While in Battle Through the Heavens, one can pre-appoint oneself as an emperor.

We crossed the high-hanging cableway and arrived at the open space on the other side.

Even with his status as Vice Dean Hu Qian, his expression suddenly became serious and earnest, leaving the several Grand Dou Master students completely puzzled.

Hu Qian did not explain, but simply gestured for the five people to stand still.

Immediately, he stepped forward, bowed slightly towards the direction of the library, and clasped his hands in a salute.

"The top five in this year's inner court selection competition have been determined. As per the rules, I have brought them here. Please, elders, open the door!"

With the support of his fighting spirit, Hu Qian's words echoed and lingered in the valley for a long time.

Just as Fu Tong and the others were wondering, suddenly, two figures in gray robes appeared like ghosts at the entrance of the Scripture Pavilion.

Thousands of elders!

Upon seeing these two people, Chen Xiao's heart skipped a beat.

Judging from his current strength, he was like a frog in a well looking at the moon in the sky.

After all, this is a genuine Dou Zong powerhouse.

It is Canaan Academy's greatest reliance after Dean Mang Tianchi left.

Unfortunately, these two don't really manage things.

Otherwise, in the original timeline, with only those mediocre people Han Feng invited, they probably wouldn't even have had a chance to enter the outer courtyard, let alone break into the inner courtyard.

The two elders revealed themselves, but did not respond to Hu Qian, not even opening their eyes.

Vice Dean Hu Qian, however, dared not show the slightest change in expression and maintained his bowing posture.

This continued for several minutes before the two old men sitting cross-legged at the entrance of the Sutra Repository slowly opened their eyes, revealing eyes that were as still as a deep well, or rather, devoid of any emotion.

The two men scanned the waiting crowd expressionlessly. When their gazes swept over Chen Xiao, they paused for a moment. Then, the gray-robed man on the left, whose identity was unclear—whether he was a thousand-year elder or a hundred-year elder—speaked in a hoarse voice, with a hint of admiration in his tone.

"The quality of this year's top five is much higher than in previous years."

The strong have their own kind of superiority complex, which Chen Xiao can understand.

But he still wanted to say,

These two are putting on such an overly affected act.

Not as good as a certain Ice Emperor!

Hu Qian, who was directly in front, breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said with a smile, "To receive praise from you two elders, these little guys can be quite proud of themselves. Please unlock the spatial lock, elders."

Space lock?

Upon hearing this new term, a sense of bewilderment flashed across Fu Tong and the others.

However, Chen Xiao noticed that Cao Hui, who was standing to the side, did not show any signs of doubt, and seemed to know something about the space lock.

A spatial lock—this is an extremely powerful barrier that only a Dou Zun level expert has the ability to set up.

Let alone seeing it with one's own eyes, even hearing about it requires a certain threshold.

"Impressive. No wonder he was able to defeat two two-star Grand Dou Masters in succession with his staff."

Muttering something to himself, Chen Xiao withdrew his gaze.

In the pavilion, the two elders remained silent, only slowly extending their withered hands from their sleeves. They then began to form hand seals, one finger at a time. As they formed these seals, Chen Xiao and the others could clearly feel two extremely powerful and invisible waves emanating from their palms.

The invisible fluctuations gradually spread, eventually coming into contact with some hard-to-notice spatial folds in this space.

When the two came into contact, the space in front of everyone was like a mirror made of water, with ripples constantly spreading out. After a moment, the ripples stopped, and a door was slowly torn open by an invisible hand.

"alright."

After uttering two words, the two elders closed their eyes again.

"Thank you both," Hu Qian said, then turned to face the five people.

"Go in, all of you. Remember, whatever you want, you can't force it. Everything inside is covered by an energy layer. If your hand can pass through the energy layer without any hindrance, then you can take what's inside. Of course, no matter how much you can get, you can only choose one thing to take out. Also, you have one hour."

Hu Qian gave his instructions at a rapid pace, feeling quite helpless.

Normally, these precautions should have been given by the elders.

Unfortunately, these two are really a bit...

Chen Xiao and the others nodded in agreement, exchanged a glance, and, with Hu Qian watching them go, quickly headed towards the library.

As they reached the entrance of the library, the gray-robed elder on the right flicked his sleeve, and the tightly closed door creaked open, revealing a dimly lit passageway inside.

Upon seeing this, the five people bowed slightly and stepped inside.

After the five people entered the library, the heavy doors slowly closed.

...

