The hour of Chou (丑时) is from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. To be precise, when Li Boyang arrived at the gate of the Quanzhen Sect, it was already past 2 a.m.
The Quanzhen Sect's night watch is conducted on a rotating basis. After 3 a.m., another disciple will take over. This is to prevent the disciple on night watch from making mistakes due to drowsiness.
With a whoosh.
A dark shadow flashed past in front of the two of them.
"Huh?"
Did you see a dark shadow just now?
"No way, you must be seeing things."
In fact, the disciple on night watch was not mistaken; a dark shadow did indeed flash by. However, the shadow was too fast for the eyes to keep up with.
There's a reason why people wear black clothes at night. With black clothes and a hood, combined with the darkness of the night, if you're fast enough, you can only be seen as a gust of wind, and you can't see anything at all.
Upon entering the Quanzhen Sect, one can see that many buildings are actually embedded directly into the steep cliff, connected only by a single walkway, making it extremely treacherous.
"The Quanzhen School doesn't sound like it."
Upon entering the mountain gate, Li Boyang saw a huge stone engraved with the words "Lower Ancestral Court," and behind the stone was Chongyang Palace.
"I don't know where the library is located."
Holding his breath, Li Boyang climbed onto the wall of Chongyang Palace. This was his first time visiting the Quanzhen Sect, and his purpose was to familiarize himself with the terrain of the Quanzhen Sect.
As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated." Since you intend to take advantage of the chaos, you must make thorough preparations, and plan your escape route in advance.
Chongyang Palace is very large. Fortunately, most people are already asleep at this time. As long as you don't do anything reckless and find the residences of those Qi Refining Realm experts, you don't have to worry about being discovered.
This is Li Boyang applying his own experience to others. It is very difficult for a Qi Refining Realm expert to be ambushed and killed at night. The reason is simple: the internal organs of a Qi Refining Realm expert have exceeded the limits of a normal person and become extremely sensitive. It is difficult to hide any movement within three zhang.
"This is the training ground."
"This is the main hall."
"This is the place for morning prayers."
Under the cover of night, Li Boyang moved through the Quanzhen Sect as if it were his own territory, but unfortunately he couldn't find the location of the Sutra Repository.
"Something's strange. Chongyang Palace's defenses are far too lax."
After wandering around Chongyang Palace for almost a quarter of an hour, Li Boyang felt something was strange. The area outside Chongyang Palace was relatively normal, with the incident occurring about once every five minutes.
Inside Chongyang Palace, however, there were no patrolling disciples to be seen at all, which was highly unusual. This thought only flashed through his mind briefly, and he didn't dwell on it. Finding the Sutra Repository was the most important thing.
Two minutes later, Li Boyang finally found a tower-shaped building. Although it was dark at night, it did not prevent him from seeing the three large characters "Scripture Pavilion" hanging on the tower.
The library has five floors, and the main door was locked, as were the screen windows on each floor.
With a leap, Li Boyang landed on the roof tiles of the second floor. Carefully controlling his footwork, he reached the screen window on the second floor and gently poked a hole in it with his finger.
"So many books..."
The second floor of the library is lined with rows and rows of bookshelves, each filled with antique books.
Then they flew up to the third, fourth, and fifth floors.
Since he didn't dare break through the window, Li Boyang could only see that the other floors had the same furnishings, with each floor filled with bookshelves and ancient books.
"Damn it, how long will it take to find this?"
Li Boyang only knew that in the Wudang world, before Qiu Chuji's blessing ceremony began, the Nine Yin Manual, one of the Quanzhen Sect's most treasured artifacts, was stolen, and the place where it was stolen was the Sutra Repository.
As for which floor of the Scripture Pavilion the Nine Yin Manual is located in, and which one it is, I have no idea. Now, seeing the densely packed books and ancient texts in the Scripture Pavilion, I feel a headache coming on. If I were to search through them all myself, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to finish even once.
The Quanzhen Sect's Sutra Repository truly lives up to its name, with its five floors containing at least ten thousand ancient books.
"It seems we can only wait until the Nine Yin Manual is stolen."
This night raid on the Sutra Repository went much more smoothly than expected. At least we've figured out the terrain of the Quanzhen Sect, so it wasn't a wasted trip.
After several leaps, Li Boyang flew down from the Sutra Repository and prepared to leave.
Qiu Chuji's prayer ceremony will begin in seven days, which means that the Nine Yin Manual will almost certainly be stolen within these few days. I'll probably have to be a night owl these next few days, keeping an eye on things every night and not missing a single moment.
"Is anyone there?"
Just as Li Boyang left the Sutra Repository and climbed over the outer wall of Chongyang Palace to leave, several dark figures suddenly broke into Chongyang Palace.
"Could the theft of the scriptures have occurred in this day?"
Li Boyang was extremely alert. These figures did not notice his presence. After seeing the dark figure enter, they followed it without saying a word.
As expected, the dark figures arrived at the Sutra Repository. Li Boyang followed cautiously behind, ready to make a move at any moment.
After arriving at the Sutra Repository, the shadowy figure circled it once, then used his lightness skill to leap to the fifth floor on the east side of the repository. He then drew a mark on a gauze window.
However, Li Boyang was quite far away, and only saw the dark figure climb over to the gauze window on the fifth floor of the Sutra Pavilion. Instead of breaking through the window, it returned.
These dark figures came and went quickly, seemingly only there to check out the Scripture Pavilion, with no other intentions.
Seeing this, Li Boyang dared not make any rash moves and waited for the shadowy figure to leave before choosing to retreat.
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