Chapter 71 - Library

Chapter 71: 71 - Library

No matter how arrogant King was, he would never go so far as to forget his main purpose.

For the sake of his great showing-off career, today he had to learn how to fly on a sword. Even better, he wanted to learn how to fly without stepping on a sword.

Along the way, it seemed like no one even bothered to pay attention to them. Their fashion style wasn’t even that weird, and they definitely didn’t look like celebrities, so this was normal.

"Hey, why is no one even looking at me?"

"Have you gotten so narcissistic that you’ve gone crazy? This place is full of handsome men and beautiful women. As for their fashion sense, it’s clearly not on the same level as yours. Why would they look at an NPC like you?"

Calling him an NPC was a bit too much, but in an environment full of talented people like this, King wasn’t particularly outstanding.

If he were holding a rusty sword, he might stand out more because of how poor he looked.

"Tsk, you’re the NPC."

King clicked his tongue and turned his face away. He only looked annoyed, but he still followed Iris. After all, he didn’t know the way.

In this mess of buildings that made up the Cultivation Academy, wandering around randomly would definitely get him lost.

It didn’t take too long before the two of them arrived at a rather tall building. Judging at a glance, it must have had at least twenty floors.

"This place is the library? The whole building?"

Looking at the building in front of him, King’s eyelids twitched. Poverty really had limited his imagination. This thing and the library he had imagined in his head were completely different.

If Iris hadn’t brought him here and he hadn’t seen that the inside was filled with books, he would’ve thought this was some expensive shopping mall in the center of one of the richest cities.

"That’s right. Take your time and choose whatever you want. I can’t even count how many books are in there anymore."

Looking at King’s impoverished appearance, Iris found it quite amusing. It was especially funny because King could now be considered a billionaire with the black card Adrian had given him.

The black card King was holding was one of a kind, and moreover, it was the most powerful one. The problem wasn’t that it was a black card, but that its owner was Adrian.

Don’t even mention that Adrian’s assets are worth billions of dollars. Even if he didn’t have a single cent, the bank would still be willing to pay out any amount that wasn’t excessively huge without question.

"What’s so funny? I’m just a little surprised by how luxurious this place is. I’m busy now, so I don’t have time to talk to you anymore."

Now that they had arrived, King didn’t need to wait for Iris anymore. Seeing that there weren’t any guards or anything around, he directly walked inside and started looking for books.

He had already gone inside, but Iris was still standing outside. Only after she could no longer see him did she let out a soft laugh.

"Hehe, it’d be strange if you actually found the book you need. The building has twenty floors, but what you need is on the rooftop."

Iris didn’t come here to read books but to watch King despair in the mountain of books piled up everywhere.

There were also books about flying on the lower floors, but they only gave brief introductions. Even a genius would have to figure out most of it on their own after reading those books because they weren’t specific at all.

Only the books on the rooftop were actually useful and could provide significant help. After all, a rank III cultivator was still considered high-level right now, so important books couldn’t just be left anywhere.

King didn’t know what Iris was thinking, so he just wandered around. Piles of books as high as five meters, or even higher, stretched endlessly, making his eyes spin.

"Who the hell designed this library? Is this a maze?"

The more he looked, the more the corner of King’s mouth twitched. With this many books, when the hell was he supposed to find it?

"Hey, if you don’t know the way, you can ask the staff here. If you don’t have the ability to search, let someone who knows what they’re doing handle it."

Seeing King stupidly looking left and right, Iris kindly suggested an extremely practical solution.

"Hmph, do I need help? What makes you think I can’t find a single book?"

Knowing full well that Iris was provoking him, King still refused to ask for help. He really didn’t believe he lacked the ability to find something in a ’small’ building like this.

"Mm, very impressive. Then take your time and keep trying. Let me see how you find the book."

The more stubborn King was now, the funnier it would be when he asked for help.

Iris had just returned from the tower and was taking some time to rest and balance out the corruption, so she was just doing relaxing things like this.

Watching King struggle around for so long was getting a little boring. Iris took out a purification pill she had prepared beforehand and popped it into her mouth like candy.

This was an expensive item. Even for low-rank cultivators, it was still very expensive. Precisely because it was expensive, Iris casually eating it like a snack caught the attention of a few people, including King.

Everyone’s gaze was only slightly curious before they stopped looking at her and continued doing their own things. After all, rich people were everywhere at the Cultivation Academy.

If Iris really wanted to attract attention, she would have to carry around a whole big bag and eat them like snacks before she could truly attract everyone’s attention.

"Is that a purification pill?"

Seeing the candy-like, shiny pill that Iris put into her mouth, King put his search aside for now and looked at her curiously.

Ever since he transmigrated into the novel until now, he hadn’t even gotten to see a single pill.

"Yeah. Coating it with sugar makes it easier to eat than the original flavor."

Hearing Iris’s casual tone along with her comment about the flavor made King’s eyelids twitch. This was something that could save people’s lives, yet Iris made it look like an ordinary snack.

But it also made sense. Anyway, she was the peak of cultivators in this world. Others might lack pills, but she certainly didn’t.

"Does entering the tower have any serious adverse effects on you?"