Chapter 64: Mystic Loft

  Li Meng was so absorbed in thinking about who the mastermind behind the scenes was that he didn't even notice a middle-aged man approaching him until he walked up to his side. It wasn't until he saw clearly that the person was Cai Cuo that his eyes narrowed, and he felt extremely surprised inside.

  Cai Cai's face was all smiles, showing no hint of hostility towards Li Meng, his eyes shining brightly, making him appear exceptionally wise.

  "Tsai Guan Shi." Li Meng woke up from his astonishment and called out in a neither cold nor warm tone, after all, the other's identity was obvious, he had to show some respect, at least on the surface.

  "Hehe, I came to find you without any other meaning, just to chat for a bit." Cai Guai surprisingly changed his previous bad attitude towards Li Meng, appearing kind and close.

  Li Mengqiang chuckled twice, feeling inexplicably puzzled in his heart, and didn't know what the other person was getting at, so he quietly waited without hastily responding.

  Cai Cai glanced around unintentionally, and when he found no one was paying attention, he asked Li Mang in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "If I said Liu Junsheng wasn't killed by me, would you believe it?"

  Li Mang's eyes narrowed as he stared at the former in shock. It wasn't that he believed Cai Guo's words, but rather he hadn't expected his opponent to bring up this matter on their own initiative.

  Cai Cai seemed oblivious to Li Mang's shocked expression and continued to say, "At that time, I didn't even send him out, do you believe me?"

  Li Mang's face was expressionless and he made no comment.

  "Liu Jun-chun indeed died from that one shot of yours, the Huanghai inspection report is not something we can fake, but there's a set of suspicious data in the report that Yang Fan might not have told you, Liu Jun-chun died on the mountain five hours after the incident." Cai Guessed said with a tone that made people wonder.

  Li Mang slightly raised his eyebrows, but still didn't speak up, and the doubts in his heart suddenly deepened. Moreover, he understood that Cai Cai suddenly said these things to him, absolutely not joking around.

  "That is to say, Liu Junsheng did not receive any treatment within five hours after being shot, and he didn't even try to save himself. He died in the forest, and no one knows what happened during that time." Cai's voice was tinged with a hint of eeriness: "This doesn't make sense, it can be seen that there must be some evil spirit at work... For example, someone might have been chasing him continuously during this period, causing him to miss the treatment and die unjustly!"

  "He didn't lay a hand on him, but forced Liu Junchun to die without treatment. This way, he could kill someone without leaving any trace, and it was impossible for anyone to find out. Such ruthless means were not the style of the Yan Huang people." Cai Cai said this and stopped, letting Li Mang think for himself. It was a murder, but not done by the Yan Huang people, what did that mean?

  "Cai Guanshi should have said these things to the investigation team, not down here." Li Mang's expressionless response was calm and collected, making it difficult for people to guess what he was thinking.

  "Hehe..." Cai Cai just chuckled and said, "The game isn't played like that. Of course, I won't stop you from reporting this to Yang Fan, but if the rules of the game are disrupted, I think someone will have to kill people to silence them. Do you believe it?"

  Li Mang's eyebrows jumped a few times, but he didn't respond. For some reason, however, he didn't doubt what Cai Guessed had said.

  Cai Guessed didn't continue this topic and suddenly changed his tone to ask: "Two secretaries of the Ninth Group have successively had accidents, do you feel a sense of crisis?"

  "What did Cai Guan Shi mean by those words?" Li Mang asked with a gloomy face.

  "It doesn't matter, I just want to advise you that people with potential and those who are too clever often get remembered by others, and you have all of it. If someone wants you to be silent, either they will kill you or drive you crazy..." Cai left a thought-provoking sentence, patted Li's shoulder and left the cafeteria expressionlessly, but his words stirred up huge waves in Li's heart.

  "What did that scoundrel Li Meng say to you?" The little kid ran over and asked.

  "Nothing, let's go!" Li Meng naturally didn't dare to tell the little kid the truth. If Cai Guo wasn't bluffing him, this matter would spread out and really kill people.

