The Domineering King of the Netherworld and His Sweetheart

26. Massive Collection of Books

Translator: Ning LL

As a result, the Demon Beast Egg was taken back and Hairless Chicken’s power was strengthened.

That was a sort of comfort to Feng Xi. The most important thing was, as long as Hairless Chicken was strong enough, his safety would be guaranteed. Then perhaps his leader would let him go out again since he could be protected well by the strong Chicken now. After all, he never quitted the thought of trading something for money.

However, his wishful thinking was crushed when he reached the gate.

The old man in white stood in front of him with a serious look while staring at him straightly.

“Young Master, I hope you can stay in the Palace for this period of time. The outside world is in a chaotic condition right now. If you get yourself hurt, His Majesty would have to show up for you again.”

The old man… seemed to be criticizing him right now.

Feng Xi rolled his two big eyes to the left and then to the right, looking cute and shrewd. Seeing the old man in white still looking at him, he then asked, “You are talking to me now, right?”

The old man stopped talking.

Feng Xi took that as a yes. Then he laughed and said, “I think so too. You have mistaken me for someone else. I’m not your Young Master. My name is Feng Xi. Feng means “phoenix”, and Xi “hope”. Next time just call me Feng Xi! That’s all. I still have something to do next. See you!”

As saying this, Feng Xi tried to pass by the old man.

However, with white light flashing in front of his eyes, he paused right away and only found the old man blocking his way again.

“You… What do you want this time?”

“I’ve already told you, Young Master. You can not go out for the moment.” The old man in white repeated that patiently.

“Why can’t I leave? Why do you call me Young Master? I already told you not to call me that! Just stop!”

“His Majesty told me to guard here. Young Master, if you want to go out, you should ask for His Majesty’s permission first. If His Majesty agrees to let you leave, I won’t stop you then. Please don’t make things difficult for me.”

“When have I ever made things difficult for you? You are the one that made things difficult for me!” Feng Xi murmured that.

However, since the old man had mentioned his leader, Feng Xi didn’t dare to show any objection anymore.

After all, his leader was the one he relied on for a living. In this strange world, he had to stick to his free ticket for meals, so he wouldn’t allow himself to make any mistakes.

“His Majesty asked you to go to the library.” The old man’s voice sounded again.

Before Feng Xi could ask any questions, the old man in white turned around and left. In no time, his figure disappeared behind the gate.

‘Come on, even though I have already gone through every place in this palace, aren’t you worried that I might forget about the direction? What if I can not find the library?’ Feng Xi thought.

While he kept muttering to himself, he walked on the path which he was very familiar with to the Test Field. Actually, the library was not far from where he was.

After about a quarter, he arrived outside the library. This was the second time he came to this place. Last time he only came here to explore the way, thus he didn’t see this place clearly. Now as he observed the building, he really found this building quite magnificent.

The towering dome looked stately, and the crimson piles were carved with dragon and phoenix. There were two ferocious stone lions standing beside the gate. The eyes of the lions looked piercing as if the two beasts had intelligence, which held others in awe. Right now, with the two beasts’ hind legs pressed down slightly and their front legs scratching the ground, they looked extremely malicious.

Feng Xi couldn’t help swallowing his saliva, with his whole body full of gooseflesh.

He had a feeling that he was stared by two live lions and that he had already been seen through by those sharp eyes.

“Come in!” The voice of King of the Netherworld came through from the inside.

After that, Feng Xi only got a strange feeling all over his body as if the scary feeling he had were only his delusion. He, at a loss, couldn’t figure out why he didn’t feel himself being stared at right now.

The gate closed slowly. Feng Xi ran into the library and pushed open a small door. As expected, his leader was inside.

The King who was leafing through a book raised his head and said softly, “Come here.”

At the same time, Feng Xi was astonished by the rows of bookshelves.

He swore that he had never seen such a massive collection of books. The first row of the bookshelves was nearly two men high. With nearly a hundred books placed in each interlayer, there were almost a thousand books in one bookshelf. According to Feng Xi’s observation, there were definitely more than a hundred bookshelves in this building.

“What’s wrong with this place?” Seeing Feng Xi standing there stupefied, King of the Netherworld asked.

Feng Xi came back to his sense and ran over right away, saying, “My leader, this place is so spacious. I guess there must be over a hundred thousand books here. This building is even a few times larger than the Imperial Library from which I have stolen something in my previous life.”

“A hundred thousand?” The King stared at Feng Xi and continued, “There are forty-nine floors in this library. Each floor has a million books.”

“…” Feng Xi was completely speechless.

Each floor had a million books, and then there were actually forty-nine million books here.

Feng Xi found he couldn’t use the phrase ‘a few times larger than the Imperial Library’ to describe this place. After all, it seemed that the books in this library were countless.

“My leader, can I ask you a question?” Feng Xi raised his hand and asked the question like a disciplined kid, with a surprised and terrified look in his eyes.

“Yes.” The King looked at Feng Xi with a meaningful look and nodded.

“What do you want me to do… in this place?” Feng Xi opened his eyes widely and asked.

“To read, of course.”

“…” Feng Xi wondered if he could faint right away.