Cultivation begins with the Druid panel

The next day, Lu Lin was awakened by pain. It felt like a fire was burning in his chest. He sat up abruptly and tore his clothes to shreds. He saw that the blood-red mark on his chest was now emitting blood light. The blood vessels around the mark bulged, like a scarlet blood-red eye.

"Someone activated this blood pattern!" Lu Lin sat cross-legged on the bed, forming hand seals and mobilizing the power in his dantian to suppress the blood pattern on his chest. After a moment, the violent movement of the blood pattern subsided.

"Fortunately, I broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, otherwise I would have been in real danger." As the pain gradually subsided, Lu Lin breathed a sigh of relief. However, since the blood pattern had been activated, it meant that his location had most likely been exposed.

"Is it the mastermind behind the Human Blood Spirit Plant?" Lu Lin murmured, a heavy feeling in his heart. The interests behind the Human Blood Spirit Plant are extremely complex, and even with his current cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi Refining, dealing with it is still fraught with danger.

And that 'Zhou family'... Thinking of this, Lu Lin felt uneasy.

Judging from his interaction with the Su family's heir yesterday, these powerful families are definitely not to be trifled with, and the Zhou family is certainly not an easy family to talk to. He alone appears somewhat weak in front of the Zhou family.

"We can only take it one step at a time. If there's really no other way, then we'll use Senior Sister's Ruoshui Seal to wipe out the entire Zhou family. That would be safer." Lu Lin doesn't like fighting and killing, but that doesn't mean he'll let others manipulate him. With the Ruoshui Seal, as long as it's not a Foundation Establishment family, Lu Lin won't be truly helpless.

Just then, a soft call came from outside the attic:

"Has Young Master Lu woken up?"

Lu Lin was taken aback. The voice belonged to Su Shizi. He got out of bed, took out a brand new set of clothes from his Qiankun bag, put them on, and went to the window.

Unexpectedly, Prince Su was standing on the lakeshore, not on a boat. Moreover, the surface of the cliff lake was completely clean; the lanterns, boats, and even the lotus flowers from the previous night had all vanished.

Lu Lin descended from the pavilion, replanted some lotus flowers in the cliff lake, and came to Su Shizi's side on the shore:

"It's only early morning, what brings you here, Your Highness?" Lu Lin asked.

Prince Su smiled and tentatively invited, "The Cliff Academy opens its library at Chenshi (7-9 AM) every day. Would you be interested in joining me, young master?"

The library? Lu Lin was somewhat taken aback when he heard these three words. He knew yesterday that the Cliff Academy was very generous, but he did not expect that he had underestimated the generosity of the Cliff Academy.

It's astonishing that even a place like the library is open to the public.

"If Prince Su doesn't find it troublesome, I'd naturally be willing to go along," Lu Lin nodded in agreement.

Prince Su nodded slightly and headed towards the library of the Cliff Academy with Lu Lin.

There were many cultivators who came to the library of the Cliff Academy to borrow cultivation techniques and secret arts. Although it was still early, the library was already crowded with people who were all craning their necks and standing on tiptoe to look at the library.

Su Shizi was clearly different from these ordinary cultivators. He led Lu Lin around the crowd and arrived at the back door of the library. There were few people here, but without exception, everyone here had an extraordinary temperament and was obviously not an ordinary person.

Lu Lin looked around and finally stopped his gaze on a pale-faced man in a wheelchair. The man in the wheelchair also turned his head to look at Lu Lin.

Prince Su immediately pulled Lu Lin.

Lu Lin quickly looked away.

Su Shizi whispered to Lu Lin, "He is the heir of the Zhou family, and his relationship with my Su family is not good. He is the one who caused my sister's injuries."

Lu Lin paused slightly, then couldn't help but glance at the Zhou family's heir again: "Then what about the injuries on this Zhou family's heir..."

"It was my sister who hit me," Su Shizi coughed lightly.

"..."

It's clear that the Zhou family's heir is no match for the Su family's eldest daughter.

"Let's go, we don't need to pay him any attention." Prince Su glanced at Prince Zhou, then led Lu Lin through the back door of the library.

The Zhou family heir, seated in a wheelchair, kept staring at Lu Lin's back, feeling a sense of familiarity.

"Was that the guy who robbed that shipment on that rainy night?"

Behind the Zhou family's heir, a maid pushed a wheelchair. Upon hearing this, she leaned forward and whispered in the heir's ear, "It was him. That person left blood marks on his body."

The young master of the Zhou family nodded slightly and instructed, "Resolve this issue quickly. I need those spiritual fruits to help me recover from my injuries. The entrance examination for the Cliff Academy is about to begin, and time is running out."

The maid nodded: "Don't worry, young master, I'll take action tonight."

The young master of the Zhou family nodded slightly, closed his eyes, and said nothing more.

……

Inside the library, Lu Lin asked Prince Su, "Why don't those people outside come in?"

Su Shizi said, "As disciples of noble families who grew up in this ancient spirit city, they have never lacked cultivation techniques and secret arts since childhood. They generally come here for only two purposes: one is to make friends with outstanding people from all walks of life, and the other is to find suitable retainers for their families. This library is not as attractive to them as one might imagine."

Upon hearing this, Lu Lin knew that Prince Su had come to the library today simply to keep him company.

It's true what they say, the fragrance of flowers attracts butterflies.

However… Lu Lin couldn’t help but wonder to himself, ‘Do I smell that good?’

Prince Su noticed the change in Lu Lin's expression and laughed, saying, "Young Master Lu, there's no need to feel pressured. After all, whatever my purpose may be, my first priority is to become friends with you."

These young masters from wealthy families are a real headache.

Is saying something like that just an attempt to win people over?

In fact, anyone can tell that this is an attempt to win people over, but it is indeed hard to refuse.

At this moment, the two had arrived in front of the rows of bookshelves, and Su Shizi took the opportunity to say to Lu Lin:

"The library of the Cliff Academy branch in Ancient Spirit City has a total of 36,000 books, including copies and rare copies. There are more copies, including 3,000 cultivation techniques and 30,000 secret arts. As for the categories... it includes more than 300 paths of cultivation, each of which is written on the bookshelf. I think you, Young Master Lu, certainly don't need to conquer them, but you can still choose two secret arts."

At this point, Prince Su changed the subject and asked curiously:

"By the way, Young Master Lu, what path do you specialize in? Would you mind telling me?"

Lu Lin didn't hide anything: "It's the natural way."

"The innate wood spiritual root is indeed very compatible with the natural way." Prince Su laughed heartily, then glanced at the bookshelf in front of him before leading Lu Lin in one direction.

Lu Lin followed closely behind.

A moment later, the two arrived in front of a row of bookshelves, which contained the secret techniques of the natural way.

Unexpectedly, someone was taking a book from the bookshelf to read.

Seeing the scholar's expression change slightly, Prince Su was about to bow and greet him respectfully, but Lu Lin had already stepped forward quickly, exclaiming in surprise, "Senior, what brings you here?"

The scholar reading the book was startled by Lu Lin's voice, then turned around with a smile: "Young master, you've also come to this library to borrow secret techniques?"

Prince Su was stunned. He looked at Lu Lin's back and opened his mouth, but in the end he chose to say nothing and stood quietly in place.

As the heir of a prominent family, he was extremely perceptive and could tell that Lu Lin and this scholar seemed to be quite familiar with each other.

In this situation, it's best not to bother him, as an "outsider".