As a lord, I was forced to farm

A few seconds ago, Li Fusheng might have been quite happy to receive this reward, but now he was completely devoted to Jiang Ran and had completely forgotten about his godson. "Your Highness, this cultivation technique is precious, and it's even a level-one sword technique..."

“Eh…” Jiang Ran looked disapproving. “Steward Li, do you think I, the King of Da Su, a mere local official, am not worthy of a reward?”

"Besides, Nancheng needs a powerful cultivator to protect him. Ma Yunzhen's strength has improved, which is a good thing for Nancheng and for me as well."

Li Fusheng was relieved and respectfully accepted the precious cultivation manual with both hands. "Then I will thank Your Highness for the reward on behalf of that boy."

Jiang Ran nodded and said to everyone present, including Li Fusheng, "Alright, you can all leave now."

No matter how carefully these people arranged the books, it was still quite obvious to her.

Jiang Ran prefers a quiet environment, and she enjoys circulating her physical and spiritual energy while studying the cultivation techniques.

She glanced at these cultivation techniques and discovered something extraordinary within them.

Among the internal cultivation techniques collected from the two centuries-old county towns, besides the top-grade Heaven-rank internal cultivation technique practiced by the royal family, there were also five low-grade Heaven-rank internal cultivation techniques.

However, three of these five books are incomplete, and unless someone has strong comprehension and can complete them on their own, they cannot be used for cultivation.

With these five internal cultivation techniques, the Great Abode now possesses twenty-two internal cultivation techniques at the Heavenly Rank or above.

Although she doesn't need it, she can use it to win people's hearts or cultivate talents for Dasu.

After carefully putting away the internal cultivation techniques, a glint of inspiration flashed in Jiang Ran's eyes. She focused her gaze on the box containing the mystical arts techniques and purposefully pulled out a book from it.

The cover of this cultivation manual was made of a metal. Perhaps it had been eroded by time, or perhaps it was because the cover was not made of any expensive metal, so it was covered with mottled rust.

Jiang Ran opened the cultivation manual, which contained a mortal-level cultivation technique. There was nothing special about it, which was why the people of Tianchen had casually placed it in the library.

However, Jiang Ran could sense the ethereal power faintly emanating from this cultivation technique.

The ethereal energy, like hundreds of mysterious white chains, spread out like vines, sealing and concealing deep secrets.

This filled Jiang Ran with anticipation for what was hidden inside, and she couldn't help but guess, "It should be some kind of treasure related to space; the method of hiding it is extremely clever."

Perhaps if she hadn't been a spatial cultivator with the supernatural power of the Purple Jade Demon Eye, she might not have been able to detect the anomaly.

"On the surface, it looks like just a mortal-level Hundred Tiger Fist technique. I wonder what's inside once the spatial chains are unlocked." Jiang Ran examined the metal-covered book, pondering how to open it.

There are very few cultivators with spatial abilities. The original owner may have used such methods to conceal it in order to leave this thing for the next cultivator with spatial abilities.

But the cultivation world is treacherous; there might be traps inside. Jiang Ran thought for a moment, then suddenly activated her Tai Cheng Domain, taking the book with her as she entered.

Within the Taicheng realm, she is the absolute ruler, and if any unexpected event occurs, she is confident in controlling the situation.

In the vast emptiness, Jiang Ran sat cross-legged, her fingers brushing against the mottled rust on the book cover. She discovered that only when she released a certain amount of ethereal power could she touch the void chains that locked away the secrets.

So Jiang Ran let her spiritual energy surge freely, continuously using it to attack the seal above. However, the seal was more solid than she had imagined. Even after using up half of her spiritual energy, only one chain broke.

After breaking one of the chains, Jiang Ran did not force herself to try. Maintaining the Taicheng Domain also required a lot of spiritual power. She needed to have a backup plan to protect herself before considering unsealing the things inside.

"It took so much of my spiritual power just to unlock one chain. Perhaps I need to collect enough empty-attribute spiritual liquid or spiritual stones, and only when I am confident enough, will I be able to unseal this mysterious book."

Currently, she doesn't have many void-attribute resources under her control, but fortunately, she successfully reclaimed the Illusory Lake Secret Realm.

Although Jiang Ran doesn't own the divine tree in the Divine Tree Realm or the abundant ethereal stones beneath it, given her relationship with the Hidden Cloud Beast clan, exchanging some of the divine tree's golden leaves and ethereal stones wouldn't be too difficult.

"And the Whirlpool Platform in the Blood Ring Grand Canyon, I haven't been there for several years. Little by little, I should have at least a bucket of Ethereal Liquid by now."

Jiang Ran planned to take Bat Ge Lian to the Blood Ring Grand Canyon in a few days, so she released the Tai Cheng Domain. The mysterious cultivation book was placed in the void she had created within her body.

Back in the real world, it was still early, so Jiang Ran didn't linger because she had discovered a suspected spatial treasure. Instead, she focused on finding books that interested her among the hundred or so boxes of books.

As for cultivation techniques, although there weren't any particularly high-level ones, several techniques with compatible attributes and good characteristics were selected. Adhering to the principle of sharing the good fortune, the sleepy and listless beasts such as Bai Mei and Mo Sheng were summoned out and allowed to learn the techniques on their own.

Fortunately, Jiang Ran hired a tutor to teach them how to read, otherwise she would have had to explain the principles of these techniques to them word by word.

Bai Mei transformed into human form, sitting cross-legged on the clean floor, with a cultivation manual called "Chaotic Thunder Cluster" placed in front of her.

He rubbed his eyes, extended a slender white finger, above which a ball of seemingly docile but actually violent lightning swirled. He yawned and said to Jiang Ran, "Master, this Earth-level cultivation technique is far too simple."

Jiang Ran chuckled and said, "There aren't many cultivators with the lightning attribute, so their cultivation techniques are naturally very rare. Although this is just a low-level lightning attack technique, it might cost a million spirit crystals to buy it on the market. You can make do with this technique for now; there will be better lightning-based techniques in the future."

However, Bai Mei's talent was indeed amazing. It only had to read through a low-level cultivation technique once before it was able to learn the complete Chaotic Thunder Formation.

Seeing Bai Mei idly playing with the lightning ball like a dog, Jiang Ran suddenly noticed that as the ball rolled, it was being randomly manipulated by Bai Mei, and its aura was growing stronger and stronger. It was no longer the chaotic lightning ball it had been before. Jiang Ran was startled and said, "Bai Mei, you'd better control it. If you launch this lightning ball, my Wenyuan Pavilion won't be able to withstand it!"

Her library has only been built for a short time, and Jiang Ran doesn't want to send craftsmen to repair it tomorrow.

Upon hearing this, Bai Mei couldn't help but break out in a sweat, stammering, "M-Master...I can't hold back anymore!" (End of Chapter)