The Legendary Master’s Wife - Chap 124

Chapter 124: Conflict

The West Pavilion was usually frequented by disciples from the Warrior Division. Usually, one wouldn’t see many mages there.

This time, You XiaoMo was surprised because his soul could perceive that there were quite a few mages inside. Although the levels were not very high, they were about level three. As for why he could perceive their level, he himself still hadn’t realized it.

Walking in, You XiaoMo didn’t attract a lot of attention. Everyone seemed to be absorbed in looking at the book or scroll in their hands. The whole second level of the West Pavilion was very quiet.

You XiaoMo also didn’t dare to disrupt them and he started looking from the first bookshelf. Not long after, he found the bookshelf that had the materials on demon beasts. What surprised him was that the bookshelf was empty for the most part.

Turning around, he glanced at the disciples who were reading. You XiaoMo was surprised to find that the books in their hands were exactly what he was looking for. He didn’t expect that there would actually be so many people looking up materials on demon beasts. Looked like the people that were looking forward to the Paradise Realm was not just him.

Luckily the Tian Xin Sect considered this situation, so there were quite a lot of materials on demon beasts. It was too bad that because of the extraordinary circumstances, there were many people that wanted to check up on things regarding demon beasts, so they were not allowing the removal of books from the library.

You XiaoMo picked a scroll from the bookshelf. Then he sat at an unoccupied desk and slowly unrolled the scroll. What entered his eyes was a panther with an ominous glint in its eyes in a ferocious posture. The medium grade panther was known as the Strong Golden Black Leopard and it was a level seven demon beast. Looking further down, they were mostly mid-level demon beasts.

You XiaoMo raised his head and glanced at the other people. Seeing that no one was looking at him, he quietly covered both his hands with his soul force and started recording the information on the scroll.

This was a shortcut only available to mages and he already used it the last time he went to the third level. Now he knew that using the soul force to memorize things was like using the soul to take all the contents of the scroll and imprint them deeply in his mind. No matter how much time passed, it would never be forgotten.

But this method of memorizing also had its limits for mages. That was because it consumed a lot of soul force. For normal people, most probably even before they could memorize one book or scroll, their soul force would be completely used up. Luckily You XiaoMo was no ordinary person.

After recording the first scroll, You XiaoMo went looking for the second scroll. This time, he found one on low level demon beasts. There were relatively more types of low level demon beasts, divided into five scrolls altogether, based on their type. Since all the people looking up low level demon beasts were fewer, there was a complete set available.

But five scrolls was still a lot of information so You XiaoMo divided it into two for memorization. He also wanted to find the scrolls for high level demon beasts but he couldn’t find them. After looking all around, he found that scroll in the hands of another disciple. Although he took it first, he still hadn’t looked at it, just sitting there to one side.

You XiaoMo looked furtively at that white-clothed disciple sitting diagonally across from him. He saw that he was absorbed in reading the book in his hand. His eyes couldn’t help but slide towards the scrolls next to his hand. Slowly, he slid over. A little at a time, right until the two of them were now sitting face to face…

This disciple seemed to be very focused, not noticing his presence.

You XiaoMo carefully lowered his voice, cleared his throat and then spoke softly to him, “Shixiong, I’m sorry to disturb you.”

Li Jun heard someone speaking to him from the opposite side and raised his head in surprise. What entered his eyes is You XiaoMo’s grinning face. He couldn’t help frowning and saying brusquely, “What do you want?”

Unsure if it was his imagination, You XiaoMo felt that this disciple didn’t seem to be too happy to see him. But he is certain that this was the first time he had seen this disciple.

“Could you please let me have a look at the scroll by your side?”

“No!” Li Jun immediately refused. At the same time, he put down the book in his hands and picked up the scroll, as if he was afraid that he would snatch it.

You XiaoMo saw him pick up the scroll and then simply closed the book that he was just looking at. Then he unfurled the scroll and said smugly, “I’m looking at it now. I couldn’t lend it to you.”

You XiaoMo simply gifted him one word: Shameless! But he said it in his heart.

Seeing this act, this disciple clearly didn’t want to lend him the scroll. If he couldn’t fathom that, he should just go back to the forge to get recast. It was just that he didn’t quite understand, since he had not seemed to have offended this disciple before, right?

But not being able to borrow that scroll, he felt a little down inside. Looked like he can only come again tomorrow.

Just when he picked up the scroll on the desk and was about to leave, a delighted and surprised voice came from behind him. It was not very loud but it was heard very clearly inside the quiet library.

“You-shixiong?”

You XiaoMo felt that the voice was rather familiar. He turned around to find that the one calling him is the person he hasn’t seen again ever since the assessment, Jiang Liu. He was dressed in a dark blue robe that was only worn by Heaven Peak disciples. The same robe as Capital Peak, except that Capital Peak robes were cyan in color.

