Chapter 8: Day 8

“This is…?”

“It’s the library of our White Snake Gate. All kinds of books, including cultivation method books and martial arts books, are stored here.”

Following Baek Ah, they arrived at a building.

Baek Ah called the building, which had a certain grandeur, the library of the White Snake Gate.

“The library….”

At Baek Ah’s explanation, the girl stared blankly at the building.

How many cultivation method books were stored here?

Although there were various other things besides cultivation method books, the girl’s only interest was in the cultivation method books.

She would definitely find a suitable one for herself among the cultivation method books stored here.

And so, the girl would prove her ‘usefulness’.

Only then.

‘I won’t be abandoned.’

The girl made a promise to herself inwardly.

Once before, the girl had encountered a heaven called the White Snake Gate in this terrible hell.

Therefore, the girl had long since made up her mind to do anything to avoid being kicked out of this heaven.

“There is also a training room at the back of the library. I’ve already told them, so read and train as you please. However.”

“…?”

Baek Ah looked down at her with heavy eyes, and the girl looked up at Baek Ah with anxious eyes.

“Do not go to the basement of the library.”

“The basement of the library?”

“Yes. There… No, it’s nothing. You don’t need to worry about it. You just need to avoid going to the basement of the library.”

With those words, Baek Ah turned and walked away.

Even at this moment, the chores that Baek Ah had to deal with were increasing.

Nevertheless, he had made time for the girl, who had the talent of a one spiritual root user, although the type of spiritual root was unknown.

The girl bowed her head towards Baek Ah, who was gradually getting farther away, and entered the library.

“So you’re the child.”

“Ah, hello.”

“Yes, yes.”

As soon as she entered the library, an old woman appeared as if she had been waiting.

A hunched back like a hunchback.

Liver spots spread all over her face.
A large, hooked nose and drooping eyes.

The girl unknowingly flinched at the appearance reminiscent of a witch in a children’s fairy tale.

The old woman just chuckled as if she was used to the girl’s reaction.

“I’ve already heard from Outer Elder Baek. So, don’t worry about other people and just do what you have to do.”

With those words, the old woman left.

However.

‘Something’s off.’

The girl muttered inwardly, looking at the spot where the old woman had disappeared.

The look and gaze that the old woman showed at the end.

It was as if…

‘No, no.
I must be too sensitive.’

She couldn’t be kicked out.

She couldn’t be abandoned.

It was just that she had become a little sensitive because of that, which had now turned into an obsession.

The girl just thought so and tried to shake off the unpleasant feeling.

Rather than that.

“There are so many.”

The girl, who had been wandering around inside the library, let out a sigh of admiration.

It was said to be the capital sect of a country called an empire.

Certainly, the library of the White Snake Gate was home to a wide variety of books, and so many books that it was impossible to count them at a glance.

In particular, there were men and women of all ages, who seemed to be cultivators belonging to the White Snake Gate, wandering around inside the library, looking at the books they wanted.

The girl also began to look at the books as if she couldn’t lose.

The library was lined with cultivation method books of various attributes.

Among them, the fire attribute cultivation methods were the most numerous, and the wood attribute cultivation methods were surprisingly the fewest.

‘In novels, they often use wood attribute cultivation methods to grow spiritual herbs or spiritual trees.’

So, it was expressed that wood attribute cultivation method books were also treated as quite valuable.

Was it just a novel after all?

Or was it a characteristic of the sect called the White Snake Gate?

Besides that, as expected.

As befitting the name White Snake Gate, there were surprisingly many cultivation method books and martial arts books related to ‘snakes’.

Among such numerous and diverse books, the girl.

“I should look for basic cultivation methods first.”

Basic cultivation methods.

And not the five attributes of fire, water, wood, metal, and earth, but cultivation method books of other attributes.

If the library was this wide, huge, and had so many cultivation method books, she would be able to find cultivation method books of other attributes as well.

But…….

‘What?’

The girl’s eyebrows furrowed.

Something was strange about the gazes around her.

The people passing by glanced at the girl.

There was a strange feeling in those gazes.

At first, she thought it was just curiosity.

But it wasn’t.

The gazes were filled with envy, jealousy, and hostility.

Everywhere she went, no matter who she met, the gazes followed her.

At first, why do they look at me like that?

Why do they show such emotions towards me?

She had those questions.

And after some time, the girl realized why they were sending her those gazes.

The fact that she was a one spiritual root user.

The fact that she had received the best talent and blessing as a cultivator had become known.

They were envious, jealous, and jealous of her talent.
And they were jealous of that blessing.

Of course.

‘I don’t need to care.’

After all, they were all below her.

The world of cultivators was a world that was evaluated and recognized only by realm and strength.

The girl thought that all she had to do was find a suitable cultivation method for herself.
And continue to train through that cultivation method to accumulate magical power and raise her realm.

Therefore, she had to find a suitable cultivation method and accumulate magical power as soon as possible.

Baek Ah… no, Uncle Baek said.

She had already surpassed the Qi Condensation stage and was in a state similar to the Foundation Establishment stage.

She didn’t know why that was possible.

It could simply be a special privilege she received from experiencing a special form of reincarnation, possession, or past life.

