Chapter 8

After Yun Zhi left, Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou went to see their caves like other disciples.

But before that, Lu Yang followed Meng Jingzhou outside the Profound Heaven Sect to bring the old horse in.

Outside the Profound Heaven Sect, Lu Yang saw many newly joined fellow disciples reporting the good news to their families. Whether it was a small family or a cultivation family, being able to worship in the Profound Heaven Sect was a major event worth writing in the family history.

"Why didn't anyone from your family come?" Lu Yang also learned from Meng Jingzhou's words that the Meng family was a long-standing cultivation family.

Meng Jingzhou was a bit proud: "I ran away from home!"

Lu Yang: "..."

What are you proud of?

After Meng Jingzhou led the old horse back to the cave, Lu Yang also returned to his own cave.

Lu Yang took out a jade pendant. This was given by an unfamiliar senior brother just now, saying that this was the identity card of a Profound Heaven Sect disciple, which could prove the identity of a Profound Heaven Sect disciple to the outside world and open the cave to the inside.

The jade pendant was polished from spiritual stone marrow and had the words "Lu Yang" written on it. Many uses of the jade pendant required Lu Yang to officially become an immortal cultivator before he could use them.

Lu Yang placed the jade pendant on the stone wall at the entrance of the cave. The jade pendant emitted a faint blue light, echoing with the groove at the entrance of the cave. The groove flickered twice, and the stone wall moved away automatically. What appeared in front of Lu Yang was an unimaginably luxurious cave.

As soon as he stepped into the cave, Lu Yang felt his body warm, as if strange energy was nourishing his body.

"Is this the spiritual energy they keep talking about?"

After Lu Yang realized it, he was very surprised. The concentration of spiritual energy in the cave was so high that even a commoner like him could feel it, which showed how unusual it was.

The furnishings in the cave were very simple, with only a table, a meditation cushion, and a straw mat. Compared to the huge cave, it looked empty. I don't know if this was the Profound Heaven Sect warning disciples to be pure and desireless, or letting disciples decorate according to their preferences.

There was a piece of paper on the table, with things on both sides.

The front side wrote that disciples who knew nothing about cultivating immortality could first go to Yanchuan Peak to learn basic knowledge, or go to the Scripture Pavilion to learn on their own.

The back side was a map of the Profound Heaven Sect, quite simple, drawing the main peaks of the Profound Heaven Sect, leaving a large blank space. From the map, the Profound Heaven Sect occupied a hundred thousand miles, which was truly unimaginably large.

The content on the front gave Lu Yang, who didn't know what to do in the next month, a direction.

Lu Yang yawned and wanted to have a good sleep.

From encountering rain when going out, to passing three tests by relying on sincere character and outstanding wisdom, winning the attention of Senior Sister Yun Zhi and Second Senior Brother Dai Bufan, and finally becoming a Profound Heaven Sect disciple, the events of this day made him mentally exhausted, so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes.

"Why doesn't the Profound Heaven Sect even give a pillow..."

Lu Yang muttered. The exhaustion of the whole day surged at this moment. He couldn't care about whether it was comfortable or not, smacked his lips, and soon entered dreamland.

Early the next morning, Lu Yang got up early. He prepared to go to the Scripture Pavilion first to understand the general situation of the Central Continent.

"Newcomer?" At the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion, a senior brother looked up at Lu Yang.

"Yes."

"Since you are a newcomer, I will tell you the rules of the Scripture Pavilion. The rules are very simple, only three."

"First, your current authority only allows you to read books on the first floor; you can read the books on the first floor at will. Second, you can only borrow one book at a time. Third, you must cherish the books and not get them dirty. If you get them dirty, you must pay the original price."

"I remember." Lu Yang nodded. The senior brother didn't say anything else and let Lu Yang in.

Inside the Scripture Pavilion, the Profound Heaven Sect disciples were reading books attentively, without distraction, not even noticing Lu Yang walking by.

The huge Scripture Pavilion only had sporadic footsteps and the rustling sound of turning pages.

The books here were dazzling, from the introduction to crosstalk by folk artists to the secret manuals of cultivators' techniques, to the insights on Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment, everything was available.

Lu Yang was dazzled and didn't know which one to read.

"What book is this?"

Lu Yang accidentally found a book in the crevice of the bookshelf, covered with heavy dust, as if it had fallen here and no one had read it for a long time.

He wiped off the dust and finally saw the name of the book—"Dragon and Phoenix Transformation."

"What an overbearing name!"

Lu Yang whispered in surprise. Without looking at the content, he could feel an aura of kingly dominance from the title!

He was dazed for a moment, as if he heard the sound of dragons and phoenixes singing together. A phantom of a dragon and phoenix appeared before his eyes, lifelike, and then the phantom changed, as if it were performing the process of dragons and phoenixes appearing.

Lu Yang came back to his senses and looked around; the sound and the phantom disappeared.

"Could it be that it was an illusion just now?"

Lu Yang was suspicious, and then turned to the first page with some excitement.

Maybe this was his chance!

Who would have thought that the page was too sharp, accidentally cutting his finger, and a few drops of fresh blood dripped onto the paper.

A strange change occurred!

This ancient book actually emitted golden light, as if something in the book was about to break through the seal!

Lu Yang's heart was pounding. This process was completely unexpected and beyond his control. He didn't know if it was a blessing or a curse.

He even felt that he had been watched by some powerful existence, making him subconsciously dare not move!

This feeling became clearer and clearer, which meant that the powerful existence was getting closer and closer to him.

Finally, the powerful existence stood behind Lu Yang, watching him faintly, without saying a word, scaring Lu Yang into a cold sweat.

"You..." Finally, the powerful existence spoke.

"Here!" Lu Yang jumped.

"You got the book dirty."

The powerful existence frowned. Lu Yang turned back and found that it was the senior brother at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion.

The senior brother looked at the bloodstains on the book, a bit displeased. He had just reminded him not to get the book dirty, and this kid dripped blood on the book.

There was a formation in the Scripture Pavilion. Anyone who got the book dirty would emit golden light, signaling the person guarding the Scripture Pavilion.

"What book is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"

The senior brother picked up the book and flipped through it suspiciously, his face changing greatly: "This... this is actually that legendary forbidden book!"

Lu Yang was happy. He didn't expect his luck to be so good. As soon as he came to the Scripture Pavilion, he found an ancient forbidden book, but he didn't know what secrets were hidden in this book.

"Senior brother, what's the problem with this book?" Lu Yang was curious.

The senior brother's face changed, and he thought for a while whether to tell this secret to the new junior brother. After thinking about it, he told the truth.

"This book records in detail the process of dragons and phoenixes mating. Because it was written too detailed, it was jointly complained about by the dragon and phoenix clans and listed as a forbidden book. I thought this book had been destroyed. I didn't expect there was still one left here. I don't know who hid it!"

In other words, this was a pornographic book.

Lu Yang: "..."

Go to your grandfather's dragon and phoenix singing together!

He suddenly remembered that the senior brother said that if you get the book dirty, you have to pay for it.