According to the bookstore owner, the city lord of Mucheng is now a deserter who accidentally obtained a strange book in Tianwai. After taking it back to the Heavenly Palace, he was awarded the position of Gunan of Mucheng by exception, and the original city lord was transferred back to the Heavenly Palace.

It is precisely because of this that the lord of Mucheng attached great importance to the book that changed his status. With the permission of Tiangong, he invested in a large amount of money to print the book and placed it in bookstores in various cities in Yongzhou, allowing others to get it for free.

With a hint of curiosity, Xu Changqing also asked the store owner to take the book to take a look, because the words used in this book are all in the same kind of seal script, and he cannot read it for the time being, but he can recognize some other words on the cover of the book that do not belong to this world. At the bottom of the cover of the book, there are two names written in the English of the secular world, one name represents the author, the content is Charles Robert Darwin, and the other name is the real name of the book, called the Origin of Species.

After recognizing what this book is, even though Xu Changqing had learned that the people here had a slight connection with the secular world because of his discovery of clothing and clothing, and also knew that the civilization here was absorbing the civilized knowledge of the secular world, he still felt an inexplicable absurdity, just as if the Peking Opera drama of Farewell My Concubine had just started, and Chu Bawang sang aria of Western opera in his mouth, which felt awkward no matter how he looked.

After the abnormal feeling in his heart subsided, Xu Changqing also became interested in the Mucheng City Lord and planned to find an opportunity to meet the Mucheng City Lord. It was obvious that this city lord should have been to the secular world and has been there in the past few decades.

Xu Changqing read the book "Origin of Species" when the Chen family rushed to Taohua Mountain. He was also very impressed by this book. Although he did not agree with some of the views, he had to admit that the content of this book pointed to the great way of creation in heaven and earth. Now he has a deeper understanding of the great way of heaven and earth, and he can better read out some of the true meanings of the great way hidden in this book.

Xu Changqing remembers that this book was written in the mid-19th century, but due to religious obstacles, the book was not published many times. With the advent of the industrial age, the book was gradually promoted and truly entered a large bookstore for people to buy and read. It was also at the end of the 19th century after Darwin's death.

Therefore, the lord of Mucheng must have gone to the secular world at some time after the end of the 19th century and brought this book to this world. Because of this book, it won great achievements, and thus became Gu Nan.

At the same time, Xu Changqing also had a vague feeling that the way the wicked men here entered the secular world might be different from what he thought. Otherwise, the lord of Mucheng should not only use the book of the origin of species. After entering the 20th century, a large number of scientific arguments began to touch on the laws of the great way of heaven and earth, and their value was not inferior to the origin of this species.

If these books related to cosmic science are taken to this world, I believe that the achievements and rewards obtained from the Heavenly Palace that ruled here will be higher. It is not impossible to make him the Lord of the Yizhou Prefecture, but things were not discovered in this way. It is obvious that there must be some restrictions that Xu Changqing does not yet understand.

"Brother Changqing, the books you want are basically not sold outside. You just need to apply to Beppu in Tiangong Mucheng, Beppu, and you should be able to find them in the Beppu library." After hearing Xu Changqing's request, the bookstore owner answered enthusiastically.

Because he was not familiar with the language, Xu Changqing thought for a while before he understood what the other party meant. This answer made him hesitate a little. He just asked the bookstore owner that the books he wanted to buy were all historical books and geography, mainly to facilitate understanding of the situation in this world. The answer he got was this. According to the situation, the senior management here had much higher control over books such as history books and geography than the great way of practice.

For locals in Mucheng, applying to enter the library of Tiangong Beppu is not difficult, but for outsiders like Xu Changqing, it is almost impossible. Judging from the strictness of Tiangong's control over these books, there must be some unknown and strict inspection methods during the application process. Without understanding the details of these methods, if Xu Changqing acts too rashly, he will probably have some trouble.

However, what made Xu Changqing even more suspicious was why the Heavenly Palace specially regulated books such as history books and geography, and it still needed to go through special applications to view them. According to Xu Changqing's understanding, it is obvious that any of the great Tao methods practiced by the people here is far more valuable than those geography books and historical books. Therefore, according to common sense, the knowledge that needs to be controlled should be these great Tao methods. Now there is such a completely opposite situation, which must be a bit strange.

