Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

258. Chapter 258 Murder!

Chapter 258: Killing Intent!

The shimmering light radiated, dazzling and brilliant!

The moment the bookkeeper appeared, Liu Zimo's gaze was immediately drawn to the dazzling light emanating from above the bookkeeper's head.

The blue light radiated within a radius of ten feet, illuminating the entire book repository in a blue hue.

"This... is it the Sweeping Monk?" Liu Zimo exclaimed in his heart, filled with joy.

Once again, he secretly praised himself for coming to the right place!

Indeed, within the Qingyun Immortal Sect, there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers everywhere, treasures everywhere!

Without paying attention to how the Sweeping Monk treated him, Liu Zimo's mind moved, immediately locking onto the shining blue lock shadow above the bookkeeper's head.

[Binding successful! Your good brother Jing Zongyang is online, currently available for binding (7/1000).]

Then, he mentally clicked on the exclamation mark floating above Jing Zongyang's head, and information about Jing Zongyang's spiritual roots instantly appeared before his eyes:

[Name] Jing Zongyang

[Age] 98881

[Spiritual Roots] Supreme Water Spirit Roots

[Cultivation Realm] Nascent Soul Ninth Stage

[Cultivation Techniques] Water Cloud Divine Art, Golden Cicada Nine Transformations, Turtle's Breath Dao Technique, Spirit Plant Nurturing Art, Sword Control Technique...

Seeing the detailed cultivation attributes of the bookkeeper, Liu Zimo's heart trembled slightly.

Nascent Soul Ninth Stage!

He didn't expect this "Sweeping Monk" to be a big shot at the Nascent Soul stage!

He was even one realm higher than Elder Zhou Chang, whom Liu Zimo had seen before!

Now, Liu Zimo was no longer a newcomer who knew nothing about the Transcendence realm. Through his conversation with Tang Dahai, he had gained a rough understanding of the cultivation realms in this realm.

Body Refining, Qi Condensation, Foundation Building, Core Formation, Gold Core, and then the higher realm of Nascent Soul!

Before this, the highest cultivator Liu Zimo had encountered was Elder Zhou Yanqing, who was at the peak of the Gold Core stage.

He didn't expect that on his first official day of work, he would encounter a big shot at the Nascent Soul stage like this.

"Go, go, go, tidy up the tables and chairs in the book repository, then go play by yourself, don't bother me if there's nothing!" came the bookkeeper's impatient urging.

By the time Liu Zimo came back to his senses and wanted to find the bookkeeper, the bookkeeper had already disappeared without a trace.

Liu Zimo didn't mind at all, and even felt a hint of joy.

Because he found that even the bookkeeper at the Nascent Soul Ninth Stage hadn't seen through his current cultivation realm.

Just like everyone else who saw him for the first time, they still regarded him as an ordinary person without any spiritual roots or talent.

Liu Zimo speculated that this should be related to his "Heaven-stealing" ability, automatically concealing his cultivation aura.

Unless he deliberately revealed it, it would be difficult for outsiders to see his true cultivation realm.

Without saying much, Liu Zimo followed the bookkeeper's instructions before leaving, and began to seriously tidy up the tables and chairs that were somewhat messy in the book repository.

Everything was just as Tang Dahai had said.

Inside the book repository, because of the operation of the purification formation, there was not a speck of dust, and not a trace of rubbish.

After arranging all the tables and chairs neatly, Liu Zimo finally relaxed.

At this moment, the library was still quiet, with no one coming to borrow books.

Liu Zimo looked around, but couldn't find the librarian.

Then he obediently went to a corner of the library, found a book about the history of the Transcendence realm, and started reading to pass the time.

It's worth mentioning that the text in the Transcendence realm was also written in the square characters that Liu Zimo was familiar with, so he had no difficulty reading it.

History, essays, cultivation insights, rumored techniques...

There were tens of thousands of books on the first floor, covering everything from Myriad Manifestations, making it a place full of scholarly atmosphere.

Soon, Liu Zimo's mind was completely immersed in this endless sea of books, forgetting himself as he wandered.

Since the advent of the apocalypse and the chaotic world of demonic beasts, Liu Zimo hadn't experienced the pleasure of reading so seriously and calmly for many years.

Whether in his previous life or this life, before the apocalypse, Liu Zimo was a serious third-year university student, and he was also very good academically.

