Cultivation and Poetry
The two walk up the mountain and after getting lost 3 or 4 times and asking direction multiple times they finally find their way to the library.
The library was built in the shape of a round 10 floors high tower, it's walls were paint sky blue and windows were shaped like clouds, it had a fancy entrance with the statue of a cultivator facing off a dragon while mounted in a tiger. To enter, one had to pass in between the fighting entities and pass through the sliding door.
The Legendary Library from the Thunder Sword Sect!
Hiding countless secrets and protected by a hidden master whose strength rivals even the sect leader, this was the place where talent and destiny converge creating a path for the future of each cultivator who steps in. Your legend begins here!
Or so says the board by the door.
(Hahahahaha! This is bullshit! Who would believe this crap!?)
"Big bro! Read this! This is where our legend begins!"
Guin, looking at the excited reaction of the big fellow, forces a smile and tilts his head a bit, agreeing with his companion.
"Lets not waste any more time! Lets go in!"
Grabbing Guin's hand, ever lasting boy energetically enters the library.
The library insides were... quite plain and lacking. There were no upper floors, and on the first floor all it had was the reception desk with a middle aged man sleeping, 3 book stands with less than 50 old books, a table, chairs, paper, painting brushes and black paint.
(Good luck boys, reaching nascent soul by reading this level of books could be considered a legendary feat by itself! Oh, wait....oh!!!! So that's why! Interesting, that's a nice trick! I wonder who had this idea...)
While the All Mighty God Seink talked senseless words to himself the two targets of our attention approached the reception desk, but the middle aged man didn't even lift his head, just points up the wall behind him where a big board with the rules is located, and went back to sleep.
1. Choose your book. You can read each book introduction, but only the chosen book may have it's content read.
2. Copy your book. If there is no material, ask the librarian.
3. Place the book where you found.
4. Write your name and chosen book title in the log on the reception desk.
5. You CAN NOT SHARE NOR TRADE your copies with others.
6. Burn your copy when you finish memorizing it.
7. Rule breakers WILL BE KILLED. No Exceptions!
(Nice rules, maybe I will copy the last one to my own library ^^)
Guin trembled when he read the last rule. As expected of the Cultivation World, quite a merciless place...
As he turned around, he saw the tall guy already looking through the books. Guin wondered if that guy was fearless or .... for the sake of their friendship no more will be said.
Guin headed to one of the book stands and reached out his hand to get a book when a voice stopped him.
"Hey boy! You are the one who broke the crystal, right?"
Guin turned to him and tilted his head.
"Sorry boy, due to your... special qualities, you are only allowed to take this cultivation book. As for everything else, you will have to wait until the elders decide in 15 days, during the next monthly meeting."
(Here is it, the good old bureaucracy making our life slower than ever...)
As the middle aged man said this, he made a simple gesture with his hand and a thin book flew out of the book stand and landed on the fatty's belly.
[Winter Peak]
After reading the title, fatty opened the book to read the introduction.
[Fear not the wind and rain,
Accept the cold domain,
Freezing even your dreams,
For eternity is your aim.]
(Quite lacking, 1 out of 10!)
"What the fuck!? Is this a cultivation manual or a poetry book!?"
Guin almost screamed out loud as he looked through the book. He reads page after page and on each page a different poetry was written. He wants to ask the librarian but he is unable to do so because the system can only translate what he hears and reads, but it can't automatically translate his speech to their language. Cursing again and again the creator of this broken system, Guin resigns and start copying the book.
One hour latter, Guin finishes copying the book. He picks the original and stores it in the right place, then gets the copy and goes to the log, on the space reserved for the title he copies the odd characters from the foreign language, easy, but when filling his name, which should be even easier, he finally notices a problem...
What is his name? Every time he questions himself, he automatically answers Guin, but he is 100% absolutely sure that that's NOT his true name. Actually he is sure that its not "he" who is answering this question, but the system. But he can't turn off the system nor can he remember his real name, so after a minute hesitating, Guin finally gives up and uses the system's translator to translate "Guin" into the foreign language, then he copies it to the log.
Done!
As he exits he notices the big guy, whose name he doesn't know, is still choosing his books...
(Damn, a whole hour has already passed! How long is this guy going to take!?)
"Whatever, let him take his time. I will just go home. Let's pray there are some fruit trees on the way...so hungry..."
And, just like that, the big guy was abandoned in the library.