Sect's Library!

When Yu Bo, Drog and Lucia finally reached the end of the bridge and stepped onto the main peak of the sect, they found themselves high above the clouds. They saw people in every direction, ranging from small children of five-years-old all the way to the old men and women. They all were the disciples of the sword and they all were dressed in the same white robes as the two disciples guarding the entrance of the sword sect.

As Yu Bo led Drog and Lucia to the library, the disciples that they passed – stopped, bowed their heads and said, "Elder." Yu Bo acknowledged each one by smiling and nodding his head to him or her.

The library that Yu Bo, Drog and Lucia arrived at – was very tall. It was eight storeys high. They entered it and approached the counter behind which sat an old man with grey hair and a robe that was the same as Yu Bo's.

"Elder Yu. What brings you to the library?" the old elder sitting behind the counter said.

"I am taking these two disciples to the elder floor, elder Yan," Yu Bo said.

Elder Yan glanced at Drog and Lucia. "You can't do that, elder Yu. Only the sect master, the elders and core disciples are allowed on the elders' floor. And these two are neither one of those three."

"I will take responsibility, elder Yan," Yu Bo said.

Elder Yan heavily sighed. "Alright." He pulled out a key from behind the counter and extended it towards Yu Bo.

Yu Bo took the key from elder Yan's hand. "Thank you, elder Yan."

"I hope they are worth for you to break the sect rules," elder Yan said.

Yu Bo firmly nodded his head. "They are."

Elder Yan narrowed his eyes. "How so?"

"The girl shattered the martial talent testing stone."

Elder Yan's eyes widened. "What did you just say?!" he shouted out. Then, he gulped down his saliva. "And the boy?"

Yu Bo heartily laughed. "If I don't treat him well, my wife will be angry with me."

Elder Yan laughed. "I see. I see," he said as he nodded his head multiple times.

Yu Bo looked at Drog and Lucia. "Let's go, you two."

"Alright," Drog said and together with Lucia followed Yu Bo multiple floors up, to the sixth floor. They stopped in front of the door.

Yu Bo inserted the key that he got from elder Yan and spun it. The door opened.

"You two go inside and choose the techniques you want. You each get to choose a cultivation technique, a body strengthening technique, a movement technique and an offensive technique. I will wait for you two here."

Drog nodded his head. "Let's go, Lucia."

"Okay, big brother Drog," Lucia said.

Drog walked through the door first and Lucia followed him closely behind. They found themselves in a very small dusty room with nothing but four small bookshelves. They approached the first bookshelf. "It's unlikely that even one of the techniques that are in this library will be useful to you as you are what you are. So just take anything," he said.

Lucia nodded her head. "Yes, big brother Drog."

Drog and Lucia stopped in front of the first bookshelf. She took the first tome that entered her eyes and continued onto the next bookshelf. He looked at the remaining tomes. There were four left. He took the first one and swiped the dust off the cover. On the cover, it said – 'Yang cultivation method, B—rank.'

"So this bookshelf is for cultivation techniques," Drog thought and said in his head, "What is the rank of the cultivation technique you taught me, master?"

"It is the only cultivation technique that is compatible with your devourer dantian, so the rank of it doesn't matter. But if I had to grade it, it would be D—rank," Liu Ri said.

Drog narrowed his eyes. "So this Yang cultivation method is superior to the Pentagon qi refinement."

"For you, no cultivation technique that you encounter will be superior to the Pentagon Qi refinement," Liu Ri said. "And that is because the Pentagon Qi refinement is the only cultivation technique that was made for a human with five-element affinity. If you tried to refine your Qi with the cultivation technique that was not made for a human with five-element affinity then it would become an F—rank cultivation technique."

"Mhm," Drog said and proceeded onto the next bookshelf as there was no reason for him to look at the other cultivation techniques.

Drog stoped at the next bookshelf. In this bookshelf, there were two tomes. He took the first one and dusted off the cover. On the cover, it said – 'Gorila body strengthening, C—rank.'

"Don't even bother looking at such a worthless body strengthening technique. I will bestow you an SSS++ body strengthening technique," Liu Ri said.

"Then there is no reason for me to open this tome," Drog said. He took the second tome and dusted off the cover. On it, it said – 'White Tiger body strengthening, A-rank, abridged.' He put the White tiger body strengthening back onto the shelf and continued towards the third bookshelf.

Drog stopped at the bookshelf. In this bookshelf, there was only one tome. He took it and dusted off the cover. On it, it said – 'Graceful Crane movement, C—rank.'

"The same as with the body strengthening technique, I will give you a movement technique that is of an SSS++ rank," Liu Ri said.

"Alright," Drog said. He walked over to the last, the fourth bookshelf on which tomes of offensive skills were placed. On this bookshelf, there were five tomes. He picked them up and dusted them off one by one before taking the technique which was of the highest rank. The technique's name was White Tiger's palm and it was of a B—rank.

Drog walked through the door and saw Lucia standing beside Yu Bo.

"What did you choose, Drog?" Yu Bo said.

Drog showed Yu Bo the skills.

"All very good choices. I will show you both to the outer disciple peak and that is where we will part ways," Yu Bo said.

"Before we go, tell me when will the disciples be chosen to cultivate in the master's peak," Drog said.

"In four months. Now let's go," Yu Bo said. He, Drog and Lucia left the library. Then, they crossed one of the nine bridges and arrived in the outer disciple peak.

"We are here. Now you need to pick a cave in which you will live and cultivate. I will come tomorrow with your robes and identification insignias. See you both tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow," Drog said and then Lucia repeated.

Yu Bo turned around and left.

"Let's go pick those caves," Drog said.