I Am Overlord c1-962

by Translator: Pokka; Author: 我本纯洁 (I Am Pure); Licensed From: Migu

  Han Chenfei was bored, and she asked, "I thought you were going to pick some battle techniques. Why are you reading these boring books on the first floor?"

  "When did I say that I'm here to pick battle techniques? Stop bothering me," said Xiang Shaoyun before he resumed reading.

  In the past, he had a photographic memory. And now, he was capable of reading 10 lines of words with a single glance. His reading speed had increased by at least 10 times.

  Chapter 886: Something Is Odd About These Ruined Pages

  Xiang Shaoyun did not want to waste the free month he had at the Book Pavilion. He started hungrily going through the ancient records, including the books that nobody seemed interested in. It seemed like he wanted to read everything there.

  Han Chenfei, who had arrived with him, was incomparably gloomy. Each time she wanted to talk with him, she stopped when she saw his serious reading expression. Eventually, she headed toward the second floor. At the very least, reading some books related to battle techniques would be a good use of her time.

  Half a month later, she found that Xiang Shaoyun was still on the first floor. She started wondering inwardly, All the books on the first floor are useless, yet he seems to enjoy reading them. What is he thinking?

  As her free time was up, she had no choice but to interrupt Xiang Shaoyun's reading and said, "Shaoyun, I'm leaving first."

  Xiang Shaoyun replied, "Um. Go, then."

  He didn't even spare her a glance, causing her to stomp her foot in anger and curse, "An unromantic bastard!"

  She turned to leave, but after a slight hesitation, she rushed to his side and planted a peck on his face before quickly leaving.

  Her action caused Xiang Shaoyun to blank out. He smiled helplessly before shaking his head and shutting the book he was reading. For now, he was no longer in the mood to continue.

  He stretched out lazily and muttered, "After reading through so many ancient texts, I have learned about many races and bizarre existences. I have also learned of the high-grade materials required to form a powerful soul foundation. This is the benefit of reading more."

  The others thought that the books on the first floor were garbage, but for him, the books there were more useful than many battle techniques. After all, he was able to enrich his experience and widen his horizons just by reading on the first floor.

  Instead of staying, he headed to the second floor. He still had half a month left, so it was now time to memorize more battle techniques in case he needed them. There were fewer books on the second floor, but they were mostly battle techniques and cultivation methods. There were also some secret techniques. They were all quality books.

  After taking a walk around, Xiang Shaoyun picked a corner and started going through the battle techniques. He did not need long to quickly memorize a large number of battle techniques with his reading speed. Instead of trying to learn them now, he was only memorizing them. He would only train them when required. There was no helping it as he had the innate talent of photographic memory, and it gave him a huge advantage.

  About five days later, Xiang Shaoyun had gone through no fewer than 100 battle techniques. This would shock anyone who found out about it. With that kind of speed, it was as though his brain was dedicated to nothing but storing knowledge.

  Each academy disciple was a genius, but not a single one could read 10 lines with a single glance and possessed photographic memory at the same time. One could say that Xiang Shaoyun was a freak in this aspect.

  Of course, if they knew he had the Light of Wisdom, they wouldn't be as surprised. The elder in charge had been focusing on Xiang Shaoyun all alone, and he lamented inwardly, This is truly a little freak.

  If others saw how Xiang Shaoyun acted when reading, they would think that he was pretending. But the elder in charge was confident Xiang Shaoyun was really reading and was even memorizing everything he read.

  After all, this elder had been in the academy for many years and had personally witnessed generations of geniuses. There were others who had done something similar before, but Xiang Shaoyun was still better than them all.

  One day, Xiang Shaoyun found several ruined pages in an unremarkable corner of the floor. They contained some ancient text, and the ancient book did not even have a cover. The writings within were so ancient even Xiang Shaoyun couldn't understand them.

  The text piqued his curiosity, and he sensed an ancient aura from the ruined pages, as though they were from a bygone age. After taking a quick look over the pages, he found that the old characters were rather messy, as though they were mismatched. No matter how he looked at them, it did not look like a battle technique or a secret technique.

