Chapter 539: Chapter 231: Zi Bu Yu’s Technique of Avoiding Supernatural Forces and Chaotic Spirits
Li Xiu had just obtained the dictionary and was ready to leave, but was stopped by Dong Tianjun.
"What’s up?" Li Xiu asked in confusion.
Dong Tianjun frowned and said, "You’re not even taking the Light Condensation Technique, what are you going back to study?"
As he spoke, Dong Tianjun tossed a book to Li Xiu, the very same "Universal Buddha Light" he had previously asked Li Xiu to read.
"This is my own book, take it back and study it. See you in three months."
Li Xiu thanked him as he accepted the book and left the Demon Text Institute.
He really hadn’t expected Dong Tianjun to give him a Light Condensation Technique; wasn’t it said that such things were not to be casually shown to others?
After returning home, Li Xiu opened the thick Demon Text Dictionary and compared the text with the "Universal Buddha Light" for a preliminary review.
The incantation in the simplified text, Li Xiu had already memorized and could automatically compare during his study.
He continued reading while consulting the dictionary, clarifying the unknown words made reading much easier.
However, Li Xiu found some definitions in this Demon Text Dictionary to be inaccurate, and after researching, made new annotations.
Li Xiu didn’t leave the house all day, immersing himself in researching these Demon Words. By the time Sha Chu returned, it was already around seven or eight o’clock in the evening.
"Everyone outside is debating whether you still dare to leave Longevity City. Most people think you’re definitely playing turtle." Sha Chu said with a smile.
"That’s not a nice way to put it." Li Xiu replied, flipping through the dictionary.
"That’s not what I said, it’s what those people outside are saying." Sha Chu walked over to Li Xiu, glanced at the dictionary and the "Universal Buddha Light", and said in surprise: "This is Demon Text, isn’t it? You understand this?"
"A little bit." Li Xiu replied.
Sha Chu was surprised. Demon Text is difficult to learn, and many who wish to learn it have no place to do so.
Even within Longevity City, the Demon Text Institute is a unique institution, and not everyone is qualified to learn Demon Text there.
Demon Text relates to many things in the Demon Kingdom, like the Light Condensation Technique, which requires translation from Demon Text.
Mastering Demon Text, even if your rank is not high and you are not a Trial Taker, you can still achieve considerable status and benefits in Longevity City.
Like Dong Tianjun, nominally he and Professor Xu should be at the same level, but their treatment and status are worlds apart.
Even the patriarchs of the four major families are polite to Dong Tianjun, calling him "sir" with respect.
After all, those from the four families will want to learn the Light Condensation Technique, and they’ll rely on people like Dong Tianjun.
The books are translated by him, and a single mistranslation can cause serious problems for practitioners.
Moreover, the Light Condensation Technique has both good and bad aspects; even a Light Base S-level Trial Taker may not discern it, needing someone knowledgeable to guide them.
Although the four families have long sent people to learn Demon Text, not everyone has the talent for languages, nor patience and diligence to study dry texts.
Most prefer becoming Trial Takers rather than learning the obscure Demon Text.
Within Longevity City, Dong Tianjun is the expert of experts, his high status is imaginable.
If not for Li Xiu being the Commander, even if Dong Tianjun were angered, he wouldn’t have lent the Demon Text Dictionary or allowed him to take the "Universal Buddha Light".
If a regular Trial Taker did the same, Dong Tianjun wouldn’t even respond, let alone say a single word more.
Of course, even if Li Xiu is the Commander, without displaying profound Demon Text mastery, Dong Tianjun wouldn’t have lent him the dictionary and the book.
"What’s this book?" Sha Chu stood beside Li Xiu, lowering her head to look at the "Universal Buddha Light", but she couldn’t understand a single word.
"A Light Condensation Technique." Li Xiu said casually.
"What? A Light Condensation Technique!" Sha Chu exclaimed in shock, "How do you have a Light Condensation Technique?"
"Borrowed from the Demon Text Institute." Li Xiu replied.
"The Demon Text Institute is willing to lend you a Light Condensation Technique? I thought this was impossible to take out, right? I heard only beings surpassing S-level have the right to access it, and it must be studied only inside the institute, not taken out." Sha Chu said in astonishment.
"Well, I am a Commander, naturally different from others." Li Xiu smiled.
Sha Chu nodded: "That’s true, but why is the book all in Demon Text? Is there no translation?"
"No need for a translation, I have the dictionary right here. Just check the dictionary yourself." Li Xiu said, patting the dictionary beside him.
"The Demon Text Institute actually lent such an important thing like the dictionary to you?" Sha Chu was even more surprised, knowing how crucial a dictionary is to a language.
It’s said that the core results of many years of research by the Demon Text Institute are in this dictionary.
"Even with the dictionary, translating Demon Text’s Light Condensation Technique is not easy. Don’t just look at it yourself and get it wrong, and I heard this technique can only be cultivated by Trial Takers surpassing S-level..." Sha Chu said.
"You’re right. The previous Light Condensation Technique indeed could only be practiced by Trial Takers of Light Base level above S-level, so I borrowed the dictionary and ’Universal Buddha Light’, planning to research a version of the Light Condensation Technique that ordinary Trial Takers can cultivate." Li Xiu said.