Chapter 29: Are You Crazy?

"Huh?"

Shen Biru, also in the library, heard the continuous sounds of footsteps and page-turning. At first, she thought nothing of it, but soon she found it increasingly strange.

Reading requires a gradual process—how could anyone read so fast?

Puzzled, she couldn't help but walk over.

Then she saw Zhang Xuan flipping through books from the first shelf onward. His manner wasn't that of someone reading, but rather searching for something!

"Could this be why Old Mo didn't want him to come in?"

After watching for a while and seeing that he kept at it without any intention of stopping, Shen Biru's heart skipped a beat.

Earlier, she had noticed the young man seemed somewhat different and had offered to help, thinking simply to let him study hard and escape his current awkward situation.

She never dreamed that instead of studying, he was here to look for something!

This library, visited by countless teachers every day, held nothing rare. Such random rummaging was a desecration of the library!

How infuriating!

"Perhaps... he knew I would come to the library today, waited here, and deliberately made this noise to attract my attention... Hmph, this only makes me dislike him!"

The young man's image plummeted in Shen Biru's heart.

Because of her beauty, she had experienced all kinds of flattery and attention-seeking. In her view, Zhang Xuan wasn't reading at all, but deliberately making noise to catch her eye and impress her!

Little did he know, she hated this kind of pretentiousness the most!

After watching a bit longer, she became even more certain of her assumption.

If he were truly reading, how could he read all types of books? And flipping through so quickly, he couldn't even make out the titles, let alone the content!

"Hmph!"

Her pretty face darkened as she strode over to Zhang Xuan: "Teacher Zhang, what are you doing?"

"Reading."

Unaware that his actions had already been labeled as 'pretentious,' Zhang Xuan replied without looking up.

"Reading? Hmph!" Shen Biru snorted coldly, her fair face showing indifference: "If you think acting like this is cool and will catch my attention, please drop those childish tricks. I, Shen Biru, don't fall for that, and doing so only makes me dislike you!"

"Oh, I see!"

Zhang Xuan continued flipping through books.

He planned to imprint all the books in the entire library into the Heavenly Dao Library today, and time was tight—he had no leisure for chatting.

Besides, in his view, she was just being 'self-righteous.' What did it have to do with him?

She was pretty, sure, but it wasn't like he had never seen beautiful women before. In his previous life, with the explosion of information, his hard drive had all kinds of beauties, skilled in everything from singing to playing instruments... A cold beauty like her didn't interest him much!

He had no time or inclination to waste effort attracting her attention!

"Since you know, then please leave the library. Stop wasting your efforts here!" Seeing the young man still pretending without looking up, Shen Biru turned her head and made a gesture for him to leave.

Tap tap tap tap!

The sound of the young man's footsteps faded.

"That's more like it..."

Seeing that he was sensible enough to leave, Shen Biru nodded in satisfaction and was about to study her own book when the sound of page-turning started again.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

Turning her head, she saw that the young man hadn't left at all but was flipping through books on another shelf.

"You..."

Shen Biru was nearly furious.

Are you done or not?

I told you, doing this only makes me dislike you, yet you keep at it endlessly. Is it fun?

With that thought, she straightened her figure and came over again, her dark eyes revealing intense disgust: "Didn't you hear what I said? The more you do this, the more I'll hate you, not like you!"

"Are you crazy?"

Seeing her come after him again, Zhang Xuan couldn't hold back anymore and stopped: "You read yours, I'll read mine. If you're really that bored, go squat in a corner and draw circles. Stop bothering me!"

It wasn't like he had never seen a pretty woman before—who did she think she was?

"You..."

Never expecting the young man to say such a thing, Shen Biru felt dizzy and nearly died of anger.

Who did she think she was?

The most beautiful girl in Hongtian Academy, gifted and pretty, almost all the teachers and students in the academy regarded her as a goddess. In her presence, everyone flattered her deliberately, not daring to speak loudly, afraid of offending her!

And you dare to say... I'm sick?

And tell me to squat in a corner and draw circles?

I'm a lady, damn it! Drawing circles? Draw your mother's big head ghost!

