Although their discussion itself didn't interest Zhou Fan, their topic did. Agregot wuksen. He is considered one of the greatest men who ever lived.
Since the entire 1st floor has biographies, there should be one on him. The 2nd floor mostly talked about his works or achievements. Zhou Fan, however, wanted to learn about the man himself.
It wasn't long before he found his book. It was the biggest book he had seen since he started reading in the library. Even still, it only took 30 seconds to finish.
After Zhou Fan read it, he understood more about him. The information, however, seemed limited. It was likely that there was more information on the higher floors.
It seemed Zhou Fan had to give up for now. Since he was already there, Zhou Fan read through the entire ground floor. It was about the same size as the 3rd floor. Therefore, it took around a day to finish.
There wasn't much important information in any of the books. Most of the people were already mentioned on the 3rd and 4th floors. Although it went a little more in depth, there wasn't anyone so important that Zhou Fan was interested.
With his current access, Zhou Fan only had one more floor available. The 5th floor.
Walking up to the 5th floor, Zhou Fan heard a loud noise. Not quite loud enough to cause a jump in shock, but so loud that it shouldn't be in a library.
When Zhou Fan reached the 5th floor, he immediately noticed broken glass on the floor. It seemed someone had knocked it over.
Looking up, Zhou Fan finally took in the entire 5th floor. Instead of a library, it looked more like a lab. The outside walls were covered with bookshelves, while the rest of the floor was a lab. Although he had never seen a lab himself, he knew what it was from Old Man Yangs stories. That old man turned out to be so helpful.
There was nothing advanced, but the floor and tables were covered in papers, while around 20 old men scrambled from one place to another. This place was intense!
Deciding to temporarily ignore the mess going on in the middle, Zhou Fan scanned the bookshelves on the walls. There were about 100.
Not wasting any time, Zhou Fan quickly finished up all the books. He quickly came to realize that most of them were research papers. Others seemed to fit more on the 2nd floor.
Not bothering the old men, Zhou Fan left the library. Even though they were rushing around like chickens without a head, nothing important or interesting was going on. They were just researching.
Zhou Fan had now finished all the floors he could access. Surprisingly, he still had 12 days left. For the duration of those 12 days, Zhou Fan decided to focus on cultivation. After all, there was nothing more he could do to prepare.
Although there were more floors, he didn't have enough money to access them. The next 5 floors cost 1 gold. Zhou Fan didn't even have 10 silver.
Zhou Fan quickly made it to the inn and went upstairs. Since it was already night, Zhou Fan started cultivating.
After 8 hours, the sun came up, and Zhou Fan headed downstairs for breakfast. After breakfast, Zhou Fan headed back to his room. There was nothing else left to do in the city until he got the job.
Zhou Fan spent another 12 hours cultivating before heading down for dinner. After dinner, he headed back upstairs.
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Zhou Fan repeated his actions the next day until he broke through. Even then, Zhou Fan didn't stop.
3 days later, Zhou Fan broke into the 10th level of Foundation Establishment. Zhou Fan immediately felt a big difference.
His foundation felt like it was trying to bend. Like it was trying to mold into something new.
After breaking through to the 10th level, Zhou Fans' foundation increased by 10 times. With all the other strengthenings, Zhou Fans foundation contained an unfathomable amount of power.
Zhou Fan had a feeling that if he used his entire strength, he would be able to level the entire inn and even the whole block. Of course, Zhou Fan didn't test it out.
Not only was it morally wrong, it would make him enemy number 1. Even with his current strength, Zhou Fan wasn't confident in taking on the wishan kingdoms army. If the empire got involved, his ending could be imagined.
When cultivating, Zhou Fan was both absorbing Qi and molding his foundation. The surrounding Qi acted as a nourishment that helped the foundation mold and grow.
In fact, it could hardly be described as molding the foundation. It was more accurate to say he was forcefully bending it. It was like picking up a flat rock and trying to crush it with your hands.
Even so, it felt natural. Like it was the correct thing to do. The foundation wasn't actively resisting the bending. It was just naturally so strong that it couldn't be easily bent.
Of course, there were other factors involved, but Zhou Fan found his vocabulary inadequite. In order to describe it, Zhou Fan would have to make up at least 10 new words.
This process continued for 6 days. Only then did Zhou Fan take a step out of his room. The hiring was tomorrow, after all. Even though Zhou Fan wanted to continue cultivating, he couldn't miss the job.
Before Zhou Fan came out, he felt that he was 70% done with the molding of his foundation. At this point, he could tell that it was molding into a sphere.
Although his foundation felt huge, the sphere seemed to be able to fit in the palm of his hand. Of course, the sphere, like the foundation, wasn't tangible. While it felt like it was inside him, he couldn't physically take it out. Therefore, it was hard to make an accurate judgment on its size.
Thinking about it, Zhou Fan felt terrified at the possibility that it could fit in the palm of his hand. His foundation had felt like an unending ocean by the time it reached the 10th level. If it was possible to compress it to the size of his palm, the sphere would contain an ungodly amount of power!
All his thoughts halted ,however, when he heard his stomach growl intensely. Zhou Fan quickly ran downstairs to eat some food.