No, there was a high probability that it was a special privilege.

The special privilege of ‘special constitution and one spiritual root user’ that appears without fail in xianxia stories.

So, from morning to evening.

Without wasting a single minute, the girl wandered around the library.

“Is this all.”

Fire, water, wood, metal, and earth.

She was able to find basic cultivation methods for other attributes besides those five.

There were four in total.

“It’s too few.”

Even for the White Snake Gate, it seemed that they couldn’t afford to stack up basic cultivation methods for other attributes like a mountain.

The four cultivation method books the girl found were cultivation method books with the attributes of lightning, wind.
Flame and ice.

The lightning attribute’s Thunder Serpent’s Infernal Prison.

The wind attribute’s Wind Wheel Slash.

The flame attribute’s Blazing Heat of a Hundred Serpents.

And finally, the ice attribute’s Ten Arrows of White Ice.

The names were all grandiose, but when you looked inside, you could see why they were only basic cultivation methods.

But still.

“This is enough for now.”

Through these basic cultivation methods, she would find what was suitable for her.

And then, all she had to do was continue to train even harder.

However, if there was one disappointing thing.

“It’s a pity that there are no spiritual stones for these attributes.”

Fire, water, wood, metal, and earth.

She had received spiritual stones for those five attributes, but the other four attributes she had just found.

Lightning, wind, flame, and ice.

It was quite disappointing that there were no spiritual stones for these attributes.

So, the girl felt a sense of disappointment that there were no spiritual stones and headed to the training room at the back of the library.

A day after the girl entered the training room.

The girl chose the lightning attribute’s Thunder Serpent’s Infernal Prison as the first cultivation method to train.

She recited the incantation and absorbed the spiritual energy.

The absorbed spiritual energy was instantly converted into lightning attribute magical power in the body and stretched towards the danjeon.

And that was it.

Just like before, the magical power created by converting the lightning spiritual energy disappeared without a trace as soon as it reached the danjeon.

There was no trace of magical power anywhere.

Too neatly.

The magical power disappeared without a trace, to the point where it felt vain.

“No.
It’s okay.
It’s not over yet.”

As if she had expected it to some extent, the girl comforted herself.

However, even the slightly trembling eyes.
She couldn’t completely suppress her anxiety, such as biting her nails.

Four days passed.

One per day.

Starting with Thunder Serpent’s Infernal Prison on the first day, Blazing Heat of a Hundred Serpents on the second day.
Ten Arrows of White Ice on the third day.
And Wind Wheel Slash on the fourth day.

The girl trained in the cultivation methods one by one.

But.

“You..f*ck!
Why the hell is this happening!”

No cultivation method worked.

She recited the incantation, absorbed the spiritual energy.

And she converted that absorbed spiritual energy into magical power and accumulated it in the danjeon.

However, just like before, that magical power disappeared without a trace the moment it reached the danjeon.

As if falling into an endless abyss.

Or as if swallowed up by the vast ocean, all the magical power disappeared neatly and vainly, to the point where not even a trace could be found.

A week passed.

It was useless.

A month passed.

It was all useless.

A year passed.

Still, not a single speck of magical power accumulated in the danjeon.

In the meantime, besides the cultivation methods of lightning, wind, flame, and ice that she had brought at first.

She brought and trained in any basic cultivation method she could find, regardless of the attribute, but it was useless.

So the girl changed her thinking.

Could it be that the absolute amount of spiritual energy converted into magical power was insufficient?

With that thought, the girl devoured the elixirs provided by the White Snake Gate as much as possible and continued to train.

At first, there seemed to be a possibility.

The enormous spiritual energy absorbed through the elixirs.

Even the girl couldn’t easily control the enormous amount of magical power created by converting that enormous spiritual energy.

But.

“F*ck-!”

Bang-!

The girl slammed her fist on the floor and shouted.

Just why!
Why!

“Why isn’t the magical power accumulating!”

A cry stained with despair and anger erupted from the girl’s mouth again.

The gazes around her were gradually becoming painful.

Cultivators who she encountered whenever she went to the library to find other cultivation method books, disciples of the White Snake Gate.

She could feel their gazes changing from moment to moment.

At first, it was a gaze full of curiosity, with a faint glint of greed.

That kid is the one spiritual root user that Outer Elder Baek brought?

Has it been two hundred years since a one spiritual root user appeared?

Expectations must be high.

Her understanding must be excellent, right?

Of course, since she’s a one spiritual root user, she must be on a different level than us.

Expectations, jealousy, and curiosity that were placed on top of the faint greed.

Gazes filled with those complex emotions that couldn’t be said to be positive, but couldn’t be said to be negative either.

Those gazes changed.

Curiosity turned into disappointment.

Expectation turned into pity,

Jealousy turned into contempt.

Every time she received their gazes that changed in real time, the girl gritted her teeth.

She would definitely accumulate magical power.

She would accumulate magical power, train properly in the cultivation method, and prove that she was not ‘half’.

Yes.
Definitely.

I will definitely.

“I’ll prove it.
And so.”

I won’t be abandoned by this heaven called the White Snake Gate.

I will never go back to that hell.

As the girl muttered that, a black something flickered deep in her eyes.