I think there should be some things hidden in the history books and geography that the Heavenly Palace is unwilling to let others know. Xu Changqing even suspected that even if someone applied to see the history books and geography, he might have seen the contents that had been deleted and modified. And judging from the fact that no related books have been circulated in the outside world, those who are interested in history books and geography may not have any good endings in the end.

"Then, then what books do you... have?" Xu Changqing asked in a local language that is not very proficient.

The bookstore owner was not confused by Xu Changqing's impure way of speaking. Under Xu Changqing's deliberate guidance, he regarded Xu Changqing as a weirdo who lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years and rarely contacted people.

"Most of the things I sell here are practice methods and some enlightenment books." The bookstore owner quickly answered, smiled bitterly, and said, "In fact, unless these books are unlucky people who chose the wrong Taoism three times, no one would come here to buy books. They would go directly to Tiangong to receive the response books. If Tiangong had not required that each city had a bookstore, and there would be a monthly compensation to maintain the needs of the bookstore, I'm afraid I would have closed the bookstore long ago."

Hearing the bookstore owner's words, Xu Changqing once again became suspicious of the Heavenly Palace, which ruled here, because his approach was so strange that he almost told people that there were problems with these great Taoist methods, but those who live here did not notice any abnormalities at all. Instead, he believed that it was natural for everyone to practice a great Taoist method.

However, Xu Changqing thought about it again and soon realized that his views on this matter had been immersed in too many subjective emotions. He looked at this matter completely from an outsider. In fact, if he immersed his way of thinking and vision into these people, he could quickly understand why these people were like this. After all, even Xu Changqing himself could not avoid such things.

"Can I read these books?" Xu Changqing pondered for a moment, sorted out the words, and quickly said a complete question. Although the words used in the questions were correct, the tone was a bit stiff and weird.

However, this time, because of the correct words and fluent speech, the store owner did not need to understand the meaning of the words at all, so he understood and nodded and said, "You can see, but don't break it."

Xu Changqing nodded, stood up, walked to the enlightenment book that the shop owner had just pointed out, and quietly started to look through it.

The reason why I chose to read enlightenment books first is that Xu Changqing is not yet in-depth and exquisite in the language of this world. If he rashly reads books that record various practice methods, he will inevitably have reading errors. Instead of looking back to find books in various languages, it is better to consolidate the foundation now.

The enlightenment books here are the same as those known to Xu Changqing. Most of them are books that ask people to read and write, and are equivalent to the level of young children. However, the people who edit books obviously refer to some of the pictures and texts of modern enlightenment books. Even people in the secular world can easily understand the contents of such books. With these books, Xu Changqing's mastery of the language and writing here has also improved rapidly. After confirming and modifying the contents previously estimated with it, it took less than half an hour to use the local language as proficiently as the people here, and to read books written in this kind of seal script variant.

Afterwards, Xu Changqing used his money to buy a few books on the Dao Methods from the shop owner, which now has a large number of practitioners in Mucheng. According to the shop owner, these methods are like the five-step fist of secular China. One tripod can sell ten Dao Methods with different contents.

This method of selling the Great Dao Method at a low price really made Xu Changqing feel amused and amazed. Thinking of the immortals, demons, Buddhas and demons in the Kunlun Three Realms, which one does not regard this method that can practice to the point of touching the Great Dao Law as its own sect transmission method, and it is strictly protected, and even fights for it. But now, two rabbit-like preys can buy ten different Great Dao Methods with one cauldron. If such a thing is passed on to the Kunlun Three Realms, I wonder what the expressions of the Immortals, Demons, Buddhas and Demons will be?

Xu Changqing sighed a little in his heart, then calmed down his complex emotions, closed his eyes and breathed slightly, restored himself to his calm state, and then opened the top book that recorded the Great Dao Method. The attitude of watching the enlightenment books before was different from the previous attitude of reading the enlightenment books, that he was much more focused and read very carefully word by line. Many places even stopped to meditate for a long time. It took him nearly three hours to read a book with less than fifty pages.

Perhaps it is because there is a rare person in the store, and this person also likes reading very much, so even though it is time for the bookstore to close, the store owner did not rush Xu Changqing away, but asked him to stay and continue reading.
Chapter completed!