Inside the Sutra Repository.

As the door behind them closed, a pale yellow light emanated from the distance of the dimly lit passage.

Humans are attracted to light, and upon seeing this, the five immediately understood the direction and quickened their pace again.

After passing through the dim passage, a bright yellow light suddenly appeared, and the five of them found themselves in an extremely spacious room. On the walls of the room were nearly a dozen energy shields, which were slowly releasing and releasing light, illuminating the room as if it were daytime.

"There's no road ahead."

"According to the vice dean, what we need to obtain from the energy shield—is this all there is?"

Taking advantage of his height, the tall and muscular Mu Boshan reached out towards the nearest energy shield as he spoke.

However, at that moment, a faint sound of wind breaking suddenly rang out. Although the sound was extremely faint, it was very clear to everyone present. Immediately, the group's eyes followed the sound and finally stopped on an energy shield on the left.

Something is about to come out.

Chen Xiao spoke up to remind them, and in a flash, he arrived in front of the energy shield, waiting to ambush them.

While the others were still wondering, a red ball suddenly shot out from the energy shield.

Chen Xiao was already prepared. He suddenly grabbed out with his right hand, penetrating the red energy layer almost without any resistance, and firmly grasped what was wrapped inside.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a scroll.

"A high-level Xuan-rank cultivation technique, Heavenly Fire Burning."

After reading the small print on the scroll, Chen Xiao immediately lost all interest.

High-level Xuan-rank cultivation techniques are quite precious in the outside world, but in this Scripture Pavilion, they can only be described as ordinary.

Moreover, it's a fire-attribute technique.

It's useless.

"Do you want it?" Chen Xiao looked at the only fire-attribute youth wielding a stick in the arena.

Cao Hui shook his head decisively, "I don't want cultivation techniques, I want a low-level combat skill, or... a high-grade pill formula."

After saying that, he added, "The things that come out of this library may be random. Everyone might as well say what they want, and we can keep an eye out for each other."

This proposal received everyone's support.

It's always more efficient for five people to search together than for one person to search alone.

Chen Xiao, who was stronger, did not refuse. Seeing that the four looked at him first, he said directly, "I need an ice-attribute cultivation technique. I will not consider anything below the Earth Rank."

Mu Boshan followed up with, "Me too. Earth-attribute techniques, or even Earth-rank combat skills, would be fine. Defensive ones are preferred. I like seeing others helpless against me."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao couldn't help but chuckle.

This big guy, with his honest and simple appearance, actually has a rather wicked sense of humor.

However, considering that he was the one who led the attack on him in the ring a few days ago, it doesn't seem so surprising.

Ji Ruiyang, who possessed the metal element, said, "I also want a level-eight combat skill, the stronger the attack power, the better."

Fu Tong: "A friend of mine was seriously injured and only has a few years to live. If you see any medicinal herbs related to this, please save some for me. Thank you."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xiao and the others nodded without asking any further questions.

Cao Hui glanced at Fu Tong again.

Just then, an energy shield not far away emitted another burst of blue light.

Cao Hui, who was closest, caught it and, with a sudden burst of strength, reached inside with both hands.

"Water Element Technique, Advanced Xuan Rank".

After muttering a word, Cao Hui released him directly.

Freed from its restraints, the vanished blue energy layer reappeared, enveloping the scroll of the "Water Element Technique" and causing it to flutter around the room.

咻咻 咻 ~

As if given two chances to adapt, the speed at which the energy shield spewed out light orbs suddenly increased, with orbs of various colors shooting out simultaneously.

Seeing this, the group did not hesitate and immediately began to catch the attack.

Chen Xiao also released the scroll in his hand and quickly got to work.

Thanks to his superior strength, his speed in catching the orbs of light was almost equal to the combined speed of the other four.

Purple Thunder Technique, Gale Force, Eight Demon-Subduing Staffs...

Various fighting techniques and skills kept falling into Chen Xiao's hands, only to be ruthlessly discarded.

Occasionally, medicinal herbs, pill formulas, and magic cores would appear, but after some inquiries, no one showed any interest.

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Xiao steadily caught a blue ball of light that shone even brighter. He reached into the energy layer and could clearly feel that it was slightly more difficult than the previous balls of light.

nice one!

Chen Xiao was overjoyed and suddenly used force to break through the energy layer on its surface, revealing a sea-blue scroll.

Intermediate Earth-rank cultivation technique.

The Frosty Ice Prison Chronicles!