Seeing him turn around, Jiang Liu immediately ran up to him in delight. His pretty face was very eye-catching. Furthermore, as Heaven Peak’s most outstanding new disciple, most people there recognized him.

“Jiang-shidi. You’re also here to read books?” You XiaoMo was very happy to see him.

But just as he finished saying those words, he felt numerous looked of disdain falling on him. Presumably they were all thinking, coming to a library, what else is there to do besides reading books? But he didn’t feel that there was anything wrong with that.

Jiang Liu seemed to not realize anything, only sitting down at his side. His gaze skimmed over the few scrolls by his hand. He then said, “Yes, ah. The Paradise Realm will be opening in three months. So, Shifu let me come to the library to read up on demon beasts. Otherwise, if I couldn’t identify the demon beasts when I get to the Paradise Realm, that would be mortifying.”

You XiaoMo was happy for him so he showed him the scrolls in his hand, “These are on low level demon beasts. You can have them if you want.”

Unexpectedly, Jiang Liu refused. He looked sheepish as he said, “No need. I’ve already seen these. I’m looking for information on high level demon beasts.”

If You XiaoMo listened carefully, he could hear the slight arrogance in his tone. And the way he spoke, coming off as an amiable person, as if he could get along with anyone, but the reality was that there was an elitist self-important vibe.

You XiaoMo glanced at him in surprise. If he had already read them then why did he say that he wouldn’t be able to identify demon beasts, what was with those kind of words? But thinking it over, he presumed that Jiang Liu was referring to high level demon beasts, so he lets it slide.

You XiaoMo informed him with regret, “Jiang-shidi, you’re one step late. The materials on high level demon beasts have been taken by others.”

“They have!” Jiang Liu’s pretty brows frowned slightly. Suddenly he saw that Li Jun on the other side was looking at a scroll on high level demon beasts. His eyes lit up as he asked him, “Shixiong, can you let me see the scroll in your hand?”

Li Jun noticed his arrival long ago. Of course he knew that he was Heaven Peak’s Jiang Liu. Hearing his words, he revealed a rather obvious ingratiating smile while handing the scroll in his hands over to him, “Of course.”

You XiaoMo’s eyes immediately widened. He said to him in disbelief, “Shixiong, I just asked you to lend it to me and you said you wanted to read it yourself?”

Li Jun immediately looked displeased and glared at him coldly, saying unhappily, “The scroll is mine. I can lend it to whomever I want. Are you telling me that I have to get your approval?”

“This scroll…doesn’t it belong to the Tian Xin Sect? When did it become yours?” You XiaoMo muttered unhappily. He realized that this person was basically targeting him.

“What did you say? How can there be someone like you speaking to a Shixiong like that?” Li Jun was immediately ashamed to anger. He slapped the desk and a loud sound rang out, alarming the others. Displeased looked started to fall on them.

Jiang Liu immediately jumped up to be the peacemaker, smiling while saying, “You guys, don’t start fighting. This is the library. We’re not allowed to make noise or we’ll be chased out. How about we each take a step back?”

Saying that, he turned to You XiaoMo and said, “You-shixiong, quickly apologize to him.”

Without waiting for You XiaoMo to speak, Li Jun snorted coldly, “I wouldn’t dare to let You-shidi humble himself by apologizing.”

The two of them echoing each other rather clearly implied that You XiaoMo was in the wrong. Each take a step back? That last sentence was clearly putting the fault on You XiaoMo. Those that didn’t know what actually happened were immediately tricked by the two of them. Accusing stares started to fall on You XiaoMo.

You XiaoMo was angered by Li Jun’s words. He was clearly not in the wrong. Why did he have to apologize? Don’t think that he didn’t have a temper and was easily bullied. As the proverb said, desperate dogs will jump over walls.

“Why do I have to apologize to him? Clearly he is the one in the wrong.” No one knew that upon hearing these words, Jiang Liu’s mouth started to smile in satisfaction. It was just that everyone’s attention was focused on You XiaoMo, so no one noticed it.

Li Jun was furious yet laughed, it was a cold laugh. Then he shouted loudly, “Great, you who thought that everyone is beneath you, You XiaoMo. Today I will teach you a lesson in place of your shifu, you who are so disrespectful towards your seniors.” Saying that, he adopted a stance as if preparing to give You XiaoMo a harsh beating.

To everyone’s surprise, someone suddenly walked in from the entrance of the library. That person’s face is extremely stern, looking at the group of people making a racket. He berated them, “What is this? Don’t you know that you couldn’t yell and shout in the library?”