The Rise of the Shen Family

v1 Chapter 376: Search ancient books

I saw that in the dim fire room, a plain middle-aged man slowly stood up.

   After he got up, he took out a bronze mirror from his storage bag and looked at himself in the mirror.

   After a while, the big man nodded in satisfaction to himself in the mirror, seeming to be very sure.

   This plain-looking middle-aged man is naturally Shen Ruiling after he played [Vanxiang Hongchen].

   And the reason he did this is naturally to better hide his identity when searching for ancient books outside.

   After all, Dan Fang's business is too important to allow him to be careless. It is always good to be careful.

   After putting the bronze mirror back into the storage bag, Shen Ruiling opened the dusty stone door and walked outside.

   At the same time, the foundation-building coercion radiating from him began to gradually converge.

   And when he walked out of the fire room, Shen Ruiling's revealed cultivation level was only the realm of the initial stage of foundation construction.

  The initial cultivation base of the foundation is not too dazzling when walking on the street, and you can get flattery from the shopkeeper when you enter the shop.

   For Shen Ruiling now, it couldn't be more suitable.

   returned to the surface of the ground along the long narrow passage. After discerning the direction a little, Shen Ruiling walked towards a bustling street.

   There are several bookstores selling classics on this street, which Shen Ruiling had noticed when he passed by.

   The only thing that these shops have in common is that they are all located in relatively remote corners, and the shops are not large, and the shops are only for some Qi training periods, and few foundation-building monks appear.

   Soon Shen Ruiling appeared at the door of the first store. After looking up at the plaque hanging over his head, Shen Ruiling walked in directly.

   The shop is rather dim and empty. Stacks of books are stacked next to the narrow aisle, and on the bookshelves on both sides against the wall are rows of jade slips for selection.

   Among the piles of books, there was an old man in the training period who was busy, but when he looked up and saw Shen Ruiling, he immediately greeted him.

   "Senior, what do you need?"

   The old man came to Shen Ruiling and said respectfully.

   Shen Ruiling first glanced at the old man, then glanced around at the books around him, and finally said in a deep voice:

   "I need some vintage books, do you have them in this store?"

   After hearing Shen Ruiling's needs, the old man was slightly stunned, and after reacting, he immediately accepted.

   "There are some, I don't know what kind of ancient books the predecessors need?"

   "You can show me all of them first!" Shen Ruiling said angrily.

   Seeing Shen Ruiling's expression of dissatisfaction, the old man naturally did not dare to say any more, and immediately turned around and searched in front of the bookshelves.

   Soon, the old man returned to Shen Ruiling with a lot of jade slips, and then cautiously said:

   "Senior, how about taking a look at these first?"

  Receiving these jade slips from the old man, Shen Ruiling directly put the divine sense into it and began to check it roughly.

   Special restrictions were placed on these jade slips. As a customer, Shen Ruiling could only view a small part of the content, and the rest of the content was restricted and blocked.

   Of course, for Shen Ruiling, the restrictions imposed by these cultivators during the Qi training period are equivalent to nothing more. He can easily destroy these restrictions with a single thought.

   But Shen Ruiling can't do this. After all, doing so is a steal. The shopkeeper has the right to hand him over to the law enforcement team.

   After a cursory inspection, Shen Ruiling's brows wrinkled slightly, seemingly unsatisfied.

   After seeing this scene, the old man on the side naturally knew that these things did not match Shen Ruiling's mind, so he was about to turn around and get some jade slips.

   At this time, Shen Ruiling spoke again:

   "These books were written too late, what I need is the best kind of ancient books from four to five hundred years ago."

   "An ancient book from four to five hundred years ago?"

   After hearing this, the old man was slightly surprised.

   Four to five hundred years, it is enough for him to live a few lifetimes for the Qi-training monk, even the life of the Ji-Zhuji monk is not that much.

   After seeing the old man showing this expression, Shen Ruiling couldn't help asking:

   "Why, don't you have such ancient books here?"

   Facing Shen Ruiling’s question, the old man could only smile bitterly:

   "Predecessors, you should also know that, apart from occasional collections of ancient books of this kind from the caves left by some ancestors, only those family powers that have been passed down for hundreds of years can be collected."

  Shen Ruiling had considered the old man's remarks before.

   But in his opinion, he is not looking for the secret techniques of four or five hundred years ago, various inheritance and the like.

   He only needs to find a few ancient books such as four or five hundred years of miscellaneous books. It shouldn't be too difficult.

   "I don't need books about exercises and inheritance. I only need some ancient books such as travel notes and miscellaneous notes!"

   Shen Ruiling spoke unwillingly.

   After repeated inquiries by Shen Ruiling, the old man said with some confusion:

   "This... seems to have a copy, but the age is no longer verifiable!"

   "Take me a look!"

   "Senior, wait a minute!"

   The old man then turned around and started rummaging among his piles of books.

   After a long time, the old man finally found a thick book from a corner.

   I saw that the outside of this book is covered with unknown animal skins, and the paper inside is also made of animal skins, but all have been yellowed and blackened. At first glance, it shows that it has experienced countless years of brilliance!

   After looking through it briefly, Shen Ruiling's complexion slightly improved, and she seemed to be quite satisfied.

   After closing this ancient book, Shen Ruiling began to bargain with the old man.

Although the old man saw that Shen Ruiling needed this item very much, he didn't dare to charge too high a price~lightnovelpub.net~ So, after the two had a fierce bargaining, Shen Ruiling finally spent 80 yuan. The low-grade Lingshi put this miscellaneous book into the bag.

   After coming out of this shop, Shen Ruiling walked directly into a remote alley.

   once again used [Vientiane Red Dust] in a no-man place, giving himself a whole new look.

   It didn't take long for a tall and thin man to walk out of this alley and walk towards the second bookstore on this street.

   In the second bookstore, Shen Ruiling also encountered a similar situation before his arrival, but fortunately, he still received two ancient books, which are better than the previous harvest.

   That's it, after every time she walks out of a shop, before entering the next shop, Shen Ruiling will perform [Vientiane Red Dust] in a place where no one is there.

   Although in the end, the appearance of the change is similar, but it is safer than just walking in.

   In this way, several bookstores walked down, and Shen Ruiling found that there were not too many ancient books in these stores, and most of them were books that had nothing to do with elixir.

   But in order not to be noticeable, Shen Ruiling bought them together with the books he needed.

   After coming out of these bookstores, Shen Ruiling deliberately went to the stalls where he practiced qi, and found a few useful ancient books from the stalls.

   Finally, holding these dozens of ancient books, Shen Ruiling returned to the Earth Fire Chamber and began to study the ancient Danfang again.