Chapter 390 - 388: The Books on the Flying Ship

Chapter 390: Chapter 388: The Books on the Flying Ship

After Su Qing learned this language, he wanted to continue learning more.

’How could one language be enough?’

The language of the Black Abyss Dynasty.

Su Qing continued to study.

...

「Another day passed.」

After organizing the knowledge in his mind, Su Qing now understood what they had been discussing back then.

It turned out the final words they spoke described a ritual sacrifice.

’No wonder the syllables were uttered in such perfect unison.’

"Was that sentence for summoning the Black Abyss?"

"What exactly is the Black Abyss?"

Su Qing grew puzzled.

After leaving his room, he saw the round disc waiting by his door.

"Aren’t you going back?" Su Qing asked, puzzled.

This round disc was a member of the Mechanical Race. Su Qing knew a fair bit about them; this Mechanical Race possessed Spiritual Wisdom.

True, living Spiritual Wisdom.

"You must be joking, Your Excellency."

"Until you leave this Flying Ship, I will follow you. I am also obligated to protect you."

"To prevent your Taichu Seal from being stolen."

"Oh?"

Su Qing was confused, but he didn’t want to ask any more questions.

This time, he was heading to the library.

He wondered if this library would have the knowledge he sought.

Even if it was only fragmented.

"Your Excellency, you had best be careful. Every living being here could be watching you, waiting to rob and kill you to take your seal."

"It would be best to be cautious."

"You don’t need to worry about me," Su Qing said nonchalantly.

"In fact, your power is probably weaker than mine," Su Qing stated a plain truth.

But the round disc studied Su Qing with suspicion for a moment.

Its full scan showed only one result.

A normal person.

The most ordinary of ordinary people.

This was the most abnormal situation possible.

But this very reading made it suspicious.

"Your Excellency, I will continue to follow you."

"Fine, fine. Follow me if you want," Su Qing said, unfazed.

He arrived at the library.

Walking inside, he saw many traditional books.

But the texture of the paper was different.

It was very smooth to the touch, and also very thin.

After a look around, Su Qing found that they were all just various stories about the Star Sea World.

Or about the environments and creatures of certain planets.

There was nothing at all about Cultivation.

They really didn’t reveal a single bit of information on Cultivation.

’There’s really nothing at all?’

Su Qing was puzzled.

However, after searching for a while, he still found some books on plants, animals, and minerals.

There were many of these books as well.

So many they were overwhelming.

Su Qing had no choice but to select some books about plants with special abilities.

After all, with Su Qing’s current methods—Withered Wood Revives in Spring and the Growth Technique—both were useful.

Therefore, Su Qing generally chose to cultivate plants.

And finding and understanding information about plants was of the utmost importance.

He looked at a table of contents.

Page 124—Praise the Sound of Origin.

’That was fast.’

As soon as Su Qing saw the name, he flipped to the page.

’I actually have this thing.’

’The problem is, I still don’t know how to cultivate it.’

He found it immediately.

Praise the Sound of Origin, a plant-type curio, genus flower. Because its bloom can play the Sound of Origin, it is estimated to be a flower from the beginning of the world.

But because it is difficult to cultivate, it is extremely rare.

Therefore, it is in very short supply.

Su Qing read on.

He saw a sentence stating that music that could touch the soul was supposedly needed to cultivate the flower, Praise the Sound of Origin.

The book recorded that many factions had supposedly found it, but none had succeeded in cultivating it. The seeds were all consumed by some powerful entity.

Because with Praise the Sound of Origin, one could hear that sound even from the seed.

Su Qing had never eaten one.

So he wouldn’t know.

’So it needs music that touches the soul? Can that really be achieved just by arranging musical notes?’

Su Qing was baffled. ’Touching the soul without using other abilities, without drawing on a living being’s memories... How is that even possible?’

’Is a sound that makes a newborn stop crying considered music that touches the soul?’

After reading, Su Qing was even more lost in a fog of confusion.

He finally understood why his Divine Techniques couldn’t make this plant grow.