Shen Biru felt a tightness in her chest, unable to catch her breath.

Rustle! Rustle!

Her pretty face flushed with anger. She was about to scold him when she noticed that after speaking, the young man had gone back to flipping through his book, not even giving her a second glance.

"Fine, fine! Keep pretending! Let's see how I expose you!"

Gritting her teeth and stamping her foot, Shen Biru's teeth ground together with a "click, click!" sound.

Never in her life had she been spoken to like this by a man!

Fine, you're pretending to read now, aren't you? I'll just see how long you can keep it up. When you can't pretend anymore, I'll ruthlessly expose you and make you lose face!

With that thought, Shen Biru stopped bothering with Zhang Xuan. Instead, she angrily went to the books she needed, randomly pulled one out, sat down in a corner of the room, and slowly began copying.

Originally in a good mood today, planning to study and supplement her knowledge, she never dreamed she'd run into such an annoying guy.

While copying, she glanced over from time to time.

She saw the young man still maintaining the same pace, continuously flipping through books, almost without missing any. As long as it was a book in the library, he would flip through it.

"Hmph! Let's see how long you can keep up the act!"

After being lectured by Zhang Xuan, Shen Biru lost her previous composure. She decided to go head-to-head with him, slowly copying while waiting for him to give up.

However, to her surprise, the young man maintained the same speed, repeating the same motion, starting from the first row of the library and flipping through books layer by layer, from noon to evening, without a single minute's pause!

After waiting for six or seven hours, the guy was still doing the same thing. Even Shen Biru found it a bit strange.

If he was really just trying to get her attention, since she had already made it clear she didn't like him, he should have stopped immediately. Why was he still going on? And persisting for such a long time?

"Is this guy brain-damaged? Has he gone crazy from practicing martial arts?"

Suddenly, a thought popped into her head.

She had heard that when someone goes mad from practicing martial arts, they exhibit many abnormal reactions. Could flipping through books here nonstop be one of them?

His face full of bewilderment, feeling the young man was abnormal, he saw Zhang Xuan finally finish flipping through the last row of books and stop.

"So much knowledge!"

After six or seven hours nonstop, he had finally stored all the books in the Hongtian Academy teachers' library into the Library of Heaven's Path in his mind.

Through the library's integration of the strengths and weaknesses of various books, he now had a certain understanding of the techniques, martial skills, elixirs, artifact forging, formations... of this world.

"Zhao Ya's Pure Yin Constitution should cultivate this one, but before that, some preparations must be made..."

Having cataloged the entire library, he finally understood how to resolve Zhao Ya's constitution and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He was also clear about the flaws and regrets in his own cultivation of the first three layers; as long as he found time to retrain, it would be perfect.

"Gurgle, gurgle!"

After finishing everything, he felt his stomach rumbling like thunder; having been busy for so long, he was long hungry.

Shaking his head, he walked out. After a few steps, he saw Shen Biru standing ahead, looking at him coldly.

He had been browsing for six or seven hours, and this woman still hadn't left.

Too lazy to bother with such a "self-righteous" person, Zhang Xuan walked toward the exit of the library.

"Stop right there!"

Just as he reached the door, he heard Old Mo bellow.

At this moment, Old Mo's face was dark, as if countless storms were gathering, ready to erupt at any moment.

He had tolerated this young man for too long!

Now, only one thought occupied his mind: troublemaking, troublemaking, still troublemaking!

"Old Mo!"

Zhang Xuan looked over in confusion.

"Hmph, Teacher Zhang Xuan!" Old Mo's face darkened, deliberately emphasizing his tone, his expression stern: "You didn't come to the library to study, but to deliberately cause trouble. From today on, the library no longer welcomes you. If you dare come again, I'll break your legs!"

"Cause trouble? Old Mo, what do you mean by that? I was reading seriously; how is that causing trouble?"

Although he had already copied the entire library in his mind and didn't need to come again, Zhang Xuan still felt a bit displeased hearing this.

Others come to read, so why is it that when I come, it's causing trouble?

What logic is that?

You old man is being completely unreasonable!