After finishing the meal, privately, Chen Xuanze would go to the Yellow Registry Repository to organize the records, and he explained the matter to Wang Qingxuan and San Zang again. The two had no objections, well aware that their senior was working for their benefit.
The history of the Demon Suppression Bureau spans many years, and organizing the records is at least a task lasting ten days or half a month. This is considered an additional duty. It's important to note that during the inspection period, whether they go out to suppress demons or work within the Bureau, the Bureau doesn't intervene.
The comparison between risking one's life outside and working inside the Bureau is clear. The risk is lower outside, and it also allows for the passing of time. No wonder Chen Xuanze mentioned this in private.
Having some free time, Chen Xuanze repeated the matter to Li Gou. The Lord Commander still needs to know the whereabouts of his brothers. Knowing that the three of them will be organizing records together, Li Gou envies them to death. Unfortunately, he is not well-educated, so even if Chen Xuanze tries to bring him along, it's futile.
Unlike that monk, he is a formal Demon Suppression Guard. Going out to suppress demons earns merit records. Accumulating enough merits allows one to exchange for cultivation techniques in the Imperial Registry Bureau or resources in the Logistics Department. Money has no role in these two places.
Li Gou's idol is Lord Commander Wang, who, in sixteen years, progressed from an ordinary person to a fourth-ranked Qi Refiner through continuous cultivation. Although he can't match Wang's intelligence, he tries to emulate him in cultivation. Achieving the fourth rank is his hope in this lifetime.
Fortunately, he doesn't know that Wang Qingzhi is already at the third stage of the Innate Realm. If he did, Li Gou's enthusiasm might wane.
"Xuanze, after you've been a formal Demon Suppression Guard for a month, you can choose a basic cultivation technique from the Yellow Registry Repository. This is a benefit for formal guards. Since you have the chance to organize records, you can claim it in advance. Wang has given his approval, and Old Li won't give you a hard time."
After explaining the location of the Yellow Registry Repository to Chen Xuanze, Li Gou added some instructions. The snake demon, Chen Qianqian, felt no pressure and wanted to go to the Yellow Registry Repository too. There, the records of the Demon Suppression Bureau for over a thousand years are stored, most importantly, containing the cultivation techniques confiscated after eliminating various demons and monsters. If she could go there, it would be a huge gain.
She had already made up her mind to get close to Chen Xuanze recently. If she could get into the Yellow Registry Repository, it would be a dream come true. Chen Qianqian's expectations were a bit excessive, and before she could finalize her plan, she was taken away by Sun, the officer in charge of intelligence, in front of Li Gou and Chen Xuanze.
Before leaving, Chen Xuanze only said casually to her, "Is snake soup delicious? I find it quite tasty."
Chen Qianqian snapped back to reality. Who is she? To put it nicely, she is Chen Xuanze's symbiotic contract demon; to be blunt, she is a captive. Half a month later, Chen Qianqian did not appear in the Demon Suppression Bureau. Chen Xuanze was not worried about her safety at all.
The second level of the Starry Revolving Nine Realms, the cultivation of the eighth-ranked martial artist, is quite stable, indicating that this little snake demon has no worries about life.
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Early the next day, Chen Xuanze, accompanied by Wang Qingxuan and San Zang, headed to the Yellow Registry Repository of the Demon Suppression Bureau. This place is located in the center of the Demon Suppression Bureau, a small courtyard.
Pushing open the door, inside is a row of two-story small buildings. The elderly head of the Yellow Registry Repository, Old Li, tremblingly led the three into one of the buildings.
Then, the creaking sound of mechanisms echoed. In front of them, green stone steps appeared out of thin air, leading downward.
On the walls of the stone steps, two rows of lanterns were embedded. For those unaware, this scene would undoubtedly resemble an ancient tomb.
Looking at the astonished expressions of the three, Old Li chuckled and explained, "The records above are just ordinary Yellow-ranked tasks, only recording events from the past hundred years. This time, you three lucky youngsters get to help this old man organize the underground section."
After speaking, he led the way underground. Chen Xuanze and the others followed, walking on the winding steps for a long time until they saw a bronze door under the dim light.
"We're here, go in."
Without any visible action from Old Li, the bronze door slowly ascended. Chen Xuanze was genuinely shocked; it must be more than thirty meters deep. Without any excavators, he had no idea how it was built.
Old Li stepped in first, and the three followed. "Close your eyes," he instructed. After ten breaths, following Old Li's reminder, they opened their eyes.
There was no darkness anymore. Instead, they were in a bright hall, at least seven to eight hundred square meters. Shelves were neatly arranged, and all around the walls and shelves were embedded fist-sized night pearls of various colors – red, yellow, green, purple, and more.
Chen Xuanze and the others drooled at the sight. Each of these pearls, when taken out, would be worth a fortune!
"Look at you three hopeless looks, these are just the residual products after dispersing the demonic energy of demon cores, worthless," Old Li scolded with a smile, pulling them out of their fantasies.
Then, he took out three new thin booklets from a table near the entrance and handed them to the three. Afterward, he asked, "Do you all have mana in you?"
The three nodded, and Old Li continued, "Pure Yang spells, Wind and Sun technique. You three can cultivate them here. Let me know when you have mastered them."
Ignoring the bewildered three, he confidently walked toward the bookshelves. A monk, a Taoist, and a slender man sat cross-legged on the blue stone floor, flipping through the books with a clatter.
This spell was truly a good deal. After a long time, the three of them, having read through the contents, exchanged glances and couldn't help but laugh bitterly.
Damn it, this Wind and Sun technique was just circulating mana to condense pure Yang energy and then projecting it outward. In other words, the only purpose of mastering this technique was to dry the documents in the Yellow Registry Repository.
If there were any other uses, it would only be for drying clothes. Like a few days ago when Chen Xuanze used this technique after washing and refining his essence, the clothes were dry in half an incense stick's time.
Since they were here, they might as well cultivate.
The three closed their eyes and started cultivating. Daoist Wang Qingxuan, hailing from the Azure Cloud Sect, opened his eyes after burning an incense stick. He was a seventh-ranked Daoist in the Ling You Realm, having diligently studied the Daoist scriptures since childhood. He quickly grasped various types of spells.
The second to open his eyes was the monk San Zang. He was a seventh-ranked Buddhist in the Demon Subduing Realm, knowledgeable in many spells and formations. It didn't take him long to get the hang of it after opening his eyes a stick of incense later.
Finally, after another incense stick's time, Chen Xuanze slowly opened his eyes. His foundation was the weakest, and understanding this simple mana circulation method required a careful understanding of each word and sentence. He had to continuously call on his internal mana for multiple attempts before succeeding.
The monk and the Taoist were unaware that this was Chen Xuanze's first attempt at independently cultivating a spell. Previously, the spells he used were directly bestowed by the Demon Subduing Chart, achieving perfection from the start. If they knew, their jaws would surely drop.
This talent was simply unbelievable.