360: Chapter 360 The Wordless Heavenly Book

He found an empty corner and sat down cross-legged, directly unleashing his terrifying Mental Power, which was vast enough to rival that of a Tribulation Transcendence stage expert.

His invisible Mental Power was like a tide, seeping into every nook and cranny.

Starting from the first floor of the library, he forcibly extracted the spiritual characters from the ancient books on every shelf, bit by bit, and branded them into his mind.

Under this memory mode, which was akin to a mental imprint.

The first floor, the second floor, the third floor... all the way to the top-secret forbidden books on the highest floor.

They were all engraved into Su Chen's brain thanks to his extraordinary memory.

What was even more extreme was that because the text in these books relied entirely on spiritual energy to be maintained.

Su Chen's domineering extraction and absorption using his Mental Power directly drained the spiritual essence of the formations on the pages.

Those precious ancient books that recorded supreme divine arts, after Su Chen "finished reading" them, mutated on the spot and all became blank "Wordless Heavenly Books."

In less than three days, the entire contents of the library had been completely absorbed by Su Chen.

Immediately after, Su Chen climbed up to the training room on the top floor of the library, which cost ten thousand contribution points per day to use (equivalent to the annual contribution points of an ordinary Great Qian Imperial Academy student).

He began his secluded meditation in high spirits.

This crude method of draining them didn't completely ruin the books in the library, but they wouldn't be able to recover without a few months of re-nourishment.

With this, the entire Great Qian Imperial Academy was thrown into complete chaos.

One afternoon, an unlucky scion from a top Great Gan marquis household—Long Tian'ao—arrived at the library in high spirits.

For this day, this Young Master Long had scrimped and saved, fighting against demonic beasts in secret realms for a full year and a half, only to finally scrape together twenty thousand Great Qian Imperial Academy contribution points.

Glowing with excitement, he handed over his token and strode directly to the fifth floor.

With trembling hands, he picked up the clan-suppressing level cultivation technique he had dreamed of day and night.

"Hahaha, after a year of accumulation, today I shall finally soar into the sky!"

"Just watch as I show my prowess at the sacrificial ceremony and slap the faces of all those who looked down on me!"

Long Tian'ao laughed uproariously, overcome with excitement, even reverently washing his hands before turning the pages.

However, when he opened the thick cover of the ancient book with great anticipation, what met his eyes was a sheet of blank paper, purer and cleaner than his own face.

Long Tian'ao's laughter came to an abrupt halt, and the expression on his face froze instantly.

"What is going on? Is it hidden by a formation? Or is my Mental Power level not high enough? I can't see the contents?"

He rubbed his eyes and frantically injected spiritual energy into the jade paper, trying to break the so-called "blinding formation."

There was no reaction.

With trembling hands, he turned to the second page—blank.

The third page—still blank!

Refusing to believe it, he flipped through the entire ancient book, making a rustling sound.

From beginning to end, let alone formation diagrams, there wasn't even a single punctuation mark, damn it.

It was a completely blank book from cover to cover.

"Pfft—!" Long Tian'ao was overcome with anxiety and rage; his blood surged in his chest, and he spat a mouthful of blood onto the pages on the spot.

Who could have imagined that such a scam would exist in the Great Qian Imperial Academy's library?

Immediately after, he fell to his knees as if struck by lightning, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

"Where are the words?!"

"Where did the words for such a huge formation manual go?!"

"Which goddamn bastard stole the words out of the book?! Ahhh, my contribution points!"

Seeing Long Tian'ao suddenly have such a breakdown, a fellow scion who was with him curiously leaned in.

"What's wrong, Brother Long? Can the library really swindle people? It must be that your cultivation isn't profound enough and your Mental Power is insufficient. Think about your own problems before trying to see it!"

Hearing his brother mock him like this, Long Tian'ao was even more furious.

He threw the book in his hand at the other person.

"Here! You try reading it if you can, damn it! I heard dogs can see things humans can't..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Long Tian'ao saw out of the corner of his eye that another mouthful of blood had been spat onto the pages.

The librarian followed the sound and walked over.

Looking at the two of them lying on the ground in a breakdown, he helplessly and kindly reminded them.

"Um... Young Masters, please don't dirty the library books so casually; you will have to pay for the damages..."

"Ah?????"

Accompanied by Young Master Li's breakdown, the sounds of various scions breaking down and wailing could be heard one after another throughout the library.

The scions who already had a negative opinion of Su Chen, believing him to be a useless man living off a woman, now harbored an even deeper resentment toward him.

Although there was no direct evidence that Su Chen did it, he was standing right in the center of the library, emitting his Mental Power and probing around like tentacles.

If it wasn't him, who else could it be?

However, despite knowing it was Su Chen, no one in the entire Great Qian Imperial Academy dared to give him trouble over this matter.

As the culprit, Su Chen continued to act as he pleased.

He arrived on time every day, and after waking up from his nap after class, he would dive back into the training room that had almost become his private space.

He contentedly digested the vast ocean of Great Gan formation knowledge in his mind.

The sun rose and the moon set; time flowed gently.

In the evening, inside a pavilion in the back garden of the Prime Minister's residence.

Light veils danced in the breeze, and a pot of mellow spiritual wine was being warmed on a small red clay stove.

This was the most peaceful time of day for Zhuge Jinyu and Su Chen to be alone together.

A complex chess game was set up on the stone table.

Zhuge Jinyu's waterfall-like white hair was lazily draped over her shoulders.

She held the black pieces, and Su Chen held the white pieces; the two were playing a match.

Su Chen's playing style was fierce, bold, and unconstrained.

Yet, while playing, Zhuge Jinyu was just like she was back when Su Chen had invested in her in the Great Gan; she always quietly and intentionally let him have the advantage, guiding Su Chen to connect his white pieces into a single formation.

Then, just when Su Chen was on the verge of winning the game, she would counterattack step by step, showcasing the divine power befitting the Prime Minister of Great Gan.

In reality, after Su Chen left the investment world, Zhuge Jinyu had single-handedly supported the Great Gan for thousands of years.

Let alone the current Su Chen who had no memories, even if the version of him from the High Martial World came, he might not necessarily be a match for her as she was now.

"You were too hasty with this move," Zhuge Jinyu chuckled.

The game was decided; as soon as the black piece was placed, she would win.

But she didn't place the piece immediately.

Instead, she took the opportunity to correct Su Chen's posture and the way he held his pieces, naturally leaning over.

Her delicate body, carrying a faint warmth and a lingering fragrance, half-embraced Su Chen from behind.

One hand rested on the back of Su Chen's hand as he held the chess piece, guiding him to slowly place the white piece on an exquisite formation eye position.

"If you had played like this earlier, the one losing to you now would be me."