  "There is something odd about these ruined pages," muttered Xiang Shaoyun as he gently unfurled the pages. He discovered that the pages were extremely durable, and he was even more certain that there was something special about them.

  After thinking about it for a bit, he sent some energy into the pages. Sure enough, the characters on the pages started shining.

  The ancient characters started throbbing, and an ancient aura surged out. The characters started swimming atop Xiang Shaoyun's palm, as though they had been granted life. The entire scene looked incredibly peculiar and sacred.

  But that only lasted a short while before the ancient characters started vanishing. Even the pages were disintegrating. The shock pulled Xiang Shaoyun out of his reverie, and he quickly wrapped his consciousness around the ancient characters. The characters seemed to have sensed his attempt as they all poured right into his mind. The moment the characters entered his mind, he felt as if his head was going to burst apart.

  "AHHH!"

  Like raging lightning and flame, the ancient characters started wreaking havoc in his mind with an extremely dreadful might. Even with his filthless soul, he was barely hanging onto his life. Without the Nether Dragon Soul Headband's protection, he would already be dead.

  The elder in charge instantly appeared before him and held him up before asking, "What's the matter?"

  He had thought Xiang Shaoyun had triggered some unique power, but almost immediately after, Xiang Shaoyun's wail rang out. He rushed over immediately, completely confused as to what was happening with Xiang Shaoyun.

  Xiang Shaoyun stabilized his footing and said, "I'm fine. I just need to meditate in silence for a bit."

  He then sat down cross-legged, completely ignoring the elder and focused only on the threat the ancient characters were posing him. The power of the characters wasn't targeting him intentionally. Rather, the characters were too powerful and Xiang Shaoyun was too weak to accept them. But with the help of his Nether Dragon Soul Headband, he was able to somewhat keep things under control.

  He felt like the world within his mind had transformed into a land of lightning and flame that constantly clashed with each other in a certain tempo. It was as though they were showcasing the laws of a certain power, but it also seemed like they were trying to showcase a unique battle technique. The power demonstrated was simply nothing short of a calamity, seemingly capable of annihilating even stars.

  After a while, the power gradually faded away. An ancient declaration echoed in his mind, "Lightning Calamity Fiery Star, destroyer of heavens. As the falling star transforms into flame, no demon or devil stands a chance against its divine might."

  Chapter 887: Lightning Calamity Fiery Star

  Xiang Shaoyun seemed to have witnessed the destruction of a star with his very own eyes. The lightning calamity and the star fire were filled with destructiveness. Nobody could hope to stop such a terrifying power, a power known as the Lightning Calamity Fiery Star.

  Xiang Shaoyun had not imagined that a few ruined pages would contain such a terrifying and exceptional battle technique. It almost seemed like it was actually a god-grade technique. Was it truly a technique surpassing the saint grade?

  To destroy an entire star with a single blast of energy, what could this be if not a god-grade technique? He recalled the sensation of w
itnessing that scene over and over again. He had seen a terrifying power created through the fusion of lightning and flame. Similar to his Wind and Lightning technique, it was a technique utilizing two different energies.

  These pages had remained on the second floor undetected because they were waiting for a cultivator that cultivated both lightning and fire. Xiang Shaoyun, as someone who cultivated nine powers, naturally met the requirement. Hence, he had chanced upon a truly massive gain.

  Of course, he had yet to realize just how much he had gained. He was too busy contemplating the powers of lightning and flame, trying to figure out the way of fusing the two. He believed that if he could somehow grasp the technique, it would serve him as well as the Cosmos Dao Destroying Fist.

  He visualized the scene about 10,000 times, gradually etching its sensation into his heart before he finally opened his eyes again. At that moment, one of his eyes had crackling lightning within it while the other had a raging flame. It was as though his pupils had turned into pupils of flame and lightning, looking incredibly oppressive.

  The elder standing guard by his side exclaimed in astonishment, "This kid has actually cultivated an eye technique?"

