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Li Hao's Divine Thought swept through, quickly recording all these books, among which he surprisingly found three classics that could be included.

Li Hao felt somewhat moved and after having memorized all the books on saints from Literary Heart Pavilion within his Primordial Spirit, he immediately took these three classics and left.

By then, half a day had passed outside, Zhan Tan was still standing outside the pavilion waiting, her position and posture unchanged from when Li Hao had entered.

Seeing Li Hao come out, Zhan Tan's gaze fell on the three classics in his hand and she couldn't help but smile, saying, "You do have a good eye."

"What would I need to pay if I took these classics for my collection?" asked Li Hao.

Once these classics were incorporated into the panel, they would disappear, and it was likely that the Literary Saint Holy Land would not agree to it. If they did not agree, Li Hao was not going to insist.

"Oh, you're really planning to study these? Without the cultivation methods of a Literary Saint, they are useless to you. Are you just going to look at them?" Zhan Tan said.

"Mm, they say books hold a golden house; I want to pan for gold," Li Hao replied.

Zhan Tan chuckled, "There's the next half of that saying too, books also contain beauty as fair as jade."

"I've already seen beauty as fair as jade; the golden house I've yet to witness much," said Li Hao.

Zhan Tan was slightly startled, noticing Li Hao's gaze on her. Coupled with his words, her cheeks blushed slightly, but she quickly composed herself and said:

"If you join the Literary Saint Holy Land, these three classics could be given to you directly."

Li Hao sighed and shook his head, "I bear hatred, I cannot trouble the Literary Saint Holy Land with it."

Zhan Tan was taken aback and asked, "You have enemies? Who?"

Li Hao remained silent; his enmity with the Void Saint was tied to a Saint, and he did not want to involve others.

Zhan Tan's eyes grew sharp, realizing that Li Hao's enemy was not ordinary; otherwise, with Li Hao's current realm, if he was merely contending with a Semi-Saint, there would be no need to worry about implicating the Literary Saint Holy Land.

After all, give Li Hao another sixty years, and he could likely contend with a Semi-Saint, so why worry about repercussions.

If it wasn't a Semi-Saint, then it could only be…

Zhan Tan gave Li Hao a deep look, not expecting such an easygoing person to have such formidable enemies. If it were someone else facing such foes, they'd probably live in constant fear and sleepless nights, but before Li Hao said anything, she couldn't see any disturbance in his State of Mind.

"If you need it, the Flower Travel Association can lend you a hand," Zhan Tan said.

Li Hao looked at her, appreciating her kindness, but shook his head slightly, "I will resolve this matter myself."

Hearing this, Zhan Tan knew Li Hao didn't want to implicate others, which made her silently sigh in appreciation.

After all, if Li Hao had joined the Literary Saint Holy Land without saying anything and trouble arose later, the Literary Saint would inevitably have to help.

But Li Hao did not do so, not using this to his advantage.

Was this foolish, or overly authentic?

In a world full of fame and profit, genuine sincerity is hard to find. Zhan Tan sighed inwardly; thinking back to her early departure from the Imperial Family of the Upper Three Realms, escaping the vortex of power and smells of Incense Fire disputes, she had witnessed the malice of the Mortal World from a young age, her mother dying because of these. She had seen all the coldness in human relations, yet unexpectedly, she met someone like Li Hao here.

"If that's the case, if you can't join the Literary Saint Holy Land, then you can pick one of these three books to take with you, and I'll handle the rest," Zhan Tan told Li Hao.

Li Hao glanced at her, recognizing another favor.

He thought for a moment, selected from the three, and chose the "Renhuang Collection."

Then, he handed the remaining two books back to the custodian.

Zhan Tan glanced at them, nodded slightly, and did not say anything.

Li Hao stored the Renhuang Collection in the Heaven and Earth Space, then asked, "Are there many transcribed books of saints in Literary Heart Pavilion?"

Zhan Tan was surprised, smiled and said, "You can actually discern originals from copies?"

Unless one is extremely knowledgeable about certain books of saints, it's hard to distinguish.

Li Hao hadn't discerned but guessed, considering Literary Heart Pavilion gathered books of saints from All Heavens but found only three classics suitable for inclusion, which seemed unreasonable.

"Some originals have been lost, only copied; some originals are in Hanlin Hall of the Dynasty, unwilling to be gifted here. After all, some literati have deep obsessions with these; unless by forceful means, even Saints aren't enough to shake their faith."

"And some originals are too precious, kept by the Literary Saint to prevent damage when disciples come here to borrow."

Li Hao understood, meaning these three classics were the ones the Literary Saint didn't care much about, so they were left here, and the rest of the genuine classics were taken by him.

Only originals could be included in the panel; transcripts couldn't be.

Li Hao and Zhan Tan returned to Tiantan Peak, and in the following days, once Zhan Tan informed that the classic had been sorted and gifted to him, Li Hao then recorded it into the panel.

The inclusion of Renhuang Collection also converted to an encyclopedia attribute:

Just Benevolence: Activates a state of Just Benevolence, reflecting all received damage equally.

Li Hao was stunned; some of these encyclopedia attributes were strong, but the Just Benevolence attribute was undoubtedly overbearing.
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This was akin to swapping injuries with the enemy, a desperate way of fighting.

To others, the effect might be average because Martial Artists strive to ensure they're unharmed in combat, much like wild animals in the forest; harming the enemy while being wounded oneself can also be detrimental, leaving hidden diseases that could hinder the path of Martial Arts.

But Li Hao had Blood Rebirth, least afraid of being injured.

"However, I wonder how effective it would be against a Saint in battle."

Li Hao's eyes flickered, facing the Dao Law Realm, he didn't need such an attribute, but how effective it would be in a clash with Saints was hard to say.