Apocalypse Gachapon

The cooperation between the two parties was thus established.

Ye Zhongming needed to do two things for the Library Palace: find the High-Level Vow Release Scroll and manufacture the ‘Freedom’ antidote.

As for what the Library Palace could do for Ye Zhongming… that was far too much.

Just what Ye Zhongming could think of in his spare time while reading, and what he agreed upon with the old Dean, was already a great deal.

First, he obtained S-level permission. This naturally could not be made public, but the librarians had been in the Library Palace for so many years; achieving this was still possible.

The benefit of this was that Ye Zhongming could read and learn all the books in the Library Palace without restrictions. Perhaps the core skills of those super races and other major races had been taken away long ago, and Ye Zhongming couldn’t view them, but the remaining books were enough to satisfy the Cloud Peak King’s thirst for knowledge.

Furthermore, the librarians had a long history of service. Perhaps when their predecessors were alive, they read some books that weren’t banned; however, later, the books were banned, yet the knowledge was passed down orally through generations. Additionally, some were never banned but were gradually removed after the Library Palace’s status declined. Similarly, some people learned them and passed them down.

The old Dean even specially made a list for Ye Zhongming, which contained only books of this category. Ye Zhongming looked at it and was completely shocked; it essentially contained secret techniques of powerful races, as well as some things that had already been lost.

This was an intangible, yet immensely huge, wealth.

Secondly, because they needed to train alchemists to concoct the ‘Freedom’ antidote for the librarians, Ye Zhongming required some books on alchemy training. The librarians quickly found all the relevant books. Later, when Ye Zhongming said he could try to cultivate a complete alchemy system, the librarians had no objection. They directly asked Ye Zhongming for his preferred storage method and then stored all the books related to alchemy and materials into it.

Seeing the benefit, Ye Zhongming simply requested to take away numerous cultivation method secrets, manufacturing-related books, and gene-related books. The old Dean waved his hand grandly: No problem.

The librarians’ attitude was very clear: Ye Zhongming could take as many copies of the books as he wanted.

They didn’t feel the slightest heartache using these things as favors. Even though these books were what they usually cherished, compared to freedom, they were nothing.

Moreover, a few librarians came to Ye Zhongming and silently wrote out several books for him. Ye Zhongming looked and found they were actually about the Taros Red Dwarves’ manufacturing techniques.

“These books were all placed here by the Taros Red Dwarves many years ago. They were later taken back. These are the only books we have about their manufacturing methods. The content in these books is very old. Manufacturing technology differs from cultivation methods and secret techniques; it is better the newer it is. So these books are for your reference only.”

The librarian who had received the inheritance from previous generations said this to Ye Zhongming.

Ye Zhongming indicated he understood and also thanked them.

Actually, Ye Zhongming felt that having these books was also very good. At least he could understand the manufacturing principles of the Taros Red Dwarves. That way, the mystery surrounding those dwarves’ equipment would disappear in his eyes. Although he couldn’t immediately master or even catch up to their technology, at the very least, Ye Zhongming would find a path to surpass them.

Additionally, both parties agreed that this place would serve as a training ground for Ye Zhongming’s powerful subordinates. He would send some trusted confidants here for advanced study, and the librarians would teach them according to the specific situation.

In short, this place would become Ye Zhongming’s training base and school in the future, providing him with more excellent and powerful subordinates.

Of course, the old Dean and the experts here would personally guide Ye Zhongming’s cultivation.

Finally, the thing that brought the most immediate and direct benefit to Ye Zhongming at present was that the Library Palace gave him money.

They gave Ye Zhongming… ten million units of Moonspan Gold.

At that moment, Ye Zhongming was stunned by the number he had just heard.

He almost died and was only able to obtain ten thousand units of Moonspan Gold.

A piece of Red Condensation level equipment manufactured by the Taros Red Dwarves, even the best one, cost only fifty thousand Moonspan Gold.

A medicine from the Changxu Water Race, a precious eight-cycle one, was worth at most less than one hundred thousand Moonspan Gold.

According to Ye Zhongming’s knowledge, in an auction back then, a piece of Raini level equipment was auctioned for only several hundred thousand Moonspan Gold.

Could ten million Moonspan Gold buy a piece of Lie God level equipment? Ye Zhongming didn’t know, but even if it wasn’t enough, he thought the difference wouldn’t be too great.

The Library Palace’s first move was a shocking ten million!

It truly overwhelmed Ye Zhongming all at once.

Although the Cloud Peak King knew that most of this money would be used to purchase various materials for concoction, there was no rule on how he must spend it or that he needed to provide a list. Instead, the old Dean very generously said that if it wasn’t enough, he could send someone to inform them.

The only requirement was probably that Ye Zhongming come to the Library Palace once every cosmic year to personally tell the librarians the progress of concocting the Freedom antidote, letting them see hope.

Ye Zhongming naturally agreed to this.

By the time Ye Zhongming left the Library Palace, he was a completely different person compared to before he entered.

………………

Jie Su picked up Ye Zhongming and said with a smile, “I thought you were going to stay inside for a few more days.”

Ye Zhongming said apologetically, “I got too addicted to reading, and made you wait so long. I even went the wrong way first.”

When Ye Zhongming came out of the Library Palace, he didn’t first go to the place agreed upon with Jie Su and the several guards; instead, he first teleported to another location. There, he received a spatial equipment containing the various books he needed and a full ten million Moonspan Gold.

“It’s fine. Come on, I’ll treat you to some food. Although you are a little rich man, reading in the Library Palace isn’t cheap, especially with A-level reading permission; it’s frighteningly expensive. You must have spent a lot these five days, right?”

Jie Su didn’t know yet that the person standing before him was a multi-millionaire of the highest purity.

Because Starshine City was a neutral city, the residents had more leisure time to study things other than combat, which led to titles such as Art Capital, Music Capital, Cultivation Capital, and, of course, Gourmet Capital.

Jie Su found an elegant restaurant with familiarity. After entering, he and Ye Zhongming sat at a table alone, while his people and the Star-Eye Clan guards sat at another table.

“Try this, it’s the signature dish here. It’s hard to forget after eating it once. It’s just a bit expensive; it hurts even me to eat a meal like this.”

Ye Zhongming had looked at the menu earlier and found that the food in front of them, barely enough for two people, cost nearly a thousand Moonspan Gold. This was truly too extravagant.

After the food was served, Ye Zhongming tasted it. It was indeed delicious, making one feel the world was beautiful.

While eating, Ye Zhongming looked at Jie Su, making the latter ask with a wry smile what was wrong.

The Cloud Peak King put down his utensils and said softly, “If there was an opportunity to come here to eat whenever you wanted in the future, would you let it pass?”