"No wonder that old man didn't mind me going to the sect's library, it's riddled with dangers!" a young man spoke shaking his head.
"Too bad he doesn't know these arrays are nothing against my skills."
Jumping from branches to branches, constantly switching to strolling on land and floating on air. He avoided all the traps before him as an ancient temple appeared from afar.
It had been 5 days since he was unceremoniously dropped off on the Isle of Wisdom. After saving Old Yam's daughter, Silver was brought onto the isle.
Old Yam instantly fled the moment he stepped onto the island, leaving with simple instructions.
"Reach the center of the isle and you'll be able to enter the Temple of Knowledge. Good
luck!"
Using the "simple" instructions, Silver escaped many traps and beasts living in the dense forest of the isle.
Silver sensed danger from behind him, instantly dodging with his Star Mirage Steps. A giant's arm made of earth appeared and smashed into the ground from where he once stood.
Looking at the earth golem, Silver frowned in annoyance. He noticed a few more of these golems appeared out of the forest nearby the temple. How was he supposed to get to the library with this many strong opponents?
Glaring at the 5 giant golems of various elements, he started thinking carefully as they emitted the cultivation of a late-stage Null Origin. Even with the boost of his [Chaotic Void Skill] and Earth Origin cultivation, their defenses and strength were top notch.
They felt powerful but not exactly too dangerous.
Luckily, it seems they had no intelligence but strong cultivation and decent fighting skills.
Staring at the golems and then the entrance to the ancient temple, Silver began contemplating. He could only handle two at most, but still circulated his [Star Mirage Steps] to the fullest.
As the 5 golems struck with precise attacks, he dodged them all with a strand of hair's distance. It was quite an accomplishment to avoid fire, water, earth, wind and lightning attacks.
**Hong long long….
Silver felt excited when he finally broke through from using Star Mirage Steps at a frightening level. Making it to One with Oneself, he increased his speed and dodging ability against the slightly clumsy golems.
Taking one step forward, zipping through all 5, he appeared at the entrance of the Temple of Knowledge. The golems immediately stopped their attacks and returned to their original locations as if nothing had happened.
Staring at the dense forest, Silver felt unsure if he could handle them in a full-frontal attack. Even if he made it to the next realm, Star Origin.
Gratefully, he made a breakthrough in his movement skill and evaded all those attacks on a whim. Just a slight brush of their earth fist could severely injure him if he made a slight error.
The Temple of Knowledge was quite humongous based on its exterior, yet when he entered, it was more breathtaking. He had seen many libraries in life, but this is the first time he seen such at a magnificent scale.
From the looks, you couldn't even exaggerate what was inside. This temple held over a few billion texts, manuals, scrolls and other books altogether. Even the knowledge he had felt like a drop in a vast ocean compare to this library.
Slowly walking up, cautious of hidden traps, he was unable to move forward due to an invisible barrier. The token given by Old Yam suddenly flew out of his robe, floating to the center of the of the library and lit up a few times and returned to him.
Moving forward again, the invisible barrier preventing him to continue had disappeared. Looking at the center again, a stone tablet appeared from thin air. On the face of the tablet, only a few words were written.
He was allowed 5 years of time to read in the Temple of Knowledge and nothing can be copied and brought out of the temple unless allowed so.
"Of course, there's some restriction for a library of this caliber," Silver muttered quietly as he prepared cultivating a mental technique.
"But why is such an ancient isle here? Seems like the other sects doesn't even know of its existence. I'll figure it out if I can find the information regarding this isle. Even though I have eidetic memory, just reading these many books can really overload my mental capacity despite my strong soul. Seems like I can grind my Eternal Soul Refinement and Ancient Bookworm mental skill to the peak in this library. With this much knowledge before me, becoming the strongest should be a breeze."
The Ancient Bookworm mental skill was literally used to memorize and imprint knowledge into the soul and mind. If one expended their mental and soul energy, one could instantly read hundreds of books in mere seconds. It essentially allowed the cultivator to create a mental library to quickly pull the relevant information needed.
An old master had given him this skill on a whim because he liked his attitude. This was how he was able to reach to a terrifying degree in the path of cultivation.
Even in Silver's old life, there were only a few counted on both hands, that had a similar skill to his Ancient Bookworm skill. Those who could use a godly skill like his to the maximum potential also had a rare and heaven-defying soul refining arts to help them.
Before he fought the heavens, he imparted both the soul and mental skills to both of his own disciples.
'Hmm… This qi feels familiar,' Silver thought as he cultivated his two skills.
Facepalming, he stood up quickly, realizing the qi in the library is different than the qi in the world and sect. It was the void qi he needed to gather when using the [Chaotic Void Skill].
'This isle is a godsend for me who uses void qi! I can feel an indefinite amount of qi pouring into this temple. With the never-ending supply of void qi, I can grind the two skills to the peak. I can probably advance to this "King's Realm" during the 5 years!'
Silver calmed himself down and sat down in a lotus position at the center of the library. With the unlimited void qi, he stretched out his soul and mental energy to read the hundreds of books that he could handle.
Soon, he became lost in the sea of knowledge.
...
"Why did you allow him only 5 years' time in the library at the Isle of Wisdom?" Starfinder asked staring at an island from afar.
"You know, he won't be able to even read .01 percent of the library! It might even take some time for him to pass through earth golem's guarding the temple. They may be slightly clumsy, but they have inherent many top warriors battle skills and filled with brute strength. I remember my old faction leader's eyes were filled with dread when he was heading there to gain enlightenment every few years."
"Heh, I have a feeling that boy will be able to read more than 20% of the library and beat those mindless golems to smithereens. Or at least pass them without a problem," Old Yam answered enthusiastically, as he too, stared at the island.
"He was able to cure my daughter's illness and give her a cultivation method that even I cannot grasp. How can those things be a challenge to him? Plus, your faction leader had to go against 25 elemental golems and find a way to land a hit on [that]. Of course, he would be filled with dread."
"Are you saying, within 5 years, Silver would trigger [that]?" Starfinder exclaimed in shock.
"Even I barely survived even though [that] could only cause minor harm. It wasn't allowed to kill members of our Floating Cloud Sect."
"Time can only tell," Old Yam said giving a smirk hidden with worry.
"I almost forgot to tell him the qi there is different and extremely hard to refine! I hope he'll do fine."
"Don't worry about him, he'll definitely do well since you're confident about it," Starfinder said gloating inwardly.
If they both knew of Silver's soul and mental skills, they'd puke up blood from shock. Such skills could only be seen as heaven defying!
"Maybe he'll change his mind about your daughter too!"
"Old fool, don't think I've forgotten about the wine you've stolen from my wine stash!" Old Yam refuted mockingly.
Starfinder was right on the mark with Old Yam. The old fool wanted to become a grandpa and wish he could have many grandchildren. Even so, he still cared about who his daughter wanted to marry.
Old Yam could tell Shi and Silver were fated, yet the future could hold many variables especially with Silver's grand ambitions. If Silver knew about Old Yam's inner thoughts, he would literally avoid Jing Shi and Old Yam with fervent passion.
"What wine stash?" Starfinder denied while chuckling lightly. He slowly backed away from Old Yam, transforming into a yellow lightning bolt to escape.
"DAMN YOU OLD THIEF," Old Yam shouted as he chased after Starfinder.
"MY WINE!!"