Chapter 361: Danwang Biefu (Third update, requesting all)

Li Zhangsheng closed the book and began to inspect it starting from the cover.

If there were truly a hidden layer, the thick cover would clearly be the most likely place.

Unfortunately, Li Zhangsheng used a small knife for Cutting and discovered the cover was solid; there was no hidden layer at all.

Li Zhangsheng did not give up and began to inspect the pages, but unfortunately, these pages were all very thin and light; with paper this thin, it was impossible for a hidden layer to exist.

"It seems it's not a hidden layer, it might be something else. I'll copy the content above first, then dismantle this book; I'll find the source of the energy first."

Li Zhangsheng immediately had an idea and took out paper and a pen from his Space Ring. Unexpectedly, Li Zhangsheng took out a full ten quill pens.

He did not use his hands to copy—such writing speed was too slow—but instead directly activated his Mental Power and began to manipulate the quill pens with it.

Suddenly, one quill pen moved, as if an invisible hand were manipulating it, and it began to write characters on the paper one by one.

Under Li Zhangsheng's control, the ten quill pens moved one after another, as nimble and easy to control as Li Zhangsheng's own ten fingers.

Li Zhangsheng focused his mind and calmed his breath, without a single distracting thought; even while manipulating ten quill pens, there was not a single mistake.

"Hundred Poisons Tempering Golden Body" only had a few dozen pages in total, so Li Zhangsheng's writing speed was naturally extremely fast; he could finish everything in less than half an hour.

Among the Advanced Demon Taming Arts, "Hundred Poisons Tempering Golden Body" could only be considered relatively average, but it was an Advanced Demon Taming Art after all; if placed in an auction house, it could definitely fetch a high price.

Of course, it could also be handed over to the Academy in exchange for points. As long as it was a Demon Taming Art, Secret Technique, or knowledge of a Monster Tamer that the Academy had not yet collected, submitting it to the Academy could earn a large amount of points.

It was just that with the foundation of Yuanling Academy, it was hard to find such an opportunity. At the very least, among the Demon Taming Arts, Secret Techniques, and knowledge Li Zhangsheng had obtained before, only one could meet the standard, and that was "Book of Bloodlines Part Two".

It was just that "Book of Bloodlines Part Two" was his foundation; unless Li Zhangsheng had lost his mind, he would never trade it to the Academy.

However, "Hundred Poisons Tempering Golden Body" should also fall into this category. When he enrolled, Li Zhangsheng had seen the list of Advanced Demon Taming Arts, and he remembered that "Hundred Poisons Tempering Golden Body" was not on it; the Academy likely had not collected it.

In less than half an hour, the ten quill pens finally stopped writing.

Li Zhangsheng glued the copied manuscript together and declared that the copying of "Hundred Poisons Tempering Golden Body" was complete!

After clearing the desk, Li Zhangsheng picked up the small knife, cut open the cover of the original "Hundred Poisons Tempering Golden Body", and separated the two by a certain distance.

"It's not the cover!" From the feedback of his Mental Power, Li Zhangsheng could experiment slowly and finally locked onto the page emitting energy fluctuations.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng threw away the cover and began to split the pages in half, then immediately locked onto the half of the pages emitting strong energy fluctuations and split it in half again.

For the next ten minutes, Li Zhangsheng kept repeating this process, and soon, only one page remained in his hand.

Looking at it from the surface alone, this page was identical to the other pages, but the energy fluctuations it emitted were too intense; this was the biggest difference between the two.

Besides this, Li Zhangsheng applied light pressure with his hand and discovered that this page had astonishing toughness, unlike the other pages that could be torn with a light pull.

After finding the source, Li Zhangsheng put the page into water, but unfortunately, there was no reaction. When Li Zhangsheng took the page out, there was not a drop of moisture on it; the water could not penetrate it at all.

Immediately after, Li Zhangsheng placed the page above a candle flame; this page was actually impervious to water and Fire.

It was only at this moment that the page finally underwent a change.

Under the baking of the candle flame, the characters on the page miraculously disappeared, and in their place was a map, and in the upper left corner of this map were written four large characters—Silent Forest!

The Silent Forest was the largest primeval forest in Langya Kingdom, with an area the size of half a province, and a large number of wild Spirit Beasts lived inside.

Li Zhangsheng had been to the Silent Forest and had encountered an adult black dragon on the outskirts; the danger of the Silent Forest could be imagined.

Without sufficient strength, it is best not to explore the Silent Forest lightly.

In the lower right corner of the map were four small characters—Danwang Biefu!

"A King's private residence!" Li Zhangsheng revealed a smile. Although he was only a Seventh-rank King, and it was only a private residence, every King was not an easy person to deal with; the wealth and knowledge they possessed far exceeded Li Zhangsheng's imagination.

This Danwang had gone to great lengths to leave this map; this Danwang Biefu likely contained some items, or even precious knowledge.

"This King's title sounds a bit familiar!" Regarding the title of Danwang, Li Zhangsheng always felt it was a bit familiar.

Li Zhangsheng immediately took out a thick book titled "Encyclopedia of Kings". This book came from the third floor of Tianlu Pavilion and recorded the titles of Kings from ancient times to the present, as well as their great achievements.

Although Kings were rare, and the entire Langya Kingdom only had two or three, the Monster Continent had nearly a hundred countries of varying sizes, and Langya Kingdom, with only three provinces and one capital, could only be considered a small country.

And the Kings recorded in "Encyclopedia of Kings" also included those from the Ancient Period; counting them this way, the number of Kings was naturally large, reaching over a thousand, even though most had already perished long ago.

Soon, Li Zhangsheng found the information on Danwang.

Danwang was active more than five hundred years ago. At that time, the Abyss had not yet invaded, and it could be said to be the prosperous period of the Monster Continent.

As for how this Danwang perished, the book was vague; some said he was killed by other Kings, others said he went to another plane and never returned. In any case, there was no mention of him dying of old age.

Danwang's talent for alchemy was extremely high; he only needed a few days to master an Advanced Alchemical Pill formula. Because of this, the Stronger who came to him for alchemy were as numerous as the crossing of a river.

Also because of this, Danwang possessed a large number of precious Alchemical Pill formulas and wealth; it was even rumored that he possessed a special Alchemical Pill formula that could improve the quality of Demon Pets.

Even if this was only Danwang Biefu, it likely contained treasures that would make Li Zhangsheng's heart race.

After taking the page down, the map on it slowly disappeared, and in its place were the original characters.

Li Zhangsheng solemnly placed this page in a box for safekeeping. With his current strength, exploring the Silent Forest was too dangerous; there was no need to look for Danwang Biefu for the time being.

"Forgot that there are still two Advanced Secret Technique Certificates!" Li Zhangsheng suddenly slapped his forehead, discovering that he had actually forgotten to go and choose two Advanced Secret Techniques, but it was not too late to go now.

(End of this chapter)