’Music that touches the soul.’

’How is that possible?’

’So that’s how it is.’

He sighed inwardly, his horizons broadened.

’To think this seed actually needs to listen to music. And a kind of music I don’t even know.’

Trying to make Praise the Sound of Origin bloom seemed like a joke.

Because it was fundamentally impossible to achieve.

For the current Su Qing, it was also impossible.

If others found such a seed, they would probably just eat it or sell it.

After all, the value of this item was certainly very high.

It was a curio of the Star Sea; how could its value not be high?

A real pity.

They were all very difficult to cultivate.

’It seems this flower will be impossible to cultivate.’

Su Qing sighed.

Then, he started reading the book from the first page.

The library was very quiet, so Su Qing wasn’t worried about being disturbed.

Even if someone approached, they would be blocked by the Round Disc Mechanical Clan member.

It wouldn’t let anyone get near.

...

...

"Destination: Liuyu Continent."

"Destination: Liuyu Continent."

"All passengers, please prepare for arrival."

The announcement came over the broadcast.

Su Qing had already been in the library for several days.

"Your Excellency, please get ready."

"The journey to the Liuyu Continent might be somewhat uncomfortable."

"Also, I must admit my admiration for you. You do not seem to be an ordinary human."

"I never said I was an ordinary human."

"Also, please do a proper investigation into how I obtained the Taichu Daoist Palace’s seal. Don’t make so many baseless assumptions."

"For a lifeform of the Mechanical Race such as yourself, data is the best way to verify suspicions, is it not?"

Su Qing replied with a soft smile, unconcerned with how uncomfortable the journey might be.

Discomfort was a negative state.

And Su Qing’s Visualization Map would never allow him to fall into a negative state.

The round disc was rendered speechless by Su Qing’s retort.

"..."

"However, with you here, I’ve been spared a lot of trouble. So, thank you," Su Qing said, not denying that the round disc’s presence was useful.

Because it really had solved some problems.

For some reason, certain beings with impure motives kept trying to get close to him.

Su Qing couldn’t be bothered with them.

"Thank you for the Kuzan, Your Excellency."

"On the Liuyu Continent, there is currently another ordinary person with a Taichu Daoist Palace seal."

"To describe her as a person isn’t quite accurate. It would be better to say an ordinary piece of jade."

"If all goes as expected, she will not trade the seal in her possession. She might also live on the Flying Ship for a period of time. It’s possible both you and she will face life-threatening danger, and I cannot guarantee your safety in that regard."

"I’ve told you before, I don’t need you to guarantee my safety," Su Qing said coldly.

"Shut up. You should just investigate my identity yourself."

Su Qing was getting impatient. ’Why does this little thing keep bringing up protecting me? Honestly.’

Su Qing found it hard to understand.

He had already read quite a few books.

Especially books about the Mechanical Race.

It was only natural, with a member of the Mechanical Race right beside him, one that was constantly talking about protecting him.

Although he was touched, Su Qing really didn’t need protection, nor did he want to get entangled in karma.

He was currently in the state of a Hidden Dragon Like the Abyss, and his fortune had already improved.

His luck was bound to get better.

He just hoped the Round Disc Mechanical Clan member wouldn’t force his hand.

This Flying Ship...

To be honest, aside from the warp engine that Su Qing was very curious about, there wasn’t much else on it that interested him.

The warp jump.

It began.

Su Qing could feel a sensation of the world spinning.

’The spatial superposition is very strong. At least, it’s far stronger than my own spatial superposition.’

This state didn’t affect his ability to read in the slightest.

The Round Disc Mechanical Clan member was also investigating Su Qing’s identity based on his facial features.

It wouldn’t have known without a detailed search.

Its database returned only this:

[EXTREMELY DANGEROUS]

Su Qing

Regarded as an ancestor by the humans at the Jianmu Omniscience Institute.

In the previous Taichu Era, suspected of annihilating the Greed Realm cultivated by the Black Abyss Dynasty.

Specially granted the Taichu Seal.

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