The school library was a place he visited every day and one of his favorite places in college.

Because of this, his dormitory classmates gave him the nickname "bookworm".

Unfortunately, after the apocalypse, the world fell into chaos and order ceased to exist.

Ordinary people couldn't even afford to eat and protect their lives, so who had the leisure to read and study?

But now...

A job as a library assistant in the library allowed Liu Zimo to regain the state he was in when he quietly read and studied in the school library before the disaster.

Quiet, peaceful, undisturbed, and content.

He could freely absorb the knowledge in the books and engage in intellectual exchanges and collisions with the predecessors who wrote these classics.

This feeling was simply too pleasant!

Just like that...

For several hours in a row, Liu Zimo sat quietly in a corner of the library, silently reading, constantly absorbing the unknown and the hidden in the books, completely immersed in it.

During this time, disciples of the Qingyun Immortal Sect entered the library one after another, holding their waist tokens.

Without anyone's invitation, they searched for the books or secret techniques they needed in the library, and then, like Liu Zimo, found a quiet place to silently observe and comprehend.

Therefore, from beginning to end, no one disturbed Liu Zimo, this little library assistant.

And Liu Zimo seemed to have completely forgotten his main purpose for coming to the library.

He didn't even have time to look up and observe the immortal sect disciples entering the library.

The whole morning, he stayed in one place like this, not paying attention to forming any "good brother" or "good sister" bonds.

At the same time, he didn't notice that because of his focused reading, the librarian who was hidden in the shadows had scanned him with their spiritual sense more than once.

"Hmm, although he's a bit useless, he's eager to learn!"

"Calm and eager for knowledge. In this regard, he's much better than the previously restless Wu Xuan!"

"But it's a pity that mortals, even if they learn a lot, only have a lifespan of a hundred years at most. They don't have much future!"

After confirming that Liu Zimo wasn't just pretending but truly immersed in the sea of books and knowledge, the librarian's gaze towards Liu Zimo softened.

As a librarian who also loved reading, there was always a natural appreciation and closeness towards those who were obsessed with reading.

Liu Zimo didn't know that his unintentional action had actually made the librarian look at him with much more favorable eyes.

At least, it was no longer the disdainful or even indifferent expression from the beginning.

When it was noon.

Liu Zimo's stomach was filled with protesting growls, which finally woke him up from his focused state.

It was time for lunch.

Stretching lazily, he placed a bookmark on the page of the book in his hand and placed it quietly on the table.

After finishing these tasks, Liu Zimo stood up, took out his waist token, and walked into the side hall on the left side of the library, where there was a kitchen window specifically for the servants.

The waist token was verified, and the kitchen window opened.

Instantly, a tempting aroma of spiritual food spread out.

Spiritual rice, vegetables, unidentified exotic beast meat, and a bowl of mushroom soup.

Although it was a servant's meal, the dishes were extremely delicious, at least much better than the one Liu Zimo had eaten before in the Liu family's stronghold.

Without hesitation, Liu Zimo extended his hands and brought out his own spiritual food, randomly found a table and sat down. He took a sip of the soup first, and then began to eat heartily.

While eating, Liu Zimo also took the opportunity to check his immortal cultivation inside his body.

He found that in just a morning, the total amount of his immortal cultivation had increased by about thirty years.

No need to ask, it must be the power given by Ouyang Xinxin and Liu Yun, the two "good sisters".

Especially Ouyang Xinxin, she was an Ascensionist who had unlocked her potential and could convert half of her cultivation power in the small world into immortal cultivation.

These past few days, she had been in seclusion, constantly converting and improving.

Just from her alone, Liu Zimo had already gained more than one hundred and fifty years of total immortal cultivation.

As for the others, such as Ouyang Songnian, Xu Yuanzong, Sun Jingjing, Zhou Yanqing, and Jing Zongyang, who was guarding the library, it seemed that they had no intention of seriously cultivating.

For such a long time, Liu Zimo hadn't even gained a bit of opportunity or benefit from them.

Regarding this, Liu Zimo was not as anxious as he had imagined.

He guessed that most of these people were already stuck at the current bottleneck of their cultivation, so there was no obvious progress.

He had encountered this situation in the earthly realm before.

He just needed to wait patiently. After all, these people were already bound to him and on his "thief ship".

