Chapter 425: Wealth Does Not Come Without Windfall, Horses Do Not Grow Fat Without Night Grass (First Update)

Knowledge is power!

No matter which world one is in, this saying holds true.

Things like Li Zhangsheng's *Book of Bloodlines* and *Xuanji Nine Transformations Demon Taming Art* can be said to be the crystallization of knowledge, not to mention various secret techniques, demon taming arts, and pharmacology.

A man cannot become rich without windfall, and a horse cannot grow fat without night grass!

As long as the Cai Clan Library is swept clean, the Li Family's book collection will surely leap to the level of a County Gentry, or even exceed that of an ordinary County-level Clan.

There is no help for it; the books of three clans—Li Clan + Lin Clan + Cai Clan—added together naturally exceed those of an ordinary County-level Clan.

Under the influence of Mental Power, the books on the shelves flew over; Li Zhangsheng opened the entrance to his Space Ring, and these books flew in, lining up in a queue.

Even using this method, it still took Li Zhangsheng half an hour to empty the first floor of books. He glanced at the still-dozing Cai Clan Elder, then walked toward the second floor with his hands behind his back.

At the entrance to the stairs leading to the second floor, there was another layer of Restriction, but Li Zhangsheng, possessing the Patriarch Token, remained unimpeded and walked straight through this layer of Restriction.

Compared to the first floor, there were far fewer books on the second floor, which was also a normal state of affairs.

If the first floor consisted of popular and easy-to-understand basic books, the second floor contained obscure and difficult advanced books, the value of which far exceeded those on the first floor.

Of course, there were also quite a few secret techniques and demon taming arts here; they were all recorded in the form of Inheritance Jade Slips and filled an entire bookshelf.

Very opulent; Li Zhangsheng expressed that he liked it very much.

Time was limited; he still didn't even look at them and swept them all away in one go.

Because there were far fewer books on the second floor than on the first, totaling at most twenty or thirty thousand volumes, this time, Li Zhangsheng spent less than ten minutes.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng arrived at the third floor.

Possessing the Patriarch Token, Li Zhangsheng effectively held the highest Authority of the Cai Clan. To summarize it in one sentence, it would be: "The flower path has never been swept for guests, but the reed gate opens for you today."

Unlike the first two floors, the third floor was completely sealed, without even a single crack, and some night-luminescent pearls the size of an infant's fist were embedded in the rafters, emitting a soft radiance.

The third floor of the Library Pavilion could be described as empty, because the collection here was truly small; there were only two bookshelves, totaling at most a few hundred volumes.

If the first two floors belonged to basic knowledge and advanced knowledge, then the third floor was high-level knowledge.

Among them, there were quite a few unique copies.

So-called unique copies are rare books, manuscripts, or stone rubbings that are the only ones remaining and have no other copies, equivalent to a single edition.

Because the authors of some books were predecessors of the Cai Clan, this family learning was strictly forbidden from leaking out, thus becoming unique copies.

Of course, there were also some unique copies obtained through other channels.

To avoid the room being too empty, besides these two bookshelves, there were also quite a few stone platforms, each holding an Inheritance Jade Slip.

These stone platforms were arranged in the number of the Heavenly Stems, totaling 36 stone platforms.

However, whether it was the books on the shelves or the Inheritance Jade Slips on the stone platforms, their surfaces were covered with a layer of light, clearly having been individually placed under a Restriction.

Unfortunately, under the highest Authority of the Patriarch Token, these Restrictions were all paper tigers, completely unable to exert even the slightest bit of effect.

Li Zhangsheng casually took out an Inheritance Jade Slip and pressed it directly against his forehead; his consciousness instantly immersed within it.

Within a few breaths, Li Zhangsheng released the Jade Slip; what was recorded in this Jade Slip was an Intermediate Demon Taming Art.

If there were no surprises, all the secret techniques and demon taming arts recorded in these Inheritance Jade Slips were of Intermediate level or higher.

After sweeping the Library Pavilion clean, Li Zhangsheng glanced at the Cai Clan Elder still in deep sleep and chose to leave directly.

It was not that he did not want to kill the Cai Clan Elder, but mainly he was afraid that the smell of blood would leak out, avoiding unnecessary trouble.

Based on the same logic, Li Zhangsheng did not immediately go to find Cai Yangqian's second son, Cai Mingshao; he slightly changed his direction, and this time his target was the Beast Taming Garden.

Li Zhangsheng prepared to first ransack the few most Important Areas of the Cai Clan, and after taking the benefits, he would then conveniently finish off Cai Mingshao.

Having lost Cai Yangqian and several Important Areas, the Cai Clan would inevitably fall into turmoil and might even be unable to recover; their potential "enemies" would certainly beat a dog that had fallen into the water, hoping to get a share of the soup.

The Cai Clan Royal Beast Garden was located on the north side of the Manor, consisting mainly of a green space and a forest, which resulted in its large area, where a large number of wild Spirit Beasts were kept.

After so many years of operation, the Beast Taming Garden had provided the Cai Clan with a large number of High Quality Fairy wild Spirit Beasts.

Li Zhangsheng easily avoided the patrol teams and hidden sentries, arriving at the Beast Taming Garden without any alarm or danger.

Because the Beast Taming Garden occupied too large an area, except for the small courtyard used for office work and the entrance, there were no Restrictions in the other places.

Li Zhangsheng easily passed through the entrance; he did not immediately look for High Quality Fairy Spirit Beasts, but went straight to the small courtyard used for office work.

