After amusing himself for some more time with these 'amazing' Cultivation Manuals, Ye Tian Yun looked around for any elder or manager who could be in charge of this floor.
He was not interested in these cultivation manuals. He had other plans. Ye Tian Yun wanted to do something which would affect his first target, Xiao Ming's, whole future. He was going to take away a very precious opportunity from Xiao Ming and use it for himself.
In the coming future, Xiao Ming was going to be a part of the God's Legion. He was going to make a huge name for himself, have peak cultivation at a very young age and all this was going to be possible because of a unique manual in his possession.
This manual was going to be one of the very important factors which would be responsible for Xiao Ming's rise in not only the Gracious Sword Sect but in the whole Lower Heavens as an era suppressing genius.
And this precious manual was in this very pavilion, just one floor above, on the Third Floor. And Ye Tian Yun was going to take it before Xiao Ming even arrives here. This was also the reason why he came so early to receive his new token.
He had come to know of this manual when he had made his informants dig out all the secrets of the God's Legion. Though this wasn't much use to him in his previous life, however, after rebirth this secret was going to help him a lot.
Ye Tian Yun was going to make sure Xiao Ming is at a disadvantage before he even confronts him. In his previous life, he didn't put God's Legion in his eyes due to his arrogance and backing. However, this time he was going to hunt down each one of them and destroy the God's Legion before it can even establish itself.
With his aim once more steeled, he continued to look for someone who could be in charge of this Second Floor. Even though this floor was smaller than the First Floor, however, it was still big enough to accommodate a lot of disciples. Looking around, Ye Tian Yun saw disciples in Outer Court robes, who were undoubtedly Top disciples of their Peak and he even saw some disciples Inner Court robes.
Soon, he found an elder who was sitting on a table and reading a cultivation manual on the other side of the floor.
Without hesitation he starter approaching the elder.
Sensing someone approaching him, the elder looked up and found a disciple in Outer Court robes heading for him. The elder turned his attention back to the manual as he said, "You don't need to approach me, just choose the manual which best suits your needs and head back to the First Floor."
Ye Tian Yun replied, "Greetings Elder, I am Fang Chen from Seventh Peak. I have gone through most cultivation manuals on this floor and I have chosen my reward. However, it is not a Rank 4 cultivation manual."
The elder looked up, sizing the disciple in front of him, he asked, "Then what did you choose? As far as I remember, there's only one reward. The Rank 4 cultivation manual. Do you want a Rank 3 manual?"
"Elder, I want to choose something else, equivalent to the value of Rank 4 cultivation manual."
The elder was surprised, he stared at Ye Tian Yun for a few moments, and then sighed, "Ah I don't know what has happened to these new disciples. There is nothing of better value than a Rank 4 cultivation manual for disciples of your cultivation."
Ye Tian Yun insisted, "But elder, I have made up my mind. And I can assure you that I won't be breaking any rules with what I wish to swap my Rank 4 cultivation manual."
Elder raised his left eyebrow, intrigued by this statement, he asked, "Oh? Then do tell me what do you wish for. As long as it is nothing absurd and within sect rules, your request will most probably be complied."
Ye Tian Yun smiled and said, "Elder, I wish to exchange my Rank 4 cultivation manual reward with a manual from the Third Floor."
Elder was confused, he asked, "You too? Don't you people know what kind of chance you will miss? You should know that the next opportunity to get a Rank 4 Cultivation Manual may never come. Even top Inner Court Disciples don't get the chance to practice Rank 4 cultivation manual."
Ye Tian Yun nodded in response, "I am well aware of this, Elder. However, I will still go with my decision. But, Elder, did someone else also chose to go to the third floor?"
The elder nodded and said, "Yes, indeed. There was another like you who wanted to exchange his Rank 4 cultivation manual reward for a manual from the third floor."
Ye Tian Yun had a bad premonition about this, but he still asked, "Oh? May I ask who that disciple was, Elder?"
"It's nothing to hide about. Yesterday, an Outer Court disciple came for his rewards as soon as the Inner Court Entrance Hunt came to an end. Similarly like he went through the cultivation manuals to choose. However, in the end, he decided to not take any Rank 4 Cultivation Manual but chose to exchange his reward with a manual from the third floor."
"And since taking out the manuals from the Third Floor is not allowed, he was given time until dawn to study the manual he chose. For one whole night, he studied a manual and he left the pavilion before sunrise."
Ye Tian Yun had a hunch who it could be, but hoping that all his doubts are false, he asked, "What was the name of that disciple, Elder?"
The Elder put down the cultivation manual on the table and replied, "He introduced himself as top ranked disciple of the Ninth Peak, Xiao Ming."