Chapter 253 - 253 217_2

253: Chapter 217_2 253: Chapter 217_2 Zhang Nianjiao, upon hearing Jiang Tang’s words, did not hesitate to refuse; she already regarded Jiang Tang as one of her own and was naturally willing to let him visit the family’s Scripture Pavilion.

As for the other women, they were all her love rivals, so how could she allow them into the Scripture Pavilion, where the family’s treasured books were kept?

“Pfft, I wouldn’t go in even if you let me.

Doesn’t every family have a Scripture Pavilion?

It’s not like yours is the only one.

Who would be dying to see your family’s collection?”

Yun Duoduo rolled her eyes upon hearing Zhang Nianjiao’s words and said.

“Exactly, as if we’re dying to enter your family’s Scripture Pavilion.

I mean, what use would your family’s books be to us?” Yuan Baozhu also chimed in.

The rest looked on with disdain, thinking Zhang Nianjiao played the coquette too cheaply.

“If you are not interested, just wait outside; I’ll take Jiang Tang inside for a look,” Zhang Nianjiao said unbothered by their words and indeed looking very smug.

“Since you don’t want to go in, and the host hasn’t invited you, you can wait outside for a bit.

I’m just curious to take a look around.

I’ll be out soon.”

What Jiang Tang said was the truth, he was genuinely curious about how the Zhang family learned cultivation techniques and spells from the books in their Scripture Pavilion.

Zhang Nianjiao proudly led Jiang Tang into the guarded Scripture Pavilion.

The other women had no choice but to stomp their feet in frustration, yet they were willing to wait outside as Jiang Tang had instructed.

Jiang Tang followed Zhang Nianjiao into the Zhang Family’s Scripture Pavilion and was stopped by a disciple guarding the gate.

“Sister, please show your token.

Without the family head’s approval, outsiders cannot enter our family’s Scripture Pavilion.”

Zhang Nianjiao was a daughter of the Zhang Family, one of the most beautiful women in the family, and among those who had yet to choose a husband.

Being a side-branch disciple of the Zhang family who was five degrees of kinship removed, he was allowed to take a wife of the same surname.

Zhang Nianjiao was the dream lover of the disciples of her generation.

And today, not only had she brought a pretty boy to the family, but she also brought so many beautiful women.

This pretty boy was an eyesore to them, but they couldn’t do anything due to his much higher cultivation level; the thought of defeating this pretty boy with force was dashed.

“Open your eyes wide.

I have the family head’s approval and this token, which allows me to take guests anywhere for a visit.”

Zhang Nianjiao was quite impatient with the disciples’ obstruction, feeling that it reflected poorly on her.

“Sister, please forgive my offense.

There are indeed some places in our family that outsiders really cannot enter.

Please think it over, Sister,” the guarding disciple said, his self-esteem fortified by a slight defiance as the dream lover of his fantasies showed such an attitude in front of an outsider.

“Do you think you need to worry about me?

Do you think I don’t know all this?

Hmph…” Zhang Nianjiao, accustomed to arrogance in her family, was proud from her noble status since childhood, her cultivation talents also superior to these people.

Did she not know what they were thinking?

They were just daydreamers; after all, how could she be interested in men of low status who lacked capability?

While Zhang Nianjiao and the family disciple were talking, Jiang Tang quietly stood to the side, observing her.

The family daughter indeed had a temper.

But she was so obedient in front of him—was this the charm he possessed?

Jiang Tang didn’t mind if a woman had a bit of a temper, some pride, and threw small tantrums from time to time—as long as they didn’t have a narrow personality, turning trivial matters into significant grudges.

He didn’t want the women around him to develop resentment should they develop feelings for him and those feelings not be reciprocated.

That kind of devilish thought of destroying him if they couldn’t have him.

Zhang Nianjiao stepped into the Scripture Pavilion first, and feeling the man following close behind, she turned with a gentle, smiling face.

Where was any sign of the earlier arrogance and annoyance?

Jiang Tang, satisfied with Zhang Nianjiao’s attitude towards him, also responded with an evilly charming smile.

The guarding disciple saw Zhang Nianjiao’s smile at the entrance, a look of heartbreak on his face as he glared fiercely at Jiang Tang’s departing figure.

It was as if such glaring could vent the frustration in his heart.

Jiang Tang felt countless pairs of eyes on his back, eyes of women who admired him and one pair filled with resentment.

He smiled knowingly—wasn’t it his handsome and dashing aura that made flowers bloom and people fall in love at a glance?

