Chapter 24 - Vast Knowledge

The woman in purple clothes took her time, and stared at Tatsuya. Hidden emotions were concealed beneath her beautiful eyes, as she took a turn and walked in a different direction. More than a hundred meters distanced her from Tatsuya, yet she could somehow sense a dangerous vibe grazing her body.

"What a monster…"

She could only smile helplessly, as she recalled the different geniuses that she had encountered in her life. Not a single person could come close to the vibe that Tatsuya gave her. She believed that every figure that rose to pinnacle, usually possessed their own secrets.

Instead of feeling jealous, or envy from Tatsuya's secret, she could only gulp and walk away in fear. Honestly, her womanly intuition told herself that she must not provoke that young man at all cost.

"Ling Yun, the most talented genius of the whole Blue Wind Empire… I doubt that even you could stop that young man. It's really reassuring to have such a monster at our side."

Now that she had sensed Tatsuya's talent through her unique ability, she now decided to report back to the upper echelons of the Heavenly Sword Villa. She must do her best ability to persuade the upper echelons to not provoke Tatsuya, lest they regret it soon.

"1st stage of True Profound Realm? What a joke…"

She whispered to herself, as a sneer appeared on her goddess-like face. She could feel that his strength is way beyond that, way, way beyond that.

…

(Partial Divine Sense, huh. A youth that had inherited the Demon Condemning Sword, and now this rare sight has entered my range. I really attract trouble for some reason.)

His back was facing the purple clothed woman, but Tatsuya could sense her vividly. Not a single bit escaped his eyes, aside from her thoughts. He could somehow read her thoughts, but it's not really that accurate, to the point that he could read her completely.

He could only translate her thoughts, through reading her body movements, gesture, and any other factors that could be traced from her physical state. This skill was something that he had learned from his wide range of combat experience. He also managed to teach this insane skill to Chu Xin back then.

(Now that I think about it, I first encountered Xia Qingyue who possesses 2 monstrous secrets that could shock everything in existence. There's also Xia Yuanba who could single-handedly destroy anything, as long as he lives till the end. Chu Xin, the possessor of Heavenly Yin Profound Veins and that strange pentagon mark. Now, I have these two freaks, one which inherited the Demon Condemning Sword, and the other one possesses the Partial Divine Sense…)

Tatsuya thought to himself, and a wry smile floated to his usual emotionless face. Despite controlling his own emotions perfectly, there are times where he would just act laidback. But, that doesn't mean that he's not on guard. Tatsuya is always on guard, ready to fend off any kind of attacks.

He could also effortlessly sense the obvious glances that were thrown at him. The gazes contained different emotions, including awe, suspiciousness, hatred, and interest. Yet, it didn't bother him at all, as Tatsuya just ignored everything.

"Hm… So, this is the Library Hall, huh."

Tatsuya said to himself, standing before a large building. Plenty disciples would enter and leave the building, each having their own objectives. They all emitted an aura that vastly surpassed the disciples of the New Moon Profound Palace.

There was even someone at Earth Profound Realm, and he was surely a core disciple. After all, every disciple, even inner disciples would stop and look at the man. However, Tatsuya wasn't even interested at him.

"…"

Tatsuya sensed gazes landing on his body, one was from the core disciple. It was a gaze filled with suspicions and interest. It was quick yet precise, having the objective to try and sense what's unique about Tatsuya. However, how could a mere Earth Profound Realm see through Tatsuya?

"It's you…"

Then, the other one who sent a gaze towards Tatsuya, is a very familiar young man. It was Ling Huan, who Tatsuya had defeated a while ago. As usual, he still had his sword hung on his waist, as the only unordinary thing that seemed relevant is the shock on his face.

"H-how could you be an outer disciple?"

"Well…"

Tatsuya softly said, approaching Ling Huan as time passes by. When he stood before Ling Huan, Tatsuya extended his neck forward, and whispered at the young man.

"Don't tell anyone about our fight. I'm requesting you, and it's not mandatory at all."

Ling Huan gulped a little bit, as he sensed the message that Tatsuya was conveying. The latter said everything with a deadpan face, and absolutely no emotions on his voice. Yet, the former could sense a dangerous intent hiding on the shadows.

"Thank you…"

Seeing that Ling Huan had gotten his message, Tatsuya took a step forward and entered the Library Hall peacefully. Tatsuya didn't liked getting into fights, but trouble would always follow him. Such situations already made him accustomed to it.

Meanwhile, Ling Huan could only stare at Tatsuya's back with complicated emotions. He shook his head, as he knew that Tatsuya only wanted to stay out of the limelight for quite a while. Not gathering the attention of the outer disciples and inner disciples would help a lot.