  After Xiang Shaoyun withdrew all his aura into his body, he stood up and bowed to the elder, saying, "Thank you, elder, for guarding this kid. I can't be grateful enough."

  "Kid, what happened to you? Where are the ruined pages that were previously here?" asked the elder.

  He had been guarding this place for over 1,000 years. He knew every single book in the collection, and he knew very well that there were several ruined pages on the shelf in front of Xiang Shaoyun. Now that the pages were missing, he suspected that Xiang Shaoyun had discovered the secret behind them.

  Xiang Shaoyun knew how precious what he had just gotten was, and if he spoke the truth, his life might be in danger. Thus, he used a sullen tone and said, "Elder, you need to uphold justice for me! I have no idea what those shabby papers are. The moment I picked them up, a terrifying power invaded my mind. If it wasn't for my trump card, my soul would have been destroyed."

  The elder raised his brow and asked, "Are you speaking the truth?"

  "Every single word is true! Did someone set up a trap here to harm me? Even now, my head is in great pain. Without some soul recovery herbs or spring water, I'm afraid I will be left with a long-lasting injury. Elder, you need to uphold justice!" Xiang Shaoyun said pitifully, akin to a harmless little girl that had just been violated.

  The elder frowned and said, "Kid, let me take a look for you."

  The elder's palm landed on Xiang Shaoyun's head before he could even react.

  Shit! Xiang Shaoyun cursed inwardly.

  He had thought that he could use deception to deal with this elder and scam some valuable herbs while he was at it. Not only had he failed, the elder even started checking his body. He was filled with regret and could only pray inwardly that the elder wouldn't find anything.

  The elder did not dare to directly search Xiang Shaoyun's soul. He was afraid that doing so would really cripple Xiang Shaoyun, which would make things very troublesome. Thus, he was relying on his senses to figure out the current condition within Xiang Shaoyun's mind. Soon, he freed Xiang Shaoyun.

  "Kid, your soul is somewhat weakened right now, but its original form is extraordinarily powerful. Also, there seems to be an entire world inside your mind. Is that caused by the missing pages?" said the elder doubtfully.

  "I wish I knew," said Xiang Shaoyun with the same pitiful tone.

  The elder sank into a short silence as he contemplated. His face turned solemn, and he asked, "Kid, are you willing to be my disciple?"

  His question caught Xiang Shaoyun by surprise. He was dazed momentarily, clearly not expecting the elder to suddenly decide on taking him as a disciple. Just as the elder was asking that question, some other people arrived outside. When they heard the conversation, they were stunned.

  The Book Pavilion elder might seem unassuming, but elders like him were usually the ones with the most senior qualifications in the academy, and they had been elders over several generations. They were super experts comparable to the grand elders in status. He wouldn't have been trusted to guard the Book Pavilion otherwise.

  "Who is it that the Book Pavilion elder is recruiting? What a lucky person," lamented an overseer.

  "We will know soon. Perhaps that person is one of the outstanding geniuses on the Dragon Phoenix List," replied a different person.

  The elder pressed on, "Why? Are you unwilling?"

  Xiang Shaoyun quickly waved his hands and said, "Of course not! But this kid already has a master, so it wouldn't be proper to take another master. My apologies, elder."

  "You already have a master? Why am I not aware? Are you lying?" asked the elder doubtfully.

  "Why would I lie? The principal and the grand elders know this as well!" Xiang Shaoyun answered truthfully.

  "Sigh. If that is the case, forget it," said the elder gloomily.

  He then vanished into thin air.

  Xiang Shaoyun started shouting, "Elder, you still haven't upheld justice for me! My soul was injured, and I need some compensation!"

  "Kid, just be content that you have benefited from a supposed disaster, and be happy that I didn't even punish you for damaging an ancient record," the elder's voice rang out.

  Xiang Shaoyun felt like he had been slapped on his face. He felt greatly wronged, and he howled with grief inwardly, Are the heavens fair? Why do I need to suffer when I am just reading?

  If others knew what he was thinking, they would probably demand him for a duel to the death. He had obtained such a massive benefit and was still discontent. What an ungrateful fellow!

