Chapter 707 Book and Painting Realm! Golden House in the Book (Part 4)

He was just about to unfold it.

"Huh?"

Chu Ming keenly caught sight of a golden glimmer vaguely emanating from the center of the rippling surface of Book collection Lake.

With a thought, his Heart Spirit sank into Book collection Lake.

In an instant.

A thousand beams of golden light, a small house made of golden pages, floated above Book collection Lake, looking as small as his former residence on West Street in Liuu Town.

However, when his Heart Spirit flew inside the Golden House, the scene changed abruptly.

Though the Golden House’s exterior seemed like a small house, internally it expanded into another world, roughly estimating near fifty zhang in size!

Looking up, the internal space above the Golden House was not composed of golden paper walls but rather rows and strings of golden characters that exuded a profound and ineffable meaning.

"This feeling..."

The Golden House in the Book was not just for show. The moment Chu Ming entered the Golden House, he felt a familiar sensation, as if it were a Storage Space Treasure, pulling things into the Golden House.

"The Golden House in the Book... claiming itself to be a universe..."

He exited with joy from his Heart Spirit, activated the [Book and Painting Realm], disguising himself as if he were reading, while secretly communicating with the three spirit treasures in the Storage Space.

In the next instant, without any flash of light, the three spirit treasures vanished into thin air.

Simultaneously, within the Book collection Lake of the Sea of Consciousness, inside the Golden House in the Book, the three spirit treasures floated silently!

Chu Ming’s eyes sparkled. He locked onto the two Seven-Star Divine Swords that reached the rank of Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Whoosh—

With just a thought, the two Innate Spiritual Treasures disappeared and reappeared in the Golden House in the Book.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—

Chu Ming flipped his hand, targeting the golden fragments and several Storage Spaces with precious treasures, transferring them all into the Golden House in the Book in one motion.

"A Storage Universe of fifty zhang space!"

With his Heart Spirit, he condensed a Golden Body, hovering among these treasures.

"It seems... not only can it store these treasures... but also...living creatures?"

Chu Ming had an intuition that the real specialty of the Golden House in the Book wasn’t just in its terrifyingly large fifty zhang space.

However, as he was currently participating in the Confucius Temple’s test, he had no living creatures at hand to experiment with, only able to wait for a later time to try.

"Moreover, the progress of the [Book and Painting Realm] reappeared, indicating it can still improve!"

"Continue improving... will the space further expand, or will more unexpected effects appear?"

"..."

Flying in a circle inside the Golden House, touching those golden characters up close, he couldn’t hide his joy as he exited the Golden House in the Book.

Indeed, the Confucius Temple in the Celestial Veil Kingdom was worth visiting.

Just one Confucius Temple test brought out tens of thousands of books. How many books does the Celestial Veil Kingdom possess in total?

If one could read all the books of the Celestial Veil Kingdom, to what extent would the [Book and Painting Realm] advance?

"The test has the last quarter of an hour, almost enough to read a few hundred more books. Let’s hurry."

Initially, Chu Ming intended to submit the third answer early into the groove, but he was concerned that submitting early might force this thread of Spiritual Power out of the Book Wall Space.

So, in the little time left, he seemed at a casual pace outwardly, looking over books and searching for answers, while secretly employing the [Sword Gourd Spirit] to rapidly skim through books.

...

In the depths of the Confucius Temple.

"Vermilion Bird Universe has already found the book containing the last character of the third Saint’s name, he should be the first to finish." The temple teacher on the left commented, watching the projection.

"Lingx Long from Lingwu Kingdom is also doing well; only two characters remain of the third Saint’s name, and corresponding books have been found. There’s a high chance to pass this stage," the temple teacher on the right added.

"Lord Temple Priest, Chu Ming from Qin Kingdom seems a bit slow in the last half hour, only finding two books of the third Saint’s name so far."

The two temple teachers looked towards the temple priest Xuanyuan Huikong.

Xuanyuan Huikong stared at the Confucian-robed figure in the projection, merely nodding gently without saying more.

He had an inexplicable feeling that the Confucian-robed figure already knew the answers but, for some reason, had not submitted them.

"Could it be he wants to read a few more books?"

He pondered in his heart.

...

In the Book Wall Space.

Vermilion Bird Universe from the Vermilion Bird Marquis’ Mansion quickly finished the book in his hand, his eyes flashing with brilliance as he took a proud glance at the others before flying to the groove and injecting Spiritual Power.

Buzz—

Golden light erupted.

Vermilion Bird Universe correctly answered the third Saint’s name.

Swish, swish, swish—

Five gazes instantly focused there.

"Brother Huan is amazing!"

The remaining three dignitaries from the Celestial Veil Kingdom praised him with their eyes.

Lingx Long from Lingwu Kingdom only shot a glance, then lowered his head, slowly closed his book, and also approached the groove.

Vermilion Bird Universe raised an eyebrow, guessing what was to come.

And indeed.