On the Seven Towers

The sky darkened, and the sun could no longer shine on the corner where Li Jia was curled up. The wind was a little cold, but Li Jia's heart was warm. Now he saw everything as gentle and beautiful. The grass exuded fragrance, the sunset set the atmosphere, the woods rustled, and even the rocks carefully worked as screens to block the angles where others might peek at him. It seemed that they were looking forward to today's date just like him. But how much did he feel like paying attention to them? Every bit of his mind was longing for her arrival.

The last danger did leave a shadow on him, but in the face of burning emotions, danger was no longer the focus of the problem. The worst thing was not to run far away.

A figure ran over from a distance, and Li Jia stretched his neck like a white goose to look at it. It was indeed her, and Li Jia couldn't wait to meet her. The gray figure was so familiar, as if he had known her for many years and should be together every day.

"Li Jia!" When Serinda was still about ten meters away, she waved her hand and called his name. She always raised the ending tone, which was very exotic. Hearing it made him feel itchy, as if a kitten's paw was scratching him. What a lovely person! Li Jia rushed to give her a hug, but Serinda quickly moved aside and he missed.

Li Jia suddenly felt a warm current rushing to his cheeks. He knew without looking in the mirror that his old face must have turned red. He had only known her for less than two weeks. What happened? Fortunately, Serinda didn't seem to be really angry. She just pouted her mouth and put on a look of anger. Li Jia scratched his head embarrassedly, and hesitantly took out a bag from behind and handed it to Serinda who was giggling.

"For you!"

Serinda took the bag curiously and found a green dress with small floral patterns inside. Pointing at the clothes and then at herself, she asked in not-so-standard Mandarin: "Give it to me?"

Li Jia nodded repeatedly. She picked up the clothes and looked at them from left to right, seeming to like them very much.

"This is the new clothes I got, try it on." Li Jia pointed at Serinda, motioning her to put it on.

She picked up the clothes and went into the woods, and when she came out a while later, she had changed into the dress. Li Jia's eyes were almost straight when she saw Serinda dressed up in a new outfit. The original coarse cloth clothes completely covered her toned figure, but after changing into the dress, the convex and concave parts were all right, and with the flame-like crimson hair draped over her shoulders, she was no less beautiful than the cover girl on the advertising magazine.

Serinda herself was also curious about how she looked in the new clothes, she swayed from side to side, looking at her skirt, but she didn't realize that there was nothing underneath the thin skirt. Li Jia stared at the ups and downs in front of her, and suddenly felt more blood rushing to her head.

Maybe I should dig out another set of underwear, otherwise I might have a cerebral hemorrhage at any time, he thought to himself.

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This was their sixth time walking on campus, and Li Jia really enjoyed this feeling. No woman had ever admired, appreciated and relied on him so much. Serinda was so beautiful. If he met such a beauty in the original world, he might not even have the qualifications to say a word, but now she was leaning on him like a little bird, as if he was all she could rely on.

"Li Jia, let's go to the library today, okay?" In addition to her beauty, Serinda's other amazing thing about Li Jia was her intelligence. After just ten days of contact, she could actually communicate with him in simple Mandarin. In comparison, Li Jia's Spanish talent should be classified as an idiot.

The library was one of the few places in the school with lights at night. Every time she passed by there, Serinda would be curious and want to go in and take a look. Li Jia did not agree several times before because her outfit was too obvious. But today, Li Jia felt that she should satisfy her wish, and that dress was the best disguise.

The school's defense was tight on the outside but loose on the inside. There was no guard at the entrance of the library. The original card gate had been out of service for a long time because it was out of power. Li Jia took Serinda and walked around the side into the lobby.

The library was very dark. Although some people lit oil lamps to look up information, they only illuminated the area of ​​a desk. Li Jia had to get very close to see Serinda's curious face, let alone worry about others recognizing her. Li Jia led her along, avoiding people on the road with flashlights or oil lamps, and felt a kind of excitement that could only be felt in spy movies.