  When the overseer outside saw that Xiang Shaoyun was the one who had caught the elder's eyes, he lamented inwardly, This kid really doesn't know what's good for him. He actually rejected the pavilion elder's good intentions? This elder is much more impressive than the regular previous generation elders.

  Soon, news of Xiang Shaoyun's rejection spread from the overseer, and it created waves in the academy.

  "Have you heard, the pavilion elder tried to recruit Xiang Shaoyun as his disciple but was rejected!"

  "That can't be true, right? Is Xiang Shaoyun stupid? Why did he reject something like that? That is an elder! If he accepted, he would be able to do as he wishes in the academy!"

  "What do you know? Xiang Shaoyun claimed to already have a master. But nobody knows who his master is. Can he be lying to the elder?"

  "Maybe his master is Elder Xiao Wei? I heard that Elder Xiao Wei had visited 1 Dragon Villa before."

  "From what I heard, Xiang Shaoyun's master is an incredible person, someone at a level no lower than the grand elders!"

  Chapter 888: Arresting You for Elder Shadowflash

  In a certain elder's villa, Gui Mochou was standing respectfully before two elders. By his side was Feng Xiaosha, who had entered the top 30 of the Dragon Phoenix List.

  One of the elders was Feng Huosuo, Feng Xiaosha's uncle, while the other was Feng Huosuo's senior brother, someone known as Shadowflash. Since the two had the same master, they had an extremely good relationship.

  "Junior brother, do you think Xiang Shaoyun's master is Xiao Wei?" Shadowflash asked.

  Feng Huosuo answered, "Very likely."

  "Hmph. If that is the case, then he really doesn't know what's good for him by rejecting the pavilion elder," said Shadowflash coldly. He then laughed and said, "But that is good. If he is only backed by Xiao Wei, things will be much simpler for us."

  "Have you came up with a good way to get rid of that kid, senior brother?" Feng Huosuo asked.

  "According to Mochou's description, Xiang Shaoyun had forced him to withdraw using the Nether Soul Domain. He has devil blood in him. That alone is enough to expel him from the academy," said Shadowflash with a sinister look on his face.

  "Will that really work?" Feng Huosuo was doubtful.

  "Hehe, those not of our
race can never be trusted," said Shadowflash with a sneer. He then commanded Gui Mochou and Feng Xiaosha, "You two start spreading this information around. Soon, we will arrest him and question him about this."

  "Yes, master (martial uncle)," answered Gui Mochou and Feng Xiaosha at the same time.

  Gui Mochou asked, "Master, what should we do about the quota for the competition of the four academies?"

  "You don't have to worry about that. I'll just get a disciple to hand over his spot to you. In any case, you have the strength worthy of a spot," said Shadowflash calmly.

  Feng Xiaosha said, "Martial uncle, let me deal with senior brother's matter. A brother of mine is in the top 100. I can get him to voluntarily hand over his spot."

  "Haha, that would be for the best. We won't mistreat him for his contribution," said Shadowflash as he roared with laughter.

  ...

  Soon, news of Xiang Shaoyun having devil blood spread throughout the academy. Some claimed that people were intentionally sullying him because he rejected the pavilion elder's offer. Some claimed that they had witnessed Xiang Shaoyun using the abilities of the devils before, so they were sure he was a devil, not a human. Some mentioned the event where Xiang Shaoyun was subjected to the purification punishment at the City of Light and his devil blood had already been cleansed…

  In short, all sorts of rumors started flying around, making Xiang Shaoyun the center of attention. Gui Mochou personally stood out as the witness, claiming that he had seen Xiang Shaoyun use the Nether Soul Domain when they had clashed in the battleground. He swore he was speaking the truth, and he hoped that the academy would take a closer look into this matter.

  His words made even more people curious about whether Xiang Shaoyun truly had devil blood in him. Even the Overlord Legion members were wavering upon hearing the many rumors. If it wasn't for Ouyang Chuanqi personally stepping up to control the situation, some of them would be demanding an answer from Xiang Shaoyun by now.