Chapter 40 Return

  The golden strange fish was pierced by a long sword and nailed directly to the shore, with red blood flowing all over the ground.

  Chen Tao rushed over and looked at Ye Chen who was on the verge of collapse. He hastily went up to support him, "Dust son, how are you?"

  Ye Chen patted the long sword with his hand, shook his head to indicate that he was fine, "Chen Tao, bring over an empty bottle. The blood of this golden strange fish is also a good thing."

  Chen Tao's eyes lit up, and Ye Chen's suggestion was very much to his liking. When it came to good things, Chen Tao had never been stingy, so he took out several small white bottles from the backpack behind him and carefully collected the golden strange fish's blood.

  After a while, Ye Chen recovered from his dazed state and joined the search. In no time at all, the golden strange fish was cleaned up by the two of them.

  From the golden strange fish, Ye Chen and Chen Tao obtained eight bottles of blood, one eye, more than a dozen golden scales, and a transparent tentacle. Finally, the whole fish was divided and packaged by the two, which is delicious! A third-level demon beast's body is not only delicious but also can increase human potential, otherwise, how could the demon beast's body be so precious?

  After sweeping away the golden strange fish, picking the nine-son golden lotus was no longer difficult. The two of them encountered no obstacles and picked this heavenly treasure-like nine-son golden lotus. The nine-son golden lotus turned pale gold in color, a hue that Ye Xingyun clearly remembered from his book. This was still an immature stage, and it would take at least another ten years to truly mature.

  This golden strange fish may also know that the nine-son golden lotus is not mature, so it has not eaten it down. Otherwise, it would have been left to Ye Chen and Chen Tao, and it would have been swallowed by the golden strange fish long ago. The two people were relieved for a while, and this nine-son golden lotus was given to the golden fish monster, which was no better than being cheap for the two of them.

  Gathering up the nine-leafed golden lotus, Ye Chen looked to the left and saw that it was indeed the Yu Shu Lou described in the book. He focused his eyes and sure enough, he saw a dilapidated building!

  In an instant, Ye Chen's good mood vanished into thin air. Is this the Yu Shu Lou where he had pinned all his hopes?

  Chen Tao looked at the Jiu Zi Jin Lian in his hand with excitement, glanced at Ye Chen and saw that he was expressionless, not showing any excitement. He found it a bit strange, "What's wrong? You don't look happy, are you dissatisfied with the harvest?"

  Ye Chen forced a smile, "Nothing, just thought of some things. Let's go take a look, don't know if there's anything we need inside."

  Chen Tao smiled and nodded. Today's gains have made Chen Tao feel that it was not a wasted trip, even if there were no other things, Chen Tao would not be disappointed.

  The two of them gathered their things and headed to the left, the Imperial Study was located on the left side of Baiquan Pavilion. Before long, they arrived in front of the Imperial Study.

  "Dust boy, are you sure this is the Yu Shu Lou you were talking about? Does it really have those books you mentioned?" Chen Tao asked with his mouth agape.

  "Ah, so this is what the book was talking about! There's no mistake!" Ye Chen examined it carefully and nodded his head in affirmation.

  "But look around here, it's all become ruins. Even if there are books, they've rotted away. Isn't that just a waste of effort?" Chen Tao said.

  "It may be a waste of effort, but since I've come all the way here, I should at least take a look, so that I can have peace of mind." Ye Chen was also very disappointed, but since he had come all this way, he wanted to see it through and not leave any regrets in his heart, or else he would always wonder.

  "Alright, okay." Seeing Ye Chen's expression, Chen Tao knew that no matter what, he couldn't change Ye Chen's mind, so he reluctantly agreed and nodded in response.

  Once two people start, they will do their best to make the wooden buildings that have been exposed to the sun and rain for many years. Some have already rotted, while others are not heavy even if they have not rotted.

  Although the two had consumed a lot earlier, they have recovered somewhat after this period of time. Moving these wooden blocks was easy for them.

  The light wooden blocks were quickly cleared away from a large area, but what chilled the two people was that there were no books on this newly cleaned ground.

  The Yushu Building is described in the book as a three-story building, covering an area of 700 square meters, with more than 50,000 books stored inside. Logically, one should be able to see some signs of the books soon, but after clearing away a large pile of wooden blocks, not even a shadow of the books could be seen. This can only have one explanation: all these books had been taken away by someone else.

  Ye Chen and Chen Tao both had some pessimistic thoughts in their hearts, but neither of them stopped what they were doing. Since they started, they wouldn't stop.

  After a while, the surrounding area had been cleared out, leaving a large empty space, still without any books.

  Even Chen Tao's original excitement was worn away by the dullness of the moving work, "Huh, this place is really Yu Shu Lou? Dust, are you sure you didn't remember wrong?"

  Ye Chen smiled faintly and pointed to a place not far in front of him, speechless. Chen Tao focused his eyes and took a look, suddenly speechless. The three words "Yu Shu Lou" appeared before his eyes, that old and shabby signboard, why did it seem so out of place?

  "My goodness, I don't believe it, this place doesn't even have a single book." Chen Tao muttered to himself, and then without calling out to Ye Chen, he bent down and threw out the wooden blocks one by one.

  The two of them didn't have the patience to move it piece by piece, so they directly used force to throw it out. The rubble piled up under the three-story high building was just right, neither too much nor too little. The two of them threw it for almost an hour before they barely cleaned it up.

  What comforted them was that not all of the books had been taken away by others, and they still found quite a few.

  Like a large four-storey library, it still exists, but not the complete works, only a few volumes. The two of them were overjoyed and collected all the books.

  After sorting out, there were actually over a thousand books. Although this wasn't as exaggerated as 500,000 volumes, it was still a surprise for the two of them.

  There was no time for a better arrangement, so Ye Chen and Chen Tao roughly flipped through the books, looking for ones that would be useful to the two of them. The rest were either thrown away or buried, to be dealt with when there was more time.

  The two of them spent almost an hour selecting fifty-six books, and adding the strange fish they had previously caught, their backs were bulging as if they had another person on their backs.

  After so long, Yexun's mood to go back also became somewhat urgent. After all, Xiaoxue was spending her first night in the wilderness, and he had actually left at that time? Yexun thought about it and felt a bit like punching himself.

  But being able to get these things behind him, Ye Chen still felt some comfort, and he quickened his pace.

  They soon arrived at Yunlu Peak and saw three tents standing upright in the distance, and Yexin's heart finally put down.

  "Haha, Dust, you said it was very safe, why are you still so worried all the way?" Chen Tao looked at the tent in front of him and then at Ye Chen, who had let out a sigh of relief, jokingly saying.

  "You're not speaking, nobody thinks you're mute, hurry up and pass!" Ye Chen said with a smile.

  "Come on, you little brat actually thinks I'm being too noisy." Chen Tao said with feigned anger.

  "Haha, you've become a monk, yet you're still speaking in riddles. Be careful or the Buddha will suppress you." Ye Chen said with a smile.

  "Cut it out, is he coming or not? If he really shows up, I'd be willing to get suppressed, the key is whether he'll show up or not." Chen Tao said disdainfully.

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