Chapter 416: Packing Up the Manuals! The Librarian Is Astonished!

"Alright, then the two of you will be among the members executing this S-rank mission."

Xu Jingming nodded. "Also, I still need a few powerful psychic ability users, to make it easier to track down leads.

You can both help contact them. We'll probably depart for the chaotic triangle zone of Myanmar the day after tomorrow, on August 1st."

Tomorrow is Song Qiuyun's Ceng Zufu's grand birthday celebration. Once the birthday banquet is over, the next day I can return to the training camp.

Then I'll spend one more day on final preparations, and by the day after tomorrow we'll be ready to set off.

"Looking for people? Don't worry, leave it to me. I'll definitely find you an interrogation expert who's previously worked at the Security Bureau!"

Lin Hui confidently thumped his chest, and Xia Lan beside him gave a slight nod of acknowledgment.

"Alright, then it's settled. I still have other matters, so I'll head off first."

Nodding, Xu Jingming said goodbye to Lin Hui and Xia Lan, then rose and left.

The flight to Rongcheng was at 11 a. m., and it was still very early.

Before leaving, he planned to take a few more things with him......

Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall, the heavily guarded library.

Xu Jingming entered the first-floor lobby of the library and, using the library management computer, immediately began searching for body-tempering combat techniques.

The instant he hit search, a dense list of body-tempering combat techniques appeared on the holographic projection interface before him.

Just as Su Laoshi had said, the library only had four SS-rank lightning-type body-tempering combat techniques.

The rest were S-rank and below.

But the quantity was quite large — all lightning-type body-tempering combat techniques combined totaled 362!

"This is probably the most comprehensive collection of lightning-type body-tempering combat techniques in all of Great Xia, right?"

Xu Jingming marveled inwardly.

In truth, Furious Bear Martial Arts Hall certainly had more body-tempering combat techniques.

But those were suited for enhancement-type ability users. For lightning-type ability users, Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall undoubtedly had more.

"With so many combat technique manuals for reference, I can try to improve Teacher's Indestructible Thunder Body Tempering Art."

Closing the library management computer, Xu Jingming went to the front desk of the first-floor lobby and asked the teacher on duty behind it:

"Teacher, can the combat technique manuals from the library be checked out? What's the maximum number I can borrow?"

The teacher on duty was a woman in her early thirties, with a scholarly air.

She clearly knew Xu Jingming as well, and replied with a smile:

"Combat technique manuals below A-rank can be borrowed, up to a maximum of 10.

A-rank and above must be read inside the library and cannot be taken out."

In fact, borrowing combat technique manuals also required paying an extremely high deposit in points.

However, this Xu Jingming was the student whom Hall Su Laoshi had personally arranged in advance to have free access to all combat technique manuals in the library.

Naturally, he didn't need to pay.

"Only 10 can be taken out, and they're all below A-rank?"

Xu Jingming frowned slightly, then immediately continued asking:

"Borrowing manuals is a bit too few. If possible, I'd like to pay a large deposit.

As long as you let me take out 100 combat technique manuals, that would be enough."

This trip to Myanmar — he still didn't know how long he'd be staying.

Naturally, the more body-tempering combat technique manuals he could borrow for reference, the better.

"100?" The female teacher was visibly taken aback.

"Hall Master, there's a call from the library.

They say Xu Jingming wants to borrow 100 body-tempering manuals. Should we agree?"

At the top floor of Lei Ting Martial Arts Hall headquarters, Hall Master's assistant Liu Wei, in a pair of high heels, strode quickly into Su Qingli's office.

"He wants to borrow 100 body-tempering manuals? This guy certainly knows how to ask."

Su Qingli behind the desk was also somewhat surprised. After a moment's hesitation, she still nodded:

"He can borrow 100 manuals, but at most one SS-rank and at most three S-rank.

There are no limits on the remaining ranks."

"Understood."

Liu Wei nodded, then asked with some concern: "What should we say if the Deputy Hall Master asks?"

100 combat technique manuals — that's no small number, especially when SS-rank and S-rank techniques are included.

If anything happened to Xu Jingming, these manuals would be very difficult to recover.

"If the Deputy Hall Master asks, just say I approved it. If there are any consequences, hold me directly accountable."

Su Qingli didn't hesitate in the slightest, her tone firm.

If this batch of combat technique manuals were lost, she, as Hall Master, would certainly face enormous controversy.

But she didn't think anything would happen to Xu Jingming.

Besides, she also wanted to see what kind of body-tempering art Xu Jingming could create with her full support.

Liu Wei was momentarily stunned, then quickly nodded: "Understood. I'll notify them right now."

Meanwhile, after receiving Liu Wei's phone notification.

The female librarian couldn't help being slightly stunned as well. It took her a while to recover, and she said admiringly:

"Student Xu Jingming, the Hall Master really does dote on you.

Not only can you borrow 100 combat technique manuals, you can also pick one SS-rank and three S-rank ones.

As for the rest of the manuals, you may pick freely."

Combat technique scrolls are virtually the very foundation of any major faction!

They are also one of the fundamental factors determining whether an adept will join your faction.

Lei Ting Wu Guan, which has existed since the Rebirth of Yuan Energy, possesses an enormous collection of combat technique scrolls.

Yet these are kept under extremely tight security—just the entire library is guarded by three Eighth-Rank Peak Grand Masters, each with a different type of ability!

Additionally, the rule that A-Rank and higher combat technique scrolls cannot be borrowed out of the library is one Lei Ting Wu Guan rarely breaks!

Yet now, not only has this rule been broken, but even the borrowing limit for A-Rank scrolls has been removed!

Only SS-Rank and S-Rank scrolls are still restricted!

Just from this, one can see how much Director Su Qingli values her student.

"This..." Xu Jingming was also taken aback.

He had only intended to borrow scrolls below A-Rank.

Yet unexpectedly, Su Laoshi had directly upgraded his access to SS-Rank!

"Truly, Su Laoshi is this supportive—I'll repay her tenfold when I grow stronger!"

Silently murmuring this, Xu Jingming immediately began selecting body cultivation techniques:

"Librarian, I'll take this SS-Rank body cultivation technique, 'Thunder and Lightning Golden Body,' and for S-Rank, I'll take..."

For the most important SS-Rank and S-Rank body cultivation techniques, Xu Jingming carefully selected each one.

As for the remaining A-Rank and lower body cultivation techniques, he merely skimmed their summaries before adding them.

Among them, he selected a full twenty A-Rank body cultivation techniques!

It wasn't that he didn't want to pick more A-Rank body cultivation techniques—it was just that the library held only fifty A-Rank thunder-and-lightning body cultivation techniques.

Borrowing too many would cause other students to be unable to access them.

After selecting all the body cultivation technique scrolls he needed,

the library librarian began having staff retrieve the scrolls stored deep within the library.

Thus, new students entering the library could witness a most peculiar scene:

The librarian brought the scrolls over, while Xu Jingming placed each one into his space ring.