Hou Niao descended to the first floor and, facing the old cultivator sunbathing with his eyes closed, respectfully said, "Senior, how many swordsmanship books can I take at most from the third floor?"
The old cultivator, without lifting his head or opening his eyes, replied, "There's no limit! But do you think it's appropriate to take them all? Can you practice them all? Those things won't reproduce! Just take three to five books at a time, when you're done, come back to exchange them. As long as you don't die, these books will always belong to you. What's there to be greedy about? If you study them all, won't you stop living?"
Hou Niao, covering his face, walked away. These words were too true to argue with; the Sword Pavilion was right here, and it wasn't going anywhere.
When he returned to the third floor, he decisively chose three sets of sword techniques, "Beheading General Chain," "No Return Sword," and "Short Thrust."