  This morning Li Meng's spirit was somewhat dazed, Yang Fan saw him like this and couldn't help but tease: "What, can't enter the heavenly group and feel very disappointed?"

  "Can't you be disappointed?" Li Mang smiled and asked back, but in fact, he didn't put the matter of joining the Tian group to heart at all.

  "......You!" Li Meng's words directly made Yang Fan speechless, but after a moment of silence, his eyes still flickered with unusual emotions. He wasn't very familiar with Li Meng's personality, but when Li Meng had found out he couldn't join the third group earlier, he had seen that calm face, which showed that Li Meng wasn't extremely enthusiastic about joining the third group to begin with. Now, admitting it was clearly a disguise for what he really thought in his heart.

  But who doesn't want some privacy? So Yang Fan didn't ask too much either.

  At noon, there were two hours of rest time. Li Mang did not waste it and came to the library as scheduled in the past few days, but this time he was not going down to the first floor 'Huang Lou', but to the second floor 'Xuan Lou'.

  The one who greeted him was still the same silver-haired old man from last time, and upon seeing Li Meng arrive, he didn't show any surprise, opening his mouth to say: "Go down and take a look directly!"

  The information on the minus one floor is a secret to the secular world, but in the Yan Huang Academy it's just basic knowledge. Since he has already recognized Li Mang, there is no need for him to strictly check every time.

  "Elder brother, I'm going down to the Xuan Lou today." Li Mang whispered.

  "...Huh?" The silver-haired elder unexpectedly looked up at Li Mang, the Xuan Lou normally requires 50 years of cultivation to enter, but Li Mang is still far from it. However, there are always exceptions, those who have made great contributions to the Yan Huang may have a chance to enter a higher level.

  "What about the Black Token?" The old man asked seriously.

  Li Mang handed over a token that had been prepared in his hand. The token was not large, but it was made of pure gold, with only one word "Xuan" except for the complex stripes.

  "Ah... follow me!" The old man confirmed without error and took Li Meng to the back, after a series of tedious verifications, they finally took the elevator down, stopping only tens of meters underground. The enormity of the Yellow Emperor's underground base was truly astonishing.

  The Xuan Lou is a grand hall with a classic and elegant atmosphere, very spacious, with caves and tunnels throughout. Each room belongs to a specific category, the bookshelves are laid out loosely, and there are fewer books compared to the Huang Lou. There are also tables and chairs on the side for people to sit and read. The books in Xuan Lou cannot be borrowed, they can only be read here.

  "Look for it yourself, don't mess around too much." The old man left a sentence and turned to walk away. All the books here are internal prints of Yanhuang, all have backups, and they're not afraid of being destroyed. Of course, if anyone dares to maliciously destroy them, wait for death!

  "Divine Martial Arts, Unique Abilities, Cultivation, Miscellaneous Cultivation, and Ancient Tomes - a total of five major categories." Li Mang quickly browsed through the composition of the Xuan Lou's books, what he saw made him secretly shocked.

  Inside the mysterious building, there were a large number of ancient books, various cultivation methods, and predecessors' cultivation experiences. Everything related to cultivation was available, which made Li Mang's eyes wide with wonder, and he wished he could read all the books in the mysterious building. However, he also understood that being impatient would not allow him to digest everything quickly, and his brain could only hold so much information at a time, so he had to take it slow.

  Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Li Mang slowly walked into the room where ancient books were stored. There, he saw many famous historical works that he had often heard of.

  "Journey to the West", "Huangdi Neijing", "Shennong Bencaojing", "I Ching", "Tao Te Ching"... and so on, among which he also saw the shadow of "Shan Hai Jing".

  These books are not just one book, but a whole set, with "Shan Hai Jing" having dozens of volumes, each as thick as a palm. Not only "Shan Hai Jing", other ancient books such as "Soushen Ji" and "Huangdi Neijing" also have dozens of volumes.

  "...... How is this possible!" Li Mang felt incredulous, had the version that was circulating in the world been thoroughly deleted and modified?