Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!

Aglaya pinched the bridge of her nose, returning to the management center with evident exhaustion.

"My lord..."

"My lord."

As she passed by, the staff greeted her respectfully, and Aglaya could only muster a bit of energy to nod in acknowledgment.

After a whole day of dealing with the greedy so-called nobles in the city, her spirit was utterly fatigued.

Struggling with human minds was much more exhausting than researching Spiritual Energy.

If possible, she would rather indulge only in the world of Spiritual Energy instead of worrying about the messy affairs of the real world.

Unfortunately, an organization always needs one or two people to take the lead, and none of the other bigwigs in the management center were willing, so the task had fallen on her, the youngest in seniority.

"Lady Aglaya, it's so good to see you. General Bai E has been waiting for you in the reception room for a while now, please hurry over."

"Ok, I know, I'll be right there," Aglaya automatically nodded in response, her steps already turning towards the reception room. However, her expression suddenly changed, and she spun around to look at the woman who had just passed by, "Who did you say is waiting for me?"

"General Bai E..." The woman said as if it were obvious: "Didn't you bring him to the center today? It seems he wanted to say goodbye to you."

Bringing Bai E to the book storage to observe all the secret techniques was not publicly known news. Most people in the center were unaware, and it was natural for such a subordinate, who wasn't privy to many details, to simply convey the message as it was.

"???" Aglaya's mind was filled with question marks, "General Bai E?"

Hadn't she sent General Bai E into the book storage?

The knowledge in there was addictively attractive to any Spiritual Energy user, so why would he appear in any location outside the book storage at this time?

Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Aglaya didn't ask any further but quickened her stride with her long legs towards the direction of the reception room.

She wanted to see for herself who was playing tricks on her.

"Lady Aglaya."

The figure sitting on the reception sofa, seeing a visibly agitated Aglaya entering the room, calmly stood up and nodded in greeting, "I was just about to leave and wanted to say goodbye. I have been looking for you but was told no one could contact you."

"Ah~" Aglaya looked at the Bai E before her, questioning the authenticity of this person.

Was this really Bai E?

But he didn't seem to bear any sign of a disguise, and her own Spiritual Energy had not detected any suspicious signs.

Was it really Bai E?

But how could Bai E have left? How was it even possible for him to leave?

"You… are leaving?" Aglaya stared at the "Bai E" before her, hesitant and unwilling to jump to conclusions.

"Yes." Bai E said, nodding with a smile, "There are many things to deal with back at the barracks, I said before coming that there was much to discuss upon my return."

"Oh." Aglaya's normally austere and cold face appeared oddly baffled and cute. "Will you… be coming back later?"

"Not really..." Bai E seemed a bit perplexed as well, "Unless there's another book storage that contains secret Spiritual Energy techniques?"

"Another place?" Aglaya's gaze at Bai E grew increasingly strange, "You… finished?"

"Yes." Bai E nodded matter-of-factly, "Isn't that all there is? I've finished reading it all."

The number of secret Spiritual Energy techniques stored in the city wasn't actually that large. On the contrary, there was a wealth of related knowledge in the field of Spiritual Energy. However, after Bai E had first learned a Spiritual Energy secret technique called "Instant Association," everything he viewed was simply scanned with Spiritual Energy, allowing all the content recorded in various ways to enter Bai E's mind.

With a mere command of Bai E's will, it was available for his use.

"What did you do after finishing?" Aglaya visibly swallowed, "Don't you want to learn?"

Bai E's face remained serene, "Once you finish reading, don't you know it?"

It might have cost him over thirty thousand experience points, but as long as he learned it, it was worth it.

The secret Spiritual Energy techniques almost covered any scenario of daily use, ensuring the owner would have more options in many situations.

For him, this learning trip felt quite worthwhile.

"Once you finish reading, don't you know it?"

"...don't you know it?"

"Know it?"

Bai E's words echoed repetitively in Aglaya's mind, like a devilish chant, cascading layer upon layer.

Is that even humanly possible?

To know it just by reading once?

"I just came to say goodbye. If you have no other matters, I must be leaving the city to head back to the barracks," Bai E continued to state his purpose.

"Uh… understood." Aglaya felt completely numb as she watched Bai E's retreating figure. She immediately headed straight for the book storage.

Even though she knew it was highly unlikely that General Bai E had the thought to "deceive," nor the motive to do so, such an unbelievably incredible occurrence was something she had to witness for herself.

All the treasured volumes in the book storage, regardless of the storage method, were monitored by a Spiritual Energy security system.

As long as she pulled up the access privileges, it was easy to see the browsing records, which was also why they, the guards, couldn't "steal from themselves."

Some knowledge that wasn't open to them, even the ones acting as the book storage guardians, was off-limits to view.