Chapter 9: Central Continent

"Do I have to pay?" Lu Yang asked nervously. The most valuable thing on him was probably his brain.

"Pay?" The senior brother glanced at the book in his hand and then looked at Lu Yang, his eyelids twitching fiercely.

According to the regulations, compensation for spirit stones was indeed required, but the problem was that if this book spread out, it would be waiting for the dragon and phoenix clans to join hands and kill from the Demon Domain to the Central Continent, and kill the Profound Heaven Sect.

Although the Profound Heaven Sect was not afraid of the dragon and phoenix clans, and dragon liver and phoenix marrow were delicious, and taking them could nourish yin and yang... but they were a famous sect after all. The Scripture Library having a forbidden book like "Long Feng Transformation" would eventually dirty their reputation.

Thinking of this, the senior brother silently hid the book in his sleeve, looking indifferent.

"Pay? What book did you get dirty? I didn't see it."

Destroying books in the Scripture Library was too conspicuous and would trigger the array. It was better to destroy it outside.

Lu Yang instantly understood the joints—the senior brother wanted to hide it privately.

So nothing happened just now.

The two looked at each other, the corners of their mouths raised, as if they really understood each other's meaning.

The forbidden book was a small episode. Lu Yang didn't forget his purpose of coming to the Scripture Library.

He searched for a long time before he found the book introducing the Central Continent—"Continent Topography".

Lu Yang rubbed his hands excitedly and read carefully.

"There are humans, demons, ghosts, etc. in the world. The Central Continent is the gathering place of humans. The largest force in the continent is the Great Xia Dynasty, which is the only country in the Central Continent, suppressing the luck of the human race and representing the orthodoxy of the human race."

"In this way, although my home is close to the Profound Heaven Sect, it also belongs to the scope of the Great Xia Dynasty."

"The east of the continent is a vast ocean, with sporadic islands dotted in it, and ancient demon beasts like Kunpeng and Chaos appear from time to time."

"The west of the continent is a golden Buddhist country, with immeasurable pure land and temples as numerous as sand."

"The south of the continent is the Demon Domain of the demon race. The dragon and phoenix clans are the hegemons of the Demon Domain. The demon race is cruel and bloodthirsty. The Great Xia Dynasty and the Demon Domain have constant friction, and there are demon races hiding in the Great Xia Dynasty, which is a harm to the human race."

"The north of the continent is the extreme north, where ice never melts, grass does not grow, human traces are rare, and other creatures rarely appear. Only extremely powerful races live there."

"The Central Continent has the most humans and the most cultivators. Some cultivators choose to become officials in the imperial court, while more cultivators choose to establish sects, or join a certain sect. The Central Continent has sects scattered like stars, among which the most powerful are the five great immortal sects like the Profound Heaven Sect, which are the leaders of the righteous path."

"The book also says that there must be a Tribulation Transcendence stage expert in the five great immortal sects, as well as means to rival the Tribulation Transcendence stage... Could it be that the Sect Master is a Tribulation Transcendence stage expert? Or does our Profound Heaven Sect have a Supreme Elder who is reclusive?"

Thinking that he was fortunate enough to apprentice under the Sect Master who might be a Tribulation Transcendence stage expert, Lu Yang was a little happy and excited. He stood up and poured a glass of water. Borrowing the water, he suppressed his excitement, sat back in his seat, and continued to read.

"Demonic cultivators are bloodthirsty and use the lives of living beings to help their own cultivation, which is even more harmful than the demon race. Demonic cultivators are ultimately cultivators who cannot be on the stage. They hide in dark corners, and under the joint suppression of the Great Xia Dynasty and the five great immortal sects, demonic sects only dare to act in secret and dare not show their faces."

Apart from demonic cultivators, the book also mentioned a thing called evil demons, which was quite obscure, saying that evil demons were born heartless and were the shadows of the human race, which could not be judged by common sense. Stay away when you see them. It was very mysterious, and Lu Yang didn't understand what evil demons were.

"Mortals use gold, silver, and copper as currency, and cultivators use spirit stones of three grades—upper, middle, and lower—as currency."

Next, Lu Yang began to learn common knowledge about the cultivation world, such as the standards for dividing each realm, what the hundred arts of cultivation included, the types of demon beasts, the levels of cultivation techniques, the history of the Central Continent, etc...

The knowledge Lu Yang heard from the storyteller in the teahouse was far from enough for him to gain a foothold in the cultivation world.

Lu Yang looked at the mysterious knowledge line by line and couldn't help but immerse himself in it. He swam in the ocean of knowledge until evening, feeling hungry in his stomach, before he remembered that he hadn't eaten for a day.

At this time, the entrance of the Scripture Library had changed from a senior brother to a senior sister.

Lu Yang asked respectfully: "Senior sister, sorry to bother you. I am a disciple who just arrived yesterday and am not familiar with the Profound Heaven Sect. Does our Profound Heaven Sect have a place to eat?"

This senior sister was startled by Lu Yang and trembled, her eyes dodging. She was very afraid of talking to people.

Generally, everyone could follow the rules of the Scripture Library and didn't need to be reminded. Her personality was very suitable for this place.

She didn't dare to look at Lu Yang directly, lowered her head, and said softly: "So it's a newly arrived junior brother. The Profound Heaven Sect has a canteen, but as someone who has been here, senior sister doesn't suggest you go to the canteen to eat."

Lu Yang didn't understand: "Why is this? Is there any problem with the canteen?"

"On the peak of the Fifth Elder, Bailian Shanfeng."

Lu Yang was stunned. This mountain name didn't sound like a place to cook: "I don't know what this Bailian Shanfeng is..."

"The Fifth Elder is good at refining tools. This Bailian Shanfeng is naturally the peak for refining tools. The canteen is opened on Bailian Shanfeng. The chefs in the canteen are all first-class tool refiners. Steamed buns can pierce mountains, rice grains can be used as hidden weapons, and fried dough sticks can even break steel and iron bones."

Lu Yang didn't know where to spit out an old groove: "... Why can chefs be tool refiners?"

Senior sister explained weakly: "Junior brother, think about it. The most important thing for a chef is the heat, and what tool refiners are best at is controlling the heat. The relationship between these two professions is closer than you think."

Lu Yang nodded sincerely: "It is indeed closer than I thought."

Senior sister looked at Lu Yang's simple dress and hesitated: "And buying weapons, oh no, going to the canteen to eat requires spirit stones. Junior brother, you look... not very rich."

Generally, the clothing of practitioners, not to mention how exquisite, is at least woven from some common spiritual objects like sky silk, which are water and fire resistant.

Lu Yang's dress was simple, and he didn't know how many rags were sewn on his clothes. It could be seen at a glance that he was from a mortal background.

Lu Yang smiled embarrassedly. He really didn't have a single spirit stone.

"Don't be embarrassed. The Profound Heaven Sect has many people from mortal backgrounds," senior sister comforted softly.

"There is a way to eat, hmm... you can go to the Danding Shanfeng and have a look. There should be discarded Grain Bigu Pills there. You can ask them for some."

"Danding Shanfeng has high requirements for pills. They say they are discarded, but in fact, the quality is not high enough. Don't worry about them being poisonous."

"However, on Danding Shanfeng, you have to be careful of the peak master Seventh Elder, Senior Brother Wu Ming, Senior Brother Wenda, Senior Sister Qingkong, Junior Brother Long Yan... In short, be careful."

Lu Yang suppressed the confusion in his heart and bowed: "I am Lu Yang, thank you senior sister. May I ask senior sister's name?"

"My name is Zhou Lulu." ===== CHAPTER 10 =====