…

Tatsuya saw the luxurious arrangement of the books within the Library Hall. Through his Elemental Sight, he could already analyze every single profound technique within the hall. But, doing so would be completely senseless, as not every profound technique could aid his objective.

"Are you new here?"

A bored voice echoed from Tatsuya's side, and it opted Tatsuya to look at his side. All he saw is a white-bearded elder with scholarly aura. He seemed insignificant, and someone that could be easily forgotten. Expectation and reality is different, as Tatsuya could sense that the old man possesses the cultivation of 10th stage of Sky Profound Realm.

"Yes. I'm an outer disciple."

"I see. Then, you may pick two profound arts from the first floor."

"Thank you for your guidance."

As usual, Tatsuya pretended to be respectful, and just manipulated his expressions and tone. He knew that he must at least remain humble from the perspective of others. It might result to something harmful, if he acted arrogantly like some other individuals.

He cupped both his fists, and slightly bowed at the old man. He then took a turn, and walked towards the arranged books in the first floor. He knew that their arsenal of profound arts on first floor must at least amount up to thousands.

And, without further ado, Tatsuya pretended to read a profound art, as his innate ability Elemental Sight worked at its full capacity. His physical body slowly flipped the pages of the book, as his mental landscape completely focused on the profound techniques within the whole building.

He threw every worthless techniques, and just focused on the profound arts that might successfully work as a formation diagram. He wasn't interested at these techniques for his own combat use, as he knew that the White Tiger God inheritance might give him some surprises.

Different titles of profound arts floated into his memory, and in an instant, it was all carved into his memory. He took more than 10 minutes in analyzing the whole first floor, as he soon moved and analyzed the profound techniques from the latter floors.

He did not spare any single profound arts. He analyzed it all, and separated trash from useful. If previously, he lacked different concepts that might work as a formation diagram, it was now increasing at a rapid pace. Tatsuya could already think of different concepts that he could use.

Thankfully, his analyzing speed had already reached an exceptional level of speed. The outer disciples around him didn't felt any suspicions from Tatsuya's length of reading. After all, it was pretty normal to spend more than 30 minutes at profound arts that you are interested in.

They just concluded that Tatsuya must've liked the specific profound art that he was physically reading. If they only knew that Tatsuya was already absorbing the different profound techniques within the whole Library Hall, they will be shocked speechless, to the point of fainting.

It took him more than an hour to completely analyze everything. He also was able to sort everything from trash to useful. He decreased the usage of his innate ability, Elemental Sight, to 50%, as he ran a multiple mental demonstration of the concepts he had thought of.

(Finally done…)

He thought to himself, as he felt drained by such exhausting amount of work. After all, he had fully used the full capability of his Elemental Sight. Right now, he was only at the 1st stage of True Profound Realm, as the recovery of his profound energy isn't that great.

He stretched his muscles a little bit, as he quickly left the Library Hall. He arrived at his designated room without much trouble. He climbed into his bed, while sitting in a meditative posture. The exhaustion is still present on his body…

Tatsuya uses profound energy as an energy source for some tiring works, such as this. Ever since he had arrived into this universe, he hadn't experienced getting tired this much. However, knowing that he still had his innate ability, Regrowth, in his arsenal, he didn't hesitate at using it.

[Self-Restoration Sequence, Manual Start]

[Loading Sequence…]

[Reading Core Eidos Data from backup.]

[Restoration, now starting.]

[Restoration, complete.]

In that instant, Tatsuya's physical condition had returned to its usual state. The exhaustion that was once present on his body had already vanished into thin-air. He was already at his peak state, and could already swing a few punches that made the air rumble.

The reason that Tatsuya had left the Library Hall first, before using his innate ability, Regrowth, was because it would be suspicious if he could leave the Library without any trace of exhaustion.

Such thing could be tampered through acting skills, but the state of your body couldn't be hidden completely. Now that Tatsuya had entered the Heavenly Sword Villa, he wasn't concealing his cultivation level at all, as concealing it would only lead to troubles.

"I might as well cultivate now…"

Tatsuya said to himself, as he recalled the cultivation profound technique that his roommate was using. He searched his memory, and found the certain cultivation technique. He then found it rather lacking, as he began modifying it to suit his ideals.

"…"

Kokyu Cultivation Technique, was the name of his recently made cultivation technique. Tatsuya unhesitatingly used his own made technique, as his body began rotating the explosive and pure profound energy on his body.

With a great pace, he had swiftly approached the threshold of the 2nd stage of True Profound Realm. His cultivation technique was based from the knowledge that he currently possesses, which basically amounts to his vast amount of experience, and the broad concepts from the profound techniques that he had analyzed.

After a few minutes, a flash of profound energy appeared around his body. He had broken through into the 2nd stage of the True Profound Realm. And, Tatsuya wasn't stopping at all. He was at least planning to break through several stages…