As long as they didn't slack off, they would always find ways to improve their cultivation strength.

On the day they broke through and advanced, Liu Zimo would definitely reap the rewards!

"Patience is a virtue!" Liu Zimo scooped up a spoonful of hot soup and blew on it gently.

"When I establish myself in the Qingyun Immortal Sect and become familiar with the environment here, I'll find opportunities to bind a few hundred geniuses to work for me!"

With more people, there would naturally be staggered progress, and it was impossible for everyone to be stuck at the bottleneck at the same time.

Soon, after finishing the meal, Liu Zimo returned the empty plates and bowls to the kitchen window, and then returned to the corner where he had been sitting in the morning, continuing to browse through the books.

An afternoon passed by unconsciously.

By evening, around the time of the dog hour, the formation at the entrance of the library closed. The guardian said nothing and forcefully expelled all the disciples who were still in the library.

Liu Zimo was responsible for tidying up and organizing the various books scattered on the desks, categorizing them and putting them back in their original places.

Because it was his first time organizing the books in the library, and there were guardians secretly monitoring, Liu Zimo didn't dare to use his spiritual sense and appeared very clumsy.

It took a full two quarters of an hour to categorize the not-so-many books one by one.

After finishing, without needing to ask the bookkeeper, Liu Zimo felt a force attacking him and in an instant, he was thrown out of the courtyard outside the book pavilion.

From beginning to end, the bookkeeper didn't say a word to him.

Liu Zimo landed steadily, bowed towards the direction of the book pavilion, and then turned and left.

Following the memory of coming out in the morning, Liu Zimo returned to the servant's hall.

According to the regulations of the servant's hall, he reported to the person in charge and signed in before being allowed to return to his own residence to rest.

"Hmm? There are actually outsiders in the house?"

Just as he arrived in front of the door of the sixth courtyard, Liu Zimo's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

In the originally exclusive courtyard that belonged only to him, there were actually two strangers lurking in the dark.

Liu Zimo's spiritual sense swept over, and everything in the room instantly appeared in his mind.

Two middle-aged men dressed in servant's attire, one holding a steel knife and the other a wooden stick, were hiding behind the door.

There were no masks or any other additional concealment.

Judging from their posture, it was clear that they were here to kill and rob!

"What's going on? Did I offend someone without realizing it?"

"I don't remember ever offending anyone."

Liu Zimo was puzzled, but his actions continued without stopping. It was as if he hadn't noticed that there were two people hidden in the house. He pushed open the door and walked straight into the courtyard, heading towards the inner room.

Creak!

He opened the door to the inner room, then naturally entered and reached out to lock the door.

Just as Liu Zimo was about to turn around, a cold wind suddenly blew from the back of his head.

It turned out that the two people hidden behind the door were simultaneously waving their weapons and attacking his neck and back of the head.

"Sure enough, they came to kill and silence me!"

Sensing the ruthless attack of the two, Liu Zimo became even more certain of their intentions.

However, he couldn't understand who would hold such a strong grudge against him and try to kill him on the second day he entered the servant's hall.

You should know that his backing was a true disciple, and he was even the personal disciple of the head disciple of the Cui Zhu Peak!

Who was so bold that they didn't even give face to the head disciple's personal disciple?

"Freeze!"

With a thought, the immortal power in Liu Zimo's body burst out, instantly freezing the two behind him on the spot.

They were only peak Body Refining Realm warriors, and posed no threat to him at all.

After locking the door, Liu Zimo calmly turned around, his gaze leisurely sweeping over the faces of the two.

Seeing the surprise and horror on their faces, it was obvious that they had never expected that a mere mortal with ordinary bones like him would suddenly become so powerful!

Liu Zimo couldn't be bothered to waste words with them, nor did he care about their expressions of fear and pleading.

Swish!

With a thought, two strands of spiritual sense probed into the sea of consciousness of the two, directly using the secret technique of soul searching.

In an instant, Liu Zimo learned the cause and effect of the two's arrival to find trouble with him.

At the same time, the sea of consciousness and souls of the two were turned into a mess of pulp due to the rough exploration of the soul searching secret technique, and their souls were completely destroyed.

Expressionless, Liu Zimo waved his hand and collected the bodies of the two into the [Eastern Pearl], then his spiritual sense extended and directly swept towards the third courtyard across from him.

(End of this chapter)