Unlike the Library Pavilion, the Beast Taming Garden had too much business and required quite a few hands; even at night, there was still one Clan Elder, two Deacons, and several clan disciples left on duty.

"Please show your family token!"

At the entrance of the small courtyard, there were two Cai Clan disciples on guard; upon seeing Li Zhangsheng enter, they immediately stopped him.

Because there were too many Cai clansmen, they did not immediately suspect Li Zhangsheng, subconsciously assuming he was a reclusive clansman.

"I am..."

As Li Zhangsheng spoke, he stepped forward, and before the two could react, two hand-chops precisely struck the back of their necks.

*Patta~*

The two rolled their eyes; before they could fall to the ground, Li Zhangsheng supported them and gently let them lean against the wall as they collapsed.

In this way, it naturally did not alarm the people in the small courtyard.

Li Zhangsheng entered the small courtyard openly; there were several rooms here, and he used a similar method to knock out everyone except the Beast Garden Elder.

"Who?"

Just at this moment, the dignified voice of the Cai Clan Beast Garden Elder rang out; he seemed to have discovered some abnormality.

Unfortunately, his voice was not loud and did not alarm anyone at all.

At this time, Li Zhangsheng sensed a surge of Mental Power.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng instantly disappeared, and when he reappeared, he had already entered the room where the source of the Mental Power was located.

In the room in the center of the small courtyard, a short, fat old man had a look of surprise on his face; he was the Beast Garden Elder, and clearly, he had already discovered the abnormality in the small courtyard.

But before he could react, Li Zhangsheng appeared in his room like a ghost.

Without hesitation, Li Zhangsheng took out the Prohibition Hub and placed the Cangxuan Earth-Fixing Pearl directly into it; immediately, a patch of earthy-yellow Restriction spread out, wrapping the entire small courtyard.

This Prohibition Hub came from the Lin Clan of Luo City; Li Zhangsheng had tested it before, and as long as the Restriction was activated, people outside could not hear the movement inside at all.

This time, Li Zhangsheng was not confident he could knock out the Beast Garden Elder silently, so he had no choice but to helplessly choose a frontal assault.

This Beast Garden Elder was only at the Third Rank level, but his reaction was very fast, and he summoned his Demon Pet at the first opportunity.

Given that the room was not very large, the Beast Garden Elder only summoned two Demon Pets of small size for the time being.

They were a Terror Wolf and a Four-Winged Frost Centipede; the former was only at the Upper Realm, while the latter was a degenerate form of the Six-Winged Frost Centipede and had reached the Elite level.

As they lunged toward Li Zhangsheng, Li Zhangsheng also completed his summoning.

This time, he summoned Bai Tian and Hei Ye.

Without needing Li Zhangsheng's command, Bai Tian and Hei Ye immediately met them, engaging in a tangle with the Terror Wolf and the Four-Winged Frost Centipede within the small room.

In an instant, the two sides collided.

Boom— Boom—

Muffled sounds rang out, followed immediately by two figures being forcibly knocked back; unexpectedly, it was the Terror Wolf and the Four-Winged Frost Centipede that had been repelled.

The Terror Wolf, with its lower realm, was even slammed fiercely against the wall, causing the wall to crack.

Although Bai Tian and Hei Ye were petite in size, they possessed top-grade quality, which greatly enhanced their stats; furthermore, the opponent's Demon Pets were not known for their strength, so repelling them was perfectly normal.

It was just like Ning Bizhen's Cold Jade Rabbit; who would have thought that such a small rabbit could possess such immense strength.

Meow—

At this moment, Bai Tian let out a cat's cry, and countless white light particles rapidly converged, transforming into a Light Flame Giant Sword a zhang long, which slashed toward the Four-Winged Frost Centipede.

Meow—

The two cats seemed to be able to sense each other's thoughts; on the other side, Hei Ye similarly condensed a Dark Sword wrapped in black demonic flames.

As the black and white light swords cut through the air toward the Four-Winged Frost Centipede, Hei Ye suddenly activated its Night Veil trait, and the room instantly darkened, clearly affecting the Four-Winged Frost Centipede's vision.

Before the Four-Winged Frost Centipede could adapt, both light swords accurately struck its soft abdomen, sinking in up to the hilt.

In an instant, two completely opposing flames erupted, dealing secondary damage to the Four-Winged Frost Centipede, and since these two flames exploded inside its body, this naturally caused severe consequences.

Boom— Crash—

The Four-Winged Frost Centipede collapsed onto the ground; its vitality was strong, and even after receiving fatal damage, it did not die immediately, instead writhing on the ground and sending a desk flying with a lash of its body.

At this moment, the Terror Wolf stood up; this time, it did not lunge directly at Li Zhangsheng.

Li Zhangsheng raised his hand to stop Bai Tian and Hei Ye from helping, and before the Terror Wolf could pounce on him, he opened his Star Aperture, instantly becoming enveloped by a layer of Star Light Shield.

Pop—

The Terror Wolf clawed fiercely at the Star Light Shield, but unfortunately, only a few ripples appeared on it, with no signs of it breaking at all.

Before the Terror Wolf could land, Li Zhangsheng swung his hand and threw a punch, smashing it hard against the Terror Wolf's nose.

Crack—

Li Zhangsheng's fist possessed more than a thousand catties of force; this punch directly broke its nose, and the spraying nosebleed instantly dyed the floor bright red.

Awoo—

A heart-wrenching pain surged from its nose, and the Terror Wolf rolled on the ground in agony, letting out shrill screams, unable to get back up for a while.

(End of chapter)