They walked all the way to the second-floor platform of the library. Li Jia asked Serinda to stand in front of the railing of the platform, took out a flashlight and shone it forward. For a moment, the layers of bookshelves and densely packed books appeared in front of them. Li Jia said to Serinda with some pride: "Welcome to the world of books."

In the dark, Li Jia didn't see Serinda's expression when she looked at these books. It was a mixture of shock and fear. As a noble and a magic knight, she had a lot of knowledge. But all the books she had seen in the palace, the nobles' mansions, and the magician's study, combined, might not even account for more than one percent of the books here.

Knowledge is power, this is a proverb passed down from ancient times.

The power of a magician comes from books, not wands. ——This is what her magic teacher said.

So no matter the royal family, nobles, or magicians, they all treasure their books. And here, so many books are placed in a place where they can be found everywhere, without guards or seals, and even a housekeeper can take them and read them at will. This is incredible. How powerful is the inheritance of this magician's castle? She couldn't help but think of Pinto's words, this is a group of very dangerous people.

She has always believed that she is strong enough to not fear any opponent, but at this moment, she was shaken and panicked. As the saying goes, no matter how strong an ant is, it is no match for an elephant. At this moment, she felt that she was as small as an ant, and her opponent was as strong as a dragon.

What if... what if they want to conquer the surrounding territories? What if they want to be enemies with the Earl's Mansion? Even if they just hope that the Earl's Mansion will give in in many places..., how can we fight against a magician with such a background? Unless, these books...

"The collection of books in this library is considered large in our area, not to mention yours. Look, there are books of all kinds, from heaven to earth, from ancient times to the present, from China to abroad, and everything you need." Li Jia's tone was full of pride.

"Hey! Who is shining a flashlight up there?" At this time, a voice came from below, and then a flashlight beam hit Li Jia. Li Jia was startled and hurried to pull away Serinda, but found that he caught nothing.

"Oh, it's Li Jia!" The person recognized Li Jia from a distance. Li Jia didn't see Serinda around, so he had to shine the flashlight and found that it was Mao Kai, a top student in the technology group. The technology group and the business group had held several joint meetings to study the possibility of basic chemical product production. After a few visits, they were familiar with each other.

"Oh, Mao Kai."

"Those of us who tinker with flasks and test tubes have to work overtime to look up information, why are you from the business team here too?"

"Well... there are no mobile phones available now, so I can only read books."

"Who said it wasn't? It's really hard to look up information now."

"What are you looking for?"

"It's still about making three acids and two bases." Mao Kai walked over and said to him in a low voice, "The professors and doctors in our technology team are going crazy. After more than a week, they can't even make hydrochloric acid. All the equations are wrong. I told them that it is more important to open their minds at this time. I speculated that there are some unknown elements in all things here that cannot be measured for the time being, but they refused to believe it... I am going to design an experiment to prove my conjecture."

"You don't have to worry, you can take your time." Li Jia said casually.

"Time is running out! Why don't you think about building our own industrial system quickly? How can we conquer the world?" Mao Kai waved his fist and said, "This is a good opportunity, Li Jia! Just like the Spanish conquered the Inca Empire with a small team. Why can't we use our technology to conquer the people around us?"

"Why...must we conquer? Now we get along well with the people in the town." Li Jia suddenly hated Mao Kai's argument and retorted in a low voice.

"Do you think those noble lords will let us grow here? Impossible, we touched their purses, occupied their land, and looked down on their practices, so we must fight in the end."

"You think too much?" Li Jia was thinking about Serinda's affairs, and was tired of listening, so he quickly said: "By the way, our team leader also asked me to find a Spanish dictionary, I have to look it up for him, and I will talk to you in detail next time."

"Hey, you people just don't want to think further! I said it long ago, this is a matter of life and death!" Seeing that the conversation was not going well, Mao Kai pouted and left.

