That voice I heard coming from where the young master Han Jun was supposedly at, he used the the name Jun and if my memory wasn't playing tricks on me, I do believe that he mentioned going back to the Palace .
I was a bit nervous at that time, trying to escape with all my might, but now that my mind was refreshed up a little, I was able to remember some details that I had involuntarily discarded of before, this was one of them .
The only problem that I was having currently was what to make out of these details I started to remember, that guy's soft voice was talking about going back to the Palace, so there is a bit of doubt in me that he was either from the current Imperial Family, it was either this, or he might be the son of a someone with a high status in the capital .
I don't know the protocols here, but I believed that not everyone can be allowed to live in the Palace, not to mention that this guy was saying that he was sent here to show his power, so that too made me feel that he might be closer to either of the two guesses .
But I personally wanted him to be the son of a high official with all my heart, after all the other guess was just too scary for me, it won't be an exaggeration to say that my life would be over, if I were to have offended a person from the imperial family, that was seeking death .
As I thought of this, I involuntarily began to look around me feeling quite alarmed, but finding that I was still in the same room from before and was surrounded by books from all sides. I finally calmed down a little .
I then began to think positively about that incident, those guys have distributed two wanted posters of me, one with a mask and one without a mask and both wanted posters should be ineffective in making people recognize me, one was nothing alike how I currently looked .
And the other was me putting a mask on, so I should be able to stay under the radar of their research, as long as I don't happen to bump into someone of high rank in strength, Martial Artist or above, they should be able to tell that it was me in the wanted posters if they were to look closely .
My Senior Brother Fu was able to, I saw it clearly in his eyes as he looked at the wanted poster that it was in his hand, but to this point of time, he still hadn't said much about this, which unnerved me a bit, I really hope that he wouldn't turn me in for the sake of that business relationship they have with the Han family .
I shook my head to clear those useless thoughts of mine away, then I continued to search for other pieces of information I could be able to get from here, my search for knowledge here and till now could be said to be a success and a failure at the exact same time .
I came here seeking something, but got something else entirely, it wasn't all bad to know about Alchemy and Weapon Grades and herbs, all of these were good, but not much related to the Internal affairs of the world, not to mention that I was jumping from one topic to a whole different one almost every time I finish a book .
I was beginning to lose hope towards finding what I was here to find, but it seemed that luck was in my side again, I finally found a book that talked about the world itself and the dynasties in it and it seemed that it was written in the period of the current Qin Dynasty, so it wasn't outdated or anything like that .
The piece of land that we are currently living on was so huge that there were still places in it that have not been explored, a whole areas of the the sea and the land was in this situation, on the Northeast side of the Qin Dynasty there was that forbidden area, The Miasma Swamp was it was called .
There were 4 other Dynasties that were mentioned in the book, Dwan, Wan, Rong, Fushi, these 5 dynasties were both at peace and at wars with one another, at peace on the surface, but hidden down the skirmishes and conflicts arose between all of them the reason was quite simple, the conflict between all those parties were because the lack of resources .
So every dynasty kept attacking the other, to gain some of those resources, those who fail to retreat back to their dynasty will be executed without an interrogation or anything of that sort, every dynasty was clear about the intentions of each other, but even though there were these conflicts, they still didn't become an excuse to start wars .
All of those dynasties have their own trouble, so they weren't that free to be going out of their way to try and start a war, so even when the Gu Emperor fell and his dynasty was struggling, not even one of those dynasties tried to interfere and fish benefits, the reason was simple, the Qin Empire position granted it that little bit of protection even though it was in the center of all those ancient dynasties .
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Out if all the empires, the Qin Empire was the youngest among all of them, but no one dared to attack it recklessly, because it had another forbidden zone that seemed to be both a curse and blessing to it, The Pit, a forest that was filled with heinous Beasts, Ferocious Beasts, Demon Beasts were the least of worries inside, the whole Forest was filled with danger, even plants there could poisen you to death .
A blessing because it contain a lot of precious herbs and treasures, a curse because the continuous looming threat of Monsters Outbreak to occur, that what made most of those guys think twice about attacking the Qin Dynasty .
On the illustrated map in the book, the Miasma Swamp was drawn inside The Pit, both were stretching towards the unknown land in the Northeast, these lands were mentioned as death zones, they were unknown because no one that have gone there was able to actually come back to tell the story, all those who tried to discover those areas, all shared the same fate, they disappeared without a trace .
The Pit was a forest that stretched across an area of mountains, it was a forbidden zone, but it was still explorable, a lot of precious resources were inside that region, but only for those who were brave enough and strong enough to seek them, otherwise the will just at to the reputation of The Pit and end up as a good meal to either the Monsters inside or the Man-eating Plants .
The Pit was a place where fortune and risk coexisted, you can gain a lofty rewards inside, precious herbs, exotic minerals, strong Beast's egg, but only as long as you able to come back from there alive .
The Mountains inside The Pit were dens to some of the very strong Demon Beasts, the kind that make even the bravest and the strongest people in the Martial Arts world to think twice before they try to clean those Mountains .
