Three days passed.
Chen Xuan had by now gained a general understanding of how the academy library operated. The first floor housed books suitable for students at the Origin Shaping Realm. The second floor was reserved for rare ancient texts, covering a vast array of topics from the geography and astronomy of the Heaven Martial World to its history and humanities. Under normal circumstances, only academy teachers were permitted on the third floor, where remnants of techniques and secret manuals of the Creation Realm were kept, along with soul-based techniques related to spiritual will.
Beyond this, there was a restricted section on the third floor that was not visible to the naked eye. Only the curator, Elder Xu, and the headmaster, Zu Zhitang, were qualified to enter. To Chen Xuan's surprise, Elder Xu had actually left him a key to this restricted area. This wasn't something reserved solely for him; all twenty-five previous librarians had been given this key. When Chen Xuan found it in Elder Xu's room, he immediately suppressed the urge to go up and investigate. He had good reason to suspect it was a trap. It was said that seven of his predecessors had died within that restricted area, their causes of death remaining a mystery. The fact that all twenty-five librarians of the academy library had perished in the line of duty remained one of the Seven Unsolved Mysteries of the Imperial City Academy.
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