As a lord, I was forced to farm

This library will serve as the royal library of King Dasu, a place solely for King Dasu's personal reading and study of classics and discussions on literature and martial arts.

Jiang Ran named her private library Wenyuan Pavilion.

However, having only recently moved into Cangwu Palace, Wenyuan Pavilion still felt somewhat empty.

Li Fusheng knew that Jiang Ran had a daily reading habit, so even on the first day of her stay at Cangwu Palace, he immediately ordered the servants to move the books from Jiang's residence over overnight. At this time, palace maids were carefully classifying the books and placing them one by one into the bookshelves.

Because of the arrival of the King of Du, and fearing that it would disturb Jiang Ran's enjoyment, everyone was even more careful in arranging the books.

Jiang Ran's gaze swept across the Wenyuan Pavilion.

She had visited the Qi family's Cloud Library before, and Jiang Ran had always admired its magnificent construction and rich collection of books.

Now, she finally has a decent library, which has made her feel very excited all the way here.

From its exterior, Wenyuan Pavilion adopts a restrained and calm color scheme. Its bookshelves are made of fine ebony, emitting a faint fragrance that is refreshing and pleasant.

The library is a multi-story structure, but the number of books is limited, so only the first floor is currently on display.

Jiang Ran's gaze suddenly swept over the hundred mahogany boxes inlaid with jewels. "What's inside these boxes?"

Upon hearing Jiang Ran speak, the scholars and attendants in charge of managing the books immediately explained respectfully, "Your Highness, these books were collected from the royal palaces of Tianchen County and Chaolian County. They were brought here by the soldiers, but we haven't had time to organize them yet."

After capturing the two major cities, the soldiers naturally plundered the city's wealth.

The soldiers of Dasu did not burn items like books; instead, they carefully collected them and sent them to Jiang Ran.

Li Fusheng stepped forward and said with a smile, "I was just thinking that Your Highness loves books. Since Your Highness asked me to send people to organize these books, why not do it as soon as possible? Tonight, I'll have people move all these books here to enrich the Wenyuan Pavilion. There are quite a few cultivation techniques in there."

It's not surprising that there are cultivation techniques available. In this world where martial arts are revered, the royal families of Tianchen and Chaolian naturally collected many techniques and stored them in their library.

Not long after conquering the two prefectures, Jiang Ran found the internal cultivation techniques practiced by the royal families of Tianchen and Chaolian.

Both royal families possess advanced, top-tier Heaven-rank cultivation techniques, primarily based on the metal and wind elements, respectively.

Which Heavenly Rank internal cultivation technique isn't priceless? Even if Jiang Ran doesn't need these two techniques, it doesn't prevent her from collecting them or having her subordinates practice them.

"Open it and take a look."

Jiang Ran became interested. There were about a hundred of these boxes, all heavy, and they contained at least tens of thousands of books. Maybe she could find some interesting ones today.

"Yes!" The servants quickly opened the boxes one by one, and a strong smell of ink filled the air.

Jiang Ran first found the box containing various martial arts techniques.

In the cultivation world, internal cultivation techniques are the most precious. The combined libraries of the two major prefectures only have about five hundred such techniques, mostly mortal and earth-level internal cultivation methods. Jiang Ran flipped through them and found that many of these internal cultivation methods were duplicates, and she had previously collected some of the same techniques from the market.

Therefore, if you calculate carefully, there are probably just over two or three hundred new internal cultivation methods.

The internal cultivation techniques were extremely rare, and the attendants simply brought out the books without daring to open the covers and peek at their contents.

When Li Fusheng saw that hundreds of internal cultivation techniques had been found in the box, he was overjoyed. "After all, this is a territory that has existed on the mainland for hundreds of years. There are actually hundreds of internal cultivation techniques in the royal palaces of Tianchen County and Chaolian County."

Internal cultivation techniques are fundamental for cultivators, and the quality of these techniques significantly affects the speed of cultivation and the purity of spiritual energy within the body.

For example, among cultivators of the same realm, why can some people only store a bucket-sized amount of spiritual energy while others can store a bathtub-sized amount? Besides the cultivator's own aptitude, their internal cultivation method is also an important influencing factor.

Li Fusheng lacked the aptitude for cultivation. The woman he loved in his youth died in the chaos of war, and he never married or had children again in this life. He only recognized Ma Yunzhen as his godson.

He no longer had any expectations; he only wanted to serve His Highness the Prince well before he retired.

Perhaps his only selfish motive was for his godson, which is why he asked this question at this moment.

"Speaking of which, Steward Li, your judgment is not bad. Your godson has already reached the early stage of the Spirit Refining Realm. In Da Su, he is a genius."

Jiang Ran naturally remembered the study companion following behind her younger brother. "You're quite good to your godson, always thinking of him when there's something good."

Li Fusheng had served Jiang Ran for many years, and although His Highness the Prince was becoming increasingly majestic, Li Fusheng knew her nature and understood that she was joking. So he smiled憨厚ly and said,

"It was all a matter of fate. I took a good look after the child because he seemed filial and grateful. I never expected him to be so blessed. I'm not afraid Your Highness will laugh at me, but I don't plan to have any children of my own in this life. I adopted this child so that after I die, someone will take care of me in my old age and bury me."

Jiang Ran paused for a moment, then suddenly said, "Uncle Li, you are my elder, and what you are worried about will not happen."

Li Fusheng was startled and showed a look of surprise.

Randomness is what moves us.

He held himself to a very proper standard and never fantasized about being treated as an elder by His Highness, like Commander Tian Jing.

As a servant, an ordinary person, to be called "uncle" by the esteemed Prince and to have his affairs promised after his death, he truly had no regrets even in death.

Li Fusheng looked at Jiang Ran with an unprecedentedly devoted gaze, "Then I thank Your Highness for your divine grace!"

But Jiang Ran continued, "Besides, Uncle Li is not even fifty years old yet. Isn't it too early to worry about these things? There are treasures in this world that can prolong life. Even if Uncle Li is just a mortal, it is not impossible for him to live to be two hundred years old."

Li Fusheng's eyes changed slightly, and he instantly felt more than twenty years younger, as if his body was radiating the spirit of his youth. "Your Highness is right. It's not time to admit that I'm getting old yet. I will definitely see Your Highness achieve great success and lead Da Su to become a powerful nation!"

Jiang Ran smiled slightly and then pulled out a mid-grade Earth-level cultivation technique from another pile of mystical arts and handed it over. "These internal cultivation techniques are not as good as the Five Elements Internal Cultivation Techniques practiced by many cultivators in my Great Abode. Changing them would only mislead people. However, there's no harm in practicing more of these mystical arts techniques; they can provide an additional means of attack. This 'Crimson Water Sword Manual' is only an Earth-level sword technique, but Ma Yunzhen is currently at the Refining Spirit Realm, so it's quite suitable." (End of Chapter)