Chapter 12: Dragon Rhinoceros Bloodline

Half an hour later, Zhang Xuan walked out of the logistics office, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

In his previous life, he would have suffered a loss today, but with the Library of Heaven's Path, his life had taken a completely different direction.

"Perhaps crossing over was the right thing! What I hope for is precisely this kind of splendid life!"

Clenching his fists, Zhang Xuan let out a breath.

In his past life, he was just a librarian, living a monotonous, ordinary, and simple life. If he continued, he would only earn a fixed salary and achieve nothing. But here, things were different. With the Library of Heaven's Path, a gift from crossing over, he might truly go further and further, grow stronger and stronger, and carve out a brand-new, brilliant life!

At this moment, Zhang Xuan finally merged completely with this world! No more inner struggle of being in a foreign land.

"Don't hold me back, let me die, I want to die..."

Just as he was secretly rejoicing, he heard a wailing cry not far away, like a maddened wild bull, heart-wrenching and lung-tearing.

Turning to look, he saw a fat man roaring and charging toward the artificial lake in the academy, intending to jump in and drown himself.

No one was stopping the fat man from behind. He didn't rush forward either, but kept roaring. Suddenly, he turned around, grabbed a student's hand, placed it on himself as if being held back, and roared again.

"Don't hold me back, let me die, I don't want to live..."

"..."

Everyone was speechless.

"Too shameless!" Zhang Xuan shook his head.

This fat man clearly didn't want to die, yet he insisted on pretending others were stopping him. Truly shameless.

Knowing this guy definitely wouldn't die, Zhang Xuan couldn't be bothered to pay further attention and walked toward his classroom. Before he had gone far, he heard the roaring getting closer, the ground trembling like an earthquake, and then a pair of thick arms hugged his leg.

"Teacher, please take me as your disciple! They all think I'm too fat and don't want me..."

The fat man wailed loudly.

"Let go!"

Zhang Xuan was speechless.

This guy was too bizarre. Seeing that he was a teacher, he rushed over and begged to be taken as a disciple. He had never seen such a person.

"I'll let go only if the teacher agrees to take me!" The fat man was a mess of tears and snot, his voice pitiful enough to move anyone who saw or heard: "Today I've already sought out ten teachers, and none wanted me. Teacher, look how pitiful I am, just take me in!"

Assessments among students also affected a teacher's evaluation. Such a fat guy, with major issues in combat and agility, was generally not accepted by famous teachers.

"If you want me to take you, at least let me see your skills. What's with hugging my leg?" Zhang Xuan snorted.

With the Library of Heaven's Path, he had no major problem taking students. If this guy was too poor, he couldn't accept him into his tutelage.

"Teacher, you must take me as your disciple! I do have some skills..." The fat man hesitated, looked up, and slowly released his arms.

"Whether you have skills or not, I'll know after seeing. Talking so much is useless!" Seeing that the fat man seemed reluctant to let go, Zhang Xuan kicked him away in disgust.

If it were a female student running over and hugging his leg, that would be one thing. But a man, and a fat one at that... the thought made him shudder.

"Alright! Watch me!" The fat man showed no sign of being offended. He stood up, looked around, fetched a few bricks from nearby, picked one up, and smashed it against his head.

Bang!

The brick shattered into dust.

Then he picked up several more bricks and smashed them against his arms and legs. Without exception, all the bricks broke apart.

This guy looked very fat, but he had a solid external martial arts skill.

Ignoring his external skill, Zhang Xuan watched the book that had automatically formed in his mind.

External martial arts were also a type of combat technique. As soon as the fat man performed, the library immediately generated content about him.

"Yuan Tao, a rogue cultivator from Earth Emperor City, martial artist at the initial stage of Gathering Breath Realm!"

...

"Weaknesses: eighteen points. First, the ancient Dragon Rhinoceros bloodline within him is not activated! Second, poor foundation, cultivation techniques..."

