"So many books, this is wonderful."
Shirley Yang seemed quite happy at the moment.
For someone who understood neither elixirs nor cultivation, these books were a godsend.
They might be insignificant to someone with a profound foundation in martial arts.
But for Shirley Yang, who didn't even know simple herbs, they were an absolute opportunity.
If you directly showed a middle school student university-level knowledge, they certainly wouldn't understand.
But if you gave a middle school student elementary school problems, they could surely answer them.
After Hu Bayi read twenty to thirty books, he walked towards Zhang Tian.
"The books here are too simple, and they're all about basic medicinal recognition. Why don't we look further inside?"
Hu Bayi suggested.
These books were indeed too elementary for Hu Bayi and Zhang Tian.
Zhang Tian glanced aside; Zhang Qilin had vanished again at some point.
This guy, why was he so elusive?
Zhang Tian nodded.
"Yes, let's go look inside. Miss Yang can study here; these things are quite good for her."
Zhang Tian agreed.
Hu Bayi also nodded; he had no objections to this proposal.
After bidding farewell to Shirley Yang, the two headed deeper into the bookshelves.
After passing dozens of shelves, Zhang Tian casually picked up a book.
"Wu Daozi's Experience in Refining Elixirs."
"Wang Jue's Experience in Refining Elixirs."
Book after book appeared.
These were likely the experiences and techniques recorded by sect disciples after they refined their cultivation methods, placed here for other disciples to learn.
Zhang Tian looked at the cultivation experience records before him and couldn't help but sigh.
Was this what a sect was like?
It was somewhat different from Zhang Tian's imagination of a sect.
In Zhang Tian's mind, sects were places of deception, fraud, and the survival of the fittest.
But here, it seemed to be about mutual aid and looked extremely harmonious.
Still, it made sense.
A sect was formed by a group of people coming together to become stronger, to the point where others wouldn't dare to provoke or harm them.
This was, in a way, like a family.
Of course, some sects operated purely on strength, with the strongest dictating. But such sects wouldn't last long.
Moreover, if you possessed such immense strength, why bother managing a sect? Taking over a kingdom would be far more fulfilling.
"These experiences are very precious."
Zhang Tian said softly, looking at the records.
They could save a person a lot of detours.
Especially for someone like Zhang Tian, who came from humble beginnings and had no guidance in cultivation, they were very useful.
Hu Bayi nodded, feeling the same.
If Hu Bayi and Zhang Tian had received guidance from a master back then, their current cultivation would certainly be much higher.
"If we had these back then, they would have been a great help to us."
Hu Bayi said.
There was some emotion in his eyes.
"It's not too late to learn now. We haven't cultivated alchemy before, and if we had to comprehend it slowly, it would definitely be very slow. But with these experiences, we can learn without much effort."
Zhang Tian said softly.
He was now also considering the idea of refining elixirs.
The reason he didn't want to refine elixirs before was mainly due to trying to do too much at once.
There simply wasn't enough time.
If Zhang Tian were to cultivate while also studying Taoist arts and formations, there would definitely not be enough time.
But with these experiences, it was different. These were like textbooks, with pre-compiled knowledge points that only needed to be remembered.
Zhang Tian wouldn't need to comprehend them.
Hu Bayi nodded.
"Then, should we take these with us?"
Hu Bayi asked.
"Yes, not a single book here will be left behind. We'll take them all."
Zhang Tian said without hesitation.
The books here could enable a person to quickly grasp the basics of the Dao of Alchemy.
It was an excellent opportunity.
There was no reason for Zhang Tian not to take them.
Moreover, by taking them, they might be able to cultivate alchemists in the future, thus injecting new blood into the Nine Gates.
Hu Bayi nodded, and the two soon immersed themselves in the ocean of knowledge.
At the scene, at this moment.
Countless people looked at the books before them, their eyes almost popping out.
Some even drooled.
Scholars and experts alike swallowed hard.
If these were preserved, what an immense treasure it would be.
Regardless of how, this treasure absolutely needed to be firmly grasped by Xia Guo.
At this moment, the audience at the scene.
【Holy cow, so many cultivation methods, this is truly essential for going from zero to a big shot.】
【I can imagine, if I had these things, even as a nobody, I'd have achievements in decades.】
【This must be the most complete collection of alchemy methods.】
【No wonder the Medicine King Valley could endure for a thousand years and still leave its mark in history; this alone is enough.】
【The ancients yearned for immortality, and modern people are no different. These books, following Zhang Tian's style, will definitely be preserved. I wonder if we'll get to see them.】
The scene was filled with the clamor of countless people.
Some even cast greedy glances at Zhang Tian.
Human desire is insatiable.
No matter who you are, you will have desires.
Now that Zhang Tian had revealed something unprecedented, he would surely become a target.
Unless Zhang Tian was already powerful enough to disregard modern rules.
At this moment, in the upper echelons of Xia Guo.
"You see, these books are extremely important to our Xia Guo. If we can obtain them, we can certainly open up a whole new field."
"Then how many medical masters will emerge from Xia Guo? Our Xia Guo will enter a new era."
A middle-aged man said to another middle-aged man.
The man sitting in the head seat, wearing a black Zhongshan suit, had a lion-like nose and a slightly stern expression.
"These books, we must obtain them at all costs. This concerns the future development of Xia Guo, our dream of national rejuvenation."
He said slowly.
"But, Mr. Liu Xing, how do we go about it? This young man's displayed strength is less than half of his full power, and even with that, we are no match for him."
The middle-aged man asked.
Liu Xing frowned slightly.
Indeed, Zhang Tian's strength was the key.
His power was too immense; even now, they were not confident they could suppress him. Zhang Tian could seemingly summon wind and rain, was impervious to blades and spears.
He could probably block missiles, and that was from hundreds of years ago.
If it were now, what would that situation be like?
"By the way, do you remember Zhang Corporation?"
Suddenly, a man sitting on the other side spoke.
"Yes, that's a joint venture between Xia Guo and foreign capital, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world."
Liu Xing nodded.
"Exactly. I've investigated recently and found that Zhang Corporation is very different. Although its legal representative is someone else, and the person who often appears as president is also someone else, I feel that the ultimate mastermind behind it is this Zhang Tian."
The middle-aged man said.
Everyone gasped.
That was a top pharmaceutical company controlling Xia Guo and even the world, and its mastermind was somehow connected to Zhang Tian.
Setting aside his strength, solely based on his political and corporate capital, it would be difficult for them to move against Zhang Tian.
Not to mention that Zhang Tian also had enterprises like Nine Gates Construction, Nine Gates Real Estate, and Nine Gates Technology.
Although these enterprises cooperated with Xia Guo, carried the label of state-owned enterprises, and Xia Guo could even control them at any time, they didn't know the core technology.
For a moment, the entire meeting room fell into deathly silence.