"Huh? Young Master, what brought you here?" A man in a robed outfit, recognized as a scholar, stood outside the Wei family's main peak library. He looked towards another man dressed in black, sporting a mask that concealed his face.
The newcomer's eyes shimmered with an orange hue, reminiscent of the stripes on his robe, as he stood on the bridge with his hands folded behind him, gazing at the library structure.
'There are few people here,' Ryuk stood on a small bridge formed above an artificial small river filled with crystal clear water, while fish seemed to add beauty to the surrounding, which was traditionally made using bamboo and other wooden materials.
In front of him stood a grand wooden architecture with a sweeping, upward-curved roof, adorned with intricate phoenix carvings. Tall, red columns supported the structure, while latticed windows let in soft, filtered light.
[Host, I could have provided a higher version of the cultivation techniques; there was no need for you to come here to read some books.]
'I am not here to read books,' Ryuk informed the system as he moved forward.
[Are you here to stalk some jade beauties, Host? ( ◜_◝ )♡]
'....Have you been suffering from some kind of virus?' With careful strides, Ryuk approached, signaling the guard to come closer. He pondered how the system often uttered meaningless words that were unexpected from it, especially considering its primary function revolved around processing.
[Host, I am myself a virus—Error!]
'Don't waste my time,' Ryuk silenced the system, feeling its gibberish was only wasting his time. Considering that he had only five days left to explore today, he looked towards the guard, inquiring, "Are there some breathing techniques in the library?"
"Huh? Young Master, you mean the ones for body tempering?" The man scratched his head, feeling confused hearing a master asking for breathing techniques considering that the most breathing techniques were referred to in the books that held the most fundamental knowledge provided to children of three or four years in the Wei family.
"Yes, those ones," Ryuk nodded, gesturing towards the library, adding, "Follow me and show those techniques."
[Host, why don't you just form a dantian and fill it with internal energy? Why go as far as to start with the first toddler steps? Given that your body has already surpassed the limit of human potential, you can easily just pour down the enormous amount of internal energy directly inside your body and easily reach a level higher than the body integration realm?]
'Do you know what the weakness of a cultivator is?' Ryuk moved, falling behind the robed man who was glancing back at him, taking a fervent gaze from him.
[What is it, Host?]
'Scan this section and create a breathing technique, make one with no side effects,' Ryuk ordered, gazing at a number of books, fully aware that acquiring a breathing technique could potentially come with some drawbacks.
Naturally, it wouldn't impact his body, thanks to his ability to make him immune to everything. However, if he ever needed to discard these inferior breathing techniques when the system offers one made for dual cultivation, he wouldn't want to have any side effects at that time.
[Analyzing.....]
Ding!
[Host, there is a book on the top floor of this building; its breathing technique is different from the others.]
'Now that I remember, Liu Wei was also here,' Ryuk suddenly recalled that the newly born protagonist was also inside this family and given the protagonist's halo, it would have been impossible for him to not get a breathing technique which could make him equal to the heavens.
"I want to go to the top floor; lead the way," Ryuk ordered as he turned before leaving the cornered place, moving towards the visible staircase inside the library, causing the robed man to sprint before blocking his path.
"Stop, young master; you can't go to the top of the place; it's exclusively secured for only heirs of the Wei family," the robed man declared as he clenched his hand, charging his body with internal energy to show his determination to not let this young man go to the top floor.
[Sigh, Host, why are there people who can't read the room? (ー_ー ゙)]
The system sighed, seeing that the robed man was soon going to meet with the ancestors of his family.
Ryuk disregarded the man and kept moving, avoiding the use of his ether in this library, as he worried that his energy could cause the structure to collapse. He preferred not to expend his power to keep everyone in check.
"Stop right there!" the robed man, seeing how the young master whom he accompanied here still continued to move, used his hand, charging his body with internal energy as he placed it on his chest to push him back, adding, "Young Master Rui ke, the top floor is prohibited for you—?!"
As the man strained with all his might to prevent the young master from moving, his efforts felt insignificantly small, like an ant trying to hold back a giant.
The man's feet glided effortlessly across the floor, shattering the wooden boards beneath him as he continued to slide backward, indifferent to the struggle.
It was as if colossal mountains were in motion while a mere ant attempted to halt their advance, leaving the man with a singular thought echoing in his mind and even uttering through his mouth, "Wh-who are you?!"
[Go ask your mother ( ̄ヘ ̄;)]