"Dragon Rhinoceros bloodline?"

Seeing the record, Zhang Xuan was stunned.

Combining his previous life's memories, he knew that in this world, bloodlines and innate constitutions were extremely important. Anyone possessing either, if properly utilized, would advance rapidly in cultivation and grow stronger.

Innate constitutions came in many types: Pure Yin Constitution, Pure Yang Constitution, Unblemished Constitution, Golden Body Constitution...

Bloodlines also came in many types: ancient bloodlines, new bloodlines, inherited bloodlines, mutated bloodlines...

Once discovered, each would become the object of contention among countless teachers.

The fat man's Dragon Rhinoceros bloodline was a type of ancient bloodline, one that existed only in antiquity. Legend had it that when cultivated to perfection, one became impervious to swords and spears, invulnerable to all attacks—one of the most invincible bloodlines for defense.

This unremarkable, fat, and shameless guy actually possessed an ancient bloodline?

"The ancient bloodline isn't activated. It seems even he himself doesn't know!"

Zhang Xuan's eyes lit up.

Among bloodlines, ancient bloodlines were extremely powerful. This fat man had visited over a dozen teachers, and none accepted him. It wasn't that they didn't recognize his potential, but that his bloodline was not activated, making him no different from ordinary people. Not only could others not tell, but even he probably didn't know!

However, even without knowing, he already had this latent potential. His defensive power was stronger than normal, which allowed him to learn this defensive combat technique.

"I must take this guy under my wing!"

His eyes brightened.

A student with an ancient bloodline was something the entire academy might not see in many years. With such a good seedling right in front of him, how could he let him go?

"Not bad. I'll take you as my student now. Perform the apprenticeship ceremony!"

Thinking this, Zhang Xuan suppressed his excitement and casually tossed out a jade token representing his identity.

"Teacher, you really accept me? That's great..."

The fat man seemed to have been severely beaten down. Hearing that a teacher was willing to take him, he was so excited that without much hesitation, he cut his finger and offered his blood.

"Like teacher, like student. There's truth to that. A trash teacher takes trash students!"

Just then, a cold snort sounded.

Turning to look, he saw a young man walking over arrogantly.

Beside the young man was a graceful figure, with jet-black hair draped over her shoulders, fair skin like congealed fat, and dark eyes that gave a stunning impression when they looked over.

"Shang Bin? Shen Biru?"

Seeing the two, two names immediately came to mind.

Speaking of Shen Biru, probably no one in the entire academy didn't know her!

It wasn't that her status was special, but that she was universally recognized as a beautiful teacher. Even the school beauties paled in comparison.

That alone would be one thing, but she also taught exceptionally well. Having been at the academy for less than a year, she had already become one of the most famous teachers.

Noble, elegant, beautiful, and knowledgeable, she attracted many teachers who pursued her madly.

His previous self was one of the pursuers.

However, the previous Zhang Xuan was too unsuccessful—low in cultivation and the worst in every assessment. Because of his inferiority complex, although he had the intention, he never spoke to the goddess in his heart, let alone pursued her.

This young man was called Shang Bin, the grandson of Elder Shang Chen of the academy. He was also one of the pursuers. Relying on his status, he suppressed other pursuers. Having heard somewhere that Zhang Xuan also liked Shen Biru, he would mock and taunt him every time they met, and had even resorted to violence.

However, Shen Biru seemed indifferent to him, always cold and aloof, leaving Shang Bin both anxious and helpless.

"Trash, who are you calling trash?" Hearing Shang Bin's unreserved sarcasm, Zhang Xuan was not angry. He turned and looked over.

"Trash is calling you!" Shang Bin sneered.

"Oh, so it's 'trash' calling me. How stinky, how stinky!" Zhang Xuan waved his hand, making a disgusted expression.

"You..." Shang Bin finally realized he had been fooled by the academy's last-ranked guy. His face flushed with anger.