It seems he still had to find another way out; perhaps he could try alchemy himself?
If he could refine the pills he needed himself, the cost of taking pills in the future would be greatly reduced, and he could also sell pills to make money.
Thinking of this, Gu Feng felt it was feasible, so he turned around and walked toward the Library Pavilion.
There were only four ordinary family guards watching the entrance of the Library Pavilion, and their role was not to protect the pavilion, but to act as sentries and handle registration.
The true protection came from the Yellow Grade High Tier formation, the Golden Light Formation, which covered the entire Library Pavilion.
To enter the Library Pavilion, one had to obtain a specially crafted formation token, otherwise, they would be blocked outside by the power of the formation.
If someone wanted to force their way in, it would completely activate the formation, and at that point, anyone below the Ninth-Rank would surely die without exception.
"Rustle... rustle..."
Hearing the sound of approaching footsteps, the guards all looked in Gu Feng's direction.
One of the guards seemed to recognize Gu Feng and asked in surprise:
"Young Master Gu Feng, why have you suddenly come to the Library Pavilion today?"
Hearing this, Gu Feng looked over and felt that the guard who spoke was somewhat familiar, but for a moment he couldn't quite place him.
Seeing that Gu Feng didn't seem to remember him, the guard quickly reminded him:
"Third Young Master, this subordinate's name is Zhuo Li. I used to work under the Third Master, and back then you would often ask me some strange questions."
Hearing him say this, Gu Feng suddenly remembered that a few years ago, when he had just regained his memories, he indeed seemed to have pulled a guard aside and asked some questions.
At that time, Gu Feng had just recovered his memories and was extremely curious about many things in this new world.
Back then, Xiaolan was just a little maid who had never left the Gu Estate, and she didn't know much.
Therefore, Gu Feng frequently went to ask the guards in the courtyard. Besides, his persona was that of a fool who had just been cured.
No matter what strange questions he asked, no one would suspect anything.
Gu Feng remembered that he even asked Zhuo Li back then: Why don't you bully me or curse me?
Shouldn't a trashy, foolish young master like him naturally come with a taunt-inducing constitution?
He remembered that these questions had scared Zhuo Li so much at the time that his legs turned to jelly, and he hurriedly shouted that he wouldn't dare and begged the young master to spare his life.
Thinking of this, the corners of Gu Feng's mouth curled up slightly as he smiled:
"So it's you. How did you end up coming to guard the Library Pavilion?"
"A while ago, this subordinate rendered a small service to the family, and Steward Ye recently transferred me here to keep watch over the Library Pavilion."
Steward Ye was an old servant by Elder Gu's side. He had come to work for the Gu Family when it was first established and had worked diligently for so many years.
Now he was the chief steward of the Gu Family, managing dozens of large and small stewards within the family.
Guarding the Library Pavilion was an easy job with high monthly pay and very little danger; it truly was a fine assignment.
Gu Feng nodded slightly and said, "Not bad. Keep up the good work, I'm counting on you."
"Thank you for your affirmation, Third Young Master. I will definitely continue to work hard and pledge my loyalty to the family unto death."
Hearing Gu Feng say this, Zhuo Li's expression turned somewhat excited as he shouted loudly.
"I'm going into the Library Pavilion to look up some information. Can you help me register?"
"Yes, I will register you right away. You can go in now."
Zhuo Li said respectfully.
Seeing that Zhuo Li was not only familiar with the Third Young Master, but was now even favored by him, the surrounding guards couldn't help feeling a bit envious.
Although the Third Young Master held the lowest status among the third-generation descendants of the Gu Family, he was still a direct descendant of the main branch.
Even a tiny bit of scraps leaking through his fingers would be an immense benefit to guards like them.
Gu Feng nodded to acknowledge them and walked into the Library Pavilion.
As he reached the entrance of the Library Pavilion, a flash of golden light suddenly appeared on Gu Feng's body, and then he entered the first floor of the pavilion without any obstruction.
The golden light that had just flashed across Gu Feng's body was his formation token at work.
Without a formation token, one would be blocked outside by the formation and unable to enter.
