. This time, she not only read but also organized all the books on the first floor so it would be easier for other disciples to browse.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator guarding the library was very pleased with Wei Yun Xi. She was helping him finish his organizing task, so he smiled and said to her, “You’re a good little disciple. Go look under the bookshelf in the southwest corner. There’s a very good storybook there.”

Wei Yun Xi narrowed her almond eyes and cupped her fists in thanks. “Thank you for the tip, Martial Uncle.”

Then she went to the place he mentioned and felt around under the bookshelf. She pulled out a beast-hide booklet. On the cover, it read: “The Romantic History of Scholar Xuan Qing.” Just by the title, you could tell it was some kind of romantic story.

Wei Yun Xi smacked her lips. Was the Cultivation World really that open? Was this the kind of storybook a five-year-old child could read?

Driven by curiosity, she opened the booklet. After one glance, she realized she had misunderstood. It was a diary-like travelogue written by a cultivator called Scholar Xuan Qing. Of course, it also mixed in some of his personal romantic affairs to make it more entertaining.

Wei Yun Xi understood immediately. Someone probably wanted the booklet to spread widely, so they picked such an eye-catching title. And look, she had been hooked by her curiosity and kept reading.

Wei Yun Xi spent a full day reading through the travelogue. Then she put the booklet back in its original place instead of placing it on the shelf. It was clearly the library guard’s favorite, so it was not convenient to take out and share.

After that, Wei Yun Xi hurried to the Dining Hall for dinner. There, she ran into Wei Yun Ying and Wei Yun Qing. The two of them did not speak to each other at all, sitting at opposite ends of the table while they ate.

Wei Yun Xi did not bother with whatever conflict they had. She went to get her meal, ate, and then bought a bag of spirit-flour steamed buns.

Wei Yun Ying asked curiously, “Yun Xi, why did you buy so many spirit-flour buns?”

“To eat,” Wei Yun Xi said. “When I read in the library, I missed dinner several times. If I store some buns, I won’t have to go hungry. I still want to grow taller.”

“You’re right. You can’t always eat fasting pills. There’s no taste at all,” Wei Yun Ying said.

Wei Yun Ying also spent spirit beads to buy ten spirit-flour buns and put them into her storage bag.

Wei Yun Qing’s eyes shifted. She also bought ten spirit-flour buns. She was saving wherever she could now.

When the three of them returned together, they found that Big Sister Yun Ting was already cultivating in her room. None of them disturbed her, and they each went back to their own rooms.

After Wei Yun Xi sat cross-legged, she sorted through what she had read that day, trying to see if she could pull out anything useful. As she thought, her eyes suddenly opened.

“This… how is it possible?”

She stopped meditating and got up. She took paper and pen from her space and began recording what she had read. After she wrote the entire travelogue from memory, she started going page by page, selecting the sentences she thought were suspicious. She then transcribed (teng) them onto another sheet of paper.

By the time she finished, the moon was already high. Under the moonlight that slipped in through the window, she linked the characters she had copied and read them through once. Then a burst of wild joy flashed across her face. It was a movement technique called “Thousand Shadow Wind-Supporting Technique,” practically tailored for her wind spiritual root.

The technique’s?? was hidden inside that travelogue. It was a chance that the cultivator had left behind for future generations.

Wei Yun Xi had been able to find it because that diary-style travelogue was written in a messy way, with no real structure. Some sentences were not even smooth, as if the author had suddenly thought of them and jotted them down on the spot.

When she sorted things in her mind just now, she subconsciously picked out those awkward sentences and put them together. Then she linked the first character of each sentence into one line of??. Next, she linked the second character of each sentence into another line of??, and so on, until she obtained the full cultivation?? for “Thousand Shadow Wind-Supporting Technique.”