Li Jia and Mao Kai didn't know that while they were talking about conquest, Serinda had heard all these words. A life-and-death struggle? Sure enough, they were thinking about conquest. These people who came suddenly were powerful and ambitious, and they obviously didn't like the nobles. So maybe Pinto was right...

When Li Jia waited for him to walk away, he started to look for people anxiously. He called out twice, but Serinda didn't answer. He looked for several rows of bookshelves, but didn't see anyone. Just when he was anxious, a fragrant breeze blew, and suddenly a hand held his flashlight.

"Ah, Serinda! Where did you go?" Li Jia breathed a sigh of relief.

"There are people, I was afraid, I hid." She answered timidly.

"Mao Kai is a typical dreamer. Don't listen to his nonsense." He patted her hand. "Okay, it's good that we haven't been discovered. You've seen this side. Let's go quickly. I'll take you home."

"Okay." Serinda let Li Jia drag her out of the library in a hurry, but no one noticed that in the corner of the library, there was a scroll with a faint red glow...

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When Xiao Chen woke up from the illusion, he found that the "Shadow Scroll of the Sea of ​​Consciousness" in his hand had lost its luster, leaving an empty page. The book spirit had told him that everyone could only see this book once. If a meditation space was formed, then in the future, when entering the illusion to practice, all you had to do was sit down and meditate. If not..., then this person would have no chance in this life.

"You finally woke up!" Luo Ling, sitting on a desk not far away, shouted happily.

"How long... have I been unconscious?"

"Four hours and twenty minutes."

"I felt like I was in there for several days." Xiao Chen looked at Luo Ling with a wry smile, and his eyes suddenly stayed on the corner of her mouth, which seemed to be stained with a little red. "What's wrong with the corner of your mouth? Is that blood?"

"Ah... autumn is dry, I waited for you so impatiently that even the corners of my mouth were cracked." Luo Ling licked the corners of her mouth with the tip of her tongue playfully, "How is the book?"

"Fortunately you didn't read it, this book is very dangerous, I almost died, you may not be able to withstand it." Xiao Chen closed the book, "I have to seal this book temporarily to prevent it from being read by mistake. By the way, you can't read it either."

Luo Ling raised her eyebrows, but hesitated to speak.

Xiao Chen thought she didn't believe it, "I'm not exaggerating."

"Very dangerous? Aren't you here?" Luo Ling asked.

"Nearly death." Xiao Chen roughly told Luo Ling about his experience in the illusion, and Luo Ling listened very seriously.

"The book spirit also said that not everyone's meditation space is not so safe. Maybe you just have bad luck." Luo Ling said at last.

"According to my guess, the more you experience and the more you know, the larger the meditation space will be, but the danger will also increase. Are there not many neurotic professors and doctors in the school? I dare not let them try this. Let's wait until I know more about the meditation space." Xiao Chen analyzed.

Luo Ling finally agreed with his opinion and asked, "Can you use magic?"

"Let me try!" Xiao Chen hoped that the devil training would bring direct results. He quickly closed his eyes and tried to feel the changes in the surrounding perception, but nothing happened. He stretched out another hand and focused his mind on his hand, but there was still no change. He laughed at himself: "I think it will take a spell or something to release magic? If so, I will become a magician, and others will be jealous and cry."

"Try this." Luo Ling handed him two scrolls, which appeared on the bookshelf with "Shadow Scroll of Consciousness Sea".

After Xiao Chen held a scroll in his hand for a moment, he suddenly shouted, "I feel it!"

He picked up another one and quickly said, "This one too! There is a force that responds to me. Although I don't know the effect, I seem to be able to trigger them. I can't help but want to stimulate them!"

Luo Ling hurriedly took both scrolls back, "Don't do anything stupid. I'll keep them until you figure out their functions."

It was already late, and the two decided to try again after a while to see if they could open more book seals. But when they returned to the school from the underground passage and walked out of the underground palace, they saw the campus in front of them was illuminated by the fire.

That was the library burning...