Mo Yu's slender body swayed violently.
She initially thought that she had finally won one over Zhang Xuan and would be able to admire the exasperated look on his face, but contrary to her expectations, he appeared completely calm. On the other hand, the moment he spoke, her rage soared once more.
Damn it!
I knew that nothing good can come out from this man’s mouth...
Looks like I should avoid talking to him in the future. Otherwise, it would just be a matter of time before I die from his words...
"Hmph!"
Mo Yu ground her teeth together, but she didn't dare to say anything else. She decided to ignore the other party and pouted her mouth.
"Sigh, despite owing money, you refuse to let me speak about it. Why are people so thick-skinned these days?"
Muttering under his breath, Zhang Xuan stretched his back.
"You..."
Mo Yu felt a strong regret for following this fellow to Red Lotus City.
On seeing her beauty, everyone would always act carefully for fear of offending her. Yet, this fellow managed to push her buttons with every single word he said. It was as if he wouldn't be content until he gave her a heart attack.
How can there be such a fellow in the world?
She thought that she would die from anger in the two-day journey, but unexpectedly, the fellow didn't pay her any attention. Rather, he sat quietly in a corner of the room and remained in... a daze.
"What is he up to?"
Initially, Mo Yu thought that the other party was intentionally putting on an act to vex her. However, his trance lasted for an entire day, and his eyes had reddened in fatigue. Deciding that it was unlikely for the other party to go such great lengths just to prank her, she became perplexed.
Speaking of provoking others, this fellow was capable of murdering with his words.
In terms of talents, even Mo Yu, a renowned genius, wasn't a match for him.
In terms of wisdom, he had been in a mindless daze. What was he up to?
Staring at the fellow before her, she realized that the more she knew about him, the less she comprehended.
Oblivious to the other party's confusion, Zhang Xuan was occupied inside the Library of Heaven's Path, fully engrossed in reading through the books.
Given that his awareness was immersed entirely within the library, it looked as if he was in a daze from the outside.
Zhang Xuan was able to access the books duplicated in the library with a single thought in his mind. However, while they were stored in the library, this knowledge didn't yet actually belong to him. He was still unable to utilize it freely under all situations.
Having transcended into this world for over twenty days, Zhang Xuan knew that he mustn't just rely on the Library of Heaven's Path if he wants to become a true master teacher. He has to read more books and learn more. Only with sufficient knowledge will he be able to reach greater heights.
While the golden book has the effect of assimilating the content within all of the books in the library into his very own knowledge, no one can tell when it would be formed. In any case, since Zhang Xuan didn't have Heaven's Path Divine Art for the Half-Zongshi realm to raise his cultivation and was free, he might as well read some more books and take in more knowledge. Perhaps, it might even turn out to be useful to him later on.
"Hm? To think that there would be so many books on disguising in the Tianxuan Kingdom's Book Collection Vault."
Sweeping through the innumerable books he had collected in the kingdom's Book Collection Vault, Zhang Xuan stopped before a particular bookshelf all of a sudden.
There were more than a thousand books placed on it and all of them were about altering one's appearance and disguise.
"I heard that when Emperor Shen Zhui was younger, he once roamed around the world. Could he have collected these books then? After all, as an emperor, there are too many people who wish to take his life. It would be much safer for him to don a disguise."
An idea popped into Zhang Xuan's mind.
Rumor has it that Emperor Shen Zhui once traveled around the world when he was younger to train himself and to widen his boundaries. However, if he were to have walked around in his original appearance, he would have probably been killed by his enemies back then.
After all, the allure of a throne is too great.
Even blood-related brothers would brutally slaughter one another for that one and only seat.
When Emperor Shen Zhui was traveling around the world, his cultivation had yet to mature. He probably collected these appearance altering and disguise books in consideration for his safety.
"Since there are so many books here, I might be able to form a Heaven's Path secret manual!"
Thinking so, Zhang Xuan started to organize the correct content within the books. Soon, they melded together to form a single book.
"It worked!"
A delighted gleam flashed through Zhang Xuan's eyes.
"The art of disguise is centered around intent. Changing one's appearance with pills and suppressing one's voice is actually the most mediocre type of disguise. A true disguise requires one to have absolute control over their muscles..."
The book was filled with knowledge on disguising oneself.
After having flipped through a few pages, Zhang Xuan couldn't help but smile bitterly.
It was no wonder why Liu Ling and the others could tell that something was amiss when he was disguised as Yang Xuan. After reading through this book, he realized how subpar his disguise then was.
It was due to the lack of powerful experts in Tianxuan Kingdom that no one could see through his disguise.
Otherwise, even if it weren't Tianwu Kingdom, Zhang Xuan's disguise would have been exposed in any other Tier 2 Kingdoms.
Very quickly, he finished reading the entire book.
"Even though these are just the fundamentals to disguising, I should be able to hide my appearance from most people!"
Even though the books in Tianxuan Kingdom covered just the bare fundamentals of disguising, after mastering these, Zhang Xuan was nevertheless able to easily alter his appearance to the extent that even Liu shi and the others would find it difficult to notice.
"This disguising method has a demanding requirement on one's control over their muscles as it works by moving muscles around to change one's appearance. It would be impossible for anyone else to cultivate this technique because being able to control every single muscle in their body is a nearly impossible. However, it's a different story for me! After cultivating the Heaven's Path Golden Body, the muscles in my body have gained immense flexibility and I am able to move them as I please."
Zhang Xuan smiled gently.
Just by reading through the Heaven's Path Disguise Art, Zhang Xuan had more or less mastered the skill.
At this moment, even without using pills for his disguise, Zhang Xuan was able to easily alter his appearance without anyone noticing anything amiss.
With this ability, even if Zhang Xuan was unable to defeat someone, he would be able to avoid him by altering his appearance.
This meant that Zhang Xuan had just gained another mean for survival.
"We've reached!"
Zhang Xuan was about to test out his disguising technique when Mo Yu's voice resounded.
Looking out of the windows, Zhang Xuan could see massive mountains appearing before his eyes.
The entire ridge extended for several thousand kilometers. The barren land was devoid of any greenery and its crimson surface was filled with sand and rocks.
"Is that the Red Lotus Ridge?"
The rise and fall of the geographical terrain extended toward the horizon, and one couldn't see the end with a single glance. It looked as though a massive red lotus had spread across the vast area of the earth.
It was no wonder why Mo Yu said that it would be impossible to locate the hall by casually fumbling around. Given the massive size of the ridge, it would be indeed difficult to discover an intentionally concealed Poison Hall.
"That's right. That over there is Red Lotus City!" Mo Yu pointed.
Following her finger, Zhang Xuan saw an ancient-looking city beneath the glow of the morning sun.