There were tons of cannels and rivers coursing through this land from all the sides, looking at the illustrated map, I couldn't help but see that the illustration of the area discovered looked like a pimple, the whole discovered area were nothing but an irregular shape of a circle, that was what it looked like .
I couldn't help but think about what kind of hidden dangerous are to the Northeast of Qin Dynasty, what was exactly was that Miasma Swamp lead to, was that the place where the Immortals lived, how strong were those Monsters in the Mountains of The Pit .
Was there someone that have passed through these forbidden zones and come back to tell the story, as I was flipping through the pages reading a bit absent-mindedly as these thoughts appeared in my mind, my hand stopped what it was doing as I read the pages regarding the disappearance of the dynasty number 6 in The Deep .
Another Forbidden Zone, if there were an irregularity in the shape of the circle illustrating all those 5 dynasties and the other forbidden zones, it was because of that last forbidden zone, the landmass of that circle, looked as if it was losing a big chunk of it, then the last forbidden zone was marked .
The Deep was a forbidden zone it was marked in the sea and according to the book in hand, the place marked as forbidden zone used to be the land where another dynasty were in existence, the Wu dynasty .
The reason it have become forbidden zone was for quite amount of reasons, one of these reasons be the fact that overnight that whole territory of the Wu dynasty together with the Palace and the capital directly fell to the sea and not even a soul was able to escape the doom that befell the dynasty .
Then The Deep appeared, this was a place where the water level was able to rise up and cover the landmass that whatever happened to the Wu dynasty caused, unless you are able to swim like a shark, the only fate for the people going there will be death, boats were no longer able to make that place a suitable coast, like with The Pit some powerful Beasts will appear and create havoc in the place, eat humans then leave .
So the idea of having it as a coast for any of the Dynasties in the south were nullified, the place itself didn't have much of valuable items, there were some special minerals in it, but the problem was how to mind them out, seeing that there was no other valuable things inside, not to mention how dangerous was the place now is, the other 5 dynasties agreed to label it as such .
The Deep seemed to have recently formed, maybe it was formed around the same time as that Miasma Swamp, this make The Pit the most ancient forbidden zone among all those zones, but between it and the Deep, I would say that the Deep is more dangerous, the amount of people who disappeared with the fall of the Wu dynasty was approximately in millions .
Not to mention, the disappearance cases that are still being reported to this day, the date on the book in hand seemed to go back 10 or 8 years ago, so the number of those cases might have increased by a lot, making it even more dangerous than the Pit, at least for me .
Flipping the next page, I found that it was the cover of the book, another book was over with, I put it back on the shelf and sat down while knocking my finger on the table, thinking about how the people living on that landmass seemed to be trapped inside this land, with no way that could allow them to go anywhere else, like birds trapped in a cage .
If they go South, they will end up reaching The Deep, then their only choices were either to continue forward while fully aware of the risks they will face or going back .
If they head North then they will still reach The Pit and their fate won't be any better nor will their choices as well, like a turtle in a jar, but that currently wasn't much of a concern to me, I still have no reason to be looking for an adventure in these dangerous places .
I had gained much from reading this book, I began to have a few more doubts, but I believe that they might be solved in time or I could just ask Master about them later, the Treasures Of Heavens And Earth catalogue was what troubled me the most .
I wasn't even able to understand a word in it, not a single letter, in fact, I began to believe that it was written in a whole different language compared to the one I have or the language used in the other books, it was something quite daunting, so I should remember to ask Master about it later .
There were a few illustrations in it, illustration of herbs and plants that just from their appearance, I was able to tell that they were quite exotic, so I still decided to memorize most of them, but after I etched some of them in my mind, I felt like my head was getting dizzy all of a sudden, my finger stopped knocking on the table and if not for the fact that I was sitting down, I could have collapsed on the floor .
It seemed that I have burned more brain cells with this intensive study session than I imagined, I did stored a lot of information here, so it should be time to get out of here and get some fresh air .
I don't know how long exactly did I take, but I was certain that I had spend at least over Three hours in hear. I had finished eating all the food that I had on me and still seemed to be quite hungry .
The moment I opened the dear leading to the Main Hall, I saw that Guardian Li was there and seemed to be engrossed in his meditation, so it was better to just let the matter of heading to greet him have some rest already .
Just as I turned towards the door, he called me, saying :
So, found what you came here for ? .
Hearing the familiar rough voice, I turned my body to him and said :
" Greeting Uncle Li, well, answering your question, I could say that I have .
Sensing the little displeasure in my tone, he opened his eyes and said :
What's wrong, did you not like the poems that your master have collected .
" I wasn't there for the poems, I was reading about the internal affairs of the world, but now that you mentioned it, Master do have a very wide collection of poems inside that room, I was able to get something after going through lots and lots of troubles .
The man snorted coldly and said :
Your Master would scold you if he heard you talking bad about his collection of poems, as for the information you wanted to know about, they were put in the lower shelves, as for those that you have read from the higher shelves, those were either outdated or still unconfirmed pieces of information, that's the reason these book covers were blank .
Hearing what he just said, I almost couldn't help but wanting to slap myself to death, outdated, unconfirmed information, I had spend 3 hours in what then .