Upon entering the first floor of the Library Pavilion, looking out, one could see densely packed rows of over a hundred bookshelves, each filled with all kinds of books.
Gu Feng did not linger here for even a moment, but walked straight to the stairs and headed toward the fourth floor.
Every time he reached the stairway of a new floor, a flash of golden light would sweep over Gu Feng's body.
That was the formation checking whether the formation token carried by Gu Feng was qualified to enter that floor.
The formation tokens were divided into five grades, corresponding to the five floors of the Library Pavilion.
Only those with the corresponding grade of token could enter the corresponding floor; the higher the floor, the better the cultivation methods contained within.
The token Gu Feng carried was of the highest grade and could even grant access to the fifth floor of the Library Pavilion.
Although the fifth floor had no cultivation techniques or martial arts skills whatsoever, it was Elder Gu's place of secluded cultivation.
Even Gu Feng's eldest uncle, Gu Qian, was not qualified to come and go freely, but Gu Feng could.
Upon arriving at the fourth floor of the Library Pavilion, Gu Feng found that there were only a few bookshelves in total on this floor, with books scattered sparsely upon them.
Books that could be placed on the fourth floor were at least Yellow Grade Low Tier cultivation methods and martial arts skills.
One had to know that Yellow Grade martial arts skills required at least a Seventh-Rank expert to be qualified to practice them.
For the Gu Family to possess dozens or even a hundred Yellow Grade cultivation methods and martial arts skills was an astonishing feat.
Moreover, the Yellow Grade cultivation methods and martial arts skills of the other three major families combined probably didn't even add up to thirty books.
In this aspect, the Gu Family completely crushed them.
Gu Feng walked around the Library Pavilion, turning a blind eye to these precious Yellow Grade cultivation methods and martial arts skills.
He was currently only at the Sixth Grade Realm and had no way to practice Yellow Grade martial arts skills.
This was because practicing Yellow Grade martial arts required first mastering True Qi, which was a power that only experts at or above the Grade 7 True Qi Realm could grasp.
As for cultivation methods, being a direct descendant of the Gu Family, he had naturally begun practicing the family's finest body-tempering method from childhood.
However, this body-tempering method only had six tiers, corresponding to the First through Sixth Grade Realms.
After advancing to the Seventh Grade, one could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth that matched their own attributes and transform it into attributed True Qi.
At that time, one would need to switch to a corresponding cultivation method based on their True Qi attribute.
Before the sixth tier, martial artists could only cultivate non-attributed Qi and Blood Power, and only after absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth upon reaching the seventh grade would attributed True Qi be born within their bodies.
Therefore, basically all martial artists would switch to cultivation methods corresponding to their True Qi attributes after advancing to the seventh grade.
There were not many books on the fourth floor. After searching for a short while, Gu Feng found the alchemy books he wanted on a bookshelf right in the middle.
In the massive fourth floor, there were only four books related to alchemy in total: "Foundations of the Pill Dao", "Flame Control Art", "Encyclopedia of Pill Formulas", and "Encyclopedia of Spiritual Herbs".
Yet Gu Feng was very satisfied. In the Star Scar Continent, the identity and status of an alchemist were extremely prominent, far surpassing ordinary martial artists. They possessed formidable appeal, and very few people dared to easily offend an alchemist.
This also resulted in alchemical inheritances being worth a king's ransom and extremely difficult to acquire.
The fact that the Gu Family possessed a complete alchemical inheritance already filled Gu Feng with great surprise.
Gu Feng took a brief look and found that the book "Foundations of the Pill Dao" merely introduced some common sense in the world of alchemy.
The "Encyclopedia of Spiritual Herbs" was a thick book recording various spiritual herbs needed for alchemy.
Meanwhile, the "Flame Control Art" turned out to be an alchemical technique.
As for the final "Encyclopedia of Pill Formulas", it filled Gu Feng with even greater surprise, as it unexpectedly recorded a massive number of pill formulas.
There were even quite a few Yellow Grade High Tier pill formulas among them—those were pill formulas required even by Ninth-Rank Experts.