Putting that sudden thought aside, the boy, as he approached the center of the library, began to speak seemingly to nowhere:
"Well let's get started then, Mr. Librarian, introductory information on illusion, space, and saber damage, please."
Suddenly, from the center of the room, as if responding to the child's request, a voice spoke, with apparent disgust in it:
"*Sigh*, you brat again, so this time you come for understandings huh, hmph, you haven't even started cultivating, and just as a mere mortal, do you want to learn about the Dao? And not only that, but you start with the alternate Dao ... brat you really leave me speechless."
The boy, somewhat embarrassed by the harsh words of the "librarian" replied:
"Don't worry about it, Mr. Librarian, I only read them for reference and understand a little more about what awaits me in a few years, after all, knowing what to specialize in in your cultivation path is useful and I am not the only one who it does, and I also know that I shouldn't bite off more than I can chew, so rest easy."
Hearing this, "the librarian" burst into laughter, as he quickly responded to the boy:
"Hahaha, references you say? I would understand that if you were one of the geniuses of the family, who have the privilege of knowing in advance about the different dao and their applications, but even they are only given the knowledge of dao elemental, if they come to learn about other Dao that already depends on their luck and destiny."
The boy, even more embarrassed than before, steeled himself and protested:
"Still, I know you have the information on it, otherwise you wouldn't be lecturing me like this, so I just want to know if you're going to help me find it or not."
The voice suddenly fell silent for a moment, the child did not mention anything either, waiting for the "librarian" to give him the answer that he was waiting for, it was only after 5 minutes that the voice answered him:
"Hmph, don't try to fool me brat, I know that even though you appear to be a 3-year-old boy, your line of thought is totally different, also if it is just for reference, you should at least ask me for information about the other Dao that exist, but you were only interested in those 3 in particular, * sigh * anyway just go and return the crystals when you're done "
Having said this, the voice in the library refused to say anything more to the crafty boy, who on his face was only happy to see the crystals that were on the table.
"Well, I'll be busy with this for a while, so I won't have to go out to the patio, ummmm probably no one will watch me while I'm not out."
The boy knew that there was someone watching him because, before they brought him to this place, he heard one of the elders talk to someone about keeping an eye on him while he was in the courtyard, obviously located in the outer area of the mansion, this because the Formation established on the mansion does not completely cover that area, so it needs external surveillance, unlike the interior of the mansion which is completely safe.
"I also doubt that anyone wants to monitor a 3-year-old child 24 hours a day, that and that, from the voice that I heard apparently is young, it is most likely that he concentrates more on his own cultivation than on watching me, so I don't have to worry about that. "
Thinking this far, the boy let out a sigh, although he had been classified as precocious in the field of growth, he was just that, a precocious child, so, before they brought him to this mansion, the boy had acted as such to To avoid raising suspicions about his real state, until now the only one who had noticed that there was something totally different from a child in him was the "librarian", but as an artifact spirit, the child did not give it much importance.
"* Sigh *, I would have had a hard time adapting to this place if not for the novels I read in my previous life, who would have thought that artifact spirits really exist? And not only that but also mythical beasts and who? knows what other things ... "
Thinking about it, the boy remembered the first time he met the spirit, it was 1 year ago when he decided it was time to start doing the things that his past self entrusted to him, so he went to the library, there , he was very surprised by the few books he found and the large amount of crystals that he thought had reached the wrong place, it was not until the voice of the artifact spirit sounded and informed him of the place and how it worked that he managed to get an idea of basic of the place.
Thanks to this incident, the first thing the boy did was to look for information about the spirits of artifacts, to compare if there was any relationship between what he knew from the novels and this new world in which he found himself.
To his surprise, the differences were minimal, and, from what he learned, artifact spirits fell into the category of "spirits", which would become beings that gain consciousness after a very long time and in an environment with great concentration of spiritual qi, if an object such as a saber sword, spear, cauldron, etc., gains consciousness, it is called an artifact spirit, being of great help to its bearer, although this happens is very rare and generally happens with artifacts made with extremely rare materials and by distinguished master smiths.
There are also spiritual beings, although these are formed in places of elemental concentration, from which depending on the element they take their name, as fire elementals or water elementals, which, from a certain aspect of cultivation, are the favorites of heaven and earth. , since its affinity with this element is maximum.