Jiang Tang inwardly congratulated himself with a cocky smile, his attention soon caught by the many books inside.

The Zhang Family’s Scripture Pavilion truly was extraordinary.

Zhang Nianjiao introduced him, saying, “This is our family’s treasured Scripture Pavilion, where disciples can find the cultivation techniques they want to learn.

It’s said these were left by our ancestors ten thousand years ago, including both techniques and spells.”

“So your ancestors were that capable ten thousand years ago?” Jiang Tang casually offered a compliment.

“Of course, in the ancient times, our Zhang Family had status.

These are the precious books left by our ancestors.

Ever since I began cultivating, when I first learned to read, I came here with the elders to read.

Under their instruction, I read one book after another here.”

“Are you saying you’ve read all the books here?”

“Of course not, how could my cultivation level be high enough to read the books meant for those with higher cultivation?

Haven’t you spent time in the Immortal Sect before?

It’s useless for someone with low cultivation to read books meant for those with higher cultivation.

It can affect them, and they won’t understand, even if they try to learn it.”

“Hmm, you’re right.

May I take a look?

I want to see how your scriptures can impart understanding of cultivation from them.”

“Hehe, I’m not afraid of you stealing our techniques.

You weren’t brought up in our family, so naturally you wouldn’t understand.

I don’t believe you could understand just by reading one book.”

Jiang Tang had been speaking offhand, but after hearing Zhang Nianjiao’s proud words, he really felt a bit defiant.

He randomly picked up a book titled “Guantian Natural Cultivation Method.”

“This is a basic entry-level cultivation method for ordinary disciples.

It’s the simplest,” Zhang Nianjiao said as she also picked up a book and began to read.

This really was different from the cultivation books he had seen before.

Jiang Tang, driven by curiosity, opened the book, which had illustrations.

Even those who didn’t understand the text could learn from the depicted cultivator’s techniques.

It seemed just like an ordinary cultivation method, even simpler than the entry-level methods he had practiced at the North City Immortal Sect.

The text described standing with a focused gaze looking forward, cultivating one’s gaze, spiritual power, and willpower.

Jiang Tang thought this book was akin to those Taoist cultivation methods that would appear at street stalls in his previous life, things like cultivating for keen hearing and clear vision.

He put down the book and said to Zhang Nianjiao, “Do you have something more advanced?

Something that’s more challenging to understand?”

“Of course, please follow me to the second floor.

I’ve only just been allowed to read the books there.”

With pride in her eyes, Zhang Nianjiao was clearly a talented woman of her family, and her speech naturally revealed the pride of noble family girls.

With a Golden Core Great Perfection cultivation, she had reason to be proud as a young woman in the cultivation world.

Jiang Tang followed Zhang Nianjiao to the second floor, where, unlike the first floor, no one else was perusing the books.

As if she knew what Jiang Tang was thinking, Zhang Nianjiao told him, “Our family’s Scripture Pavilion is open to us only two days per month.

Normally, there are guards here, and only people with tokens can enter.

Trespassers will be punished, you know.”

“Oh, then I’ll just take a casual look!”

Jiang Tang hadn’t expected the Zhang Family to be so strict.

Disciples of the North City Immortal Sect could perform tasks to earn rewards and gain access to the Scripture Pavilion, and with a token, they could enter at any time.

Such a stringent family must foster a greater competitive spirit among their disciples!

“Does your family take in disciples with different surnames?”

“No, there are many collateral disciples in the cultivation world, even more so with the same surname.

It’s not that we look down on people of other surnames, it’s that our cultivation techniques can’t be passed on to those with different surnames.

But it’s different for the sons-in-law of our family’s women; they are considered one of our own.”

“Oh, would I count as one of your own?” Jiang Tang flashed an evil charm in his grin.

Zhang Nianjiao looked up just in time to catch Jiang Tang’s smile, entranced by it as she stared intently at him.

“Zhang Nianjiao, do you want me to kiss you?

With that expression of yours…”

Jiang Tang opened his arms, trapping Zhang Nianjiao against the bookshelf, and looked down at her.

“You…

you philandering carrot, who said you could kiss me?

So naughty.”

Zhang Nianjiao, blushing, tried to walk away but ended up pushing against Jiang Tang’s chest.

Seizing the opportunity, Jiang Tang wrapped his arms around Zhang Nianjiao.

They were the only two people there, making it the perfect time just for the two of them.

With such a beauty here, a hug wouldn’t be too much, right?

If he didn’t embrace her even with such a look in her eyes, it would be a sin…