At the entrance of the library there seems to be two burly guards was he showed who are checking the tokens of everyone who wants to go in. Ming Shin got his token earlier from the contribution hall with his points recorded.
As he showed the guards his token, they looked at him suspiciously as they have never heard of anyone named Ju Hai all these years. They fulfilled their duty and let him in. It was a three storeyed tower and was very wide.
After entering the tower, Ming Shin observed the first floor to be a lot crowded. After mixing in the herd, he found various types of skills. These skills basically have a maximum limit up to Foundation realm.
Many of the youth here have mediocre aptitude and dream to be a strong person in Foundation realm. They can finally choose to be an elder or be in charge of any division in the tribe. Ming Shin's view was greatly expanded after seeing the Boundless Saint's memory fragments.
While he was about to go the second floor, he was stopped by some young men. "This brother, are you planning to go to second floor?".
"Yes" Ming Shin replied while looking curiously as why he was stopped.
"Don't bother, you look too young. Only people above Qi transformation can enter the second floor" the former shook his head with disappointment.
Ming Shin thanked them and contemplated over it. Just few more days and he can breakthrough. At that time he can freely explore the second floor. He sighed and returned back to his quarters.
Soon on the third day, Ming Shin felt as if shackles being broken and the potent energy was transformed inside his body as Qi. He also learned about various cultivation levels and their importance from the fragments.
Qi transformation, Qi Condensation and Foundation Stage each realm can open up a maximum of eighteen meridians and by the time a person is strong enough to transcend, he shall have fifty four meridians which can channel the Qi on a strong foundation.
Not everyone can open eighteen meridians per realm. The number of people who can open up the maximum meridians are basically one in a billion or even less possibility. Such talents are amassed are all cultivated by first rate sects.
There are always exceptions in any case and there exist peerless talented people who can break this barrier and unlock even more meridians. Such peerless people are cultivated by Supreme Sects which are only four in this world each being a hegemon.
According to Boundless Saint, he has opened eighty seven meridians and is known as one of the overlords in this world. But according to ancient records, there was a person who created a legend and opened ninety five meridians and broke through the barrier of this world.
That person was hailed as Lord Emperor Ling Yun and the only one to have such title. when Ming Shin read few of the ancient records from the fragments, he could feel deep awe and reverence of the Boundless Saint towards this legend.
He was well known for his kind nature and righteousness. Even Ming Shin's blood seemed to boil with pride that humanity had such a strong presence in the past. 'If one day I breakthrough this world, I want to meet this strong predecessor' he clenched his fist.
As his emotions were riling up, he was suddenly alert and opened his eyes to only see a woman who didn't know when has been observing him in the room.
"Junior Ju Hai has seen the Supreme Chief" he bowed his hand and greeted.
"You seem fairly excited for breaking through a mere Qi transformation realm" she smirked to which the latter gave an embarrassed laugh.
"Senior, I don't know why you are here at this time?" Ming Shin politely asked. Usually his senses were very sharp, but probably due to excitement or other thoughts he relaxed his vigilance. He scolded himself to be not careless next time.
"Follow me" she said and walked out of the room. Both of them walked for a while until there was only a thick jungle surrounding them.
"Let me cut to the chase. I don't know who you are or what kind of person you are, but I know that you want to get out of here" Li Kui observed him seriously.
Ming Shin tried to control his agitated emotions while his brows wrinkled. Looks like I cannot fool her he sighed. It seems when I asked about the map in the contribution hall, it did not go unnoticed.
"I.." he wanted to give a reason but was stopped as she waved her hand "Don't bother. Four years...after four years a batch of talented people will be sent to Henji town. If you want to be in that group, make yourself strong" and threw a token.
Ming Shin was surprised, delighted, confused and also a bit disappointed after hearing the news. So, I'm stuck here for four more years? He caught the token which was engraved with the name 'Supreme' on it.
"This is my token. With it, you can access anywhere except few restricted places. Make good use of it" she advised him.
The latter expressed his sincere gratitude "Thank you Senior" and gave a respectful bow.
She seemed to as if to say something but ultimately sighed and left. Looking at her disappearance, he was pensive about why she was being so kind to him despite guessing his intentions.
He grasped the token and the net day visited the library again. Since he already broke through Qi transformation, detecting his realm, the elder on the second floor gave him access to it. When he was about to go to the third floor, there was a restriction barring him.
The third floor was only available for people in Foundation Realm and above. Basically only the chiefs of various divisions are eligible to enter it. When he took out the token from the robes which was actually hidden in the spatial pouch, there no longer seems to be a repulsion.
As soon as he entered the floor, he could find a huge difference between this and the other floors. It was so clean and spotless and the number of shelves are only three. He found that there was an old lady who was looking at him curiously and another young girl who looked surprised seeing him.
"How come you are here Ju Hai" the girl exclaimed.
"En? Sister Li Sha, what a surprise" Ming Shin clearly remembered now the girl he first saw when he opened his eyes in this new place.
He quickly showed her the token with "Supreme" on it. The old lady was also surprised 'Who is this boy? How does he possess the girl's token?' she thought but didn't show much on her face.
Suddenly he could see another set of stairs forming upwards. Clearly there are only three levels here. What is happening here? He wanted to enquire Li Sha about it when the latter was looking at his token with envy.
Looking down, he quickly figured that this must be a special place only with the Supreme token. He looked at the old lady and his mind warned him that she is the most dangerous person he encountered so far. She just looks so vast that he could not dare to speculate about her identity.
"Cough, junior Ju Hai greets predecessor" he forgot his etiquette for a second there to which the latter looked dull.
"Erm, predecessor, is the floor above a restricted place?" his interest was piqued.
"Go" she waved her hand. Ming Shin thanked the latter and smiled apologetically at Li Sha to move ahead.
'Hmph, one day I will also ask grandma to let me go there' she wrinkled her cute nose.
Ming Shin soon ascended the steps with faint excitement. After all, the chief seemed to expect this to happen when she gave the token. Did she want me to find something here? He soon reached the door and opened it.
It was only a very small room and there were two jades in the center and three long strips of paper on which something was scribbled and a small note attached near them. Apart from that, there seemed to be a small box and also a rack containing roughly ten jades which must be some sort of skills.
He opened the small box and there was nothing in it. Empty? No, he looked thoroughly but could not find anything. He then tried probing out with his consciousness and something was suddenly sucked in from the box.
Carefully checking his mind, he saw that there seem to be a thin almost invisible needle near the void soul getting nourished in the sea. 'What a terrible weapon? I could not even see with naked eye. But then again, why would there be any mediocre weapon in such mystical floor' he felt goosebumps.
Then, he carefully approached the three strips of paper with some scribbling on them. Unable to understand the script, he picked out the note written above them. It clearly stated 'Use them only when you face absolute life and death crisis. This should never ever be exposed to anyone'.
Just seeing the powerful handwriting, he had some heart palpitations. What a strong message. But one thing for sure was he now knew they must be extremely horrible life saving things for such a solemn warning.
Carefully storing them in the pouch, he approached the remaining two jades. He took one of the jades and scanned it through his consciousness to imprint them into his memory. This was a technique he recently experimented.
By scanning his consciousness, any information seems to be imprinted like an unforgettable memory. Soon he was bewildered reading just the introduction of the jade.