In addition, he also learned about the flames of heaven and earth and that they are highly sought after by alchemists, although they are also used by warriors with a high affinity for fire, and that, when used together with their techniques, they can increase their strength up to 4 times, leaving him in awe of this new world.
At first, the more the child read about this world, the more he became excited and found it fascinating, but he also knew that in such a world the plots and undercurrents were too dangerous, and the clearest example for him was nothing more and nothing less. that the loss of his bloodline, that was why he decided to continue acting as a somewhat precocious child, but without alerting anyone, at least until he reached the mansion where he felt safer in solitude, with the exception of a few maids who came to deliver their food and the artifact spirit. But even in this place he only let go a little bit, all his thoughts and emotions were hidden and only reflected while he pretended to sleep.
"Well, it is a somewhat hard life for a 3-year-old child, but it is necessary for safety, well, it would be better if I go to my room to read the content of these crystals more at ease."
Thus, putting aside those thoughts, the boy left the library and went to his room.
After a few minutes of walking, once in his room, the boy sat cross-legged in a corner of his room and prepared to place the crystal on his forehead, immediately the information inside it was revealed within his mind, ready to be assimilated by the child.
A few hours passed and when the sun had completely set, beginning the darkness of the night, the boy opened his eyes and exhaled a long sigh.
"Heh heh, the librarian can say whatever he wants, but he even gave me a crystal that superficially explained all the dao and their levels of understanding, I guess I'll thank him later."
Having said this the boy got up and stretched a little, walked around the room while in his mind he tried to order the acquired information.
"So the beginning on the path to the Dao is called" intention "which consists of 9 levels, each level giving an additional boost to the technique you execute on that path."
"Now the problem here is how to master the" intention ", according to what I have just read, there are many ways, the easiest would be to have a high affinity and understanding, it would only take a small stimulus and thus the intention would develop, Another way would be a sudden illumination, which is extremely rare, of 1 million growers, maybe none of them will experience it, so this method is out of the question, another method would be with a peculiar fruit, which varies depending on the intention that one wants to, but this method only works for elemental intentions so it is also ruled out and as for the latter, well that is being born with that intention, which is completely ruled out. "
"*Sigh*, so I only have the 1st eh left, I would have confidence if I still had my bloodline, but as I am now I don't have that confidence, although for the path of the saber and sword things are somewhat different."
As alternative Dao, the path of the sword, saber, spear, etc., can only be mastered by perseverance, that is, only someone who loves that path, and is trained in it to the limit, can master it.
"In my case if I want to follow the dao of the saber, I will have to dedicate much of my time to training in the techniques of this and hope to achieve that feeling of 'connection' with my saber."
"As for the damage of illusion, there are very few people who have taken this path and most of these were women, so the information is scarce, but what I can affirm is that the beginning for everyone is the same, beginning by the 9 levels of intention."
"And finally the dao of space, understood only by demonic geniuses with a high capacity for understanding and great luck, I suppose this path will be the one I have to wait for the moment."
The boy could only sigh for his bad luck, of the 2 paths that his past self told him to dedicate himself, 1 was practiced mostly by women and there was little information about him, and the other was only dominated by demonic geniuses who even needed some luck.
"Well, it's not like I have no hope, a very interesting fact that I have noticed, is that all those who took their paths to the top or tried, had a respective martial technique for said Dao, which helped them in a certain way. in his understanding of it, so I will have to look for techniques that are associated with the saber, space and illusion..., well, easier said than done."
"As for the other stages of Dao understanding, I won't worry about them for the moment, I haven't even started cultivating after all and have yet to understand 'intent', so I won't bite off more than I can chew. "
Thinking up to this point, the boy decided to focus on another matter that he suspected.
"Now, although it seems strange to me, that library has more information than a normal library of a mansion should have, even if it is the Aegis family, I do not think that all the mansions have such information, also the same librarian said it, information on the levels of intension and understanding of the Dao should not be available to everyone, so assuming that library has them, I think it may also have cultivation methods and techniques that I need to be able to embark on my cultivation journey. . "
"* Sigh *, so my goal now is to convince that grumpy old man to let me observe the cultivation methods and martial techniques that he has…, this will be difficult."
The boy thought for a moment various ways to achieve his goal, but none assured him of obtaining these techniques and methods.
"Forget it, I'd better go to sleep, after all, this is a 3-year-old body so it needs to develop yet."
Putting all those distracting thoughts aside, the boy went to sleep, hoping that an idea would come to him as soon as possible.